The Edge Breakfast

We are officially in full rehearsal mode for the musical, and things are already completely off the rails. While Dan was away trying to record his backing tracks, we sent Carl into the recording studio to spy on him, and let’s just say his high-register vocals are something you truly have to hear to believe. Between pranking Dan’s tracks and exposing Meg for being a bit too gassy in her own sessions, we are spiralling fast.

Clint, Meg and Dan count down one week until their one-night “Hooked” musical, stressing about missing rehearsal time, mics and costumes, while taking calls from excited ticket holders. They play HBO Max trivia, cover Kristen Wiig’s $6.2m ‘treehouse’ listing and Lizzo’s album sales, and give away Jackass tickets. Listener stories range from magpie, goat and pig attacks to shark-attack stats. Meg shares postpartum reflections on having a non-sleeper then a sleeper baby. They react to Olivia Rodrigo saying fans wear nappies to keep front-row spots, discuss rekindling relationships after decades, and ask how badly people have lied on CVs, including a pilot with a fake license.
00:00 One Week To Hook
02:06 HBO Max Trivia Game
06:58 Jackass Returns
11:34 When Animals Attack
20:07 Take The Edge Off Call
22:57 What ya got
27:06 Postpartum Month Eleven
32:41 Concert Nappy Confessions
37:48 Hook Musical Prep
45:48 Exes Reunite Years Later
53:14 Pilot Fake License
55:27 Lying on Your CV

We are officially losing our minds this Friday. You are not ready for the sheer chaos of Dan admitting he once spent a four-hour dinner party pretending to be a blind man using a cattle prod as a cane just to win a bet. It gets weirder, it gets smellier, and we completely spiral.

Clint, Meg, and Dan kick off an unplanned Friday show while racing toward opening night of “Hook the Musical,” recording new tracks, going off-book on lines, and worrying about Bella’s prep. They chat about darts at Auckland’s Viaduct and a flight attendant’s heavily discounted travel perks, debate whether perks affect friendships, and share Scandal highlights including praise for Ariana Grande’s live vocals and Niall Horan’s Live Lounge cover. A caller road-tripping to Dannevirke spills small-town drama, then the team react to a viral “drunk husband gave his number” apology using AI Winnie the Pooh. Marco gives away 50 free coffees in Christchurch, they cover weekend sport, roast “ex as a store” jokes, discuss “dopamine shopping,” and attempt “Cart Busters” to pay for listeners’ online carts—until the call goes wrong.
02:00 Pizza Night Banter
02:21 Coffee Catch Up Darts
02:50 Flight Perks Debate
06:58 Scandal Ariana And Niall
09:51 First Caller Small Town Tea
13:04 Naughty 640
16:53 Free Coffees Christchurch
19:03 Hook Musical Cringe Preview
24:04 Weekend Sport Chat
25:22 Mum Oracle Retires
28:17 Ex as a Store Game
31:35 Dopamine Shopping Trend
35:13 Cart Busters Calls
37:44 Winner Call Fails

I am in absolute shock that we just attempted to run a full theater rehearsal live on the podcast. Dan wrote a musical when he was 15 called Hook: The Musical, and we are performing it to a real, paying audience in a week and a half. We haven't practiced once.