1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:02,679 Speaker 1: Catch Dave Hughes and the Fringe show Desperate House Guys, 2 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:05,960 Speaker 1: which is on at the Cheeky Sparrow, the Guilford Hotel 3 00:00:06,040 --> 00:00:08,600 Speaker 1: and the Calamunda Hotel between this Friday and February nine. 4 00:00:08,640 --> 00:00:11,240 Speaker 1: Tickets are through Fringe world dot com dot A you, 5 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:14,040 Speaker 1: David Hughes, thank good morning. 6 00:00:14,560 --> 00:00:17,360 Speaker 2: I'm good, thank you for having me. We were we. 7 00:00:17,280 --> 00:00:21,520 Speaker 1: Wanted to clarify that you're not that Dave Hughes. The 8 00:00:21,520 --> 00:00:24,120 Speaker 1: people might have at first thought when they hear the name, 9 00:00:24,280 --> 00:00:26,079 Speaker 1: but how many people have got to your show thinking 10 00:00:26,120 --> 00:00:27,160 Speaker 1: that's what they're going to get? 11 00:00:27,280 --> 00:00:29,760 Speaker 2: Well, I don't do my own show, and I'll be 12 00:00:29,760 --> 00:00:31,800 Speaker 2: honestly that is one of the reasons I'll wait until 13 00:00:31,840 --> 00:00:35,120 Speaker 2: maybe i'm a bit bigger. But you know, I didn't 14 00:00:35,159 --> 00:00:37,479 Speaker 2: know that you had one. That's my that's my argument there. 15 00:00:37,520 --> 00:00:39,279 Speaker 2: I didn't know there was a Dave use here. If 16 00:00:39,320 --> 00:00:41,120 Speaker 2: I hadn't known, i'd have changed my name to something else, 17 00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:42,680 Speaker 2: like Will Anderson or something. 18 00:00:43,159 --> 00:00:46,040 Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, something yeah, something random. 19 00:00:47,159 --> 00:00:49,400 Speaker 2: Luckily though, hasn't caused too much confusion. Yeah. I don't 20 00:00:49,400 --> 00:00:52,199 Speaker 2: think anyone's expecting to see Dave Hughs with two other 21 00:00:52,240 --> 00:00:55,400 Speaker 2: blokes on a on a show on Perth Fringe. 22 00:00:56,160 --> 00:00:59,480 Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, Name the Cheeky. That's a cute venue name, 23 00:00:59,520 --> 00:01:00,120 Speaker 3: isn't it. 24 00:01:00,520 --> 00:01:02,000 Speaker 2: I went there the other night just to check out. 25 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:04,120 Speaker 2: It's a really cool venue. Yeah, really cool venue. I 26 00:01:04,560 --> 00:01:07,920 Speaker 2: don't go out at all any any more, so when 27 00:01:07,959 --> 00:01:09,640 Speaker 2: I do, it's to scout venues. 28 00:01:09,400 --> 00:01:11,360 Speaker 3: And see what they're stand at home being safe. 29 00:01:11,319 --> 00:01:14,120 Speaker 2: Yeah, being a dad and being forty one, I just 30 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:15,919 Speaker 2: I can't be asked to doing anything anymore. 31 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:22,119 Speaker 1: So tell us about Desperate House Guys. Then you're you're 32 00:01:22,160 --> 00:01:24,360 Speaker 1: obviously speaking from experience. 33 00:01:24,160 --> 00:01:27,160 Speaker 2: Yeah, I guess so's. There's me and two other comedians, 34 00:01:27,520 --> 00:01:30,679 Speaker 2: Taibo Tumor and Tory Griffiths, and we just decided that 35 00:01:31,440 --> 00:01:34,039 Speaker 2: giving it. The nature of our comedy and storytelling in 36 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:37,080 Speaker 2: general was kind of centered around that world. We thought, 37 00:01:37,200 --> 00:01:39,720 Speaker 2: let's let's play with that material. Yeah. Yeah, there's so 38 00:01:39,760 --> 00:01:41,840 Speaker 2: much material, especially now at school holidays and I'm up 39 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:43,960 Speaker 2: at five o'clock every morning with a little tap on 40 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:45,480 Speaker 2: my shoulder down. Can I have my iPad? 41 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:47,720 Speaker 1: Can I have my eyes. 42 00:01:49,120 --> 00:01:49,400 Speaker 2: Used to be? 43 00:01:49,520 --> 00:01:50,680 Speaker 3: Can I watch early Birds? 44 00:01:50,720 --> 00:01:53,760 Speaker 2: Yeah? It's right right, And now now it's can I 45 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:55,200 Speaker 2: have every device under the sun? 46 00:01:55,360 --> 00:01:57,000 Speaker 3: Yeah? And the past words and everything. 47 00:01:57,080 --> 00:01:59,720 Speaker 2: Yeah, well, I like try and reduce the screen time. 48 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:03,200 Speaker 2: It's much as possible, so they Yeah, I hide everything. 49 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:05,400 Speaker 2: He's literally looking for it. If he knew where it was, 50 00:02:05,640 --> 00:02:07,920 Speaker 2: he probably wouldn't wake me up. But then I'd risk him, 51 00:02:08,360 --> 00:02:10,680 Speaker 2: you know, watching YouTube at like three o'clock in the morning. 52 00:02:10,680 --> 00:02:11,239 Speaker 2: So I can't have that. 53 00:02:11,360 --> 00:02:15,200 Speaker 1: But surely even a parent with the patience of ninety 54 00:02:15,320 --> 00:02:19,520 Speaker 1: saints would give in eventually for the electronic device. 55 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:22,720 Speaker 2: Yeah, I just can't because I maybe I'm a bit 56 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:25,160 Speaker 2: he's a little bit of a dinosaur with it. Maybe 57 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:27,519 Speaker 2: I think that's what it is. I'm not fully willing 58 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:30,919 Speaker 2: to accept. Like I see kids, my son's age, he's seven, 59 00:02:31,040 --> 00:02:34,040 Speaker 2: he's going to be eight soon. They have phones. I know, 60 00:02:34,560 --> 00:02:34,800 Speaker 2: I know. 61 00:02:35,040 --> 00:02:36,680 Speaker 1: It makes me feel a little sick in my stomach. 62 00:02:37,040 --> 00:02:38,200 Speaker 2: Who are you calling? Yes? 63 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:42,639 Speaker 3: And who's calling you? Yeah? 64 00:02:43,120 --> 00:02:44,720 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I. 65 00:02:44,680 --> 00:02:46,440 Speaker 3: Use a soft touch dead Like I was, like, you're 66 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:48,560 Speaker 3: reducing you say, reduced supreme time. It will be twenty 67 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:49,440 Speaker 3: three hours only. 68 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:52,919 Speaker 2: Yeah, exactly, it's exactly. Yeah. Yeah, I think because there's 69 00:02:52,919 --> 00:02:55,040 Speaker 2: that balance, isn't it. You want to like, you want 70 00:02:55,040 --> 00:02:56,799 Speaker 2: to be a good parent, of course, and you want 71 00:02:56,800 --> 00:02:58,839 Speaker 2: to give them everything and provide and yeah the rest 72 00:02:58,840 --> 00:03:01,360 Speaker 2: of it. You don't want to spoil them either, and 73 00:03:01,400 --> 00:03:03,600 Speaker 2: that finding that that's been the hardest part, if I'm 74 00:03:03,600 --> 00:03:06,880 Speaker 2: being honest, that's the line. Yeah, because you want them 75 00:03:06,880 --> 00:03:09,400 Speaker 2: to have everything, but you also don't want them to 76 00:03:09,440 --> 00:03:12,120 Speaker 2: have anything. Then then he come little. 77 00:03:12,200 --> 00:03:14,800 Speaker 1: Yeah, and sometimes you just want them to shut up. 78 00:03:14,919 --> 00:03:18,160 Speaker 1: So I mean digital babysitters, I guess, sir. 79 00:03:18,520 --> 00:03:21,720 Speaker 2: Yeah, and it's easy done too. Yeah, Like I'll admit 80 00:03:21,760 --> 00:03:23,120 Speaker 2: there are some days when he comes in and I'm 81 00:03:23,160 --> 00:03:25,120 Speaker 2: just like, just just take this and leave me alone 82 00:03:25,120 --> 00:03:26,520 Speaker 2: for an hour, please. 83 00:03:26,680 --> 00:03:28,400 Speaker 3: When it's another question while you're on the toilet. 84 00:03:28,440 --> 00:03:29,240 Speaker 2: Yeah, exactly. 85 00:03:30,880 --> 00:03:32,920 Speaker 1: Good friend of ours is a good friend of yours, 86 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:35,680 Speaker 1: John Pinda, John Bender, Yeah, thank you's joining us on 87 00:03:35,720 --> 00:03:37,480 Speaker 1: the show on Friday. 88 00:03:38,040 --> 00:03:39,640 Speaker 2: He is. And I know that you guys don't know this, 89 00:03:39,720 --> 00:03:42,600 Speaker 2: but he actually came in last Friday because he thought 90 00:03:46,040 --> 00:03:48,280 Speaker 2: he messaged me. I was just talking. I was just 91 00:03:48,320 --> 00:03:50,560 Speaker 2: talking to your producer Seas and she was like, oh, 92 00:03:50,600 --> 00:03:52,640 Speaker 2: they don't know that, and maybe we'll keep that and 93 00:03:53,080 --> 00:03:54,320 Speaker 2: maybe I'll just let it out of the back. 94 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:54,800 Speaker 3: Thank you. 95 00:03:54,880 --> 00:03:58,840 Speaker 2: So yeah, five o'clock last Friday morning, he was awake 96 00:03:58,880 --> 00:04:00,280 Speaker 2: and text me and went, I'm glad I go up 97 00:04:00,280 --> 00:04:02,240 Speaker 2: at five for this. I was really hoping that he 98 00:04:02,280 --> 00:04:03,840 Speaker 2: came all the way in. I don't think he did. 99 00:04:04,160 --> 00:04:06,880 Speaker 1: The first time John has done something like that, doesn't 100 00:04:07,400 --> 00:04:08,280 Speaker 1: it won't be the last. 101 00:04:08,320 --> 00:04:10,720 Speaker 3: That's John. That is hilarious. 102 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:14,240 Speaker 2: I messaged him and said, one, don't ever text me 103 00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:17,640 Speaker 2: this early. I don't care what's happened. And secondly, now 104 00:04:17,640 --> 00:04:19,920 Speaker 2: I hope that this Friday you sleep in. 105 00:04:21,560 --> 00:04:24,160 Speaker 3: He probably will. And that's so he's now the angry 106 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:24,760 Speaker 3: John Pinder. 107 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:29,880 Speaker 1: He's Jesus make each other laugh as much as he 108 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:31,200 Speaker 1: makes me laugh all the time. 109 00:04:31,880 --> 00:04:34,280 Speaker 2: He is a funny He's probably the funniest person I 110 00:04:34,320 --> 00:04:36,279 Speaker 2: think I've ever met. Yeah, he's amazing. 111 00:04:36,320 --> 00:04:38,360 Speaker 3: I have to agree with that, because he'll stand at 112 00:04:38,360 --> 00:04:40,440 Speaker 3: the window here and look out and say something about 113 00:04:40,440 --> 00:04:42,560 Speaker 3: what he observes, and we'll just be on the floor 114 00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:43,440 Speaker 3: like one of those people. 115 00:04:43,640 --> 00:04:47,320 Speaker 1: Sometimes anything said with the man Curian accent it's funny 116 00:04:47,360 --> 00:04:47,920 Speaker 1: as well. 117 00:04:48,400 --> 00:04:52,160 Speaker 2: But then when you're legit funny. Yeah, with the accent, 118 00:04:52,200 --> 00:04:55,040 Speaker 2: it's a lot. He once told me in another comic, 119 00:04:55,080 --> 00:04:58,680 Speaker 2: Andrew Wolf, very very funny man. He once told us 120 00:04:58,680 --> 00:05:00,480 Speaker 2: a story about him being in a part early in 121 00:05:00,520 --> 00:05:03,080 Speaker 2: the morning, and this was like a really heartfelt story 122 00:05:03,360 --> 00:05:06,280 Speaker 2: about seeing this old man eating a pizza and he 123 00:05:06,320 --> 00:05:08,320 Speaker 2: was I think he was trying to make some sort 124 00:05:08,320 --> 00:05:11,400 Speaker 2: of profound point, but we were both just laughing so 125 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:14,040 Speaker 2: much at the way he tells it, because Yeah, the 126 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:17,359 Speaker 2: accent and all the little facial expressions, it is like, 127 00:05:17,400 --> 00:05:22,240 Speaker 2: you're adorable. The more looks and see, the funnier it is, really. 128 00:05:22,279 --> 00:05:24,800 Speaker 3: David, it was a day that I John pin Welby 129 00:05:24,839 --> 00:05:27,760 Speaker 3: and came home with a trumpet. That was the class. 130 00:05:28,360 --> 00:05:30,839 Speaker 2: I remembered that that's a clip I think on his 131 00:05:31,120 --> 00:05:32,279 Speaker 2: social media face. 132 00:05:33,080 --> 00:05:37,520 Speaker 1: But look enough about John, you've you've scored a few 133 00:05:37,560 --> 00:05:41,640 Speaker 1: TV writing jobs of later as well. Yeah, Trailer Park 134 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:43,760 Speaker 1: Boys mark the week that's going to be. 135 00:05:43,960 --> 00:05:45,520 Speaker 2: Mock the week was a big one for me because 136 00:05:45,560 --> 00:05:47,280 Speaker 2: I grew up. I didn't grow up watching it, but 137 00:05:47,320 --> 00:05:50,279 Speaker 2: I've watched it for a very long time. And then yeah, 138 00:05:50,279 --> 00:05:51,880 Speaker 2: I was approached by some of the comedians on the 139 00:05:51,880 --> 00:05:52,760 Speaker 2: show to write for them. 140 00:05:52,800 --> 00:05:55,719 Speaker 1: I was like, yes, please, Yeah, I would imagine you 141 00:05:55,800 --> 00:05:59,279 Speaker 1: live in a world an industry where the more fingers 142 00:05:59,320 --> 00:06:02,279 Speaker 1: in those sorts of of pas that the more secure 143 00:06:02,320 --> 00:06:04,960 Speaker 1: you can probably feel yeah, yeah, definitely. 144 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:08,520 Speaker 2: And then it's so like I've lived in Perth for 145 00:06:09,320 --> 00:06:12,240 Speaker 2: Australia for about ten years now. I still can't find 146 00:06:12,240 --> 00:06:18,560 Speaker 2: my way around anywhere. But but I just can't get anywhere. 147 00:06:18,680 --> 00:06:21,360 Speaker 2: I can't without maps. We talk about phones, but without maps, 148 00:06:21,360 --> 00:06:21,960 Speaker 2: I'm done. 149 00:06:23,400 --> 00:06:24,000 Speaker 3: In sprawl. 150 00:06:24,160 --> 00:06:28,159 Speaker 2: Yeah. But yeah, I was working remotely, so I was 151 00:06:28,160 --> 00:06:30,640 Speaker 2: writing on all these TV shows in like the US 152 00:06:30,720 --> 00:06:32,120 Speaker 2: and the UK, but I was doing it remotely. And 153 00:06:32,160 --> 00:06:36,200 Speaker 2: then I started writing on the project here, yeah, about 154 00:06:36,200 --> 00:06:38,520 Speaker 2: two years ago now. And even though that's here, I 155 00:06:38,560 --> 00:06:40,560 Speaker 2: still do that remotely because they're over in Melbourne. But yeah, 156 00:06:40,920 --> 00:06:42,520 Speaker 2: as you say, like the more you do, the more 157 00:06:42,680 --> 00:06:43,760 Speaker 2: doors that kind of open. 158 00:06:43,839 --> 00:06:46,279 Speaker 1: And it's fantastic what you can do remotely now, it 159 00:06:46,360 --> 00:06:49,120 Speaker 1: really is. Really can live in another country and produce 160 00:06:49,160 --> 00:06:49,919 Speaker 1: a TV show. 161 00:06:50,040 --> 00:06:53,400 Speaker 3: Yeah, mus sending each other farms and stuff. 162 00:06:53,560 --> 00:06:56,680 Speaker 2: Yeah. I so part of our day on the project, 163 00:06:56,760 --> 00:06:59,000 Speaker 2: at nine am my time, I have to have a 164 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:01,279 Speaker 2: writer's meeting with the rest of the writers in the 165 00:07:01,320 --> 00:07:04,160 Speaker 2: nine production team over Zoom only lasts like ten minutes, 166 00:07:04,279 --> 00:07:05,920 Speaker 2: and I hate it so much because that's the one 167 00:07:05,960 --> 00:07:07,440 Speaker 2: time I have to put clothes on and get out 168 00:07:07,480 --> 00:07:09,680 Speaker 2: of bed to go and do this thing. You're like, 169 00:07:09,760 --> 00:07:13,120 Speaker 2: oh god, you have to camera. Yeah, yes, exactly. I've 170 00:07:13,120 --> 00:07:16,000 Speaker 2: done it before. Yep. I've done it before where I've 171 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:17,840 Speaker 2: gone like, oh yeah, the camera's not work. I just 172 00:07:17,880 --> 00:07:19,400 Speaker 2: haven't moved. I'm not moving. 173 00:07:19,680 --> 00:07:20,920 Speaker 3: Yeah. 174 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:26,600 Speaker 1: Well. Desperate House Guys kicks off Friday tomorrow and runs 175 00:07:26,640 --> 00:07:29,960 Speaker 1: until February nine. Tickets are through fringeworld dot com dot 176 00:07:29,960 --> 00:07:31,480 Speaker 1: are you David, Thanks for coming in. 177 00:07:31,480 --> 00:07:32,880 Speaker 2: Thank you so much for having me. It's lovely to 178 00:07:32,880 --> 00:07:33,360 Speaker 2: talk to you guys. 179 00:07:33,400 --> 00:07:35,040 Speaker 3: Good to see you. Man mcglad. You're not angry. 180 00:07:35,320 --> 00:07:37,760 Speaker 2: No, no, I wanted to try it so bad, just 181 00:07:37,840 --> 00:07:38,200 Speaker 2: to swear