Gotta Be Done - A Bluey Podcast

Latest Episodes:

Dad Baby (If You're Listening to This Now, We Have a Baby) May 08, 2020

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Welcome to the world, little Joseph Robert, and go mama Kate! (And please note when you are old enough, just how organised we have been with this perfectly-themed Bluey episode for your arrival!)

Of course, birth can be a drawn-out affair, and this Dad Baby recap takes the long way. There's cravings, Vegemite-based Ozzest 100 conspiracies, the Croc Hunter's Crocoseum funeral - and of course, how bloody amazing are mums?? (Happy Mother's Day, all you Chillis!)

Plus long dogs, episode cross-overs, Mary's persistent new puppy theories, and more!

Look out, we might have to go through the sun roof!

Gotta Be Done is ex-journos and Melbourne mums Kate McMahon and Mary Bolling, as we deep-dive on every Bluey episode, with plenty of detours into mama life, childhood memories, and everything else we're bingeing, too!

Army (aka The Only Memorable Feature of 1987's Predator) May 01, 2020

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It's a Gotta Be Done episode as long as War and Peace (more or less) - it's Army of course!

Mary and Kate salute with good dog/soldier Rusty and his suspiciously weapon-free war games, wonder if Jack Russell's family are unsympathetic or merely driving narrative, and revel in some mighty military drumming.

Plus, there's plenty of long dogs in our sights, good intel on a Classical Bluey playlist, and even tips for keeping kids occupied amidst lockdown. Forward march!

Sticky Gecko (aka Never Shoot the Bolognese Bringer) Apr 24, 2020

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At a time when no one's leaving the house, isn't it great that Sticky Gecko reminds us it's impossible anyway!

Get ready for deep truths about time (a construct), friends (don't have judgey ones), and lasagna (you can have too much), as Mary and Kate take on Chilli's spectacular turn at Take Away.

With bonus Bluey armed forces theories, you don't have to hurry up and wait for this SNAFU of an episode!

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Squash (aka Overrun with Vines and Wild Goats) Apr 17, 2020

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It's an epic grudge match, and Squash inspires an epic episode from Gotta Be Done!

Wide-ranging from formative squash court memories, to lack of games consoles in our households, magic and/or positive thinking and/or sports psychology, sportsball shortages, and even the feral inhabitants of Great Keppel Island, all welcome to whatever the hell is going on.

So crank your 80s synths and put on your best montage face, this is some yellow-dot-ball level analysis!

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Charades (aka Negotiating with Terrorists) Apr 10, 2020

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(After one glorious episode using our new mics, this week they didn't work - Skype crackle is back!)

Happily, Charades means gorgeous Nanna Heeler is also back - cue nationwide tears as we all miss our grans! Kate gets reminiscent about visits to her grandparents as a littlie... then staying at Mary's grandparents as a not-so-littlie!

But are there also nationwide culture wars between parents and grandparents, and who's wrecking the kids more? Mary has outrage to share.

Finally, an epic rabbit hole as we ask the question everyone wants to know: who is the mystery Heeler??

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Featherwand (aka There's More than One Movie with a Wizard?) Apr 03, 2020

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Life feels a bit heavy right now - what better time for a Featherwand? And Bluey and Bingo are as magical as ever!

But what's magic, and what's just mayhem? Hard to tell, especially when Lucky's Dad gets involved.

Of course we go into the Hall of the Mountain King, and spin-offs soundtracks from Inspector Gadget to the Winklevoss twins. Also, how Greig felt about his most famous piece, and why composer types have such cool names (Edvard, Wolfgang, Ludwig, Joff... and of course Ari!)

Plus, Mary shows off her dismal dearth of pop culture wizardry, and that's not the only wizards she's confusing (sorry Beth Harvey and Beth Durack!) But who's not a bit confused right now? At least we know for sure that Bluey got her Emmy - hugest congrats Ludo Studio, never in doubt!

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Hammerbarn (aka Single-handedly Trying to Kickstart the Economy) Mar 27, 2020

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We're getting in quick while its still open - Gotta Be Done goes to Hammerbarn/Bunnings!

Back on Skype amidst the self-isolating and social distancing, Mary is taking topical life lessons from this Bluey instructional, while Kate's belting out the Hallelujah Chorus (and not just because Lucky's Dad is back!)

Plus, our new segment "We Know that Now" takes up half the episode as we make amends for all our big misses in Dance Mode. (Let us know what we've stuffed up with Hammerbarn!)

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Dance Mode (aka We Would Have Said Yes/No for Free) Mar 20, 2020

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Bluey is back, and just in bloody time - what a shining light for some pretty grim days.

Gotta Be Done's coming from the immuno-compromised/baby-growing home fortress for Kate, and the socially-distant work-from-home warzone for Mary - but never fear, we've still been playing Dance Mode non-stop since this episode dropped!

From managing public meltdowns to the going price for a nicked chip, Bluey's long-awaited return has everything we hoped! We detour via Upper Middle Bogan and some Zac Efron movie that Kate didn't finish, and seriously lose our way in downtown Brisbane, but mainly we're just so happy for new Bluey! So strap yourselves in kids - and please make sure the harness is age-appropriate!

(Oh, and do you like our new music?? Big thanks to Bluey fan and Gotta Be Done listener Ari Danaher Flavell for playing up a storm - what a Joff!)

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Magic Xylophone (aka Not Wearing 'Genius at Work' Tshirts) Mar 16, 2020

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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! We will now play for you... the absolutely very final Gotta Be Done episode for Bluey season one! Yep, with season two just hours away, we're going back to where it all began - it's Magic Xylophone!

And it wouldn't be Gotta Be Done without some extreme and far-fetched conspiracy theories. This time, we're tracing episode origins right back to some The Simpsons circa 1997! Or is it just Mary going crazy? (Ahem, I withdraw my question.)

Plus a deep-dive on Wolfgang Amadeus, Bandit-Chilli romance theories, season two excitement, and whether it's really plausible that Bingo could track down the xylophone dinger that rapidly??

Basically, there's so much to pack in before season two starts - can you tell we're a bit excited?!

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Trampoline (aka Prepared to Eat Wet Lettuce) Mar 16, 2020

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Our penultimate take on Bluey season one, and it's a tale of trampolines past, present and future on Gotta Be Done: their relative safety checklists, and tolerance for sprinklers and firecrackers. (Speaking of cautious behaviour, here's the video of the burning piano song by episode music man Pluto Jonze!)

Mary is wowed by Bluey's big-picture talent for game invention (and has a bone to pick with Bingo and her insect-affinity), while Kate's not convinced on the average kitchen's requirement for a salad spinner, and feeling Bandit's struggle to make a clean escape to work.

Oh, and we FINALLY take on the archaeologist vs paleontologist debate raging around Bandit's true career - you'll dig it!

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