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00:05working in television you often come across people with big heads but none as big as this skull of a
00:11sperm whale these graceful ocean dwellers have the biggest brains of any animal but grace and
00:18big brains aren't the only thing she and I have in common we're both stuck in this museum our
00:24diet consists mostly of live squid and if people want to touch me I make them wear gloves but now
00:29the gloves are off tonight at the museum
00:51hello I'm Alex Lee and welcome to the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery in Lutruwita joining me
00:58tonight for the honor of having one of their own personal treasures put on display can you please
01:04welcome Claire Hooper and her mother of course questionnaire Alexi Toliopoulos and his vinyl record
01:14a teddy bear owned by Genevieve Morris and finally a wallet displayed here by Nazeem Hussain we'll find out more
01:27about our guests and their wonderful items later but first let's put a label on it
01:35museum labels serve two purposes one to tell the story of a particular exhibit and two to distract the voice
01:42in your head
01:43saying go on give that vase a little push I'm going to present our panel with a real object from
01:49the
01:49museum's collection two of our players will each read out a label for it but no one on the panel
01:54knows
01:55which one is correct our other two players have to decide which is the right label shall we reveal our
02:01first object let's see it Alexi wow what are we looking at here well this is of course Martin Cash's
02:16walking stick
02:18he is one of Tasmania's most notorious bush rangers he was transported from Ireland because he was
02:25house breaking but the real reason was he shot through a window at his mistress's lover hitting
02:31him in the bottom oh he's known as a gentleman bush ranger because he was relatively non-violent
02:38but then the plaque further goes on to say he escaped from prison in Port Arthur killed the police
02:43officer in a shootout and was sentenced to death by hanging so he's a man of many layers I'd say
02:50this
02:50modern cash does your label say something different yeah look Alexi doesn't know what he's talking
02:56about oh but as a and as an expert in specifically that that is obviously Ms. Winifred Patchett Kane from
03:071903 she was the headmistress of a girls school St. Bartholomew school for girls it's usually like this was
03:15before like a child psychologist and welfare coordinators but they didn't have that they
03:21just had the stick you know it's it's seen a lot of girls wrists I guess and um I was
03:28gonna say that
03:28I was like thinking of the ABC you can say bottoms on the ABC now that Kane will have seen
03:34a lot of
03:34girls bottoms you can't say girls bottoms oh we're putting this straight online out of context Nazeem if
03:41that Kane could talk it would scream okay to punish the girls for all sorts of things including insolence
03:48in mathematics Kane uh if you laughed after getting caned you get caned again fist fights after school
03:54so she punished violence with more violence um and also putting leaf on forehead that's that was like
04:01the tick-tock dancing of the day it was a trend it was a trend it was always a trend
04:07um and this is
04:08one of the thing about um Ms. Winnie female teachers were forbidden to work once they were married
04:12so she decided to stay single her entire life uh she looked at men and she was like nah I'd
04:18rather
04:19cane girls she chose violence well Claire and Jen which label are you thinking is the correct one
04:26here was this cane in the hands of a bush ranger or used on the hands of naughty school girls
04:31wow both
04:32stories so richly violent which to choose I mean traditionally we don't celebrate the achievements
04:40of women which makes me lean towards the male history to a criminal yes how about you Genevieve what
04:47what year was yours 1800s yeah so it's got a range of 100 years it could be from I
04:54oh right okay I don't know why but I I go towards Naz's stick um
05:02what seems like oh come on
05:05so I'm gonna I mean I'm gonna go with Naz's I don't know why
05:09Miss Winifred and how are you feeling about these stories Claire I'm gonna put my money
05:13on Martin Cash's walking stick so you've heard of Martin Cash yep let's put a label on it
05:26it is Martin Cash's walking stick
05:32so Alexi's story was all true right down to shooting in the bottom but that is not just
05:37any old walking stick take a look at this it's actually a walking stick that turns into a gun
05:45oh my lord so what I'm unscrewing here this is the tamper down the end so this is where the
05:50bullet
05:51would have come out and you would have had to have preset this gun at home probably and gone out
05:56walking
05:56with it ready to go because you've got your sight just here so you can look straight down the barrel
06:01there and then should you actually wish to shoot someone there's a tiny little button just there
06:07don't press it well thank you very much Isabel fascinating wow
06:13and as for Miss Winnie there is no St Bartholomew's but there was a ban on married women working in
06:20the
06:20public service so that bit was true that wasn't lifted until 1966 yeah lucky for me hosting this
06:28show on our public broadcaster otherwise you all might have gotten Will Anderson again
06:34so Genevieve no points for you Claire you're correct so two points for you
06:38ready for your next object let's see what we have
06:48Genevieve what are we looking at here we are looking at an Air India ashtray
06:55made by Salvador Dali in 1967 the year of my birth Air India commissioned Salvador Dali
07:05why did you look at me like that I don't know I'm just letting you know as a sign of
07:09like
07:09oh right respect man because I've been here for heaps longer than you
07:13because until you said that I thought we were at the same um no oh god no
07:16so in 1967 the year of my birth Air India commissioned Salvador Dali to design a luxury
07:26ashtray now Dali agreed to be paid with an elephant instead of money that's why I asked in my contracts
07:34for this show as well one small elephant please well Air India obliged and sent to his house in Spain
07:44a two-year-old elephant named big baby the grande bambino
07:53something like that what have you got Claire you know Tasmanian cricket legend David Boone
08:01David Boone also made ceramics pretty muscular fingers so it shouldn't be a surprise
08:07David Boone created this ornamental dip bowl during a sculpting course
08:13it is a dip bowl so basically you know like
08:17like
08:17Thomas
08:18Thomas
08:19Thomas
08:20Thomas
08:20depending on your taste could be both
08:23so the elephant represents Eden Gardens in India where he won man of the match in the world cup final
08:31and the swan represents the whacker where he scored his only double century
08:36yeah it was donated to TMAG for the hidden talents exhibition
08:41wow wow wow wow wow my gosh
08:45howie what are you thinking Nazeem and Alexei which label is the correct one is this an original piece from
08:50Dali or Boone
08:52and when I'm looking at it I'm trying to imagine what mood I would be in would I be
08:56you know getting a little cracker or a piece of pita bread and dunking it in some tarama
09:01or am I getting a little durry and just like go
09:05does anyone have any nicotine gum at the moment sorry
09:09something's happening to me right now sorry sorry sorry yeah wow wow wow
09:13do you are you familiar with David Boone
09:15no I don't know that
09:17I've never seen a single episode of sport in my life I don't know any
09:22how could you this is not an appropriate ashtray for an aeroplane
09:25like and was he expected to make
09:27they weren't built into the seats then Nazeem you see
09:30so well they some of them were but because it was Air India and they wanted to be fancy
09:35and they they said we're going to go one better
09:38so every time someone wants to smoke they bring up this
09:40well there's a trolley
09:42yeah
09:42and they
09:44wow you know so much about this
09:48I think that uh it could go either way but I'm going to say um I would love to believe
09:53I'm in the presence of an original Dali
09:55what about you Nazeem
09:56nothing's a dip bowl
09:58all right let's put a label on it
10:05it is Salvador Dali's ashtray
10:09yeah
10:11that's crazy
10:14so yeah it's all true in 1967 Dali did design very limited edition ashtray for Air India in exchange for
10:22an elephant
10:22and Dali donated the animal to the Barcelona Zoo there he is there's big baby
10:28probably after he realized how many times a day he'd have to feed it which is especially hard to work
10:32out when all your clocks are melted
10:35as for David Boone and his penchant for pottery I'm sorry but if any cricketer would make a ceramic it
10:41would be Ian Healy he was always asking warning if he wanted a bowl shame
10:48oh at the end of that round the scores are Nazeem and Genevieve yet to score but Claire and Alexi
10:54on two points
11:02a reminder whoever wins tonight will have a personal item displayed here at TMAC
11:09Claire it looks like you brought some paperwork along with you
11:11this was an envelope that my future mother-in-law slid across the table to me
11:16like it was the first time I met her and we went over to her house
11:20anyway so I joked you know just to break the awkwardness I was like is that the questionnaire
11:24and she said yes you don't have to answer it right away
11:29just some time before you leave but it's like 10 questions it's just you know things other people
11:36would call a conversation um things like what are your hobbies no question mark your favorite color
11:44question eight if I inadvertently upset you would you feel that you could say to me hey you were pissing
11:50me off so back off bitch or else is this a picture from your wedding day yes that's Liz Duffin
12:01clearly
12:01very reluctant to give her husband up
12:12overseas visitors have always found Australia's weird and wonderful creatures difficult to describe
12:18English naturalist George Harris called the tassie devil an ursine opossum
12:23which means bear like possum and the thylacine was once called the zebra wolf
12:29and let's not even start on the two words the museum responded with when I
12:32asked if I could ride the dinosaur skeleton now you must describe as many
12:37Australian animals as possible to your partner but you can only use two words
12:43Alexi you'll be sending your two word missives to Claire
12:47one point for each animal Claire correctly guesses can you please give it up for Alexi and Claire
12:54two words to describe what you see and your time
12:58your time starts now loud birds
13:05kookaburra no cockatoo you got it
13:09yes duckbill
13:13platypus well done
13:14oh jewellery mollusk
13:23an oyster
13:24oh no I'm so bad at this instantly I'll I participate I'll be so good at this I
13:32know so many words I could have used any of them
13:34pass next one
13:35um
13:41noisy roof
13:43noisy roof
13:44bat
13:45noisy roof
13:47awesome
13:47yes
13:48okay
13:49amphibian
13:52jump
13:53prom
13:54yes
13:54okay
13:55reptile
13:56collard
13:57frill neck lizard
13:59oh my god
14:01rotund rodent
14:06quokka
14:07no
14:08close I think
14:10bilbia
14:11quinda
14:11a quoll
14:12oh shit it's not even
14:13a bandicoot
14:15not even
14:15moving further away from the past
14:18god no
14:18this one's not even a creature
14:21er
14:21mythological
14:24ocean
14:28no
14:29past
14:29yeah
14:30oh my god
14:30mad as
14:34a
14:34a cup snake
14:35mad as
14:36can I restart
14:37five
14:38four
14:39three
14:40two
14:41two
14:41one
14:41everyone stop counting
14:43stop counting
14:44stop counting
14:45stop the count
14:47come back to the dance
14:50Claire do you have two words you'd like to say to Alexi?
14:55yeah I'd like to call him a jewellery mollusk
14:58what's a jewellery mollusk?
15:01a jewellery mollusk was a blue ringed octopus
15:05oh that's beautiful
15:08okay it's your turn now Genevieve you'll be guessing and Nazeem you'll be describing
15:13alright give it up for Genevieve and Nazeem
15:17alright you ready?
15:19yep
15:19your time starts now
15:22oh god
15:23laughing bird
15:24kookaburra
15:29ouchy sponge
15:33ouchy sponge
15:34sea urchin?
15:35no
15:36ouchy sponge
15:38oh um
15:39jellyfish
15:42local legend
15:45David Boone
15:48sorry
15:49legend
15:50okay
15:51Tasmanian Devil
15:52yes
15:55you can do this
15:57uh
15:59like a
16:01trunk rat
16:06pass
16:08watery Mufasa
16:12sea lion
16:16Aldi kangaroo
16:20I mean like there's a kangaroo
16:22walker
16:22wallaby
16:24um
16:26happy feed
16:28penguin
16:32ah look
16:34oh no no
16:35okay
16:35yeah no
16:37huntsman
16:38yay
16:40this is the last one
16:41wobbly neck
16:46nothing
16:46nothing
16:47five
16:48four
16:49three
16:50two
16:51one
16:53elegant
16:55wow
16:56wow
16:57okay so let's see how you went you did very well
17:00yeah
17:00I can't believe you got huntsman from our look
17:02yeah
17:05you did a good eye
17:06yeah
17:06so the only one that you passed that you didn't see was trunk rat
17:10yes
17:11which was a numbat
17:13oh
17:14so to keep the theme of two word descriptions I'll describe that round as pure chaos
17:18yeah
17:24not long before we find out which of our panelists will have their item displayed here at TMAG
17:30now Alexi did you swing past the local record store on your way in
17:34this is
17:35this is
17:35a record of E.T.
17:37and you may be looking at this going like wow E.T's got such a beautiful score by John Williams
17:41of course they made a record of it this is not that
17:44this is an audio book
17:46of the movie E.T. that they turned into a book
17:49and they turned into a record
17:51and it is narrated by the least expected person
17:58yeah
18:03yeah
18:04wow
18:05and he keeps calling E.T. that squishy little guy
18:09that squishy little guy E.T.
18:11love it
18:12yeah it's so beautiful look at that
18:14that's amazing
18:15he looks so lifelike
18:18then he went through a few more cosmetic surgeries and looked a little less lifelike
18:23one of these very items will end up on display here at the museum
18:27crazy
18:28and then you know shortly after that it will be shoved on a high up shelf in an archival warehouse
18:32somewhere
18:39Hippocrates once said physicians should first do no harm
18:42but if accounts from 19th century medicine or anything to go by
18:46the pledge may as well have been
18:47try everything and hope for the best and then I don't know
18:49leeches
18:51in this game I'll present you with an object from the TMAG medical collection
18:56and you have to highlight where on the body it would have been used
19:01let's start with this scary looking thing from around the 1800s
19:10oh
19:11oh
19:12oh no
19:13now that's an unboxing video
19:15look at that
19:17so mark on your body where you think this would have been used
19:21let's see your answers
19:28Genevieve what have you chosen
19:29uh
19:30well
19:31an early
19:32blood pressure
19:33type
19:35so I put it here
19:36because you know that's where you get the thing wrapped around there
19:38but
19:39I'm
19:39okay
19:40yeah
19:41Nazeem what have you gone with
19:42I really tried to think of something
19:45more respectable
19:46looks a bit like a colonoscopy thing
19:48oh okay
19:49so you're going with bottom
19:52what about you Alexi
19:53to not be too crude
19:54I thought this was a milking device
19:57oh
19:58okay
19:58I thought it could have been too milk
20:00like a yeolee breast pump
20:02yeah something like that
20:02because it's got a little dial
20:04presumably saying that's how much milk that's going to come out of it
20:07or
20:08and it's like in a little silver tube that looks like a little milkshake maker already
20:12so I thought
20:14I thought that's
20:15I thought yeah
20:16that's what I could
20:17hook a couple of ladies up at the milk bar
20:19and
20:21put in some vanilla malt
20:23yeah but they're delicious flavour
20:24one of the great flavours
20:26Claire what have you chosen
20:28well
20:31I'm looking at a tube to remove waste
20:34I'm looking at a canister that is clearly for collection
20:38and I'm looking at a pressure gauge
20:41and it just makes me think
20:42pre-surgery enema
20:44can we pump the poops out
20:46can we pump the poo out
20:47this is a pneumothorax machine
20:51oh well that's
20:52so that was used to fill a tuberculosis patient's chest with nitrous gas
20:57to deliberately collapse a lung
20:59because they thought that would help it heal
21:01it would not
21:02as it turned out
21:04so these were used from the 1890s until a vaccine was introduced in Australia in 1945
21:09and probably for a bit longer for any vintage anti-vaxxers
21:13oh
21:14so no one got that one
21:16no points
21:17I was close
21:18you were close
21:19you were close
21:22next up
21:23mark where you think this was used
21:28wow
21:28a stunning piece
21:31wow
21:32I'm just going to leave mine the same
21:37alright
21:38Claire
21:39you've left yours the same
21:41I mean I just
21:42I was like what would Nazeem think
21:47so which hole are we thinking here
21:48let's be medical
21:49I thought it might be an early contraceptive device
21:52oh wow
21:53okay
21:54yeah but because it's the olden days
21:56it would be like you know
21:57made of lead
21:58and would give women lead poisoning from the inside
22:02but yeah I'm thinking
22:03oh
22:04like a lead diaphragm
22:05thinking a very inflexible diaphragm
22:08what have you got there Nazeem?
22:10gone foot
22:10Claire
22:11gone foot
22:12okay
22:13alright
22:14so it's just for if you've got a flat foot
22:16you just stand on that thing
22:17and then it cures you
22:19oh
22:19like what you're saying is an early very poor masseur sandal
22:23yeah yeah
22:23pretty much
22:25okay
22:25Alexi
22:26uh yeah I thought it was a hat
22:28I thought it was a literal
22:29a little hat
22:30a medical hat
22:31a little hat
22:32you know maybe to protect from x-ray
22:34oh
22:34oh shit sorry
22:36protect the brain
22:37Genevieve
22:38yep
22:39what body part did you go for?
22:40uh the nipple
22:41uh huh
22:42some women have inverted nipples
22:45some men have them too
22:46who cares
22:47so this was a nipple tip nipple nipple tiplot
22:51nipple tiplot
22:52alright well I can tell you that these are metallic nipple shields
22:57oh my god
22:59oh my god
23:00oh my god
23:01she did it
23:02she did it
23:04she did it
23:05what a doctor
23:06these were sold by dr wainsborough and recommended by the most eminent medical men
23:13truly a sight for sore nipples
23:15until that is they were banned in the US because Claire Hooper they were made of lead
23:21oh my god
23:24yes
23:26so they made them like that on purpose because they thought the lead would mix with the milk to create
23:32lead lactate
23:33to soothe the nipples
23:34full of iron
23:35but also as it turns out kill babies
23:38wow
23:38so not as good not worth it
23:40I'm going to give you a point Genevieve and for getting the lead I'll give one to you too Claire
23:47and finally this
23:54oh my god
23:55wow interesting
23:57fascinating shape on that thing
23:59yeah
24:00oh no
24:03alright
24:04I'll wait for the eye
24:06and Claire what have you done?
24:08I swear I didn't
24:09I don't mean to
24:11you know what
24:12when you like I'm just
24:14I'm putting my money on red again
24:16I'm like well I didn't get it the first time
24:18I'm just going to leave the arrow there until I have a ride
24:21so what do you think it is Claire?
24:22well it looks to me like a very terrible idea for a tampon
24:27and absolutely invented by someone who has not bled
24:31it just looks pluggy enough and it's got holes
24:35I'm not proud
24:36but I couldn't think of anything else
24:39alright
24:43don't you go
24:44my mum and dad are going to watch this
24:46lowering the tone of the show
24:48you could be right
24:49that was a douche
24:51oh
24:51oh my god
24:52oh
24:53so Claire you are correct
24:55wow
25:01got it
25:03believe in yourself
25:06so yes it was a douche
25:07which is very rare to see outside of the comment section on my Instagram
25:11but it turns out they existed long ago
25:13this one's made from bone and was used to prevent conception
25:17so it was used to spray some sort of liquid up there like
25:22oh
25:24at the end of that round Dr Claire did the best and Claire maybe you should have pursued medicine after
25:30all
25:39with only one round left it's still anyone's game
25:43let's go take one last look at the museum's convict display with a quiz we're calling cell of the century
25:53hands on buzzers
25:559 year old convict John Hudson was sent to Australia after leaving sooty footprints behind in a house that he
26:05was burgling
26:05what was his profession
26:08Nazeem
26:09burglar
26:12not burglar Genevieve
26:14chimney sweep
26:15that is correct
26:16yes
26:19if I were an unwell convict in Sydney and I was sent to the Sydney slaughterhouse
26:25where was I going?
26:27Alexi
26:27to the next round
26:30principally hell
26:31so this was a nickname that the convicts gave this place
26:34Nazeem
26:35oh okay now that you've said nickname I'm not going to say abattoir
26:40not the abattoir
26:42the hospital
26:43correct
26:44yep
26:44it was the convict hospital
26:47this penal punishment
26:49oh
26:50shares its name with which common piece of gym equipment?
26:54Alexi
26:54um I would say that would be the treadmill
26:57yeah you're correct
26:59oh
27:02they would spend weeks doing it that have 40 minutes on 20 minutes off
27:06John Caesar was one of at least 15 convicts on board the first fleet who were of African descent
27:12he went on to become Australia's first what?
27:16Nazeem
27:17African victim of racism
27:21would have been one of the early ones but no
27:24I'll have a guess
27:25um professional boxer
27:27no some sort of outlaw
27:31Alexi
27:32bush ranger
27:33that's correct
27:34yes
27:34thank you
27:36thank you
27:38that's right
27:39so all these guys walking around with Ned Kelly tattoos should be having this guy instead
27:44among the convicts sent to Van Diemen's land were warriors such as Hojepite Umuera transported from which country?
27:53oh I mean it sounds like maybe New Zealand
27:56correct
27:57oh no
27:57there were Maori political prisoners who were part of the colonial resistance there
28:02by today's standards what is unusual about this pair of convict made shoes
28:07they look different to the shoes that you and I wear Alexi
28:11square toes not in fashion currently
28:14so
28:15a faux pas if you will
28:17oh embarrassing couldn't get into the nightclub wearing it
28:20no no no not sartorially sounds
28:21nah
28:22I was going to say like there's no beer in it but they probably already drank it
28:28um is there no delineation between the left and the right they're the same thing
28:32you are correct
28:33oh my god
28:34nice one
28:35there we go
28:36they didn't use left and right footed shoes until the 1850s
28:41oh my gosh
28:42wow
28:43final question
28:44oh my gosh
28:45a well dressed and powerful group of convicts at the cascade female factory
28:50shared the same name as what surprising public dance?
28:56Nazim
28:57Macaroni
28:59Genevieve
29:00Flash Mob
29:01correct
29:03well done
29:06they were like these cool female gangs and they were called the Flash Mob because they dressed flashy
29:11oh wow
29:12yeah there you go
29:13that is the end of the show which means Claire you are the winner of tonight
29:18it is time to give away your mother-in-law's questionnaire
29:28congratulations to Claire and as a special extra surprise
29:32we have your mother-in-law here with ten more questions
29:37just kidding
29:41thank you all so much for playing along with us
29:44I've been Alex Lee
29:45good night
29:46belonging to Kalen
29:46thank you
29:49we're great
29:50we'll see you guys
29:51and I'll see you all in first place
29:52at this world
29:52there are any kind of Course downcĺ„„
29:53there are many chairs and 60 mountains
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