AUSTRALIA'S BEST WORST CITY with Michael Cusack

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  • čas přidán 23. 07. 2024
  • I try to wrap my head around this crazy city. Thankfully, I have a guide: Michael Cusack. Co-creator of Smiling Friends, creator of Damo and Darren, Koala Man, and YOLO.
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  • @friendlyjordies
    @friendlyjordies  Před rokem +148

    Check out Michael Cusack: czcams.com/channels/kHPqmBsJkws8HbPP1cd_NA.html
    Listen to Wollongong the band: wollongong.bandcamp.com/
    Watch the full Interview: www.patreon.com/friendlyjordies
    Come see me live on stage: www.friendlyjordies.com/live-show
    YOU GOT ALL THAT? Lismore and Sydney shows selling NOW.

    • @jamesfreundgale
      @jamesfreundgale Před rokem +1

      perfect reenactment

    • @OzBull
      @OzBull Před rokem +1

      can you cross your legs any harder #NoBalls

    • @blokeVB
      @blokeVB Před rokem

      I never met a judgemental gay Australian

    • @AB0BA_69
      @AB0BA_69 Před rokem

      Ыеа

    • @Banana_Split_Cream_Buns
      @Banana_Split_Cream_Buns Před rokem

      Hey Jordie, great video, but you might want to edit out the kid "they come from overseas" comment at 12:18. The kid is talking about foreign property investor-owners but it might look like he's talking about fair dinkum immigrants. He's a kid and you don't want something like that to stick with him for the rest of his life (as happens in the digital age). You saw what happened to Michael Daley 4.5 years ago.

  • @TheHumpjbear
    @TheHumpjbear Před rokem +1961

    I love that for the ciggie butt brain re-enactment, Jordan just did the Dave Hughs voice.

    • @Chilakkuma
      @Chilakkuma Před rokem +101

      The only rich derro.

    • @luluraeven
      @luluraeven Před rokem +9

      Wow you hit the nail on the head 🤣

    • @peege8574
      @peege8574 Před rokem +67

      If someone walked past and didn't recognise Jordies I'm 100% sure they would have thought "business as usual at Dapto traino".

    • @joddog
      @joddog Před rokem +12

      Literally all I could picture was Hughesy 😂

    • @pavlovsdogman
      @pavlovsdogman Před rokem

      Bloody hughezy! 😡 He's a 50 year old, millionaire, vegan dating a 25 year old model! He should be arrested for cultural misappropriation of bogan culture! 😆

  • @mr_leviathan
    @mr_leviathan Před rokem +1221

    Fun Fact, Damo and Darren was shown to us in Uni by our very hesitant animation teacher for the sole purpose of how recognisable the station platform was as a setting

    • @sofascialistadankulamegado1781
      @sofascialistadankulamegado1781 Před rokem +37

      That's amazing. 😂

    • @tammyiswicked
      @tammyiswicked Před rokem +51

      My Yr 12 students showed it to me! We quoted it for the rest of the year. Actually we still do!

    • @clammaster4
      @clammaster4 Před rokem +52

      i've successfully lived to see the day where silly pastimes of newgrounds australians are used as case studies in a college setting

    • @HOTD108_
      @HOTD108_ Před rokem +1

      Why would a Uni teacher care about a station platform?

    • @mr_leviathan
      @mr_leviathan Před rokem +29

      @@HOTD108_ we were talking about settings that feel like their own character and like he said in the video, lots of people say the station in Damo and Darren feels like every station and that’s what our teacher was talking about

  • @randomlegionary9399
    @randomlegionary9399 Před rokem +589

    As a lifelong Wollongong man, I feel like you missed a crucial aspect by not setting up hunting show-type motion cameras at Bellambi train station to monitor Wollongong's natural fauna of Eshays and Crackies interacting in ritualistic tribal warfare.

    • @johnlocke4715
      @johnlocke4715 Před rokem +108

      Lifelong Wollongong Junkie biologist here. Bellambi junkies are typically tame, shy creatures who stick to the shadows and only attack if provoked or encountered on the 24 hrs before pay day. They may shout at you, but this is a defence mechanism or they may possible want to induldge in your Parker and Simpsons. What you speak of is the Berkeley-Warrawong-Port Kembla, a much larger and fiercer junkie, the Uruk to the Orc you could say.

    • @HecTechFPV
      @HecTechFPV Před rokem +37

      I feel any cameras left unattended would be stolen.

    • @slatert1222
      @slatert1222 Před rokem +9

      Ah Dont Worry Mackays Queenslands Version. Meth Sugarcane and Coal Heaps of Fucking Coal

    • @Flesh_Wizard
      @Flesh_Wizard Před rokem +5

      ​@@HecTechFPV or stared into unsettlingly by an eshay tweaking 😂

    • @ApexVenator
      @ApexVenator Před rokem +8

      I catch the trains a lot and Bellambi/Corrimal are the dodgiest

  • @Axel-is2sp
    @Axel-is2sp Před rokem +202

    I fucking laughed out loud when the kid was interviewed and he was saying all the right stuff only to end it with "people from overseas think they own the place" haha classic australia.

  • @billieflylish
    @billieflylish Před rokem +729

    "Why do people look older here?" "I think it might be the heroin." 💀

  • @PMcDFPV
    @PMcDFPV Před rokem +553

    "....and they come from overseas" was the best line.... LMAO

    • @Nikkska
      @Nikkska Před rokem +114

      Future “fuck off, we’re full” bumper sticker 😂

    • @jaminkle
      @jaminkle Před rokem +86

      Michaels face was priceless

    • @musiclife7251
      @musiclife7251 Před rokem +35

      I'm glad someone else noticed this. I had to rewind a few times to make sure that's what he actually said lol

    • @davidataturk4357
      @davidataturk4357 Před rokem +43

      He's not wrong. As a 90s kids I was stabbed by a Viet, jumped by Afghans and now I can see our freshly imported African kids acting gangsta.

    • @barbarella.artist
      @barbarella.artist Před rokem

      @@davidataturk4357 as a child of immigrants and Australian born - I’ve had wayyy more issues with bogans 😮
      I’ve had 0 issues with immigrants -
      Hence the saying goes NOT ALL IMMIGRANTS- NOT ALL BOGANS
      But personally I’d be happy to replace most these racist , ‘my country’ bogans with refugees and immigrants…
      They are insufferable
      Let’s not forget every single culture has their scumbags 😂😂
      Literally talking about Eshays and derros in this videos 😂
      Clearly the hero’s of humanity…😂😂

  • @charlottemarkowski7125
    @charlottemarkowski7125 Před rokem +265

    Mum and I play a game called 'Hospital Bingo' whenever we drive past Wollongong Hospital. There's always several patients smoking out the front, and you get bonus points if they're 1) Still wearing a hospital gown 2) In a wheelchair or 3) On a drip. The holy grail is to spot a smoker with all 3 at once.

    • @elfrancar198
      @elfrancar198 Před rokem +11

      This comment makes me want to move there. True Australia

    • @Dave-vu3yn
      @Dave-vu3yn Před rokem +10

      Comment is unbeatable. Well played.

    • @Sk1m_Beeble
      @Sk1m_Beeble Před rokem +4

      The game I didn't even know I played

    • @Banana_Split_Cream_Buns
      @Banana_Split_Cream_Buns Před rokem +4

      We used to have something like that at the pokie venue that I used to work at. Beer in one hand, ciggie in the other, red blood loogie in the ashtray.

    • @sharpbends
      @sharpbends Před rokem +5

      I represent that :-) I've participated in 1) & 3) at the same time. Wollongong's such a great place to live, it's got everything.

  • @Vengent1
    @Vengent1 Před rokem +80

    The live action ciggy butt brain was the most magical thing I've seen all year

  • @CheezerMouse
    @CheezerMouse Před rokem +1778

    Put Jordan in smiling friends

    • @TheHumpjbear
      @TheHumpjbear Před rokem +56

      A universe with Jordan and Mike Stoklasa is just too powerful and should never exist

    • @barcs4515
      @barcs4515 Před rokem +12

      Put Jordan mr Frog

    • @i.m.evilhomer5084
      @i.m.evilhomer5084 Před rokem +39

      Jordies did appear in Cusack's Koala Man, wouldn't be surprised if he ends up in Smiling Friends. It's one more step closer to Jordan showing up in The Simpsons.

    • @ScarletRebel96
      @ScarletRebel96 Před rokem +5

      I'm sure its something Zack would do too

    • @chattaboxxx2332
      @chattaboxxx2332 Před rokem +1

      This.

  • @jameslamberton7671
    @jameslamberton7671 Před rokem +637

    jordies and Cusack are the perfect IRL representations of Damo and Darron.

    • @danielkoenen859
      @danielkoenen859 Před rokem +3

      It was like an acid trip watching it. Going to clip it and send it to people saying it's ai content to make them paranoid about technology's progress and hurt their mental health.

  • @coopercuerden4779
    @coopercuerden4779 Před rokem +44

    Fun fact, i got a glass bottle thrown at me passing by a crazy crackhead as i was passing through Piccadilly/wollongong station😂 it hit me on the ankle and sliced me open straight away!! blood everywhere! It was 2 am and i was alone so i walked myself to the hospital with my t shirt around my ankle and half my tendon attached in my ankle, i ended up needing surgery that morning

  • @TheGameMate
    @TheGameMate Před rokem +39

    Worked at the gongs BWS for many yrs. It had such a bad reputation that getting any other employee from the surrounding suburbs to cover a shift there was impossible. The guy called "Wazza" would hold up the store every 3 years or so, just whenever he got out of prison. One day I wasn't told I was rostered on one of my days off and he held up the store with a box cutter while a fresh 18 year old girl was covering someones shift, alone. I was at the gym while it happened and got a call from my manager asking if I was okay as they assumed wazza attacked me outside of work and that's why I didn't show up or call in, I came in asap afterwards.
    On my very first shift, the very first customer I served as a youngin was a lanky 40 or so year old that looked like he slept in a dumptser his whole life. (During this time was when woolworths and bws took away plastic bags) I politely asked the man in my innocent voice if he'd like one. His face became filled with rage as if I asked him to fuck off and replied by screaming "of course I want a fucking bag you cunt you always give the customer a fucking bag cunt when I worked at maccas I always gave them a bag cunt!". I couldn't help myself but laugh really hard, my senior coworker came over to ask if she could assist and they got into a screaming contest resulting in him banned for life.
    During peak covid we had the automatic hand sanitisers at the entrance. We had ran out of the gel sanitiser and filled it with 70% medical alcohol. One bloke kept getting it to spray out sanitiser on the pad below until it was pooling up, then lit it on fire with his lighter and ran off.
    When everyone was panic buying sanitiser one lady came in and asked me for our highest percentage alcohol to use as sanitiser, I said we got 60% Absithne. She bought all of our stock.
    One bloke came in shirtless (normal here) and stared at the spirits for 10 minutes straight (normal here). I asked if he needed any help but he said 'nah mate good ere'. He then grabbed as many as he could and just walked out. I asked him to please not walk out but he didn't stop. Atleast he said "Sorry man". After reporting it, getting the evidence and handing it to the police, he then came later than night (I didn't recognise him because he had on a shirt and sunnies) mumbled under his breath "fuck i gotta stop this" then proceeded to grabb 300 dollars worth of spirits and run out.
    There's so many more hilarious stories that I cannot seem to remember rn but it was honestly the best job I've ever had and will have. The team were the coolest people ever and the job itself was shit easy and hilarious. It great for character building. Shame I have to grow up and get a real career..

    • @TheKrispyfort
      @TheKrispyfort Před rokem

      The dickhead with the plastic bags sounds like my downstairs neighbour

    • @roselee7092
      @roselee7092 Před rokem +7

      I work at one of these stores currently in VIC. It’s good to know these kinds of customers exist interstate. We had a regular that would come in and thieve $3 bottles of wine. When they got banned, the customer started coming in wearing disguises, one was one of those shitty costume wigs from the $2 shop. We didn’t see them at first but as soon as we recognised them we told them to get out. They then proceeded to kick over all the display boxes of wine sending shit flying everywhere. We had another one who would come in and steal the most expensive bottles of champagne from the fridges. We watched the footage, and they were kissing each bottle before placing them inside their jacket. What for, not entirely sure.

    • @TheKrispyfort
      @TheKrispyfort Před rokem +6

      Actually, have an alcoholic ex who got locked in a Dan Murphys after closing time.
      Whether this was an accident on their behalf or not is open to speculation.

  • @Thebadlamp
    @Thebadlamp Před rokem +1212

    Still insane how long it took for YOLO and Smiling friends to actually be released in this country

    • @nikdog419
      @nikdog419 Před rokem +26

      Woah, I would've assumed it to get simurelease. I should know better than that though.

    • @theangel666100
      @theangel666100 Před rokem +4

      Fucking Finally, I was waiting for that

    • @NekoBoyOfficial
      @NekoBoyOfficial Před rokem +9

      Probably under review by the Classifiction Board -_-

    • @j377yb33n
      @j377yb33n Před rokem +3

      @@NekoBoyOfficial international licensing is a bollocks too

    • @drscruffylupagus
      @drscruffylupagus Před rokem +46

      We can't even get our own shit on time. I swear Australia is the precedent case for black market downloading being acceptable. We're always the uncool kid that couldn't watch the cool show cause we can't get Foxtel. 😭

  • @clarkierubbs5819
    @clarkierubbs5819 Před rokem +318

    12:17 the complete 180 from that kid had me audibly yelp with laughter. nothing more gong than that

    • @Gorac4000
      @Gorac4000 Před rokem +63

      Then the zoom in on Michael's face 🤣

    • @hamoiq908
      @hamoiq908 Před rokem +36

      Caught me so Fucking off guard 😂😂

    • @RandyTwang
      @RandyTwang Před rokem +4

      Haha, me too.

    • @NihongoWakannai
      @NihongoWakannai Před rokem +63

      His dad's probably yelling at the telly about foreigners when watching the news

    • @l1ttleprotag370
      @l1ttleprotag370 Před rokem +40

      So funny. Poor kid. I'm sure he's heard his dad say that to the TV on more than one occasion.

  • @evan
    @evan Před rokem +41

    Wild seeing a live re-enactment of Damo and Darren at the OG train station

    • @caijon123
      @caijon123 Před rokem

      Did not expect you to be here hahaha

  • @axiss5840
    @axiss5840 Před rokem +125

    I had forgotten what an absolute masterpiece Damo and Darren was.

    • @bradk8702
      @bradk8702 Před rokem +2

      Damo and Darren was a real polariser.
      My mate and I loved it because we could so-relate.
      His wife was extremely uncomfortable watching it because “I don’t get the joke”.
      😂

  • @panickingstrumpet6881
    @panickingstrumpet6881 Před rokem +354

    Honestly glad you did this.
    Feels like between the ABC and Murdoch press lately so much of Australian culture gets left out to dry, and is largely ignored by media. We've got a really distinct thing going on, but we import so much foreign media that even representing Australian life feels alien. Like yeah we've got a few shows, but the only thing that really came close is Kath and Kim, most other stuff has 9 degrees of seperation and feel more like something written by someone who doesn't live here.

    • @hamoiq908
      @hamoiq908 Před rokem +30

      Yeah Australians culture has always been about laughing at ourselves through the good and bad. There is a real special feel to it that the media seem to think unimportant, they are almost afraid of showing how beautifully messy Australia can really be

    • @taynestreet8877
      @taynestreet8877 Před rokem +3

      We got Kath and Kim, Koala Man, and Bluey

    • @hardoutmedia
      @hardoutmedia Před rokem +7

      Mr Inbetween is great, more independent projects coming out which is dope

    • @TheRealFallingFist
      @TheRealFallingFist Před rokem +4

      ​@@taynestreet8877 Big Lez Show

    • @panickingstrumpet6881
      @panickingstrumpet6881 Před rokem +11

      @@TheRealFallingFist That's also the thing, like I swear to god, there is more australian media on the internet, compared to australian media on australian media.

  • @TapTapClick
    @TapTapClick Před rokem +263

    "I go there to kill people" *jovial laugher ensues*
    Later that night you decide to walk down that street and you see him over your shoulder

    • @BlancheDeverow
      @BlancheDeverow Před rokem +12

      For those wondering why the vibes are off about Picadilly: it's also the site of an almost 60 year old cold case

    • @Tuna-mayo-sushi
      @Tuna-mayo-sushi Před rokem +1

      @@BlancheDeverowsurprised this kebab guys didn’t solve it 😂 they always sticking there heads out the door at all hours of the night lmao

    • @DW-rs1pr
      @DW-rs1pr Před rokem +5

      ​@@BlancheDeverowthere was a fatal stabbing there just 2 years ago

    • @BlancheDeverow
      @BlancheDeverow Před rokem +2

      Forgot about that one!

  • @truckinconvoy7312
    @truckinconvoy7312 Před rokem +21

    The average Aussie pub has more screens than NASA mission control

  • @Jwh019
    @Jwh019 Před rokem +41

    I've never seen someone match Jordans character so well. These two have chemistry and I want to see more.

  • @ascrubturkey127
    @ascrubturkey127 Před rokem +272

    Oh fuck yeah. Two titans of Aussie online culture collide. Pls do Big Les Show next.

  • @R3DACT3D9
    @R3DACT3D9 Před rokem +265

    The crossover that we all wanted. Can we get more live action Damo and Darren please.

  • @jumpscaremyers6886
    @jumpscaremyers6886 Před rokem +12

    After moving away from one of the worst places in New South Wales, Mt Druitt, i'm happy to say that my experience living near Wollongong train station and Piccadilly mall continues to enable my nostalgia, captivating my memories of drug addicts shooting up on a platform and Eshays rolling kids below their age for their Nike TN's, Wollongong is truly a lovely place.

  • @jaredwood9683
    @jaredwood9683 Před rokem +96

    As an American it's crazy to me that they went around talking to people in a small town/city and none were absolutely insane or belligerent.

    • @troybailey9524
      @troybailey9524 Před rokem +29

      300,000 people isnt a small town mate

    • @EpicCorn0
      @EpicCorn0 Před rokem +23

      As bad as Australia can be with crazy people I'm glad I don't live in an American city, 3rd Avenue in Seattle was absolutely insane

    • @corvanphoenix
      @corvanphoenix Před rokem +2

      Aussies can talk to anyone bro. I bet even in your town, they'd chill out when they heard the accent.

    • @corvanphoenix
      @corvanphoenix Před rokem +4

      @troybailey9524 bro, he had /city. Besides, Wollongong is always dead at least half the time, so it feels like a town.

    • @rskb1957
      @rskb1957 Před 11 měsíci +1

      @@corvanphoenix c
      Couldn't have put it better myself. Still scared from growing up there in the 60s and 70s.

  • @tayzonday
    @tayzonday Před rokem +426

    I’m agoraphobic too ✊✊✊

    • @GrimFelArt
      @GrimFelArt Před rokem +7

      Ayy saaaame which is why even though I live in the middle of Wollongong I'm classified as a cryptid at the Warhammer store ✊✊✊

    • @Tester-sh1mn
      @Tester-sh1mn Před rokem +10

      @@GrimFelArt Cryptid? Did you mean personified Nurgling?

    • @DemisangNZL
      @DemisangNZL Před rokem +40

      Tay....I've seen you now on about 10 of the people im subbed to. What a man of culture you are.

    • @Denneth_D.
      @Denneth_D. Před rokem +11

      Surprised to see a Legendary peep like Tay commenting under a video about two Aussies being bros

    • @mcduffchannel
      @mcduffchannel Před rokem +2

      I love that even from across the sea, you'll come enjoy a friendlyjordies video

  • @jimmydevron5480
    @jimmydevron5480 Před rokem +43

    5:54 is amazing basically shows australia's opinions on celebritiesfor the most part lmao. Adam Sandler could have walked into JB-HI-FI Wollongong and nobody would bat an eye but, walk up to some random tatted up cashier and "oh your the voice actor of Mr Frog? this the greatest day of my life".

    • @Ausbrahdave
      @Ausbrahdave Před rokem

      Bro this is 💯 percent on point.

  • @darkmagician4697
    @darkmagician4697 Před rokem +33

    I love how that one dude on the street at that table just immediately assumed that it was about John Barrilaro because of Jordie being there.

  • @williamfoster3436
    @williamfoster3436 Před rokem +25

    As a Wollongong local and also someone that was at Dicey Riley’s twice last week this felt like a fever dream

  • @TihetrisWeathersby
    @TihetrisWeathersby Před rokem +316

    Jordan makes a good travel show host lol

    • @fives.
      @fives. Před rokem +15

      Jordan Shanks' Parts Privated

    • @Smegmadogmatagram
      @Smegmadogmatagram Před rokem +5

      @@fives.this made me laugh way too hard, thank you

  • @rimickulous
    @rimickulous Před rokem +56

    rather fitting, as wollongong sounds like something michael cusack would make up for a cartoon

  • @misteranon763
    @misteranon763 Před rokem +7

    That lil blonde kid at the skate park! 😂😂
    "When people think they own the place.....
    And they come from overseas..."
    Jeezus 😂

  • @orcwordlaugh1360
    @orcwordlaugh1360 Před rokem +14

    12:05 The interview with the smallest of the three boys absolutely cracked me up.

  • @zrnich8967
    @zrnich8967 Před rokem +79

    Very glad to see you in my hometown, I work in the heart of Wollongong and get harassed by countless amounts of junkies and dickheads, wouldn’t have it any other way.

  • @Mister_Read
    @Mister_Read Před rokem +82

    Honestly impressed with the boys live action Damo & Darren. Put it on future tours Jordy

  • @Lootchaser_Official
    @Lootchaser_Official Před rokem +12

    As a lifelong Wollongong local - the rough, depressed side of the city definitely exists as depicted here, but the junkies/eshays represent a very small (but highly visible) part of the Wollongong experience. Like any city there are a few areas that are best to avoid (Piccadilly/Wollongong station etc) but I’ve managed to go the better part of 4 decades without being punched, glassed or mugged. It should be noted however that I don’t use public transport so your experience may vary.

  • @tomreilly100
    @tomreilly100 Před rokem +7

    I lived in wollongong for a few years for Uni and made extensive use of public transport (the train stations are a bit scary).
    Gotta say the Damo and Darren sketch the most Wollongong thing I've ever seen.
    The lady at the end is just a bonus.

  • @miggareto
    @miggareto Před rokem +59

    Incredible, he's like an Australian less depressed Dan Harmon.

  • @benbowers3613
    @benbowers3613 Před rokem +17

    "Trees _in_ the air?"
    Absolutely killed me

    • @TheKrispyfort
      @TheKrispyfort Před rokem +1

      Gotta support the trees mate.
      Up a street light's a bit different but she does the job

  • @jamesderrickfilms4641
    @jamesderrickfilms4641 Před rokem +38

    Let me just say that handshake from Jordan at 16:45 was unholy.

    • @YaBoyJP
      @YaBoyJP Před rokem

      Low-key I loved it haha, just standard Jordan doing whatever

  • @dan.94.
    @dan.94. Před rokem +67

    “…When they come from overseas.”
    Good lord, I was not expecting that 😅 (12:25)

    • @haruhisuzumiya6650
      @haruhisuzumiya6650 Před rokem +18

      Ah good ole Aussie racism

    • @dan.94.
      @dan.94. Před rokem +16

      @@haruhisuzumiya6650 We’ve only got a couple of hundred years of history and most of it can be summed up as drinking and racism. Onya Australia.

    • @haruhisuzumiya6650
      @haruhisuzumiya6650 Před rokem +4

      @@dan.94. the irony is that the colonies did exactly this

    • @itookallthenames
      @itookallthenames Před rokem +3

      Was feeling bad for him for being bashed until that moment

    • @Elitist20
      @Elitist20 Před rokem

      Mustaches and racist blond kids. The 70s are back.

  • @EliasE0805
    @EliasE0805 Před rokem +93

    For those who don't know, jordies is the old man in the opening episodes of koala man, great show!!!

  • @JustYourAverageRetro
    @JustYourAverageRetro Před rokem +50

    I never knew I could be injected with such a lethal dose of australia

  • @alanmurry9648
    @alanmurry9648 Před rokem +6

    The fact you went and filmed at dicey's is hilarious, every time i've gone, usually you'll see about 2 or 3 patrols of cops every night and maybe the occasional sniffer dog chasing down a dealer out near the pokie room.

  • @TheGloriousLobsterEmperor

    >unironically existing in Woolongong

    • @AliC202
      @AliC202 Před rokem

      I wish I could help it

  • @cupsetfootball
    @cupsetfootball Před rokem +33

    This takes me back to my uni days, sticky floors and all. I was never brave enough to go to any of the train stations though - probably why I am still alive today

  • @jackdaft258
    @jackdaft258 Před rokem +12

    The first psychedelic mushroom strain I ever tried was called Wollongong. They were massive - one mushroom was nearly 2 grams - and they were crazy potent. Best high of my life.

  • @calebh7507
    @calebh7507 Před rokem +1

    Really enjoyed all the on the street talks coordinated by you two really gives a clear picture of the place and the people. Great crossover

  • @its-aydonus6842
    @its-aydonus6842 Před rokem +23

    My favourite thing about Wollongong is just that it has a quidditch team(Wollongong Warriors), along with Thundelarra, and have a famous move called the Wollongong Shimmy.

    • @esmeraldagreengate4354
      @esmeraldagreengate4354 Před rokem

      I grew up in Wollongong and have never heard of the Wollongong shuffle. What is it?

    • @its-aydonus6842
      @its-aydonus6842 Před rokem +1

      @@esmeraldagreengate4354 Its not a real thing. Its JK writing weird stuff. Basically they started zig-zagging so no-one could hit them, just a good ole serpentine maneuver.

    • @esmeraldagreengate4354
      @esmeraldagreengate4354 Před rokem

      @@its-aydonus6842 like a dero capoeira?

    • @its-aydonus6842
      @its-aydonus6842 Před rokem

      @@esmeraldagreengate4354 no like on a broomstick, its a quidditch move, just zig-zaging so you dont get hit by bludgers. Its a Harry Potter thing

    • @esmeraldagreengate4354
      @esmeraldagreengate4354 Před rokem

      @@its-aydonus6842 oh I see!!!!

  • @Tyr808
    @Tyr808 Před rokem +37

    As an American, the Ciggy Butt Brain bit at the end somehow makes absolutely no sense at all, but also perfect sense.

    • @Tt-qm2xg
      @Tt-qm2xg Před rokem +13

      That's kinda exactly how we all communicate to each other. It doesn't really make sense, but we all understand each other implicitly.

    • @PunishedDad
      @PunishedDad Před rokem +7

      @@Tt-qm2xg Australian is an interpretive language

    • @troybailey9524
      @troybailey9524 Před rokem

      We think the same when we see videos of people from Alabama or Texas.

  • @CyricFionn
    @CyricFionn Před rokem +2

    Finally! I've had a mate trying to convince me that the Damo and Darren video was set in some backwater melbourne station, and I've been telling them for years it's dapto. Confirmation and proff, can't wait to send this to em

  • @craigmitchell8892
    @craigmitchell8892 Před rokem +18

    that darren and daimo renactment genuinely warmed my heart, so much love for Micheal, hes been absolutely killing it consistently for so long.

  • @Bromancer
    @Bromancer Před rokem +11

    21:00 hands down your best work to date.

  • @SorryBones
    @SorryBones Před rokem +14

    2:05 I worked security for a convention center and I often couldn’t tell the difference between the homeless and the union workers just trying to make it day by day. I didn’t want to try and kick out an actual worker since it’d obviously be saying “You look like shit, dude,” so I used a trick. I’d ask, “Hey, aren’t you with the AFN guys on the other side of the building?” If they say yes, I kick them out since AFN stands for Absolutely Fucking No one.

  • @admiraljohnsten1235
    @admiraljohnsten1235 Před rokem +7

    That re-enactment was a fine piece of Australian art and should be nationally archived for all to enjoy

  • @philjancik4601
    @philjancik4601 Před rokem +2

    i think its safe to say we need more content like this. this is pure gold. best content i have seen in a long looong time

  • @Infectionform
    @Infectionform Před rokem +41

    Was not ready for Jordies' "Damo" outfit! 😂

    • @mcsqueeb187
      @mcsqueeb187 Před rokem +1

      He slips back into male modelling just like Michael slips back into making sandwiches

  • @MichaelRobertSnow
    @MichaelRobertSnow Před rokem +62

    JORDIES! Jordan Shanks! This has gone on long enough! You MUST get a Warhammer 40k tattoo! You promised at 1 million subs! I demand it!

    • @dingobonza
      @dingobonza Před rokem +3

      I've been waiting a decade for this moment

    • @itookallthenames
      @itookallthenames Před rokem

      Oh shit I just realised that too!

    • @GrandDawggy
      @GrandDawggy Před rokem

      As someone who's just getting into 40k I can imagine some badass tattoos and I probably don't know the most bad ass stuff yet

  • @litterbox2010
    @litterbox2010 Před rokem +3

    Dapto station looks exactly like Nunnawadding station did before the make over.

  • @jamesburke2759
    @jamesburke2759 Před rokem +4

    Great one! Michael seems like a damn genuine bloke. LOVE the live action re-enactment. I'd watch the show.

  • @Ninja7546
    @Ninja7546 Před rokem +5

    Ive lived in Hastings, Armidale, Kiama, Albion Park, Berry, Cairns, Canberra, Sydney and often visited Frankston. Ive studied in Nowra, UoW and UNE. As far as I can say for my experiences in Wollongong ... its not that bad, you can certainly do worse. 100% stay away from Piccadilly Centre though.

  • @friggincanvee
    @friggincanvee Před rokem +3

    CCTV footage of that re-enactment would have been fucken classic.

  • @MrGofarkyself
    @MrGofarkyself Před rokem

    Nice work to whoever cut this together. Great production and editing my good man.

  • @maanihunt
    @maanihunt Před rokem +2

    Love the documentary type videos, would love to see more, especially with Australian celebrities

  • @PyjamaLlama
    @PyjamaLlama Před rokem +15

    What a pleasant video to come across!
    Wollongong to Sydney is what Geelong is to Melbourne. Close enough to the big smoke, big enough to have everything you need but far enough to feel completely different
    And that ciggy-butt brain re-enactment was classic. So good.

    • @ACDZ123
      @ACDZ123 Před rokem

      Mandurah is Perth's Geelong 🤣

    • @darrenthorne1
      @darrenthorne1 Před rokem +1

      Yea, but you are a Victorian, weird crazy people. The Gong or Wong isn't quite as crazy or strange as anything from Victoria.

    • @PyjamaLlama
      @PyjamaLlama Před rokem

      @@darrenthorne1 Mate the Gong puts Frankston to shame lol.

    • @Banana_Split_Cream_Buns
      @Banana_Split_Cream_Buns Před rokem

      @@darrenthorne1 Geelong is okay, but...

    • @Banana_Split_Cream_Buns
      @Banana_Split_Cream_Buns Před rokem

      @@PyjamaLlama ...Frankston is really weird. The people in Melbourne aren't right.

  • @ponyorat
    @ponyorat Před rokem +3

    Wollongong gives me flashbacks of my home town Bega. Beautiful countryside, but filled with depressing locals and the occasional stabbing...

  • @justanothermenace
    @justanothermenace Před rokem +3

    Jordan I was at your show at City Diggers and I gotta say, you handled that heckler like a pro. Thanks for coming to our little town.

  • @VanessaAnn93
    @VanessaAnn93 Před rokem +17

    Did not expect to see these two roast where I live for 25 minutes but I am 1000% into it

  • @Chilakkuma
    @Chilakkuma Před rokem +26

    Reenactment literally brought a tear to my eye :')

  • @fallingdown4958
    @fallingdown4958 Před rokem +3

    i live in wollongong and seeing the re-enactment of damo and darren at the original spot made me incredibly happy

  • @nullcircuit
    @nullcircuit Před rokem +1

    Super cool seeing you two in the same place, the reenactment was so great lmao.

  • @mitchellcook9734
    @mitchellcook9734 Před rokem +11

    So that's what you were doing at dapto train station! I hope you enjoyed your brief trip into this part of the state, and I hope it didn't scare you away from coming back

  • @ogshermac
    @ogshermac Před rokem +72

    lil kids hating eshays is so wholesome, good to know some kids will turn out okay haha

    • @PropheticShadeZ
      @PropheticShadeZ Před rokem +19

      Wait until the end

    • @MaleficRacing
      @MaleficRacing Před rokem +15

      Yeah, going well until the racism from a little kid…

    • @4lanimoyo553
      @4lanimoyo553 Před rokem

      Well let’s be honest the racism is probably what they liked

    • @Sardikar
      @Sardikar Před rokem +8

      @@MaleficRacing Dare say he got that from his parents like a lot of crap, with any luck he will wise up as he get older and cringe hard at the memory.

    • @SanctusPaulus1962
      @SanctusPaulus1962 Před rokem +4

      @@MaleficRacing Xenophobia, not racism. He didn't say anything racist.

  • @TheNAWorks
    @TheNAWorks Před rokem +1

    i really like this style of piece buddy keep it up. i’m a big fan of smiling friends so to see cusack is sick!

  • @tdsmtdsm
    @tdsmtdsm Před rokem +4

    "intrinsic beautiful area" woollie, "intrinsic beautiful area" friendly's face. Loved the edit. Love you guys.

  • @user-lt4zu5pl7c
    @user-lt4zu5pl7c Před rokem +13

    This is the best episode yet. Gong represent. Its wild seeing you just walking down crown street and having a bev at diceys.

  • @g0dzilla_au
    @g0dzilla_au Před rokem +12

    Your Darren sounds an awful lot like your Hughesy impression. Pretty spot on.

  • @roxanne8662
    @roxanne8662 Před rokem +1

    Glad to see my hometown in one of your videos! Hope you enjoyed it here, and didn't run into too many eshays.

  • @squishy1706
    @squishy1706 Před rokem +13

    I live in the Gong and gotta say, Dicey sums up how the Gong is

  • @lmc7233
    @lmc7233 Před rokem +51

    Michael just being a chef how could you not absolutely love this

    • @LoveProWrestling
      @LoveProWrestling Před rokem +4

      I think you'll find they are called sandwich arrrrrrteeeests

    • @Sk1m_Beeble
      @Sk1m_Beeble Před rokem +3

      Chef is a hell of a stretch

  • @allmanius
    @allmanius Před rokem +3

    Creepy historical fact about Wollongong is that a female cleaner was murdered in that Piccadilly shopping centre back in the 70’s-80’s. She was attacked while cleaning the place overnight & murdered.
    What makes it worse is the person who murdered her chopped up her body & put the pieces of her body all over the centre which they found the next day… also, they have never found the attacker…
    And, a creepy historical fact about Dapto is the first Station Master at the train station murdered his wife & crippled his son with an Axe in their house which is still there, the one right next to the station, that now has a family living there

  • @michaelprants995
    @michaelprants995 Před rokem +1

    This was brilliant. The reenactment was priceless

  • @Voyagerthe2nd
    @Voyagerthe2nd Před rokem +18

    Jordan talking about sticky floors just to flex his shoes 👟

  • @vanq86
    @vanq86 Před rokem +5

    As a Canadian from a town that used to attract inept (and disappointed) tourists who were trying to get to Australia (we have a Sydney too!), the reenactment in this video and the opening skit of 12 Foot Ninja - One Hand Killing are the 2 things that I immediately associate with Oz.

  • @lilitunoirrr2601
    @lilitunoirrr2601 Před rokem +1

    I did not expect a video all around my hometown lmao. That was great, i love Micheal Cusack's stuff 😂Just watch the tourism in Wollongong soar now, our little Dicey Rileys won't know what hit it!

  • @addie1080
    @addie1080 Před rokem +9

    the tiny skater complaining about people from overseas at 12:19 sent me

  • @kflo8634
    @kflo8634 Před rokem +4

    From the U.S but lived in the Gong for for over a year, nothing is dodgy here. I just laugh because it's so safe.

  • @Stratocaster42
    @Stratocaster42 Před rokem +32

    If this is a weird, dodgy, scary town, Australia is a very successful country! I live in South Africa and this looks super safe and chilled compared to a lot of places here lol. Absolutely loved the reenactment of Ciggy Butt Brain!

    • @jayl5032
      @jayl5032 Před rokem +4

      @Stratocaster42 Please escape for your health and safety. Truly.

    • @TheKrispyfort
      @TheKrispyfort Před rokem +1

      I have seen some videos of people being followed home by bandits
      Houses looking like fortifications

    • @Stratocaster42
      @Stratocaster42 Před rokem +3

      @@jayl5032 I love where I am here. The crime is very concentrated in specific areas and that makes the average crime rate look terrible everywhere. Been here for more than 30 years and haven't ever had a break in. Oh and I am an Australian citizen and could move back there easily but prefer it here :)

    • @MrLudwig101
      @MrLudwig101 Před rokem +3

      @@Stratocaster42 it’s all taken in good fun too, I lived in Canberra from 1995 to 2008 then to Wollongong ever since and I promise you Wollongong is waaaay more laid back and friendly.

  • @QuailsFarmY
    @QuailsFarmY Před rokem +1

    I still remember walking at night on a weekday around Wollongong city centre and using the echo of far away junkies shouting to determine which streets to go around them. Glad you kept that last part of what the kid says, probably a reflection of the "localism" that some of these places have.

  • @RiskuBusiness
    @RiskuBusiness Před rokem +1

    Still got my poster from the Parkway Drive myspace secret show at the youthie in 2007. Thanks for coming down lads.

  • @art2anarchy
    @art2anarchy Před rokem +6

    Born and raised in gong. I was a big fan of Piccadilly kebabs after a big night out at the Glasshouse, this was 20 years ago. Glasshouse was a brutal place. I got king hit at the kebab place randomly, the kebab owners helped me out, never forget how nice they were, unfortunately some real dirtbags as well in the gong. It's a place you love and hate.

    • @Outsider46n2
      @Outsider46n2 Před rokem

      We used to come up from Nowra for a big night in the Gong around 20yrs ago 😂

    • @Banana_Split_Cream_Buns
      @Banana_Split_Cream_Buns Před rokem

      We used to call it The Glassed House. That place was terrible for very brutal kind of fights. Often people would get bashed or glassed for no reason at all.

  • @Sanoko-Chan
    @Sanoko-Chan Před rokem +7

    So sad to see that Michael's shows didn't kick off and he's back to working at a Subway. 😢

  • @MartynDerg
    @MartynDerg Před rokem +2

    this is the most beautiful feel-good video you've made, I absolutely love it

  • @kentotronprototype8541

    Hello, found your channel not to long ago from another youtuber showing the video of your house getting bombed, finally caught up from there, I have been enjoying your content, I hope you don't get bombed again, stay safe and the opposite of being dead.

  • @ehxjsjd4553
    @ehxjsjd4553 Před rokem +3

    I did not expect that kid at 12:15 to say that. Funny af

  • @joddog
    @joddog Před rokem +3

    That live actionciggy butt brain enactment was pure art. Two of the best Aussie CZcamsrs atm. Sorry Chad and Max

  • @mymai5859
    @mymai5859 Před rokem +1

    Ok the re-enactment was worth the wait. Chur bro - from New Zealand 👍

  • @montycontrite9178
    @montycontrite9178 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Michael doing the Mr. Frog voice saying "I like your tattoo" made me smile ear to ear

  • @naylor101
    @naylor101 Před rokem +12

    I gotta say that ciggy butt brain reenactment was mint.

  • @ninatuckerschewtoy
    @ninatuckerschewtoy Před rokem +14

    Even if it doesn't go any further, I am happy that Friendlyjordies and Oneyplays got this close

    • @emmaappleyard7010
      @emmaappleyard7010 Před rokem +1

      same it feels world breaking and merging

    • @EdJones99
      @EdJones99 Před rokem

      Wholesome to see Zach from Aunty Donna collaborating with I Did A Thing