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00:00What's up?
00:01What's up?
00:02You should go.
00:30G'day, I'm Adam Hills. Welcome to Specs and Specs, the music quiz show that likes its
00:35stones rolling, its dead grateful and its Crosby, Stills and Nash young. Joining me
00:40as always are our two team captains. He's shaking you all night long and she's complaining
00:43to the body corporate. It's Alan Brough and Miff Warhurst.
00:46Alan's first guest tonight is an iconic Australian musician whose band The Go-Betweens were humbled
00:54when one of Brisbane's busiest bridges was named after them. 30 years later and he still
00:59can't get over it. Please welcome Robert Corstar. Alan's second guest is a comedian and TV star
01:06who has spent so much time in the African jungle she's not only met a Def Leppard, she's literally
01:11tamed Impalas. Please welcome Gillian Morris. This first guest starred in Tina Turner the
01:17musical and as a teenager loved Beyonce so much she once received five copies of the same
01:22album for her birthday. If you like it then you should have got a receipt with it. Please
01:26welcome Ruba Nguena. Miss Lonegas tonight is a comedian whose mullet has so much party
01:34in the back, the business in front may have to go into administration. Please welcome Brett
01:38Blake. Now Robert we mentioned it then and it has come up on the show before, The Go-Betweens
01:46do have a bridge named after them in Brisbane. Yes. It's a great honour but it's unusual because
01:52when you start a band, you know, you're young and you're in a room and you're talking about
01:55your goals. Getting a bridge named after you does not come up in the conversation. I also
02:03want to mention the book that you've released which is The Ten Rules of Rock and Roll. And
02:08I want to go through some of the rules because they're bang on. Number one, great bands tend
02:13to look alike. This happens because they're always hanging out together. Right. The second
02:17last song on every album is the weakest. Oh yeah, yeah. You start strong, you've got to
02:23end with a big song so when you've got a song you're not sure about, that's where you put
02:29it. Okay, this is a good time to mention we have pseudo echo on the show. I'm going to say,
02:36to rule, great bands tend to look alike, you guys are rockin' that. Do you agree that the
02:40second last song on every album is the weakest? Yeah, I think that's where we put it. Okay,
02:46how about this one? No band does anything new on stage after the first 20 minutes. Yeah,
02:50I think everyone goes on, they're nervous, they want to impress, so you throw everything
02:57in the first 20 minutes. Agree, Brian? He hasn't seen pseudo echo live. Alright, we'll see you
03:04guys at the end of the show, but right now, let's get in a round one.
03:10Alright, our first game tonight is called Know Your Product. Miff and Alan are going to pick
03:13a topic, everybody will be quizzed on that topic. Your choices tonight are W. Mozart, D. Bowie,
03:21T. Turner and C. Frog. Oh, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding. You've just
03:34Uh, Miff can pick first.
03:36Oh, okay, well, you play.
03:37Come on, Tina, come on.
03:39Yeah, you were the best Tina there is.
03:42I mean, technically, Tina might have been the best Tina there was.
03:44But the second best.
03:46The second best.
03:46Alan.
03:47Uh, Bowie, please.
03:49Yes, okay.
03:49We'll start with Tina Turner.
03:51Everyone on your buzzers, let's play Speaks and Speaks.
03:53Your first question for one point.
03:55What was Tina Turner's name at birth?
03:57Anime Bullet.
03:58Anime Bullet, correct.
04:01For two points.
04:02According to the lyrics of Tina Turner's 1973 hit song,
04:06name two of the buildings that can be found
04:09in her hometown of Nutbush, Tennessee.
04:11Yes.
04:11Church House, Gin House, School House, Outhouse.
04:14Yes, all of them.
04:15All of them.
04:15Correct.
04:17Final question for three points.
04:19Have a look at these images of Tina on screen.
04:22Name the films they are from.
04:24Ooh.
04:25Mad Max in the middle.
04:27Yes, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome.
04:28And Tommy's the first one.
04:29Tommy's the first one.
04:30Is that she was in an action film with Arnold Schwarzenegger.
04:34Oh, Commander?
04:35The last superhero, the last action man figurine.
04:42Hero, hero, hero, hero.
04:43The last action hero.
04:45The last action hero.
04:46I love the story of you playing Tina Turner is amazing.
04:50It's almost like you were destined to do it, right?
04:53Mmm, I definitely feel that.
04:55So when was it that you first...
04:56When I was 16 in high school, I played Tina Turner in the high school musical.
05:01First time on a stage singing.
05:03And I was wearing my mum's clothes as Tina Turner.
05:07And I killed it.
05:08And this is the picture of you at 16 next to the picture of you as Tina.
05:12Which is so lovely.
05:13I didn't realise you were dressed in your mum's clothes.
05:15Yeah, yeah, yeah.
05:16I said, Mum, I'm Tina Turner.
05:18She's like, I got you.
05:19I got the picture of you.
05:20I believe she's in the audience tonight.
05:21She is.
05:22Yay!
05:22Woo!
05:24Woo!
05:24That's so sweet.
05:28Now, Julia, I know you're not averse to dressing up as some of your idols.
05:33Yes, I do that a lot.
05:34And I have footage of you at a recent fancy dress party.
05:38And you went as Freddie Mercury from the I Want to Break Free video.
05:42Oh, yes.
05:43Which looks like this.
05:45Oh!
05:48I also love that you had fake boobs for that night.
05:52Yes, I know.
05:53And you left them behind at the party.
05:56Which was at, like, a church hall.
05:57It was on...
05:58Yeah.
05:59Maybe some genuflection before a friction is what I should have done.
06:03Was there, like, a big Jesus?
06:05And did anyone, like, put the knockers on Jesus?
06:08Check out Jesus' big natties.
06:10Absolutely.
06:11I believe it was Leviticus who said,
06:14Check out Jesus' big natties.
06:17On to David Bowie for one point.
06:19A Chris Hadfield cover of which David Bowie song
06:22became the first music video recorded in space?
06:25Oh, he did, um, Space Oddity.
06:27Correct, he did Space Oddity.
06:28Yeah, well done.
06:29For two points.
06:29David Bowie is known as one of the greatest artists of all time.
06:32He also has one of the greatest mug shots of all time.
06:35I mean, ground control to Major Hottie.
06:37Oh, yeah.
06:37I mean, two things.
06:38What was he arrested for and who was he arrested with?
06:40Yes.
06:42Marijuana?
06:42Yes.
06:43And he was hanging out with Iggy Pop.
06:44Yes, two out of two.
06:45Correct.
06:46Is he having an Iggy Siggy?
06:48Yeah.
06:50Your final question for the three points.
06:52Name these Bowie albums from their covers.
06:54Yes.
06:55Pin-ups?
06:55Yes.
06:56Diamond Dogs?
06:57Yes.
06:57Heathen?
06:58Yes, three points out of three.
07:01In the house.
07:02Um, Robert, I also want to talk to you about your current music.
07:06Yes.
07:06Your last two albums, I found really, really moving, because the second-to-last one you made
07:11with your wife, Karin, after her cancer diagnosis and while she was going through the treatment,
07:16made an album.
07:17Yeah.
07:17Did it help the recovery?
07:19It was certainly part of it, wasn't it?
07:19It did.
07:20And it just gave us something to talk about.
07:22You know, like, so you're not just talking about hospitals and you're not talking about
07:26seeing specialists.
07:27Suddenly, there's a whole other pool of conversation you can have.
07:31And what's lovely is the new album, and especially the videos that you've made, almost answer
07:35the question, how is she now?
07:37Yeah.
07:37Um, I made a video for the last album, it's me singing in the kitchen.
07:41Yeah.
07:41By myself.
07:42And then, on the first single, I start where I'm in the kitchen and sing the song, and
07:47then Karin walks in to sing the second line.
07:50I mean, we knew it was going to be a big moment for, you know, fans to see suddenly her walk
07:55into frame.
07:55Mm.
07:56Um, it really worked out beautifully.
07:57And what I love about it is that no matter how much you think you're the stars of it,
08:01your cat in the background with perfect timing just goes, it's about me.
08:05Yeah, yeah.
08:08Miracle days of happiness.
08:10It's the only time a cat's done something useful.
08:24Mine recently thought it was funny in the bathroom to push a pot plant into the toilet, and it
08:30made the toilet bowl explode.
08:32Yeah, and it cost me $5,000 to repair it in a rental.
08:37I was like, God, if he wasn't cute, I'd kill him.
08:39I'm looking at you, Mirf.
08:42All right, at the end of that round, Alan, Robert, Julia are on five points.
08:45Miff, Roova, Brett, seven points.
08:51Our next game tonight is a new one, and it's called Plant Music.
08:55I'm going to show teams a bunch of names.
08:58They have to decide if it's a band or a Gardening Australia story.
09:03People sometimes ask how we come up with ideas for games.
09:05This one is because we share an office with Gardening Australia.
09:09And to help me out tonight, it's none other than the host of Gardening Australia.
09:12Please welcome Kosta.
09:17Lovely to have you here.
09:20Great to be here.
09:22All right, so these are your names.
09:24Miff, you can have first pick of the board.
09:26Which one would you like?
09:27Oh, let's go with Ultimate Spinach.
09:29I think.
09:30Ultimate Spinach.
09:31Is that a band or a Gardening Australia story?
09:33It's definitely not a band.
09:35You reckon it's not?
09:35That's not cool enough to be a rock band.
09:38Man, no one's wearing that on a shirt.
09:40No, nah.
09:41All right, so what do you think of Ultimate Spinach?
09:42I do feel like the Gardening Australia audience are very interested in, you know,
09:46what sort of greens go in their bodies so that what comes out the next day,
09:49you know, fibre and stuff, is good.
09:52A solid on the way out is very important past 30.
09:56That's Gardening Australia all the way through to me.
09:59Okay, Ultimate Spinach is a band.
10:05Costa, tell us more.
10:06Now, have we offended you?
10:09No.
10:11No, you couldn't offend me if you tried.
10:14I'll give it a go, mate.
10:18No offence, Costa, you look like you live under his bridge.
10:26I'm so sorry.
10:27If my nan ever found out I disrespected you, she would roundhouse kick me in the face.
10:30I'm so sorry.
10:32I grow good spinach under that bridge.
10:34So tell us more about the band Ultimate Spinach.
10:37Ultimate Spinach were a short-lived American psychedelic rock band from Boston, Massachusetts.
10:43They formed in 1967.
10:45Wait for some of these song names.
10:47Mind Flowers, Vision of Your Reality, and the big one, Gilded Lamp of the Cosmos.
10:57That's why no one's ever heard of them.
11:00You've heard of them, haven't you?
11:02Yeah.
11:02And if they're watching, they've just come up with a new album title, Solid On The Way Out.
11:12All right, Alan's team, have your pick of the board.
11:16We'll start with Destiny Potato.
11:19Destiny Potato.
11:20Is that a band or a Gardening Australia segment?
11:23Well, it feels like a band.
11:26Does it?
11:27Really?
11:31My team are gaslighting.
11:34I'm happy to listen to counter-arguments.
11:37I mean, it could literally go either way.
11:39Because, you know, like, you're hanging out, you think, this would be a cool, fun name.
11:42Like, I had a friend at school, and she named her band Slut Cupboard, which I just thought
11:46was heavenly.
11:47So, really.
11:48My one point would be, isn't there a band called Destiny Child?
11:53Yes.
11:54And so, if there's a band called Destiny's Child.
11:57Would you go for the double Destiny?
11:58Exactly.
11:59They could be the Irish spin-off of Destiny's Child.
12:01Ah.
12:03Destiny Potato is three old Irish guys who do Destiny's Child songs.
12:08Yeah.
12:09I thought they were a Gardening Australia segment.
12:13You got it.
12:14Okay.
12:14So, what's your answer?
12:15I'm going to the Slut Cupboard in my mind.
12:17Yeah.
12:19It's a Gardening Australia segment.
12:21Oh.
12:22Okay, let's find out.
12:23Destiny Potato is...
12:26A band!
12:28You should have trusted yourself.
12:30Yeah.
12:32Kosta, tell us more.
12:33Destiny Potato are an experimental project from Belgrade, Serbia.
12:38Oh.
12:38Ironically, though, Slut Cupboard is a Gardening Australia story.
12:41That's right.
12:42That's right.
12:42Yes.
12:44Ah, pick of the board again.
12:46We'll take your Worm Alert.
12:47Worm Alert.
12:48Is that a band or a Gardening Australia story?
12:50I feel like Worm Alert could be...
12:51Oh.
12:52Ne-no, ne-no, ne-no, ne-no, ne-no, Worm Alert, Worm Alert, Worm Alert.
12:54It's got that...
12:54It also feels like what, uh, Costa's Mrs. yells out when he's Gardening naked.
12:59LAUGHTER
13:00What?
13:01That's a lot.
13:02LAUGHTER
13:03No, there's no way you don't have a Gardening Australia.
13:06Like, what?
13:06Again.
13:08That's one.
13:09Just give me an idea for a new TV show, The Roast of Costa.
13:12LAUGHTER
13:12What do you reckon, Worm Alert Band or...?
13:15My confidence is killed, because I thought that was a band, but now, I don't know.
13:19Look, let's think about it in terms of Gardening Australia.
13:22What would a Worm Alert be?
13:23Or maybe the worms, Costa, correct me if I'm wrong,
13:26just sometimes you have too many worms, they might eat the root system of a plant.
13:30Oh, Worm Alert.
13:31Worm Alert.
13:31Worm Alert.
13:32Do worms eat roots, Costa?
13:33No.
13:34No, they don't.
13:35No.
13:35There goes my debut on Gardening Australia.
13:37LAUGHTER
13:38Oh, that was shot minutes ago.
13:41LAUGHTER
13:42It's Worm Alert.
13:44Like, it sounds like a band.
13:45I'm...
13:46I think you're right.
13:47Like an angry band.
13:48I don't know.
13:49Worm Alert, Worm Alert.
13:49Yeah, Worm Alert.
13:51Look out for the worms.
13:52Yeah.
13:54Worm Alert is...
13:56A band.
13:56Yeah!
13:57Yeah!
13:58Yeah!
13:59Yeah!
14:01Costa, tell us more about Worm Alert.
14:03Well, Ruvie, you carried the team there,
14:05because Worm Alert described themselves
14:08as depressing, ghetto, internet slams
14:12from Fargo, Indiana.
14:14Thank you!
14:15Yep.
14:16I felt that.
14:17Nailed it.
14:18All right, final pick of the board.
14:20Alan?
14:21Um...
14:22Look, I'm going to choose Laneway Love.
14:25Oh, we all do.
14:26Oh, OK.
14:26But...
14:27LAUGHTER
14:28I don't even...
14:30What the hell does that mean?
14:33Sometimes with Worm Alert,
14:34you get a bit confused.
14:36LAUGHTER
14:36Right.
14:36Sometimes it's nice to have a little roll around in a lane.
14:40LAUGHTER
14:41Laneway Love, is it a band or a Gardening Australia segment?
14:44OK, let's pull it back to
14:46what does Laneway Love have to do with gardening?
14:51Oh, because sometimes you need a little window box
14:54to brighten up an otherwise wooden forward slash
14:58iron-based laneway.
15:00LAUGHTER
15:01Looks like my segment from Gardening Australia
15:08has been cut and you're in.
15:09LAUGHTER
15:10Um, look.
15:12You're in.
15:12That's the best possible explanation
15:15for what Laneway Love is.
15:17So we'll go with it being a Gardening Australia segment.
15:21Laneway Love, ooh, is...
15:23A Gardening Australia segment!
15:25APPLAUSE
15:26Kosta, what was Laneway Love?
15:30Well, in this story, I met a couple
15:32who transformed a neglected urban laneway
15:35into a green oasis.
15:37Ooh!
15:37I'm going to be honest,
15:38I thought Julia's white wine reference was correct
15:40when you started with,
15:41so in this story, I met a couple.
15:43LAUGHTER
15:44Can we have a round of applause for Kosta?
15:47APPLAUSE
15:48APPLAUSE
15:49At the end of that round,
15:54Alan, Robert, Julia are on six points.
15:55Miff, Roova, Brett, eight points.
15:57CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
15:58The next game tonight is called Art for Art's Sake.
16:03Teams have to identify a musician
16:05from a piece of fan art drawn by an admirer
16:08and posted online.
16:10Buz in when you think you know who the musician is.
16:12OK.
16:12Here is your first drawing.
16:14Oh, Alan side, yes.
16:16Oh, God, shit.
16:17It's the girl who keeps, like, bending over
16:19and doing the naughty stuff in her concerts at the moment.
16:21And her name is...
16:22Sabrina Carpenter.
16:23Sabrina Carpenter.
16:25Yes, it's Sabrina Carpenter.
16:26Well done, well done.
16:27That could have been her or Donatella Versace.
16:30Hard to tell.
16:32Next picture, please.
16:34Oh.
16:35Oh.
16:36Miff side.
16:37Oh.
16:37It looks like David Hasselhoff,
16:39but you'd barely call his a recording career, wouldn't you?
16:42I had a feeling it's Robbie Williams,
16:44and I think it might be.
16:44Oh, it is, it is.
16:46It's Robbie Williams.
16:46Yeah.
16:47Yeah.
16:50Next one.
16:53Oh.
16:53Yes.
16:54Yes.
16:54Celine Dion.
16:55Yes, it's Celine Dion.
16:56Oh, fuck.
16:59Next one.
17:02Yes.
17:03Biggie Smalls.
17:04Yes, it's Biggie Smalls.
17:06Yes.
17:06Yes.
17:07You're trying, however.
17:10All right, last one.
17:13Miff.
17:13I think it's my friend, Kenny Rogers.
17:16I was going to say hello, Rog.
17:17After the surgery.
17:18Yes, it is.
17:19Oh, my God.
17:20Yes.
17:20You've got the window.
17:21Oh, yeah.
17:22Actually, I think that is good,
17:25because I got it from that.
17:27In terms of the brush strokes,
17:28the artist has certainly known when to hold it
17:31and to when to fold it.
17:33Lovely.
17:33He's known when to walk away.
17:35Lovely, Julia Morris.
17:36That's very nice.
17:3775 years in the business.
17:40At the end of that round,
17:41Alan, Robert, Julia on seven points.
17:42Miff, Ruvah, Brett, 12 points.
17:48All right, the next round tonight
17:49is called Substitute.
17:51One member of each team
17:51will be singing well-known songs
17:53using the words of an unrelated piece of text.
17:55Their teammates have to identify the songs.
17:57Ruvah, you're going to be singing for Miff and Brett,
18:00and you're taking your lyrics from...
18:02Talking Dirty with the Queen of Clean.
18:06Those are your songs.
18:07Ruvah!
18:11Yes, yes, yes.
18:12Yes, yes, yes.
18:12Yes, yes, yes.
18:13One one, please.
18:15Rimm of perspiration
18:17stains from your clothing.
18:22Be applying
18:25a paste of baking soda
18:30And let it soak
18:32For half an hour
18:34Prior to laundering
18:38Baking soda
18:40We'll get it done
18:43Ba-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da
19:13I love that. It was beautiful. Mariah Carey.
19:16When I was too busy, I was like, oh, I used lemon. Hell yeah.
19:20Hero.
19:21It's Hero by Mariah Carey. Yeah.
19:26The final song, please, Ruvay.
19:27Oh, this is a banger.
19:31People want everything, uh, uh, uh, to smell fresh and clean, uh, uh, uh.
19:39There are some ideas to try, uh, uh, uh, uh, that will perk your nose right up.
19:46Ooh, yeah, yeah.
19:48Boil a few slices, mm, mm, mm, of lemons, mm, mm, mm, in a saucepan, mm, mm, mm, to clear the air of the smell burnt food.
20:06I nearly sang that.
20:09Yes.
20:11It's Backstreet Boys that every, everybody won.
20:15Everybody by the Backstreet Boys.
20:17Correct.
20:18Ruvay and Ranya.
20:20Come back. That was beautiful.
20:27Amazing.
20:28Uh, alright, Julia.
20:29Yes.
20:30You're going to be singing next.
20:31I can't wait to sing after Ruvay.
20:33Uh, you're going to be getting your lyrics from The Water of Life,
20:37A Treatise on Urine Therapy.
20:39Oh.
20:40By J.W. Armstrong.
20:41What?
20:42Right, yeah.
20:43Uh, those are your songs.
20:44Thank you, love.
20:45Julia Morris, everyone.
20:46Come on.
20:47Thank you, Alan.
20:48Thank you, Alan.
20:49Thank you, Alan.
20:52There's one objection which may be raised against urine intake.
21:00It is that the taste could be revolting.
21:04That only heroes themselves could drink it.
21:08But the taste is healthy urine.
21:11It's not as bad as the Epsom salts.
21:15Fresh morning urine is merely somewhat a whisper bitter and salty.
21:22But more frequently it's taken than you can enter.
21:26It's innocuous and it becomes the taste.
21:31There is.
21:32Yes.
21:33There's no business like show business?
21:34Correct.
21:35Yes.
21:36And the song two, please.
21:38I saw the victim.
21:42His bowels had not functioned for a week.
21:46His body was all swollen.
21:50Testicles as large as tennis balls.
21:54The victim groans were heart-wrenching.
21:59And for three days he drank no water.
22:03But he passed no urine of his own.
22:07So I was obliged to give him a pint to drink of mine.
22:13Wow!
22:14Is that because you knew the song or you just didn't want it here anymore?
22:17Yeah, it was a bit from column A and a bit from column B.
22:21Yeah, throw your arms around me by the Henderson Colleen.
22:24Correct!
22:25OK, final song, please.
22:27It is argued if a man was going to drink his own urine,
22:33he would have been born with the instinct to do so.
22:39But the urine therapy can cure the common cold,
22:44as well as arthritis and obesity.
22:50I need a wee wee.
22:51I need a hero.
22:57Yes, it's Holding Out for a Hero by Bonnie Tyler.
23:00Holding Out for a Hero.
23:01Yeah, three points out of three.
23:02Julia Moyes.
23:03All right, at the end of that round, Alan, Robert, Julia, ten points.
23:08Miff, Ruva, Brett, fifteen points.
23:11All right, it's time for the final countdown.
23:18One point for a correct answer, one point off for a wrong answer.
23:21Teams, hands on buzzers.
23:22Questions start now.
23:23Eddie Vedder is the lead vocalist...
23:25Pearl Jam.
23:26...of which band? Pearl Jam.
23:27What's Going On is a 1971 album by which late musician?
23:30Marvin Gaye.
23:31Marvin Gaye, correct.
23:32Which iconic American folk duo originally went by the name Tom and Jerry?
23:36Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel.
23:38Yes, Simon and Garfunkel.
23:39What do these artists all have in common?
23:41Fiona Apple, Chuck Berry, Thelma Plum.
23:44Their surnames are all fruits and vegetables.
23:48Uh, fruits.
23:49Oh, yeah, fruits.
23:53Which item of furniture was Missy Higgins sitting on?
23:56Yes.
23:57Oh, it was the staple of the 90s.
23:59The futon couch.
24:01It was the futon couch in her song of the same name.
24:03Final question, complete the lyric.
24:05There she was, just a walking down the street.
24:07Sing and do what do...
24:08Not allowed to sing it.
24:09Can't afford it.
24:10ABC.
24:11No judgement.
24:12That's correct.
24:13Yeah, yeah.
24:14Not only correct, but the lawyers say thank you.
24:15My pleasure.
24:16You guys can't afford lawyers.
24:17So at the end of the show, the final scores are Alan, Robert, Julia ended up on 13 points.
24:34Miff, Ruvah and Brett won the day in 18 points.
24:37Give it up for all our guests, Ruvah and Gwenya.
24:41Brett Blake.
24:42Yeah.
24:43Robert Foster.
24:44And Julia Morris.
24:45And our two team captains, Mick Lawhurst and Alan Rowe.
24:50To take us out tonight, Pseudo Echo are going to play their international smash hit,
24:58Funky Town.
24:59Thanks for watching Speaks and Specs.
25:00My name's Adam Hills.
25:01Goodnight Australia.
25:02I got to make a move to a town that's right for me.
25:03And I.
25:04なく.
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