265 - Forrest Tucker: Master Escape Artist
Do Go On
Matt Stewart, Jess Perkins & Dave Warneke
4.9 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 17 November 2020
⏱️ 124 minutes
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Summary
With a career spanning six decades, most of which was spent in / breaking out of prison, you would think that Forrest Tucker would be a name we have heard a lot. You may have seen Robert Redford play Forrest in The Old Man & the Gun, but this is the story that inspired the movie. Jail breaks, petty crime and car chances. What more could you want in a podcast?
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| 0:00.0 | Just jumping in very quickly before we start the show to let you know we've got one last big show happening at the Melbourne comedy festival |
| 0:06.5 | What is it Dave? It's do go on the quiz show. We are doing one final show on Monday April 17th |
| 0:12.7 | 2023 at the Melbourne Town Hall is the three of us. I'm quizzing Matt and Jess and we've got two great guests |
| 0:18.0 | Broden from Artie Donna and Claire who be joining us big final show. I'm so excited about it |
| 0:23.4 | My show is still going. It's called Dengets of the Chinese Museum and it's on every night at 6.30 and 5.30 on |
| 0:29.4 | Sundays. I'm also doing a who knew it with Matt Stewart on Sunday May the 14th in Brisbane for the Brisbane comedy festival |
| 0:36.1 | You can find out about that at Matt's show at comedy.com, but I'm really excited Dave |
| 0:39.9 | I know you are too for Jess's added show she sold out basically a whole run |
| 0:44.6 | But she's added a special late night show Dave and I are gonna go we'd love to see you there as well |
| 0:49.6 | What date is it Bob? It's on the 22nd of April at 10.30 p.m. It's gonna be a late night loose silly show |
| 0:55.6 | So excited. It's gonna be a lot of fun come along |
| 0:58.3 | For tickets to Jess's show Matt show and do go on the quiz show go to comedy festival.com.au |
| 1:04.8 | This podcast is part of the Planet Broadcasting Network visit planet broadcasting.com for more podcasts from our great mates |
| 1:28.5 | Hello and welcome to another episode of do go on my name is Dave Wonicky and as always I'm here with Matt Stewart and Jess Perkins |
| 1:36.7 | Hey, I'm Matt Stewart and I'm Jess Perkins. Hey Dave your Dave Wonicky welcome to the show. Thank you and together we are |
| 1:45.2 | Yeah, mom's butt |
| 1:47.2 | Yeah, we each make up a cheek me the schvink though |
| 1:50.5 | So we obviously I'm the crack is it nice how we'll always throw ourselves under the bus? |
| 1:58.1 | We'll all throw ourselves in your mom's butt |
| 2:02.7 | I've already lost a couple of new listeners |
| 2:04.7 | Yeah, I know |
| 2:05.7 | Sorry, we're very interested in the topic |
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