- 8/14/2024
w/ Cameron James, Jenny Tian, Tim Minchin
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00:00CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
00:02Good evening, bonsoir and buenos noches.
00:05Come one, come all for another exciting instalment
00:08of Guy Montgomery's Gaiman Spelling Bee!
00:11CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
00:13And until next time, bye for now.
00:15Cheers.
00:31This is Australia's most popular
00:34and indeed only comedy panel show about spelling.
00:38And tonight we will continue to follow the formula
00:40that has brought us this far.
00:42I'm your host, Guy Montgomery,
00:43and to my left I have four outstanding comedians
00:46sheepishly standing behind their podiums
00:48as they wait to stare down a variety of both straightforward
00:51and needlessly elaborate spelling challenges.
00:54All with the intent of winning this!
00:57An express pass to defend their spelling crown
01:00in next week's episode!
01:02Whoa!
01:03Wow.
01:04Just as importantly, though,
01:06we will be monitoring our speller who is doing the worst.
01:09And at the end of the episode,
01:11acknowledge their disastrous efforts
01:13by banishing them to the dunces' corner
01:15to wear the dunces' hats.
01:20And with the administration taken care of,
01:22let's meet the contestants.
01:24Please welcome Cameron James!
01:27Jimmy Chen!
01:30Tim Minchin!
01:32And the best speller on Australian soil,
01:35it's Nazeem Hussain!
01:39And now, if I might make a suggestion,
01:42let's get spelling!
01:48Death, taxes and the spelling round.
01:51Three of life's great inevitabilities.
01:55In this round, the focus is squarely on spelling,
01:58as opposed to spelling on squarely,
02:00which could easily be done by saying O-N-S-Q-U-A-R-E-L-Y.
02:05I have before me three different vessels,
02:09each brimming with different words.
02:11Words found here in the Coward's Cup
02:13are what I consider very easy to spell.
02:15Worth one point.
02:16Words found here in the person's purse
02:18are words that most people know how to spell
02:20but some people don't know how to spell.
02:22Which side of the ledger do you fall on?
02:24Pick one and find out.
02:26These words are worth two points.
02:29And finally, in this bucket, dear Liza,
02:31are some of the world's most challenging and infuriating words.
02:35This is why we call it the Bucket of Bravery.
02:38If you're feeling plucky and lucky
02:41and your spelling isn't sucky,
02:43you'll be rewarded with a handsome three points.
02:47And up first tonight, a podcasting maverick,
02:50a husband, a dog owner,
02:52someone who I've sunk piss with
02:54and yet remained a spelling enigma to me,
02:57it's Cameron James!
02:59CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
03:02Why, it says here, Cameron,
03:04a lot of your comedy focuses on the nostalgia
03:07of your time at high school.
03:09Yet from the shows I've seen,
03:10you seem very distracted while at school
03:12from your education by pursuing music and loose woman.
03:16How's that all working out for you?
03:20Well, that loose woman is now my wife.
03:22Thank you very much. Thank you.
03:24APPLAUSE
03:27Well, what are your memories of English at school?
03:29Did you like it? I think it was pretty good.
03:31I won a poetry contest in Year 6.
03:35Wow. Yes.
03:36We got told to write a poem about our feelings
03:39and I had just watched the movie Batman Forever...
03:43LAUGHTER
03:44..and I wrote a poem about Batman Forever.
03:47LAUGHTER
03:49What form did the poem take?
03:51I remember that the opening part was,
03:54by day they call him Bruce, by night he is the Bat.
03:57Whoa!
03:58Which is pretty good. Please keep going.
04:00And then after that...
04:02It's not that good, is it? No, it is.
04:05And then I think the next bit was,
04:07corralling all his villains, the Riddler, Penguin and the Cat.
04:11Ah, yeah, so it's a rhyming poem, yeah, yeah.
04:14One of the best types of poems. Yeah, I believe so.
04:16His codpiece was quite pointy, his pectoral's quite fat.
04:20LAUGHTER
04:22It's a good thing you weren't in Cam's English class.
04:25All this memory would be about another kid
04:27who was bitter at something that happened.
04:29LAUGHTER
04:32When you get to me, I'm going to tell you a story
04:34about winning a poetry prize in Year 5.
04:37It's absolutely true.
04:39Well, which receptacle would you like to spell from, Cam?
04:42I mean, it feels like you've got to go
04:44Do you reckon? Oh!
04:46All right, the Bucket of Bravery.
04:48Let's hear it for Cam James from the Bucket.
04:50APPLAUSE
04:52From the Bucket of Bravery, your word is...
04:57Now, remember, to help you on your spelling journey,
05:00you can ask for a language of origin,
05:02a definition or to hear the word in a sentence.
05:05Can I get a definition, please?
05:08To remove the moisture from something
05:10until it becomes completely dry.
05:12A bit like the time I wore a fedora on a first date.
05:15LAUGHTER
05:22OK, who was desiccated by your fedora?
05:26The date or what was left completely dry?
05:29I'm just lost.
05:30There's a lot of sentences in this show, Tim,
05:32and if we interrogate all of them...
05:34Can I interrogate one of the sentences in the whole show?
05:37I choose this one.
05:39LAUGHTER
05:41Well, I suppose...
05:43I made that **** dry.
05:45LAUGHTER
05:49I'm going to go for it.
05:51I'm going to stare it to the middle distance
05:53cos I don't know where to look.
05:55D-E-S-E-C-A-T-E-D
06:02That is incorrect.
06:05I'm so sorry.
06:06Desiccated is spelled D-E-S-I-C-C-A-T-E-D.
06:11I don't think so.
06:14Cam, I'm so sorry, no points awarded to you.
06:17And our second contestant is known to audiences
06:20across Australia from Taskmaster
06:22and also for her work on an up-and-coming platform
06:25called the Internet.
06:27It's Jenny Chang!
06:29CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
06:32Hiya, Jenny.
06:34Hi, Guy.
06:35You became of age after knowing how to spell was necessary.
06:39The question for you is, Jenny,
06:41was spelling taught when you were at school?
06:44LAUGHTER
06:47I mean, yes.
06:50Are you a confident speller?
06:52N-O.
06:54Spells yes, I reckon.
06:57Right into it with some spelling.
06:59Well, do you want to have a crack at a word?
07:01I think I identify as a person,
07:03the person's purse.
07:05Very well, the person's purse.
07:07And your word is synthetic.
07:10Oh, no!
07:12LAUGHTER
07:14Oh, no!
07:16OK, wait, could I get the definition, please?
07:19Something artificial that replicates something real,
07:22like a wig, AstroTurf or a stepdad.
07:25LAUGHTER
07:29Um, oh, my God!
07:31OK, wait.
07:32S-Y-N-T-H-E-A-T-I-C?
07:40That is correct!
07:41CHEERING
07:43This is the smartest moment of my life!
07:45Our next speller is best known for putting words to music,
07:49most likely to disguise his lack of confidence
07:51in how to pronounce them.
07:53He's the inspiration for the character Matilda
07:55in the musical Matilda.
07:57It's Tim Minchin!
07:59CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
08:02Hi, Guy.
08:03Hiya, Tim. Hi, Guy.
08:05I heard a story backstage that you wrote a phenomenal poem
08:08in Year 5.
08:09Yeah.
08:10So, yeah, I won a prize in Year 5, yeah,
08:14a year earlier than Cam's Batman poem.
08:17It was a poem about the Vietnam War.
08:20Yeah.
08:22It was really, really good.
08:24I don't think I'll perform any of it.
08:28Tim is not always kind to art.
08:30LAUGHTER
08:34Well, Tim, we've got three options here for you.
08:36Which would you like?
08:37I would have screwed up Cam's word, definitely.
08:39I had desiccated all wrong in my head.
08:41But I'm going to bucket of bravery
08:43just in case the next one's not as hard as desiccated,
08:46which has a totally unnecessary C.
08:48Give it up for Tim for going for the bucket.
08:50CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
08:53And from the bucket of bravery...
08:56..is irretrievable.
08:58Oh...
09:00LAUGHTER
09:02I'm going to need that in a sentence, please.
09:04After throwing the ball over the cliff's edge,
09:06Warren was devastated to report to his wife and kids
09:09that both the ball and the family dog were now...
09:12LAUGHTER
09:14..irretrievable.
09:18Can I please have a definition, Guy?
09:20Something that has gone forever,
09:22like your opportunity to choose an easier word.
09:25LAUGHTER
09:28OK, I-double-R-E-T-R-I-E-V-A-B-L-E.
09:35That is correct!
09:37CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
09:39Oh, I'm so brave!
09:41Well done, Tim.
09:43And, of course, it's the defending champion,
09:45a person who's as much a part of the show as myself, Aaron,
09:48or the hard-working crew here on Spelling Bee.
09:50It's Nazeem Hussain!
09:52CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
09:55Good to be back.
09:56I mean, man, it's been a tough couple of weeks,
09:59just people randomly stopping on the street
10:01and just trying to...just having random spell-offs.
10:04Pretty aggressive ones as well, so...
10:06Also, I've realised that the cheque, you can't...
10:08It's useless. You can't actually cash it in.
10:10But it just says on it that it's to get you to the next episode.
10:13Yeah, I found that out at the bank, actually, so...
10:16Which bank?
10:18Oh!
10:20The Commonwealth Bank.
10:22We're allowed to do ads on the ABC, aren't we?
10:24It's one of the main things they like.
10:28Well, Nazeem, which receptacle would you like to spell from?
10:31I'm a man of the person, so I'll go with the person's purse.
10:35OK.
10:36From the person's purse, your word is sherbet.
10:40OK. Sherbet.
10:42Well, define it.
10:44Something that you can give to kids at parties
10:46to make the clown's job almost impossible.
10:52Can you put it in a sentence?
10:54Sorry for the misunderstanding.
10:56Come on through, said the customs officer.
10:58As I reassured him, I was entering Australia
11:00with two kilograms of sherbet strapped to my chest.
11:04Strapped to my...
11:07Sherbet.
11:09Sherbet. Sherbet.
11:11S-H-E-R-B-E-R-T.
11:14That is incorrect.
11:16Sherbet is spelt S-H-E-R-B-E-T.
11:19Is it? Yes, it is.
11:22Sherbet is an American spell.
11:25Did we get told at the beginning that we're doing
11:27non-American spelling?
11:29Did you think you were going to be doing American spelling
11:31on this Australian show?
11:35You thought, I'd better not pack my U,
11:37cos these are American words.
11:40What a treat to see both how it's done
11:42and how it's not done.
11:44Accordingly, let's admire what all of this spelling
11:46has done to our scores.
11:48And as you can see, we've got Cam and Naz on zero points,
11:50Jenny on two, and out in front with the new lead,
11:52Tim on three points!
11:56We do not, however, have time to linger on the past.
11:59The show must continue apace, and not just at a trot,
12:01but at a canter.
12:03LAUGHTER
12:07Horses. You can lead them to water,
12:09you can look them in the mouth, you can flog them
12:11and hold them, heck, you can even build a whole round
12:13of spelling around them.
12:15For this is a round about horsing.
12:17Horsing around.
12:19Which, of course, means that it is a spelling round
12:22themed for one of Australia's favourite pastimes,
12:24giving money to a gambling corporation
12:26to make horses more exciting.
12:29And if we're going down the gallops,
12:31we'll need a man who knows his way around the track.
12:33Who better for the task than the Bronco Buster himself?
12:36Please welcome Aaron Che!
12:38CHEERING
12:44Hello, Guy Montgomery.
12:46Hey, Aaron. How you doing? You good?
12:49You want to hear a riddle?
12:54Sure, Aaron, I'll hear one of your riddles.
12:56What is something that you can ride?
13:01But they could never ride you.
13:05And it likes to eat hay...
13:09..but it can't say it.
13:16Is it a horse?
13:18Yep.
13:22That's pretty good.
13:25OK, as you can all see, beside Aaron there,
13:28we have four horses ready to race on our own little racetrack.
13:31Each horse's progress in the race will be decided by your spelling.
13:35I'll go down the line reading from a list of horse words.
13:38If you spell your horse word correctly,
13:40your horse will gallop down the track one place at a time.
13:43If you spell it incorrectly, your horse will remain stationary,
13:46perhaps with fearful thoughts about a trip to the knackery.
13:50First horse to finish will win four points,
13:53second three points, third two points,
13:55and last place one point.
13:57The horses aren't just racing, though.
13:59In this round, you also have the opportunity
14:01to gamble on any horse of your choosing.
14:04Isn't that right, Aaron?
14:06Yeah, Guy, but I don't know if I feel totally comfortable with this round.
14:09You don't agree with the ethics of horse racing?
14:11No, horse racing's actually so important.
14:16Because otherwise, how would we find out which horse is the fastest?
14:23What's got you so unsure about the round, Aaron?
14:25I'm not so happy with this green visor.
14:29That's an easy fix, isn't it?
14:31Yeah.
14:37Now, that's a visor.
14:41It sure is.
14:42So, each of you guys can bet on any horse you like.
14:46You can bet up to a maximum of five points,
14:48and you can bet five points even if you don't have five points.
14:52All of these horses, they paid two to one.
14:54Bets are on.
14:56Cam, the betting starts with you.
14:57Please tell Aaron what you're thinking.
14:59I'll put five points on...
15:03He's writing it down.
15:06Are you a bookie or something? What's your job?
15:09I'm drawing a picture.
15:16I'll put five on myself.
15:20Oh!
15:22I just feel very strongly that I can spell the word horse.
15:25Are they all going to be the word horse?
15:28That'd be amazing.
15:29The word horse over and over and over again.
15:32Moving along now to you, Jenny.
15:34Wait, so I'm allowed to bet on Cam, right?
15:36You can bet on Cam.
15:37OK, so, because Cam's really confident.
15:39Because if I was playing strategically,
15:41and I was like, I don't want anyone to bet on me,
15:43then I can just spell really badly, right?
15:46Yeah, you can spell badly if you wanted to.
15:48Wait, do I get negative points if I spell the words incorrectly?
15:51No.
15:52OK, so I can spell...
15:53But it's still an insane strategy.
15:56No, OK, guys, I'm going to put all my five points on Cam.
16:00OK.
16:01If you think you're going to spell badly,
16:03it's better to put it on someone else.
16:05Exactly.
16:06You need me not to spell better than Cam, though.
16:08But...
16:09Wait, if he comes second, he'll still get points, right?
16:12You need Cam to win the race.
16:13Oh, the whole thing. Oh, shit.
16:16We've locked in your bet, you've placed your bet,
16:19you put five points on Cam to win the race.
16:21Tim.
16:22I'm going to inherit Jenny's lack of confidence
16:25and not bet on Jenny.
16:28Smart choice.
16:29I'm going to bet two on me, two on Cam and one on Naz.
16:34OK, so you've split your points.
16:36Nazeem.
16:37I've actually never gambled, so this is going to be my first time,
16:40and I'm going to put five on Cam.
16:42Yes!
16:43Yes!
16:44Go, Cam!
16:45Here we go!
16:46Cam and Naze!
16:47Do it, Cam, do it!
16:48Let's race!
16:59Starting with you, Cam, your word is quinella.
17:02Don't...
17:04Can we help him out?
17:05No.
17:06No.
17:08Q-U-I-N...
17:10Go, Cam.
17:11E-L-L-A.
17:13Correct!
17:18Right, Jenny, your word is Mustang.
17:21M-U-S-T-A-N-G.
17:24Correct.
17:25Sally.
17:26Sally?
17:27Yeah, it was Mustang, your word is Sally.
17:30S-A-L-L-Y?
17:31That is correct.
17:32Great.
17:34Furlong.
17:35F-U-R-L-O-N...
17:38I'm really working against myself here.
17:40G.
17:41Correct!
17:42Yes!
17:43Oh, the instinct has felt correctly.
17:45Testicular torsion.
17:49You got this, Cam.
17:50All right, T-E-S-T-I-C-U-L-A-R.
17:56And torsion, quite simply, would be T-O...
18:02And then you throw an R in there.
18:06T-I-O-N?
18:07Incorrect.
18:09Maiden.
18:10M-A-I-D-E-N. Maiden.
18:13Correct.
18:14McLeod's Daughters.
18:19M-C-L-E-O-D-S-D-A-U-G-H-T-E-R?
18:26S?
18:28Oh, God.
18:29Correct.
18:30Gay Waterhouse.
18:33G-A-Y-W-A-T-E-R-H-A-U-S-E?
18:36Incorrect.
18:37Trojan.
18:38T-R-O-J-A-N.
18:41Correct.
18:42Bareback.
18:45B-A-R-E-B-A-C-K? Bareback?
18:51Correct.
18:52Cabriolet.
18:53No idea.
18:54C-A-B-R-I-O-L-E-T?
18:58That is correct.
19:01That's amazing.
19:02How?
19:03Clibberty Cloth.
19:07C-L-I-P-P-I-T-Y-C-L-O-P?
19:11Yeah.
19:12Correct.
19:14France.
19:15P-R-A-N-C-E.
19:17Correct.
19:18Blinker.
19:19B-L-I-N-K-E-R. Blinker.
19:23Correct.
19:24Laminitis.
19:28L-A-M-I-N-I-T-U-S.
19:31That is incorrect.
19:33Rare.
19:34R-A-R-E?
19:35Incorrect.
19:37O-A-T-S.
19:39Correct.
19:40Zebra.
19:41Z-E-B-R-A.
19:44That is correct.
19:45And Jenny's won the race.
19:50The scores after that race.
19:52Jenny winning, you get four points.
19:54Cam in second gets three.
19:55Tim in third gets two points.
19:57And Nazeem in last place gets a singular point.
20:00But, as we all know, this race isn't just about how the horse is finished.
20:05It's also about how you bit your points.
20:07So, Aaron...
20:09Oh, no!
20:14How did they do?
20:18I think we can all agree that they weren't good.
20:23So, you got 20 bonus points then, Aaron.
20:25What are you going to do with those?
20:27I'm going to buy a new visor.
20:31Incredible to see how the other half live.
20:35Well, with that in the can, it's now time for tonight's mini-game.
20:39And for this one, I'm going to need some help from the crew.
20:46Obviously, we couldn't make this show
20:48were it not for all the dedicated and hard-working people behind the scenes.
20:52From the camera operators, sound recorders, vision mixers and make-up artists,
20:56it takes a village to get anything off the ground.
20:59They are just as, if not more important than the talent.
21:02And before the show tonight,
21:04I made a special point of introducing all four of you to our production runner,
21:08using both her first and last name.
21:12And now, I would like to reintroduce her to all of you.
21:18Give her a round of applause!
21:25In this mini-game, you will each have to remember
21:27and then correctly spell this crew member's name.
21:30Can't imagine you'll find this too difficult.
21:32I told all of you her name less than 30 minutes ago.
21:37Alright, you've got 30 seconds to defend your honour.
21:41And in the meantime, we're going to take a quick word from our sponsors.
21:45This episode of Spelling Bee is brought to you by...
21:51The four-wheel drive of punctuation.
21:55Half colon, half comma, all purpose.
21:59Want to make a list in a new sentence,
22:01but one of the items on the list requires its own comma?
22:03It's a semicolon you're after.
22:06Feeling the urge to blindly throw a piece of punctuation into a sentence
22:10and hope it works?
22:11You can't go wrong with a semicolon.
22:16You don't know exactly how to use it, but neither does anyone else.
22:24And now, let's find out which of these high-flying comedians
22:27are also awful people.
22:31Starting with you, Kev.
22:33I hate this.
22:35I remember you walked into the room and you said,
22:38this is the wonderful, and then you said the name.
22:41And in my memory, it was, this is the wonderful Ezra.
22:45So the name is the wonderful Ezra.
22:49Feeling good about that?
22:50That's what I remember.
22:52It's a noble guess.
22:53We'll take a look at what Ginny's done.
22:54I would just like to defend us and say we met so many people today
22:57and there were a lot of names that were thrown around
22:59and we are good people and we do remember people.
23:02So I think I remember...
23:04Sandy, just give the name.
23:07I think it was Dana or Sasha, so I've decided to go...
23:11Or Ezra.
23:12Or Ezra.
23:13And I've decided to just take a punt and go on Sasha.
23:16And I definitely don't know your last name,
23:18so I just looked visually at what you were wearing,
23:20so I've gone with Sasha Pufferjacket.
23:24A wonderful person you are.
23:27Thank you. Thank you so much.
23:29Thank you very much, Ginny.
23:30I thought it was like Nes or Ness or something,
23:33and I guessed you're Serena.
23:35Ness Testicular Torsion.
23:39Spelled correctly, mind you.
23:41And Nazeem, what have you got?
23:43I just want to say, like, before the show, like, as you know,
23:46I just received some horrible news about...
23:49Oh!
23:51Yeah, we just bought a new car and the muffler has just...
23:54It's fallen out, so...
23:55But anyway, I'm pretty certain you've introduced yourself
23:58as Lee Sales.
24:01All right, so could we get all the guesses up, please,
24:03to have a look?
24:04We have the wonderful Ezra,
24:07Sasha Pufferjacket,
24:09Ness Testicular Torsion
24:12and Lee Sales.
24:14Would you please remind them of your name?
24:16It is Ez-way-good.
24:18Oh!
24:19Give it up, everyone, for Ez-way-good!
24:23I mean, for me, it's not about the name,
24:25it's about the essence and the spirit that you exude,
24:27and you...
24:28Like, we were talking about you backstage,
24:30about what an amazing job you've done.
24:32I mean, let's remember that Naze has been on three episodes
24:34of the show.
24:38Shocking round of Spell the Crew Member's Name.
24:40This is both an indictment on you all as human beings
24:43and also on Ez-way-good for failing to make an impression on you.
24:48Speaking of impressions, it's time for Impressions.
24:55Impressions.
24:56The only thing I love more than watching people doing impressions
24:59is watching other people kissing my wife.
25:04And that right there was an impression of a cuck.
25:10All right, back to being regular Guy Montgomery.
25:15We're only three episodes into this show,
25:17but I'm already getting a lot of flak from the contestants
25:19who are complaining that they're performers, not spellers.
25:22Well, this round will be the judge of that.
25:25In this round, you'll each be shown a picture
25:28of a celebrity or public figure.
25:30Your job will be to correctly spell their name
25:32whilst simultaneously doing an impression of that person.
25:36Oh, my God!
25:39For each word, two points can be awarded.
25:42One for the correct spelling
25:43and one for doing an accurate impression.
25:45Oh, my God.
25:46Here to assist me for this round is,
25:48and I honestly cannot believe we've secured him,
25:50star of Wedding Crashers, Marley and Me
25:52and the voice of Lightning McQueen, it's Owen Wilson!
26:04Wow!
26:08Owen, I'm honestly in awe, man. I'm such a huge fan.
26:10I loved you in Shanghai Nights.
26:13I've always wanted to know, what was it like...
26:15Hey, wait a minute.
26:18Aaron?!
26:21That's right, Guy.
26:23What I just did was an impression.
26:29It sure was.
26:32Well, it's very clear both Aaron and myself
26:35are master impressionists.
26:37But what about our contestants?
26:39Let's find out.
26:40When it is your turn, Aaron will reveal your public figure.
26:43You may not ask for definitions or sentences,
26:45but you may ask for some assistance getting into character.
26:48You will each get two goes at spelling and impersonating,
26:52and, Nazeem, you're up first.
26:55Aaron, please reveal Nazeem's public figure.
26:59Oh!
27:01It's the Governator himself.
27:03Your word to spell is Arnold Schwarzenegger.
27:06OK, so what can Aaron do?
27:08He can do an Owen Wilson impression.
27:10LAUGHTER
27:12OK, so I need to spell Arnold.
27:15OK, R-R-A-R-N-O-L-D...
27:23LAUGHTER
27:25Good, good.
27:27S-C-H-A-R-N-E-G-G-A-R.
27:37Very good.
27:40That is...incorrect.
27:43LAUGHTER
27:46And I tell you, I wasn't going to give you a point for the impression,
27:49but you turned it around just there with that one.
27:51One point for Nazeem.
27:53APPLAUSE
27:56OK, Tim, are you ready to see who you'll be doing an impression of?
27:59This is my worst nightmare.
28:01LAUGHTER
28:02Yes, impressions, this is my bag.
28:06Oh!
28:08Everyone knows and loves The Nanny,
28:10but did you know that The Nanny was just a character
28:13played by an actor...
28:15LAUGHTER
28:17..who was getting paid millions of dollars to read some lines?
28:20That actor, and your word, is Fran Drescher.
28:24OK.
28:25HE LAUGHS
28:27LAUGHTER
28:31Fran Drescher.
28:33F-R-A-N-D-R-E-S-C-H-E-R.
28:40LAUGHTER
28:41That is correct.
28:43APPLAUSE
28:45However, in spite of your remarkable effort,
28:47I cannot award that impression.
28:49Oh, come on!
28:51I'm not going to change your mind, cos you are me.
28:53I'm judge, jury and executioner,
28:55and that was not even anyone from America.
28:57That was...
28:59That was just a man in free fall.
29:01LAUGHTER
29:03All right, Jenny, you're up next.
29:05How are you feeling?
29:06Not good.
29:08Well, let's see if we can change that.
29:11LAUGHTER
29:15He's the beloved action superstar,
29:17as seen in many movies released before you were born.
29:20It's Sylvester Stallone.
29:22Yeah, OK, I'll take a prompt, please.
29:25Mr Stallone, for anyone watching who may be too young to remember,
29:29please name one movie you were in.
29:31LAUGHTER
29:33I was in Rocky.
29:35LAUGHTER
29:36That's the right movie.
29:37He talks like, I am a Rocky.
29:40LAUGHTER
29:41No, no, no, no, no, no.
29:43You think he says, I am a Rocky.
29:45I...
29:47I am a champion.
29:49LAUGHTER
29:51It's like you're doing an impression of Rocky watching Borat.
29:55Yeah.
29:56OK, so...
29:58S-A-S-Y...
30:01Yeah.
30:02L-O-V-E...
30:07S-T-A-R...
30:12S-T...
30:14Oh, T!
30:15Yeah.
30:16A-L-L-O-N-E.
30:24That is incorrect.
30:26LAUGHTER
30:28You were so close.
30:30It's an A-R, right?
30:32Sylvester is spelled S-Y-L-V-E-S-T-E-R.
30:36You nailed Stallone.
30:38The impression, I could take a leave.
30:41It was so uncanny.
30:43If I close my eyes, I'm like,
30:45why is Stallone misspelling his own name?
30:48Thank you so much.
30:50OK, Cam.
30:52You had a lot of fun watching Jenny.
30:54All my chickens are coming home to roost.
30:57Well, let's find out.
31:00Oh!
31:03Ursula, you could do her.
31:06She's an alumni of this show
31:08and an esteemed pair of everyone on the panel this evening
31:11and someone you would not want to get on the wrong side of
31:14by disrespecting on national television.
31:16LAUGHTER
31:18Your word is Ursula Carlson.
31:20Yeah, make fun of a gay foreigner.
31:22LAUGHTER
31:25All right, so she's South African.
31:27Yeah.
31:28So it's like...
31:31It's sort of like, hello, I'm from South Africa.
31:35LAUGHTER
31:37OK, I'm in there, I'm in character now.
31:39My name is Ursula Carlson.
31:41LAUGHTER
31:43U-R-Z for zebra.
31:46LAUGHTER
31:48I. Couple of Ls.
31:51And then A.
31:52And then let's move on to my surname,
31:55which starts with a C.
31:57A-R.
32:00L-S-O-N.
32:03That is incorrect.
32:05Shut up! How is it?
32:07Ursula, it starts with one L.
32:09U-R-Z-I-L-A.
32:12Those couple of Ls you threw in so casually.
32:15And I cannot award the impression
32:17as you were about four octaves off.
32:19LAUGHTER
32:21How do you feel about the first wave of impressions, Aaron?
32:24Very nice.
32:25LAUGHTER
32:27Is there anything you can't do?
32:29OK.
32:31We're going to return to you now, Nazeem, for another go.
32:34Your next one is...
32:36Ah, yes.
32:38..Max Verstappen whilst driving past in his car.
32:42LAUGHTER
32:45OK.
32:47V-E-R-S-T-A-P-P-E-N.
32:57That is correct!
32:59CHEERING
33:01And a point for the impression. Very good.
33:04Tim, you're up next. You ready?
33:06Bursting with readiness.
33:07Let's see what you've got here.
33:09Oh!
33:12Why, if it isn't world-famous mime Marcel Marceau?
33:16Your word to spell in character...
33:20..is Marcel Marceau.
33:23LAUGHTER
33:29Oh! Oh!
33:31Oh!
33:33Oh. Sorry.
33:37M-A-R-C...
33:39No, this is right. L...
33:41Oh, I'm talking.
33:43LAUGHTER
34:03LAUGHTER
34:06I just have to confirm.
34:08Tim, did you put an X on the end?
34:10Yeah, I'm so sorry. That is incorrect.
34:13Really impressive knowledge of sign language, though.
34:16LAUGHTER
34:19And I give you an M point for the impression.
34:21Good up for Marcel Marceau.
34:25Moving along now to you, Jenny.
34:27Let's see what your second impression will be.
34:30Oh!
34:32Look at that. It's a dog.
34:35Your word is dog.
34:37Wait, can I get a point, please?
34:39Who's a good girl?
34:41LAUGHTER
34:47OK, I am ready.
34:49Jenny!
34:51Oh!
34:52Jenny!
34:54That is correct!
34:58However, I cannot award a point for the performance
35:01because dogs cannot talk.
35:03LAUGHTER
35:06Cam, let's see what we've got for you.
35:09Oh, yes, of course.
35:11Lucky you, you've got Erica Davis.
35:13Do you know her? No. Fair enough.
35:15She's an accounts manager at a mid-tier marketing firm in Brisbane.
35:19LAUGHTER
35:21She's just gone through a challenging divorce,
35:23lost herself and has since found herself
35:25on holiday in the Mediterranean.
35:27Your word is Erica Davis.
35:29All right, I'm going to need a little help
35:31with your character, please, Guy.
35:33Erica, so good to see you back in the office.
35:35How was Greece?
35:37Greece, I actually can't even say.
35:41But I will say this.
35:43It was good.
35:45LAUGHTER
35:47Have I found her?
35:49Big time.
35:51All right.
35:53E-R-I-C-A
35:59A-V-I-S
36:01Erica Davis.
36:03That is correct!
36:05CHEERING
36:07I kind of imagined she'd have a deeper voice, though,
36:09so no point for the impression.
36:11LAUGHTER
36:13And absolutely devastating.
36:15I really thought you'd nail Erica.
36:17Oh, well, we can't all be winners.
36:19But one person is currently winning,
36:21and that person is tied.
36:23It's Jenny and Tim, both in the positives with two points!
36:25CHEERING
36:27After these performances, I'm feeling like a Hollywood agent.
36:29And accordingly, I've got a proposal
36:31I would like to make to all of you.
36:33I will pay any of you $1 million
36:35to spend one night with your spouse.
36:37LAUGHTER
36:39MUSIC
36:41Wait, that's not right at all.
36:43This proposal is actually decent.
36:45For this round,
36:47you're going to be separated
36:49into pairings of two.
36:51And between your pair,
36:53there are up to four points available to be won.
36:55As you can see on your podiums,
36:57you each have two stunning boxes
36:59containing one word each.
37:01One of the words
37:03is very easy to spell.
37:05One of the words is very hard to spell.
37:07The magic of this round
37:09is that you get to choose which of those words
37:11your partner will spell.
37:13If you both spell your words correctly,
37:15you will each get two points.
37:17If one of you spells your word correctly,
37:19while the other one misspells their word,
37:21then the brainiac with the correct spelling
37:23gets four points all to themselves.
37:25If both of you fail to spell your word,
37:27however, there are no points
37:29for either of you.
37:31Cam and Jenny, you're the nearest to me,
37:33so I'm going to say you guys can play first.
37:35Both of you now have a chance to take a look
37:37inside of your boxes so you know
37:39what sort of words you're dealing with,
37:41and then 30 seconds to discuss your plan
37:43on how you want to operate.
37:45OK.
37:47Yikes.
37:49I know why it's called proposal now,
37:51cos they're like ring boxes.
37:53It's clever, yeah.
37:55It's a really good show.
37:57They thought through this.
37:59I'm going to assume that was said sincerely,
38:01thanks to you.
38:03It will be.
38:05I think it would be really helpful if we did easy words.
38:07Easy words.
38:09And take the points.
38:11Look, I'm not going to lie, Cam.
38:13I think you're going to be able to spell both of these words that I've got.
38:15I'm not going to lie to you either.
38:17One of these words you will absolutely not be able to spell.
38:19LAUGHTER
38:21Like, no chance.
38:23OK, well then...
38:25So, I'm going to go easy for you.
38:27And I think you should go easy for me.
38:29And then I think afterwards we should, like, go get a drink.
38:31LAUGHTER
38:33This feels like an episode of FBoy Island.
38:35LAUGHTER
38:37APPLAUSE
38:39So this is the one I want to use.
38:41So this is the word of Cameron.
38:43And your word.
38:46OK.
38:51Jenny.
38:53Yeah?
38:55Your spelling word is...
38:57..hollow.
38:59H-O-L-L-O-W.
39:03That is correct.
39:05CHEERING
39:07Thank you so much.
39:09I really thought you might deceive me for a second there.
39:11OK, Cam. OK.
39:13A lot of trust in Jenny.
39:15I reckon Jenny would have given me the good one.
39:17Your word is...
39:19..yellow.
39:21LAUGHTER
39:23Yeah. Thank you.
39:25Y-E...
39:27..couple of Ls.
39:29LAUGHTER
39:31Yeah! Yeah!
39:33O-W.
39:35That is correct!
39:37CHEERING
39:39APPLAUSE
39:41Tim and Nazeem, you've seen the strategy.
39:43I now invite you both to take a look at your own words,
39:45get to know them,
39:47and then talk strategy with one another.
39:49OK.
39:51So, um,
39:53do you mind explaining...
39:55OK, so it's like a prisoner's dilemma thing.
39:57We have to trust each other. If we both want two points,
39:59we just do what they do. We do it.
40:01We don't lie to each other. We both get two points.
40:03OK, just hang on a second.
40:05LAUGHTER
40:07Nah, same.
40:09LAUGHTER
40:11All right.
40:13LAUGHTER
40:15Two points each for these couple of scallywags.
40:17No, but honestly, like, you're one of my favourite people.
40:19Yeah, I really admire you,
40:21and one of the things I love about you
40:23is how trustworthy and kind you are.
40:25LAUGHTER
40:27I mean, have either of us ever lied to the other ever before?
40:29I don't lie. Thank you.
40:31I actually can't lie. I've got a bit of a...
40:33Yeah, it's a religious thing for me.
40:35LAUGHTER
40:37LAUGHTER
40:39Tim. Yes.
40:41Your word... Yes.
40:43..is...
40:45..book.
40:47Man!
40:49LAUGHTER
40:51Um, B-double-O-K.
40:53That is correct!
40:55APPLAUSE
40:57I love you, man.
40:59Oh, I never... I never doubted.
41:01Right now, there's still trust. This is...
41:03Nazeem. Yeah. You feeling good?
41:05Good to be a friend. Good to be a loved one.
41:07And your word is...
41:09..booyah bears.
41:11LAUGHTER
41:13APPLAUSE
41:19Wow.
41:21Oh, my goodness.
41:23If you need help to know what it is... No, no, no.
41:25D-O-G, all right?
41:27I can tell you what it is.
41:29What is a booyah bear?
41:31You know what it is. It's like a confusing way
41:33of saying fish soup.
41:35LAUGHTER
41:37All right. Put it in a sentence.
41:39Spell booyah bears.
41:41LAUGHTER
41:43LAUGHTER
41:45We've been through a lot together, man.
41:47Especially just now. I really want to work on that.
41:49It's French, so your sound will be a couple of Ls.
41:51Yeah.
41:53LAUGHTER
41:55B-O-U...
41:57I reckon there's a couple of Ls.
41:59A...
42:01Booyah bears.
42:03B-E-Z?
42:05That is...incorrect.
42:07LAUGHTER
42:09Come on!
42:11Does that mean we get four points?
42:13No, that means that Tim gets four points
42:15and we get nothing.
42:17I've finally understood again.
42:19LAUGHTER
42:21Booyah bears is spelt B-O-U-I-L-L-A-B-A-I-S-E.
42:27Oh, I love that booyah bears.
42:29Oh, man.
42:31I'll be honest, when we designed the game,
42:33it was in the hopes that something exactly like that would happen.
42:35LAUGHTER
42:37To those who have betrayed, my condolences.
42:39To those who did the betraying, I hope you can use the
42:41surfative points to help you cool down
42:43when you spend eternal damnation in hell.
42:45LAUGHTER
42:47And with our fourth round in the books
42:49and bad energy bouncing all around the studio,
42:51there's just one more thing to do.
42:53It is the buzziest round of the show.
42:55MUSIC
42:59The buzz round, named, of course, after Buzz Aldrin,
43:01probably my third favourite member
43:03of the Apollo 11 mission.
43:05But I digress.
43:07In this round, our spellers will spell words
43:09of a certain topic, and they will do so
43:11at pace, using their buzzers
43:13to buzz in when they think they know the spelling.
43:15Get it right, get a point.
43:17Get it wrong, I will take a point away.
43:19Nazeem, as you are currently languishing
43:21in last place, I'll give you a chance
43:23to save yourself by choosing the topic.
43:25And you may choose between
43:27Olympics, the zoo,
43:29cars, and fashion.
43:31Is loyalty a topic as well?
43:33LAUGHTER
43:35No.
43:37Cos you're an animal, how about we go zoo?
43:39LAUGHTER
43:41Buzzers at the ready, folks.
43:43You have until the spelling gods declare
43:45we stop. Now let's get spelling.
43:47Exciting.
43:49Go ahead, Cameron.
43:51Correct.
43:53Sad.
43:55Go ahead, Nazeem.
43:57Correct.
43:59Cameron.
44:03Correct.
44:05Nazeem.
44:09Incorrect.
44:11Oh, no.
44:13LAUGHTER
44:15Harambe.
44:17H-A-R-R-U-M-B-E.
44:19Incorrect.
44:23LAUGHTER
44:25Everyone was buzzing and I wanted to join in.
44:27Your word
44:29is taronga.
44:31T-A-R-A-N-G-O.
44:33Incorrect.
44:35No.
44:37Cameron.
44:39P-A-N-D-A-S.
44:41Correct.
44:43Go ahead, Jenny.
44:45W-A-N-G-W-A-N-G.
44:47W-A-N-G.
44:49Correct.
44:51Go ahead, Nazeem.
44:53W-A-N-G.
44:55LAUGHTER
44:57It's the buzz round.
44:59F-O-O-O-N-E-E.
45:01Incorrect.
45:03Cameron.
45:05M-E-N-A-G-E-R-I-E.
45:07That is correct.
45:093pm elephant talk.
45:11LAUGHTER
45:133pm
45:15E-L-E-P-H-A-N-T-T-A-L-K.
45:19Correct.
45:21Robert Irwin.
45:23Go ahead, Cameron.
45:25R-O-B-E-R-T-I-R-W-I-N.
45:27Correct.
45:29Zoology.
45:31Jenny.
45:33Z-O-O-L-O-G-Y.
45:35Correct.
45:37Zoolander.
45:39Go ahead, Tim.
45:41Z-O-O-L-A-N-D-E-R.
45:43Yes. Cameron.
45:45H-A-B-I-T-A-T.
45:47Correct. Chimpanzees.
45:49Cameron.
45:51C-H-I-M-P-A-N-Z-E-E.
45:55Incorrect.
45:57No, I don't think so.
45:59I didn't hear the plural part.
46:01Huge mistake.
46:03No.
46:05Ocelot.
46:07What?
46:09No.
46:11Go ahead, Nazeem.
46:13M-A-D-A-S.
46:15You may finish spelling.
46:17M-A-D-A-G-A-S.
46:19C-A-R.
46:21Yeah.
46:23Incorrect. The spelling gods have spoken.
46:25I don't know if anyone else heard that.
46:27I believe they speak to me and me alone.
46:29I am their representative on Earth.
46:31And as their representative, I would like to declare
46:33the winner of tonight's episode is Cameron James!
46:35CHEERING
46:37Oh, my God!
46:39Oh, my God!
46:41Woo!
46:43Woo-hoo!
46:45Oh, really nice!
46:47And let's keep that clap going
46:49for Aaron Che!
46:51CHEERING
46:53I wish I only had good news to deliver,
46:55but, alas, somebody had to lose this thing.
46:57Please join me in humbling
46:59Nazeem Hussain
47:01with condescending applause
47:03as he walks to the dancer's corner
47:05to wear the dancer's hat.
47:07CHEERING
47:09APPLAUSE
47:11MUSIC
47:13MUSIC
47:15MUSIC
47:17MUSIC
47:19LAUGHTER
47:21That's our show for tonight.
47:23Please let's hear it again for our spellers,
47:25Cameron James, Jenny Chan, Tim Minchin and Nazeem!
47:27CHEERING
47:29Join us for our next episode as Cam takes on
47:31Demi Lovner, Will Anderson and Steph Tisdell.
47:33For now, though, you might as well call me
47:35I'll see you next time!
47:37CHEERING
47:39APPLAUSE
47:41Congrats, Jenny.
47:43You were amazing.
47:45Thanks so much.
47:47APPLAUSE
47:49MUSIC
47:51CHEERING
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