1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:05,600 Speaker 1: Tom Gleason, host of season two of Hard Quiz Kids, 2 00:00:05,640 --> 00:00:09,400 Speaker 1: which begins at seven thirty tomorrow night on the ABC 3 00:00:09,720 --> 00:00:12,799 Speaker 1: and will be available on abc I View a little 4 00:00:12,880 --> 00:00:13,440 Speaker 1: later today. 5 00:00:13,480 --> 00:00:17,079 Speaker 2: Good morning, Tom, Good morning, Thanks for having me on. 6 00:00:17,239 --> 00:00:20,000 Speaker 1: You're welcome. So good news you're working with children. Permit 7 00:00:20,079 --> 00:00:21,560 Speaker 1: has been renewed for another season. 8 00:00:23,400 --> 00:00:26,400 Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean good news for viewers because it's entertaining 9 00:00:26,440 --> 00:00:28,960 Speaker 2: to watch. But most of the entertainment I think comes 10 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:33,720 Speaker 2: from watching me cope. So you know, if you enjoy chaos, 11 00:00:33,800 --> 00:00:34,199 Speaker 2: tune in. 12 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:37,360 Speaker 1: Tell us a bit about season two. What makes it 13 00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:39,400 Speaker 1: different from season one are the kids are just a 14 00:00:39,400 --> 00:00:41,440 Speaker 1: little smarter, a little harder to tackle. 15 00:00:43,280 --> 00:00:45,360 Speaker 2: Well that all the kids you come into season two, 16 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:47,519 Speaker 2: they've watched season one, so they're coming in a lot 17 00:00:47,560 --> 00:00:50,080 Speaker 2: more hot. So they're full of insults, ready to go. 18 00:00:50,680 --> 00:00:53,680 Speaker 2: They've watched all ten seasons of Hard Quiz and they're 19 00:00:53,680 --> 00:00:56,560 Speaker 2: just all over me. And at times it was, yeah, 20 00:00:56,600 --> 00:00:57,840 Speaker 2: it was hard for me to get a word in. 21 00:00:58,040 --> 00:01:00,080 Speaker 1: So you actually have to be a bit smarter. The 22 00:01:00,240 --> 00:01:04,959 Speaker 1: roasting as well, patient is more what I was thinking. 23 00:01:05,480 --> 00:01:08,240 Speaker 2: The records take a lot longer than the regular episodes 24 00:01:08,800 --> 00:01:10,760 Speaker 2: because there's a lot of stuff that just cannot go 25 00:01:10,800 --> 00:01:12,080 Speaker 2: to air because it's nonsense. 26 00:01:12,200 --> 00:01:13,800 Speaker 1: I just got to wonder, do you have to do 27 00:01:14,120 --> 00:01:17,319 Speaker 1: a special kind of abc HR training before you before 28 00:01:17,360 --> 00:01:17,720 Speaker 1: you do this. 29 00:01:19,800 --> 00:01:21,640 Speaker 2: No, they just trust me to go at it. I mean, 30 00:01:21,640 --> 00:01:24,040 Speaker 2: my children are about the same age as the contestants, 31 00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:26,360 Speaker 2: so I sort of know how to push the limits without, 32 00:01:26,520 --> 00:01:30,560 Speaker 2: you know, without without breaking them totally and leaving their 33 00:01:30,560 --> 00:01:31,319 Speaker 2: soul intact. 34 00:01:32,440 --> 00:01:35,520 Speaker 1: What's which is harder dealing with the adults or dealing 35 00:01:35,520 --> 00:01:37,320 Speaker 1: with the kids, Because you can go a little harder 36 00:01:37,319 --> 00:01:39,560 Speaker 1: on the adults, but you've got to You've got to 37 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:41,280 Speaker 1: go carefully with the kids. So that must make it 38 00:01:41,319 --> 00:01:42,560 Speaker 1: a little bit more difficult for you. 39 00:01:44,120 --> 00:01:45,959 Speaker 2: Oh well, with the children. The one thing that's a 40 00:01:45,959 --> 00:01:48,240 Speaker 2: bit weird is there's a bit of a roasting culture 41 00:01:48,280 --> 00:01:50,760 Speaker 2: at primary school these days. Often kids come home from 42 00:01:51,040 --> 00:01:54,440 Speaker 2: schools saying, oh, yeah, we're having a roast battle in 43 00:01:54,480 --> 00:01:56,440 Speaker 2: the in the playground. So they're kind of across the 44 00:01:56,480 --> 00:01:59,280 Speaker 2: idea of the banter, and they're pretty much they're pretty 45 00:01:59,280 --> 00:02:01,760 Speaker 2: impervious to the banter that don't really get offended. That's 46 00:02:01,840 --> 00:02:03,480 Speaker 2: kind of fine. I mean, obviously I keep it to 47 00:02:03,520 --> 00:02:06,960 Speaker 2: stuff that they would understand. The thing that they get 48 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:10,440 Speaker 2: upset about is losing because they really desperately want to 49 00:02:10,440 --> 00:02:12,600 Speaker 2: win more than the adults. So you know, when they 50 00:02:12,600 --> 00:02:15,480 Speaker 2: get booted out, you know there's sometimes there are tears 51 00:02:15,480 --> 00:02:16,520 Speaker 2: back in the green room. 52 00:02:17,440 --> 00:02:19,000 Speaker 1: And you have to go back and console them. I 53 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:21,080 Speaker 1: didn't really mean it. I didn't really mean it. I 54 00:02:21,080 --> 00:02:22,520 Speaker 1: didn't mean to be like they go. 55 00:02:22,480 --> 00:02:24,680 Speaker 2: And consoll them. I've got someone else who does it 56 00:02:24,720 --> 00:02:25,080 Speaker 2: for me. 57 00:02:27,400 --> 00:02:32,280 Speaker 1: I've got a man for that. So what are some 58 00:02:32,320 --> 00:02:34,600 Speaker 1: of the because you know, obviously you've already had a 59 00:02:34,600 --> 00:02:36,600 Speaker 1: season of it with the kids, is what is one 60 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:39,760 Speaker 1: of the most interesting subjects that any of the kids 61 00:02:39,840 --> 00:02:43,520 Speaker 1: have been shall we say qualified or an expert in. 62 00:02:45,440 --> 00:02:49,080 Speaker 2: Well, it's kind of subjects that you'd expect, Like in 63 00:02:49,120 --> 00:02:52,040 Speaker 2: episode one, Yeah, that goes up and I view today 64 00:02:52,680 --> 00:02:55,480 Speaker 2: there's bluey and roadblocks, you know, things you think kids 65 00:02:55,560 --> 00:02:58,880 Speaker 2: might be interested in. But then there's also like coming up, 66 00:02:58,919 --> 00:03:02,360 Speaker 2: there's a kid who's experts subject is Australian government. And 67 00:03:02,480 --> 00:03:04,480 Speaker 2: asked him who his favorite politician was, and he said 68 00:03:04,480 --> 00:03:11,000 Speaker 2: Peter Dutton. Like, okay, Astralia wearing a suit. 69 00:03:12,080 --> 00:03:15,519 Speaker 1: He must be fun in the playground, oh man. 70 00:03:15,560 --> 00:03:17,520 Speaker 2: But he was serious too. He's not. He's not just 71 00:03:17,560 --> 00:03:20,280 Speaker 2: banging it on for TV. He was fascinated by politics. 72 00:03:20,639 --> 00:03:23,200 Speaker 2: His parents aren't. That was the other thing that was weird, 73 00:03:23,440 --> 00:03:25,359 Speaker 2: Like he was really into it, but his parents didn't care. 74 00:03:25,400 --> 00:03:29,040 Speaker 1: So ah, there's a future. There's a future leader in 75 00:03:29,080 --> 00:03:30,800 Speaker 1: the making right there on the show. 76 00:03:31,440 --> 00:03:33,720 Speaker 2: Oh yeah, I said you're going to be a politician 77 00:03:33,720 --> 00:03:35,080 Speaker 2: one day, and he said, yeah, I'd like to be. 78 00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:36,440 Speaker 2: And I said, well, what you've got to do is 79 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:38,920 Speaker 2: you've got it when you turn seveneen and go straight 80 00:03:38,960 --> 00:03:41,119 Speaker 2: to Canberra. Become a start and make sure you get 81 00:03:41,120 --> 00:03:43,280 Speaker 2: no real world experience and you'll be perfect. 82 00:03:44,480 --> 00:03:47,400 Speaker 1: Detach from reality perfect. That's the past to take. That 83 00:03:47,520 --> 00:03:49,680 Speaker 1: is the path to take. Hey, as a kid, what 84 00:03:49,680 --> 00:03:54,240 Speaker 1: what subject did you have a special interest in? Were 85 00:03:54,280 --> 00:03:57,120 Speaker 1: you obsessed with anything like Australian government. 86 00:03:59,480 --> 00:04:02,280 Speaker 2: I was really mathematics actually, which I guess is kind 87 00:04:02,320 --> 00:04:04,240 Speaker 2: of odd because most kids hate maths. But I just 88 00:04:04,280 --> 00:04:07,320 Speaker 2: found maths easy. So I'm only into it because it 89 00:04:07,440 --> 00:04:09,760 Speaker 2: required the least amount of study for the most amount 90 00:04:09,760 --> 00:04:11,520 Speaker 2: of results. It was more of an efficiency thing. 91 00:04:11,720 --> 00:04:13,760 Speaker 1: Well lucky for you, not for the rest of us. 92 00:04:14,240 --> 00:04:17,599 Speaker 1: But then again, maths is everything. Everything is maths as 93 00:04:17,600 --> 00:04:18,239 Speaker 1: they say. 94 00:04:19,400 --> 00:04:22,400 Speaker 2: Yeah, well, I mean, but that's also been how I've 95 00:04:22,440 --> 00:04:24,880 Speaker 2: lived my life, so that is I try to I 96 00:04:24,960 --> 00:04:26,920 Speaker 2: tend to be good at things that everyone else hates. 97 00:04:27,360 --> 00:04:29,920 Speaker 2: So I'm good at maths, which everyone hates, so that's handy. 98 00:04:29,960 --> 00:04:32,840 Speaker 2: So you've got no competition, and I'm good at public speaking, 99 00:04:32,880 --> 00:04:35,120 Speaker 2: which everyone hates, so again there's no competition. 100 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:37,760 Speaker 1: There you go. You've just carved out a path for 101 00:04:37,800 --> 00:04:42,520 Speaker 1: yourself with no competition. So that's season two of Hardkoo's Kids. 102 00:04:42,800 --> 00:04:45,119 Speaker 1: As I said tomorrow night seven thirty on ABC TV 103 00:04:45,320 --> 00:04:49,000 Speaker 1: and Atual Leisure anytime from later today on ABC, I 104 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:52,160 Speaker 1: view the joys of streaming. But you're paying us a 105 00:04:52,240 --> 00:04:55,119 Speaker 1: visit early next year. You're bringing your stand up show 106 00:04:55,160 --> 00:04:59,760 Speaker 1: to to Wa. You've got four shows now at the 107 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:03,080 Speaker 1: re Theater, two of which are sold out, and you've 108 00:05:03,120 --> 00:05:06,520 Speaker 1: got two new shows one both one on the thirtieth 109 00:05:06,560 --> 00:05:09,080 Speaker 1: of January and the other one on the thirty first 110 00:05:09,080 --> 00:05:11,359 Speaker 1: of January. And tickets are also selling fast for the 111 00:05:11,360 --> 00:05:16,799 Speaker 1: Bumbery and Mandra shows as well. What do we expect 112 00:05:17,160 --> 00:05:20,080 Speaker 1: tom roasting of the audience, roasting of you. 113 00:05:22,160 --> 00:05:24,880 Speaker 2: Yeah, well, the show's called out of touch. Course, I'm 114 00:05:25,440 --> 00:05:27,159 Speaker 2: I'm mind that's where I'm at. So I'm sort of 115 00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:28,680 Speaker 2: trying to get on the front foot and try to 116 00:05:28,960 --> 00:05:32,520 Speaker 2: a bit like that kid getting into politics. Well, yeah, 117 00:05:32,520 --> 00:05:34,200 Speaker 2: I'm out of touch, and I mean, you know, I 118 00:05:34,240 --> 00:05:36,800 Speaker 2: can't even relate to people who host only one TV show. 119 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:39,600 Speaker 2: I've got three now and I'll be flying over business 120 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:41,800 Speaker 2: class to rub everyone's nose, and I need people to 121 00:05:41,880 --> 00:05:44,640 Speaker 2: turn up to take me down a peg and just 122 00:05:44,880 --> 00:05:46,480 Speaker 2: put me in my plate. Yeah. Well, of course, because 123 00:05:46,480 --> 00:05:47,480 Speaker 2: you're a You're. 124 00:05:47,320 --> 00:05:50,240 Speaker 1: A gold Leggi winner, so of course you're going to 125 00:05:50,240 --> 00:05:52,159 Speaker 1: be in business class and a little out of touch. 126 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:56,320 Speaker 2: But that's it. The audience keeps me. They keep me 127 00:05:56,440 --> 00:05:59,159 Speaker 2: on track. So if you know, if I'm being too 128 00:05:59,200 --> 00:06:01,600 Speaker 2: perverse in my paces, they let me know. Yeah. 129 00:06:01,640 --> 00:06:03,800 Speaker 1: But do you give it to the crowd too, Do 130 00:06:03,839 --> 00:06:06,320 Speaker 1: you drag anybody up on stage and make an example 131 00:06:06,360 --> 00:06:07,839 Speaker 1: of them, especially if they're a heckler? 132 00:06:09,400 --> 00:06:11,960 Speaker 2: Oh no, I never really drag people up on stage. 133 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:13,880 Speaker 2: I do that when I'm doing Hard Quiz live because 134 00:06:13,880 --> 00:06:16,680 Speaker 2: I need contestants, but I always invite the crowd to 135 00:06:16,720 --> 00:06:19,000 Speaker 2: tell me what they did and didn't believe about the show. 136 00:06:19,440 --> 00:06:22,560 Speaker 2: So often the show devolves into the crowd yelling at 137 00:06:22,560 --> 00:06:26,080 Speaker 2: me and me straightening them out and yeah, and correcting 138 00:06:26,080 --> 00:06:28,359 Speaker 2: the records and so. And that's a great thing about 139 00:06:28,360 --> 00:06:30,960 Speaker 2: my show is if you have any complaints, you don't 140 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:33,560 Speaker 2: have to make them later in an email or on 141 00:06:33,680 --> 00:06:36,200 Speaker 2: social media. You can make them in real time and 142 00:06:36,240 --> 00:06:38,160 Speaker 2: I'll deal with them in the theater before you go. 143 00:06:38,560 --> 00:06:41,359 Speaker 1: Sounds a bit like hard Kids, hard quiz kids. It 144 00:06:41,360 --> 00:06:42,240 Speaker 1: sounds like chaos. 145 00:06:44,520 --> 00:06:47,320 Speaker 2: All my show's ending chaos. But I hate to say 146 00:06:47,360 --> 00:06:49,560 Speaker 2: it's usually the highlight of the show. But I'm not in. 147 00:06:49,520 --> 00:06:54,200 Speaker 1: Control or think spiral, spiral, out of control. That's a 148 00:06:54,200 --> 00:06:54,880 Speaker 1: perfect show. 149 00:06:55,360 --> 00:06:55,560 Speaker 2: Yeah. 150 00:06:55,600 --> 00:06:59,240 Speaker 1: So you're in Perth at the Regal Theater on the 151 00:06:59,400 --> 00:07:03,440 Speaker 1: thirtieth and the thirty first two shows on the thirtieth, 152 00:07:03,880 --> 00:07:06,479 Speaker 1: The first show is sold out, the second one has 153 00:07:06,520 --> 00:07:10,880 Speaker 1: been added at eight pm on the thirtieth, and there's 154 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:13,560 Speaker 1: another show now, The seven pm show on the thirty 155 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:16,000 Speaker 1: first is sold out, but there's an earlier show at 156 00:07:16,040 --> 00:07:18,720 Speaker 1: five pm on the thirty first as well. That's at 157 00:07:18,720 --> 00:07:21,840 Speaker 1: the Regal Theater. Those tickets won't last long, given that 158 00:07:21,880 --> 00:07:24,480 Speaker 1: the other two shows sold out so quickly, and given 159 00:07:24,520 --> 00:07:27,920 Speaker 1: that there is chaos awaiting and everybody's going to want 160 00:07:27,920 --> 00:07:30,560 Speaker 1: to be there to see it. So if you want 161 00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:33,680 Speaker 1: to get your tickets and you do want to comedy, 162 00:07:33,960 --> 00:07:37,960 Speaker 1: dot com dot au is where you can get them. Hey, Tom, 163 00:07:38,080 --> 00:07:40,920 Speaker 1: good luck with season two of Hard Quiz Kids, and 164 00:07:40,960 --> 00:07:43,360 Speaker 1: good luck with the with the stand up comedy show. 165 00:07:43,360 --> 00:07:45,239 Speaker 1: We look forward to seeing you and all the chaos 166 00:07:45,240 --> 00:07:47,280 Speaker 1: that you bring in January next year. 167 00:07:48,640 --> 00:07:50,760 Speaker 2: Yeah, now, Oris, I'm looking forward to coming over. It's 168 00:07:50,800 --> 00:07:52,960 Speaker 2: also it's part of Perth Fringe World, which I don't 169 00:07:52,960 --> 00:07:55,560 Speaker 2: think the lineup's even been announced yet. So if you 170 00:07:55,640 --> 00:07:57,800 Speaker 2: want to get in before all the losers get the program, 171 00:07:58,200 --> 00:07:59,040 Speaker 2: buy ticket. 172 00:07:58,840 --> 00:08:01,840 Speaker 1: Now out of it's been announced by you right now. 173 00:08:02,360 --> 00:08:04,920 Speaker 1: The highlight, the highlight of the whole shebang. 174 00:08:05,040 --> 00:08:08,680 Speaker 2: I say, I can't wait to get over there. 175 00:08:08,720 --> 00:08:10,840 Speaker 1: Thank you, good on your Tom, Thank you very much 176 00:08:10,880 --> 00:08:12,520 Speaker 1: for your time this morning.