- 9/12/2024
w/ Rhys Mathewson, Liv McKenzie, Itay Dom
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00:00Welcome to Guy Montgomery's Guymon Spelling Bee.
00:24It's a show where people spell things instead of running the letters together with their
00:28hideous mouths and forming words like they do on every other show.
00:32Tonight, four comedians from across the Motu, well, mostly Auckland, will spell their hearts
00:38out in an attempt to earn the respect of their peers, the nation, and one oversized novelty
00:44ticket that takes them all the way to the next week's episode.
00:52It's not all daisies though.
00:53In addition to celebrating our winner, our competitor with the least points at the end
00:57of the episode must sit over there in the corner wearing the dunce's hat.
01:03It's not nice, and not only that, we'll also ring their old primary school principal and
01:09tell them how disappointing their former pupil has become.
01:12I suppose I should tell you who these people are.
01:15Please welcome your contestants, it's Reece Mathewson, Luke McKenzie, Itai Dong, and someone
01:26who's head I hope doesn't get too big because their last week's champion is Eli Mathewson!
01:33Everyone seems to know each other now, so let's get spelling!
01:41In this round, each of you will have the opportunity to spell a word from one of the three receptacles
01:46in front of me.
01:47A word from the Coward's Cup will be what I can only describe as piss easy, and therefore
01:52worth one measly point.
01:54A word from the person's purse is slightly harder, or piss medium as they say.
01:58One of these words will be worth two points.
02:01And for the fearless among us, we have the Bucket of Bravery.
02:04These words are piss difficult, and if you spell one correctly, you'll get three points.
02:09Our first speller is a man who controversially spells his last name with only one T.
02:14Will he continue to bastardise the English language tonight?
02:17It's Reece Mathewson!
02:19Hi guys!
02:20Hiya Reece!
02:22You've been doing stand-up comedy since you were 15 years old.
02:26Sounds like somebody was skipping school and hanging around seedy comedy clubs when they
02:31could have been learning how to spell.
02:32Your jokes are no good to us here, mate.
02:34This is a language show.
02:36Doesn't even end on a question.
02:37How are you feeling?
02:39I'm feeling good.
02:40I'm excited to be here.
02:41Thank you for having me.
02:42Honestly, it's a pleasure.
02:43I understand you're very excited.
02:45Yeah.
02:46The reason I love language is that I love language.
02:48That's really nice.
02:51Well, you claim to love language, but I know for a fact that you are married with two beautiful dogs.
02:56Rank language your wife and the dogs.
02:59Oh, uh...
03:02I've already taken too long.
03:04I think that's a fail.
03:05Let's go wife language the dogs.
03:08Sorry to Reece's dogs.
03:10They don't watch.
03:11Not fans.
03:13What do they watch?
03:14Balls.
03:16Oh, wow.
03:17Yeah, yeah.
03:18A lot of ball shows on telly?
03:19Most sports.
03:25Really good.
03:27Well, Reece, we've got three receptacles in front of us.
03:30Which receptacle would you like to spell?
03:32Bucket of Bravery, hands down.
03:33Right away.
03:34Let's give it up for Reece from the Bucket of Bravery.
03:39And your word is Aurora Borealis.
03:44Before you spell, Reece, I will remind you,
03:46you can ask for a language of origin, a definition,
03:48and to hear the word in a sentence.
03:50OK.
03:51Can I please have it in a sentence?
03:53Behind every great woman is the Aurora Borealis.
03:57Assuming that woman is standing in front of the Aurora Borealis.
04:04Definition?
04:06A naturally occurring Windows screensaver.
04:10That is very helpful.
04:12Aurora Borealis is A-U-R-O-R-A-B-O-R-E-A-L-I-S.
04:20Aurora Borealis.
04:22That is correct.
04:24Three points to Reece Mathewson.
04:28Our next contestant has her own TV show set in a toilet cubicle,
04:32so she's probably already defaced her podium
04:34by writing down her phone number.
04:36It's Liv McKenzie.
04:38Liv, you'll tell anyone who'll listen
04:40that you lived in New York for a year.
04:42I hope when you moved home,
04:43you remember to take all of those extra U's out of storage
04:46because you're going to need them tonight.
04:49It's a joke about how Americans spell, I guess.
04:52I wrote these.
04:54It's great to have you on the show.
04:57I've done a lot of prep for today.
04:59Including?
05:00I Googled the hardest words to spell.
05:03And then I watched TV for a bit, and then I came here.
05:06Have you spelled under pressure at all in the last 10 years?
05:09I can spell under pressure.
05:11That's come up?
05:12You've had to spell under pressure?
05:14Yeah, yeah, yeah.
05:15Don't ask me, though.
05:16Instead, I'm going to ask you
05:18which receptacle you'd like to spell from.
05:20OK.
05:21I really feel like I should go for Coward's Card.
05:24I'm going to go with Coward's Card.
05:26I'm going to go with Coward's Card.
05:28I'm going to go with Coward's Card.
05:30I'm going to go with Coward's Card.
05:33I'm going to go for Coward's Cup.
05:35But I do have impulse issues,
05:37so I'm going to go for Bucket of Bravery.
05:39Wow!
05:40Let's hear it for Liv with a Bucket of Bravery!
05:43And your word is...
05:45..daiquiri.
05:46OK.
05:47Can I get the language of origin, please?
05:50Happy hour.
05:51In a sentence?
05:52Can I get it in a sentence?
05:54Sure thing.
05:55Daiquiri.
05:56Daiquiri.
05:57Daiquiri.
05:58Yeah, we'll get a round of daiquiris for the show.
06:01Anyway, kids, as I was saying, your mum is seriously ill.
06:09OK.
06:10I better spell this word, hey.
06:12OK.
06:13D-A...
06:14Mean.
06:15..Q-U-A-R-I.
06:19That is incorrect.
06:21I'm sorry.
06:22Daiquiri is spelt D-A-I-Q-U-I-R-I.
06:26Do a diddy-diddy, tough, tough, titty.
06:29Our third speller is a brilliant stand-up comedian
06:32who once appeared as a contestant on The Bachelorette.
06:35He only lasted one episode then,
06:37and there's a 75% chance he'll do the same again tonight.
06:40It's Itai Dom!
06:42CHEERING
06:45Itai, I once saw you rip an enormous bong
06:48and eat a full Carolina Reaper chilli
06:51moments before performing stand-up comedy.
06:54Have you put the same effort into preparing for this?
06:57Have you put the same effort into preparing for the show tonight?
07:01Um, I don't remember that gig.
07:03Shocking.
07:04Yeah.
07:05My mates are really into spelling.
07:07Your mates are?
07:08Yeah, they always invite me over to watch the spelling bee,
07:10but I'm still reading the dictionary, I don't want any spoilers.
07:13LAUGHTER
07:16But when I found out I was going to be on the show,
07:18I was very excited.
07:19I called my mum to break the good news.
07:21I was like, Mum, you're not going to believe this,
07:23I'm going to be on TV.
07:24And she said, why are you calling me?
07:26LAUGHTER
07:29And then I called my little sister,
07:31told her I'm going to be on Guymon's spelling bee on TV.
07:34She said, what's that?
07:35I had to explain that TV is like YouTube for old people.
07:39LAUGHTER
07:41Itai, it's a pleasure to have you
07:43and your 20-minute stand-up comedy set on spelling on the show.
07:47Which receptacle would you like to spell from?
07:50I could go for the bucket of bravery.
07:52I am brave.
07:54I shop at New World with a countdown bag.
07:56LAUGHTER
07:59I could go for the person's purse,
08:01cos I'm 50% person on my mum's side.
08:03LAUGHTER
08:05And...
08:06LAUGHTER
08:09And then you have the coward's cup.
08:11LAUGHTER
08:13That's probably the one I most identify with,
08:16but I will go for the sea cup.
08:18All right, I mean, if not for his choice,
08:20at least for all of the jokes, give it up for Itai Jones.
08:23APPLAUSE
08:25And your word is...
08:27..wheat.
08:29Can you... Can I get a definition?
08:31Edible grass.
08:33You had me at edible.
08:35LAUGHTER
08:38Can I get the language of origin?
08:41The humble farm.
08:43LAUGHTER
08:47That was very helpful. Thank you, Guy.
08:49The language of origin for that sentence was sarcasm.
08:52LAUGHTER
08:54Wheat.
08:56I feel like I'm on your show.
08:58LAUGHTER
09:01Sorry, mate.
09:03W-H-E-A-T.
09:06That is correct!
09:08CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
09:11And finally, a speller whose tummy must be very full
09:14after all that victory they've been tasting,
09:16it's last week's champion, Eli Mathewson!
09:18CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
09:21Eli, welcome back. How are you doing?
09:23It's good to be here.
09:25I'm really going to attempt to rebrand this episode.
09:27I was a villain. I don't know if you tuned in.
09:29I scammed Rose Matifeo out of four points
09:31and then I won by four points.
09:33Yeah. A lot of buzz about it online.
09:35I assume this was filmed months in advance.
09:37LAUGHTER
09:39Tell me about the rebrand. Who are you going to be tonight, Eli?
09:41Sort of a good boy. I love Jesus.
09:43LAUGHTER
09:45I love hanging with my friends.
09:47Yeah, I'm going to be cool.
09:49Well, your first opportunity for the rebrand is right now.
09:52From which receptacle would you like to spell?
09:54Feeling brave, I'm going bucket of bravery.
09:57Oh! Very good.
10:01And from the bucket of bravery, your word is...
10:06And what is the definition, please?
10:09Administrator, boss, director, organiser or manager.
10:13The Guy Montgomery of the company.
10:16That is incorrect.
10:18I'm so sorry to say.
10:20Kaiwhakaheide is spelt...
10:27No points for the nice guy.
10:29LAUGHTER
10:31A riveting start to what could yet still become
10:33an even more riveting show.
10:35And before the break, I think we should take a look
10:37at some of the comments we've received.
10:39The first comment is...
10:41A riveting start to what could yet still become
10:43an even more riveting show.
10:45And before the break, I think we should play a game
10:47of customs.
10:49So we're going to do just that.
10:54The apple.
10:56There was once a time when you could bring them
10:58into New Zealand from any country you liked.
11:00But that was before CP went mad.
11:02That's the customs police.
11:04Nowadays, it's nigh on impossible to bring anything
11:07into the country without the woke brigade
11:09and without biosecurity risks.
11:11Your job in this round
11:13is to correctly spell something
11:15that you are not allowed to bring
11:17through New Zealand customs.
11:19The longest correctly spelled word wins
11:21but be careful.
11:23If two contestants submit the same contraband word
11:25they will both be disqualified.
11:27Longest accurate and unique word wins.
11:29I'll give you the break to do it.
11:31Play along at home if you want.
11:33Or don't. I'll never know.
11:35See you soon with more Gaumont Spelling Bee.
11:37Cheers and applause.
11:52Welcome back to the Gaumont Spelling Bee.
11:54This week's episode is sponsored by glasses.
11:56Having trouble seeing the words
11:58you're trying to spell squinting at the cinema
12:00kissing too many girls at school?
12:02Then glasses could be for you.
12:04When we left you all
12:06I challenged our four spellers
12:08to correctly spell something
12:10that you aren't allowed to bring
12:12across New Zealand's strict borders.
12:14The longest word wins.
12:16Rhys, what have you got for us?
12:18Spaghetti bolognese
12:20with parmesan.
12:22Have you tried it?
12:24I feel like
12:26they'd be so unreceptive.
12:28Are you imagining it
12:30in a bowl or a bag?
12:33No, loose.
12:35You could argue
12:37it's four words.
12:39You try having spaghetti bolognese without parmesan.
12:41Thank you very much
12:43for your contribution, Rhys.
12:45Liv, what have you brought?
12:47Methamphetamine.
12:51Got a big pee crowd in.
12:53And the people who love it
12:55they do tend to really love it.
12:57There's no arguing.
12:59It's one word. It's long.
13:01Someone else has gone for the same thing?
13:03You worried about that?
13:05No. I don't think anyone's as drug-focused
13:07as I am.
13:12Itai, what have you brought for us?
13:16Methamphetamine.
13:18What have you got there? Minus 19.
13:20Methamphetamine, 19.
13:22It's meth and COVID.
13:24I should have brought a methamphetamine
13:26with parmesan.
13:28Eli, what have you done?
13:30I have written
13:32undeclared pachycephalosaurus fossil.
13:36How's your spelling on that dinosaur word, bro?
13:42I really loved dinosaurs growing up
13:44and I think it's right but also
13:46looking at it now I'm like surely Tyrannosaurus Rex
13:48would have been the same amount of letters
13:50and definitely I would be winging it a little bit less.
13:52So can everyone please have their answers
13:54in front of them while I dish out the results?
13:56Spaghetti bolognese with parmesan.
13:58I'm going to disqualify that.
14:00It's undeniably four words.
14:02Itai, methamphetamine, 19.
14:04Doesn't exist.
14:06So we're down to two.
14:08You did add two extra words
14:10with undeclared and fossil.
14:12However, due to the fact
14:14that pachycephalosaurus is spelled correctly
14:16and has more characters than methamphetamine
14:18the point is, Eli, you cannot bring
14:20a pachycephalosaurus into New Zealand.
14:22It'd be a lot of fun if you did though.
14:24Just for someone like me who loves dinosaurs.
14:28You're going too hard on the rebrand, bro.
14:30You look like a loser.
14:35Well done, Eli.
14:37Moving on.
14:39I hope I'm not barking up the wrong tree
14:41but it's time to bite the bullet
14:43and simultaneously bite off more than we can chew.
14:45This next round could be a walk in the park
14:47or you could be flogging a dead horse.
14:49Those were all idioms.
14:55Idioms.
14:57I'm not a linguist right now
14:59but idioms are also turns of phrase.
15:01Sentences that enter our collective lexicons
15:03and get us through every day
15:05with their timeless wisdom and relatability.
15:07To help me, we've got someone
15:09who's not an idiom but actually quite clever like me.
15:11It's my reliable sidekick, Sanjay Patel.
15:17Hello, Sanjay.
15:19Hello, Guy.
15:21Have you got a favourite idiom?
15:23Hello, Guy.
15:26No, my favourite idiom is
15:28hello, Guy.
15:30Is that something people say often?
15:32Not to me, but you must get it a lot.
15:34I suppose I do.
15:36Behind Sanjay, I have four classic idioms
15:38with one word removed.
15:40Your job is to select one of the idioms
15:42and I will have you spell
15:44the missing word.
15:46Do so correctly, one precious point is yours.
15:48As per the first round,
15:50to assist you in spelling your missing word
15:52you may ask for the language of origin,
15:54or to hear it in a sentence,
15:56which will very likely be the idiom itself.
15:58This round,
16:00we will start with you, Eli.
16:02Which number idiom would you like to choose?
16:04They all seem quite easy, Guy.
16:06Well,
16:08it should be an easy choice then.
16:10I'm going to choose number three.
16:12Ah, number three.
16:14It's the old saying
16:16to encourage in all of us the virtue
16:18that is patience
16:20and to discourage kitchen-related ACC claims
16:22from people that burn themselves via pot-watching.
16:24I've been saying it my whole life
16:26I'm sure we all have.
16:28A watched pot never effervesces.
16:32Your word
16:36is effervesces.
16:38Can I have a definition of effervesces, please?
16:40Ah, hard to explain
16:42in a lot of ways
16:44it's very similar to boiling.
16:46Okay.
16:48I've got a SodaStream.
16:50Am I okay?
16:52E-F-F
16:54E-R
16:56V
16:58Mmm
17:00E-S
17:02I-S
17:04That is incorrect.
17:06I'm so sorry.
17:08Effervesces is spelt E-F-F
17:10E-R-V-E-S-C-E-S
17:14Really straightforward
17:16and a very common saying.
17:18We have three idioms left on the board
17:20and the choice is now yours, Itai.
17:22Can I talk to Sanjay?
17:24Yeah, you can talk to Sanjay all you want.
17:26Hey
17:28Which one should I go for?
17:30I would try to avoid number three.
17:38I will go number one.
17:40Number one it is.
17:42Well, by choosing this one you could say
17:44you've really thrown a cat amongst the pigeons.
17:47Cats, of course, famously difficult to contain
17:49and once you let them out of their enclosure
17:51they can be even harder to get back in.
17:53You know it.
17:55I know it.
17:57It's time to let the cat out of the menagerie.
18:01Your word is menagerie.
18:03Well, I've always wanted to have a menage.
18:07Menagerie.
18:09M
18:11A
18:13N
18:15A
18:17G
18:19E
18:21R
18:23I
18:25E
18:27For how hard you concentrated, you were not even close.
18:29Menagerie is spelled
18:31M-E-N-A-G-E-R-I-E
18:33Actually, you were pretty close.
18:37And now we come to you, Liv.
18:39Two idioms left. Which number would you like?
18:41Number four, please.
18:43Number four.
18:45If you think things can get hot in the frying pan
18:47you've got no idea just how hot things can get.
18:49This saying applies to moments in life
18:51when you may have stared down one situation
18:53but instead of walking free
18:55find yourself with a whole new challenging
18:57set of circumstances.
18:59Like if you leave a job you don't like
19:01only to find yourself in a horrible fire.
19:05It's out of the frying pan
19:07and into the fire.
19:09Your word is fire.
19:11F-I-R-E
19:13That is correct!
19:19Wait a second.
19:21She got the normal saying.
19:23What do you mean the normal saying?
19:25The one that more people use.
19:27Yeah, so like a watch pot never effervesces.
19:29No one has ever said that.
19:31That is all anyone says. What do you think it is?
19:33Make some noise if you've ever said
19:35a watch pot never effervesces.
19:37It's so fun to watch a gaslighting
19:39in real time.
19:41It's not gaslighting if it's
19:43true, Rhys. I think you're going crazy.
19:49I wonder what you're going to do.
19:51Number two please, Guy.
19:53A saying encouraging us all to approach
19:55life with the vim and vigour
19:57of an early rising bird.
19:59Something I've set my watch and lifestyle to
20:01to ensure that not a day goes by where I feel
20:03as though I've missed out on an opportunity.
20:06The early bird catches
20:08the chlamydia.
20:10Your word
20:12is chlamydia.
20:14Can I have us get the language of origin?
20:16Year ten health.
20:22Chlamydia.
20:24C-H-L-A-M-Y-D-I-A.
20:28Chlamydia.
20:30That is correct! Well done, Rhys!
20:32I knew that
20:34rock and roll lifestyle of yours
20:36would come in handy sometime.
20:38You take enough visits to the health clinic,
20:40you pick a few things up.
20:42And now, for another
20:44turn of phrase that people have been saying
20:46ever since television relied on selling ad spots,
20:48we'll see you after the break
20:50with more spelling!
21:02Kia ora koutou!
21:04Welcome back to My Spelling Bee!
21:06I hope you're all enjoying the magic of television.
21:08But do you know what is even more magic?
21:10The magic
21:12of magic!
21:18Hey presto!
21:20Alakazam!
21:22Sim salabim!
21:24These are nonsensical words that you will
21:26not be spelling in this magic-themed round.
21:28Instead, we'll be joined by
21:30a great and mysterious magician
21:32who goes by the name of...
21:34Sanjay.
21:36What a twisted mind!
21:38Sanjay, can you use your powers
21:40to open the curtains?
21:46Pretty good!
21:48In this round,
21:50Sanjay will pull an item from his magical hat
21:52and you will have to spell it.
21:54That item will be worth one point.
21:56Don't like the item he has conjured?
21:58Too easy?
22:00Well, good thing this hat is magical.
22:02Simply tell Sanjay to perform the spelling spell
22:04and he will turn your item into something else
22:06which will double its points value.
22:08Still not happy?
22:10With another flick of his wand,
22:12Sanjay can turn your item into a four-point word.
22:14But beware!
22:16The spelling spell is permanent magic.
22:18Eli,
22:20you're up first.
22:22Sanjay, conjure away, baby.
22:24Spellakazam!
22:26Really good.
22:30Sanjay has conjured
22:32a dove!
22:34Your word is dove.
22:36You can ask for the language of origin,
22:38the definition,
22:40or for Sanjay to perform the spelling spell once more.
22:42I need more points.
22:44So I'm going to ask Sanjay to conjure again.
22:46Okay, Sanjay.
22:48Orlando magic.
22:51Whoa!
22:53Oh, Sanjay's conjured
22:55a handkerchief.
22:57I want Sanjay to conjure one more time.
22:59Okay, Sanjay, once more.
23:01Good luck getting those back in there.
23:05Hocus Pocus 2.
23:10Oh!
23:12A rabbit out of a hat,
23:14or as we call it, a leporidae.
23:18Your word is rabbit.
23:20Your word is leporidae.
23:22I really wanted to be a nice guy this episode.
23:24But I'm getting grumpy.
23:26I would just like a definition, please.
23:28A more commonly used term
23:30for rabbit, e.g.
23:32the Easter leporidae, or the hit song
23:34Uma Leporidae.
23:36Uma Leporidae.
23:38Uma, Uma, Uma.
23:40Leporidae.
23:42L-
23:44Y-
23:46P-O-R-
23:48A-D-A-E.
23:50That is
23:52incorrect. I'm so sorry,
23:54Eli, you greedy guts.
23:56Leporidae is spelt
23:58L-E-P-O-R-I-D-A-E.
24:00You dingus.
24:04Alright, let's move on
24:06to Itai Dom, and what do you have
24:08from Sanjay?
24:10NRL magic round.
24:14He's conjured a spork.
24:16Sanjay, if I
24:18get you to do another spell, are you sober?
24:20Am I sober? Are you sober?
24:22Yes, I'm professional.
24:24Because you shouldn't drink and spell.
24:26I saw that on a sign
24:28outside Hogwarts.
24:32You're a draft gag.
24:37I will learn from Eli mistakes and
24:39stick with spork.
24:41S-P-
24:43O-R-
24:45K.
24:47With a wink to top it all off, that is correct!
24:49One point for Itai,
24:51well done. Liv,
24:53are you ready to experience the
24:55crazy magic of the spelling spell?
24:57Yes. Time to say
24:59the magic word.
25:01Please.
25:05It appears that Sanjay has conjured
25:07a single tomato.
25:09Can I have another spell?
25:11I hereby summon
25:14the power of David Copperfield,
25:16the magician, not the book.
25:26It appears Sanjay has conjured tomatoes.
25:30Alright, I didn't come to win,
25:32I came to play, so do it again.
25:34Alright,
25:36Sanjay, one more time for the spelling
25:38spell. Hi MTV,
25:40this is my crib and this is where
25:42the magic happens.
25:48He has conjured a jar of
25:50Puttanesca sauce.
25:52Your word is Puttanesca.
25:54Alright, may I please have a language
25:56of origin? Sauce.
26:00Can I get a definition
26:02please, guy? Pasta sauce
26:04made with one simple ingredient.
26:06Dolmio, ready to eat,
26:08Puttanesca.
26:10Alright, alright, alright,
26:12Puttanesca.
26:14P-U-T-T-A-N
26:16Puttanesca
26:18E-S-C-A
26:20That is
26:22correct!
26:26Congratulations, you've got
26:28four points and more.
26:30Wow, I didn't think that was going to work.
26:32Well done Liv, and I suppose you want to
26:34go as well Reece? I'll just take the points,
26:36thank you. Not really
26:38Let's see what Sanjay pulls
26:40out of that. Magic the gathering
26:46That is a U-S-B
26:50Yeah, go on,
26:52spell and spell once more.
26:54Presto chango
26:58Oh, it appears
27:00Sanjay has pulled out a
27:02Rākau Pūmahara
27:04the Māori word for memory stick.
27:06One more please Sanjay.
27:08Okay, the final spelling spell
27:10Earth and wind, fire
27:12and water, please turn this U-S-B
27:14into a dehumidifier
27:18We need a cutaway
27:20What? We need a cutaway
27:22Okay, we'll
27:24cutaway. Can everyone just avert their
27:26eyes please?
27:29Yeah
27:35Oh!
27:37How does he do it?
27:39Probably magnets. It's usually magnets
27:41Is it magnets?
27:43You better believe it
27:45Your word is
27:47dehumidifier. Can I have a definition
27:49please? A great way of generating
27:51buckets of disgusting water
27:55Dehumidifier
27:57D-E-H-U-M-I
27:59D-I-F-I-E-R
28:01Dehumidifier
28:03That is
28:05correct, well done Rhys
28:074 points are yours
28:09Holy moly
28:11there's stardust all over the studio
28:13and after that round Rhys stretches out his lead
28:15even more with 8 points
28:19Unfortunately
28:21I've just had word that Sanjay has caused
28:23a great imbalance in the world of magic
28:25and has unleashed forces unknown
28:27onto our studio audience
28:29so we'll quickly deal with that during the air break
28:31and we'll see you soon for more Spelling
28:48Welcome back to Guy Montgomery's
28:50Guy Mont Spelling Bee
28:52and for those of you on a social media detox
28:54stay now
28:59That's right, it's time for
29:01social media
29:03In this round Sanjay will present screenshots
29:05from actual historic posts from your
29:07actual social media accounts
29:11One by one
29:13Sanjay will show you a thought or feeling
29:15that you at some point in history
29:17decided was worth making public
29:19You will then be asked to spell
29:21a word from or related to that post
29:23Don't worry though
29:25all posts shown are from your public
29:27social media accounts
29:29unless we're friends on Facebook
29:31in which case I might have taken it
29:33from a year like 2009
29:35and if memory serves correctly
29:37I'm friends with all of you on Facebook
29:39Rhys
29:41Oh no
29:43By generational standards
29:45you are a digital native
29:47making hay on social media
29:49for as long as it's been alive
29:52Ah, that was
29:54the year I won the Billy T James Award
29:56Alright, no need to go on about it
29:58Beyond that
30:00I was at university
30:02and it was just before I dropped out
30:04Using social media much?
30:06Yeah, I think I was
30:08that might have been like my first year
30:10using Facebook
30:12I would say that you took to it like a duck to water
30:14You certainly weren't afraid to share
30:16your experiences and curiosities on there
30:18After what appears to have been a delightful trip
30:20to Wellington, you came back to Auckland
30:22craving a samosa
30:24Rhys Matthewson
30:26on May 23, 2010
30:28you wrote
30:30Rhys Matthewson misses the samosas
30:32at Espressaholic
30:34Where can I get a good samosa in Auckland?
30:36This was taken around
30:38some other slightly more unseemly
30:40social media
30:42Yeah, you guys have done me a real solid here
30:44I feel like
30:46If I was you, I'd get on there
30:48pretty quickly and just scrub the whole thing
30:50In the meantime though
30:52would you please recreate
30:54your iconic misspelling
30:56of Wellington Institution, Espressaholic
30:58Oh
31:00I'm trying to spell it how I spelled it then, yeah
31:02That is right
31:04I think I nailed it then
31:06E-S-P-R-E-S-S-O
31:08H-O-L-I-C
31:10Sanjay, will you reveal the spelling?
31:12Oh dear
31:14That is
31:16incorrect
31:18You spelled Espressoholic
31:20Expressoholic
31:22Like one of the most irritating people in the world
31:26So no point awarded for you
31:28Liv
31:30A lot of your social media posts swing between
31:32talking about big life decisions
31:34and pithy observations about the state of the world
31:36However, like all of us
31:38you went through a pretty intense period of using Facebook
31:40with an earnest intensity that now seems
31:42insane
31:44Look, I'm happy to just
31:46quit the show, like leave
31:48I think it's important we get some stuff out of this
31:50Your status also comes
31:52from Facebook, Sanjay, let's see what we've got
31:54On June 27
31:562012
31:58you posted, 50 likes
32:00and I will turn up to the next party
32:02Naked
32:04Yo to the Olo
32:08One of the most punishing
32:10statuses I have ever read
32:12Okay, I will say
32:14that this is one of those instances
32:16where someone posted on my Facebook
32:18when I was out of the room
32:20I will say that because I would be much more
32:22embarrassed if you found one of my real statuses
32:24I found a lot of them, they are not
32:26broadcast
32:28I was going to ask if you showed up
32:30naked to that party, Liv, then I saw that the post
32:32only had 29 likes
32:36Meaning your
32:38exhibitionism would have to wait for another day
32:40Your word
32:42is exhibitionism
32:44Um, okay
32:46E-X
32:48H-I-B-T
32:50I-O-N
32:54I-S-M
32:56That is
32:58incorrect
33:00Exhibitionism is spelt
33:02E-X-H-I-B-I-T-I-O-N-I-S-M
33:04A dream of yours
33:06that you had to give up due to
33:08a devastating lack of public interest
33:12And to any of Liv's Facebook
33:14friends watching right now, it's not too late
33:16to scroll back to 2012
33:18and write this historic wrong
33:20E-T-I
33:22Anyone who knows you, knows you're a champion
33:24for social causes online
33:26Even if most of those causes are
33:28Come watch me perform an open mic gig in Ponsonby
33:30tonight
33:32You won't believe how many of those
33:34I had to scroll past
33:38to get to where I went
33:40Which is again, the year 2012
33:42You were using your significant platform
33:44to actually get behind progressive issues
33:46Do you remember what those issues might have been?
33:48No
33:50Well, the cause of the day
33:52in May 2012
33:54appears to have
33:56Oh, you got something to say?
33:58No, you go
34:00Uh-huh
34:06Well, the cause of the day in May 2012
34:08appears to have been
34:12I think women should have
34:14more rights
34:16Oh, this is one of those things
34:18where someone hacked my account
34:24Now, there will be some people thinking
34:26Sure, this is just a one-off
34:28If you want to be a champion woman
34:30you've got to be doing it every day
34:32So here is a post from the very next day
34:36I believe women are the cornerstone
34:38of civilisation
34:44As a historic champion
34:46for women and women's rights in 2012
34:48you will of course know that the 2012
34:50Glamour Magazine Woman of the Year
34:52was Supreme Court Justice
34:54Ruth Bader Ginsburg
34:56Your word
34:58is Ruth Bader Ginsburg
35:00First of all
35:02I want to say
35:04Now I know why they call it Spelling Bee
35:06Because Spelling Bee crazy
35:10He wrote that on his notepad
35:14More useful use of time than sulking
35:20You turn into a snitch now?
35:22Sir
35:24I was writing jokes
35:28You little brown nose, you little shit
35:32What is my word?
35:34Who is that woman?
35:38She's the cornerstone of civilisation
35:40Ruth Bader Ginsburg
35:42Okay, I have an aunt named Ruth
35:44So that's
35:46R-U-T-H
35:48Capital R if you're one of those
35:50What was the middle name?
35:52Ruth Bader Ginsburg
35:54Bader as in not alpha?
35:56You tell me, brah
36:00Thanks, G
36:02Well I gotta go
36:04B-E-T-A
36:06Which there is just no way
36:12And Ginsburg?
36:14Jewish woman
36:16I'm Jewish
36:18Do you know that spelling?
36:20I'm the worst nightmare for a grammar Nazi
36:34G-E-I-N
36:36S
36:38Berg
36:44B-E-R
36:46Double G for good measure
36:48That is incorrect
36:54Ruth Bader Ginsburg is spelled
36:56R-U-T-H-B-A-D-E-R
36:58G-I-N-S-B-U-R-G
37:00Thank you, E-type
37:02Okay, Eli
37:04My old friend
37:06You were also alive in the year 2012
37:08And while others were more focused on
37:10the women's liberation movement
37:12you were feeling more introspective
37:14Which is putting yourself first
37:16like a typical white man
37:18On December 20, 2012
37:20the day before the Mayans
37:22predicted the world would end
37:24you tweeted this
37:26All I want for Christmas
37:28is a more secure
37:30career pathway
37:32I didn't get it
37:36I actually came to
37:38a Christmas present that year
37:40I'd come out of the closet pretty fresh
37:42My sister got me a mug
37:44with all these closet doors
37:46and when you filled it with hot water
37:48famous homosexuals came out of the door
37:52That mug actually sounds awesome
37:54Smells good
37:56Well it sounds like a fantastic Christmas
37:58And perhaps if you'd pursued something in medicine
38:00you could now be what is one of the
38:02highest earning jobs in the world
38:04And I am of course referring
38:06to the work of an
38:08anesthesiologist
38:10Your word is anesthesiologist
38:12I'd like to hear the word
38:14in a sentence please
38:16Well I like to think somewhere right now
38:18there is an anesthesiologist saying to their
38:20receptionist, all I want for Christmas
38:22is to become a New Zealand comedian
38:26Not necessarily the most
38:28famous one but you know
38:30one that's been on a couple of reality shows
38:32Laughter
38:38Anesthesiologist
38:40A-N
38:42A-E-S
38:44T-H-E-S
38:46I-O-L-O
38:48G-I-S-T
38:50That is correct
38:52Applause
38:58Oh wow
39:00Beautiful, well what a round of social media
39:02The lesson as always is to post
39:04more, particularly
39:06when you're feeling angry or vulnerable
39:08In fact, everyone has an opportunity
39:10to make a post right now because we're going to take
39:12a three minute break and show you some exciting
39:14new ideas for who to bank with, where to
39:16shop and who your phone provider should be
39:18We'll see you soon for more Spelling
39:20Applause
39:30Applause
39:36Welcome back to Guy Montgomery's
39:38Guyamon Spelling Bee, time for a round that is
39:40assisted by our trademarked and patented
39:42buzzer technology. It's a Guyamon
39:44Spelling Bee exclusive
39:50That's right, they're pressing buzzers
39:52and the buzzers make sounds, you won't see it anywhere else
39:54This is the buzz round
39:56This is an open play round
39:58where I give you many, many words
40:00from a single topic. Think you can spell it?
40:02You can buzz in and a correct answer will
40:04earn you one point. An incorrect
40:06spelling however, will have a point
40:08mercilessly removed. And
40:10Itai, seeing as you're currently
40:12sitting in last equal place, the honours
40:14are yours. We have four exciting
40:16topics for our current loser to choose from
40:18which is you
40:20The topics are fashion
40:22cars, drinks
40:24or space. What would you like
40:26to choose? Space
40:28And space it shall be
40:30Buzzers at the ready, as we plunge
40:32head first into the buzz round
40:56Go ahead Itai
40:58I heard the alpha, I got excited
41:00AL
41:02PHA
41:04S
41:06A N
41:08T. I'll save you the trouble, incorrect
41:10Cosmonaut
41:12Go ahead Eli
41:14C O S M O N A U T
41:16Astrophysics
41:18Go ahead Rhys
41:20A S T R O P H Y S I C S
41:22Martian
41:24Go ahead Eli
41:26M A R T I A N
41:28Sagittarius
41:30S A G I T T A R U S
41:32Incorrect
41:34Laika
41:36L Y C A
41:38Nebula
41:40N E B U
41:42L A
41:44C 3 P O
41:46C 3 P O
41:48Jar Jar Binks
41:50J A R J A R
41:52J A R B I N K S
41:54Correct, David Burby
41:56Go ahead Eli
41:58D A V I D B O W I E
42:00Correct, Major Tom
42:02Go ahead Rhys
42:04M A J O R T O M
42:06Correct, Wally
42:08Go ahead Itai
42:10W A L L Hyphen E
42:12Correct, The Big Bang Theory
42:14Go ahead Liv
42:16T H E B I G B A N G
42:18T H E O R Y
42:20Leonard Nimoy
42:22L E O N A R D
42:24N I M O Y
42:26Correct, Young Sheldon
42:28Go ahead Rhys
42:30Y O U N G
42:32S H E L D O N
42:34Correct, Astronaut
42:36Go ahead Liv
42:38A S T R O N A U
42:40T
42:42Correct, Buzz Aldrin
42:44B U Z Z A L D R I N
42:46Correct, Meteoroid
42:48Go ahead Liv
42:50M E T E O R O I D
42:52Correct, Mercury
42:54Go ahead Rhys
42:56M E R C U R Y
42:58Correct, NASA
43:00Go ahead Eli
43:02N A S A
43:04Go ahead Rhys
43:06A L I E N
43:08Correct, Moonwalk
43:10M O O N W A L K
43:12Correct, Jupiter
43:14Rhys
43:16P I T E R
43:18Correct, E T
43:20Eli, you do have the right
43:22to spell E T
43:24E T, baby
43:26How does he do it?
43:28You heard the man though, stop spelling
43:30there will not be another word spelled tonight
43:32because frankly, I've had enough
43:34and it's time to announce a winner
43:36Congratulations Rhys, you have the most points
43:38and a one way ticket to next week's episode
43:40is all yours
43:42and keep it going for
43:44Sanjay Patel
43:48and as for you E T
43:50you know what to do
43:52head over to the stool and put your hat on
44:02The sands have glided
44:04their way through the hourglass
44:06that's it from us this week
44:08a big thank you to Eli
44:10Liv and E T
44:12and most of all our champion Rhys
44:14who will return next week to take on the might of
44:16Jason Hoyt, Julia Morris and Maria Williams
44:18in the meantime you can call me
44:20Tongue Tied Montgomery
44:22because I'm all out of words
44:24Ka kite!
44:26Put that hat back on
44:40Thank you
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