Housemates

**Housemates** is the first episode of series 1 of Aunty Donna's Big Ol' House of Fun.

## Synopsis

The guys interview new housemates, Zach's Wi-Fi name is a big hit, Mark brings home a stray man, and a game show goes awry. Plus: everything's a drum.

## Plot

### Everything's A Drum

In the Big Ol' House of Fun, everything is a drum. A cup is a drum, Zach's bum is a drum, and a toaster is a drum. Mark's willy is also a drum, as is Zach's bad relationship with his mum and a wall. Zach thinks a pot is a drum, but it does not make a sound; Broden says Zach is just playing it wrong. Zach says that Broden told him that everything was a drum when he came to Zach 15 years ago, and Mark says he left his wife for this. Zach was just playing it wrong; they proceed to smash everything.

### Dishy the Dishwasher

Dishy suggests they try drumming without arms. Zach says that they had Dishy for three years but didn't know it could talk. Dishy starts a song, suggesting that it doesn't want to pay equal rent since it only lives under the sink. Broden puts Dishy outside to be collected by the binmen, and so they need a new housmate.

### Housemate Interviews

The first candidate for their interview is Stinky Jim, which Zach says is the worst thing a housemate can be. Dusty Bob is next, who Mark thinks is too dusty. A Wartime British Civilian says they'll have to ration their beans, and Horny Hank says he fucks loud, often and with the door open. Dad at BBQ Trying to Learn the New Cool Dance Moves is having a go at the floss. Motivational Speaker Who Lacks Confidence wants them to get off their bottom, but Broden refuses and he apologises. Guy Who Doesn't Know How Plural Nouns Work points to two pictures of one horse. 30 Year Old Straight White Man says The Dark Knight is a brilliant film, and gives it 5 stars. Man Who Tries to Cover His Fart with a Cough tries to do this, but they heard it. Camouflaged Santa says he was getting spotted by the kiddos. Cosplayer Laying It On a Bit Thick asks them if they want to know where he got a soda, and 30 Year Old Straight White Man says that the cosplay is brilliant. A Cowboy threatens them, Cowdoy introduces himself and Cowsoy also appears; Broden says they'll let him know in due course. Alfred Hitchcock plays the violin, and Superhero Who Got Bit by a Radioactive Chameleon has the chameleon's greatest power; its claws. Respectable Judge Who Just Ripped a Massive Ol' Bong sentences them to get him some chicken nuggets. Randy Feltface (a puppet) is there on his own, then with a Plush Puppy and then with a Plant. The plant is then there on its own, but Randy just forgot it. 1970s Investigative Journalist knows about Cincinatti and Boston, but is surprised by information coming from the White House. Funny Guy from Work Getting Up at an Open Mic Night for the First Time and Everyone from Work has Come to Support Him tries to tell jokes about Tinder but Nadia won't shut up. Dishy sneaks in as 'Human Guy People Man' with a moustache.

### Low Res

Zach has gone low res. He has really poor internet quality at his place. He freezes, then comes back but is out of sync. Mark suggests that he walk out the room and back in again, but when he does this he is even more corrupted.

### PooPoo

Mark comes up to Zach while he is sunbathing, and asks if he made the Wi-Fi name "PooPoo". Zach confirms this, saying he did it to impress the new housemate, Cowdoy. Broden can't get his LimeWire songs like Hoobastank and Sum 41, and they suggest that the Wi-Fi name changed. Lol. Their neighbour says that the change from "D-Link739" to "PooPoo" made her laugh so hard she vomited on her shirt. Another neighbour says it will be big for the community. The first neighbour calls Little Johnny over to meet their new dads.

A large crowd is outside the house, and Jerry Seinfeld appears and awards them Funniest Ever; Clue says they get a Nokia 7200 from Crazy John's Phones, Aquila shoes and four'n twenty pies. Mark asks if they can be on *Comedians in Card Getting Coffee*, but Jerry says no. He leaves to get some cool new sneakers on his pink bike, but not before saying his Wi-Fi name is "PrettyFlyForAWiFi".

### Poster Shop

Mark says that "PooPoo" sucks and calls Zach 'Two-Bit Hack.' This upsets Zach; he runs to his room and rips his Mark poster off the wall. Mark tells Broden to shut up and he runs to his room and rips his Mark poster off the wall. Mark gets upset with himself not letting anyone in so he runs to his room and rips his Mark poster off the wall.

At the poster shop, they ask for new Mark Bonanno posters; the Poster Shop Worker says it's poster season and so it will take six weeks at a discount. Broden says 'screw you' and so she runs to the back room and rips her Aunty Donna poster off the wall. Zach has a thought bubble telling him things will be right as rain, but the others notice it and proceed to attempt to cut it off using shears.

### Stray Man

While Mark is polishing his delicious peach, Broden is struggling to load AltaVista on the internet. He notices the Stray Man who Mark says he found walking around the city and who comes and goes as he pleases. He gave the man a bath and had him desexed. Mark throws his keys for the man to fetch and says that the neighbours love him. He goes to get him some kibble, and the Stray Man tells Broden that Mark has been keeping him hostage for two weeks. While he is eating the kibble, Broden tells Mark by the prized armoire that the man attacked him like Conor McGregor, and so Mark gives the man a lethal injection, stabbing him several times. They put him in the bin.

### The Man Who Shit Himself in Public But is Handling the Situation Quite Well

The Man Who Shit Himself in Public But is Handling the Situation Quite Well asks Stephen how he is, and he says everything is tip top. The man says he shit himself.

### Family Feud

Zach gets Broden to change the channel to *Two Groups of Biologically Related People Trying to Guess the Most Popular Answer to a Question*. On it, Grant Denyer crashes onto the set and meets Bill, Ben, Janiel and Danuary Smith. THey're not just there to win a trip to Hawaii, but they also have a Sick Boy at home and want to win the trip to lift his spirits and give him a fighting chance. The first question is "Things you put in your mouth" and Bill's answer is "a walk in the park," which is wrong. Ben goes with "a DVD box set of The Crown" which he puts in his mouth every day at around 7:00 am before work. Janiel takes a cue from his grandfather who put a shotgun in his mouth but it's fine because he's dead. Danuary traces his steps; he puts his toothbrush towards his mouth and it casts a shadow. His answer is "**ARE YOU AWARE OF THE POWER OF SHADOWS**" which is on the board! They say their sick boy will be healthy enough to travel if they stop putting bleach in his soup, which is also on the board! Grant says to love your family, even if you're feuding, and that anyone can be a family member, even a housemate or dishwasher.

### Outro

The boys look out the window at Dishy, who has a sign up saying "will eat ass for food but also not for food." They have a flashback of their memories with Dishy, but say they hate her and that she's so rude. They say Cowdoy is a way better housemate; he pays rent no questions asked and cleans all the dishes; he ain't no lippy fuck. Oh no, Sheriff!

## Characters

### Main Characters

* Broden
* Zach
* Mark
* Zach's Mum (Zachary Ruane)
* Dishy (Kristen Schaal)
* Stinky Jim (Zachary Ruane)
* Dusty Bob (Mark Bonanno)
* Wartime British Civilian (Broden Kelly)
* Horny Hank (Mark Bonanno)
* Dad at BBQ Trying to Learn the New Cool Dance Moves (Broden Kelly)
* Motivational Speaker Who Lacks Confidence (Zachary Ruane)
* Guy Who Doesn't Know How Plural Nouns Work (Broden Kelly)
* 30 Year Old Straight White Man (Zachary Ruane)
* Man Who Tries to Cover His Fart with a Cough (Broden Kelly)
* Camouflage Santa (Zachary Ruane)
* Cosplayer Laying It On a Bit Thick (Mark Bonanno)
* Cowboy (Sam Lingham)
* Cowdoy (Broden Kelly)
* Cowsoy (soy milk)
* Alfred Hitchcock (Zachary Ruane)
* Superhero Who Got Bit by a Radioactive Chameleon (Mark Bonanno)
* Respectable Judge Who Just Ripped a Massive Ol' Bong (Zachary Ruane)
* Randy Feltface
* Plush Puppy (plush puppy)
* Plant (plant)
* 1970s Investigative Journalist (Zachary Ruane)
* Funny Guy from Work Getting Up at an Open Mic Night for the First Time and Everyone from Work has Come to Support Him (Mark Bonanno)
* Neighbour 1 (Tipper Newton)
* Neighbour 2 (Rekha Shankar)
* Jerry Seinfeld (Karan Soni)
* Clue (Broden Kelly)
* Poster Shop Worker (Alyssa Limperis)
* Stray Man (Anthony Starr)
* Brian (Zachary Ruane)
* Stephen (Broden Kelly)
* Grant Denyer (Broden Kelly)
* Bill Smith (Mark Bonanno)
* Ben Smith (Zachary Ruane)
* Janiel Smith (Mark Bonanno)
* Danuary Smith(Zachary Ruane)

### Referenced Characters

* Nadia
* Little Johnny
* Crazy John
* Conor McGregor
* Sick Boy
* Janiel Smith's Grandfather
* Sheriff

## Trivia

### Everything's A Drum

* The 'Everything's a Drum' sketch is a modified version of their live sketch Everything's a Drum!, but they made sure to keep the cum joke in because the Netflix execs really found it funny. They cut the jokes where Zach interacted with the audience and gave him Mark's mum joke instead.
* Zach actually has a great relationship with his mother.
* The sketch was filmed on the first day and they found it good to smash everything. Lee Pointdexter designed the house which was beautifully done, and they felt bad for destroying it.
* When Mark jumped through the wall, it was a real wall which annoyed Lee.

### Dishy the Dishwasher

* Dishy was not cast as Kristen Schall until after filming, and she was operated using strings that were removed using SFX.

### Housemate Interviews

* Characters that were cut include 'Man Hiding in a Box'.
* Man Who Tries to Cover His Fart with a Cough was almost cut several times but executives and test audiences kept laughing at it.
* They found it hard to find the right order for the characters, as did the timing.
* Randy Feltface just happened to be in town so they put him in.
* Zach has not studied law nor smokes weed so had to tap into his love of chicken nuggets to portray the Respectable Judge Who Just Ripped a Massive Ol' Bong.

### PooPoo

* This sketch was a nod to the Fart Boys web series.
* They fought to put in the shot of the extras running away because one of them just stopped running.

### Poster Shop

* The shot in the poster shop was the first shot to be shot

### Stray Man

* They got Antony Starr in because he was already a fan of Aunty Donna. They all watched The Boys afterwards and were shocked.

### The Man Who Shit Himself in Public But is Handling the Situation Quite Well

* Broden watched the sketch so many times in the edit that he knows exactly the time that a leaf falls from a tree next to Zach.
* The credits that come up at the end of the sketch is the script for the episode.

### Family Feud

* This was one of the first sketches to be edited; Santiago Patroza, who they didn't know before, edited it and they didn't want to disturb the editing too much because it was very good.
* Tom Armstrong has a cameo at about 18:30; one of these cameos got cut but they managed to sneak this one in.

### General Trivia

* Zach had a lot of flyaway hairs because he was putting his hair up, and so was told not to do so, however this made his hair curly and thus every time he took a wig off his hair had to be straightened.
* To play Cowdoy, Broden got the costume designers to buy the exact right clothes, and he also got them to smudge his makeup.

## References

1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 Big Ol' House of Fun Watch Party! Episode One!
2. ↑ Patreon Poddy 69 - Ep 30 - Fart Boys Deep Dive