September 19, 2025 • 6 mins
Kevin met up with more than just family on his trip to London, meeting some interesting personalities with fascinating connections.
Highlights include a mate of one of his sons who works in television over in the UK, working on the likes of ‘James May and the Dull Men’.
And his wife Linda met singer Jake Shears of the Scissor Sisters, a friend of their other son.
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Speaker 1 (00:07):
You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack Teams podcast
from News Talks.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
That'd be Kevin Milne is with us this morning. He has,
of course, just returned from the UK Kelder Kevin.
Speaker 3 (00:18):
Adam Marier Koto. I've been watching that race of Jordi Beamish,
oh yeah, about ten times, and just lessons in it
for us. All. Yeah, you can. If you can just
stay with it for about ninety percent of whatever it
is you're trying to do and then pull out the
(00:39):
brilliant effort for the last as he did about the
last fifteen seconds to win gold, then that's all we
need to do. Yeah. I just keep looking at it
and think there are lessons in this race for all
of us.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
Yes, I don't know that if I could, like it's
kind of blithe to say, if you can just stick
with the world's best runners for two thousand, eight hundred
meters and as you know, running these like two minute k's,
and then if you can just stick with them for that,
then the last couple of hundred meters. I'm not sure
I'm going to be able to do the first part
of that equation, but you're totally right, like he's he
(01:14):
is amazing, right, because he's the guy with the cack's,
he's the last couple of hundred meters where he really
pushes on. And obviously that that worked out from this week,
it was amazing to see.
Speaker 3 (01:25):
Ah, I loved it. Another thing adolescent, I see some
one or the Emmys. That's the show that you raved
about on this progress it.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
Is Yeah, yeah, yeah, So I was pleased to see
that it did well, not surprised to see that it
did so well this week. So fantastic to him. Yeah,
you see them, see them recognize. I'm glad that I
wasn't the only one who thought that show was worth something.
But Kevin, like I say, you've just returned from the
UK and you got to meet some fascinating people when
you're in London.
Speaker 3 (01:50):
Yeah, I just wanted to tell you about some of
the interesting characters that they came across. I had a
few beers of a friend of my son Jake's. His
name was seb He had been working on a TV series,
James May and the Dull Men. Have you seen that
on Delly Jack?
Speaker 2 (02:06):
No, No, I've seen it advertised, but I haven't watched it.
Speaker 1 (02:09):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (02:09):
Yeah, it's a worthwhile program. So I think it's a
real blowkey kind of a program. Really, it's about people
who become obsessed with silly little things that men get
obsessed with. Anyway, I asked him what his role was
on the show, and his response was classic, I was
one of the dull men keV, which I thought was
(02:30):
a great line. Really said was anything but dull. As
we woofed down several pints. While I was drinking with
said Linda got to meet singer Jake Shears of the
Scissor Sisters, a mate of my other's son, Alex. The
Scissor Sisters were doing a concert with the Pet Shop Boys.
We were invited to dinner by another at one of
(02:51):
Alex's friends, Rebecca. I had no idea what she did,
so I was startled when she whispered across the table
I might be meeting Donald Trump when he comes to London.
I thought it was quite a good dinner party line. Anyway.
Rebecca works for Texture Meta, reporting directly to Mark Zuckerberg.
Some huge US UK tech deals would discuss while Trump
(03:14):
was in England. I don't know whether Rebecca in the
end got into that big long line that Trump talked
about where he had to shake one hundred and fifty
ands that maybe she did, and I got to meet
mister Bingo Jack. Have you heard of him? No, he's
a brilliant illustrator. He worked for The New Yorker, The
(03:34):
New York Times, The Guardian, Time Magazine, etc. Then decided
to become mister Bingo and launch a range of eccentric
art projects like his hate mail. It began when he
sent off a single tweet into the tweet sphere. It read,
I will send a postcard with an offensive message to
the first person who replies to this. Over one thousand
(03:59):
abusive postcards later, mister Bingo is now sending out so
many lovingly abusive messages and drawings around the world he's
had to hire a company to manage the postal side
of things. Check out mister Mingo's website. He's got a
fan based in New Zealand. Actually, he himself is very
smart and he's very funny. But if offensive language offends you,
(04:23):
maybe better not check out the websit.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
Yes, yes, the key is to reply to one of
his tweets then, but to submit a different address.
Speaker 3 (04:34):
Yes, yes, you can send You didn't send a card
to a friend? Yeah?
Speaker 2 (04:39):
Yeah, yeah, it's amazing. I mean, it's it's great to
be in a city like that, you know. You know,
obviously the UK's got its share of problems at the moment,
but when you're in a big, vibrant, global city like that,
you are exposed to, you know, people who are working
in all sorts of interesting fields or creatives in different places,
aren't you is it was what gives those places the
(04:59):
kind of vitality that it gives them their magic.
Speaker 3 (05:02):
Yeah. Well, the guy the doll Man, for example, We're
just sort there having a few beers with my son
and I said, what are you doing? He said, I
used to work in television, but the program I was
working on spanished And I said what was it? And
and he said, so he had been working with the
great James May and yeah and and yeah I've seen James. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:29):
Yeah. Hey, are you are you a Kayleie Bell fan
by any chance? Giving you?
Speaker 3 (05:32):
Like?
Speaker 2 (05:32):
Yeah? The country music? Oh okay, Well, even if you're not,
you've got to stick around because after ten, she's going
to perform for us in the studio. She's amazing, Kevin, Honestly,
she's incredible. She was on the voice in Australia. But
she's had a whole well, yeah, she's had she's she
had a really kind of a diverse career and she's
really driven a lot of it herself actually as a
kind of indie artist. But yeah, she's just she's got
(05:53):
a brand new album. She's gonna be with us after
ten o'clock this morning. Like I said, Pride of why mate,
who I think is the kind of undisputed queen of
New Zealand country music at the moment. So she's gonna
be with us after. Stick aroun out for that because honestly.
Speaker 3 (06:07):
Yeah performance, yeah, I certainly will be listening to that.
Speaker 2 (06:10):
Very good sir. We will catch again soon. Kevin Melon
with us this morning.
Speaker 1 (06:14):
For more from Saturday Morning with Jack Tame, listen live
to News Talks ed B from nine am Saturday, or
follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.
You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack Teams podcast
from News Talks.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
That'd be Kevin Milne is with us this morning. He has,
of course, just returned from the UK Kelder Kevin.
Speaker 3 (00:18):
Adam Marier Koto. I've been watching that race of Jordi Beamish,
oh yeah, about ten times, and just lessons in it
for us. All. Yeah, you can. If you can just
stay with it for about ninety percent of whatever it
is you're trying to do and then pull out the
(00:39):
brilliant effort for the last as he did about the
last fifteen seconds to win gold, then that's all we
need to do. Yeah. I just keep looking at it
and think there are lessons in this race for all
of us.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
Yes, I don't know that if I could, like it's
kind of blithe to say, if you can just stick
with the world's best runners for two thousand, eight hundred
meters and as you know, running these like two minute k's,
and then if you can just stick with them for that,
then the last couple of hundred meters. I'm not sure
I'm going to be able to do the first part
of that equation, but you're totally right, like he's he
(01:14):
is amazing, right, because he's the guy with the cack's,
he's the last couple of hundred meters where he really
pushes on. And obviously that that worked out from this week,
it was amazing to see.
Speaker 3 (01:25):
Ah, I loved it. Another thing adolescent, I see some
one or the Emmys. That's the show that you raved
about on this progress it.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
Is Yeah, yeah, yeah, So I was pleased to see
that it did well, not surprised to see that it
did so well this week. So fantastic to him. Yeah,
you see them, see them recognize. I'm glad that I
wasn't the only one who thought that show was worth something.
But Kevin, like I say, you've just returned from the
UK and you got to meet some fascinating people when
you're in London.
Speaker 3 (01:50):
Yeah, I just wanted to tell you about some of
the interesting characters that they came across. I had a
few beers of a friend of my son Jake's. His
name was seb He had been working on a TV series,
James May and the Dull Men. Have you seen that
on Delly Jack?
Speaker 2 (02:06):
No, No, I've seen it advertised, but I haven't watched it.
Speaker 1 (02:09):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (02:09):
Yeah, it's a worthwhile program. So I think it's a
real blowkey kind of a program. Really, it's about people
who become obsessed with silly little things that men get
obsessed with. Anyway, I asked him what his role was
on the show, and his response was classic, I was
one of the dull men keV, which I thought was
(02:30):
a great line. Really said was anything but dull. As
we woofed down several pints. While I was drinking with
said Linda got to meet singer Jake Shears of the
Scissor Sisters, a mate of my other's son, Alex. The
Scissor Sisters were doing a concert with the Pet Shop Boys.
We were invited to dinner by another at one of
(02:51):
Alex's friends, Rebecca. I had no idea what she did,
so I was startled when she whispered across the table
I might be meeting Donald Trump when he comes to London.
I thought it was quite a good dinner party line. Anyway.
Rebecca works for Texture Meta, reporting directly to Mark Zuckerberg.
Some huge US UK tech deals would discuss while Trump
(03:14):
was in England. I don't know whether Rebecca in the
end got into that big long line that Trump talked
about where he had to shake one hundred and fifty
ands that maybe she did, and I got to meet
mister Bingo Jack. Have you heard of him? No, he's
a brilliant illustrator. He worked for The New Yorker, The
(03:34):
New York Times, The Guardian, Time Magazine, etc. Then decided
to become mister Bingo and launch a range of eccentric
art projects like his hate mail. It began when he
sent off a single tweet into the tweet sphere. It read,
I will send a postcard with an offensive message to
the first person who replies to this. Over one thousand
(03:59):
abusive postcards later, mister Bingo is now sending out so
many lovingly abusive messages and drawings around the world he's
had to hire a company to manage the postal side
of things. Check out mister Mingo's website. He's got a
fan based in New Zealand. Actually, he himself is very
smart and he's very funny. But if offensive language offends you,
(04:23):
maybe better not check out the websit.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
Yes, yes, the key is to reply to one of
his tweets then, but to submit a different address.
Speaker 3 (04:34):
Yes, yes, you can send You didn't send a card
to a friend? Yeah?
Speaker 2 (04:39):
Yeah, yeah, it's amazing. I mean, it's it's great to
be in a city like that, you know. You know,
obviously the UK's got its share of problems at the moment,
but when you're in a big, vibrant, global city like that,
you are exposed to, you know, people who are working
in all sorts of interesting fields or creatives in different places,
aren't you is it was what gives those places the
(04:59):
kind of vitality that it gives them their magic.
Speaker 3 (05:02):
Yeah. Well, the guy the doll Man, for example, We're
just sort there having a few beers with my son
and I said, what are you doing? He said, I
used to work in television, but the program I was
working on spanished And I said what was it? And
and he said, so he had been working with the
great James May and yeah and and yeah I've seen James. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:29):
Yeah. Hey, are you are you a Kayleie Bell fan
by any chance? Giving you?
Speaker 3 (05:32):
Like?
Speaker 2 (05:32):
Yeah? The country music? Oh okay, Well, even if you're not,
you've got to stick around because after ten, she's going
to perform for us in the studio. She's amazing, Kevin, Honestly,
she's incredible. She was on the voice in Australia. But
she's had a whole well, yeah, she's had she's she
had a really kind of a diverse career and she's
really driven a lot of it herself actually as a
kind of indie artist. But yeah, she's just she's got
(05:53):
a brand new album. She's gonna be with us after
ten o'clock this morning. Like I said, Pride of why mate,
who I think is the kind of undisputed queen of
New Zealand country music at the moment. So she's gonna
be with us after. Stick aroun out for that because honestly.
Speaker 3 (06:07):
Yeah performance, yeah, I certainly will be listening to that.
Speaker 2 (06:10):
Very good sir. We will catch again soon. Kevin Melon
with us this morning.
Speaker 1 (06:14):
For more from Saturday Morning with Jack Tame, listen live
to News Talks ed B from nine am Saturday, or
follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.
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