Remember When - Simon Owens and Andrew McLaren - Sun 26 Jan, 2025
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January 26, 2025
TLDR: Bob Byrne discusses Remember When on live radio, Rick Milne talks antiques and collectables, Kevin pays tribute to Nicholas Eadie, Kevin Trask takes us back to 1981 in Time Tunnel, a music montage features hits of 1953, and Tony McManus previews Australia Overnight. Produced by Ben Davidson.

In the latest episode of Remember When, broadcast on 3AW Melbourne, hosts Simon Owens and Andrew McLaren delve into nostalgic discussions ranging from childhood memories to the fascinating world of antiques. This week’s episode featured notable guest Bob Byrne, who shared cherished memories and insights about his career in radio.
Key Highlights
Features of the Show
- Hosts: Simon Owens and Andrew McLaren.
- Special Guest: Bob Byrne, a veteran radio announcer.
- Segments: Melodic music montages, antique discussions with Rick Milne, and a look back in time to 1981.
Simon and Andrew's Banter
- The episode opened with a playful moment between the hosts centered around Andrew’s uniquely designed Franco Cotsso t-shirt, highlighting his fondness for nostalgic advertisements.
- Andrew reminisced about how he attempted to learn Franco Cotsso's ads in multiple languages as a quirky party trick, illustrating the playful nature of their banter.
Bob Byrne’s Insights
- Bob Byrne shared his extensive experience in radio, having started as a radio announcer in 1965, and discussed his memorable career highlights. He elaborated on his popular book series titled Remember When, reflecting on nostalgia-rich topics including vintage cars and the evolution of technology like telephones.
- A memorable anecdote was shared about old rotary phones, connecting the past to modern technology, and the changes in communication methods.
Grueling Memories of Childhood
- The hosts and Bob engaged in a captivating conversation about growing up, which included sleeping on verandas during hot summer nights, a cherished practice in the past that is rarely seen today.
- They emphasized how the simpler, tougher childhoods of earlier generations allowed for deep connections to nature and community.
- Listeners were invited to share their own experiences about sleeping outside and memories of summer nights.
Antiques and Collectibles Segment
- Rick Milne discussed a slew of antiques shared by listeners, providing valuations and the history behind items such as vintage sewing machines and collectible signs, showcasing how people are now very into refurbishing and valuing their heirlooms.
- This segment highlighted an appreciation for preserving history and the stories associated with family heirlooms.
Nostalgic Music Reflection
- Music played a crucial role in weaving nostalgia throughout the episode, with discussions surrounding popular hits from 1981, leading to lively discussions about impactful artists such as the Bee Gees and Billy Field.
- Listeners were tested on their knowledge of music from certain years, engaging them in the nostalgic spirit of the podcast.
Audience Engagement
Listeners were encouraged to call in and share their memories of childhood sleeping habits and relationships with their family, providing personal anecdotes about life experiences that evoke nostalgia.
Takeaway Insights
- Nostalgia is Powerful: The episode emphasized the strong emotional connections people have with their past, whether through childhood memories, radio experiences, or music.
- Preservation of History: Conversations around antiques and collectibles highlighted the importance of valuing and preserving family history.
- Engagement through Reflection: The mix of humor, reflection, and nostalgia creates a rich listening experience that engages audiences deeply, allowing them to connect their past to the present.
Conclusion
The Remember When podcast continues to offer a delightful blend of nostalgia, humor, lively conversations, and historical insights, making it a cherished topic for listeners each week. Tune in every Sunday evening to join Simon and Andrew on their fantastic journey down memory lane.
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Seems like old times Having you to walk with Seems like old times Having you to talk with And it's still a thrill Just to have my
That it was the day I found you Seems like old times Dinner dates and flowers Just like old times Staying up for hours Making dreams come true Doing things we used to do
seems like old times being here with you at eight after nine on three aw this is remember when that's my favorite of our opening themes out of all of them yes you're hearing me Simon speaking normally it's Phil who udders the first words on the show but Phil's taking a break and we'll be back hopefully soon
But I'm sitting opposite me as he was last week, Andrew McLaren. How good to be here with you again, Simon. It's a real treat. Another edition of Mac Mania. And there's nothing like it. No, exactly. Before we go any further. Yes. I was going to talk about something else, but I'm just transfixed by your t-shirt tonight. Oh, thank you. Last week I was because it was the symbol from the greatest American hero.
This week it's, and you've had this specially made custom made. Yes, this is my t-shirt that I make. Yes, that I have made. And I've got to drill down on this a little bit because, let me explain, it's a black t-shirt with a white square on the front. Yes. And at the top of the square it reads, B. Franco Cotsso. Yes. B. Franco Cotsso. Yes. And then underneath, in various languages, are apparently the words from his ads. Yes.
Now, if I stand up and come closer, you can read it. Do you want to attend? Well, I just can't. I don't know if I can read the prima... No, I can't. It's all in... First question, what prompted you to do that? I always wanted to learn.
what he said to be able to repeat it back. Because everyone, when you say Franco-Cots, everyone goes, ah-ha, not the Melbourne and Footest Gray, which is what everyone says. That's right. The little bit that everyone seems to remember is, come proud of Franco-Cotsal. Arapantari. Or Grandsale. Grandsale. Grandsale. Hello Ben. Hello Ben, yes. Hello. So people remember that and I thought, wouldn't it be a really cool thing if I learnt the entire script?
In Italian. Well, he speaks a mixture of Italian, Greek, and English. There's Greek in there. There's Greek, Italian, and English in there. And he appeals to everyone. But it was sort of just this mismatch of the different languages. They're just sort of drifting from language to... So, how did you...
recorded the ads and then played them slowly back and had a friend who spoke English, spoke Greek and Italian with you. No, no, I just tried to, you know, I've recorded the ads. So I tried to learn it. This is years ago. I tried to learn it just by listening to what he was saying and tried to learn a memoriser, but I couldn't do it.
It's hard enough to memorise your 60-second commercial in English, the language I allegedly speak. But to try and do one that's in three languages, when you don't actually understand what you're saying... Was this going to be when your young single guy was going to be your party trick for the babes? It was, yes, yes. Well, I married Natalyan in the end, so it may be a work to a degree. I'll say no more. But so I've always had that in the back of my mind. So I set up a thing on Redbubble, which is a website where you upload artwork.
your own artwork, you create stuff, you upload it to Redbubble, and then people can have it on hats, mouse pads, coffee mugs, shower curtains, dooners, t-shirts, tracksuit pants, they just print your logo on anything.
That's right, you've done it for me, actually. Exactly. So there's a McDude, there's an Andrew McLaren McDude coffee mug and T-shirt available, if anyone wanted to look at that. I did a Darren James one with a younger looking Darren James when he had the John Farnham type here. So for this occasion, you've done the beef record, God so. You've written down
Well, I suppose the 60-second out of his from the 1970s. He's reading books. I would do a pleasure to present it to you in modernissimo, bedroom, suites, dining room and wonderful lounge.
I'm trying to read it upside down so it's a bit hard. But yeah, but it's literally the script to a Franco-Cotsau conclusion. When I went into radio, people said, Andrew, you'll meet some very strange people. And they were right. All they've been right. Yes. Well, that might be true. But anyway, you can actually buy them. You can buy these. They're publicly available.
So if you want to go to Redbubble and look up Franco Kotsay, you'll see that what my artwork, and you can buy it on a coffee mug or something. Oh, good. Yes, if you are, maybe. And with this, you know, the t-shirt might cost you $34 or something. Be assured I get $2 for the
for my party next time. You're not making a killing on these. No, so I do it for fun. And just to have those things there, it's just a laugh. But I'm not driving around in a Mercedes or anything off the back of me. So I don't think I'm just here flogging my artwork so I can retire at the end of this year. After 30 years in radio, that's it. I'm off with the commission from all of my sales.
No, I think I've sold four Franco-Cotsso t-shirts. So the time and effort that went into creating the artwork and uploading it has netted me, well, $6 because one of these I bought. So I'm actually running at a loss because it costs me $30. So this is the money-making thing. In the fullness of time. But you know, another five or six years, you might actually get your money back. Exactly. One hopes.
All right, now, yes, to visit us. It is, remember, when there's lots of good things, aren't there? There is work. A special guest, Bob Byrne, is about to join us after the break. We've also got tennis updates tonight, because the sinners have grand slam tournament final thing is on. So, Jordan Tumbridge will keep us up to date with that. So, shall we knock off a break and get to Bob Byrne? Good idea.
On Remember When, The Hall of Fame. For DP's fast-targeted pain relief from an iconic brand you know and trust. Deed. Feel at work. Andrew, I'm very pleased to introduce you to a radio legend from Adelaide. Bob Byrne. G'day, Bob. It's a legend. Legend. Absolutely. Hello, Bob. Nice to make a acquaintance.
Yeah, sorry to meet you. And though it's a long way away. It is. Thanks to the marvels of modern technology, we've got you on the electric telephone. Those phones have got a future, I tell you Bob. I'm sure they have. I would dare say Bob that somewhere in one of your fabulous books, which we'll chat about in a minute, would probably be a picture of an old rotary phone of some sort, would they not?
Well, most definitely. Do you remember the old Bakelite tribes? Of course, yes. And if you were very, very fancy, you could actually get a white one. The PMG, the Postmaster, because they're all issued by the government. And the Postmaster General Department is to occasionally put out about 15 white ones. And places like the Chevron Nightclub would have one on its reception desk. You'd think, ooh, ah, look at that.
very smart, very smart. Now, can you remember speaking of those signs? Can you remember? Because everybody's got a phone these days. But quite often, and I know that at home, we didn't get a phone on until maybe the 1960s.
And the phone was always in the hall. And it was on a little table. Yes. And if you wanted to talk to somebody, mind you, it was very strictly guarded. You weren't allowed to make too many calls, because after all, they did cost six months or something, as I recall. And you weren't allowed to spend a lot of time on the phone. Of course, you did. You got to be a bit of a teenager.
Everybody could hear what you were talking about, and it wasn't very private at all. God.
No, not a bit. Amazing how times have changed. Bob, I can remember my mother, all her family lived in Sydney and she would ring at Christmastime, her brother. And the lines were very busy. You just didn't get instant connection. She would ring the operator and say, I'd like to book a call to speak to Sydney. It seems incredible now. She'd give her brother's number there in Sydney. And the operator would call her back. If she was lucky, about 20 minutes later, there was a line free and you can go ahead, Melbourne.
I can remember when my daughter was overseas. So this is not all that long ago, really. And we would have to book an international call. Oh, yes. International call. And we would usually do it on Sunday night because that is when it was the cheapest time because overseas rates were horrendous.
They were there. But that brings back memory to me of the OTC commercial. Overseas telecommunications company with memories like the corners of my life as the theme with the Italian honour at the other end of the phone line.
Yeah. Great ad. But I'm afraid it wouldn't work now. I don't think so. Oh, no, you just FaceTime them. Yeah, that's right. Exactly. You can FaceTime overseas. You can FaceTime anywhere now. It's amazing.
I quickly mentioned your book, so let's look at those, so people need to understand. Actually, before we talk about the book, so your history, Bob, as a radio announcer, you've been in the biz for years and years and years, and you put out a fabulous series of books with the title Remember When, which I've been kicking myself about not doing before you.
I bet you on that one, mate. Yes, look, I started in radio back in 1965, which is a long time ago, 60 years ago. I've been on the wireless for a little while now. I'm regularly on programs such as yours, and thank you very much for that.
But, yeah, 60 years. I worked in the country here in South Australia, then in the city. And then I went to Sydney for a few years and nearly got to Melbourne, nearly got to 3AW. Is that right? Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Very nearly. And then headed base, a long story. I won't go into it. And then headed back to Adelaide.
In about 1983, I came back here and I was on the air here regularly until 2004. Right. Yeah. So along Korea, if you started in 1965, you started in the sunset of pound shillings and pens, didn't you?
Oh, yes, I did. I do remember when February was February 14th, was it? By then, 66. Exactly. In come the dollars. In come the cents? Yes. Wonderful jingle. Sung by Ian Terpy, who sang that, or did you sing another one? I think you sang the decimal currency rock. Oh, I can't. It was the one. It was all very good. It was all rather wonderful. Highline of your radio career, Bob, which is a station you really enjoyed working at.
Oh look, 2GO in Gossett. I would have to say was my favourite radio station.
It was a large commercial provincial radio station. Gossett is now basically a suburb of Sydney, but back in those days, it was about an hour out of Sydney. We loved it there, and it was a magnificent place. And of course, I didn't have the ratings. We didn't have ratings breathing down and neck all the time. And I did the morning show there, 9 Tilmer, for 12 years.
And it was a wonderful, wonderful time we had all our children there. Well, at least my wife did. And we bought them back to Adelaide. Thank God. And yes, Gossford, my favourite my throat radio station and Keith Graham. God bless him. One of the great managers of radio anywhere in Australia.
Now, this book is remember when, this is your third book out, isn't it, Bob? Fourth or fifth or something. Oh, I'm sorry. I've only got three in front of me. Yes, I've dragged three of them out of the cupboard to show Andrew tonight, Bob. Oh, yeah. Oh, wow. And it's just a wash with a wonderful photos of golden fleece service stations. Yes. And Holden cars and portraits of Bob Menzies. And it's just terrific, along with the text that goes along with it. How long does it take you to assemble each book, roughly?
Normally, I like to do one a year if I can, but it's quite a lot of tracking down, finding photos and tracking them down. You'll get a bit of an idea. I opened up the book tonight knowing that I was coming on the air with you guys.
And it fell open at going to school in the 50s and 60s. We used to salute the flag every week and seeing God save the Queen. Yes. Yes. Because the national anthem was God save the Queen back in those days. We would stand to attention. I can't remember whether we put our hand on our heart. I think that was an American thing.
I don't think so. I do remember at the end of each movie. There used to be God Save the Queen played. The whole audience stood up and God save the Queen was playing. Can you imagine today? Oh, no. And the Thedron Brunswick. I reckon that was at the very beginning. At least it was here in Adelaide.
We would stand at the very beginning, so the first thing they walked in, set out, and as soon as the lights went out, the Queen would come and she would be riding that horse. Quite a famous thing of her. I think you're right, Bob, I think I'm wrong, yes. I think it was at the beginning, wasn't it? Her and the Buckingham Palace courtyard, spotting side saddle, that's right. Yes.
Well, it's very vigorously. Well, it's good that Bob did the books and not you, Andrew. It's very good. I've essentially done that one. But you'll be pleased to know, Bob, that the singing of the National Anthem, and that was still the thing when I was at school in the 70s into the 80s, we used to do that in primary school, salute the flag. But I think we were singing Advanced Australia Fair by then. I think you were. Yes. I was teaching at that time, and it was Advanced Australia Fair. But the schools I taught had.
Yes, I think that it changed in the 60s, I think. I reckon if you go back, it wasn't even the Australian flag that they used, but it was the British flag. Because if you look at any history books now, and look, I've got, I've got, as I look around the room here, I've got
books that go back, you know, and I look, I read stories from the 1950s. We were so British. We were so into the Empire. And everything was about the King and the Queen. And, you know, various royals would come to Australia. It wasn't really until, and it happened after the war. The Americans came here during the war.
And they left a little bit of American culture here and we started to cotton on to the excitement of the United States, the excitement of America in the 50s. We started to get into the American thing. You know, I can remember as a teenager, certainly by the 60s.
Loving, you know, Marlon Brando in the wild one. And Selminio. And James Dean. Oh yeah, all broody and unhappies were ill of these. And your youngsters would rebel by doing outrageous things like wearing white socks or having two scoops of malt with your chocolate milkshake.
Crazy kids you were out of control. What I'm amazed at, the photos you see Bob and the various forms of this photos of the Queen arriving and photos of Puraj and all that, the stranglehold. General Motors Holden had on the cars of Australia every second car is a Holden. Look, can you remember? Maybe you can't because you guys might be a bit young.
But I can remember when I was a kid, everybody that I knew that had a car had a holder. And usually they were second-hand holders. But as I grew up, I learned to drive a holder. Mind you, my first car was an Austin A40, because the only one I could afford.
But, you know, there were so many holders. Everybody had a hold of it. And if you were doing really well, you had a hold on special. That's right. And then later on a hold on Premier. That means you've got some sort of faux leather seats, I think. And it might have been automatic.
I don't know what the special was. I think it was a different color. I think you got a crime strip down the side of the car. I think things like that. That's right. That's right. Yeah. That was the special idea. It's all changed so much. That's fabulous. How many books we sort of stumbled across but didn't actually get an answer out of you, Bob? How many books have you done?
uh seven uh seven books uh one of them is now out of print and that was uh one that i did about that i've written a couple about Adelaide um and and then i had one uh done about Melbourne uh and uh thank you guys uh and Philip uh for the uh tremendous support of Melbourne Remember When uh i personally loved that book Melbourne Remember When i thought was one of the the best books that i did and i did it with uh
all the readers of my website Australia Remember When. I just simply posted a question saying
What is your favorite Melbourne memory? And all the, I got something like 200 replies and all these different things. And so then I went through each and every one of them. And I pulled out the ones that were most popular and I tracked down photos of all those various things that people mentioned. It was an enormous amount of work, but I really loved that book. And then
Now we've got remember when snapshots of Australia and I'm currently working on a series of books broken down into decades.
Oh, nice. Which I'm loving, because I'm writing about the 50s at the moment, and then I'm going to do the 60s, and I'm going to do the 40s. 40 is an incredible time. Yeah, that's the wartime, too, with all the changes in Australian society. Bob, one thing I've got to ask, you're Adelaide based, aren't you? Are you still, you crow, it is still eating pie floaters? Oh, most definitely love a good pie floater.
Oh, a pipe floater is marvellous. In fact, I had a pie tonight because it was Australia Day, but I didn't actually have any green tea soup with it. Have you ever had one, Simon? I haven't. No, but I respect our Adelaide cousins and their choice. I have to say, Bob, the man
It's sneering and looking down his nose at you for eating a pie floater. If I can just ask you, Andrew, what drink do you have in front of you this evening? I'm very fortunate to have the good drop, Dr Pepper, strawberries and cream. Hasn't got a leg to stand on, Bob? No, I haven't. It's a rare drop, let me tell you.
Bob, congratulations with the book. It is Marvelous. Six of your seven books are available. Where do people find them?
Okay, well now, if you'd like to go to, we've got a book, a shop, especially dedicated to selling these books and a whole lot of other nostalgia books. It's called the Remember When Shop, and it's www.rememberwhenshop.com.au, or you may find them in book shops because they have been published and are fairly widely available.
beautiful. Well, they are amazing books. Andrew, since he arrived here for the meeting at the top of the show at four o'clock this afternoon, he's been sitting there and has read right through every one of your books, paid very little attention to anything I had to say, because he's been transfixed. I'm pleased. I'm very pleased. I'm pleased that you enjoy them so much that that gives me a lot of joy.
Oh, they're wonderful. Thank you, Bob. Don't quite believe all of what you've just heard from Simon, but even so. 4.30 then. I'm rounding up. That's the way it is. And Bob, that beautiful voice of yours, I have to say, it should still be on radio. Very nice of you to say so, but at my age, I'm ready to take it easy on Sunday night and not work hard like you have to. That's fair enough.
It's been lovely to chat to you, Bob, and we will do it again when the next book comes out. Fantastic. I look forward to it. Good on you, Bob. That's Adelaide's Bob Byrne. After the break, we will do antiques and collectibles with Rick Mill, and we'll check in at the tennis as well at some point.
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Jordan Tungridge is at the tennis because it's the final tonight. The men's final. G'day, Jordan. Good evening, Simon, for the first time tonight. Perfect conditions for tennis at Rodleva Arena for this Australian Open men's singles final. I've spotted Bear Grylls, Jeffrey Rush and Eric Banner. They are among the big names in the crowd. And as for the big names out on court, we've got the top two seeds, Yannick's in a
and Alexander's very center. The defending champion taking the first set. 6-3. This second set is now into a tie break. It is one all. Sinner has won just about every point when his first serve has gone in. Just a little observation there. And he's looking the better player at the moment. Yet to face a break point for the match.
and standing up in crucial points just always has an answer to the world. Number one, Yannick Center. Excellent. We'll keep in touch over the course of the night and see how it all unfolds. Before we let you go, though, Jordan, I'm reminded of a wonderful, a life lesson from Roger Federer.
who, of course, one of the greats of all time, second really only to Novak, I guess. He once asked an audience full of people, what percentage of winning points do you think I had? The percentage of points that I played in my career that I won?
And the answer, 53%. Amazing. Isn't that incredible? It is a game of inches. I remember that Wimbledon final he played in 2019 had championship point. It went out by a centimetre or so. He had actually won playing exactly the same point a few years earlier and it was in by a couple of centimetres.
Wow, isn't it amazing? That's absolutely remarkable. Such a great time. Yep, incredible. Good on you, Jordan. We'll talk again soon. Well, that can only mean the legend that walks.
And we're so lucky to have him amongst us in this timeframe on Planet Earth. Rick Milne, a very good evening to you. And I have to say to you the same thing, Andrew. Well, thank you very much. I do appreciate it. At the least I can say. How's your week been, Rick? It's been a good one. And I have to say, I do like this month. January.
I do. I do like January and February. I think I do best months. Oh, well, that's good. I was going to say, it's nearly over. What are you going to be miserable for the next 11? Not too tickled about tomorrow at 40, but apart from that, I think it's been quite pleasant. We've been doing lots of walks, and some have been shining, and it's been quite pleasant. Well, you've given us some wonderful nostalgia. It's really dripping here, and especially for me, may I start off with the photo of St Kilda Junction.
Now, if you look very, very carefully, you'll see at the top there is an advertisement for WC Fields in Poppy. Now, that was a live show. He was here. He came to Australia a number of times, WC Fields, as a juggler.
That's right. And on various things. And also he came in. And if you look at the top of that building, you'll see that that's right. It's in Kilda Junction. Yes, see that. I get it because this is where I grew up. And a lot of it was still roughly the same, even when I was a kid. It's of course completely altered now. But I see that little box. It was mounted on a veranda at the corner of Wellington and High Street. And it was where the tram supervisor
It sat up there. It used to climb a ladder on top of a veranda of a shop and sit there and sort of direct traffic. Direct traffic. Wonderful. And there was that fabulous old, I didn't realise it, how fabulous it was, that fabulous old Victorian hotel that's been demolished to make way for road expansions and all that.
which is where Tony Hancock had one of his last drinks. When he was here in Melbourne, of course he was to die in Sydney just a little bit later, a few days later. Wow. I should point out the photos of these items that Rick has sent, including that one of St Kilda Junction. If you want to have a look at it, head to Facebook and look up three AW remember when. It's on there.
Oh, we're finally the traffic was like that now. For even just 10 minutes I'd be thrilled. Yes. I love it. And if you really kind of get into it and have a bit of a good look at it, it's really a tip.
It's a pretty great little thing, and there's also a petrol station there. That's right, yes, it was Neptune petrol. And the Palais and the Victory were showing the movies. Oh, this is a long time ago, isn't it? This is Eddie Cantor and Leon Errol, and oh my God, we're way back, aren't we? This is well-pre-second World War, isn't it? Yeah, Eddie. I would think probably about 19, late 1920s. Yeah, that'll be, yeah, that'll be about right. With Fields still coming to Australia.
Yeah, he did. In fact, at one stage, we saw through one of our auctions way back a very large Australian hand bill which featured him and he was a juggler. There was his first, and he was a silent juggler. And then he started using a bit of, he started to speak a bit and everybody thought he was hilarious. And of course, that's where it all started. I still think he's one of the funniest people I've ever heard in my life. I don't think he's just hilarious. Marvelous.
What else have you got there, Rick? Rick's fine for this one. I've got a very nice bushels tea sign, blue label tea sign, which is a, that, that was actually, it's an amal, so that makes it a pretty special throughout 750. The one I particularly like is at the top, there's a fella in his, he was a digger, he's got his hat on. Oh yeah. And he's drinking orange juice, he said it's, it is the health juice, orange juice with that health juice. Nice try.
from some advertising government advertising agency I'd say can you imagine a digger thinking oh I think I'll have a yes mate I think I'll have an orange juice and I'll follow that up with an early night no she lives for me early night and the other one which is even more bizarre is Madonna is sitting there the lady of the house with her maid
And the maid has had to go and clean her madame's shoes. And she says, yes, Kiwi is wonderful. Now, Kiwis, of course, is a brand of shoe polo. The shoe polo, yes. And here's madame sitting on a backside in the chair, obviously, sat there for the whole day with a maid runs around doing all the hard work. Yeah. And cleaning her stinky shoes included. I'm shoes for her. Yeah. And she says, yes, Kiwis, Kiwi is wonderful.
Yeah. Beautiful. Do we have to get them from? But anyway, I thought those are pretty hilarious. A couple of those. There we are. Lovely. Now, we want your calls, 1-3-3-6-9-3. Rick Milne knows all when it comes to antiques and collectibles and bits and pieces. So we want to know, what have you found? What's been handed down to you recently? What did you get at a garage sale? I passed a garage sale yesterday, but didn't have time to go in, which just broke my heart. I loved the bit. I just love having a look around and see what people have got.
but I have very little room to store such things, so I've stopped going. Probably a good thing. You don't say you don't go to garage house anymore. Oh, I try not to, because I know that my problem is, once I get there, I feel like I'm obliged to buy something, because isn't it terribly rude to walk into someone's driveway full of their world-based possessions and go, none of this is good enough for me, and turn your heel and walk off. I don't think you might need to make declarations about it.
No, but just simply by leaving and not purchasing anything, you are saying, I don't want any of your rubbish. You don't want a Kamal album, for example? No. Well, no, I've got all of Kamal and Dennis Walter, and really simply, I've got them all. And it's true, he has, Rick. So if you have something you think is collectible, it's just like to get evaluation. Why don't you give us a call? I have a postcard.
that my grandmother found in a park in the 1950s, and it's from one of the early Australian aviators, and it seemed to be personally written to somebody. And it's from Bert Hinkler, and it just says, hello, Doris.
better luck for me next time. See you when I'm next here. You know, it's just like that. That'll be worth a bit, wouldn't it? If it's genuine. If it's got all the aviators, absolutely. I know. But there's no fault of the radio station would be very pleased to think that. Oh, yes, yes, Tony. But no, it hasn't got a plane on the front. It was written by... Yes, it's signed Bert Inchler. Wow.
And obviously seems quite affectionate. It seems maybe a sister. I don't have no idea. And my grandmother had no idea because she just found it literally sitting beside a park bench. Well, I tell you what funny thing about postcards, because we don't do them anymore. Of course, nobody buys postcards anymore. They just send a thing on your phone.
At one stage, there were at least two, and sometimes three deliveries a day, and I've actually seen postcards that were sent to somebody who might have been, for example, living in Avitsford to talk to somebody in Carlton, saying, I'll see you at the Flintus Reach station tomorrow. And that's how good the service was, that they could send that through the mail, and because there were two, and sometimes three deliveries a day,
That would arrive. And of course, they didn't have phones. Nobody had phones in those times. So the postcard took the place of what we now have as a telephone. Of course, now we use the phones for sending want to phone. You know, what we used to use for postcards for doing. So we do it by phone now. And we say, we're having a great time in Spain, a portfolio of who you might be. And you just send pictures on the phone.
He's a very different world. Hang on there, Rick. One double, three, six, nine, three. If you've got a question for Rick, you want to talk about something you've found. But first, let's get back to the tennis.
Well Simon, Janik Sinh has just taken two sets to love lead over Alexander Zverev in the Australian Open Men's singles final. The world number one is now one set away from successfully defending his title at Melbourne Park. Simon, I know you're not a fan of racket smashes. Zverev, fuming as he lost that second set into tiebreaker, smashing his racket repeatedly when he went to take a seat. So this third set is just getting underway.
Alright, that's a prediction for the tie. If Sinner wins this one as well, your prediction for a finished time, I'm going to go with 10.32. I'll go for 10.50. 10.50? Andrew? I've got to go even earlier. I've got to say 10.15.
10, 15, it's only 30 minutes away. So you reckon he's going to absolutely smash him off the court? He's got the wind up and he's got the wind in his sails. I think it's just going to be a demolition. All right, let's see whose prediction comes true. Good on you, John. We'll keep checking back in as the night goes. A quick break and then your calls for Rick Milne. Rick Milne is here and we're taking your calls for Rick Milne on 1-3-6-9-3. Who's first up there, Andy? Let me tell you, it's Michael from Hawthorne. Hi, Michael. How can we help?
I've got an old Singer pedal pedal sewing machine, a black box, old black box camera, antique, coloured picture of a rose, two foot both, two foot tapestry picture in colour. Oh, so three different things? Hang on, the first one was a Singer sewing machine, an old pedal one? Yeah, an old pedal one, yeah. It works.
Yes. It was about $150, $200, Michael. And what was the next one? A black box camera, the old black box camera. Black box camera. Oh, yeah. That's a little brownie box camera. They were about not much. 10 to maybe 20. We ran about 10 to $20. And what's the last one, Michael? And the last one, it's in the frame. It's two foot by two foot. It's tapestry, a picture of a rose.
a tap an old tapestry tapestry foot by two foot and it's a rose
Tapestries are tricky. If it's really very well done that might bring a couple of hundred dollars, it does need to be well done. Not an easy sell, I have to say, on that one, Michael, but they can sell up to these days up to about two hundred dollars. Lovely. Good on you, Michael. Thank you for that. Bruce is in Croydon. G'day, Bruce. Hello there. What can I do for you, Bruce? I've got a couple of old signs.
an embossed enameled. The sun used pictorial, daily at dawn with the rooster and everything. It's about six foot wide and three foot high, I guess. It's enormous. Off the side of a milk bar or something, perhaps, would it be? Well, it's something like that. Yeah, it's six foot wide. And I have to ask, I'd give it in regional condition for another. I shouldn't be bothering to call us. It was a bit of a wreck. They sell extremely well. It will sell for four figures.
Wow, it's, yeah, it's pretty good although the fella that owned it, he bent it around a corner and love the enamel fell off. So, so that rusty bit gives it extra character, I guess.
But it's still in pretty good shape. There we go. Four figures. Wow, that's very impressive. Nice item. All right, a quick break. We've got two more calls that have just come through. So quick break and we'll be back. We're deep into antiques and collectibles. Just a couple of quick calls that got to be, I'm sorry. Ken, hello to you in Peran. Hello, Simon and Rick. On your day's card, I've got an album full of the things. I just wondered whether there was much interest in them.
Yeah, sure. What are they? Can you tell me? Well, some of them are av actresses. One is going to remember with a misty towel broom of all mains. There's some of them have got all glitter in them, all sorts of things. You know what I'd suggest, Ken, because it's going to take us a while to get to this. Give me a call after the program, and we've finished over here. You can give me a ring, 0-4-1-8, 3-3-9.
1, 0, 3, and we can go through it all for you. That's a better idea. Yep, that sounds good. Let's just quickly squeeze Leanne in here from Collek. Hello, Leanne. Hello, how are you? Good, thanks. I've been collecting jockeys all the grass and trainers of this wondering if they'll become valuable or anything. Listen, you should first, Leanne. You collect because you happen to love what you're collecting.
And it really doesn't, in a way, it doesn't matter. I reckon in due course. Yeah, I think you're right. I think they'll go up. But the most important thing is with any kind of collecting is that you and you are doing it. That's the key.
The financial thing, almost to some degree, is not that important. But if you're enjoying collecting, go for your life. You do it and enjoy it, all right? That's what I'd suggest. Lovely. Good on you, Leanne. Rick, we have just under a minute to find out what you're looking for this week. Yeah, for various clients who are looking for cameras, sporting cards, radio and TV, fan cards, comics, and anything to do with a company called Finer Foods, FYNA.
They did a lot of cards and things as well. So if anybody has any of those items, sporting cards and so forth, certainly give us a call. I'm available straight after the program. 0-4-1-8-3-3-9-1-0-3. Excellent work. Thank you so much, Rick. All the best to you. You keep rocking, baby. Come on now, bottle to the baby boy.
At the hands of time, roll back the stands of time. Bring back our dream new line. Let's live it over again.
So above an all a dream, stars above were all a gleam. We were only 17. Ah, but we knew.
Chapel bells were all a chime It was apple blossom time While I held your hand in mine Our dream came true Turn back the hands of time Roll back the sands of time
Let's live it
Oh, love that song, don't you, Simon? The Great Eddy Fisher. That's right. The Great Late Eddy Fisher. Yeah. And Bert Newton had a very funny story about... Oh, I thought you could say Bert Newton did a great version of it too. Not that I know of. Not that Bert couldn't have. No, Bert has a good voice. He could, yes, he was in musicals and all the rest, wasn't he? Yeah. But now about him seeing an event that Eddy Fisher is somewhat
So we say enhanced Eddie Fisher. Oh, yes. It was appearing in a show in Sydney. And how it was almost impossible to get Eddie to actually be anywhere at any particular time. Oh, really? Very difficult. One of those moments. Anyway, moving on from that. This is a man who was always here on time and looking, I'm going to say even better than last week. That's a lot. And last week, I went home to my wife and said, there's this guy, Kevin Fresh. You've got to see him.
And now, so much better. Good, yeah. Well, it was at my death's door last week, was I? Oh, no. No, I thought you'd peeked last week, but no, this is... I've got another people. We could take another step up. Yes. Fabulous. I love this guy. Does he love him? Does this guy is terrific? He is good. He's good. He's such a bad kisser.
Would you say Kevin's been sipping at the fountain of youth? Oh, if I'd thought of it, I would have said it before you, Simon. But you haven't, it's wonderful to see you, Kevin. And we don't quite go back in time quite yet, do we? Not just yet, because there's the tradition at this time would be Phil would say, oh, Kevin, buddy, who's passed away this week?
Well, only one that I know of. And that's Nicholas Edie. He was a Australian actor, only 67. And he did a lot of television. You name a TV show, he's probably in it. But also a famous stage actor, particularly with places like Melbourne Theatre Company and Sydney and South Australia. And he worked with most of those. And he did some terrific plays. He was in productions among them here and the crucible and had on a hat and a hot tin roof. Not a hole, 67 was it?
67, yeah. Hardly old. Yeah, so rest in peace, Nicholas Eddy and a wonderful legacy of television work and stage. Anyone else? No, that's it. That's the only one.
Well, that's good, isn't it? You don't want to be rooting out death lists like London with the plague in 1380. You don't want that. No, absolutely not. No, it's always sad to make these announcements. But it's important that people know because they don't seem to get into the papers. Some do, some don't. A lot of people have grown up with these actors or singers. That's why we do it. And it's nice to acknowledge. Yeah, and a lot of people like to know that information.
I think a lot of it depends on the age of the sub-editor, on duty, the day the definite has come through. This is a unique program, I remember when. There's nothing like this, I think, on any station in Australia, what you're doing here. So it's terrific, I think. Does that mean we're out of date and out of line with the rest of the country? No, you're raiding your socks off, that's all you're doing.
Have you seen any shows? Because I think Follies opened yesterday, didn't it? I did it, I don't know. I don't know anything about Follies. OK. I was invited, but I had to work, so I couldn't go. I'm surprised you didn't. Man's in it. They're Follies. No, I haven't received anything on Follies. You've seen the show in the past? Oh, many times. That's what I was getting at. I thought you hadn't heard of it. I love it, and I love the song I'm Still Here, which was a great showstopper, really.
Yeah, Rhonda Birchmore's in it. It should be a good production. Oh, sure. I think it's only on for this week. It's a short run. Oh, one of those. I think so, yes. Maybe week, week and a half or so. Since we haven't seen it and we don't need to know much about it being staged, perhaps we'll move on from Follies. I might report on it next week because I'm thinking of buying tickets to go on Tuesday night. Actually buying tickets, which is something I never do. No. No.
But I want to go because Collette's in it, and I just adore Collette. Yes, of course. She's fun. She's a great fan. Who's she playing? Oh, okay. She might be doing, I'm still here. Well, possibly. Yvonne DiCarlo made that famous in Broadway. Did she... No, she wasn't married to someone famous, was she? No. I think I thought she was. I'm just going out of my mind, someone else was. Anyway, we're going nowhere with this. Why do I know the name Yvonne DiCarlo? Was she Lily Munster? No. Yes, she was. There you go. Yes. That's why I know the name.
She was gorgeous. Oh, lovely, isn't it? OK. All right. Well, shall we take a break and then get into the time tunnel to try to completely run out of stuff to stay. Happy we were that, Andrew. Yeah. Good.
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That's right. All my dreams of an easy retirement are gone. Exactly. Anyway, oh, I thought you were going to do this, but you're going to do it right now. Oh, no. Well, I was just going to say, so don't let what happened to Andrew happen to you. Get an Ian Reed vendor advocate to help.
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A tennis update thanks to Emirates. The official airline of the Australian Open, fly Emirates, fly better. In our last cross with Jordan Tundridge, Andrew McLaren predicted that the tennis would be over tonight by 10-15. It's 10-17. How's it going, Jordan? Well, it's pretty close. Janik Sinner looking unstoppable against Alexander Zverev. Tonight at Melbourne Park, leading two sets to love.
The defending champion has just gone up a break for two, although he is being tested in this service game at the moment. If he takes this set and the championship, Sinner will become the first Italian player in history, man or woman, to win three major titles.
Oh, excellent stuff. All right, we'll keep in touch. Let us know if it's getting close, and we will cross back to you, Jordan. Thank you very much, Jordan Tundridge, at the tennis. Time now for this. Kevin Trask's Time Tunnel. Beat the Heat this summer with the Blind Factory. Call them on 1-3 Blinds now to secure incredible deals and a lifetime guarantee. To go back and remember the people, events, and exit to the soundtrack of our lives with Trask's Time Tunnel.
Yes, so good to go back in the time tunnel, and Kevin, what year have you dredged up this week? Well Andrew, we're going back to 1981, which is 44 years ago. My calculations are correct. Can you believe 44 years? I can't believe it, actually. It seems only yesterday to some of us, doesn't it?
Yes, certainly was, and the event was the greatest American hero, one of Simon's favourite shows, started on television in 1980, went and ran through to 1983, they did three seasons of it. Now I think the premise was, Ralph Hinkley was a teacher, and he came across this suit, and when you put the suit on, you got all these superpowers. That's right. But you didn't know how to work the suit. What happened was, in the very first episode, so aliens came down and gave him the suit.
Okay. And he didn't want it. He didn't want to be a superhero. But they said that, you know, teachers on their planet, teachers are held above everyone else because they're the ones who teach the next generation. So they wanted him to be the superhero. They gave him the suit. He's opened the instruction book. And the first thing it teaches is how to shrink yourself. So he does the little, you know, whatever he needs to do on the suit to shrink himself.
He shrinks, is suddenly very tiny, and then he puts the book down on a rock beside him, and then he sees ants coming to attack him. And of course, they're ginormous. They're the size of elephants. I must watch this.
So he quickly does the reverse of that thing to make himself big again, but he's put the instruction book down. So the instruction book is on this rock, which is actually a grain of sand. So he can't find the instruction book. So he doesn't know how to do anything else with the suit.
So, it's like a comedy. I knew none of this, did you? Well, I didn't see it, but I can't remember it. Like, it's 44 years ago. And I only watched it a few times. Well, see, one of the reasons I loved it was because he was a reluctant hero, but also for him to fly through the air, he didn't take off like Superman. His arms were flailing, he'd crash into trees. And you don't remember that.
And so that was the fun of it. He was not that good a superhero. But he with Bill Maxwell, FBI, would always get the... Robert Kalp, who I think did a great job, is Bill. It wonderfully smoothed out, wasn't it? Yeah. That show produced, of course, a huge hit song, didn't it?
Yes, it did. It was written by Mike Post, actually, and performed by Joey Scarberry. And the role, the main role was played by William Katz. William Katz, yeah. Who was the daughter? Who was the son of Barbara Hale, who was in Perry Mason. That's right. She was Della Street. Yeah. And his father was Bill Williams, who played the Adventures of Kit Carson. So both the parents were actors. So where did the name Cat come from? I don't know.
It's a real name of Bill Williams. Oh, okay. And he decided to stick with his real name, like one of, what of the Estes of his brothers? Emilio Estes, as opposed to Charlie Sheen. Exactly. All right. But as you mentioned, Andrew, the big thing about the show was, of course, the theme songs. I can't believe it myself. Suddenly I'm up on top.
I'm walking on air I never thought I could feel so free
Oh, no, no, no. Simon, for listeners they've got to know. Simon has just been an ecstasy for the last 30 seconds. Oh, yes. Mimey, every word passionately of that song. It's a lovely song. It's a great hit from the era. And yeah, one of my favorite shows of all time. It's suddenly Simon's a kid again. Wonderful what music can do, isn't it? Well, I mean, I went from being a Gilligan's Island fan to being a Greatest American Hero fan. That was sort of next. And I think Knight Rider might have been in there as well, or roughly the same time.
And you haven't got your t-shirt on tonight? I haven't. I'm wearing my Franco-Cotsay t-shirt. Because normally you are decked out in your greatest American hero t-shirts. That's right. On a Saturday night I wear my Simon Owen show t-shirt, which is red with the white logo on it. And on a Sunday night I usually wear my greatest American hero t-shirt. I have a sort of a uniform. He's a star like on, isn't he, Kevin? Yes, the set early, quite unique.
Now that I'm not married, so no one's controlling my life, I just wear what I like to wear. And that's why I like to wear it. Do you wash when you get a wash? No, well I do that at least weekly.
Sunday night's a good time. Sunday night's a good time. I'd say the soap. I would say the soap. That's right. Save water, shower with a friend, all of that. Quick quiz time, kid. Quick quiz, boys. OK, the 23rd annual Loggy Awards were held on Friday, the 10th of April 1981 at Center Point Convention Center. It's in Sydney, of course. And broadcast on the 10 network. Who was the compare?
Was it A. Michael Parkinson, B. Bert Newton, C. Mickey Rooney, or D. Dame Edna Everidge? I'm going to say it was Michael Parkinson.
But I've suddenly gone cold on that answer. I didn't give you a look, by the way, would you say? No, no, no. It was a very bland face there. Yeah, I kept that stony face, I told me. It's very effective. It's as though almost you've died. That was last week. Anyway, I'll stick with Michael Parkinson. Are you sure you want to stick with Michael Parkinson?
I think so. OK, Simon. I'm going to go Bert. Like in most things in this country, Bert was the host of any big events. So I think Bert was probably... I think you've put the others in just to throw us off. So I'm going to go be Bert. What about Ben? Ben, going to pin you?
Oh, they were the two choices I'm going to go for. I was either parking or Bert. I'll go Bert. He goes like Simon. He did it so many times. It's probably a good statistical average. OK.
All right. All right. Let's go through it now. Everything's locked in. Firstly, it wasn't C, Mickey Rooney. Mickey didn't get the gig. Good. Or Dame Edner, Everidge, never actually did it either. Oh, OK. So we do have a winner. We have a winner. The same. This pension in the room right now was enormous. You can feel it. You can count it with a knife.
Yeah, it wasn't Bert Newton. Oh, Andrew was right. So Andrew is correct with Simon Parkinson. As much as I tried to throw him off the scent, I figured he'd... Sorry, you just said Simon Parkinson. Simon and Simon. Michael Parkinson's. Michael Parkinson's. That's right. He was out there doing interview shows, wasn't he? Yeah, if you'd carried back around Paul Hogan and all those parking in Australia or something, it was cool. Well done, Andrew. Good choice. Thank you so much, Simon. Did you remember that or did you just randomly... I think I vaguely remembered it. Yeah.
Yeah. Fair enough to. All right. What was happening in 1981 on TV, Kevin? Well, we hit a lot of good shows on. The Don Line show was on the Muppet Show. I love the Muppets. I used to watch it everywhere. Yeah. Mash. I've got the Muppet Show on DVD. I've got them all. Oh, good on you. I'm not going to buy that off you. For Christmas? Yeah. Christmas. We do that for Christmas. Yeah.
A mash, I watched mash tonight on TV as a matter of fact, and I thought, how good is this? It really is great comedy and tremendous cast. So that was very big in 1981. Wheel of Fortune was... That would have been Ernie, I guess. Yes, and maybe Adriana Exanities. Probably, yes. The Hostess. They did that in Adelaide, I think, didn't they?
I think, I just think, I just think, I might be wrong. Country practice was another one, but Simon Townsend's Wonder World. Now sadly, we lost Simon just a week or so ago and he was 79, but he won the logo for Best Children's Television Series in 1981 for Simon Townsend's Wonder World on the 10 network. And of course, his dog was in every episode, wasn't he? Woodrow. Woodrow passed away. Yes. And then he was replaced with a cock or two.
An odd choice, I would have thought. It was. Cockatoo would be sitting there in a cage on the desk beside him. And I know this is a stupid thing to say, but when Woodrow died, I stopped watching.
because it just seemed, it felt wrong. I'm looking at this cockatoo game. You don't belong there. This is no longer the show I used to watch. No, I was 10. When kids can be very funny like that, and I quite understand it. It's not the same anymore. I didn't get why it changed. Where's Woodrow? Woodrow always just sat there. Yeah. And looked intelligent. It was good. It was a facial expression. Yeah, I love dogs. Yeah, I just love dogs.
They're wonderful, aren't they? Man and lady's best friend. But in here we go with Simon Townsend's Wonderworld and the theme sung by Simon Townsend.
Simon says, put your hands on your hips, let your back bone slip, Simon says, put your hands on your hips, let your back bone slip, Simon says, put your hands on your hips, let your back bone slip, Simon says, put your hands on your hips, Simon says, bring them down by your side, Simon says, shake them to your left, Simon says, shake them to your right, put your hands on your head, Simon says, bring them down by your side,
Shake them to your left. Shake them to your right.
Enough of Simon Townsend. We've got to cross back to the tennis.
A tennis update thanks to Emirates connecting you through Dubai to over 140 destinations. Play Emirates, fly better. Is it over, Jordan Tundridge? Yannick Sinner has just won the 2025 Australian Open Men's Singles title with a backhand frost court winner, Sinner defeated Alexander's very event straight set.
6-3, 7-6-6-3. The 23-year-old is now a three-time Grand Slam champion. He's embraced his coaches, caught tired and climbed up into the stands to meet family and friends. He successfully defended his title here at Melbourne Park. First Italian player in history, man or woman, to win three major titles. Just a dominant performance from Cine showing exactly why.
He is the world number one in men's tennis. Did not face a break point for the entire match. Clinical in the long rallies. Just had an answer for absolutely everything. Sveriv threw at him, pulling out the right shots at the right times. Sveriv, well, he just looks devastated. He's slumped down in his chair. This is the third time he has lost a grand slam final. His search for a maiden major title continues, Simon. Sveriv's never won one.
Not yet, arguably the best plan on to win a Grand Slam title, but he's been there three times now. He lost the previous two Grand Slam finals he played in five sets as well, lost the US Open in five sets, lost the French Open in five sets. He's just lost the Australian Open final in straight sets.
Well, there we have it. It's over for another year. It's been a great fortnight of tennis, Jordan. It certainly has, Simon, another defending champion, just brilliant to see him continue to get better, Yannick Sinner. Beautiful. Thanks for all your work over the fortnight, and Shane McGinnis as well, and everyone who's been involved in the coverage of the tennis. It's been great to have it on the station. How accurate was our end times, were we?
Well, I said 10, 17, so I'm, you know, 15 minutes out. Yes, I said 10, 30, and I finished at 10, 28, so I was two minutes out. What did you say, Kevin? No, you didn't say anything. No, it was you me and Jordan who each tipped. Jordan said he thought 10, 50. So, you win. Oh, yeah. So, let's, you know, tennis is my sport, so I just take that lightly. I just take that lightly.
You think tennis you think Simon Owen? Yeah, good luck with the Grand Slam next year Simon. Thank you. And there's no point rubbing it in that I was right. There's no point welling on the fact that I was correct. No, you're just sitting here simmering thinking about it. It's just time to move on with Kevin's time tunnel. Exactly. We're still on television, Kevin. Let's squeeze another one in before the break. What else happened in TV world?
Well, the big show, I think we mentioned it before, was the Don Lane show. I just loved it. It finished in 1983, but was at its peak probably in 1981. It started in 1975. And now Don Lane, the host, had only one son, PJ Lane. And in recent times, PJ's performed a show, a cabaret show, in Sydney, which has done really well. Let's hope that comes to Melbourne. Did you see photos of that?
Yes, it is. The photos that look amazing. They look very, very good. Very, very good. I really hope that comes to Melbourne. Yeah, we'll go and see it. Anyhow, I did speak to PJ Lane about memories of his dad.
And Bert Newton, of course, was a big friend of your father's, and they worked together so well on that show. They did. And it was just, you know, their relationship was, and it carried on after the show, so I got to witness that. But their relationship was something that developed on camera, on the show. And that was, you know, and that was an organic, you know, that was an organic kind of chemistry that they had. And don't forget, it was professionalism. Like, you know, you know very well that you don't get that these days.
Dad was trained in Fordville, working on stage for years, just trying to work on his act and trying to get things right on stage. And Bert was in radio from the time he was 14 years old. So these guys were pros by the time they got there. And then you're exactly what they were doing. And they said, you know, sometimes it might have not worked, but other times it was just stuff you couldn't even create. Yes, it was magic. It was real magic, I reckon. You know, and Bert was just amazing. You know, obviously, when he passed away a couple of years ago, we kind of
You know, we go into those memories of how his career transitioned, but Bert had such like a, um, he was very Bob Hope, wasn't he? Yes. Oh, yes. About the, you know, his one line is his timing, uh, just and just his professionalism. And then, you know, they didn't really have a relationship off screen. It wasn't bad. It wasn't like they didn't get along. They got along really well, but it was just they were there. Their relationship was on camera. And that's how it worked.
They're good to hear the voice of P.J. Lane, son of Don. It is Trask's time tunnel. It is 26 to 11. This is for your W more in the tunnel after these. 23 to 11 in Trask's time tunnel. What are we up to Kevin? Looking at radio now in 1981.
We are Bert Newton interviewed the late Angela Lansbury in 1981 on his morning show on 3USZ. She had a strong connection with Australia. She was here over here for summer of the 17th doll, the film in 1959. And she was also the cousin of Malcolm Turnbull. So really? Yeah. And I was at a press conference with her when she was doing that driving Miss Daisy.
Yes. I have never been so nervous to speak to anybody in my life is what I was with Angela Lansbury. Really? I just held her in such high regard. But you're mates with Harrison Ford. Yeah, we're coming up to that. We're coming up there. But there's Angela. She's two feet away from me. And I'm staring into her eyes and I think she was just fantastic.
You've got to be quivery, did you? Quivery, I was shaking. I was so nervous. I was blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. But Bert did a much better job than I did. And as I just mentioned to you, it's my pleasure to introduce to you from San Francisco, our most magnificent actress and performer with the moment in San Francisco starring in Sweeney Todd, Miss Angela Lansbury. Hello, Miss Lansbury.
Hello, Bert. How are you? I'm very well. Thank you for taking our call. I'm out across San Francisco Bay. I'm thinking about Sydney Harbour. Well, unfortunately, we haven't got a harbour to offer you down here in Melbourne, but we've got a lot of fans of Angela Lansbury, I can offer you. Oh, well, how lovely. It's very nice to hear from you. I've got a feeling that even for your first film, weren't you nominated for an Academy Award?
Yes, I was, for gaslight. And then subsequently, and the picture of Dorian Gray. Yeah, well, that in itself was quite an achievement, isn't it? Well, it was very heavy stuff, because I was terribly young, and I just realized that I had a responsibility on my shoulders very early in my professional life, and I think this is another thing that rooted me in reality. Let me see what the memories like. In Gaslight, I know you played the servant. Her character's name was Nancy, wasn't it?
That's right. What a good member you have. Hearts marvellous film. Let me just... Alright, well, I'll do it. The Ingrid Bergman and Charles for you. Yeah. A picture of Dorian Gray, who also starred Heard Hatfield, whatever became of him.
still acting. He lives in Ireland now in County Cork. He's got a home there and quite near a home that my husband and I had up until quite recently we lived there a part of it here for the last 10 years. So her and still are still going strong but not nearly to the extent that he was.
It's a lovely chat with Angela Lansbury and Bert Newton. My favourite Angela Lansbury story has to be Phil's one. Oh, yeah. And for those who have just tuned in wondering where Phil is, he's just taking a couple of weeks off. He'll be back hopefully next week, week after, I'm not sure.
Is this the story where he went backstage after the performance of Driving Miss Daisy? He was there with Bruce and they were interviewing Angela Lansbury and CNN Man. This is CNN. What's his name? James Earl Jones. James Earl Jones, yes. And Phillip just had cataract surgery.
So he'd just had some cataracts. We moved his eyes a little bit on the fuzzy side. And so he took a gift in for Angela Lansbury. So he's reached into his green, you know, safe way bag to try and find the gift for Angela Lansbury only to have her get quite cross because he was in fact going through her green handbag. With all the jewelry in it. Yes, it feels just plunged his hands into Angela Lansbury's handbag. I think it's marvellous.
Phil is wonderful that way. He can tell his story against himself better than anyone among the media. That's the secret of comedy. Yes, exactly right. Harrison Ford, we just mentioned briefly earlier, was in Raiders of the Lost Ark in 1981.
Yes, interestingly, he wasn't the first choice, and it was actually Tom Selleck from Magnum PI, who was picked to be Indiana Jones, and it was all set up, and Tom Selleck also had Magnum PI almost on the go, and Steven Spielberg said, the money's fallen through. I'm terribly sorry, but we can't do Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Tom said, oh terrific, so I'll do Magnum P.I. So I picked up the Magnum P.I. Later down the track, the money came and it was such a big name by that stage. Tom Selleck, you couldn't go back to me in Indiana Jones. So they picked up Harrison Ford, who played the character. Good thing they did. I still think it's the greatest single character in a movie ever.
Yeah, he's a great editor. All the things. He hates snakes. He's got all these sort of hang-ups. And he doesn't really want to be there. And I thought Harrison was terrific. Well, I met Harrison outside the riverly theatre in the gutter out there when he was arriving for the premiere of another film he'd done. And I would always been in awe of Harrison. He's exactly the same age as me. He has made some marvellous films. And standing in front of me is Indiana Jones.
This is Pardon? Simultaneous relates across the world? I guess so. I just work here, mate. I don't really. Do you want to be in the enemy? Oh, I don't know. I don't know. No plans yet. I haven't had a chance to see much. Thank you all. Thank you.
It was really in depth, wasn't it, Kevin? Some of your finest work there. Yeah, well, we just hope you dug deep. We're just like that, you know. He's my mate, he said mate, did you notice that? Yeah, yes, yes. So I'm his mate. Peter Ford learned a lot from that, you know? Peter Ford wouldn't be the success he was today, not at all. If he hadn't heard and seen that happen.
Yeah, you're interviewing with that. And the gutter outside the rivoli. I mean, a lot of people in the gutter outside the rivoli. It certainly is a famous spot. But I'm monument up there. I'm working on the statue now. Yeah. Thanks to cameo memorials. Well, I like the hat and the whip and everything. Exactly. But you stand by Harrison Ford. He was a carpenter. He was. It wasn't he by trade. Yes. For years, worked as a carpenter and did acting on the side, I think.
That's right. I don't think everyone really wanted to be an actor. He would rather be doing carpentry. Like John Farnham, he was also a carpenter, wasn't he? Now plumber. Plumber plumber. Oh, yeah, with some trade, yeah. All these tradies with these hidden talents. Smart Alex, a lot of... Right, it's quarter two. We better break. We'll come back with the mystery voice. So get your phones ready because we want you to text us your guesses after this break.
Yes, and this part I remember when is really the, can be the most frustrating type, but also can be a time of exhilaration if you get it right. If you get it right, it's a bonus. Yes. This is mystery voice and who was it this week? I can't tell you who it is. Well, I mean... Yes, fair enough. That was a silly question, Andrew. Good try. Yeah.
But yes, it's a male. What we do want people to do is guess by texting us your answers, 04-77-693-693. When we play this history voice, if you think you know who it is, text your answer through and we will reveal the first person. Hopefully you'll be able to beat Andrew, Ben and myself as we search for the mystery voice. It's a male you say. It is a male, boys, yes.
Everything has its time. Everything has its time. Show me a reason and I'll see you. Show you a rhyme. That's it on the windowsill. Children fit in the snow. Why do I feel I don't fit in anywhere I go? Rivers belong where they can't ramble.
Oh, Simon, I'm looking at you and I... No, it's not me. No, I didn't think it was you. All right. Twitters. I am...
I got a feeling it's somebody who doesn't sing normally. Maybe. Maybe. Well, I'm not sure of his career as a singer. Oh, OK. That rules out, I was going to run through the young talent time cast, starting with Joey Peroni. Joey Peroni, is that your answer? Well, yeah. Yeah, no, that's not wrong. No. Is it an Australian? No.
Oh, well, that rules out most of the young talent time cast then. Not Australian. OK, so that rules out Hugh Jackman, which is the other name I've written down. Yeah, that's a good thought. Oh, no, that voice wasn't as good as Hugh's. I thought. And just a piano backing. Would this person be playing that piano? No. Was this person born in 1981? No. They were working in 1981? Yes.
Would, would they still be alive today? Yes. Would they still be active today in show business? Sort of. Sort of. Is it David Hasselhoff? No. No. Could we hear it again please Ben? I'm sorry, I put him on. Yes, put him on the spot. Sorry, I'll ask you what the answer is.
Show me your reason and I'll show you a rhyme Let's get on the windowsill Children feeling the snow Why do I feel I don't feel it anywhere I go Rivers belong where they can't ramble Because long when they can fly I've got to be my spirit run free
Gotta find my corner of the sky. Is this person known for comedic acting? Not really, no, it could be, it could be, but not really. Can I ask a little clue here? This screams show song. Can you tell us what show that's from? And if so, it would be a help?
I'll just check with the judges without them to do that. If you could, please. Can we do that and tell him what it is? Yeah, they said yes. It's peeping. It's from peeping. That doesn't help me at all. No, doesn't help me. Is that American? Yes, American. American.
Billy Crystal. Not Billy Crystal. Steve Martin. No, not Steve Martin. Martin Short. Not Martin Short. Chevy Chase. Not Chevy Chase. Dan Aykroyd. Not Dan Aykroyd. John Belushi. Not John Belushi. Is it anyone from the Saturday Night Live cast? No. No. So this person was around it in the early 1980s. Correct. Gene Wilder. It's a little bit of a trick question.
A gene wilder? No. It's a trick question. Why is it a trick? Were they a child in the 1980s? No. I'd be the only one. Television or film? Television. A regular TV series? Yes.
Bob Denver. No, Bob Denver. Well, I don't know. I'm just throwing names out. We've got to get the answer. We've got to get the answer. Oh, yeah, we're running out of time. OK, all right. I'll give you another clue. We've already mentioned him in the program. Tom Selleck. No, Simon Datsson. No, Harrison Ford. No, PJ Lay. No, Angela Lansbury. No.
Keep going. Look at the top of your list. William Cat. Yes, it's William Cat. No. Is it really? I thought, what a cheek to talk about the greatest American hero at the top of the program and halfway through throwing William Cat. It's William Cat who was a star of the greatest American hero. Yes.
Well, it was either that or Rob Culp. There we go and come there in the end. Never have got it. Well done. Oh, well, I got it. I shouldn't say that. You guys should. But anyway, we need to break. We'll come back with these songs after this.
I think we had about five people who correctly guessed William Cat among those who texted, but the very first person to text was Chrissy Natalie, who was right with William Cat. Good on you, Chris. Kevin Trask, let's have a look at the popular songs of 1981. Who's saying those boys? Jessie's Girl. Rick Springfield. Springfield. Correct. Too many times. Mental as anything. Correct. Who could it be now? Menop work. Menop work. Yes. Nine to five. Dolly Parton.
Betty Davis eyes. King Cairns. Duncan. Slind dusty. Endless love. Diana Ross and Lionel Richie. This is marvellous. Physical. Livia. Yeah, and what about jealous guy? Roxy music. Well, it's very very as a solo. I can't quite remember. OK, imagine.
John Lennon. Imagine what? Imagine there's a song. Oh, right. Yes. John Lennon. And this is the last one. Shut up your face. Joe Dolce. That's right. And Phil and I went to the Crown Casino, Crown Casino, Palms on Crown. Yeah. And we saw Sheena Eastern on stage. Oh, that'd be great. The year was 2015, which is 10 years ago. It says like yesterday. And she was up there, little Sheena, and she was singing her big hit song.
He works from 9 to 5 and then He takes another home again to find it way to find Now David takes a morning train He works from 9 to 5 and then He takes another home again
What a great song it is, too. But what are we going out with? And Kevin, where will we be next week? Well, firstly, we're going out with Billy Field with Bad Habits, and next week we're going to 1958. Oh, wonderful. OK, and so let's have a little listen to Billy Field, and I wish you good night, boys, and good night, Phil. Thank you for all you do, Kevin.
We still get such barely last Looking at those photographs Remember when we made those bands
The donkey rides the seaside rock Remember that new summer frock The one I ruined when I spilled the tea Switzerland still rings a bell I hurt my ankle when I fell Remember when we tried to learn to scheme
That day in Trafalgar Square The pigeons perched upon your head The pictures in the National Gallery We still get such belly laughs Looking through those photographs Remember when we made those memories
Wasn't that some honeymoon I know I won't forget it soon Not if I lived to be a hundred years Is the one we took in Spain I can't remember Was it rain Or were your eyes just filled with happy tears?
All good things must end it's true Back to London town we flew Thought who was happier than you and me To relive each wonderland We open up this album and remember when we made those memories
Remember when we made those memories. Yes, it is. Remember when Andrew McLaren fulfilled Brady this particular Sunday night? I hope you're enjoying the heat coming tomorrow. Forty-one in Melbourne, I think. Brian's nodding in the background. Yes, or one. See, Brian, I do listen to the news.
Sorry Andrew. Or speaking of that sort of thing really is just under the sort of umbrella. I wonder how many kids these days sleep on the back veranda of their house.
It was such a big thing, right in the 30s, 40s and 50s. And there's got to be some people listening who spent their youth, or part of it at least, in the warmer months, sleeping on the back veranda of the house. I know I did, slept on the back veranda of the house in Smith Street and Kilda in the warmer months.
until it burnt down. Oh, yes, it was unfortunate. Oh, yeah, I know. It was while I was asleep. It was dead coming in and throwing a bucket of water on me, sort of thing. It was quite dramatic. How old were you?
Nine. And what were you smoking that set fire to the house? I couldn't keep off the fags, mate. I had a problem. Okay, fair enough. Noted to bring it up here, okay? Sorry, yes. Thank you. Anyway, but so many kids, I was amazed when I went to Rip and Lee, you know, the mansion, home in, yeah, in Rip and Lee. Yes. And the tour guide was taking us around. He nearly burnt that down, too.
No. And the tour guide said, oh, the Jones family, I think, lived there. They were the name of the people who were the last there. Yeah. And they said that all the Jones kids, despite the fact that there was a 10 bedroomed home summer months out on the back veranda, all the courts were set up. Yeah, it was a big thing. And it wouldn't have been because there was no air conditioning. Yeah, that's right. That's a stinking hot.
That's right, let's put the kids out. And houses weren't locked as much, so it didn't matter. The kids could get inside any time they liked. The back door wouldn't have been locked. Were you one of those kids who spent part of the time, part of the year, sleeping on the cot and the back for Andrew? Oh, I'd love to get a call on that. That'd be marvelous. Yeah.
I'm just just a thought, that's all. By the time you get to my era growing up in the 70s, that was never a thing. I'd never heard of that. But in summer, you would occasionally pitch a tent on the lawn in the backyard of your house and beg your mum. Mum, can we sleep outside? Can I sleep outside in my tent?
It was so exciting to do that wasn't it? And we'd get the sleeping bag out and the inflatable Lilo, which was blue on one side and red on the other. Remember those? Yes, indeed. Yes. And I only ever did it once. I've got to say something. It was at another kid's place. I was having a sleepover at his house. Yes. And I couldn't believe it there was the sort of open tent on the backyard. Yeah. And his mother said, you'll be sleeping there tonight. You don't mind. Do you, Andrew?
Oh wow, it was my reaction. Cool. This is great. Yes. It was a warm summer night, I hope it was fantastic. And did you go through with it? Oh yeah, yeah. The tent put up and mum reluctantly agreed. Very excited and then when it got dark, I was terrified. What? So now I ended up going back inside.
We'll see boy. Yeah, yeah. Just in your own suburban backyard. In my own backyard, yeah. And then probably a year or so later when I was a little bit older, a little bit wiser, a little bit more mature. Malcolm Dark, one of my schoolmates, had me over for a sleepover. And they'd say, I think, pitch the tent in the backyard. I go out there and I think, OK, well, at least there's Malcolm here with me. I'll be OK. And I was still terrified. And I don't think he was much braver than I was. We ended up going back inside.
No, no, no, no, no. You could see your house in the backyard. That's the thing where you used to go camping, a balnaring, a family tradition, used to sleep in a tent, no problem with mum and dad there. Yeah, mum and dad there. But on my own, with mum and dad inside, I'm just lying there waiting to be eaten by a wolf. That's what was going to happen to me.
All bad things are going to happen, eh? Yeah, the mum and dad will be there to protect me. And that's suburban what Lilydale backyard. That's right. Yeah, exactly. Oh, Lilydale at night is hell, mate. Actually, you're lucky to survive. Yes, exactly.
All right, now, so we want your calls, 1-3-6-9-3. Montage first, though. This is the thing we do at this time each Sunday night. For those who aren't familiar with it, we're going to play a montage of songs. All of these songs were in the charts in one particular year. We don't ask the year the songs were released because some of them will have been released the previous year, but we're hits in the following year.
So we want to know what year all of these songs were in the charts. We want you to text us your answer when you think you know what year that is. Text it through to 0477-693693. And to see if you are among the first 10 to correctly guess the year. Are we ready for this Andy? No, you bet.
There's a melody in your heart With the singable happy feeling A wonderful way to start Marine of mine Set me free Beautiful sky, a wonderful day With crack away, with crack away, with crack away
A song of love is a sad song. I love you.
Is all that I can say It's time for what's gone standin' over now It's just time for what's gone standin' over now It's just time for what's gone standin' over now It was just one of those things
Just one of those crazy flings. One of those bells of now and then rings. Just one of those things. Dark, salt, Louisiana, and rye. No fooling, we all is happy. Get going, Louisiana, hey, right? No use for calling the roll. Oh, my God.
And you'll find happiness without an end Whenever you pretend
Saturday afternoon before the day. On a Saturday afternoon before the football game. And the crowds are pouring in from everywhere. There's an alma mater, I can have a feeling in the air. She wears red feathers and a fully holy skirt. She wears red feathers and a fully holy skirt.
She lives on just coking nuts and fish around the sea A rose in her hair A gleaming her eyes and loving her heart for me Oh, we ain't got a barrel of money Maybe we're ragged and funny But we'll travel alone Singing a song side by side Well, we can
I worry and wonder Your lips may be near But where is your heart? Take my hand
I'm a stranger in paradise Tell me a story, tell me a story Tell me a story, remember what you said You promised me you said you would You got to give in so I'll be good Tell me a story, then I'll go to bed When the moon hits your eye Like a bigger pizza pie That's the morning
When the world seems to shine like you've had too much wine at some order. A clown with the stamp falling down or the dance. That's a dream of romance or the scene where the villain is mean. That's entertainment. Take me back to the black hills. The black hills are Dakota.
to the beautiful Indian country that I love. How much is that dog in the window?
when the red red oven comes by by by along along there'll be no more sobbing when he starts driving his old song
There we go. What a great bunch of songs they were too, isn't it? One of my very favourite melodies and songs of the 1950s of any era is the whenever we kiss. I worry in one day. The song from Moulin Rouge, which if you see the original movie from the 1950s and it's sung with a completely set of lyrics and they are the most haunting lyrics much better than the lyrics we've just heard. It's sung as the song, it's April again. I didn't know.
And love is aligning the banks of the same because it's April again. It's our 17th year and you're still all mine and it's April again. It's wonderful song. I love the orchestration in it. The way the music, I don't quite know how to explain it, but the way it starts on one sort of note and rises, but it doesn't swelling. Yeah, the swelling as it goes up the scale is just beautiful. It's just beautiful. Do yourself a favor.
Though I can't imagine Molly Melodram recommending, you see, Josh Agabore singing a table again in the 1950s. What year was it? See, how do we get to the crux? Do you want to have a guess? I'll say it's early 50s because, you know, I'm dogging the window on that. Yeah. Ah, 50.
51. Yeah, very close. Yeah, 53. 53. So you're certainly in the right ballpark. Yeah, very good. The first 10 people to correctly guess were John of Packingham. Well done to you. First cab off the rank. Followed very quickly after that by Chris of Adelaide, who also got the Kevin's mystery voice. He's on fire tonight. Chris is on a roll.
Evelyn of Ivanhoe, Kevin of Q, Edward of Correo, Karen of Altona Meadows, Leanne of Mindyup, Janet from New Gizban, Richie from St. Albans. Excuse me. And Ashley from East Doncaster with the first ten. I hope none of these people would actually think of going, because they're three-eyed early listeners, they wouldn't actually go into the internet and looking those songs up, would they?
Well, you wouldn't have that happen at all, because that would be foul and despicable. It would be horrible. And no true listener of remember when would stoop so low. Thank you. Because we bring a pure sense to radio. Yes. A higher moral standard, I like to think. That's exactly right. The commercial radio usually puts forth. That's right. We're not Kyle and Jackie here. Oh, no. None of you are Mark, Mark. Yeah, exactly.
You've got to drop a lot of balls soon. That was last week. They dropped 50,000 balls or whatever. I don't know how many it was. 100 balls on a tennis court from helicopter and each one had a prize inside. Could you imagine Tom Elliott doing that or just the thought of it?
Oh, we had that book for next week. Never mind. At the big bash cricket, we were going to do something similar. Never mind. But look, if people did do that, cheat, I don't think they would make the top 10.
No, no, they wouldn't be among the first 10 because we have probably, for early 50s, we probably have about 60 or so people would text us their answer. And mostly, most people are correct too. If you look on the other side of the page here, there's a lot of people who have guessed that. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah, everybody. Oh, no, one, one.
Michelle's wrong, 57. No, it's earlier than that, isn't it? Yes. Moving out of the right. Yeah, they do an amazing, amazing job. There was... I was going to make a point, but I think I'm boring myself now, so we'll just move on, shall we? And get to a break and then to calls? Good idea. All right, let's do that.
We are taking your calls on Remember When on 1-3-693. Andrew, who's first? First up, it is. He says, looking to his left, looking to his right. It's Des from Mount Waverly. Hello, Des. Hi, Andrew and Simon. You want to hear a story about sleeping on the veranda? Yes, please. My father was born in 1917, and his father died. When my father was 10, his father died.
In order to make a living, his mother opened a boarding house in La Trobe Street, Melbourne. She and his mother and his sister shared a bedroom, but because it was a boarding house, they couldn't spare a bedroom for my father, who slept on the upstairs veranda for the next 15 years in summer.
winter, autumn and spring. It's like there for 15 years until we were married at the age of 25.
I just a couple of questions. I don't know if you know the answers, but this. Did he have some sort of blind or canvas blind or anything to protect him from the severe elements? Probably not, Andrew. Oh, dear. Wouldn't imagine there'd be anything that fancy. Oh, see, my kids today, if the internet drops out, they think that their life is over. And it's... I'm not saying anything bad about the current generation, but they just don't know. Like, I don't know. I'm 53, but...
That, to me, is just astonishing. I couldn't imagine that happening in my lifetime. So... But my parents, just, as a matter of course, said, Andrew, you know, sleep, summertime. How about you just go on the back veranda? And that was sort of it. I wasn't sort of given as an option to me. It was just like, that's it. And as it happened, I liked it. Yes.
until it burnt down so I didn't do it after that I never did it again. But that from days 15 years sleeping on the veranda because you had to in order for your family to make the money to survive, like that's just next level for someone from our time.
And there's, let me tell you, it's virtually the same story in my family, my grandmother, started a boarding house of marine parrots and gilder during tough times. And then it was, at one stage, she had up to 18 borders crammed into that house. You'd never get passed by health and safety now. They had no sprinkler system or anything, but there they were. And that's how she survived.
Yes. Well, that's what it was a matter of start. Yeah, sure. Well, that's an amazing story, Des. A great one to start off the hour. Thank you so much for that.
Okay, good. That's the show. Good on you. Very kind. Thank you. Nicole's in Glenroy. Hi, Nicole. Hi, Simon. How are you? Yeah, good. Thank you. That's good. I can say so. I was one of those 10 people that Googled because I'm 52 and my dad was born in the 50s. So some of those songs I sort of knew because of my nan, but not because... Yes.
I was way before March on, so I didn't like to talk to him. But anyway... Nicole, isn't it good, Nicole, that you cleansed your soul and confessed it on air like that? Yes. Absolutely. I'm proud to tell you that I cheated. Is it not... Nicole, is that why you said hello to me, but not Andrew, because he had effectively labelled you as scum. Oh, no! I think she would have.
But I'm proud to be scum because, you know, I'm your, I'm not listening to you so every week, but, you know, I'm going to take your cards. I mean, you're for your special good. Well, they're collectible now because they're completely and utterly gone. All of my merchandise is now gone. I've got to come up with something for the next year now. So, yes, you can put those on eBay and you'll probably get about half what they actually cost me to make them.
Now, you were going to say something about sleeping on the verand in the car? It was. I grew up in a small town called Robinville, which will probably be about 50 degrees tomorrow when we have 41. And we didn't have air conditioning there. And if you could even imagine this, and I sometimes think back to it myself personally, our hot water and our cooking was all done on a combustion stove in our community.
I used to play in the backyard on my mum's banana lounge, which sort of, I don't know, like it's quite sweet and you went backwards and you'd end up like almost wrapped up in the house. Yes. I just kept free yellow and it was this weird plastic. Yes. I know the exact same banana lounge. And you'd fold, as a kid, you'd fold both ends up and make a triangle and hide in it like it was a little cubby house.
Yeah, pretty much. That was what I put on in the backyard, absolutely. And the backyard was almost like water of an acre.
Yeah. Oh, that's lovely. No, thank you. Thanks for calling in. Wonderful. Good on you, Nicole. Thank you for that. Leanne, Karen, Bob and Ken, hang on. We'll take a break and come straight back for your calls. OK, it is. Remember when it is 25 to 12? We want your calls. We're talking about sleeping on the back of a rounder or out in the backyard. Yes. On hot summer nights. You've got one? I don't know if you've actually got one coming up.
What happened to my voice then? You've just got a little excited. Calm down, Andrew. I know, I just relax. Breathe deeply. I've got it more often. Joanne says, pace, pace. Anyway, I think you're just enjoying a bit too much the fact that Coronavoy is not here to control things. Oh, Denny, we love you.
All right, we're talking about moving on with course, because we've got, they've been waiting people. Um, Leanne's in Bunnip. Mignip. Mignip, thank you. Hello, Leanne. Well, let's close it off. Well, I always say the Bunnip, uh, made it with the minions and then you get Mignip. That's one. That's the theory. Yeah. Um, a couple of things. Um, I'd like to point out that
I don't recall that Simon Townes in a meme song. No. It was different. It was Simon Townes. Yes. So Kevin Miss Spoker, I guess a little there, he did say that that was the theme. But no, what that was was Simon Townes' end appearing on another show singing the song Simple Simon Says.
Yeah, so, but he did say it was the theme to Wonderworld. It wasn't, but it was Simon Tiansen singing. But yes, you're right. Johnny LaPicolo, Johnson Peters was the one who sang the Wonderworld theme. And there was another version done by a female. And another thing too, like, well, I've slept in Australia's backyard. I did an outward bound, never clicked on a port because we didn't have one. But I did an outward bound camp, which slept under a piece of plastic and four twigs.
a piece of plastic and four twists. That's pretty basic. Whereabouts was it? Alongside on the Marambebe River in the ACT. Wow. Was it cold? No, it was summer months because, yeah, it was summer months. It was lovely. We did a pack of paddles. We couldn't eat clock food for 10 days because there's pine forest there, so that was fun. Oh, yes, of course, you've no fires.
Yeah, yeah, but the experience was amazing. It was an amazing trip, but a lot of walking with backpacks. Even if you're under a bit of plastic and four sticks, it still was pretty good. Yeah, it was good. It was good. And 1981, a very memorable year for me, left school, loved all the music. And my dad was in the similar and
same music as myself. We liked a lot of the same music. So he was cranking it on Saturday. It was great. The son of my father, Keith McLaren, cranking it on a Saturday is hysterical. He was modern and hip if you like to say music as his kids. Oh, yeah. Well, he's only 21 years older than me, but he was in the, you know, he brought the police back from England. He bought Billy Field. He bought Kim Carnes.
East by Cole Chisel, but well before Grace Jones, you know, I mean, in a circle, way before Bad Boys came out. Yeah. Yeah. That's where I get my knowledge from, it's from my dad, because he played music that I learned to hear and understand. But yeah, 1981, 1982 was fantastic. Dad and I were in the same music.
Yeah, beautiful. Good on you, Leanne. Thank you for that. Good call. Appreciate it. Karen's in Eltona Meadows. Hi, Karen. Oh, you there, Karen. Karen. Karen, me darling. Buzzers back, Karen. We've lost you there. Might have dozed off. That does happen to Karen sometimes. Bob's in Koolaroo. Hi, Bob. Good evening, gentlemen. I can remember, years ago, we used to own a property, a place called Hagegett. And the house,
was on the top of a hill. It was one of the highest places in the town. So I had to get up and water of a night time during the summer because it was the only way we could get new decent water pressure. So this particular night, I'm out there watering and this big light comes on to me. You wouldn't have to know the owner of this place, says the light. Little me says, of course I do. I know he very well.
happened to be me, that it was the local constable. He'd actually had a tip off that there was somebody prowling round my place, and it was actually me watering trees. But apart from that, when I used to finish that little job, I had one of those freestanding hammocks, and I used to have that set up on the front veranda.
They just got the pillow on their street and put the pillow down on the street over the top of you. Don't asleep quite comfortably woke up in the morning. The sun was just getting up. There was a lovely way to spend a few nights on holiday. I can imagine when you're stuck as a bucket of rug. I can imagine Bob.
Unfortunately, some gone to a more bugs than right. Yeah, that's the problem, isn't it? Yes, that does happen. Lovely. It's just real sort of old Australia. I don't know if people do it at all now. No, I don't think so. Bob, can I ask with the hammock that you slept in? Was it like a string hammock or was it like a cloth one? No, the cloth one. The cloth one, OK, because otherwise you'd wake up looking like a bag of oranges.
as long as they didn't zip up the two ends. It was quite nice that we'd lie there and just watch the stars in the sky and the moon go across at night time. Because you were a city person most of the time living indoors, you don't appreciate those sort of things. They're just totally different to what the kids are used to today.
Yeah, so true. I was raised as a city kid and I couldn't believe it. It wasn't until I was about 16 that I actually noticed there are lots of stars in the sky. I was walking through a street down the main street of Clunes, Fraser Street. I think it is in Clunes, one starry night and way back when and I just looked up at one
Wow, how long has that been there? Almost a thousand, it's incredible the brightness. I stayed, we had a schoolmate of mine, his parents had a farm out at Tagatee on the other side of the black spur and we stayed out there and of course you don't have all that light interference from the city lights and yes, going outside in the dark at Tagatee and looking up on a clear night, it was astonishing. It was beautiful.
Yeah, we really don't see enough of it. We all should be living in country towns like Tackity and Cliffs. But then it was people, let's go. Then we'd ruin it, because we'd all have our lives on it. You wouldn't see a thing. But you'd just get the glow of all of our mobile phones. Not quite the same. Good on you, Bob. Karen's in Sunshine. Hi, Karen. I mean, Eltona Mido's. Hi, Karen. Hi, Simon and Andrew. And you're named for people of course, and you're supposed to be up here in Victoria.
Well, my mum and dad were... Well, mum was, I think, Methodist or Presbyterian. I can never remember which one. I think my dad may have been Catholic originally, but I think he changed to marry mum. I'm not sure. I used to go to Sunday school and my middle name is a religious name as well. It's somewhere in the Bible, ideal or a deal it probably is.
What about you, Andy? Yes, pretty much the same year as Presbyterian and went to Sunday School and all that, yes. Very much a part of growing up at the time. Why do you ask, Karen? You feel okay? Yeah, it feels just taking a little break. He'll hopefully be back in a couple of weeks, yes. It's very significant at dawn. I was young, terrified of the dark, and I was pretty desperate for anything.
No, it never had a chance. It was all done in three sets and over by 10.30. It was very quick. That could have gone either way yesterday. Absolutely. But it's over for another year, Karen.
But you'll keep us up to date with Wimbledon and all of that, won't you? No, I didn't. That's great. I sort of thought that, but the spirit was there. That's the main thing. Yes, I didn't quite catch that last bit because that notorious phone line of Karen's. One of these days. Thank you, Karen. Kind of a bit of call. A break. A couple more calls, then we'll find out what Tony McManus has coming up on Australia overnight.
And at 12 to 12, we're talking to Ken and Peran. Hello, Ken. Good evening. So I'm in an Andrew. I can remember this house had a, a, a, a, a stranger under the one stage.
I never slept out there, but I believe my great uncle and my uncle did at one stage. Yeah, I can believe it. But the veranda's missing now, is it? Yeah, in the 1960s, my mother had to knock down and put all the room there. That often happened, wasn't it? Yeah, extending the house. And that veranda I talked about, which eventually burnt down,
My parents, when they replaced it, filled it in and had glass louvers. Remember those things you operated? There were little sheets of glass here. A little sheets of glass here. A lot of them, and you could operate them with a side lever. A little lever inside the houses. But of course, there was always a draft because they were never perfectly sealed. They were hideous ideas. No, awful. So true. Awful. Thank you, Ken. Warren's in Rosewood. Hi, Warren. Good evening, Andrew and Simon.
I'm just referring back to a previous call about his dad born in 1912, which was a year in my dad was born, and he slept on a front veranda. Little house is still there, George Street, north corefield, guess 12, or on crescent, second on the left, and all he had to protect him was a canvas blind, but it was open at either end. He was the youngest at seven, as I think I just said. I just saw it in, he was off to work,
in the ranch right in Flinders line. And then after that, up to Omeo, working for his brother as a chippy, trainee, probably apprentice, building the local pub up there. And all his money was seen home to his mum. So I think Simon mentioned how the younger generation don't quite know what it was like making those days. Because as he grew up, the depression was kicking in.
Yeah, it's a story of so many Australians and that era. It's interesting to hear. I don't mean to be disrespectful, but I've heard that story so many times. It was tough. It was just tough out there. I find it. I feel awful that I have no connection with such things because it was by the time my childhood came along, life was a bunch of roses. Same here.
So, wow, what people went through. Thank you, Warren. Let's quickly chat to Barb from the store before Tony McManus joins us. G'day, Barb. Hello, Simon and Andrew. I was taken to Horsham Hospital when I was about 10 in the 1940s, and my ward was out on the Frander.
And I was when the polio scare was around and I was a polio suspect and I had to be out there on my own. I think I was about eight or ten and I was absolutely scared to do it.
I could only stay there for a couple of days and they had to find another place for me because they just had the canvas blinds and a lot of the wards were out on the veranda in those days. I know it was years ago but I'm sorry for a little barb of horse him all those years ago and it would be very scary for you. I'm still here. Lovely story, Barb. It made you tough, Barb, didn't it?
That's right. That's how things have joined. Absolutely is. Thank you, Bob. Wonderful call. Every call has just been magnificent. Yeah, thank you for them. And now to cap it all off, Tony McManus joins us today, Tony. It's downhill from here.
No, the legend that walks is in the studio. That's what I said to Simon just only ten minutes ago during the last ad break. How soon before he gets in? You said hold your excitement, Andrew. That's it. I remember it's a workplace. You're a friend and not a fan.
That's very funny. Andrew, I'll bet you, because you're still very fashionable. Do you recall where you would have gone to buy a suit in Melbourne, where you would have bought a really smart shirt? In the day. Oh, depending on what, not Roger David. He wouldn't go there. War drops? Oh, no, that's a good one. The clothes for the modern man.
It's for the model. Or maybe you look and dressy if you wear Fred Hesse. There you go. I reckon you may have been Peter Jackson. Oh, that's it. That's what I was trying to think of.
Not sighs, but Peter Jackson. Peter Jackson and sighs. The reason I mentioned that is PJ was we lost him a couple of years ago. A bit longer than that really in 2008, but he would have been having a birthday. Of course, started off as a hairdresser. And then of course, that brand became synonymous with clothing all around Melbourne, particularly Melbourne.
He used to do a lot of his own ads too. Do you remember? With that little jingle, Peter Jackson. That's the one. That's the one. And I don't remember him doing it, but don't you love people that do their own ads?
And can't force over guys out of a few bobs. That's right. Come on. That's it. Fantastic. Go on, ring us. So anyway, we're going to talk about fashion. And we were just chatting next doors to what we might do because the Bee Gees are being in the news for all great reasons, by the way. But it just occurred to me how many people have actually ever recorded songs or they've written songs for other people. And I reckon that list wouldn't be extensive. Yeah. Instantly think of Barbara.
But there've been many, many others. I think Paul and John have written a few, in their early days, especially right a few for others, didn't they? Specifically for, you know, the Beatles. No, I was talking about the Bee Gees. No, but I... Oh, yeah, you've got others, yes. Well, other people recorded, certainly recorded a lot of the... And I think some of them were specifically written for other people. All that coming up the other side of the midnight look forward to your company, guys. Thank you. I love this band.
Each Sunday with you as friend of friend I'm sorry through I'm telling you just how I feel I hope you feel that way too Let's make a day for next Sunday night
I'm here to stay. It will be my delight to sing again, bring again the things you want me to. I love to spend each Sunday with you.
Good night, good night, until we meet again. Adios, or a walk, I'll be the same, children, and though it's always sweet sorrow.
You know you'll always remain in my heart. Good night, sleep tight, and there's a dream to you. Here's a wish and a prayer that every dream comes true. And now, till we meet again. Body else, or a walk, I'll meet a day.
Well, that was it. Time to, uh, pull up the, well, put the socks back on. Yes. You'll be pleased that I'm doing that. Because you've knocked our socks off tonight, Andrew.
Oh boy, that's why he's a king, I tell you. I love your sign. And I will see you well now, see you. Yes. We don't know when, who knows when, who knows where. Yes, exactly. But it doesn't matter. Love it will be with you tonight. It's been good fun. And you were right earlier, here's the message text that came through from Michael. When the music montage first started, I will confess, I googled a few times. Then I realized I was lying to myself and never did it again. It's much more satisfying to make the top 10 with your real knowledge. Good on your mind.
Michael, you're well done, Michael. You've put the devil to the side and you've stepped up. Thank you, Ben, for all you've done. We'll be back next week, I guess.
Good night!
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