Hello.
One of the most precarious career choices you could make in life Hello.
One of the most precarious career choices you could make in life
One of the most precarious career has to be, not just stand-up comedy,
try stand-up musical comedy.
It's a fantastic calling,
but it doesn't exactly scream "steady employment" or "reliable income".
Well, Michelle Brasier is somebody
who's fully embracing that uncertainty,
who's fully embracing which maybe, for her, makes sense,
because her life is anything but certain.
WOMAN: It was at my dad's funeral
that I realised funerals are so absurd.
We expect people to get up and give a speech
We expect people to get up they were in no fit state to write,
they're wearing something uncomfortable,
the weather's always bad,
something always goes wrong,
it's never a good show.
I think my whole family laughing together at Dad's funeral
was one of the most important moments in my life.
was one of the most important I mean, it was very cathartic.
(LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE)
I think comedy is a pretty good cure for grief,
I think comedy is a pretty or just a good friend to grief.
If somebody near you was or just a good friend to grief.
If somebody near you was laughing quite a bit,
I want you to turn to them and I want you to say,
I want you to turn to them "Sorry for your loss".
(LAUGHTER)
She's willing to sort of take her heart out of her chest and go,
"Here it is. This is what has happened to me.
"This is my life, and I hope that when I tell you this,
"This is my life, and I hope "it gives you something."
You can come closer!
And I think it does touch people quite deeply.
Yeah, you can give me a hug. No, thank you so much.
After the show, there's always, always a line of people
After the show, there's always, to talk to her.
I think it's a way that people can process their own grief.
How's she doing? She OK? She's alright, but it was...
How's she doing? She OK? Physiologically, laughing,
crying and singing Physiologically, laughing,
crying and singing are all really close,
and so I'm always on the edge of one of them
and I like it.
I like that.
Do you want a hug? Come here. (SOBS)
Do you want a hug? Come here. It'll be OK.
Come here. No, more! More.
Still crying. It's OK.
Thank you.
We're off to New York City
to do the show Off-Broadway, We're off to New York City
to do the show Off-Broadway, which is quite mad.
Um, but, you know, obviously really exciting,
and then we are going back to the UK.
MAN: So Average Bear is a show that Michelle and I
have been performing across the world for the past three years now.
It's essentially the telling of Michelle's life,
and potentially having less time on Earth It's essentially the telling of Michelle's life,
and potentially having less time on Earth
than the average bear.
# Sometimes in a young girl's life... #
Average Bear is a show about hope, I think.
Average Bear is a show about hope, I hope! (LAUGHS)
It's the story of losing my brother and my dad, and then, I hope! (LAUGHS)
It's the story of losing my brother and my dad, and then,
you know, being told by doctors that I didn't have a very great outlook,
in terms of my genes.
# At Kooringal High... #
So it's about limited time
and how I'm going to spend it.
# At Kooringal High... #
I think I started comedy, because it was, at the time,
one of the scariest things I could think of to do.
I like to do scary things.
I'm afraid that I will die young,
and so, with my health, like, if I'm going to end up
having to fight for myself, I want to,
I want to get some training hours up in the ring, you know?
And comedy is pretty good for that stuff.
I thought it was just going to be, like, you know,
silly sketches and stuff,
and then she had the audacity to break my heart.
My mum, my Catholic mum, is so impressed that she says,
"Well, if he can't get it then I'll bloody well grow it myself.
"No, I will, Chel. I'll go down to Bunnings
"And I'll figure out how to grow it and I will.
"No, I'll grow it my bloody well self. I will."
We don't tell Mum it's easy to get weed.
We don't tell Mum (LAUGHTER)
TIM: I absolutely worry that (LAUGHTER)
TIM: I absolutely worry that I might lose her.
To look at her family history and her genetic disposition
To look at her family history is terrifying.
I've been told by a doctor that I have a 97% chance is terrifying.
I've been told by a doctor that I have a 97% chance
of developing cancer, as well... that I have a 97% chance
of developing cancer, as well...
For her, every lump, bump, change is absolutely terrifying,
because she thinks that maybe it's the day that
that 97% has turned into 100%. maybe it's the day that
that 97% has turned into 100%.
..and there are tests that I can do to find out exactly
what is going on for me, and things that I can do,
lifesaving measures that I can take once I have those results.
But once I do that test,
a life insurance company can take those results
and use them against me, and they can do that to you as well.
Life insurance can be denied to you,
based on any genetic test that you have,
which is quite mad.
So that's something I've become really passionate about recently.
WOMAN: Michelle has never been afraid to voice her opinions.
Growing up, she would always challenge anything, WOMAN: Michelle has never been afraid to voice her opinions.
Growing up, she would always challenge anything,
and fought for what she believed in, challenge anything,
and fought for what she believed in,
and she never backed down,
and still doesn't. (CHUCKLES)
Here you go. This is your baby one.
That's my baby one? This is your baby one.
That's my baby one? That's Dad.
That's you with your dad,
and that's Susie.
We mostly grew up in Wagga, in the Riverina.
Mum and Dad were both teachers in the local community.
Mum and Dad were both teachers We were a pretty tight-knit family.
Yeah! Look at this! It's so good.
We had two children, a boy and a girl. Yeah! Look at this! It's so good.
We had two children, a boy and a girl.
Wow. We thought we were done. a boy and a girl.
Wow. We thought we were done.
But, 11 years later, along came Michelle,
But, 11 years later, our little surprise packet.
Best mistake you ever made.
Your father said that.
She was spoilt.
I'll be honest, she was spoilt.
That's Paul, there.
That one.
He was a grown man when I was a tiny baby.
He was a grown man He was 15.
A lot of the time, He was 15.
A lot of the time, she grew up like an only child,
because she was so much younger,
she was sort of doing different things.
Don't do that to my piano.
This is MY piano.
Well, it's mine. That's mine.
Paul and I were more of the sporty type,
where she sort of took the music path, after mum.
She was very dramatic.
I was the worst child.
I was so annoying.
I would put on plays for anyone who would look, at the supermarket,
I would put on plays for anyone and I was always singing.
# An angel brought me here... #
But my parents never told me to shut up.
They were very, like, supportive of all of my delusions.
# And get your kicks on Route 66... #
We're at Kooringal High School, which is my high school,
We're at Kooringal High School, where I learned to sing and dance.
We had a huge performing arts culture,
which was really, really nice here,
which I'm really proud of.
Wagga Wagga,
it felt like a safe place to, like, learn how to become, I guess, a,
it felt like a safe place to, like, yeah, a weird little horny teen.
# I don't want him to know but
# Takes me by the hand, says
(LAUGHTER)
Who me? (GASPS)
I did not know there was Who me? (GASPS)
I did not know there was a fingering shed,
but the interesting thing was, once the song came out,
there were a couple of ex-teachers who said, "Oh, we knew about it."
there were a couple of ex-teachers (CHUCKLES)
Somebody went on Google Maps and put it, like,
put it as a little pin, so you can Google
put it as a little pin, where's the fingering shed.
Every school has one.
# The fingering shed is no more
# Ave Maria...
(LAUGHTER)
# Ave Mari-i-i-i
# Mwa!
(LAUGHTER)
# No, I'll never, (LAUGHTER)
# No, I'll never, I'll never forget you. #
# No, I'll never, (LAUGHTER)
I left home when I was 18.
I moved out of Wagga and moved to Melbourne,
because I got into the Victorian College of the Arts,
which was really cool, to study musical theatre.
But I was also 18, and from an acting perspective,
they were like, "You haven't had any life experience,
"Go and get some more life experience
"and then you can come back,"
and so I just, I went and I got so much life experience!
I was living in this share house on St Kilda Road.
I was living in this share house It was old and run-down.
It was really draughty.
Dad bought me a heater
so that it wouldn't be quite so cold.
ELLEN: She was sitting in front of the heater
ELLEN: She was sitting in front and her clothing caught fire.
She had stockings on, and she could smell something burning, and her clothing caught fire.
She had stockings on, and she could smell something burning,
She had stockings on, and she could and her legs were actually alight.
The stockings had melted onto her legs.
I had third degree burns,
so I had to have a few skin grafts,
and the recovery from that takes a really long time,
and the recovery from that and is really painful.
She had to turn round then and learn to walk again
and all of that. It was just a horrendous time for her.
I remember being like, well, VCA is gonna love all this life experience
that I'm going to come back with.
But I left the hospital
and just walked into a whole,
just a completely changed world, and just walked into a whole,
just a completely changed world, really.
When John got sick,
Michelle was 20.
He went off to the doctor to say he was feeling unwell.
They did some tests and he was diagnosed with cancer.
Dad had pancreatic cancer.
When they diagnosed it, it was stage four,
which is really common for pancreatic cancer.
It was two weeks from the time that I knew he had cancer
It was two weeks from the time until the day he left us.
It was two weeks.
The world felt smaller for the first time.
The world had always felt so huge,
because my parents had made it feel so big.
The feeling that I had was like, "There's so much that is gone."
My mum is Catholic, but my dad wasn't.
My brother and my sister and I wanted to make his Catholic funeral
a bit cheeky, I think.
So we put just, like, country music in, 'cause he didn't like hymns.
# I fell in to a burning ring of fire
# It went down, down, down
# And the flames went higher
# And it burned, burned, burned
# The ring of fire... # Bye, Dad!
# Ring of fire. # (LAUGHTER)
My family and I are in fits of hysterics.
My family and I are in fits It is the best funeral ever.
No offence to all of your funerals,
which I'm sure will be a hoot.
(LAUGHTER)
After losing Dad, and nearly losing my leg,
After losing Dad, I couldn't go back to VCA.
I wanted something new, I couldn't go back to VCA.
I wanted something new, because I felt new,
I wanted something new, and the world felt different.
I auditioned for the Arts Academy in Ballarat,
I auditioned for the Arts Academy and then I got in.
I didn't know that I was going to do comedy.
Oh, my God, no, I won't do a song. I didn't know that I was going to do comedy.
Oh, my God, no, I won't do a song.
I can't, I'm too shy.
(LAUGHTER)
I'd seen little comedy cabarets,
and so I was like, "Alright", I'd seen little comedy cabarets,
and so I was like, "Alright",
and I wrote ten minutes about
being in love with Aladdin.
# 'Cause mostly I wanted to
# Fuck Aladdin... #
And then that was the thing that
people gave me attention for,
which is what I so crave.
# Yeah, mostly I wanted to which is what I so crave.
# Yeah, mostly I wanted to
# Have sex with a fictional character
# Have sex with # Oh, Aladdin. #
MAN: I went to see her at a cabaret venue.
She was so high energy.
I remember just, in that moment, being, like, She was so high energy.
I remember just, in that moment, being, like,
"This is someone really exciting and I want to work with her."
Boys!
ALL: Oh!
She's one of the boys. She's just one of the boys!
Yes!
She met up with the Aunty Donna boys
and she became part of their act.
(ROCK MUSIC PLAYS)
She's one of the boys. She's, like, one of the fuckin'...
We like to describe ourselves as, uh,
We like to describe ourselves as, we're like, um, Monty Python,
if they weren't as good. (LAUGHS)
How did you get that through there?
I was at home... Uh-huh...
..I had breakfast,
I jammed a stick through my hand, then I...
Just stop for a second. ..then I did maths class.
So somewhere in between
those events.
BOTH: Parkour!
Michelle and I, we both went to the Ballarat Arts Academy,
Musical Theatre course. to the Ballarat Arts Academy,
Musical Theatre course.
Starting in comedy at a similar time,
we learnt a lot from each other.
So we were both in this cabaret comedy, called Backwards Anoraks.
ALL: # Let's go, HBO
# Here we go!
# Let's go... #
We were performing # Let's go... #
We were performing at Melbourne Comedy Festival
and in walks Karen Koren, who's the head of Gilded Balloon,
one of the big venues in Edinburgh, sees the show and says,
one of the big venues in Edinburgh, "You've got the gig.
"We're going to Edinburgh in two months. Sort it out."
(BAGPIPES PLAY) "We're going to Edinburgh in two months. Sort it out."
(BAGPIPES PLAY)
WOMAN: Finding new talent is what we do
and Michelle is one of a really great talent.
It was the voice that attracted me to going to see her
It was the voice that attracted me in the first place.
I had no idea she had funny bones.
# We are Starks
# Starks are we
# Starks of Winterfell
# Chilly Winterfell... #
MAN: I saw these guys # Chilly Winterfell... #
MAN: I saw these guys and it was just so much fun.
I thought Michelle was just so talented, to be that funny, MAN: I saw these guys and it was just so much fun.
I thought Michelle was just so talented, to be that funny,
and her voice is incredible. talented, to be that funny,
and her voice is incredible.
TIM: That was really the start of things blowing up for Michelle.
She's loved going back over to Edinburgh every year. TIM: That was really the start of things blowing up for Michelle.
She's loved going back over to Edinburgh every year.
BOTH: Double denim, double denim, double denim!
High five! Uh! double denim!
High five! Uh!
Uh! Yeah!
Who wants to see some art? Not me!
SHAUN MICALLEF: Wasn't it just something that Barnaby Joyce,
Peter Dutton and Craig Kelly made up?
Well, where there's a smoking ceremony, there's fire, Shaun.
# I'd even settle for a bride a bit Mediterranean
# But, Frederick, my dear, you didn't say she was Tasmanian... #
# But, Frederick, my dear, you MALE ANNOUNCER: Michelle Brazier!
(CHEERING)
MAN: There was definitely an evolution in the way Michelle
wrote her comedy.
# Dai, dai, dah... #
There was a moment where she really started to engage with who she was # Dai, dai, dah... #
There was a moment where she really started to engage with who she was
and where she's from.
That was genuinely where you felt her career kind of take a step up,
I think.
# When I was young
# I learned that I
# Was a girl. #
(SOFTLY) What? Oh, my God.
She now is loved and sells out all around the world,
is on every telly show and is dominating,
is on every telly show and she's done it her own way.
Thank you so much. I've been Michelle Brasier. Good night!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
# Dai, dai, dah... #
LAURA: At the second Edinburgh Fringe,
we went back hoping it was going to be just as good as the first one,
but unfortunately, just before we left,
Michelle's brother had received a cancer diagnosis.
Michelle's brother had received (RECORDED VOICE PLAYS BACK)
MICHELLE: My brother and I, we were always really close.
Paul, or Braze, as everyone called him,
Paul, or Braze, he was 15 when I was born,
and he carried me around he was 15 when I was born,
and he carried me around all the time.
and he carried me around He took me to his Year 10 formal.
People called me Braze's baby.
# Things don't go your way... #
# But, baby, things don't go your way... #
He loved music and he would always sing with me.
He loved music Yeah, he was my biggest champion.
(SINGING CONTINUES)
Paul was diagnosed with cancer when he was only 42,
and, you know, it was stage four, so it was a real shock.
Paul had made it very clear to Michelle that she was to go
and do her performance in Edinburgh, Paul had made it very clear to Michelle that she was to go
and do her performance in Edinburgh,
because that's what he wanted.
I thought that I had more time,
but he went while I was there.
He died while I was in Edinburgh.
And just before he slips away,
he requests a song,
so I find a room with a piano
and I record it for him.
# Of all the money
# That e'er I had
# I spent it in good company
# Oh, and all the harm I've ever done
# Oh, and all the harm # Alas, it was to none but me... #
I remember being in our apartment,
and the call coming through, and just hearing her,
and the call coming through, uh,
cry.
I haven't heard that sound before,
and it was, yeah, it was heartbreaking.
Mm.
Hm.
So this is...
..this is where my brother currently lives,
because I don't know what I'm supposed to do with him.
because I don't know what If I take him out of the box,
then I have to pick where If I take him out of the box,
then I have to pick where to put him,
then I have to pick where and making decisions is...
..is hard. I feel, you know, um, quite paralysed
when I have to make a big decision,
when I have to make one that feels like it has meaning.
A week after my brother's funeral,
I was in rehearsals for Legally Blonde: The Musical.
I was in rehearsals It's this funny woman,
who gets to sing her absolute arse off and dance for three hours, It's this funny woman,
who gets to sing her absolute arse off and dance for three hours,
and I think that's the best way to be grieving,
to be completely honest.
And that's where I met Tim.
TIM: I played the role of Warner,
who is Elle's boyfriend at the start of the show,
so I had to break up with her every night for 15 nights,
or something like that, and eight years later, we're still together.
New York. Yeah, New York.
New York. So we get in Sunday and then...
In Michelle's shows, Tim plays accompaniment.
# When I was young... #
He's very selfless with the way he performs.
He is facilitating something that's bigger than him, He's very selfless with the way he performs.
He is facilitating something that's bigger than him,
and bigger than, I guess, the both of them.
# ..drives into town in her convertible
# It's time for mimosas with the girls... #
I think at first Tim was really unsure about what he'd gotten
himself into, because he came into my life properly at the time
when I was, you know, seeing genetic counsellors for the first time.
She was starting to look into her family history,
'cause she was starting to, you know, put the puzzle pieces together
and join the dots,
and see that there is a chance
that she has some genetic history of something.
I was texting Mum yesterday, and she was like,
I was texting Mum yesterday, "Oh, I forgot to tell you. Yeah.
"No, um, your dad's dad's brother also died of pancreatic cancer."
"No, um, your dad's dad's brother So it's my dad,
his mother,
and his dad's brother.
So it's on both sides of my dad's family.
Doctors have told her that there's about a 97% chance that she will
develop some form of cancer in her life.
develop some form of cancer There's talk about Lynch Syndrome.
Lynch Syndrome is a predisposition to bowel cancer, pancreatic cancer,
Lynch Syndrome is a predisposition ovarian cancers, things like that.
It just means, you know, whenever there's a lump or anything,
It just means, you know, I get quite fast-tracked.
But...
..I also, my stress gets really fast-tracked, too.
I think everyone gets weird lumps and things, but I notice them more.
I went to a psychologist, and I was like,
"I'm afraid of dying.
"Every time there's like a pimple that's bigger than it should be,
"Every time there's like a pimple "I think I am dying."
And he was like, "Your response is rational.
"You're being rational." And I was like, "Don't tell me that.
"Tell me I'm being crazy, and then teach me
"Tell me I'm being crazy, "how to stop being crazy."
But he was like, "This is just, this is what your life is."
Whoo!
She's had scare after scare after scare.
We've had ultrasounds, we've had biopsies.
We've had ultrasounds, We've had every,
every test that you could think, almost.
So far, they've all come back the way that we want them to,
with negative health impacts.
MAN: Has anyone in your family had a genetic test yet?
No.
We didn't really put it together until it was like, "Oh, hang on."
Like, "What did Dad's mum die from again? Oh..."
Michelle's had someone tell her about this potential 97% chance Like, "What did Dad's mum die from again? Oh..."
Michelle's had someone tell her about this potential 97% chance
of cancer in her lifetime. about this potential 97% chance
of cancer in her lifetime.
Now, that's very high.
I can understand why it would be worrying.
I can understand Investigating it is reasonable...
But current Australian guidelines Investigating it is reasonable...
But current Australian guidelines for carriers of Lynch Syndrome
give lower risks for cancer than 97%.
I want to do everything preventative as much as I can...
The decision before Michelle is, "Do I carry on as things are going,
"without knowing, or do I try to find out more information
"through a genetic test?"
To me, it's actually about making a decision that sits right with you.
The first time I was presented with the idea of genetic testing,
The first time I was presented I was in my early 20s.
It was like,
"This sounds like a problem It was like,
"This sounds like a problem for grown-up me."
Now I'm getting closer to how old my brother was when he died.
This is a real choice I need to make,
and so I'm looking more and more into this idea
and so I'm looking more and more of getting the testing,
and then I discovered something of getting the testing,
and then I discovered something I hadn't even thought about before.
MAN: Genetic testing is becoming more common,
but some people aren't getting tested because they're worried
but some people aren't getting about life insurance.
In some circumstances, life about life insurance.
In some circumstances, life insurance providers are restricting
access to cover if a person is found to be high-risk.
WOMAN: For a lot of people like Michelle,
when they go to see a genetic counsellor,
we have to tell them that the life insurer can use your genetic risk when they go to see a genetic counsellor,
we have to tell them that the life insurer can use your genetic risk
to deny you cover, increase the cost of your premiums,
and that's even if you haven't had any disease or cancer yourself.
I would always advocate for more conversations with genetics,
I would always advocate for more especially as...
Jane Tiller is an academic leading the charge against this kind
of genetic discrimination.
It's an awful choice that people have to make,
deciding whether to look after their preventive health,
or look after their financial future.
We know, especially with cancer, if we treat it at an early stage,
We know, especially with cancer, and we find out about it,
people are much more likely and we find out about it,
people are much more likely to survive.
If we don't know about our genetic risk, we can't.
My husband and my dad died of pancreatic cancer, If we don't know about our genetic risk, we can't.
My husband and my dad died of pancreatic cancer,
four months apart. of pancreatic cancer,
four months apart.
Oh. Come here. I'm so sorry.
Jane introduced me to two other women who are really active
in the fight against genetic discrimination.
I haven't had the test done... Right...
..because of the insurance. You don't...
I do want to know. Yes.
The federal government is currently considering making
The federal government is currently genetic discrimination illegal,
and,
I think we just need them to know
that this isn't going to be I think we just need them to know
that this isn't going to be something that goes away.
We're not going to back down until they do.
And I don't want to have this conversation with my kids,
and then be like, "Don't get tested because, you know, And I don't want to have this conversation with my kids,
and then be like, "Don't get tested because, you know,
"if you're supporting your family,
"um, it's going to have implications."
If government needs to muscle up and make it impossible
for life insurance companies to discriminate against people,
well, then that's what we should do.
LYNDON: There's definitely a common perception that genetic tests
will give you a black-and-white answer,
but if Michelle goes through genetic testing
but if Michelle goes through and we don't find anything,
we do not say, "Now you're free to go." and we don't find anything,
we do not say, "Now you're free to go."
We actually say, "We want you to continue
"with all of the screening measures "We want you to continue
"with all of the screening measures
"and health checks that you are already having,
"because we're worried we might have missed something."
I hate that. I hate that!
The idea that they can be like, "Yeah, no, it's...
"Who knows?"
It just becomes harder and harder to make any decisions.
Are you feeling nervous about the show?
Are you feeling nervous I sort of don't know what to expect.
Nothing bad.
Performing the show in my home town, Nothing bad.
Performing the show in my home town, to my mum and my sister,
Performing the show in my home town, felt like an out-of-body experience.
Box of tissues!
Broadway isn't scary.
Wagga Wagga is scary.
Everyone's seen, it except for you, Wagga Wagga is scary.
Everyone's seen, it except for you, and the boys,
Everyone's seen, it except for you, 'cause they are...
..dead.
So they haven't seen it.
Which boys?
The boys that are in our family that have died!
The boys that are in our family Oh!
(LAUGHS)
Because Michelle is so frank and so open, (LAUGHS)
Because Michelle is so frank and so open,
yes, I was a little bit worried about what she might say.
But I'm going to walk out there and see my mum.
Um, I have to look her in the eyes and make jokes about her,
um, but also remind her of the hardest part of her life.
And so I sing for my brother, I sing for my father,
and I sing for my mother, who has lost too much.
and I sing for my mother, It was amazing.
She's got you crying one minute and the next minute you're rolling
She's got you crying one minute in the aisles, laughing.
How are you?
Such clever use of tragedy and comedy.
You liked it? Yeah.
Yeah. Very proud of her.
Off we go again. I don't know how many times we've been
at the international airport this year.
at the international Possibly 400.
But let's go.
And where are you guys off to today?
London. London.
LAURA: I don't know Michelle before cancer in her life,
but I know that it drives her.
She is nonstop and she goes after every opportunity
and it's because she's not sure how long she's going to be here
and it's because she's not sure to get to do it all.
They say that I'm young, I have a head start,
and so my body is a temple and I go to yoga,
and they say that I will die young,
and so I party and I do this for a job,
and so I party and I do this and I haven't consolidated my super,
and maybe everyone should live like me -
yoga in the morning, whiskey in the evening,
yoga in the morning, never miss a sunset...
I've made peace, I guess, with the fact that I can't
control my health.
I can do everything I can
and then I have to take a step away,
and so the next best thing that I can do
and so the next best thing is just to enjoy my time.
# Sorry about the bit is just to enjoy my time.
# Sorry about the bit where people die
# Sorry about the bit # But hopefully you're feeling fine
# I've got you if you need to cry
# If you felt nothing, fuck you
# You feel your feelings, I'll feel mine
# And now we've reached the finish line
# My favourite apple type is pine
# I'll be downstairs, come have a wine. #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
ABC Australian Story, shot break.
Eva! Here! Here!
I don't think enough's Eva! Here! Here!
I don't think enough's been spoken about the dog.
I don't think enough's We are the parents of dogs.
Eva is best friends with my dogs.
They like, do full French kisses.
Eva came over to my house for a New Year's Eve party.
Did a poo, and it made everyone leave.
Did a poo, and it made everyone And then the smell came.
I said to Michelle, I'm going to do a one-man cabaret
about me overcoming the time that your dog shit in my lounge room.
about me overcoming the time that That could be the Australian story!
Yeah, maybe that could be the Australian Story!
(LAUGHS) Yeah, maybe that could be the Australian Story!
(LAUGHS)
Eva, I promise there's a treat coming.