(upbeat music) ♪ Let's not forget last night ♪ ♪ Yeah how we drove along the yard ♪ ♪ How we sang harmonies to Carol King ♪ ♪ These three is now just gone ♪ ♪ They are the legends of my mind ♪ ♪ We vote near like these rocks to drink out the memory ♪ ♪ You are the tunes in my head, the fire in my ribs ♪ ♪ You are the voice in my heart with whispers compassion ♪ ♪ Happy birthday ♪ - Oh yeah. (upbeat music) - That's the beta. - That's the beta. - That's the beta. - That's the beta. - Really? - Really? - Wow, that's a really an intro. - Yeah. Welcome to the new theme song for the week. - Yeah, we thought we'd try out a different theme song this week and fire out. That was effective. (laughs) - It's not an effective theme song that was. - Oh, just kicking in at the chorus like that. I love that song. - It's really good. - Yeah. - It's super sentimental, emotional. - Is it self-aware, do you reckon? Happy birthday Helen, is that like? Do they know that that's kind of funny? - That's a funny and ridiculous thing. - Yeah. - Yeah. - I don't think so. - Or have they tried like a, is it like a Nick KV kind of move like where they're singing to, that's inspired by that and like they've just, or a, you know, a Leonard Cohen's type thing where they pick a name. - Is it artistic? - Yeah. - Yeah, or is it literally, yeah, just about his fiancee Helen or something. - Happy birthday. - Yeah, like written for the fiancee Helen. - Yeah, it's brilliant. - I love it. I absolutely loved that. - It's a good song. - Yeah. We'll go back to regular theme song though, right? - Yeah. - 'Cause we don't want to dog the king. - No, I can't dog the king, yeah. And yeah, we could go on about it all night, but that Love You Baby song is just brilliant, so yeah. - Yeah, exactly. There's another, you know, parallel universe where Happy Birthday Helen was the theme song. - Yeah. - It's a theme song. - Yeah, should really be the out, maybe it's the outro song for every part. - Oh yeah, that's a good idea. - We'll try it, we'll try it at the end today, and then we'll see what worked best. - Yeah, but the thing is, you've got to do a bit of editing if you want that to be. It's got to start coming up in the last 30 seconds of the pod I reckon, so that, like it doesn't just the we go by, and then the song starts, 'cause people will just turn it off, I reckon. - Yeah, they might, or they might. - You've got to hook while they're still talking. - They could be on the treadmill and can't be fucks like pushing it down, so they just let it play. - Yeah. Where's that brand from again? Happy birthday, Helen. - They're from, they're happy birthday, Helen's. They're from Melbourne. - Are they? - They sing about the era and shit. - Oh yeah. - You remember the film clip, it's like the most Melbourne things, like Sydney Road is fuck. - Oh, true, okay, yeah. - And when are they from, 90s? - Yeah, who sings it? - Happy birthday, Helen. Things of stone and wood. - Yes. Yes, we're gonna watch it, nah. - Things of stone and wood. You should read a little bit about the band though, things of stone and wood. - Oh yeah, you can get 'em on. - Happy birthday, Helen, is a song written by Greg Arnold, who recorded, and recorded by Australian folk rock band, Things of Stone and Wood. - Shout outs. - The song was released in November of '92, as the second single from the band's debut studio album, The Yurning. - Oh yeah, Yurning. - That's just some Yurning. Happy birthday, Helen, peaked at number nine on the Aria charts. - Wow. - In February of '93. - Was it a major label or anything? - Well, allow me to get to that. Oh no, there's nothing else. - Can I just say, it reminds me of the Holy Grail or something, you know, like it's that kind of... - The Holy Grail? - You know that song? The Holy Grail, it's got rule by A. F. L. - Oh, nah, I can't think of it. - You can get it on the Holy Grail? - Nah. - I can't think of it some reason. - Should we check that? - Play it at every AFL grand final. - Oh, the Holy Grail, let me check on. - Let me look at it. Okay. Oh, she has to go. - This is a good music video, yeah. - The Holy Grail. - That's by Hunters and Collectors, no. That might be, someone might be yelling at me right now. - Yeah. Holy Grail, let's have a look. - That song. - Hunters and Collectors. - Yes. Which is sort of like things of stone and wood, you know what I mean? Hunters and Collectors, things of stone and wood. - Yeah, fully. Here we go. - Wow, look at that. That's Jazzy. - That's Traumix. - Oh, so high. (upbeat music) (upbeat music) - Ah. ♪ Whoa, come this morning, come this train, this dream ♪ ♪ I was in the biggest army, the world has ever seen ♪ ♪ We were marching as one ♪ ♪ On the road to the Holy Grail ♪ ♪ Started out ♪ - Bit tired of production. - Oh yeah, it's a short song, but it's a hell of a story. - What's that? The production's a bit sharper on this track. Oh yeah. (upbeat music) ♪ Have you heard about the brave we stayed ♪ ♪ We ran into millions ♪ - Pretty cool. It's a good song. Yeah, similar sort of, you know what I mean? It's kind of similar, isn't it? Happy birthday Helen. - Yeah, I can see him saying that. - Yeah. (laughing) - I can show. - I'm saying, just thinking about Helen. - Sure, yeah, definitely. Yeah, it's emotionally charged, feels like Melbourne. - Yeah. Let's see who this Greg Arnold guy is that wrote Happy Birthday Helen. - Oh yeah, yeah, cool, cool. - Gregory Charles Arnold is an Australian singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and academic. Arnold won the Aperis songwriter of the year award in 1993. I'll let you guess which song that was for. - Tell me it's Happy Birthday Helen. - Well, it doesn't actually say. But, you know, 1993 was the year that it peaked in the ARIA charts, so, and performs regularly as a solo artist, and with his folk rock band, Things of Stone and Wood, he's in the band. - Yeah, yeah, yeah, well. - He's the lead vocalist. No, he's got a band. Singers, he's the singer-songwriter of the band. - Yeah. - Well, so they've got, I just typed in things of Stone and Wood into Google. And there are other songs that share this wine, which seems like, you know what I mean? Like, 1992, you're from Melbourne, you're singing about sharing a wine. - Yeah. - Single perfect raindrop. - Okay. - And in our home. - Okay. - Yeah. - We have a song called Hardelberg, maybe that's for that one. - Oh, really? - Yeah. - That's so Melbourne core. - Yeah. - Hardelberg, we should listen to some. - Rain fell down? - Yeah, sure did. - That's so Melbourne. Rain falling down. - Arnold explained. - Yeah, not this winter, not today. Arnold explained the group's name. It's kind of organic and evocative. Yeah, that's right. I have to remember that one. One of their earliest gigs was the 21st birthday party for Arnold's then girlfriend, Helen Durham. Arnold wrote Happy Birthday Helen for Durham's 22nd birthday. - Wow. - It was just a gift for Helen. It was never intended to be released, but when I played it to Alan, he said, this is a rip-up, we've got to do this song. He's like, we should change it. Happy birthday, Alan. (laughing) - Do you reckon they've made that joke? Do you reckon they've gone? Happy birthday, Alan. - Sure, I would have made his whole life, he's stopping it. - It was just a gift for Helen. It was never intended to be released, but when I played it to Alan, you said, this is a rip-up, we've got to do this song. The drive along the yard was all true. We kissed on the bridge that fell down. It was actually London Bridge on the Great Ocean Road. It was such an intensely personal love song, so it was weird hearing the song everywhere. Durham recalled being told by fans that she was not the subject of the song. - People would say they knew the real Helen. (laughing) - That's cause Alan went around spreading rumors. - Yeah. - Not so that I see about his misses. - Yeah, Jack is another Helen on the side. - It was actually Alan, he wrote that about me. - Yeah, the real song was about me, but he decided to change it for public appeal. - Yeah, but yeah, it was actually about, it was actually written for my birthday. (laughing) - It was us that kissed on the bridge. (laughing) And drank beers by the era. - Yeah. Arnold and Durham were later married. Happy birthday Helen was issued in December 92. Issued like a, like an affidavit. (laughing) - It's a real like Tim Robinson, sketchy. You know, it's songs called Happy Birthday, Alan, originally. - Yeah, Tim, yeah, fully. Happy Birthday Helen was issued in December 92, which peaked at number nine on the, are it, whoops, drop a phone? On the aria singles chart, the highest point for any of the band singles. The group issued their debut album, The Yerning. (laughing) - It's not, yeah. - It's just issuing, issuing all these things. The group issued their debut album, The Yerning, in March the following year, which reached number eight on the related aria albums chart. Arnold wrote most of the songs for the group. At the aria music awards, the group won Best New Talent during late. - They won aria. - Yeah. - Great. - Best New Talent, BNT. They got the BNT. - Yeah, it's not as delicious. - Yeah. During late that year, they were touring Europe, including a support gig for Midnight Oil in the UK. - Whoa, that's sick. Now, I can see him playing with Midnight Oil. - Yeah. Yeah, definitely. Oh, he's done a few other bands. This stonum would be, it must be made by a fan. - Yeah, we're talking. All right, a fan beer? Or is it a fan beer, or is it like a bit like a band beer? Band, band beer. - Yeah. - Yeah, like is it made by like the bass player or something? - Yeah, or it could be Greg, Greg himself. - No, that's the bass player's making the beer. - Let's have a look, let's look into Greg sold the rights 'cause he was a bit down and out. And he'd need some cash, so he sold the rights to all the music. So the bass player, Mark. - Yeah. - Mark's the one that started the brewery, Stonum Wood. - Oh, it's stonum Wood, it's owned by Lyan. - And Greg has a accent. - Yeah, sold it to Lyan, that is rich. - Yeah. - Stonum Wood Brewing Co. Okay, it was established by Jamie Cook, Brad Rogers and Ross Dourish. A few more previously worked at Carlton, and you know it. - Oh, wow. - No wonder Stonum Wood's not a bad beer. - Mm. - And if they're all from Carlton, then I trust them. (laughs) - Sick, so you remember the film clip? - Happy birthday, Helen. - Oh, I'd be lying if I said I remember it. - It's like they just went out and like freestyle, like kind of busky, kind of, like it's very, what's the word, sort of like, candid? - Oh yeah. - Like they're singing along, and like, it's kind of reminds me of a fungible token, to be honest. - Oh yeah, okay. - Yeah. (laughs) - Which is a great film clip, I forgot to make that. It's got fungible token energy. - Fungible token, that's a great, that's a great video, eh? - Mm, it's good. (laughs) It's really good. We should watch it. - I'll be done. - Yeah, let's watch it. - Yeah, let's watch it. I'll share screen. (laughs) But were you gonna say we should watch Happy Birthday, Helen again? - I mean, we've already listened to the song, but-- - Yeah, it might be a bit much, hey. - Yeah. - What's everyone listen, think? - Okay, yeah, we'll watch it again. (laughs) - Here we go then. ♪ Let's not forget last night ♪ - You reckon? ♪ Yeah, we drove along the Yeren ♪ ♪ How we sang harmonies to Carol King ♪ - It kind of looks like Matty Took. Yep, big tongue. ♪ These three is now just gone ♪ ♪ They are the legends of love ♪ - Playing out the back of an Ikea or something. ♪ We both left these rocks to drink out the memory ♪ ♪ You are the tunes in my head ♪ - That's real, a pungible token, the leaning over. Yeah, it's-- ♪ You are the twice in my heart ♪ ♪ Whisper's compassion ♪ ♪ Happy Birthday, Helen ♪ - Yeah, so it's Ernest. Yeah, it's Ernest, I forgot about that. - And I just showcased in Melbourne's vibe, you know? - Yeah. (upbeat music) ♪ We kissed all that bridge that fell down ♪ - Kind of sounds like-- ♪ We've been stuck in a cave ♪ - Oh, no, not really. ♪ Look who says boy am ♪ - Kind of, he's kind of got a similar voice to Stevie from Clowns. Yeah, don't you reckon, similar tone? - Yep, actually, that's a good call. - Not that Stevie ever sings like that, but you know what I mean. - You good? - Yeah. - Should I tell my Matty took story quickly? - Yeah, go on. - So Matty took is the brother of Johnny Took. - Yep. - Who's, what, one third of the DMA's. Been on the pod a few times. And (coughs) Matty took, had this band called Planet. Great band. - Shout outs. - Shout outs. And I think they must have done a few shows with DMA's over in like the UK or something. Anyway, when saw Planet play, I think you're actually, anyway, it was in new town, watching Planet play. - Yeah. - And there's some like guys from England there, or somewhere in that area. - Yeah, okay. - And he's playing and these guys are kind of like drunk and like football kind of like pretty, like older football drunk guys. - Yeah. - And then one of them goes. - The best kind of drunk guys. - Yeah. He goes, one of them yells out, "Play delete." (both laugh) And then he goes, now that in the middle of another song he goes, "Better than your brother." (both laugh) Never forgot that. That's funny, isn't it? - Yeah, it's a good one. - "Play delete." - "Play delete." "You're better than your brother." - That's really funny. - Mm. - Fucking good stuff. - I love that. Should we watch "Fungible Token"? - Yeah. - For anyone that's not aware, this is a song that we made under the name, "Fungible Token." - And it's got a side project. - It's called "Bots in the Garage." Made a little film clip for this song. - So let's tell the full story. So this, you made this up on Twitch stream. - Yeah, this is a song I made up on Twitch called "Driven Trucks." And it just got stuck in the head and was like, "I thought, 'Oh, that's a bloody good song.'" It was just royalty free music I was listening to and singing along to. And we turned it into a song and then we made a film clip forward and a Spotify page and everything. - It's like, "Son Spotify, why not on your stream?" How many views are we going on YouTube? 4,000? - 4,000? No. - No. - 5,000? - Oh, sick. - Amazing. - That is absolutely amazing. - Yeah, this is like, instantly, we didn't even realize that it was a parody of sort of the earnestness of things of Stonerwood film clip, really. - Yeah. - It's got that vibe straight up, doesn't it? - It does. It does. - I'll see how many streams it's got. It's got hat on Spotify, 100 gold token. - We shot this video in Dean Toosas studio in South Yarra. He had a studio there at the time. That's where I recorded the Mossy album. That's where we recorded broken system and remote control. - Yeah, and wrote the third album. - And wrote the third album in this very room. But yeah, we just went here and shot this video one night. Ready to watch? - Yeah, yeah. (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (laughing) - We should still have that cowboy leather bin. - That's great. (upbeat music) - Will's Fedora. Will's in the Simpson's T-shirt, Fedora of Frank's in the Binkin' Park T-shirt. And I'm in a suit not T-shirt. - A Binkin' Park. - Yeah. ♪ What's in the garage ♪ ♪ Tell me ♪ ♪ What's in the garage ♪ ♪ Tell me Simpson ♪ ♪ What's in the garage do we ♪ ♪ We surf like a Maggie ♪ ♪ Yeah ♪ (laughing) - Will's foot down and you jump up. - Yeah, your look to camera was great. (upbeat music) (laughing) - Camera was great. - Yeah, then nailed it. ♪ What's in the garage ♪ ♪ It's Lisa Presley ♪ ♪ What's in the garage do we ♪ ♪ Tell us Presley's daughter ♪ ♪ We surf Presley ♪ (laughing) ♪ Because cages ex-wifely sub-resley ♪ ♪ And Michael Jackson's ex-wifely sub-resley ♪ (laughing) - You were in one. - Oh yeah, that's good. (upbeat music) - Frank's face in the background of that shop with the oh-ho, oh-ho, oh-ho, oh-ho. That would be a good screen ground. (upbeat music) ♪ What's in the garage ♪ ♪ Smithers ♪ ♪ What's in the garage ♪ ♪ It's Mr. Smithers ♪ ♪ What's in the garage do we ♪ ♪ It's Mr. Francis system ♪ ♪ Mr. Smithers ♪ - Oh, we should have said while on Smithers. - Oh, just there. - Just there. Yeah. ♪ Smithers, see ♪ ♪ I ♪ ♪ How does it feel ♪ - It's not fair with me. ♪ To be on your own ♪ ♪ Like a room in stone ♪ ♪ What's in the garage ♪ - It's so cathartic, that's what it is, isn't it? Oh, it gives me goosebumps. (upbeat music) - It's having a garage. - If she goosebumps. Yeah, I gave him goosebumps, I was just saying. - Maybe. - And you guys singing it to each other. - Yeah. - Sort of things of stone and wood style. - It's a cathartic moment. - Oh, it's such an insane piece of music. It's really nutty. George and Mac is, while used to be, and I'm assuming still is, obsessed with that song. - Yeah. - And like, just calls me just to talk about it. I'm like, it's like 11 p.m. Like, I don't want to talk about this right now. - I think it's like a brain massage, 'cause it's... - Brakes all the rules. - Yeah. - Well, it has no rules. - It has no rules. - Yeah. - So the chaos, I think, it can be quite relaxing for some people. - Yeah. - Yeah, yeah, yeah. - There's no rules in that song. Broke every last one of them. No universe was left intact. - No, no way. - I'm a universe destroyer. - Yeah. - You just mix them all up, and a big cake mixer. - Yeah. - Put 'em in the oven. (laughing) - And the fact that Nicholas Cage and Michael Jackson are too really funny, they're both married to Lisa Presley. - Yeah. - And it's Elvis Presley's daughter. - Daughter. - There's three worlds colliding there, it's quite insane, isn't it? - Yeah. 'Cause Nicholas Cage has a big, like Elvis thing. I'll show you one of my favorite scenes from Wild at Heart. I don't know if I've showed you this before, but it's Nicholas Cage. If anyone's not seeing this, David Lynch, Wild at Heart, Nicholas Cage, Laura Dern, Willem Dafoe in a terrifying fucking cameo singing scene. - Also, if you don't know, which you should, this is a video pod so you can watch all this. - Oh yeah, true, yeah. - With us. - It's mainly an audio pod, so if you're listening on the audio, don't feel like you're missing out, you're not. - No, it's an audio pod, but if you wanna watch it, you can. - Yeah, exactly, exactly. This is the song, this scene is great, and it really speaks to Nick Cage's love of Elvis. - It was never easy to describe for anyone. - Sure. - Oh, I thought that was easy. - This is my dad. - Oh yeah, ten of the three. (dramatic music) So it's this hectic nightclub scene, and Nick Cage is in a snake skin jacket, and Laura Dern is looking real cool. There's a band plan, they're like, mashing. (dramatic music) - Real sexy, isn't it? - Yeah. (dramatic music) (laughing) - Okay. (coughing) - Are you gonna provide us with an opportunity to prove my love to my girl? Or are you gonna save yourself some trouble? Step up like a gentleman, and apologize to her. Don't fuck with me, man. (dramatic music) - Look like a clown in that stupid jagged. - This is a snake skin jagged. And for me, it's similar to my individuality and my belief in personal freedom. (coughing) - Asshole. - Come here. (dramatic music) - T. Elvis? (dramatic music) - I'm sorry to do this to you here in front of a crab, no? But I want you to get up and apologize to my girl. - It's just inspired by Elvis, I think, the character. - Yeah. - I'm sorry. - My, hey, oh, he just bumped up against the wrong girl. It's all. - That's good. I'm gonna get yourself a beer. You fellas have a lot of same power e-head. - Y'all know this one. ♪ To read me like a hood ♪ ♪ To read me mean and cruel ♪ ♪ But love me ♪ ♪ Break my faithful heart ♪ ♪ Daring all apart ♪ ♪ But love me ♪ ♪ Won't you like me ♪ ♪ Where will I live ♪ ♪ You're not me, I'll be old ♪ ♪ So lonely ♪ ♪ I'll be sad and blue ♪ ♪ Crying all the young ♪ ♪ And they're only ♪ - Is that an actual Elvis song? (whistling) Okay, I don't know. It sounds like someone's made a song that sounds like, ♪ Only the lonely ♪ - Yeah. How good is it? - Correct. ♪ Oh heart ♪ ♪ I'm on your heart ♪ ♪ Beating close to my soul ♪ - Is he singing that, Eric? - Yeah, definitely. (whistling) - He's doing a great job. - Yeah. He's not singing it like right there. - No. - But it's, he's got a nice tone to his voice. - He really does. ♪ And they get all my needs ♪ ♪ All I ask is please ♪ ♪ Please relax ♪ - That's the indie. ♪ Oh ♪ - Yeah. ♪ Yeah ♪ (audience cheering) - How good's the constant screaming sound effect is so disturbing? - Yeah. - Classic. - Classic Lynch. - Thank you, baby, I love you, thank you, Mike. (laughing) - Say goodbye to you, baby. - Thank you, baby, I love you, thank you, Mike. (laughing) - Oh, boy. - Oh, man, what the Elvis talk on this pod? And rightly so. - Yeah. That was really, so what's the story with that movie? - Well, it's just a really great movie. It's kind of like, it's a road movie. They're kind of like on the road together, it's a romance, like a passionate romance. They're on the road together escaping something. - On the lamb. - Yeah, they're on the lamb. And it's kind of loosely based on the Wizard of Oz. And there's a bunch of weird villainous characters that enter, you know, they are always on the run from these weird people. - That sounds sick. - It's very good. - I haven't seen it. - Mate, you'd probably love it. - Yeah, maybe I'll watch it tonight. - Full of psychedelic scenes like that. - Yeah, yeah, very lynching. - Yeah, which is so fun. - Yeah, it is, it is, it's nice stylistically. - I guess, old mate does a bit like that as well, doesn't he, Tarantino? He puts a few weird films in, scenes in. - Yep. - Yep. - It's interesting how it's based on the Wizard of Oz. - Here we go. - It's musicals. (laughing) - I really took up a lot. - Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah. - I was tear away, but we are onto rom-coms. And I watched a bit of a rom-com last night. - It's a new one. - Oh. - And not one I would have chosen, but it was on in the house. - Okay. - It's, uh, fuck. It was the one that was filmed in Sydney. It was Sydney Sweeney, you know what I mean? - Oh. - It's like, it's on the streamers everywhere. Like if you pull up like, fucking, you're at Google TV or whatever, or Chromecast. It's like the first thing that's there, or-- - Gotcha, okay. - That's why I heavily promoted it. - Yeah, it's called like not with you or something like that. - Oh, okay, yeah. And I was watching it, and I was like, I wonder how much this film cost-- - Anyone but you. - Anyone but you, that's it. - Yeah. - And I looked it up. And it, I guess, 20 mil, but it's 25 mil. - Okay. - To make production budget, 25 mil. - Yep. - It made $200 million and profit, 103 million net profit or some shit. - Okay. - At the box office. - Okay. - So, decent venture, really. - Big time. - If you're talking about making movies for not heaps of money and getting a shit load back, that's-- - I didn't really know many films were doing that at the box office anymore, really. Like, that's, so that was playing at the cinemas, and it made that much profit. - Yeah, I guess so. Yeah, interesting. - Yeah. I mean, there's still, I guess they are, I don't know. - Yeah. - I think they put huge marking budgets behind them. - Yep. - Like, apparently, Barbie had, like, the same production and marking, like, equal. - Yeah, right, I can't do it somewhere. - Oh, wow. But yeah, what else was I gonna say? Oh, and so when I was reading about it, I saw that it was the fucking films loosely based on a Shakespeare fucking play. - Oh. - So that's why that got me thinking about that, 'cause I'm like fucking, I wonder how many things are just loosely based on Shakespeare or whatever, you know? - Yeah. - Like, they're quintessential, like, stories. - Yes. - And you just take shit. - That's right. - Archetypes. - Like, I also found out that Bridget Jones is diaries based on the English, pride and prejudice, maybe. Jane Austen, book, whatever. - Oh, true, okay. - Is that right? - Yeah. - Yeah. - That makes sense. - So there you go. - Yeah. I was, like, I did a chat GBT brainstorming session a couple of weeks ago, 'cause I saw a fucking Thailand Instagram saying, like, some good prompts for, like, trading chat GBT as a brainstorming friend. And I did it on a, just a TV show concept that I have. 'Cause it's, I've got a cool container, but, and like I know, roughly, roughly what some of the characters might be and what the story is. But other than that, I've got no fucking clue, you know? - Yeah. - And was asking it to act as a brainstorm partner and suggest the, suggest 10 different archetypes that the lead could be within the context of the story. - Mm-hmm. - And just spat out 10 different archetypes. I was like, see, can I have 10 more, please? It gave me another 10. I don't have 10 more, please, it gave me another 10. It was so inspiring. - 'Cause I was like, oh, fully, that's a good idea. Oh, that's a cool idea, it could be like, oh, what if it was like that? Just immediately. - Pretty, very interesting tool in that way, isn't it? You don't need to go, all right, here's a book I just bought from the shop. It's on archetypes, I'll see in two weeks. Once I know all about this, you can just, you just have that knowledge kind of there that you can just lean on. - Yeah, yeah. - It's pretty sick. - Yeah, it does feel like cheating a little bit for some reason. Is it cheating? So you're doing less, or is it just, feels quite, I don't think it is, 'cause it's just giving you ideas like what you're doing. - Yeah, if it's, if you're gone, can you write the opening scene? - Yeah. Still cheating, but is it cheating? - Well, that's good. - 'Cause it's still good, it's handed into it. - You wrote the next scene too. She said it's good. - Yeah. - Oh, just keep going like that for a sec, do another two, three more seats. - Fully. I'm just gonna go have a quick, top up my coffee, do you mind just doing that next? - Yeah. - Next scene or two. - But yeah, it was really useful. And then if you ask it to think like out, you know, I can't remember what the word is, but think sort of uniquely, or in terms of originality, and how to make it quite an original show, like it, you know, it's like you could try this meta thing, and you could, you know, try this sort of aspect, or. - Yeah, I mean, it's just ideas, right? It's like, you're reading textbooks, and watching lectures and things like that. It's kind of, you're just getting knowledge to throw that here, right? - Yeah. - Do you reckon we can use chat GPT to do like write some fan fiction scripts and stuff, that if we, when we're talking about doing more of those. - Yeah. - It could be kind of fun. - Yeah, definitely. - Yeah. Like, write a Bridget Jones diary fan. - Yeah, same between Bridget and Superman. - And a romantic partner or something? - Okay, Bridget. - And a new romantic partner. - Yeah. - All right. - Done. Oh, it's right in the whole story. Sorry, no. This needs to be a script. I'll tell it to the screen if I share my screen. - Yeah, yeah. Cheat your screen. - It needs to be a script. All right. Oh, I just clicked script. There's a script button here. All right. - A screen button. - There's a screen button. (laughing) - Oh, that was good. But I got you with the screen the other week. - Yeah, don't screw it. - Oh, there we go. Actually, please make this a script. - Yeah. - Of the same. - Jesus, quick, isn't it? - Yeah, it's real quick. All right. Should we read? - Yeah. - Are you going to be Bridget or Oliver? - I'll be Oliver. - All right. - Bridget. - Okay. (clearing throat) - So... - You want to do that? - Yeah, interior Oliver's art studio evening. The studio is filled with vibrant paintings, scattered brushes, and an eclectic mix of vintage furniture. Bridget stands awkwardly, clutching her purse while Oliver, a tousled-haired artist with a mischievous smile, finishes setting the table. - Ah, so what do you think? - Bridget appears in a particularly abstract painting, trying to look thoughtful. - Ah, yes, the juxtaposition of color and form, but very evocative. - Oliver raises an eyebrow amused. - No idea what I'm on about, do you? - Honestly, I'm more of a... - Do you think this dress make me look like a pumpkin kind of gal? (laughing) - Uh... - Well, you certainly don't like a pumpkin. More like, hmm, let me think. - ♪ A rare orchid, delicate rose ♪ - More like a beautiful mess. - There's a moment of silence as their eyes meet, a spark of something unspoken passing between them. - Dinner's ready, let's eat. - They set at a small table lit by candles, and the soft glow of fairy lights strung overhead. Plates of pasta and a bottle of wine take center stage. - This is from a tiny vineyard, initially. Trust me, it's worth it. - Bridget takes a tentative sip, her eyes widening its price. - Oh, that's... actually really good. - They talk animatedly, their conversation flowing effortlessly from art to music to childhood memories. - Then in Barcelona, I stumbled upon this tiny jazz club. You'd love it there. Bridget smiles warmly touched by his enthusiasm. - Here to dance, Bridget. - Bridget hesitates for a moment, then nods, a hint of nervousness and her smile. Oliver puts on a scratchy old record, the music filling the room. They sway together in the middle of the studio, lost in the music and the moment. Oliver's touch is gentle yet confident, guiding Bridget with ease. As they dance, the music is very clear. They illuminate it only by the soft glow of fairy lights. Bridget rests her head against Oliver's shoulder, a sense of peace settling over her. - This is nice. - Yeah, it is. - They continue to dance, their music enveloping them and its soulful melody. For once, Bridget lets go of her worries and insecurities, allowing herself to dance. The echo of her worries and insecurities, allowing herself to be swept up in the magic of this unexpected romance. Cut to the record crackle softly. The scene fading as they dance, dance into the night. - M scene. - Okay, I mean, maybe next time it's like, you know, you want it to be one of the funny scenes - I'd say now to a scene where Bridget discovers that Oliver is a pedophile. (laughing) Bridget discovers... (laughing) Do you want to talk about it? (laughing) It's chat to me too. - Okay, well, it has been cheating on her. - It discovers that Oliver has been... - Has been smelling her undies when she's not home. - Yes. (laughing) (laughing) - Is she smelling her undies when she's not home? Should we write a comical scene? - No. - Or just a scene? - No, just see what it says, see what it does. Oh, you gotta... - Oh. - Oh, I can't do rude stories. - Okay, well, it's stupid. - It's been eating... - What about sleeping with his cousin? - Oh, yeah. It's been sleeping with his own cousin. Oh, well, she's a work. (laughing) Oh, come on, man. What? Content removed. It literally deleted that. - Oh, it's so fucked. - Um, has been... - Smelling her undies is funny, man. (laughing) See, this is why Chat Chippity will never be a comedy runner. - Yeah. - It doesn't know that smelling undies is funny and not sick. - Smelling undies is hilarious. Has been... tickling her feet while she sleeps. Which is why she's been pissing the dead. (laughing) A lot recently. (laughing) Oh, come on, man. (laughing) Now I do a scene where Bridge discovers all of her has been tickling her feet while she sleeps, which is why she's... Which is why she's developed... Which is furious about... Tickling her feet while she sleeps, which is furious about. - Yeah. - Okay. - Okay. (laughing) All right. Interior Bridge's bedroom. Bridget tosses and turns in bed. (laughing) Her face is crunched up in frustration. She shifts to her side trying to find her comfortable... (laughing) Trying to find her comfortable position. (laughing) She feels a strange sensation on her feet. She jolts awake, jolts awake. - What the? - She sits up quickly, blinking in the dim light of her bedroom. Her gaze falls on Oliver. (laughing) It was kneeling at the foot of the bed, a mischievous grin on his face. - Court you, Bridget stares at him. Her anger slowly building. - Oliver, what the earth are you doing? - Oliver stands out, could have tried to stifle a laugh. I couldn't resist your feet just begging to be tickled. - This is not the point. You can't just sneak into my room and tickle my feet while I'm sleeping. - I'm sorry, Bridget. I didn't mean to upset you. I just thought it would be funny. - Well, it wasn't funny. It was invasive and disrespectful. (laughing) - Oliver sits down the edge of the bed. His expression can try it. I understand. I crossed a line. I won't do it again. I promised, darling. - You scared the life out of me, Oliver? Oliver reaches out to take her head gently. - I'm really sorry, Bridge. Can you forgive me? - Bridget looks into his eyes, seeing his sincerity. - I guess so. Just please respect my space. - I will, I promise. - They sit in silence for a moment, the tension easing between them. - Next time you want to tickle someone, do it to yourself. (laughing) - Just want a joke. Oliver chuckles softly. - They share a smile. - The moment of tension broken. - Good night, Oliver. - Good night, Bridget. Oliver leans over and kisses Bridget's forehead before leaving the room. Bridget watches him go, feeling a mix of emotions. But glad that they've talked it out. Cut to the bedroom falls quiet again. Bridget lying down, her mind slowly setting. The night continues peacefully and seen. Okay. We write another scene where now she's just dozing off and he creeps. He creeps in and tickles her feet again. (laughing) After promising, after promising you'd never do it again. Tickles her feet, tickles her feet again. This time, after just promising, he would never do it again. This time, they're forced to come up with a new plan. With a new plan of action. What is it? With a new resolution? - A new resolution to stop. To keep Oliver from tickling. Bridget's feet. - Oh, yeah. - It's time they're forced to come. - Yeah. - It's got a new plan. - That's probably enough. - A new plan to deal with his compulsive behavior. - Yes. - How do you spell compulsive? - P-U-L-S-I-V-E. Okay, interior Bridget's room late night. Okay. Bridget lies in bed. Her eyes drooping as she finally begins to drift off to sleep. (laughing) - Oh, Bridget. - The room is quiet. Illuminated only by the soft glow of a bedside lamp. Just as she starts to sink into slumber, she feels a familiar tooth. (laughing) - She jerks away. Startled by an oi. - Oh, for heaven's sake. - She sits up abruptly, catching Oliver in the act, kneeling at the foot of the bed with a guilty expression. - Oliver, you promised you wouldn't do this again. - Oliver looks sheepish, rubbing the back of his neck. - I know, I know, I couldn't help myself. - Well, you have to help yourself. This is becoming a problem, Oliver. It's not funny anymore. - Oh, you're right. I don't know why I keep doing it. It's like a compulsion or something. - Maybe we should talk to someone about this, a therapist or something. - I don't know if it's that serious. I just, I just get these impulses, and I have to act on them without thinking. - Bridget's expression softens, as she sees the genuine remorse in Oliver's eyes. - I understand, but this can't continue. It's not fair to me, it's not healthy for you either. - Oliver nods slowly, clearly torn. - What should we do? - Bridget pauses. - Maybe we need to find a way to redirect the impulse. Like you could keep a stress ball or something by your bed. And when you feel the urge to tickle my feet, you squeeze the ball instead. - And my work, I'll give it a try. - And if that doesn't help, we really should consider talking to someone who can help us figure this out. - I'm sorry, Bridget. I'll take to whatever it takes to fix this. - Bridget smiles softly, squeezing his hand. - Together, we'll figure it out. - They share a choir moment, the tension eating between them. - Thank you for understanding. - Just promise me no more surprise foot-tookling session, okay? - Deal. - They share a brief reassuring kiss before Oliver gets up to leave the room. - Good night, Bridget. - Good night, Oliver. As Oliver quietly closes the door behind him, Bridget settles back into bed. Feeling hopeful that they've found the solution to Oliver's impulsive behaviour. Cut to the bedroom for silent once more. - All right. Right scene where she's out with a friend who has heard that he's done this to all his girlfriends? - Yeah. It turns out he's, yeah. Bridget runs into a friend who used to date Oliver and said that he used to tickle her bum when he was asleep, when she was asleep. - Mm. - Nah, chat GBT will hate the bum. - Okay, used to tickle her armpits. - Yeah, tickle her underarms. - Armpits with a feather when she was asleep too. - Bridget decides to... Yeah, let's just see where it takes her. - Yeah, so it takes her, yeah. - Didn't like armpits, or can armpits sounds too... - Yeah, didn't used to tickle her... - Underarms. - Underarms with a feather while she was asleep too. - Interior coffee shop. - Doesn't like armpits on you, it was a bit too horny for you. - Yeah, it's a bit dirty. - Interior coffee shop day, Bridget sits at a small table in a cozy coffee shop. - Sipping on her latte and flipping through a magazine. - The atmosphere is bustling with people chatting and the aroma of freshly brewed coffee filled in the air. Suddenly a familiar voice interrupts her thoughts. - Bridget, oh my goodness, is that really you? - Bridget looks up and her eyes widen and surprise, she sees her old friends. Sophie standing in front of her, haven't seen each other in years. Sophie, oh my gosh, it's been forever. - They hug one. - Can't believe it. - Yeah. - I ran into you like this, how have you been? - Oh, you know, same old, what about you, what's new? - Well, actually, I just got engaged. - Go away. That's amazing. Sophie, congratulations. - Thank you, I'm over the moon. But enough about me, what about you, any exciting news? - Oh, you know me, same old Bridget Jones antics. - Speaking of antics, remember Oliver, don't Lil Custard? - Yeah, sorry. - Go, go up. - Scroll up. - Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, I remember him. - He was quite the charm, wasn't he? - Yeah, he had his moments. - Did he ever tell you about his midnight antics? - Bridget raises an eyebrow, curious and a bit apprehensive. - Midnight antics. - Oh yes, he had this thing where he'd sneak into bed with me to come out on drums with a feather while I was asleep. - Bridget's jaw drops in disbelief her eyes widen. - He did, what? - I know, right, I'd wake up giggling like a mania and he'd just be there with his cheeky grin of his. - Bridget sits back, processing his new information with a mix of shock and disbelief. - I can't believe he did that. - Oh, he was full of surprises. But hey, if you can handle his quirky bedtime habits, you might just have found yourself a key. - Bridget laughs weekly, still trying to wrap her head around Oliver's peculiar behaviour. - Yeah, a real keeper. Sophie chuckles, sensing Bridget's mixed emotions. - Well, if you ever need tips on how to deal with his midnight antics, you know where to find me. - Cut to the coffee shop buzzers with the sound of laughter in conversation Bridget and Sophie deep in conversation, catching up on lost time. That is a weird scene. - It kind of forgot that he'd mean tickling Bridget. - It did, didn't it? - Yeah. - Um, stupid fuck. (both laugh) - I'd actually say angry when it begets you. (both laugh) - Oh God. - That's good shit. - Well, um. - That's probably time to end the pot, eh? - Yeah, that was fun. - That's a great episode. Great fun. - Um, we were going to do a tennis W tonight, commentary, but we'll do that another time. - Yeah, go on to that next week. It's fun just chat night. Those scenes were chachi bt's a good scene maker. We can make up our own scenes. - You can just make up our own shit. Yeah, it's funny as. And it's unfortunate that you can't like pee the bed, but there's plenty of other things. - Yeah, exactly. - It keeps a PG. - Yeah, it keeps a PG, which is what this pod's all about. - Yeah, that's right. Um, alright, happy birthday Helen. Thanks for listening everyone.
