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A new podcast is finally here!

This time we tackle the topic of movies we’ve actually seen that maybe you haven’t. Or maybe you have, you prolific cine-buffs. But if you have, of course that means you’re cooler than all the other listeners. So listen to the new episode of Favourite Five to find out if you’re as cool as you think you are. And then email us at podcast@favouritefive.com to let us know (because letting someone know you’re cool is step 2 on the cool ladder, right after listening to us, and right before quoting lines from the Voltron 80′s television cartoon). There’s a link dump  after the cut, to help with some of our obscure movie references

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Hi Fivers! You may remember back to our 2020 Summit podcast a few weeks ago, where we suggested our favourite five ways that Australia could be improved. Well, its been a bit of a case of life imitating art this week (albeit, I have been told before that calling what we do ‘art’ does kind of ruin Da Vinchi, and Monet and Bill Henson and Jim Henson and stuff, so I figure its better calling it (f)art).

On Sunday I awoke to the news that Prime Minister Kevin Rudd had told some of his staffer to “get fucked”. This is exactly the advice that Brad gave as part of his Favourite Fives. Not only that, it appears Lindsay Tanner, the Finance Minister, has also been listening to us, because when Kevin Rudd told people to [go and] “get fucked” he was amused by it, much like how we giggled we Brad said it.

Then, later in the week I found out that the government had put a new citizenship test into action, without Don Bradman. This is exactly what I said we should do! No word yet on whether the questions about Malcolm being the best Aussie film of all time or 10 slang terms for breasts made the cut, although I do understand Boonie’s tinnie drinking record is now part of the quiz.

And one of Dan’s suggestions was to have more access to alcohol, so he could get more pissed more betterer and more fasterer. Now, not that we condone his behaviour, but it appears that Carlton’s Brendan Fevola may have taken this advice a little too close to heart. It is a comedy podcast after all, Brendan.

So thanks to all the power players, celebrities and ordinary lovely people that listen. We’ll be back really early next week with another podcast (apologies, this week has been a little crazy, what with the… um, stuff… that has been really.. um.. yeah, no I fucked up and didn’t organise my week properly. New podcast should be up Tuesdayish).

All the best,
Jonathan

p.s. go Saints.

To celebrate our quarter century, we present our first ever podcast recorded in front of a studio audience. From listening to it back while editing, it appears as though we also did it in front of some kind of mystical keg of wonderjuice that we (and our lovely audience) were suckling throughout the evening. Some of that mystical keg was supplied by good friend and professional comedian (compared to us), Rob Lloyd (previously available in ‘The Crew’, as seen on Thank God You’re Here, and Melbourne Comedy Festival shows such as Hound of the Baskervilles and Every Film Ever Made). Check him at out http://www.myspace.com/futurerobby . Also, special thanks to our other audience members, DC, Mel and Bron (get websites and biographies). Enjoy!

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