meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
The Christian O’Connell Show

MINI: Weak Claim to Fame

The Christian O’Connell Show

GOLD and iHeart Australia

Music, Comedy, Comedy Interviews, Music Interviews

4.7823 Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2024

⏱️ 6 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

We love hearing your weak claims to fame every week! Email Christian@christianoconnellshow.com.au with yours!

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Christian.

0:01.0

Welcome friends to the Christian O'Connell Show podcast.

0:04.0

Right now, your stories, week is claim to fame.

0:07.0

No claim to fame too weak for us.

0:09.0

Christian, I Warpast, NBN star, Ben Simmons' dad at Costco yesterday.

0:15.0

Some David and Mordialit.

0:18.0

You think, Sean, if you're kids playing and owning that kind of coin, what are you doing, your old man shopping at Costco? Send some back to your parents. Come on, Ben. I'm paying you there. I know you're injured a lot, but Dan's having to go to Costco to get them on discounts. And Jack just made a fair point when I read it out just now.

0:37.8

It's like, how do you even know?

0:36.1

And do any of us know what the star's dad's look like? How do you know it's Ben Simmons' dad? Yeah, you can line him up out of ten dads. I'd have no idea. Christian, my dad's claim to fame, according to him right now in the cars. Without him, Hamish and Andy would never have met. Should you think that's the teacher that put them together at St. Leonard's?

0:54.8

No, they didn't go to high school together, but they did meet at university. Ah. Did I trace that back? Who is that? 9-414-1043. Good morning, Chris. Good morning. Hey, Christian. How you going? I'm good, mate. Welcome to the show. So what's your weakest claim to fame for us?

1:12.3

Yes, my weakest claim, the fame was I was hit by Russell Crow's son's teddy bear. Oh, no. Wow, we. Whereabouts? It did happen? So this is down in Surrey Hills. So we're down in Sydney on the way to the football to watch the swans play. Of course. walking along a bit of a crowded footpath there

1:09.3

and it's just kept in front of us swinging a teddy bear around and next thing I know we go to walk past and hits me in the arm I sort of Peter's booming voice and look up and it's Russell Crowe. And what was gladiator saying? Was he saying sorry or get out the way yeah she's saying to his son i think

1:45.4

it was tennyson he said tennyson don't swing that around he's a bit angry at his son so

1:49.7

tennyson hell of a name i love it tennyson uh Chris great story thank you very much

1:58.3

no problems thanks for your time. Thank you.

2:02.2

Tiara, good morning.

2:05.2

Hello, how you going?

2:06.6

I'm good, Tiara. Welcome to the show.

2:08.7

What's your weakest claim to fame for us?

2:12.9

My weakest claim to fame is my debutante in high school.

2:17.4

The Wiggles were actually taken in our Hummer a few weeks prior to our debut song.

2:19.1

Wow.

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from GOLD and iHeart Australia, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of GOLD and iHeart Australia and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.