S4 EP18: Paul Williams
episode
What Did You Do Yesterday? with Max Rushden & David O'Doherty
1h 21m
3 speakers
6 chapters
transcribed 3 months ago
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What question do the hosts ask their guests?
podcasts there are millions of them some might say too many i have one already i don't have any because there are enough politics business sport you name it there's a podcast about it and they all ask the big questions and cover the hot topics of the day but nobody is covering the most important topic of all why is that are they scared too afraid of being censored by the man Possibly, but not us. We're here to ask the only question that matters. We try and say it at the same time, Max. What did you do yesterday? What did you do yesterday? What did you do yesterday? That's it. All we're interested in is what the guests got up to yesterday. Nothing more.
Day before yesterday, Max? Nope. The greatest and most interesting day of your life?
Unless it was yesterday, we don't want to know about it. I'm Max Rushton. And I'm David O'Doherty. Welcome to What Did You Do Yesterday? What Did You Do Yesterday? Hello and welcome to What Did You Do Yesterday. My name is Max Rushton. Alongside me today, David O'Doherty. And today's guest, one of my oldest friends in comedy. Yeah.
It still makes me laugh every single time. I think because I'm ready to do a good intro and then you just... I ruin it.
Yeah. When you booked Paul Williams, I thought, oh, the former Coventry centre-back from the 90s. This is interesting. I wonder what he's up to these days. But I was mistaken.
Paul's an extraordinary... So people might know him as the Alex Horn on New Zealand Taskmaster, which among Taskmaster aficionados is one of the hipster ones. People might know him as... So he's a wonderful comedian, has done the Edinburgh Fringe, Melbourne Comedy Festival, all of these several times. But he also has a parallel career as an R&B artist, where he has released... two of his own infectious albums. I don't think you say infectious in that way. I think you call them urban licks. People, they know Paul's music from James Acaster's various projects. He's very much championed Paul's music. But then we also have Paul's writing and acting. And we see the launch at the moment of new zealand spy which is does look good all we've seen is the trailer it's got a bond style ski race in it with a low flying plane really good stuff good cast joe thomas tim key rose mattifeo yeah some pod alumni and joe thomas who was meant to do it but he turned up he didn't turn up on the right day
This is a lovely Yesterday from... He's a man whose life has undergone large changes in recent times. The beautiful child is on the scene. And then you also see what I got from it is how much you lose your mind when you're making a TV show, particularly in the editing process. It's one of my all-time favorite What Did You Do Yesterday bits.
This is what Paul Williams did yesterday.
Paul Williams, welcome to What Did You Do Yesterday?
Thank you so much for having me.
This is exciting, David, because now we're really into the low single figures of New Zealanders. So we can really now draw a picture of the whole of New Zealand, depending on how many cows Paul tries to tag during his yesterday.
How many New Zealanders have you had on here so far?
We've had Guy Montgomery, Rose Matifeo, Brett McKenzie, and I think Paul Williams. So I think that's enough.
Oh, wow. Okay, I'm actually happy with that.
And Richard Hadley, Dan Carter, Jacinta Ahern, Ardern, and five people who are in Shortland Street.
Well, I played young man in Shortland Street. So add me to that list. Stop it. And what did you have to do? I had to knock on Dr. Chris Warner's door and ask for Pete. And Pete didn't live there because I had the wrong house. I see. That was the scene.
But why did they put that in? What's the point? How is that advancing the plot at all? Just someone doesn't live there.
Basically, I think the storyline was that Dr. Chris Warner had moved into a new house. He bought a big flash house, but he was worried. His family was worried that the neighbors were criminals. And so I think I was looking for Pete, who was like a shady character, maybe selling drugs.
Got it. Whoa. I'm imagining you, big flat cap, sort of Peaky Blinders vibe to it.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What question do the hosts ask their guests?
0:06–12:43
2
What did Paul Williams do yesterday?
12:43–24:41
3
How does Paul describe his morning routine?
24:41–26:31
4
What are the highlights of Paul's day with his newborn?
26:31–35:18
5
What was the experience like at the office?
35:18–45:05
6
How does Paul describe the game of Gonk?
45:05–1:21:19