1 00:00:01,160 --> 00:00:04,000 Speaker 1: Podcasting Now, we've got a very special guest in the 2 00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:06,040 Speaker 1: studio in Dave Thornton, who is. 3 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:08,920 Speaker 2: Second guest, our second guest in the. 4 00:00:08,840 --> 00:00:13,880 Speaker 1: Studio since the virus has lifted. Yeah, welcome. For no welcome, 5 00:00:14,080 --> 00:00:16,200 Speaker 1: we would have your first had your first with Scotty 6 00:00:16,280 --> 00:00:18,319 Speaker 1: Cam got in before you. 7 00:00:18,560 --> 00:00:21,320 Speaker 3: How much with Scotty Cam when you're around him? When 8 00:00:21,320 --> 00:00:23,000 Speaker 3: we used the interview him, it was like he just 9 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:25,599 Speaker 3: smells like Chip Wooden success. You know, it's like that. 10 00:00:25,640 --> 00:00:27,560 Speaker 3: It's a real must of a man who knows how 11 00:00:27,560 --> 00:00:28,200 Speaker 3: to fix things. 12 00:00:28,360 --> 00:00:30,840 Speaker 4: Yeah, it's a good look too, isn't it a good 13 00:00:30,840 --> 00:00:31,800 Speaker 4: look and a good smell? 14 00:00:31,920 --> 00:00:34,200 Speaker 3: I reckon absolutely, Like if he was in hire a hobby, 15 00:00:34,240 --> 00:00:35,640 Speaker 3: I would say to my partner, Yeah, go for it. 16 00:00:35,640 --> 00:00:37,320 Speaker 3: I mean you paid for it, take the whole train, 17 00:00:37,920 --> 00:00:40,120 Speaker 3: go for it. You'll get the spirit level out and 18 00:00:40,400 --> 00:00:45,040 Speaker 3: Lord knows what happens when you're up to you. 19 00:00:45,880 --> 00:00:48,120 Speaker 2: Yeah, he's an impressive bloke, but you're equally as impressive. 20 00:00:48,720 --> 00:00:49,720 Speaker 3: Oh you are? You are? 21 00:00:49,840 --> 00:00:51,360 Speaker 1: I was actually thinking about you the other day and 22 00:00:51,360 --> 00:00:52,960 Speaker 1: think about all the stand up comedians we've got in 23 00:00:53,760 --> 00:00:56,520 Speaker 1: You're doing a standout special on TV now which is epic, 24 00:00:56,600 --> 00:00:57,680 Speaker 1: but as a bloker. 25 00:00:57,400 --> 00:01:00,520 Speaker 2: Gigs a lot and has gigged a lot previously. 26 00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:03,480 Speaker 3: Has it been Yeah, I mean it's forced to trial 27 00:01:03,520 --> 00:01:06,360 Speaker 3: separation between me and my partner sometimes when you work 28 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:06,840 Speaker 3: too hard. 29 00:01:06,920 --> 00:01:10,480 Speaker 4: Made so seriously, have you separated from your No? 30 00:01:11,959 --> 00:01:16,120 Speaker 3: You laughed and then went on saying, does that, Nausine? 31 00:01:16,160 --> 00:01:17,520 Speaker 3: Does that? I thought it was a joke when he 32 00:01:17,560 --> 00:01:20,000 Speaker 3: brought up his separation. Then anyway, that wasn't a joke. 33 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:23,640 Speaker 3: It's one of those where you go, oh, no, we're 34 00:01:23,680 --> 00:01:26,280 Speaker 3: being seriously because you're you're still with your partner. That 35 00:01:26,400 --> 00:01:29,080 Speaker 3: was a quite lovely your reaction to You're like, is 36 00:01:29,080 --> 00:01:33,040 Speaker 3: this cool? I'm gonna laugh at you now that Yeah, 37 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:35,440 Speaker 3: what are you worried? You're worried. You don't want to 38 00:01:35,440 --> 00:01:36,319 Speaker 3: walk into that stuff. 39 00:01:36,640 --> 00:01:37,960 Speaker 2: You're still with your partner, which is good. 40 00:01:38,240 --> 00:01:41,360 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's still with your partner. Now, to be honest, 41 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:45,679 Speaker 3: now it's turned creepy. He's like, is she single? I 42 00:01:45,800 --> 00:01:49,040 Speaker 3: just want to know, like this is really killing me 43 00:01:49,040 --> 00:01:51,160 Speaker 3: because it's been a lot lock down. I just want 44 00:01:51,160 --> 00:01:54,240 Speaker 3: to know. You know, something popped up on my feet. 45 00:01:54,320 --> 00:01:57,120 Speaker 3: You guys were because look admediately I saw it, I 46 00:01:57,120 --> 00:01:58,880 Speaker 3: didn't listen to it, and it came up on there. 47 00:01:58,920 --> 00:02:00,960 Speaker 3: So you guys who worked so for media must be happy. 48 00:02:01,360 --> 00:02:04,600 Speaker 3: Hit great, hitch great, and let him know. Yeah, yeah, 49 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:07,160 Speaker 3: get it the promotion. You get him out of that cage. 50 00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:09,000 Speaker 3: He's doing all right, look at him? Locked away? Was 51 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:11,400 Speaker 3: the hit? Well, it was the story you told about 52 00:02:11,520 --> 00:02:16,400 Speaker 3: how it talks about masculinity. What do you talked about? 53 00:02:16,400 --> 00:02:18,400 Speaker 3: You know, you played footy and author did drama. Yeah. 54 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:20,560 Speaker 3: And I was like, because we've known each other for 55 00:02:20,639 --> 00:02:22,640 Speaker 3: years now, yeah, And I was like, good on your 56 00:02:22,639 --> 00:02:24,280 Speaker 3: boys talking about all that kind of stuff because it 57 00:02:24,320 --> 00:02:27,280 Speaker 3: resonated with me because like it's a relative thing. I 58 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:29,880 Speaker 3: think in the arts world, all three of us might 59 00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:32,160 Speaker 3: seem a bit manly, but then when you hang out 60 00:02:32,160 --> 00:02:35,440 Speaker 3: with your mates, probably from high school, all the lowest making. 61 00:02:36,480 --> 00:02:38,920 Speaker 4: Yeah, and we hide a few things from you in 62 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:40,080 Speaker 4: the arts field. 63 00:02:40,480 --> 00:02:40,679 Speaker 1: Yeah. 64 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:41,399 Speaker 4: Yeah. 65 00:02:42,200 --> 00:02:44,440 Speaker 3: And I've always been fine with that, even to the 66 00:02:44,480 --> 00:02:46,320 Speaker 3: point where and I wrote it in today, I've got 67 00:02:46,320 --> 00:02:50,120 Speaker 3: a little posty bike my partner for my birthday is. 68 00:02:50,120 --> 00:02:54,080 Speaker 1: A downgrade because of COVID nineteen salary or what's the 69 00:02:54,120 --> 00:02:57,320 Speaker 1: story there? 70 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:00,919 Speaker 3: Is it a nice way saying you've had to tell 71 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:03,560 Speaker 3: your car that's what they gave me when they gave 72 00:03:03,560 --> 00:03:08,480 Speaker 3: me job keeper. Here's the moped. There's also no Burat's bag. 73 00:03:08,760 --> 00:03:14,080 Speaker 3: If you want to join the dice, that's fine. I 74 00:03:14,120 --> 00:03:16,240 Speaker 3: only bring it up because, yeah, I always think I'm 75 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:17,960 Speaker 3: just riding my sick hog and I look like the 76 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:21,520 Speaker 3: manliest man ever. Yeah, I made of mine. He took 77 00:03:21,520 --> 00:03:23,640 Speaker 3: a video of me, because you could ride the mean 78 00:03:23,720 --> 00:03:26,399 Speaker 3: streets of Melbourne, especially in the lockdown no one was out. Yeah, 79 00:03:26,480 --> 00:03:28,840 Speaker 3: so I was quite enjoying it, just fanging around, of course, 80 00:03:28,960 --> 00:03:30,280 Speaker 3: because it's the mobid you had to go on thirty 81 00:03:30,360 --> 00:03:32,480 Speaker 3: k's in hell. Yeah, but my mate took a video 82 00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:34,920 Speaker 3: of me and I was like, that looks horrific. 83 00:03:35,240 --> 00:03:35,839 Speaker 2: What do you mean? 84 00:03:36,560 --> 00:03:38,440 Speaker 3: You know I'm in the old measure like six two 85 00:03:38,520 --> 00:03:41,400 Speaker 3: six three, so it's hilarious. I'm on a very small 86 00:03:41,480 --> 00:03:44,480 Speaker 3: two stroke by past. Like I always say to mates, 87 00:03:44,480 --> 00:03:46,680 Speaker 3: people look at me the same way they must look 88 00:03:46,680 --> 00:03:49,080 Speaker 3: at like Millennia Trump, which he's holding Donald's hand, just like, 89 00:03:49,640 --> 00:03:51,040 Speaker 3: surely you don't enjoy riding that. 90 00:03:55,280 --> 00:04:00,320 Speaker 1: Podcasting now Judge for laughs, he's on Channel cheat Out. 91 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:02,160 Speaker 2: You've been missing your stand up comedy. You can get 92 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:03,920 Speaker 2: the best comedians in Australia. 93 00:04:03,920 --> 00:04:07,120 Speaker 1: We're talking sents from Jude Luzy, Niki Osborn, Reece Nicholson's 94 00:04:07,160 --> 00:04:09,880 Speaker 1: on there as well, and Dave Thoughton, who's in the 95 00:04:09,880 --> 00:04:10,800 Speaker 1: studio with us right now. 96 00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:14,280 Speaker 2: That's on Channel ten. Dave, you're on Monday Night your app. 97 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:16,240 Speaker 3: That's right, mate, And I just want to say that 98 00:04:16,360 --> 00:04:18,760 Speaker 3: was before all the lockdowns and the social distancing. You 99 00:04:19,279 --> 00:04:21,320 Speaker 3: back up because the audience is all crammed in. But 100 00:04:21,320 --> 00:04:24,159 Speaker 3: when my jokes fall flat, that was shot during social distance. 101 00:04:25,320 --> 00:04:26,799 Speaker 3: There's not a lot of people in the audience. 102 00:04:27,160 --> 00:04:28,960 Speaker 1: I was I was actually gonna ask you have you 103 00:04:29,160 --> 00:04:33,920 Speaker 1: had COVID like, because obviously COVID material amongst stand ups 104 00:04:33,960 --> 00:04:37,599 Speaker 1: now is just like, right, well, is that a thing? 105 00:04:37,640 --> 00:04:39,839 Speaker 1: Is it just like there's so much COVID gear that 106 00:04:39,920 --> 00:04:42,600 Speaker 1: you steer clear COVID gear or are you or are 107 00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:45,320 Speaker 1: you like are you watching someone before you and you're like, shit, 108 00:04:45,400 --> 00:04:48,600 Speaker 1: that's half my act or I don't know, because it's 109 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:51,279 Speaker 1: it's relevant. The only thing to talk about for a 110 00:04:51,279 --> 00:04:53,760 Speaker 1: long time there is because nothing's nothing happened. 111 00:04:53,839 --> 00:04:56,440 Speaker 3: Yeah, well I've just got that and kooky stories about 112 00:04:56,440 --> 00:04:58,560 Speaker 3: what my kids did during lockdown, which is. 113 00:04:58,560 --> 00:05:00,760 Speaker 1: Kind of which is technically which is a COVID story 114 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:02,960 Speaker 1: indirectly though really in a lot of ways, isn't it? 115 00:05:03,080 --> 00:05:07,000 Speaker 2: That is specific I had to pull you off. 116 00:05:07,040 --> 00:05:08,960 Speaker 4: If another comedian got up and was talking about the 117 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:11,040 Speaker 4: weird ship that Dave Thornton's kids were doing, that'd be 118 00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:14,599 Speaker 4: a bit creepy, wouldn't it. Judith Lucy gets under so 119 00:05:14,680 --> 00:05:18,320 Speaker 4: Dave Thornton's kids like, what have you been naked? 120 00:05:18,320 --> 00:05:22,599 Speaker 3: A lot heading towards what the hell have you? 121 00:05:22,720 --> 00:05:24,720 Speaker 2: Has your wife been working from home as well? 122 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:28,680 Speaker 3: Yes, she's been working. Oh no, she was because you 123 00:05:28,760 --> 00:05:31,680 Speaker 3: got a new job. Do you know, do you still 124 00:05:31,680 --> 00:05:34,320 Speaker 3: speak to your wife? This is the guy for help, 125 00:05:36,360 --> 00:05:38,600 Speaker 3: because she got it. She works in the health industry. 126 00:05:40,400 --> 00:05:46,039 Speaker 3: Actually she can, it'd be great to hear it. Who knows. Yeah, 127 00:05:46,080 --> 00:05:47,480 Speaker 3: So she had a job and then she got a 128 00:05:47,520 --> 00:05:49,280 Speaker 3: new job. So in the new job, she worked from home. 129 00:05:49,320 --> 00:05:51,240 Speaker 3: But the old job, she was going there. She was 130 00:05:51,240 --> 00:05:53,440 Speaker 3: working at a hospital, not on the front line, but 131 00:05:53,520 --> 00:05:54,640 Speaker 3: she was an essential worker. 132 00:05:54,760 --> 00:05:54,960 Speaker 4: Yeah. 133 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:57,479 Speaker 1: Yeah. And then let's not split hairs, like you know 134 00:05:57,560 --> 00:05:58,799 Speaker 1: she's still in at the hospital. 135 00:05:59,279 --> 00:06:00,040 Speaker 3: Yeah, she's. 136 00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:04,240 Speaker 1: My wife's and not on the front line though, I 137 00:06:04,279 --> 00:06:06,960 Speaker 1: mean she wasn't at the cold face. 138 00:06:07,640 --> 00:06:10,760 Speaker 3: I'm still the man, you know, she's. 139 00:06:10,520 --> 00:06:13,760 Speaker 2: The one with the job working during a viral pandemic. 140 00:06:13,880 --> 00:06:18,520 Speaker 3: Yeah, and I was there just really, I'm telling I 141 00:06:18,520 --> 00:06:20,279 Speaker 3: don't know what you're bringing in. Do you actually do 142 00:06:20,279 --> 00:06:22,120 Speaker 3: you have that argument with your partics? I know Will 143 00:06:22,160 --> 00:06:23,640 Speaker 3: and I both have previously that. 144 00:06:25,600 --> 00:06:28,480 Speaker 4: I will, But it's like, you know, when you're competing 145 00:06:28,480 --> 00:06:30,080 Speaker 4: for it, who's going to clean the house, who's going 146 00:06:30,080 --> 00:06:30,640 Speaker 4: to cook tonight? 147 00:06:30,680 --> 00:06:32,479 Speaker 3: And often the fight is, you know, who's. 148 00:06:32,279 --> 00:06:33,120 Speaker 2: Had a bigger day. 149 00:06:33,320 --> 00:06:34,359 Speaker 3: Do you find it hard. 150 00:06:34,200 --> 00:06:36,039 Speaker 4: To look at your partner in the face when she's 151 00:06:36,080 --> 00:06:38,719 Speaker 4: been you know, doing her medical then you go, well, 152 00:06:39,200 --> 00:06:40,200 Speaker 4: I wrote one joke today. 153 00:06:40,800 --> 00:06:43,120 Speaker 3: Yeah, we actually had that conversation because I used to 154 00:06:43,200 --> 00:06:45,200 Speaker 3: work on another radio station. We won't mention it. 155 00:06:47,360 --> 00:06:49,320 Speaker 2: How dare you come on? 156 00:06:49,360 --> 00:06:49,400 Speaker 1: You? 157 00:06:50,920 --> 00:06:53,839 Speaker 3: I remember it was a Friday, Nicky and I before 158 00:06:53,880 --> 00:06:56,320 Speaker 3: the kids were about to head away on holiday, and 159 00:06:56,520 --> 00:06:58,320 Speaker 3: she said, how was your morning? And it was a 160 00:06:58,480 --> 00:07:01,320 Speaker 3: very radio stunt where we were up in a crane 161 00:07:01,520 --> 00:07:05,040 Speaker 3: dropping money and the people who had called in could 162 00:07:05,040 --> 00:07:07,719 Speaker 3: come down to the field. If you caught the money, 163 00:07:07,760 --> 00:07:10,080 Speaker 3: then it was going to be young oh wow. And 164 00:07:10,160 --> 00:07:12,200 Speaker 3: it is extremely hard to catch paper in the air, 165 00:07:12,200 --> 00:07:14,680 Speaker 3: as we found out people are not catching any money, 166 00:07:14,680 --> 00:07:16,640 Speaker 3: and like SA thing on radio, you want to give 167 00:07:16,640 --> 00:07:18,080 Speaker 3: some money away, you don't want all the money, but 168 00:07:18,080 --> 00:07:19,440 Speaker 3: then people are getting no money and. 169 00:07:19,400 --> 00:07:21,320 Speaker 2: You're just like, oh, this is not good. 170 00:07:21,600 --> 00:07:23,280 Speaker 3: And then the money is on the ground. So then 171 00:07:23,320 --> 00:07:30,120 Speaker 3: you see people's real personalities. Okay, And I went on 172 00:07:30,160 --> 00:07:33,640 Speaker 3: a twenty minute die tribe about what the whole milling was. Yeah, no, 173 00:07:33,960 --> 00:07:35,520 Speaker 3: we weren't thinking about it. And I did him feel 174 00:07:35,520 --> 00:07:37,480 Speaker 3: good up in the crane all this, and then I. 175 00:07:37,520 --> 00:07:40,240 Speaker 1: Said, you know, I've got a thing with. 176 00:07:42,440 --> 00:07:44,440 Speaker 3: It was all of that. I'm laying it on with 177 00:07:44,480 --> 00:07:46,640 Speaker 3: a trow. And then I said to Nikki, how do 178 00:07:46,640 --> 00:07:48,720 Speaker 3: you go? And she works with people with chronic pain, 179 00:07:48,880 --> 00:07:51,240 Speaker 3: so she does. She fights the good fire is and 180 00:07:51,240 --> 00:07:52,680 Speaker 3: she's like, oh, I just had a guy come in 181 00:07:52,720 --> 00:07:55,520 Speaker 3: any said chronic pain out for years and his back's 182 00:07:55,560 --> 00:07:56,960 Speaker 3: been out and he hasn't been able to work, and 183 00:07:57,040 --> 00:07:59,120 Speaker 3: that means he's kind of falling into depressions. So it's 184 00:07:59,120 --> 00:08:00,400 Speaker 3: been really hard to try and taught to him and 185 00:08:00,400 --> 00:08:02,200 Speaker 3: get him out of it. And I was like, yeah, 186 00:08:02,240 --> 00:08:03,440 Speaker 3: we both got something on play. 187 00:08:08,240 --> 00:08:10,440 Speaker 2: You just can't you can't say you've got a bad 188 00:08:10,560 --> 00:08:11,680 Speaker 2: job in radio. 189 00:08:11,920 --> 00:08:12,360 Speaker 3: Entertainment. 190 00:08:12,480 --> 00:08:16,320 Speaker 1: You can't above if you're a stand up and you 191 00:08:16,360 --> 00:08:18,640 Speaker 1: couldn't do any stand up during COVID nineteen, which you 192 00:08:18,680 --> 00:08:20,480 Speaker 1: guys have had a stinker. So it's great to see 193 00:08:20,520 --> 00:08:23,280 Speaker 1: some stand up community back on the TVs. 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