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Primary Title
  • Seven Sharp
Date Broadcast
  • Friday 8 August 2014
Start Time
  • 19 : 00
Finish Time
  • 19 : 30
Duration
  • 30:00
Channel
  • TV One
Broadcaster
  • Television New Zealand
Classification
  • Not Classified
Owning Collection
  • Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
  • Television
Languages
  • English
Captioning Languages
  • English
Captions
Live Broadcast
  • Yes
Rights Statement
  • Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Genres
  • Current affairs
  • Newsmagazine
ONE NEWS CAPTIONS BY FINN SCOTT-KELLY AND JOHN LING. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. IT'S SEVEN SHARP. TONIGHT ` IT'S ALL FOR A GOOD CAUSE, BUT MEET THE MAN WITH THE TOUGHEST BUCKET LIST OF ALL. I'M NOT SURE I'D DO IT AGAIN, BUT WE GOT HERE IN ONE PIECE. PLUS ` AH, YES. WHO COULD FORGET THAT KICK? CROWD CHEERS BUT ARE WE READY TO RELIVE IT? I WANT HIM TO HAVE MY CHILDREN. I WANT HIM TO BE... CAN HE BE THE MOTHER OR THE FATHER? AND ` BEAUTY IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER, EXCEPT ON THE INTERNET, WHEN APPARENTLY IT'S EVERYONE'S BUSINESS. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF SEVEN SHARP, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. Don't you love it when the news ends on a crazy note? I love the America's Cup. But we remember when it was on, we were lapping it up. And no one cared about anything else that was going on. And I felt wonderful for Jock Paget today. He seemed so clean. For 10 months, your whole life is on hold. Finally he gets cleared. A happy day. HERE'S WHAT CAUGHT OUR EYE TODAY. 'AMERICA IS COMING TO HELP.' THE US WILL MAKE HUMANITARIAN AIR DROP OF FOOD AND WATER TO HELP THE REFUGEES UNDER THREAT. FROM OUR DOMESTIC GODDESS FILE, THROW OUT THOSE EXPENSIVE CLEANING PRODUCTS, BECAUSE THERE'S A FAR CHEAPER ALTERNATIVE. NEW RESEARCH SHOW THINGS LIKE POTATOES, MAYONNAISE, BANANAS AND TOMATO SAUCE CAN BE JUST AS EFFECTIVE AT REMOVING STAINS, LIME SCALE AND RUST. AND HE CALLED SINGER DELTA GOODREM THE 'MOST UNRHYTHMIC WHITE WOMAN' BUT MARLON WAYANS IS REUSING TO APOLOGISE. DESPITE THIS, WAYANS SAID DELTA WAS A NICE LADY. Wendyl Nissen would be loving this. She's just picking veggies out of the garden, and she sent me some rub on deodorant. IF YOU'RE PLANNING A LAZY WEEKEND SLOBBING AROUND ON THE COUCH, WELL, ALL POWER TO YOU; THAT'S WHAT WEEKENDS ARE FOR. BUT THIS NEXT STORY MIGHT MAKE YOU FEEL JUST A BIT GUILTY ABOUT IT. IT'S ABOUT A GUY WHO'S LIVING LIFE NOT JUST TO THE FULL, BUT, REALLY, TO OVERFLOWING. THE COUCH DEFINITELY ISN'T DAVID'S DESTINATION OF CHOICE ` NOT ENOUGH PETROL OR DANGER. HERE'S MICHAEL HOLLAND. INSPIRATIONAL ROCK MUSIC FOR DAVID MURRAY THIS IS TAKING LIFE EASY, TAKING IT BY THE SCRUFF OF THE NECK. FLASHY TROPICAL ISLAND RESORTS? NOT A CHANCE. I DON'T WANT TO SIT ON A BEACH, READING A MAGAZINE, GETTING SUNBURNT. I WOULD RATHER GET OUT THERE AND EXPLORE. PUT YOURSELF TO THE TEST? PUT MYSELF TO THE TEST. SIMPLY, IF HE CAN RIDE IN IT OR ON IT IN SOM FAR FLUNG CORNER OF THE WORLD, HE'S UP FOR IT. IT'S GOOD TO GET OUT THERE AND HAVE SOME CHALLENGES. IT'S A MATTER OF GETTING OFF THE COUCH AND TRYING AND GETTING INTO IT. AND FOR THE LAKE TEKAPO RAISED FLY-IN, FLY-OUT WORKER BASED IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA, THAT MEANS COMPETING IN A HORSE RACE ACROSS MONGOLIA, RIDING A VINTAGE MOTORCYCLE SIDECAR FROM THE SOUTHERN-MOST TO NORTHERN-MOST TIP OF SIBERIA, MARATHON DOG SLEDDING ACROSS SCANDINAVIA, AND HIS LATEST ODYSSEY ` FLYING AN ANTIQUE SINGLE-ENGINED PLANE FROM PERTH TO HIS FAMILY HOME IN THE MCKENZIE COUNTRY. BLUES GUITAR MUSIC WELL, THIS IS MY BABY, BASICALLY. IT'S A PIPER PACER TAILDRAGGER ` 150 HORSEPOWER. IT'S TAKEN ME 4000 MILES TO GET HERE, SO I'VE PUT MY LIFE IN ITS HANDS, OR ITS WINGS, AND IT HAS GOTTEN ME HERE SAFELY. TOTAL FLYING TIME FOR DAVID AND HIS MATE ANDREW CRAIG ` 42 HOURS. THE ENDLESS STRETCH OF BROWN ACROSS THE AUSTRALIAN INTERIOR. THERE'S NOTHING REALLY THERE. THERE'S THE ODD SCRUB THAT'S SORT OF ABOUT A METRE HIGH ` THAT'S ABOUT IT. GIVING WAY TO THE MAJESTY OF THE GREAT AUSTRALIAN BIGHT. THIS KNIFE EDGE, AND IT DROPS STRAIGHT INTO THE OCEAN. THEN THE HAUL ACROSS TASMAN, HOPPING FROM LORD HOWE ISLAND TO NORFOLK ISLAND AND ON TO NORTHLAND. HOW BIG IS THAT PROVERBIAL DITCH WHEN YOU ARE IN A SINGLE-ENGINED PLANE? IT'S A LONG WAY. WE WERE BOTH PRETTY NERVOUS TO BE FLYING OVER THE OCEAN FOR THAT AMOUNT OF TIME, BUT YOU JUST HAD TO LOOK UP AND NOT DOWN, BASICALLY, AND KEEP YOUR EYES AWAY FROM THE WATER. BUT, YEAH, WE GOT HERE IN ONE PIECE. THOSE MIND-NUMBING HOURS, THOUGH, ARE QUICKLY FORGOTTEN AS THE WHITE-CLOAKED BACKBONE OF THE SOUTH ISLAND BECKONS. I DON'T THINK YOU WILL GET A BETTER PLACE IN THE WORLD TO FLY THAN SLAP BANG IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SOUTHERN ALPS ` THE MOUNTAINS, THE SNOW AND BEAUTIFUL SCENERY AND THE CRYSTAL CLEAR AIR OUT HERE. IT'S A PRETTY SPECIAL PART OF THE WORLD. SO, THROUGH ALL THESE ADVENTURES, THROUGH ALL THESE EXPEDITIONS, WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNT ABOUT YOURSELF? I GUESS I AM VERY OPTIMISTIC. I'M NOT NEGATIVE. KIWI INGENUITY GETS YOU A LONG WAY. YOU CAN GENERALLY GET YOURSELF OUT OF MOST SITUATIONS IF YOU PUT YOUR MIND TO IT. AND IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT TICKING OFF BUCKET LIST AMBITIONS. DAVID AND HIS TRAVELLING COMPANIONS DO VOLUNTARY WORK AND RAISE MONEY FOR CHARITIES ALONG THE WAY. VERY REWARDING, VERY SATISFYING. AS FOR HIS NEXT GREAT ADVENTURE, WELL, THE PLANNING'S ALREADY UNDERWAY. RIDING CAMELS FROM OMAN THROUGH SAUDI ARABIA, THROUGH THE EMPTY QUARTER AND THEN INTO THE UAE AND FINISHING IN ABU DHABI. NICE. SO AS MANY OF US CONTEMPLATE A LAZY WINTER'S WEEKEND, A SIMPLE THOUGHT. BEAR GRYLLS IS OUT DOING IT ALL THE TIME. YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE. RATHER THAN WATCH SOMEONE ELSE'S FILM, MAKE YOUR OWN. You see Lake Tekapo there with the beautiful church. I admire a guy like that because he hasn't all planned out. I never know what I'm going to do on the weekend. Do you think people are born that way? I am not saying I am a slouch all the time. Don't Make it all about you. COMING UP ON SEVEN SHARP ` WE ALL WOULD LIKE A SECOND CRACK, AND STEPHEN GOT A SECOND CRACK, AND HE NAILED IT. YES, SOMETIMES GIVING SOMEONE ANOTHER GO CAN TURN OUT PRETTY WELL. IT GIVES ME GOOSEBUMPS. THAT SOUNDS SLIGHTLY HOMOEROTIC, DOESN'T IT? OH, DAMN IT, I'M AROUSED. AND WHAT JOHN KEY REALLY THINKS ABOUT HIS COLLEAGUES IN PARLIAMENT. DO YOU BELIEVE THAT THE LEADERS OF MANY OF THE MINOR PARTIES > ARE MUPPETS, AS YOU JUST CALLED THEM IN THERE? > YEAH, SOMETIMES. FIND OUT WHO HE'S TALKING ABOUT. Did you see Liz's hand? She used to be a hand model. WELL, ISN'T IT GOOD TO KNOW WHAT THE PRIME MINISTER THINKS OF THE MINOR PARTY LEADERS? TODAY HE CALLED THEM MUPPETS. THE ORIGINAL COMMENT WASN'T CAUGHT ON CAMERA, BUT MR KEY WAS HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT IT AFTERWARDS. SPEAKING OF THE MINOR PARTIES, DO YOU BELIEVE THAT THE LEADERS > OF MANY OF THE MINOR PARTIES ARE MUPPETS, > AS YOU JUST CALLED THEM IN THERE? > YEAH, SOMETIMES. (CHUCKLES) NOT ALL THE TIME. 'MAHNA MAHNA' < JUST WITH THOSE ACCOMMODATIONS DEALS... YEAH. < ...AND AGREEMENTS YOU'VE GOT WITH OTHER PARTIES, < SOME OF THOSE MINOR PARTIES, < DO THEY FIT UNDER YOUR CATEGORY OF MUPPETS? OF OUR ONES? NO, BECAUSE THEY'RE SENSIBLE MUPPETS. (CHUCKLES) A sensible Muppet? I think you are sensible muppet. John key looks a bit tired. Are we going to have random comments like that every day until the election? What about the real issues? WELL, FROM MUPPETS TO WORDS WE CAN'T SAY ON TELEVISION. YES, KIM DOTCOM'S CROWD CHANTING PROFANITY ABOUT THE PRIME MINISTER HAS BEEN A BIG TALKING POINT THIS WEEK, BUT WHY ARE WE GETTING SO INCENSED ABOUT ALL THIS? IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME THE F BOMB'S BEEN DROPPED IN POLITICAL CIRCLES. TIM WILSON WITH THE CREEP OF THE BLEEP. ALL CHANT: <BLEEP> JOHN KEY! <BLEEP> JOHN KEY! KIM DOTCOM ENCOURAGING KIDS TO F-BOMB THE PM. JOHN KEY'S A BIT OF A BLEEP MAGNET. IN PROTESTS,... <BLEEP> YOU, JOHN KEY! ALL CHANT: <BLEEP> YOU, JOHN KEY! ...IN PERSON,... MY PARENTS LIKE <BLEEP>ING LABOUR. ...DAVID CUNLIFFE TOO. <BLEEP> YOU, MAN. THERE'S NO FUTURE! STEVE MAHAREY BLEEPED IN THE HOUSE. <BLEEP> YOU. DON BRASH GOT F-BASHED,... DON BRASH IS A RACIST PIG. <BLEEP> OFF BACK TO WHERE YOU CAME FROM. ...THEN THE MUD FLEW. SO THE SCORE IS NATIONAL ` THREE; LABOUR ` ONE; POTTY-MOUTHED BRAT ` ONE. WE'RE WALKING A THIN LINE. IT'S BLEEPING HISTORICAL, BUT IS IT BLEEPING ACCEPTABLE? BECAUSE BLEEP CAN CREEP. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THE F-BOMB BEEN PART OF A POLITICAL AD. ROBUST DEBATE IS GREAT, BUT DO WE REALLY WANT THE VERBAL EQUIVALENT OF THIS? That was from the rehearsal of the ONE News leaders debate I did the other day. IN THE GRAND OLD TRADITION OF MAKING MOVIES ABOUT AMAZING THINGS, WE PRESENT THE STORY OF THE RUGBY WORLD CUP. YOU REMEMBER THE WORLD CUP ` ALL BLACKS WIN IT BY A POINT BY A KICK BY STEPHEN 'BEAVER' DONALD. THE WHOLE THING IS PROBABLY STILL FRESH IN OUR MEMORIES, AND NOW WE CAN RE-LIVE IT ALL OVER AGAIN. A NEW MOVIE'S SET TO BE RELEASED LOOKING AT HOW DONALD WENT FROM WHITEBAITING IN THE WAIKATO TO SAVING A NATION'S PRIDE. MATT CHISHOLM WAS ON SET. LOU REED'S 'WALK ON THE WILD SIDE' HOW COULD WE FORGET THE KICK THAT WON THE CUP, THE DUDE WHO DELIVERED, JUST THE 4TH BEST FIVE-EIGHTH IN THE LAND THIS MAN'S COPPED A BIT OF CRITICISM IN HIS TIME. INITIALLY NOT WANTED BY THE BLACKS, THE BLOKE THEY CALL BEAVER ANSWERS THE COACH'S EMERGENCY CALL, OUT WHITEBAITING. NINE MISSED CALLS FROM ONE NUMBER. AND WITH THE NATION GRIPPED, HIS TOP MORE THAN A TAD TIGHT, THE VILLAIN IS VINDICATED. # CAN I KICK IT? # YES, YOU CAN. # CAN I KICK IT? # YES, YOU CAN. ALL CHEER WE'VE ALL FAILED AND WE ALL WOULD LIKE A SECOND CRACK, AND STEPHEN GOT A SECOND CRACK, AND HE NAILED IT. STEPHEN DONALD'S REDEMPTION STORY'S SO GOOD, PHIL SMITH AND TOM SCOTT TURNED IT INTO A MOVIE. AND I WAS LIKE BEAVER. I WAS FOURTH CAB OFF THE RANK. WE WERE QUEUING UP. I WAS WHITEBAITING. YOU WON'T BELIEVE THIS. I WAS WHITEBAITING, GIVEN UP ON EVER HAVING A CHANCE TO WRITE THIS, AND THE PHONE CALL ` 'RING PHIL. RING PHIL.' BEAVER ` IS HE THAT GOOD BUGGER, THAT LIKEABLE FELLA THAT WE SORT OF SEE IN THE MEDIA? I WANT HIM TO HAVE MY CHILDREN. I WANT HIM TO BE` CAN HE BE THE MOTHER OR THE FATHER? NO, HE REALLY IS. HE'S AS NICE AS HE APPEARS. EXCUSE THE PUN, BUT YOU'VE GOT BIG BOOTS TO FILL? > (LAUGHS) YEAH, EXACTLY. I DO. THAT'S VERY TRUE. THE MAN SLOTTING INTO BEAVER'S BOOTS BOTH ON AND OFF THE FIELD,... THE FIRST CHANCE I GOT, I RAGDOLLED HIM AS HARD AS I COULD. ...LA-BASED KIWI DAVID DELATOUR. I'M A PRETTY BIG FAN, BUT IT'S ALSO ANOTHER THING GETTING OUT THERE AND THROWING IT AROUND. I THOUGHT MY PASS WAS QUITE GOOD UNTIL I STARTED HAVING TO DO IT ON THE RUN. YOU KNOW, YOU FORGET YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO DO IT WHILE YOU'RE RUNNING. NORMALLY, I'M JUST ON THE BEACH WITH A BEER IN HAND, AND I'M JUST PASSING THE BALL LIKE THAT. THE FELLAS PAYING THE WAGES, THOUGH, ARE HAPPY ENOUGH. I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW AUTHENTIC AND REAL HE IS. I'M CONVINCED NOW THAT EVERY TIME DAVID RUNS OUT ON TO THE PADDOCK TO PLAY STEPHEN, THE REAL STEPHEN JUST COLLAPSES LIKE AN INFLATABLE DOLL... (WHOOSHES) AND HIS SPIRIT IS SUCKED OUT OF HIM BY THIS ACTOR, THIS YOUNG KID. HAVE YOU BEEN ON A STRICT DIET OF PIES AND WHITEBAIT PATTIES? > (LAUGHS) YEAH. YEAH, I'VE BEEN TRYING TO PUT ON A FEW POUNDS TO SORT OF BULK UP A LITTLE BIT TO TRY AND GET THE BEST RESEMBLANCE OF BEAVER. HE'S SUCCEEDED. YEAH, IT SEEMS TO FIT ALL RIGHT. SEEMS TO RIDE IF YOU NEED IT TO. < SHOWING A BIT OF MIDRIFF THERE? (LAUGHS) YEAH, YEAH. IT GIVES ME GOOSEBUMPS. THAT SOUNDS SLIGHTLY HOMOEROTIC, DOESN'T IT? OH DAMN IT, I'M AROUSED. YIKES. GETTING IT RIGHT, IF YOU LIKE, ALL HELPED BY RUBBING SHOULDERS WITH THE PRIDE OF WAIUKU HIMSELF. HE'S BEEN REALLY OPEN AND HELPFUL AND BEEN GREAT WITH ME. YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN TEXTING HIM AND GOING OUT AND HAVING A BEER WITH HIM, SO IT'S BEEN REALLY COOL. BUT BEAVE WASN'T THERE FOR THE WHITEBAITING, I WAS ASKING THE QUESTION HOW DOES A PERSON WHITEBAIT? (LAUGHS) I DIDN'T ACTUALLY KNOW. WAS HE HALF PISSED WHEN HE GOT THAT CALL? (LAUGHS) I DON'T KNOW. MAYBE THAT'S A QUESTION FOR HIM. I WASN'T WHEN I GOT THE CALL. David's voice even sounds like Stephen Donald's I'm going to the Warriors and then coming home to watch that. AND 'THE KICK' SCREENS HERE ON TV ONE ON SUNDAY NIGHT AT 8.30PM. NEXT ON SEVEN SHARP ` RELAXING WHAT BEAUTY REALLY MEANS SHOULD BE A GOOD THING, RIGHT? SO WHY HAS THIS ALTERNATIVE PAGEANT RECEIVED SO MUCH ABUSE? AND WHY THESE HIP-HOPPING OLDIES... WE MAY BE OLD, BUT WE'RE WILLING TO RISK A LOT. THERE ARE SOME PARTS FOR PEOPLE WHO CAN ONLY MOVE THEIR ARMS, AND THERE'S PARTS FOR PEOPLE WHO JUST WANNA GO TO LAS VEGAS. LAUGHTER ...ARE ABOUT TO GET THEIR TIME IN THE SPOTLIGHT ` AGAIN. That was cool. He got it right in the end. WHEN YOU THINK BEAUTY PAGEANT, YOU PROBABLY THINK SLENDER YOUNG WOMEN IN BIKINIS AND HIGH HEELS, MAYBE SOME BIG HAIR, SWIMWEAR AND EVERYONE WANTING WORLD PEACE. BUT WHAT IF YOU DON'T FIT THAT MOULD? CHRISTCHURCH'S LIVING DOLLS PAGEANT IS BILLED AS AN EVENT FOR THE ALTERNATIVE WOMAN. ALL AGES, SHAPES, SIZES AND SKIN DECORATIONS ` TATTOOS, PIERCING, THE WORKS. SO WHY'S THAT MADE SO MANY PEOPLE SO ANGRY? HERE'S MIKE THORPE. SIR MIXALOT'S 'BABY GOT BACK' YOU KNOW, WITH MOST PAGEANTS YOU GET THE SAME COOKIE-CUTTER GIRLS, WHICH IS GREAT ` I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THEM. THEY'RE ALL BABES. BUT IT'S GOOD TO SEE SOMETHING A BIT DIFFERENT ` YOU KNOW, MAYBE SOME GIRLS THAT HAVE A BIT OF EXTRA BOOTY OR SOME BIG BOOBIES OR COVERED IN TATTOOS LIKE MYSELF. SOUNDS FAIR ENOUGH, BUT ORGANISERS AND PARTICIPANTS HAVE BEEN SUBJECTED TO ONLINE ABUSE FOR THEIR APPEARANCE. JUDGEMENT, IT SEEMS, IS EVERYWHERE. YOU THINK THERE'S SOME IRONY THAT PEOPLE ARE JUDGING YOU BY YOUR LOOKS WHEN YOU'RE RUNNING A PAGEANT THAT JUDGES PEOPLE ON THE WAY THEY LOOK? THE WAY THESE PEOPLE ARE JUDGING IS QUITE NEGATIVE AND CAN BE QUITE HURTFUL WITH SOME OF THEIR COMMENTS, WHERE WE'RE JUDGING THEM BASED ON THE POSITIVE THINGS ABOUT THEM. JACKEL IS HERSELF A JUDGE AT THE EVENT, AS WELL AS A RAPPER. SHE USES HER MUSIC TO EMPHASISE THE NEED TO BE YOURSELF IN A FAKE WAY. THE LYRICS ARE, 'I'VE GOT MY FAKE LASHES, AND I'VE GOT MY FAKE TIPS. 'I MAY LOOK PLASTIC, BUT I'M THE REALEST B...' AND YOU CAN IMAGINE. (LAUGHS) SHE SAYS THE CONTEST GIVES GIRLS A SHOT OF SELF-ESTEEM. TO GET UP THERE AND GIVE IT A GOOD GO AND, LIKE, HAVE YOUR FRIENDS TURN UP AND SUPPORT YOU. THE EVENT IS WELL SUPPORTED TOO. ALMOST 100 WOMEN ENTERED THE COMPETITION. THE FINAL 15 WILL STRUT THEIR STUFF IN TOMORROW NIGHT'S FINAL. WHAT IS BEAUTY TO YOU? BEAUTY IS THE ABILITY TO FIND SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL IN EVERY PERSON THAT YOU SEE. OH, THAT'S NICE. THANK YOU. I DIDN'T ACTUALLY PRACTISE THAT. That was a good line. HERE ON SEVEN SHARP WE LOVE HEARING ABOUT PEOPLE LIVING LIFE TO THE FULL, AND THIS NEXT GROUP IS CERTAINLY DOING THAT, DESPITE THEIR AGE. YOU MIGHT BE FAMILIAR WITH HIP OP-ERATION, A GROUP OF WAIHEKE SENIOR CITIZENS WITH A PASSION FOR HIP HOP DANCE. THEY LOVE IT SO MUCH THEY EVEN HEADED TO THE WORLD CHAMPS IN LAS VEGAS LAST YEAR, AND THAT'S NO MEAN FEAT FOR A GROUP WHERE MOST MEMBERS ARE IN THEIR 90S. NOW A MOVIE'S BEEN MADE ABOUT THEM, AND TONIGHT WE HAVE AN EXCLUSIVE PEAK AT IT. THEY'RE CALLED THE HIP OP-ERATION CREW, LIKE THE SURGERY, BECAUSE A LOT OF THEM HAVE GOT ARTIFICIAL HIPS. PUT YOUR HAND ON YOUR CRUTCH. I DON'T HAVE A CRUTCH; I HAVE A CROTCH. FROM THE VERY FIRST TIME THAT WE MET HIP OP-ERATION, I DID SOMETHING FOR THE BOYS WHERE THEY WERE, LIKE, 'OH, NAN CAN DANCE. OH, GRANDAD CAN DANCE,' SO THEY'RE ALL EXCITED. ARE YOU READY? THIS IS WHERE YOU'RE GOING. CHEERING HIP-HOP MUSIC WE MAY BE OLD, BUT WE'RE WILLING TO RISK A LOT. OUR NEXT PERFORMERS RANGE IN AGE FROM 66 TO 94 YEARS OLD. PLEASE WELCOME HIP OP-ERATION. PEOPLE CHEER I remember interviewing them on the radio before they left. They were such a hit over in Los Angeles as well. THE FILM'S OUT ON SEPTEMBER 25TH, AND WE'LL POP THE FULL TRAILER ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE. The director is the same one doing the doco I am doing. JUST BEFORE WE GO, A HEADS-UP ABOUT MONDAY'S SHOW. WE HAVE A VERY FAMOUS FACE ON THE SHOW. TONIGHT WE CAN ANNOUNCE THIS SINGING SUPERSTAR WILL BE WITH US. # I CAME IN LIKE A WRECKING BALL. # I NEVER HIT SO HARD IN LOVE. # ALL I WANTED WAS TO BREAK YOUR WALLS. # ALL YOU EVER DID WAS # BREAK ME. # # WE CAN'T STOP. # AND WE WON'T STOP. YES, JACK TAME'S ON HIS WAY TO MEET HER, AND ALL GOING TO PLAN, WE'LL BRING YOU THAT ON MONDAY NIGHT. I hope she has something intelligent to say. I am interested to see what she wears. SPEAKING OF DISNEY PRINCESSES, I'M OFF TO 'DISNEY ON ICE' WITH MY FAMILY IN A SECOND, AND THE HIT MOVIE 'FROZEN' HAS BEEN A BIT OF A TALKING POINT IN THE SEVEN SHARP OFFICE THIS WEEK. YOU SEE, ONE OF OUR MALE PRODUCERS KNOWS ALL THE WORDS TO THE 'FROZEN' SONGS BECAUSE HIS DAUGHTER CONSTANTLY MAKES HIM REHEARSE WITH HER. AND IT SEEMS THE WHOLE DADDY/DAUGHTER 'FROZEN' DUET IS BECOMING A BIT OF A THING. LOOK AT THIS ONE WE FOUND. # I MEAN, IT'S CRAZY. WE FINISH EACH OTHER'S... # ...SANDWICHES. THAT'S WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY. # I'VE NEVER MET SOMEONE... # ...WHO THINKS SO MUCH LIKE ME. JINX. JINX AGAIN! # OUR MENTAL SYNCHRONISATION CAN HAVE BUT ONE EXPLANATION. # YOU... # ...AND I... # ...WERE... # ...JUST MEANT TO BE. SO WITH FATHER'S DAY JUST FOUR WEEKS AWAY, WATCH OUT, DADS. THIS COULD BE WEAVED IN AS PART OF YOUR GIFT. HATS OFF TO LABOUR MP CLAYTON COSGROVE TONIGHT, WHO'S SPOKEN FOR MANY OF US AND INDEED HAS DONE WHAT HIS LEADER SHOULD HAVE DONE YESTERDAY BY SAYING THE DOTCOM INTERNET-MANA VIDEO HAS GONE WAY TOO FAR. THIS WAS A NEW LOW FOR POLITICS. IT IS UGLY, VIOLENT. IT IS HATE SPEECH. COSGROVE SAYS, AND HE'S RIGHT, THE NZ PRIME MINISTER OF ANY PERSUASION SHOULD NOT BE TOLD TO EFF OFF AND ANY POLITICAL LEADERS WHO INCITE IT ` DOTCOM ` AND CONDONE IT ` LAILA HARRE ` HAVE NO PLACE IN OUR POLITICS. THE POINT WAS MADE IN THE NEWS TONIGHT ` THIS IS A BIG CALL FROM COSGROVE, GIVEN HE'S SAYING WHAT HIS LEADER WON'T AND LABOUR NEED HONE AND HIS MATES BADLY. BUT SOMETIMES PRINCIPLE TRUMPS CONVENIENCE. AND GOOD ON COSGROVE FOR HAVING THE GONADS TO TELL IT LIKE IT IS. CAPTIONS BY DESNEY SHAW AND PIPPA JEFFERIES.