Gotta Be Done - A Bluey Podcast

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Tradies (aka Ironic Plumber’s Crack, Despite the Big Belt) Oct 28, 2022

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Big belts, big heroes of Australian comedy, big plumber's crack - Tradies delivers plenty of big Bluey moments!

Mary and Kate explain tradies, sparkies and chippies for the non-Aussie audience, and find Brene moments in talking to your enemies with defences down. Also ice cream, and the Australian feel-good drama waiting to happen (Leigh Sales, call Gotta Be Done!)

Plus, the extremely confusing Blueyverse timeline of the fish pond, from Stumpfest and beyond - nice lawn, Bandit!

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

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Rain (aka Sometimes Saying Nothing Says the Most, But Probably Not on a Podcast) Oct 14, 2022

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It's the Bluey episode that started in the gutter, but now all of us are looking up at the double rainbows.

Rain has so much meaning for Kate and co - and especially in a week where rain and memories are coming down hard.

There's also (Mary butchering) the Serenity Prayer, the double rainbow meme (what does it mean?!), Oscar-winning Balance that wordlessly inspired this episode, and its link to this most televisual bit of Aussie music history.

And, the girls don't get to say it, but how much is Rain a sequel to playing under the tap in Takeaway? (Flowers may bloom again, but a person never has a chance to be young again.) Hope you can hug your people young and old, and all go out and play in the rain.

This Gotta Be Done episode is in memory of beautiful girl, and in thanks for all the double rainbows she continues to bring us all.

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Magic (aka The Couch Is Cursed and You Shall Never Lie There) Oct 07, 2022

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Is Magic powerful, or is magic just power? Either way it comes with great responsibility... and plenty of other half-baked film connection theories, courtesy of Gotta Be Done!

Mary's asking how much magic/power/autonomy you can give Bluey/ a six-year-old/ her six-year-old specifically, while Kate's taking it back to ancient Grecian agoras to wonder what magic ethos, pathos and logos can deliver.

Oh, and a fun mail bag filled with Minnesotan manes (thanks Stephanie!) and What Makes This Song Great (keep on rockin' Greg!) and more - it's magic!

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Driving (aka Phone Handy in Case the Game Gets Boring) Sep 30, 2022

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Parents are used to having plenty of purpose, but Gotta Be Done wonders about the bored side-effects of the busy.

Also, Driving takes Kate and Mary to wild workplaces where staplers are tied down, bangers in the Blueyverse and beyond (like Lollipop Lollipop in Dance Mode Bluey!), and the cats that pee/ scratch/ are the embodiment of evil in a dogs' world.

Oh, and spoiler alert - it's gonna take more than five minutes!

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Sheep Dog (aka If Fish Mullets Had Hair It Would Probably Be Long at the Back?) Sep 23, 2022

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No doubt Sheep Dog contains important lessons, but is this Bluey at its most simplistic? (Context, text and subtext: Mums just need 20 minutes, dammit!)

Kate and Mary wonder what needs more explaining, mullets or shearers (and wonder if there's cutting-room-floor tape of Lucky's Dad singing Click Go the Shears??), delight in the Wendy redemption arc, and get excited about new voice Emily Taheny (just as her genius array of characters on Mad As Hell disappear from Australian screens, sob!)

Also, Mary's continued fangirling for Darren Hanlon (here's where it started for her), and all the animals on rotation at Gotta Be Done HQs.

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Stories (aka Didn’t Know So Many Horses in Australia Were American!) Sep 16, 2022

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“We are the stories we tell ourselves."

There's a lot for Gotta Be Done to unpack about Stories, both Indy and Winton's, and Kate and Mary's!

Plus their desperate attempt to be across all the pop culture references within ("we're not very good"), a detour into Lin Manuel Miranda/ David Bowie crossover, and exactly what belongs on Old McDonald's Farm.

It's a Bluey deep-dive at its most chaotic - much better!

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BONUS EP (Gotta Be Done x Aussie Girl Margie) Sep 09, 2022

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Gotta Be Done goes beyond the audio this week - with the superstar of YouTube, Aussie Girl Margie!

The effervescent Australian-mum-living-in-the-US has been making fun-filled Bluey content for a year, and shares her screen with Mary in this big chat!

From the stars that aligned for Mary and Kate's Promises roles, to the intricacies of censoring Bluey, and whether there really is a wedding still to come in season three - it's a meeting of obsessive Bluey minds, and wild Heeler theories!

You can watch online for the interview across first, second and third parts, or catch it all in your Bluey-loving ears here! And follow Margie on YouTube and Insta for more amazing Bluey chat.

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VINTAGE GOTTA BE DONE: Family Meeting (aka Where’s My Wooden Spoon?) Sep 02, 2022

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It's the episode that made Disney decree farts aren't funny - or maybe are too funny for under-5s?! Look, who knows how that Mouse's mind works! But word is Disney is revisiting the decision - so Mary and Kate are revisting their recap!

So, how do kids/ pups inherently know what wooden spoon are used for, if they've never seen them used for that purpose?

That and so many more questions for the witnesses in this rollicking courtroom drama, as Gotta Be Done calls a Family Meeting.

But the biggest question: When is it okay to laugh at a fluffy?

Well, it's hard not to!

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Musical Statues (aka OMG I Just Realised They’re Playing Musical Statues) Aug 26, 2022

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Sorry rest of world, Gotta Be Done is sneaking ahead of you again, to recap the first of the Australian-only-so-far episodes - and honestly, Musical Statues is the mood-lift we all need! (Thanks Bluey Season 3 Part 2A.)

Mary and Kate talk the right time for protein powder, Pulp Fiction-inspired dance moves, whether Bandit really hit Brisbane's dance floors with his worm in the "glory days", and of course relatable parental despair.

Hope it gets you dancing into the weekend (also, can it be a weekend that is forever?!)

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!

Follow us on Insta at @blueypod @marytbolling @katejmcmahon or on Twitter at @blueypodcast - and use #blueypod to join in.

Curry Quest (aka Layers of Coping Strategies We Need in Our Lives) Aug 19, 2022

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What is a Curry Quest/ Campbellian Monomyth/ Peshwari Naan/ good approach for breaking bad news to kids?

Gotta Be Done asks all those questions and more - the only sure answer, Mary and Kate want Chilli narrating life for all of us!

(Oh and lots of love for Our Flag Means Death and Only Murders in the Building too, and this dissertation from Dr Bandit Heeler!)

Grrrrrrr!

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