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The Useless Hotline

The Boys Reflect On Final UK Tour Show, George Talks Japan Trip and Australia Tour NEWS!

The Useless Hotline

Max Balegde & George Clarke

Comedy, News, News Commentary

4.8701 Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2026

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Timestamps

00:00 - Introduction: Getting in the dark at Hobbiton and tour prep chaos

06:09 - Hobbiton vs. the Hobbits: Clearing up the Lord of the Rings lore

10:10 - Australia tour: Tickets, dates, and how to join the fun in Sydney, Melbourne, and more

15:01 - The UK tour highlights: dance routines, technical challenges, and character costumes

16:22 - Rehearsal stories: Spontaneous dance numbers, stage mishaps, and improvisation

19:08 - The chaos of stage blackouts and find-my-microphone moments

20:21 - Entertainment: Irish jigs, Miss Piggy costumes, and audience reactions

24:52 - Funny on-stage confessions and risqué moments, including Andrew’s comedy bits

26:20 - Travel tales from Japan and new adventures planned, including Disney and Pokémon

34:26 - Marathon journey: training snippets, race stories, unexpected injuries

40:10 - Theme parks: Queue horror stories, ride experiences, and comparisons across Japan and Florida

45:54 - The magic of Disney: Hidden details, park secrets, and fan dedication

50:00 - Final tour call-to-action: Tickets, gratitude, and upcoming shows


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Transcript

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0:00.0

Me and Andrew getting there like three or four days earlier.

0:02.0

We're going to go to Hobbit Town.

0:04.3

Hobbiton.

0:04.9

Hobbiton, is that what it's called?

0:06.0

Yeah, not Hobbit Town.

0:07.2

Oh, kind of similar, though.

0:08.9

Is it called Hobbiton?

0:10.0

Yes.

0:10.9

Is it based off the Hobbit's that, or is that just a coincidence?

0:14.2

What?

0:14.9

I literally could not see a thing, so I'm literally like in the dark,

0:20.5

waving my hands around the floor,

0:22.6

trying to find this microphone that I've just dropped. The music to dance to is not playing.

0:26.6

Because they heard, they heard, they heard, dancing to Charleston is George Clark.

0:30.6

And they started cheering so they didn't hear Max Belegdeo. So I heard a few people thought that Alexis was going to come out.

0:36.6

I know. I saw that online. One thing that I can't believe he said, I didn't quite thought that Alexis was going to come out. I know. I saw that online.

0:38.3

One thing that I can't believe he said, I didn't quite know that Andrew was going to say,

0:42.9

I want you to...

0:44.5

In a video that's yet to come out, in which we get somewhat drunk, you'll realize what

0:50.4

video it is when it comes out.

0:51.9

I almost broke my...

0:52.7

I don't even know if I've said that's the reason

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