539 - The Piddler on the Roof (and Other Tales of Criminal Mischief)
Do Go On
Matt Stewart, Jess Perkins & Dave Warneke
4.9 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 18 February 2026
⏱️ 95 minutes
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Summary
In this episode we hear about some of the silliest criminals of recent times, including the man known as the 'piddler on the roof'! Recorded live at the Fringe Bar in Wellington.
This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 6:48 (though as always, we go off on tangents throughout the report).
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REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING:
https://edition.cnn.com/2013/07/26/us/gun-robber-armed-with-bat
https://nypost.com/2023/06/15/man-left-phone-behind-after-dine-and-dash-then-arrested-for-murder/
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2008-08-21/new-zealand-teen-admits-he-is-piddler-on-the-roof/483564
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2008/03/26/robbery-suspect-who-left-his-number-shot-by-police/
https://www.ladbible.com/entertainment/tv/just-waiting-for-mate-video-914640-20250205
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, Matt Jess and Dave here. Just to give you a little update on a few exciting things happening very soon. |
| 0:05.5 | That's right. We're looking at the rest of the year thinking, let's go to some new places, but we can only go there if we know that an audience will turn up. So wherever you are in the world, you can sign up to our mailing list. There's a link in our link tree on the do go on Instagram. basically you feel out your email and where in the world you would see us and we'll only email you once we're going there. No spam, nothing like that. It's just, for example, you live in Tokyo or let you know when we're doing a show in Tokyo. Please tell us about that. We'd love to go to Tokyo. Oh, man, it would be a dream to go to Tokyo. But we are doing some live shows in Melbourne and Adelaide coming up. We're doing three shows at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 2026. This is March 29. There's April 5. It's not on. Sorry, that's Easter. We're not doing that. April 12 and April 19. You can get a ticket to each of the shows or a season pass. And it's very much discounted because you only have to pay the ticket fee once. I tell you what, this is not going to help the rumors that one of us is the Easter Bunny. |
| 0:56.9 | We're going to have to pay the ticket fee once. I tell you what, this is not going to help the rumours that one of us is the Easter Bunny. |
| 0:58.3 | We're going to have to delete that. |
| 0:58.6 | Yeah. |
| 0:59.5 | Pretending you didn't hear that. |
| 1:28.9 | I'm also doing it. Who knew with Matt Stewart live at the Adelaide Fringe on March the 7th. To me and Serenjai Amana, friend of the show, are doing a run of our new material show, which I think is called Seren Jiamana and Matt Stewart, present Sorrenti, Amarna and Matt Stewart, something like that. And it's on at the Rhinel, March 3rd to 9th and Melbourne International Comedy Festival, April 7th and 19th at the Cooper's Inn. Cannot wait, pumped up. But yeah, get onto the mailing list. Get onto the mailing list. Or if you want to get tickets to any of the shows we just mentioned, |
| 1:52.4 | like I said, it's 2026. Go to do episode of Do Go On. |
| 1:53.7 | My name is Dave Warnocky. |
| 1:55.0 | Hello, Wellington. |
| 2:00.1 | As always, I'm on stage here with Jess Perkins and Matt Stewart, everyone. |
| 2:02.6 | Oh, my gosh. The Windy City! |
| 2:04.6 | Here we are! |
| 2:05.6 | This is like the craft beer capital of the world. |
| 2:08.6 | Is that right? |
| 2:10.6 | Yeah. |
| 2:11.6 | But most of you don't give a shit about that, do you? |
| 2:13.6 | Although the place that I was so keen to come, I was so stoked that garage project was within a few hundred metres of our venue, but it's closing at nine o'clock tonight. |
| 2:23.8 | Do you guys not know how to party? |
| 2:26.7 | Saturday night, come on. |
| 2:29.0 | I'm hoping the BP will be open for a pie after this, though. |
| 2:33.6 | Oh, yeah, Dave's had a few good pies here. |
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