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00:03Music
00:24Morning.
00:25I would guess from how you're walking that you are very excited.
00:28Yeah!
00:29Thomas, how are you feeling?
00:30Excited.
00:31Same.
00:34Are you okay on the stage?
00:36Yeah, I'm doing fine. Just a bit nervous, that's all.
00:38We all get a bit nervous.
00:40This is like the first ever person that made an animated show
00:44that's coming on the show and I got into so hype about it.
00:53Here he comes.
00:55Oh my God.
00:56Oh, here we go.
00:57Hello.
00:58Welcome to the assembly.
00:59Oh, it's nice to be here.
01:01Hi.
01:01Hi.
01:02How are you, my friends?
01:04I recognise a bunch of these faces as well.
01:07Hey guys, good to see you.
01:10I've seen your wonderful work.
01:12Oh, thank you.
01:13You guys are superstars.
01:15Wait, so you watched the Hamish episode?
01:17I did watch the Hamish episode.
01:19Oh no!
01:20I'm actually a bit nervous now.
01:28Straight down the barrel of the camera, okay?
01:31Everyone good?
01:32Good.
01:33Okay, in three.
01:37Tonight, the assembly returns.
01:40And graduates from past series are back.
01:43Prep day one, prep day one.
01:45Hey guys.
01:46Mentored by Lee Sayles.
01:50Hi, everybody.
01:52The students have graduated from the Journalism Foundations course and they're ready for the
01:56next step.
01:56Taking us on the road.
01:58Wow.
01:58Let's keep going.
01:59Wow.
01:59And behind the scenes.
02:01This is really awesome.
02:04To level up our media skills.
02:06Hey Abby, we're about to record a song.
02:08Okay, I'm ready to go.
02:09Okay.
02:10On both sides of the camera.
02:11Square up to the camera.
02:13Oh.
02:13Some of Australia's most celebrated names are taking the hot seat.
02:17No making me cry, okay?
02:19For interviews like you've never seen before.
02:21What do you consider your most important decision?
02:24Um.
02:25Have you ever been arrested?
02:26That is a good question.
02:27What is the most bogan thing you've ever done?
02:30Oh ho ho.
02:31You've got this, Jess.
02:34Sorry.
02:34Tissue girl is back again.
02:36You have proven that no questions are off the table.
02:39We are the Assembly!
02:53Hello, Pearly.
02:55I'm going back to the Assembly.
03:00Uh, yeah, I'll definitely need that.
03:03I'm very excited.
03:06I'm coming back home.
03:09Let's do this.
03:12Doing the last series of the Assembly was such a dream come true for me and so it's just beyond
03:19my wildest imagination to be doing it again.
03:32Wow, I'm the first here.
03:35Since I was last on the Assembly I have been so busy.
03:40I got to interview Chris Hemsworth on the red carpet.
03:45Do an internship with ABC Sport.
03:48Ryan, my name is Abby.
03:49Lovely to meet you.
03:50The Assembly has helped me a lot with all my confidence and interview skills.
03:56Thank you very much. Pleasure to meet you.
03:58And I got a job with the ABC social media team to be back here again.
04:03It is very exciting.
04:05Abby!
04:06Pleasure!
04:07Hey, hey, hey!
04:09Super excited to see my old troops again.
04:11Hello.
04:12Hello.
04:13My name's Pat.
04:14Hello.
04:14I'm meeting some of the Series 1 folks who I've only seen on TV so far, so it's a huge
04:19day.
04:20Hello.
04:20Hello.
04:21Let's do a proper handshake.
04:22Nice to meet you Molly.
04:23Evie!
04:24Evie!
04:25Hi.
04:26Hello.
04:27Andrew!
04:28Since I graduated from the Assembly I did my internship at the ABC in Canberra.
04:34Today I am at the National Arboretum and I am going to go and talk to some people and find
04:39out what they do.
04:40I feel like a journalist now.
04:43So have you got any new plants, Andrew?
04:45Yes, I have got quite a few.
04:47Quite a few.
04:47Any new succulents?
04:48No, not yet.
04:49Oh, no.
04:53Hello, everyone.
04:55Hello.
04:56Hello.
04:57Hello.
04:57Hey, guys.
04:58Nice to meet you, mate.
04:59I'm Finn.
04:59Salas.
05:00Season 1, guys.
05:01Oh, great to have finally met you.
05:03Tell.
05:04James.
05:04Nice to be here.
05:05Nice to meet you.
05:05Season 2, Season 1.
05:07Hi!
05:08How are you guys?
05:09I'm very excited that the group's back together.
05:12We're back!
05:13And I'm very curious about who are the celebrities we're going to interview next.
05:25This time on the assembly, my role as mentor is continuing, but I know the students now all
05:32well so I know with some of them that they can be pushed to reach their potential a little
05:37bit more.
05:38And where is Leigh?
05:40Just like, Leigh!
05:41Leigh!
05:42Leigh!
05:43Leigh!
05:43Leigh!
05:45Leigh!
05:49Hi, everybody.
05:52Welcome back for season three of The Assembly.
05:57I'm taking it from that reaction, you're all very excited.
05:59We're going to be like you. You're like a second mom to us.
06:02Oh, that's nice.
06:03Tell me about what you've all been doing since I last saw you.
06:06Say, Willow.
06:07I'm learning how to make a short film.
06:08Great.
06:09How about you, Thomas?
06:11I've started a podcast.
06:13Fantastic.
06:14Ooh.
06:16Fletcher, how about you?
06:17Well, I did my interview with the Wiggles.
06:20I saw that. Very, very good.
06:22What's the best part about being a Wiggle?
06:25Best thing about being a Wiggle, I think Fletcher is getting a chance to meet people like you.
06:29Did you enjoy it?
06:31Yes, I did.
06:32What were they like?
06:34Like, come straight out of TV.
06:38What about you, Bethany?
06:39I got to work at a festival, actually.
06:41I did that with Angus.
06:43And we got to invite people from the festival, like musicians, to come and sit in our morning
06:48show and ask them questions.
06:49Oh, how cool.
06:50So do we know what Angus is up to?
06:52Angus is working at Triple J.
06:54That's fantastic.
06:55That is so cool.
06:56Sorry for Angus.
06:57It's very exciting.
06:58I am so proud of all the incredible things that the students have done since they appeared
07:03on the assembly.
07:03But more than that, I'm just so thrilled at watching their confidence develop.
07:08Would you like me to tell you who our first guest is going to be for this?
07:12He is one half of Australia's most famous comedy duo.
07:17He is a quiz master.
07:20He is an internationally successful author.
07:23Do you want to have a stab at guessing who it is, Thomas?
07:25Andy Lee.
07:26It is Andy Lee.
07:30Yes, Andy Lee.
07:32Good guess.
07:34What do you know about him, Thomas?
07:36The fact that he's done Do Not Open This Book.
07:38He's done The 100.
07:39We are back.
07:40A brand new season of The 100, only made possible by the people up there.
07:44He's from Hamish and Andy.
07:45He's done Gap Here.
07:46Hello there.
07:47Hi.
07:48You promised me you'll see me down there?
07:49Yeah, I'll see you down there.
08:01He's also been nominated for Gold Logies, and he has won a Logie with Hamish.
08:07Yeah, they're very, very popular.
08:08Well, we thought we'd give it a try.
08:10I would be blind, and Hamish would be deaf for 50 hours.
08:14Guys, I just want to take this opportunity to tell you both that Hamish wipes his bum from
08:19the front.
08:20He does.
08:21He does.
08:22He does.
08:23Anastasia, you seem pretty excited about Andy.
08:25I was actually recently watching Do Not Watch The Show, and I watched the first episode,
08:29and I thought it was like really, really, really funny.
08:32How are you feeling, Wiz?
08:34No!
08:35Actually, quite busy.
08:36This is the first person who made a cartoon show that's coming on the show, and I'm really
08:43excited to be talking about animation with him.
08:46I haven't got time for you today.
08:48Let's do it!
08:50Shall we split into our group?
08:51Yeah, let's do it!
08:52Let's split into our groups.
09:00Let's do it!
09:01Let's do it!
09:07Let's split into our groups.
09:13I know you're all very excited about Andy.
09:16These questions I come up with are very cheeky.
09:18Oh, okay.
09:19I like it when you're cheeky.
09:20I have done just a tiny bit of research on him.
09:24Oh, that tiny?
09:26That is...
09:26I research that he's always checking in with his friends, and maybe he may have had a friend
09:32that committed suicide.
09:34Yeah, that's something.
09:35Good thinking.
09:35Coming back to the assembly, I'm doing a lot more research.
09:39I'm not afraid to ask the hard questions.
09:42Yeah, that's a good question.
09:44Do we like Andy's comedy?
09:47I associate him and Hamish together.
09:52What fascinates me about Andy is the whole comedy duo thing.
09:57I like Andy Lee a lot, but what I also find interesting about Andy Lee is he's often pushed
10:03behind Hamish and doesn't get the success that he probably deserves, because he is a very
10:09funny guy.
10:10And he is funny.
10:12He is.
10:12Like, he can stand on his own two feet.
10:14He seems to have a love for Australian architecture if he bought that mansion he's doing up as
10:19well.
10:19Yeah, I think it was built 1874.
10:22Oh, that's interesting.
10:23Okay, Evie.
10:24I've written six.
10:26Good.
10:26I heard about Dinoch's show, and I didn't know he made it.
10:29I was like, oh, that was him?
10:30So then I was like, okay, I need to watch it now, and I've watched it, and I was like,
10:34oh my gosh.
10:35Did you like it?
10:36I loved it.
10:37One of my dreams is to be a voice actor, and I also very love drawing, so I'm very excited
10:44to meet Andy Lee.
10:45All right, Thomas, what do you reckon?
10:48Okay.
10:48Are there any more do not open this book's in the works?
10:51And I've already put some suggestions.
10:54Do not open this book, I beg you.
10:57Do not open this book, now go away.
11:00Listen to me, do not open this book.
11:03Do not open this book, or you'll be sorry.
11:06Do not be an idiot, and do not open this book.
11:11I said for the last time, do not open this book.
11:15Can I just say, they're amazing.
11:17They are so brilliant, I would publish every single one of those.
11:22Good work, gang.
11:23See you at the interview.
11:35Are you okay, Anastasia?
11:36Yeah, I'm doing fine.
11:37Just a bit nervous, that's all.
11:38We all get a bit nervous.
11:40I'm just hoping that Andy doesn't know me, because right now I'm about to Andy flee.
11:44So do you know what I do sometimes before an interview if I'm getting a bit overwhelmed
11:47and a bit stressed?
11:48Just do some good, deep breathing, okay?
11:50Yeah, I do that too.
11:51Let's do some box breathing, everyone, together, okay?
11:53So in for four.
11:57Hold for four.
12:01Out for four.
12:04See how that calms you down?
12:09Hi.
12:10How are you, my friend?
12:11I'm good to see you.
12:12Yeah, you too.
12:13Hello.
12:14Hello.
12:15Can I say, I'm a big fan of your show.
12:18Thank you, even though you've been told not to watch them.
12:20Yes, even if I told not to watch.
12:24Hi there.
12:25I'm Andy.
12:27Ciao.
12:27Ciao, good to see you.
12:28Nice to meet you.
12:29We watched the show.
12:30And the book.
12:31I didn't realise there's a bunch of rebels here.
12:34All right, Andrew, do you want to kick us off?
12:38Hello, Andy.
12:39I'm Andrew.
12:40Welcome.
12:40Hello, Andrew.
12:41This is a safe place.
12:43Everyone can relax and be themselves.
12:46There will be no judgment.
12:48Please do what you need to join in.
12:50For example, fidget, move, take a break, ask you anything to help you to be included.
12:56Welcome, Andy.
12:57I feel very welcome.
12:58Thank you very much, Andrew.
12:59Savannah?
13:02Hello, Andy.
13:03Hey, Savannah.
13:04We are a collective of autistic journalism students, and we are very happy to have you join us
13:10today.
13:11I'm very happy to be here.
13:13Aww.
13:13Aww.
13:14Our rules are, no subject is out of bounds.
13:17Ugh, maybe I'm not happy to be here.
13:21No, I am.
13:22I am.
13:22Sorry, Savannah.
13:23Sorry.
13:23Okay.
13:24Our rules are, no subject is out of bounds, no question is off the table, and anything might
13:30happen.
13:32Welcome to the assembly.
13:33Thank you very much.
13:35How funny.
13:36Our first question is going to be from Fletcher.
13:39You have a lot of luck with the ladies, and now engaged.
13:42I am still looking for my first girlfriend.
13:44Do you remember your first girlfriend, and can you pass on any tips on how to get girls
13:48that are much better looking than you?
13:54Yes, I do have experience in dating people that are far more attractive than me.
14:00Thank you for pointing that out.
14:03To be honest, be yourself, Fletcher.
14:06The one thing that I find really interesting about dating and when I was single, people
14:10would be telling me what to do, and don't text her this day, but make sure you wait three
14:14days and do this.
14:15And I found that really hard and overwhelming.
14:20And so as soon as I went back to just being myself, if I liked someone, I'd ask them out.
14:26If they said no, that's okay.
14:28I didn't waste time on it.
14:29So I think being yourself, it's lovely when you find someone that's really compatible with
14:36you.
14:36And so that person will also come to you.
14:39Thank you, Andy.
14:40Thank you, Fletcher.
14:42Hey, Andy.
14:43I'm Finn.
14:43Hey, Finn.
14:44Were there any moments on the show, Hamish and Andy's gap here, when you were genuinely
14:49fearful of your life?
14:51Yeah.
14:52We went and jumped off a bridge in Bosnia.
14:55Oh, what?
14:55Oh, wow.
14:56We went in a place called Mostar, and the bridge was 25 metres high.
15:02And I'm not particularly scared of heights.
15:04Hamish is, so I thought this would be...
15:06I organised this one.
15:07Oh, no, no, no.
15:08I jumped off first.
15:10It was extremely painful.
15:13I bruised every vertebrae in my back.
15:15Oh.
15:16But after I felt my pain, I was completely winded.
15:20And I got to the edge of the river, and I told the cameraman,
15:24tell him not to jump, tell him not to jump, tell him not to jump.
15:28And the cameraman was kind of half not paying attention to me,
15:31because Hamish had already stepped over the rail.
15:34Yeah, that's the time I felt the most scared for my friend,
15:37and thought, we shouldn't be doing this.
15:40So, yeah, please, no-one go and do that.
15:43We won't.
15:44We won't.
15:44Yes.
15:44I won't.
15:45And it's not like the books.
15:46It's like, do not do that, and you still do it.
15:48Okay, this one's a do not do that.
15:49Oliver.
15:51Hi, Andy.
15:52You and Hamish started on the same track.
15:55Fast forward to now,
15:57Hamish has a wife, two kids, and a calendar full of school pick-ups.
16:01You've got a fiancée, no kids, and a giant renovation project.
16:05Who's really winning at life?
16:06Me.
16:08Next question.
16:09No.
16:12It's an interesting thing to ask.
16:14Winning at life.
16:17It's completely down to the person and what makes them happy.
16:20I'm absolutely content with my fiancée and trying to build a house and my dog.
16:27But we always measure success by sometimes money or happiness and all those type of things.
16:34It's tough when it comes to power or money because I've got a friend of mine who just works nine
16:38to five,
16:39labouring, clocks off, goes to the pub, hangs out with his friends, has the best time,
16:42doesn't worry about work, and I actually think he's the most successful because he's winning life
16:47because it's exactly what he wants to do and he feels really content.
16:50So if you're content with what you're doing, I think you're winning life.
16:54Thank you very much.
16:55Abby, your go.
16:57Why did it take you forever to propose to Beck?
17:00Oh, Abby.
17:02You've got to do your proper due diligence, you know.
17:05Several references, background checks.
17:09I had several private investigators follow Beck for numerous years.
17:12Just gather all the data to make sure she's the right one for me.
17:18The real reason is we were just having so much fun.
17:20I knew Beck was the one for me pretty early, but when you're having fun and you've got other things
17:28to do,
17:29it didn't quite feel like the right time.
17:31Certainly, we've both grown together and individually,
17:35and I think making a big life decision, whether it's marriage or any of those things,
17:40it's really nice to do it on a really stable footing
17:43when both people in the relationship are feeling really comfortable and really sure of themselves,
17:48and Beck and I had got to that place,
17:50so that's where I felt like it was the right time to get married.
17:54Well, I do love a good wedding.
17:58Was there a time when opening up to a friend made a real difference in your life?
18:04Yeah.
18:05Yeah, yeah, yeah.
18:06It's, um, I think we can carry things quite heavy at times,
18:12and this one, this came to me because I was carrying something quite heavy,
18:18and I did go and seek therapy.
18:20I sought counselling for that.
18:22Um, and when I was younger, I was like,
18:25counselling's for wusses, what's all that about?
18:27I really didn't believe, yeah, that was the, not the,
18:30that was not the way that I kind of viewed the world,
18:33and as I got older and realised that I was troubling, uh, being troubled,
18:37I felt I really have to turn to someone.
18:41Talking to a therapist, they just said,
18:44you need to tell more people about this.
18:47And when people say that saying,
18:48a problem shared is a problem halved,
18:50there is a truth to that.
18:52I think it's really important that you can feel a sense of relief,
18:55but also you can gather intel on how you might find a solution
19:00when, when you share these type of problems.
19:02So, yeah, that was really helpful.
19:04Well, I think it's really important to have friends.
19:07Absolutely. Yeah.
19:09Savannah, have you ever been arrested?
19:14Or gone to jail?
19:16I haven't been arrested.
19:18I have been put in the back of a divvy van, though.
19:21What's a divvy van?
19:22A divvy van is the, uh, the police car
19:25that looks like a nice station wagon,
19:27but instead of the back of it where you put your surfboards
19:30and your dog sometimes, they put the criminals.
19:32So it's not a nice place to be and it's a cage inside that.
19:35And I was involved in a pub fight when I was 19 years old
19:41and, uh, the police came and they grabbed me
19:45and they put me in the back of a divvy van.
19:48So I was scared.
19:49And I thought, am I going to end up in jail?
19:52It's, where does this, where does this go from here?
19:55Um, but thankfully, after everything had calmed down,
19:57they, they let me out and, uh, and I got to go home.
20:00Thank you, Andy.
20:03Willow.
20:06Mine is Willow.
20:07Hello, Willow.
20:08You lost your tooth during an ice cream incident.
20:10You had to have a cow bone screwed to your, into your teeth.
20:14Does that make you feel weird when you eat steak?
20:18Sorry!
20:21Well, I've never thought of that, that.
20:24I mean, I might feel weird now
20:25and I'll be thinking, I'll be thinking of you
20:27every time I have a steak.
20:30The steaks are getting high.
20:36So, yes, I lost, these are, these two front teeth are fake.
20:39Yeah.
20:41They came, I smashed them playing ice hockey with Hamish.
20:44So, I had to have them taken out
20:46and I've got a titanium tooth in, they screw it in.
20:49The cow bones.
20:50And then they had to rebuild my jawline with cow bone.
20:53You're right, Willow.
20:54So, they used cow bone
20:56and they layer the bone in there
20:57and that moulds to my bone.
20:59But, I wondered whether I'm now half man, half cow.
21:03You know, I do sleep standing up
21:05and, uh, I get, I get scared of lightning.
21:08So, um, yeah.
21:09But, uh, no, the steak thing,
21:11um, I'll think of you every time now.
21:12Oh, no, I'm out of, yeah.
21:15Thank you, thank you, Willow.
21:17And, here, take care of us.
21:19All right.
21:19Hello, Andy.
21:20Hello, I'm Anastasia.
21:21Lovely to meet you.
21:23All right, uh, when we interviewed Hamish
21:25on this area, I asked him,
21:28what are the pros and cons about you?
21:31Oh.
21:31And he was actually really honest, so.
21:34Oh, no.
21:35Oh, yeah, no.
21:37Yeah, you already know what's coming.
21:39So, let's go the opposite way now.
21:41What are the pros and cons about Hamish?
21:45Right.
21:46I'll start with the pros.
21:49Oh, he's so funny.
21:51But beyond funniness, he's an amazing friend.
21:54So, I always felt that we're going to be on great adventures.
21:58And when you catch up with Haim,
22:00you know something fun is going to happen.
22:02And they're the best type of friends for me,
22:04you know, when you can go and have fun.
22:06And it's not saying that every friend
22:07has to be this outrageously funny, adventurous person,
22:10but that's what draws me to Haim
22:12and I just never get sick of him.
22:15Cons.
22:17Here's the list I prepared earlier.
22:21He knew this was coming, so he came prepared.
22:25Hamish, as he puts it himself, is fast and loose.
22:29So, he's very unpredictable at times,
22:31which makes him a lot of fun,
22:33but also you can be left going,
22:35where is he?
22:36Is he coming?
22:38No one knows.
22:39I remember one day we were meant to be writing
22:41because we were hosting an awards ceremony
22:43and I'm sitting at the cafe
22:46and ten minutes goes past
22:47and I'm thinking,
22:48oh, yeah, that's normally about the time.
22:50He's late.
22:50He's always late.
22:52And I'm like, 15 minutes,
22:53I was like, oh, better call him.
22:54Maybe he hasn't forgotten.
22:55And I called him
22:57and he picks up the phone and just says,
22:59do you think we need a radar gun?
23:02And I said, what?
23:04What are you talking about?
23:04He said, I'm at the cricket shop.
23:07It could be fun for us to see how fast we're bowling.
23:11Now, neither of us really play cricket,
23:13but this is the impulse nature of Haim.
23:16He gets on the scent of something
23:18like an excitable dog, hound,
23:21and off he goes
23:21and it normally follows fun and adventure.
23:23So, his con is also I've benefited from many, many times.
23:28Okay, my next question is,
23:31what is your advice to someone who wants to be a voice actor?
23:34Try different voices.
23:36Definitely.
23:36Like this one?
23:37Pikachu!
23:39Yes!
23:40But when you're doing it,
23:42always stand up.
23:43All right.
23:44Unless the character's sitting.
23:46But make sure you express.
23:48Like, people always think that they're going to be in there
23:50and they're just talking to a microphone doing this.
23:52That's true.
23:52You have to go like crazy and be like,
23:54do not even watch this show!
23:56That's exactly right.
23:57You will sound much better if you're really expressive.
24:01So, if I'm doing whiz,
24:03I'm always sitting there,
24:04I always go long and round,
24:06because that's how I try and get in there.
24:07Long and round.
24:08There you go.
24:08And then I'll go,
24:10no, you shouldn't be watching!
24:13And I, big with my arms, like...
24:15Wow, that's not entirely true.
24:18That's right.
24:19So be really expressive.
24:20And if you're meant to be pulling something,
24:22like pulling a door,
24:23we have rubber bands in there,
24:25like big rub...
24:25and I go...
24:25Oh, yeah, yeah.
24:26And they're going, yeah!
24:27Yeah!
24:27And so you can make all those sounds.
24:30So enjoy it when you get in there,
24:31because you're very good at voices.
24:33Next question is,
24:34a whiz would normally lie to the audience
24:38in Do Not Open This Book
24:39and do not watch this show.
24:41What is the biggest lie you have told
24:43and does it affect you to this day?
24:47Oh...
24:50There are some lies I've told
24:52that I won't tell you today.
24:53And I know we're meant to share everything.
24:55Don't worry.
24:56But they generally involve, um...
25:00holding a secret for someone else.
25:03And someone that might have been in trouble.
25:06And there are times
25:08that you can hold onto that for too long
25:10and then someone does the wrong thing.
25:13Wow.
25:13And so, if someone is in trouble,
25:18sorry,
25:20you don't always have to hold it on
25:21and pretend to everyone else that it's fine.
25:29Do you want some tissues or anything, Andy?
25:30Yeah, sorry, one second.
25:31Hang on.
25:31The tissue girl is back again!
25:33Oh, well done!
25:34The tissue girl...
25:35Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you.
25:40This one used?
25:41Um, no, it's not used.
25:42I'll get them second hand, eh?
25:46Hello, Andy, I'm Andrew.
25:49Your book is titled
25:50Don't Open This Book.
25:51Did it ever cross your mind
25:53that some kids,
25:54especially autistic kids,
25:55might literally follow instructions
25:57and never open it?
25:59I have seen some children
26:02too scared to open it.
26:04Yes.
26:04Or they're just very obedient.
26:06Um, and then there's normally
26:08a teacher there...
26:10Yes.
26:10...or a parent that can help them
26:13and encourage them to take that risk.
26:14Oh, good.
26:15Uh, but yes, it's been a book that I didn't realise
26:19would resonate with people with autism
26:21as much as it has.
26:22Yes.
26:23Uh, I've had schools from all over the world
26:25reach out to me, autistic schools,
26:27from all over the world reach out to me
26:28saying that the book really resonates with the class.
26:31Oh, thank you, Andy.
26:34Dale, you're next.
26:35Hi, Andy.
26:36Hey, Dale.
26:36Good to meet you.
26:37You and Hamish actually snuck into the Olympic Village
26:40in 2012 and got banned for life,
26:42which is pretty legendary.
26:43If you could sneak into any global event today
26:46just for the jokes and banter,
26:47which event would it be
26:48and what would you do once inside?
26:49Ooh.
26:51Oh, wow.
26:53I would have loved to get to the King's coronation.
26:59We'd want an uppity suit,
27:00maybe a top hat.
27:02But the real question is,
27:03what would you do inside?
27:04I would have had to use Wiz's voice, I reckon,
27:06just to kind of fit in.
27:12I would have had a good time
27:14sniggering at people thinking
27:15they're more important than they are
27:16or something like that.
27:18Awesome.
27:19Thank you, Dale.
27:20Do you want to pass along to Mitch?
27:23What were your original plans
27:25before becoming a comedian?
27:26I wanted to be an accountant.
27:28Really?
27:31Yeah.
27:31So I love numbers.
27:33I love spreadsheets.
27:35And I love schedules.
27:38There's one incident, Mitch,
27:39that made me change my mind.
27:41I was finishing year 12
27:44and I was going to do some accounting work
27:46for the Good Guys Electrical Company.
27:48So I went and worked there
27:49and I spent three days cancelling cheques
27:53instead of presenting them accidentally
27:54and I cancelled $80 million worth of cheques.
27:59And back then, we only backed up our system once a week
28:04and it was for the whole company.
28:07So they found out about lunchtime on a Wednesday.
28:09Everyone at the company had to do all the work
28:11that they'd done for Monday, Tuesday and a half of Wednesday again
28:14and I didn't feel great about that.
28:17I quit.
28:18Oh, no.
28:18I went and had a summer,
28:19which I probably should have been doing anyway
28:21and I went into university
28:23and changed it to marketing and brand management.
28:25And then somehow you landed in comedy.
28:27That's right.
28:28Yeah.
28:28All right.
28:30Your mum had a near-death experience.
28:32Do you think your mum is a fighter
28:34and are you proud of her?
28:37Yeah, my mum was given two weeks to live in 1996
28:40and she's still here.
28:42So, that's annoying.
28:46You're like, gosh.
28:49It was tough.
28:50It was a tough time.
28:51I was 15.
28:52My mum forgot how to walk, how to talk, who we all were.
28:56So every day after school, I'd reintroduce myself
28:58because she wouldn't even remember from the day before.
29:00You know, mum was the first to survive it in Australia.
29:02Cerebral vasculitis is the name of her.
29:05Please.
29:06And it's like a mini-mini-strokes.
29:09You can't have it in the body, but mum had it in the brain.
29:11Oh.
29:13When mum came back home,
29:16that was hard because she got a culture shock.
29:20I'm a mummy's boy still, but I was a mummy's boy
29:22and she'd be making my lunch before I go to school
29:24and all these things and we'd all become self-sufficient.
29:27And then mum was quite confused
29:29that we were just self-sufficient
29:31and then wanted to go back.
29:33So she didn't want to live with us for a little bit.
29:35I found that the hardest
29:37and I was angry with her,
29:39which it can be.
29:40We've gone through all this and you don't even want to be with us.
29:42But realising that that must have been such a shock to the system.
29:46She doesn't really remember much of the four to six months she was in hospital.
29:49So to go in and then just kind of being transported
29:52six months into the future
29:53with no recollection of what's happening around you,
29:55that was the part that was tough for her.
29:57And I understand that now,
29:58but I found that the hardest part of it at the time.
30:02So you reckon she's a fighter?
30:03She's absolutely a fighter.
30:06I'm proud of mum and proud that she's still going.
30:09That's great.
30:09Thanks, Andy.
30:10Thanks, Mitch.
30:11Right.
30:12Hi, Andy.
30:13My name's Daniel or Dan.
30:15Hey, Dan.
30:15I love huskies
30:17and I rescued a husky called Spike.
30:19My question is,
30:20do you like huskies?
30:22And if you don't,
30:23I hate you and bye,
30:24get out of here.
30:29Dan.
30:30Yeah?
30:31I've got bad news for you.
30:33I love my fluffy dog.
30:35But I've got a reason why.
30:37Don't tell me you don't love that fluffy snow dog.
30:39I've got a reason why, Dan.
30:42So,
30:43because I'm a bit traumatised.
30:45Okay.
30:45Okay.
30:46Yeah.
30:46Hamish and I flew
30:48to a glacier
30:49in Alaska
30:51and we met all
30:52the husky snow dogs.
30:54Yeah.
30:55And then Hamish's surprise
30:56had bought me a suit
30:57entirely made out of meat
30:59and he organised a race
31:01between me
31:03and 12 huskies.
31:07So,
31:08I was running through the snow
31:09as 12 huskies came for me.
31:11I didn't make it to the finish line
31:12and they all got me
31:13and ate me.
31:16Right.
31:17Thank you, Daniel.
31:18Ciao.
31:18It's your turn.
31:20Someone once said
31:21no one is just one thing, right?
31:24That's true.
31:25As being part of a very famous comedy duo,
31:28how did you feel
31:29when you were boxed
31:30into being described
31:31to be the straight man
31:32of the two of us?
31:33Certainly,
31:34I had my own worries about
31:36do I exist without Hamish?
31:40When we're doing something
31:41so strong together
31:43and I think the world
31:45of the way he performs,
31:46if I'm without him,
31:49what am I?
31:50Am I good enough?
31:52We encouraged each other
31:53from a very early,
31:55very early on
31:56to go and do things individually
31:58and you'd learn from that
32:00and you'd come back
32:00and tell the other person.
32:03But yeah,
32:05I'd be lying to say
32:06that I wasn't nervous
32:09when I went out on my own
32:11to do my own things
32:14because Hamish
32:15is a safety blanket.
32:16I have to work
32:17much harder
32:18when I'm not around him.
32:22Regretting the leather pants,
32:23every time I go to move,
32:24it's...
32:25They look cool though,
32:26so don't regret them.
32:27Thank you so much.
32:28Taking advantage
32:29of being Cleo's
32:30Bachelor of the Year,
32:32would you ever use
32:33your looks
32:33to star in a movie?
32:35Oh,
32:36you know what?
32:38Thank you,
32:39but that was 20 years ago,
32:40so I think this has all
32:41changed a bit.
32:42But, um,
32:44it's one of the main reasons
32:44I write and create
32:46all my own things
32:47because I tried out
32:49for lots of things
32:49and no one put me in anything.
32:51Um,
32:51I found it hard
32:52to be picked.
32:54You know,
32:54I'd go for things
32:55and people thought
32:57there was a better option.
32:58And so,
32:59instead of continually
33:00going down that path
33:01and just hoping
33:03that I might get picked
33:05for something,
33:05I just thought,
33:06okay,
33:06I'll just try and take destiny
33:07into my own hands here
33:08and I'll write things
33:10and put myself in them
33:11and see how they float.
33:13Yeah, nice.
33:13Yeah,
33:14if they don't open up
33:14the doors for you,
33:15create your own house and doors.
33:16That's exactly right.
33:17So maybe I have to
33:18write my own film.
33:19That's awesome.
33:20Thank you so much.
33:21Thomas.
33:22So, um,
33:24so you spoke earlier
33:25about, um,
33:27your mother's, um,
33:28diagnosis,
33:29but not just that.
33:30There was also
33:31the possibility
33:32that you could have died
33:33when you were a baby
33:34after you were diagnosed
33:35with, um,
33:37something.
33:38Epiglottitis.
33:39Epiglottitis.
33:39What was your reaction
33:41when you first learned
33:42about that?
33:44The story I heard
33:46from my dad,
33:47which was sad,
33:48was they were
33:50rushing to the hospital
33:52and, uh,
33:54and I couldn't breathe at all.
33:56So I was going blue
33:57in the back
33:57and he got pulled over
33:58by the police.
34:00And dad said to the officer,
34:03hey, look,
34:03my son's dying,
34:05thinking that the policeman
34:06might help
34:07and give us away.
34:09And the policeman said,
34:11well, he's not dead yet
34:12and went on to write
34:13up a ticket.
34:14And so I love just,
34:17you know,
34:17I'm all for our service people
34:18and the police
34:19and so on,
34:19but this was a singular moment
34:20where I was like,
34:21that,
34:21that's a shame
34:22that that happened
34:23and that was
34:25more troubling
34:26to,
34:26to think about.
34:27Um,
34:28and then,
34:28I mean,
34:29I was,
34:30I think,
34:30one,
34:31but the other sad part
34:33of it was
34:33a lady up the road
34:35in the street
34:36we grew up
34:36and her kid didn't make it,
34:37had the same thing
34:38and didn't make it.
34:39So mum found it
34:41really difficult
34:41to be walking
34:42the pram with me
34:43and for a long time
34:45just walked
34:46down the street
34:47instead of up.
34:48So it's,
34:49it's sad that
34:49these little things
34:50can happen.
34:50I was very lucky,
34:51but also being very mindful
34:53that lots of people aren't.
34:55I see.
34:58All right.
35:00Hello, Andy.
35:00I'm Pat.
35:01Nice to,
35:02nice to be here.
35:02Nice to be here.
35:04Now,
35:05I've read a lot
35:06about your
35:07impressive
35:07Ravenswood mansion
35:08but as a bird enthusiast,
35:10I'm curious to know,
35:11what do you think
35:11of the ravens
35:12that live around
35:13Ravenswood?
35:14Oh,
35:14I see the ravens.
35:15I'm fond of the ravens.
35:17Not as fond of the pigeons.
35:18They keep coming in
35:19and pooing all over the place.
35:20Yes.
35:21So I need to work that out.
35:22We're working with
35:23regeneration environmentalists
35:25to get the right plants in
35:26and we're seeing birds
35:27already come back,
35:28which is incredible.
35:30So,
35:31hopefully,
35:32the place is less
35:33about the house
35:34and more about
35:35the environment
35:36once we all
35:37settle in there.
35:38That's great.
35:39And I'm glad you like
35:40the ravens
35:40because most Australians
35:41don't.
35:42Yeah.
35:42You're like probably
35:43the 2% that do.
35:44No,
35:44I like a raven.
35:45Yes.
35:46Pat,
35:47will you pass along
35:47to Evie?
35:48Yes.
35:52Cartoons
35:52have had a huge
35:54impact on me.
35:58They are like
35:58oxygen.
36:00Since you have
36:01a cartoon show now,
36:03I was wondering
36:04what are your favourite
36:05cartoons and did
36:06any of them have
36:07an influence on you?
36:09Oh,
36:11yes.
36:12Great question.
36:12I mean,
36:13I loved
36:13The Simpsons
36:14growing up.
36:15Oh,
36:16good classics.
36:17They're classic.
36:18Roger Ramsey
36:19and Mighty Mouse
36:20when I was a lot
36:21littler.
36:22Oh, wow.
36:23You know,
36:24all like
36:25Walt Disney,
36:27The Sorcerer's
36:28Apprentice.
36:29There's
36:29my favourite
36:31cartoon of all time
36:32was
36:33Robin Hood.
36:34Have you seen
36:35the one with all
36:36the,
36:36with all the,
36:37where the fox
36:38plays Robin Hood?
36:38Yeah,
36:39I've seen that.
36:40That was my favourite
36:41of all time.
36:42I used to watch it
36:43over and over
36:44and over again.
36:45I also
36:46did something
36:47for you.
36:49Oh,
36:49wow.
36:50Oh,
36:50listen,
36:50Douglas.
36:51Because I,
36:52I recently
36:53watched Do Not
36:54Watch Your Show
36:54and it is
36:55literally everything
36:56I've loved
36:57about cartoons.
36:58Just the,
36:58the wit
36:59and the writing
37:00and the animation
37:01and just the voice
37:02acting.
37:02Just I love
37:03everything about it
37:04and I really wanted,
37:05and I really want
37:06to be in the industry
37:07so I just wanted
37:08to show my love
37:09for it.
37:10Oh,
37:10Evie,
37:11that's fantastic.
37:12Well,
37:12we operate out
37:12of Melbourne
37:13but if you're
37:13ever down there,
37:15please reach out
37:16and I'll bring you
37:17into the studio
37:19and like what
37:20you've done here,
37:22everything is
37:22hand-drawn
37:24so that's why
37:25it takes so long.
37:26I didn't realise this.
37:28I'm in heaven
37:28walking amongst them
37:30and seeing what
37:30they're doing
37:30so you have to
37:31come and visit.
37:33Thanks, Evie.
37:34Silas.
37:36Is there a question
37:37you've always wanted
37:37to ask somebody
37:38but never had the chance?
37:40Oh,
37:42yeah,
37:43generally those ones
37:43come to like,
37:45I wish I'd asked
37:46my grandparents
37:47more things.
37:48That's the one
37:49that sits with me.
37:50You kind of
37:51end up being
37:51babysat by them
37:52and they just
37:53spoil you
37:54and it's all about you
37:55which is great,
37:55that's what being
37:56a grandparent's about
37:58but when I look back
37:59I would have loved
38:00to have just showed
38:01an interest in them
38:02rather than being
38:02all about me.
38:04I do that
38:04with my parents now,
38:05just spend as much
38:07time in asking
38:07them the questions.
38:08Yeah.
38:10Thanks, Silas.
38:11James.
38:12Hi, Andy.
38:13Hey, James.
38:13What is one trait
38:15you admire in others?
38:18I really admire
38:19people's courage
38:19and that's not
38:20when we talk about
38:21being in the front
38:23of an army
38:23running into battle
38:25with a sword.
38:25There's so many
38:26courageous things
38:27you can do
38:28and I think
38:30the main one for me
38:30is when people
38:31stand up for what
38:32they believe in
38:35even when
38:36and it could just
38:37be a singular moment
38:38where someone's
38:38saying something
38:39that's not quite right.
38:40I do admire
38:41when people call
38:42that behaviour out
38:43in a pleasant way,
38:44not combative
38:45and just
38:46are really true
38:47to their beliefs.
38:48I think that takes courage.
38:49Well, Andy,
38:50it was very courageous
38:51you coming on the show today
38:53so I admire the gusto.
38:55Thank you
38:56and gusto to you.
38:58Okay, okay.
39:01Andy,
39:01thank you so much
39:03for taking your time
39:04and coming on the show.
39:05How ever...
39:07Oh, gosh.
39:08Yeah, before you get
39:09your butt off the seat.
39:11We have a little bit
39:12of a challenge for you.
39:14We're going to do
39:14a try not to react challenge
39:16right here,
39:17right now.
39:19No laughing,
39:20no giggling
39:21and no smiling.
39:24I'm going to find this
39:25so hard.
39:25If you lose,
39:27you get nothing.
39:27If you win,
39:29you also get nothing.
39:32I didn't know
39:32the stakes would be this high.
39:35James is going
39:36to be going first.
39:37Does Andy need
39:38his eyes shut
39:38or is he good?
39:39Yeah, close your eyes, Andy.
39:41Okay, open.
39:44Andy Lee,
39:45I don't know him.
39:46I've never met him
39:46but I hear he's not
39:47very talented.
39:48You know,
39:49Hamish won all the gold.
39:51I love the gold
39:52but Andy,
39:53you know,
39:53I'm going to check
39:54Fort Knox.
39:54He's no talent
39:55but I don't know him.
39:59So far,
40:00that is zero
40:00to Andy
40:01and one
40:02to the students
40:03of the assembly.
40:04Okay.
40:05Croaky, guys.
40:06Usually,
40:07I'm out in the wild
40:08and I find
40:08live critters
40:09to show you
40:10but today,
40:10I've actually
40:11found a fossil.
40:13Now,
40:13this is...
40:16And you can
40:17actually see here
40:18and tell his age
40:18by these lines
40:19in the fossil
40:20where he's...
40:23Well done.
40:25Oh,
40:25gosh.
40:27Okay,
40:27now,
40:28I think it's going
40:28to get harder
40:29for you guys
40:29as it goes through
40:30because now I'm
40:31understanding
40:31what I need to do.
40:33Alright.
40:38All right.
40:49All right.
40:50I got wrong
40:51about it being harder.
40:53What birds
40:53do you think
40:53those were?
40:54Oh,
40:54they were birds?
40:56Sheep is none
40:57that I want to meet.
41:00Baby Channel Bill Cuckoo,
41:01Baby Galar,
41:02Adult Australian Raven.
41:04Ah,
41:05yes.
41:05I had it pitched
41:06as more of a teenage
41:07raven.
41:07Yeah,
41:07well done.
41:09They're pretty whiny
41:10even when they're grown up.
41:12Andy,
41:13close your eyes.
41:14Savannah's up next.
41:22Please stand up for me.
41:34You have been asked
41:35to open your eyes
41:36now,
41:36Andy.
41:42Do you want a carrot?
41:52I absolutely loved it.
41:53Thanks, guys.
41:54Well done.
41:58Well done,
41:58Thomas.
42:00It was fantastic.
42:01So, yeah,
42:02if you do get down
42:02to Melbourne,
42:03come and visit me.
42:04Oh, yes.
42:04Yeah, awesome.
42:07You are hilarious.
42:08You are so great.
42:12It was one of the best
42:13days I've ever had
42:15in my life.
42:16Oh, yes.
42:16You sit right next to me.
42:18Just,
42:19just here.
42:20No, no, no.
42:20Right there.
42:21Right there.
42:21Next to me.
42:22Right there.
42:23Right there, Andy.
42:24Right there.
42:25Look at the camera.
42:27The Assembly.
42:28The Assembly.
42:31Thank you, Andy.
42:33I had a great time
42:34interviewing you.
42:35Wow.
42:35You guys are very good
42:36at interviewing.
42:37Our next guest
42:38is a very well-known
42:39Australian actor
42:40and producer.
42:41It is Claudia Carvin.
42:43Oh, my God,
42:46she's here.
42:47Hello.
42:49Hello.
42:49How has growing up
42:50around nightclubs
42:51shaped your opinion
42:52on recreational drug use?
42:54Oh, no.
42:54That's a really hard one.
42:56I heard you don't like
42:57kissing while acting,
42:58but you still do it
42:59so many times.
43:01Do you see a space
43:02for yourself in politics?
43:04Lee Stiles has put me
43:05off being a politician.
43:12Oh, my God,
43:13is that Andy?
43:15Nice to see you,
43:16Evie.
43:16Come on in.
43:17That looks incredible.
43:19Would you like
43:19to have a go with drawing?
43:21A future animator
43:22sitting right next to me.
43:23But there is no time
43:25for pranks.
43:26It's just really incredible.
43:27Today's been the best
43:28day ever of my life.
43:30Pretty good.
43:30We'll see you next time.
43:34We'll see you next time.
43:35We'll see you next time.
43:35We'll see you next time.
43:35We'll see you next time.
43:36We'll see you next time.
43:36We'll see you next time.
43:36We'll see you next time.
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