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00:05actually really keen for this oh yes I love her we've learnt so much it's the lady from
00:11Australian Story how are we all oh very keen good pumped up are you curious to hear how he
00:16sounds when he walks in you're gonna say hello hi everyone all right he's on the way in oh my
00:25God he's here who's he's coming mate hey Lee how are you yeah good yourself nice to see you you're
00:33good
00:34thank you come through come say hi hi who's he everybody hi who's he how are you do you want
00:39to call you
00:40Husey or Dave yeah Husey's good yeah yeah good you smell nice I appreciate that so I have got some
00:48aftershave on so yeah have you watched the assembly yet oh yeah it's great show yeah you've had some
00:54massive celebrities you guys are legends hello Husey hello we are a collective of autistic journalism
01:02students and we are very happy to have you join us today no subject is out of bounds no questions
01:08off the table anything might happen good so without further ado welcome to the assembly thank you
01:21okay so Abby can you get yourself onto this mark here okay in three tonight the assembly returns and
01:33graduates from past series are back another day another prep and Lee sales is mentoring us
01:45the students have graduated from the journalism foundations course and they're ready for the
01:49next step taking us on the road and behind the scenes this is really awesome to level up our media
01:58skills hey Abby we're about to record a song okay I'm ready to go on both sides of the camera
02:05square up to
02:05the camera some of Australia's most celebrated names are taking the hot seat no making me cry okay for
02:13interviews like you've never seen before what do you consider your most important decision um have you
02:18ever been arrested that is a good question what is the most bogan thing you've ever done oh you've got
02:25this just this is the most fun I've ever had I go first cuz I'm the disabled one
02:52and you've got my my lonely headphones in now let me guess I am right here is always behind this
03:00annoying ass plant it's a good plan everyone be quiet least coming good morning everyone
03:09how are you okay would you like to know who our next guest is he is one of Australia's most
03:17popular
03:18comedians he's had a career of a couple of decades on both television and radio also a very busy and
03:26popular stand-up comedian it's Dave now what what do you all know about Dave Hughes it was on the
03:39project
03:39he was um on you see we have a problem hello my name is Dave Hughes and like everyone else
03:46I've got
03:46problems three of them are my children and don't get it wrong I love them and I finally got something
03:52that I'm prepared to die for but the thing is I probably want that day to be today to be
03:56honest
03:56dad he was the goblin from next door from do not watch the show hang on you're that fella from
04:05that
04:05do not watch this show show aren't ya he was on I'm a celebrity get me out of here and
04:12he was I think
04:13he was a judge on the mask singer I think I might have an idea here yeah yeah I will
04:18talk in controversial
04:19sports star I think this person highly strong might be a tennis player Savannah oh he has a strong
04:28Australian accent he really does doesn't he I can actually do it can you show me oh yeah how are
04:35you
04:35yeah how are you everyone Dave Hughes shall we split into groups and go and work on our questions
04:41all right let's do it okay go and get my notebook I feel so excited about meeting Dave Hughes this
04:50is
04:50probably about gonna be the best one of the season so he's been a a very funny man he's been
04:57on the
04:57glass house spics and specs and even on the logies was he ever up for a gold or never even
05:04up for a
05:04girl oh my god I feel bad hello my name's Lee nice to meet you oh hi Lee I'm Anastasia
05:13lovely to you
05:14looking forward to doing Husey started to see a funny man fun guy do you know much that Dave Hughes
05:20has been on Savannah I do know the show Husey we have a problem because whenever there's drama happening
05:23within the family or a group of friends of mine and say Husey we have a problem I think he'll
05:30be
05:30a good guest I think hotel stories even yeah even before his even before his mask breaks down he'll
05:36probably at least be good at chatting to us I guess my thought is whether it'll feel like he's having
05:43a
05:43conversation with us or whether he's kind of performing yeah that's true that is a very good
05:48point I have to see if we can come up with some creative questions to bust him out of that
05:51yeah
05:53Husey's been around so long and there's so much content online about him it's actually quite hard
05:57to wade through it all so what I'm going to do is take the students to a comedy club where
06:02he's
06:02performed to just try to get to the essence of the man all right let's go come on in whoa
06:10look at
06:12this play what I'm hoping is that they get a sense of what it's like backstage in a theatre which
06:18is always really exciting even when there's nobody here so this is backstage for the performers okay
06:26but also what it feels like when you walk out onto a stage I want them to imagine that the
06:30room is full
06:31of people and you are on stage at the Enmore this is really awesome wow
06:43Oliver you've had a bit of experience in theatre what what do you reckon would be going through your
06:46mind if you were stepping out with so many people I think I'd be nervous but I often find that
06:52the
06:52nerves are what fuels the energy to go on stage would anyone be interested in having a go of some
06:59stand-up hello I should probably tell you about myself my name Oliver my age 27 this is a gift
07:19I'm far
07:20more at home on stage than I am off my star sign irrelevant but Capricorn and the fact that I
07:28have
07:28autism I mean you probably could have figured that out from the fact I'm on the assembly but you know
07:33here we are I know what I have to say I get off I was at home I love that
07:39here comes Fletcher
07:48did you hear about the circus fire it was intense hello everyone I'm going to be doing an
07:56impersonation of a journalist let's you can guess who this is hello Prime Minister why aren't you
08:02answering the question you're not answering the question Prime Minister this is politics
08:07guilty guilty you're not giving us a proper answer and for the next guest Lisa do you know
08:17what as hilarious as I would be in as much as I'd bring the house down I have actually got
08:22a real
08:22comedian here to talk to you I've invited Will Anderson to come along today to tell the
08:37students a bit about what it's like doing stand-up but also he's a mate of Dave Hughes so perhaps
08:42to
08:42give them a bit of Intel on Dave um everyone this is Will hello thanks for having me today he's
08:49one of
08:49the country's most successful stand-up comedians has his own TV show and so we'll thank you very
08:54much for coming in to have a chat to us I mean that's it's pretty exciting to interview Dave Hughes
08:59yeah has anyone got something they want to ask Will out of all the questions we could ask what do
09:04you
09:04think would make the best conversation with him from your experience knowing him that is firstly
09:09an excellent question and I might even steal that question to use when I'm interviewing people because
09:15that's a very good way to start a conversation I think how do you talk to his he well firstly
09:20I think
09:21sports is a good way to start if you want some small chat he loves his sports he's obsessed by
09:25the
09:26Carlton Football Club who are terrible you have to be a comedian to like the Carlton Football Club but I
09:30think also the other thing you've got to realize with here's he is he loves to talk but he's talked
09:34so much over his career that what he'll really love is being asked a question he hasn't been asked
09:39before there's Husey and then there's David Hughes what is the character and what is the person and I
09:47mean I think that's a really great question and what I would add to that is how does becoming the
09:53persona night after night affect who the real person is that's what I'm interested in Dave Hughes the man
09:59and all his eccentricities I think you will find him a absolutely generous funny willing to laugh and
10:08he'll absolutely just love getting the opportunity to be asked questions by you but ask him some hard
10:22ones oh it's a good crew amazing crew fantastic how many times have you been to the ABC when this
10:31building was first opened I was here so a TV show called the glass house and I've been having nervous
10:36wheeze in this building since 2003 we can go with the toilet humor if we want it's all good um
10:43okay
10:43we're good to go so Pat do you want to keep things off hello everyone this is a safe space
10:50everyone can
10:51relax and be themselves there will be no judgment please do what you need to join in for example fidget
10:57move
10:58take a break and yes even go to the toilet if you need to ask ask if you need anything
11:04to help and
11:05you will be included thank you um Mitch okay hello I'm Mitch hi Mitch um so what makes you love
11:15the AFL
11:15team Carlton so much because they don't win very often no you that's a very good point and I hope
11:21the
11:21players are watching um so they can improve their play um when I was five years old which is a
11:30long
11:30time ago Carlton were on top of the ladder and I and I supported another team but a five-year
11:36-old
11:36friend of mine said why don't you back for Carlton and I looked at the ladder and said I don't
11:41know
11:41why I should and so I started supporting Carlton in 1976 and for the first for the next 20 years
11:48that
11:48was a good decision because we were always winning we won a lot of premierships and then
11:54it went wrong in 2002 we just went to the bottom of the ladder and we really haven't improved and
12:00all that in the last 23 years and that was it coincides with when I met my wife the whole
12:07time
12:08we've been together I haven't been happy oh no don't say that yeah but she because of Carlton have
12:15been terrible so we may have to get divorced um so I can look guys this is turning turned into
12:24Oprah has it um no I won't get divorced I'll stay with her but she needs to realize I've sacrificed
12:30yeah so it's sad yeah I'm sorry to bring you down but go to the swannies the swans win a
12:37lot and it
12:37annoys me thanks Mitch Willow hi Dave my name's Willow hello do you get stage fright because I do
12:44what do you do to get over your stage fright I used to get stage fright a lot so back
12:50then I just
12:50use power through but you know lately I realized this is true it's only really recently and I've
12:58been in showbiz for 25 years longer 30 years lately I realized no one cares and you know what the
13:05first
13:05time I did stand-up comedy I'd been dreaming about it since I was 14 or 13 and I was
13:11a 22 when I first
13:12started I'd failed uni a couple of times and my first ever gig no one laughed and I was like
13:20the
13:20spotlight was on me I felt like I was being interrogated and in my brain was going you're a
13:26loser and you're going to be on the dole for the rest of your life that's what's happening internally
13:31that's not a good way to make a room relax and I was talking about being teased at school that
13:36was
13:37my shtick my what I was my angle was and as I walked out of the room after no one
13:41had laughed
13:42some some audience member said to me as I'm walking out feeling humiliated that they were right to tease
13:48you that was exactly but so I felt even worse but I thought if I don't go back the next
13:56week to this
13:56same comedy club I'll never do it again yeah and you know as I realized even in that failure what
14:02I
14:02realized was I'm not physically hurt so it's my choice whether to you know to be offended or not
14:09so I went back the next week and I did okay but then the next time I did a third
14:13time as I walked on stage
14:15I thought to myself something come to me you're a winner just for doing this it doesn't matter what
14:20happens I relaxed and that third time in 1993 I had possibly the best gig I've ever had and everyone
14:30laughed so much in my mind they did and I walked out of that I floated out of the room
14:34at that time
14:35and I knew I'd found my life's calling I remember that time I get stage fight thank you Abby oh
14:41thank
14:43hello Dave welcome to the assembly hello Abby Dave how exactly does someone learn to talk like that
14:52is there a special school for Aussie bogan accent oh yeah no wait no no seriously Dave um can you
15:03tell
15:03us about the voice and how successful it has made you yeah look I know probably a third of the
15:09comedians
15:10in Australia do an impersonation of me on stage and get laughs and so but I take it as a
15:16compliment
15:17because it means people know who I am so um I don't know why I speak like this I didn't
15:22mean to
15:22speak like this um I remember back being on the masked singer and sitting next to Lindsay Lohan you
15:29know international bloody superstar and the first time I met her she's like why don't you speak English
15:35I said I am you should be like oh I'm sorry jolly good show isn't it so that's funny that
15:46we're laughing
15:46at him now so I should you know what you guys are really helping my act well I think your
15:54voice is
15:55very funny and every time I listen to you talk I laugh yeah and some people don't but that's fine
16:01and I appreciate that I do as well but um yeah you're not going to please everyone you have been
16:06in comedy for decades how have you seen the industry change over the years especially when it comes to
16:12being more inclusive or a comedian still making jokes about people with disabilities like me um look I think
16:20it has generally over the years I haven't had to worry about that because my most of my jokes are
16:27on me you know and no one can complain about me mocking myself so occasionally you do a joke and
16:34you you don't think it's going to offend people but then it does so and you know you might have
16:39to
16:39apologize I remember I did a joke about diabetes once and the diabetics association weren't happy
16:45but I was talking about diabetes type 2 not type 1 which is either way
16:53well um no it's my my father-in-law's diabetic anyway so it is that can be tricky but yeah
17:00I think
17:01you can be mindful and I think I have been mindful over the years absolutely thanks Abby um Oliver
17:07do you want to go hi I'm Oliver hey Oliver um when I do comedy I often play a character
17:12of Oliver
17:13yeah that is both a true version of me and a heightened character having done this for a
17:19while it sometimes becomes harder and harder to figure out where the character begins and the
17:25person ends for you who's been doing this for decades what is the difference between David William
17:31Hughes in real life and the Hughesy you play on stage yeah that's a good question uh so yeah I
17:38think
17:38my on stage persona is a heightened version of my real persona but it's funny how different people
17:45don't see that and for example my son who's just turned 16 he came to see a show this year
17:52for the
17:53first time a full show and he said dad that was weird I said why because I've lived with him
18:00for 16
18:00years he said I've never seen you so happy then I realized maybe I should bring my heightened version
18:09of myself to my real life you infamously brought a house on the block for just over three million
18:19dollars without asking your wife yeah I was an adult for a long time by the way things can change
18:28despite occurring nearly a decade ago it's still remembered by many it is how long did it take
18:33your wife to forgive you for that she still hasn't but um so still own it never moved into it
18:39I want
18:40to move into it and she goes no everyone will know where we live and I said honey no one
18:45cares so
18:47but yeah so she still hasn't forgiven me the fact you then did it again and bought a house without
18:52telling her no I bought the other one before that but yes um the fact you did it twice that
18:57was
18:57terrible I know I know and these are first world problems I get it um but again I'm saying I
19:03was
19:03on the die I grew up in a commission house and so I yeah so I haven't done it for
19:07a while which is
19:09good that's good I hope you don't do it again but yeah I look I mean property is still a
19:14good
19:14investment in Australia if you can get you know it's hard it's so hard now though maybe just ask your
19:19wife first I know I should absolutely I mean yeah you're right good point thanks Oliver Fletcher
19:25hello husey hello Fletcher I really hate cats and I know how much you hate the F1 commentators
19:33is there anything else that makes you mad yeah right so you hate cats yeah I think you can learn
19:40to love cats oh no way no no no no no if you met Minka or Bambi or Marshmallow our
19:48three cats you
19:49would like two of them yeah cats are fun I hate kitty litter can I say that kitty litter I
19:58really hate
19:59and luckily we've got a new dog ginger who loves eating cat poo so that's good for me so
20:07in one episode of I'm a celebrity get me out of here the other celebrities played the prank on you
20:13by putting stickers on your back and you didn't realize it until the end did you ever get a chance
20:18to shall we say uh prank them back did I get them back so I can't remember now I hope
20:24I did
20:25like I mean obviously this this show's going great guns and most of you will probably end up
20:30on I'm a celebrity get me out of here no no no no no no if that happens just be
20:37warned that show's
20:38hard all right so imagine having no electricity for a month I would go crazy I went crazy you know
20:46and I had one we got one letter from our family in six weeks on that show one letter that
20:52was it
20:53and I'd text my wife every two hours basically for the last 23 years also in her letter to me
20:58all
20:58she talked about was the cats and obviously we've already mentioned the cats and I love the cats
21:02but I've also got three children that I'm quite interested in
21:07thank you Uzi thank you pleasure um Savannah
21:13good morning Dave hello my name is Savannah hey Savannah welcome it's great to be here appreciate the
21:20curtsy if other comedians are more famous than you do you get jealous of them yes yeah and I'm
21:28working on that it's a that's a that's a work in progress for example Will Anderson or Hamish Blake or
21:35you know Kitty Flanagan I don't like walking down the street with famous people because I get scared
21:42they're going to get asked for photos and I have to take the photo so I absolutely avoid it
21:51have you made out with anyone famous have I made out with anyone famous yes oh kiss and tell yeah
21:59um
22:00look I've really only had two proper girlfriends in my life first couple I was 24 got me through to
22:08probably 30 then I had a year of being single and I've met my wife and we've been together 23
22:13years
22:14so in that year I did have a couple of passions with some actresses one of the Logies I won't
22:22name
22:23but yep remember going down the down the escalator the Logies pissing at someone from a TV show um so
22:31yes is the answer but I won't name them in case they get annoyed but um thanks you see appreciate
22:36that yeah you ate bull penis on I'm a celebrity get me out of here hmm what did bull penis
22:50taste like
22:50compared to chicken or steak well again because I haven't eaten meat for I think I've been I've been
22:56hescatarian which is just eat fish yes the only meat for about 20 years but I've gone full vegan
23:02probably close to 10 years now so I have not eaten any meat for 10 years and I tell you
23:09a bull penis
23:10was a that's jumping into the deep end actually it was a boar's penis anyway it was an animal that
23:17starts with B and it was its penis um and they're very chewy so yeah you need to have a
23:24lot of tomato
23:24sauce with you and I didn't if you want to know what it's like you know grab your garden hose
23:30cut
23:31off cut off about six inches and try to eat it you know the annoying thing is I got kicked
23:37out straight
23:38away after I'd eaten it because I ate it to stay on the show and I still got kicked out
23:43I mean I had
23:45three inches of pain is my mouth when I got kicked out which is Anastasia yes all right um hello
23:54Dave
23:54I'm Anastasia lovely to meet you you too um if you were a contestant on The Masked Singer what would
24:00your identity be and what song would you sing I think my identity would be an air fried chip
24:08eh yeah and I would sing I'd probably sing true blue from John Williamson hey true blue and I'd say
24:17I would get kicked off straight away because people wouldn't know who I was and I would be the worst
24:21singer the show's ever had because I'm tone deaf I don't know what it is but just a terrible singer
24:28thank you Thomas hello Hussie with your comedy you would um use your family um for your routines
24:38have you ever gotten into trouble when you were at when you got home yeah I have yeah yeah um
24:43I remember
24:44once I talked about buying shoes because the uh the um the shoe salesman was an attractive woman and
24:51then I did it on radio in my early radio career and my girlfriend at the time I came home
24:55to her
24:55thinking she'd be happier about my new radio show and as I opened the I opened the door and she
25:00looked down at my new shoes and just slammed the door to find somewhere else to live so you've got
25:07sometimes you've got to be careful I'm Finn hi Dave I'm Finn big fan thank you pumped up as you
25:13say
25:14we're pumped up yeah do you ever worry about marketing larrikinism and bogan culture when you're
25:21actually clean living and into meditation yeah look I I don't worry about it but I am a bit of
25:27a
25:27contradiction um and people I haven't had a drink for since 1992 just before I started comedy actually
25:33I was a big uh user of alcohol as a young person and it would always get me in trouble
25:38so and I was
25:40it wasn't making me happy so I made a decision just before I turned 22 to stop drinking alcohol and
25:46all drugs go up all drugs and um yeah but people look at me now and still think I'm off
25:52my nut so
25:53and people always think I've got a hangover I look like I've got a hangover the whole time
25:57often people go you look terrible you must have had a big night no I've had nine hours sleep I'm
26:01fine
26:02you should call my sign though thanks mate appreciate it thanks Finn Dale
26:08hello Hughesy hey mate you've been open that quitting alcohol in your 20s was only half the story
26:14and what's been harder is your obsession with work approval and being everywhere what specific
26:19boundaries have you set to stop work becoming the new addiction yeah yeah it's a good question
26:23and my wife thinks I'm addicted to work look you've got to try to get a balance right my father
26:28used to
26:29say family is the most important thing and I'd go yeah whatever dad I'm going to be a star and
26:34um
26:34but I do realize what he's saying now it took me a long time to realize that he was right
26:39so yeah
26:39doing the project back in the day when I started that tv show with everyone else um I was working
26:45every night doing that I was doing breakfast radio as well in Melbourne so I was gone both ends of
26:50the
26:50day and we had three kids in that time so yeah I wasn't there that much so I should have
26:56been there
26:56more but I was too worried about my own ego but and I have since realized that doesn't matter
27:03but I do love comedy though so and that's was my first love I love comedy long before my children
27:10were born and they need to know that so awesome thank you for answering that thank you um Daniel
27:18good hey mate how you going yeah good bro my name's Daniel hey Dan to stop drinking is very difficult
27:25for most people how did you manage this and what what was your motivation look I came from a long
27:32line of drinkers so I grew up with uh my dad drinking too much um which is can be really
27:38stressful for
27:38kids and I saw myself doing the same thing I was always got too drunk which would I'd sometimes wake
27:45up in a police cell I wasn't violent not a violent person but I would be locked up for my
27:51own safety
27:52really because I was asleep on the road or something and I could see my future laid ahead
27:56of me yeah so I just decided the age of 21 I said I'm not going to drink anymore and
28:01and I just I just
28:02made a decision yeah if you realize that alcohol is terrible for you and you fully accept it but then
28:08you just you go I fully accept it and so then it's just gone so and it hasn't it wasn't
28:12that hard
28:12actually so what was the relationship with your father like um well again he had a lot of wisdom
28:18there's no doubt as you know about family being the most important thing and working hard and I was
28:23a lazy teenager he would drag out of bed so it was yeah and his drinking was an issue there's
28:28no doubt
28:28so yeah we had some tough times um but you know in hindsight there was you know he wanted the
28:36best
28:36for me you know he didn't he kept drinking which he shouldn't have in my opinion I think he would
28:43have had a better life if he had not drank yeah there was I mean a lot of people have
28:46trouble with
28:46their dads a lot of blokes have trouble with their dads and I get it so I'm trying not to
28:50do that
28:50with my own son yeah thanks mate I appreciate it thank you thank you Abby yep um you have talked
28:59about how important your mum was in your upbringing and how she helped you kick your addictions
29:05can you tell us a story about your mum that shaped who you are
29:11yeah yeah yes I can I mean emotional but my um she grew up in an orphanage so she didn't
29:19really
29:19have any parents so but she never complained about that or even wanted me to mention it so
29:27yeah she was a beautiful woman who was strong and um yeah she always
29:33she was she was my biggest supporter so yeah so thank you so yeah mum was um saw that I
29:42was a smart
29:43kid from yeah very early on so she um yeah she sort of could see that I would um that
29:52I had some you
29:53know potential I suppose so and supported me all the way along so yeah so um yeah mum was always
30:00on my side she died a couple years ago so yeah she was a great person well my mum means
30:08the world
30:08to me and she's my biggest advocate good good good Evie hi I'm Evie hey Evie um the main thing
30:20I want
30:21to do is work in the creative industry and I find I find it hard to imagine anything else
30:27if comedy hadn't worked out for you what else would you be doing good question so um yeah I really
30:34burnt my bridges I start my first degree was information technology in 1989 if anyone knows
30:41the history of the internet really started in 1990 I could be Bill Gates right now so I quit up
30:47to six
30:47weeks because I just couldn't focus so and then I did business quit that as well after two years
30:53and then I I got sacked from so many jobs I got sacked as a dishwasher and you might think
30:59because
31:00you were lazy no I was trying hard and when you get sacked as a dishwasher and you're trying really
31:05hard you think my employment opportunities are going to be limited but you know I turned that into jokes
31:12and and these so things bad things that happened to me you know humiliating things became comedy for
31:18me so and yeah the good thing about social media now is that you can be you're a creator just
31:24by
31:24having an Instagram account or a TikTok account and you create your own work your own art or your own
31:29you can do whatever you like and maybe you don't get paid for it when maybe you're you know your
31:35account gets discovered after you're dead it could be you you never know just keep creating art
31:42thanks Evie let's give um Andrew a turn off you go hello Dave I'm Andrew hi Andrew did your
31:51meeting with the Dalai Lama influence the way you see meditation and mindfulness yeah it did so I did
31:57meet with a Dalai Lama while I was on the project back in the day um and he's someone who
32:03people see
32:04as being a wise soul and he just giggled the whole time he looked at me and said I like
32:11you and he
32:11said because you've got crazy eyes and I appreciate that so and I actually got into I said can you
32:18bless my football my AFL team Carlton and he said I can but it won't make any difference and he
32:24was
32:25right so but he did so yeah it's really good yeah it was great and again someone a giggle giggle
32:31at
32:32life and that's what he does so yeah and that's what I think we all should do as much as
32:36we can
32:36Dave Hughes it's been an honour to interview you today I appreciate that thank you so much thank
32:41you James hi Dave I'm James hi James you are known for poking fun at yourself what's something
32:51about yourself other than your family of course that you are secretly proud of um
33:01I would something probably something I would try to avoid actually because it will lead to sorrow
33:07basically so it's like you know I was proud of having a successful radio career and then like
33:15I got sacked from my last radio job so it's like that's that pride is um something that you know
33:21ends
33:21up making you feel miserable but also pride means you're thinking about yourself and I read this
33:26study recently I don't it said that the happiest people in the world are the people who think
33:32about themselves the least just imagine you didn't you didn't think about yourself for a second
33:37and you just looked around you go oh my god this is amazing what is this what are we doing
33:44here what is
33:44life and it was like it would be it's awesome well those are very wise words but I do think
33:51you have
33:51a lot to be proud of so thank you thank you thank you ciao oh is it okay um I
33:58speak for everyone here
33:59um we all have big dreams and not all of us will succeed um what advice would you give to
34:09those of
34:09us who don't make it thank you I'd say there is no making it there is no making it the
34:16new world order
34:17which is um taking the power minutes it's taking the power away but I mean I've done tv and radio
34:24in
34:24this country for many years and um but having a job on radio and tv involves executives uh saying that
34:32you're on but the podcasting and all that sort of social media now means that we all have an
34:38opportunity to do it and no one you don't need anyone to tell you that you've got a job you
34:43can
34:43do it yourself and so and you never know who's going to pop it could be anyone in this room
34:50could you
34:50know obviously you're already popping you're on bloody this show which is amazing but you never know
34:55so it's so in a way it's very egalitarian as in anyone can get famous so if you've got something
35:01to say say it silas hello I'm silas hey man how much money would it take for you to permanently
35:12walk
35:12away from comedy none I would never walk away from comedy for me the money is very secondary it's not
35:20it didn't it didn't used to be obviously I'd want to make a living as a comedian but it's the
35:26comedy
35:26itself is that it's the joy of laughter the joy of creating laughter is everything to me hand on heart
35:36give me 10 billion dollars I would say no if I had to stop comedy in my last day of
35:42life I'll be lying
35:43in probably a hospital room I'm hopefully my bedroom at home whatever wherever I am I'll know I'm about
35:49to die and I'll grab my phone so I've got one more funny bit to do
35:56because everything that goes wrong in my life is where I get my best material so on my dying day
36:01that's a good day for material
36:05Pat
36:07Hello Husey I'm Pat
36:08Hey Pat
36:09Nice to meet you
36:10You too
36:11So you have made a living out of solving other people's problems would this make you a good world leader
36:16Yeah look um yeah I don't have all the answers I'm used to getting criticized so that would
36:22that would get me into politics I would be able to survive probably with my attitude of
36:28dealing with criticism so Dave Hughes for PM or
36:31Dave Hughes for PM yeah I don't look it's um yeah I don't think I've never won a Logie so
36:36it's pretty
36:36hard for me to I don't think I'd get enough votes to be honest funny actually there was one my
36:41son
36:42that's a funny thing my son um a little while back um we were in the car and he got
36:47a text message
36:48and he started laughing really hard and I'm like what is it he said my mate sent me a message
36:53there's a tiktoker done a poll about the apparently about the five Australian men with the lowest
36:58auras which I didn't even know what that meant at the time for people who don't know having a low
37:04aura is bad means you're uncool and I'm like what's that got to do with me he said you're on
37:12the list
37:12I'm like what I said that's that's confronting I said he said don't worry you're not number one
37:19I said where am I he said number two
37:25wait then who is number one well exactly I said who's number one he said Peter Dutton so um
37:33so what I'm saying is I don't think I should go into politics well at least in politics you'd have
37:40more people laughing at you than ever well you'd hope so thank you thank you Pat so thank you for
37:46the interview now uh before we go we have a little uh game we'd like to play with you so
37:50you had this show Husey we have a problem so you must be very good at solving problems
37:56I try and uh we actually have some problems uh any chance you could help us with them
38:02I look yes there is there's a chance I'd love to help you with your problem I'll go first
38:07I can't stop farting which is very embarrassing how should I stop it from happening look I look I
38:15also have that problem better an empty house than a bad tenant so that's what they say so
38:20so um my wife is not happy with it she I our house that we built we should have put
38:27more walls in
38:28I can be at one corner of the house and she's at the other corner upstairs like she's like 50
38:33metres
38:34from me and I fart and she goes hurt it I'm like it's not my fault this house has terrible
38:41acoustics
38:41acoustics we should have put in more walls just concrete floors are bad you need carpet for your
38:48farting Husey I have a problem my mom has a best fashion in her wardrobe and she I keep seeing
38:55her
38:55clothes but but then she's taking them back how can I save them without her knowing well I think you're
39:02you don't need to change your mother needs to change her attitude
39:05oh
39:09I'm sorry mom I didn't know what I was going to do
39:12my mom's not here my mom's not here but it's a compliment she should be happy that you
39:20you admire her fashion this is a what you're doing is complimenting her every time you wear her
39:25outfits you know you're like mom I believe in your fashion choices I believe in your taste come
39:31on mom I think I think we've helped both of you then Susie I have a problem I mistakenly told
39:42my
39:42mom my vegan friends were vegetarian not vegan and she cooked a dinner with eggs and honey in it do
39:48I
39:48tell them or do I take my that secret to my grave I think I look as a vegan you
39:53take it to your grave
39:54and um because I'm sure they enjoyed that food every now and again I just don't want to know you
40:03know I don't want to know eggs are great I miss eggs you see I have a problem people are
40:10always
40:11walking into me and my wheelchair while looking at their mobile phones when they're walking down
40:16the street and they think it's my fault what should I do um could you electrify your like well I
40:26do have
40:26I know it's electric it's got electric can you put some some electric fence around well I do have a
40:32horn which goes I love that that sounds like a they're very oblivious I would say run them over
40:39but also don't worry I've run many people good and I do that yeah I know people are crazy like
40:47they
40:47don't care no please they're hooked on their phone all right thanks so much for coming later massive
40:53fan we all are it's been great having you thanks for coming to the assembly I'm hand on heart being
41:06honest here I've been on TV since uh since before the turn of the century which is like 25 six
41:12years
41:13this is the most fun I've ever had
41:22um is it okay if we all get a photo with you yeah great all right good reset
41:26thank you so much you guys great good questions loved it you good with selfies yeah I'm sorry
41:34nice meeting you you see I had a good laugh big fan good on your man appreciate the double n
41:42double
41:42n Savannah no worries thank you I loved you on do not watch the show you were amazing oh thank
41:47you
41:48yeah that's um that's got some good feedback it's a really good interview it was a very good interview
41:52yeah let's go usey boy the assembly the assembly always wondered how much do you get paid to do a
42:02show
42:02like this well nothing today our next guest is a beloved Australian singer she's been in Eurovision
42:16Jessica Marlboy Jessica Marlboy so keen today to find out all about the ins and outs of recording
42:27we are the assembly I'm very excited to meet her here she is acts normal what makes you anxious
42:35do you prefer life now or before fame what's the worst excuse they have ever made up just to stay
42:41home in
42:42your pajamas that's a really good question
43:12you
43:12you
43:14you
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