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Speaker 1: Christian O'Connell sho podcast.

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Speaker 2: Once a week I'll get an email from my dad

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Speaker 2: and it's some material that he selects it out of

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Speaker 2: the newspapers or whatever. He's scene that's made him laugh

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Speaker 2: that they think would be good for his son the

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Speaker 2: other side of the world, who's on the radio in Australia.

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Speaker 1: This he struck gold with. So where my dad lives

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Speaker 1: in England.

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Speaker 2: It is an area with a lot of old people,

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Speaker 2: bless them, and it's kind of known as the kind

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Speaker 2: of they call it God's waiting ramanfairly and I just

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Speaker 2: point out my dad is healthy, all right, but the

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Speaker 2: area there, This is why an advert that he sought

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Speaker 2: for hire.

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Speaker 1: Funeral DJ. I didn't know this was a thing. Nope,

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Speaker 1: did any of us. I've never heard of a funeral DJ.

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Speaker 2: You know, the wake is a very somber, obviously serious affair,

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Speaker 2: isn't it.

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Speaker 3: Well, the wake, I can imagine it. So you know,

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Speaker 3: you do the ceremony, yeah, is that what it's called

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Speaker 3: when you do a.

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Speaker 1: Funeral memorial service?

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Speaker 3: You do the service, that's it. You do the service,

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Speaker 3: then they bury the body and then you go back

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Speaker 3: to somebody's house. Shoesy for a wake, and that is

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Speaker 3: a bit more vibe. I can imagine the DJ the.

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Speaker 1: Vibe when was it a wake?

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Speaker 2: He went to that? If I asked family Fortunes, we

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Speaker 2: asked ten people on the streets, how would you describe

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Speaker 2: the hemisphere.

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Speaker 1: At a wake?

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Speaker 2: What would they wouldn't come back with his viby one

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Speaker 2: hundred percent Vibey's a bar on a Friday night, knocking

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Speaker 2: off ernie.

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Speaker 3: But it doesn't have to be as somber as no,

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Speaker 3: you're quite service.

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Speaker 2: I have been to wakes in Ireland where it's a

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Speaker 2: wild party and that's why I think it should be

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Speaker 2: like but I'm not sure not the word, but anyway,

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Speaker 2: this guy here right first line, Okay, far hire funeral DJ.

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Speaker 1: Hi.

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Speaker 2: I am Michael and I'm starting a new career as

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Speaker 2: a funeral DJ. If you need someone to play a

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Speaker 2: sad set at a funeral, check out my mixtape below.

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Speaker 2: I emailed my dad back, going wait, did he have

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Speaker 2: an actual like do you mean cassette tapes?

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Speaker 1: Dad? He had two cassette tapes underneath it?

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Speaker 3: What taped to the notice?

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Speaker 2: Yes that you would tear off right with his phone

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Speaker 2: number on Like I said, a lot of old people

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Speaker 2: he's getting, they're not. He didn't have like a link

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Speaker 2: to his website where he's guessing the old time. He'sn't

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Speaker 2: going to do that. Give him a cassette and have that.

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Speaker 2: If you need someone to play a sadse at a funeral,

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Speaker 2: check out my mixtape below. It features It features a

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Speaker 2: mournful ballad that I composed and sung myself. Wow, this guy,

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Speaker 2: I mean, I'm hiring. I'm not even dead, but I'm

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Speaker 2: booking him.

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Speaker 3: I worry about men's favorite songs. Here's something you've never

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Speaker 3: heard before.

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Speaker 2: It features a mournful ballad that I composed and sung myself,

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Speaker 2: a heart wrenching mashup of mop and My Heart Will

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Speaker 2: go On, as well as performing a beautiful rap about

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Speaker 2: the afterlife.

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Speaker 1: I want to book him for the show next week.

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Speaker 3: We had to hear it.

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Speaker 2: Seriously. Let me just read this again. Like I said

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Speaker 2: last night, I could barely sleep. I'm so excited about

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Speaker 2: bring this on here. It features a mournful ballad that I.

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Speaker 1: Composed and sung myself. What has gone on in Michael's

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Speaker 1: life where he's been a heart wrenching bop My Heart

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Speaker 1: Will go On?

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Speaker 2: And here's the kicker for me as well as performing.

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Speaker 2: He's going to perform a beautiful rap about the afterlife.

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Speaker 2: In addition, I also make these promises to all my clients.

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Speaker 1: Punctuality, I will.

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Speaker 2: Try it before the body goes to the ground.

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Speaker 1: I will try to be one time. Try. I've underlined it. Jack,

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Speaker 1: I've underlined it. I will try you.

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Speaker 2: One thing you gotta do is be there on time

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Speaker 2: for that afterlife.

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Speaker 1: I won't try.

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Speaker 2: Where's Michael two hours late?

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Speaker 3: He has tried, gave it everything.

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Speaker 2: He's a plucky trial. That beautiful t J Michael, Punctuality.

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Speaker 2: I will try to be one time.

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Speaker 1: Respect.

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Speaker 2: My set will taste really cater to the wishes of

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Speaker 2: the bereaved. If you don't want me to play it

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Speaker 2: troversial song, I won't.

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Speaker 3: Why have you even got a controversial song on the

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Speaker 3: playlist for a funeral.

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Speaker 2: Then I've saved the best to this middle bit magic

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Speaker 2: as well as being a funeral DJ. As well as

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Speaker 2: being a funeral DJ, I'm also an amateur magician. Does

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Speaker 2: this mean I use magic to reanimate your loved one? No,

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Speaker 2: that's unethical. But I could still do some basic magic

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Speaker 2: tricks if you want. If I was breathing some of

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Speaker 2: the last thing I wanted. Some guy do some basic

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Speaker 2: magic tricks anywhere. Oh now, cut the coffin in half.

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Speaker 2: Like I said, you gotta understand where he's put this

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Speaker 2: advert in. There are a lot of old people, okay,

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Speaker 2: post funeral friendship. Upon losing a loved one, many people

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Speaker 2: feel a void in their life. This is where I

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Speaker 2: come into becoming your new best face. We can go

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Speaker 2: to cinema, hang out the beach. I have a lot

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Speaker 2: of free time. I get the feeling. Michael, you have

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Speaker 2: a lot of free time. If you like my mixtape,

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Speaker 2: get in touch. Once you've listened to the tape, please

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Speaker 2: reattach it to the poster so the potential clients can

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Speaker 2: listen to it too. I've only got these three tapes,

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Speaker 2: so please be go Apple.

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Speaker 1: Also, I should mention.

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Speaker 2: That I do not own DJ decks, but I have

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Speaker 2: a friend I can borrow them from.

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Speaker 1: This is amazing. Christian i'connell The Christian O'Connell Show,