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Best Of Patreon Podcast MINI EP

**Best Of Patreon Podcast MINI EP** is a mini episode of the Aunty Donna Podcast.

## Topics

* Their favourite goofs and gaffes from the Patreon podcast
	+ Mark's asshole
	+ Mark fart noises
	+ Broden isn't allowed to sing
	+ Mark has a long foreskin
	+ Heston isn't balding, he shaves his head (*Patreon Poddy 9*)
	+ Kat's cat
Aunty Donna Edinburgh Fringe

**Aunty Donna Edinburgh Fringe** was a self-titled best-of live show by Aunty Donna at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2014.

Most performances were in the Billiard Room at the Gilded Balloon in the city, however the group also did many street performances.

## Running order

This running order was found in a Facebook post from August 25, 2014 which was the group's final show in Edinburgh. It may have changed over the course of their time there.

1. Trendy Cafe
2. Kangaroos
3. Xbox
4. Found Out I'm Gay
5. Curry Puns
6. Pizza/Popcorn
7. Newsreader 1
8. Bikie Wars
9. Viewing
10. Worst Prank
11. Dino Kids Show
12. Smokers Tree
13. Newsreader 2
14. Memory Man
15. Dad Comes In
16. Aundience Participation
17. Naughty Sketch
18. Prison Wars
19. Newsreader 3
20. Prison Wars 2
21. Loose Rope Walker
22. Ellen
(Walking in on Someone) Doin' a Poo

**(Walking in on Someone) Doin' a Poo** is the fifteenth track of The Album, and eighth released as a video. It was released on YouTube and Spotify on 12 April 2018. A behind-the-scenes video was released on 18 April 2018.

## Synopsis

Aw wow, it's all come to an end. The final music video from 'Aunty Donna - The Album'. This one is all about the awkward moment one experiences when one walks in on someone while they are doing a shit (or, poop) in the toilet/bathroom. Featuring the amazing singing of one Michelle Brasier, who also helped a great deal with the topline melody. She's does live comedy shows and you should check them out. Fun fact about this song: it's the fucking stupidest thing we've ever created.

## Cast

* Zachary Ruane
* Broden Kelly
* Michelle Brasier
* Sam Lingham - Keyboard Player

## Trivia

* The word "poo" is said about 48 times.
* The album version differs from the YouTube version, as the album version doesn't cut to Broden and Zach in the toilet during the song but instead has dialogue from Broden over the song. At the end of the album version, Zach thanks everyone for helping with the song.
Broden Kelly

Portrait by Ali Hassanein

**Broden John Kelly** is one of the three current performing members of Aunty Donna, a host of the Aunty Donna Podcast and a main cast member in *Aunty Donna's Big Ol' House of Fun*.

Outside Aunty Donna, Broden is known for being in a Coles MasterCard ad. He also appeared in *How to Stay Married*, *Orange is the new Brown*, and *True Story with Hamish and Andy*. In March 2023 he and Tom Zahariou started a sports podcast The Footy with Broden Kelly.

He is 42 years old.

## Biography

Broden left high school dead set on professional acting, and so applied for Ballarat Arts Academy, where he met the soon-to-be members of Aunty Donna. He moved back to Melbourne after getting an education in serious theatre acting, but found there were no jobs. He instead found work in high school theatre education and teaching about cyberbullying or bully-busting.

Seeing that comedy was the way to get an audience, he helped form Aunty Donna and comedy became his new passion. Mark has claimed that Broden and Adrian were the initial backbone of the group during this time.

## Awards

### 1st Annual Aunty Donna Awards

* Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
* Best Broden Kelly
* Best One Time Guest on the Aunty Donna Podcast Called Rhys Nicholson

1. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/B9caKUXBESe/
Ben Smith

**Ben Smith** is a character played by Zachary Ruane that appears in Family Feud in Live at the Enmore.

He is part of the Smith family with Bill, Janiel and Danuary Smith. He has a Sick Boy at home. He puts a second hand VHS of Home Alone 3 without the cover in his mouth every day for breakfast, which Bill says is a problem.

## Biography

### Family Feud

He was the second of the Smith family to be introduced by Grant Denyer on Family Feud and answered the question "things you put in your mouth" with "a second hand VHS of Home Alone 3," not including the cover which was incorrect. Bill said he had a big problem with this, but encouraged him. (*Family Feud*)
24 March (releases)

On **24 March**, a number of things involving Aunty Donna were released.

* 2016 - *Mr. Bull!* was released as part of the 1999 series.
* 2020 - *Podcast Ep 184 - Taking Covid-19 down to Covid-ZERO* was released.
* [[2020 - *Patreon Poddy 69 - EP 2 - At The Movies With Aunty Donna PART 1* was released.
* 2022 - *Pudcast S2E12 - Aldi Kringle Salted Karamel* was released.
Amazing Rope Stunt

**Amazing Rope Stunt** is a live sketch that was performed at the Enmore Theatre in Newtown, New South Wales. It is the tenth video in the Live at the Enmore series.

## Behind the Scenes

Zach asks Mark how he feels about the stunt tonight, and Mark says he hasn't done it fr a little while. Broden explains that before he did comedy, he was a stunt performer who trained in a circus. Mark says he did 3 years of street performing in Edinburgh which was mostly body contortion, specialising in tight rope walking. Zach says that they try to make the live show a lot more interactive.

## Plot

Zach introduces Broden, who begins unravelling a rope. They're about to attempt something never done in the Enmore, or in a sketch show. He introduces Mark, who is going to attempt something dangerous with no net or harness. Mark is a loose rope walker, and walks along the rope. That's the joke.

## Behind the Scenes (2)

Zach says Broden would know about body contortion from the times he's fucked Mark, and Broden confirms this.

## Characters

* Zach
* Broden
* Mark
British Bill

**British Bill** is a recurring character played by Broden Kelly in Podcast Ep 47 Recorded In Boston.
He lives in Cockfosters and likes baked beans. He likes to get massages and handjobs in Leicester Square. He invented racism and has killed several children. He existed before the beginning of the universe.

### Biography

He appeared on the podcast while Aunty Donna were on tour in London, his home town, and met Bindi Irwin and Boston Jim. When Frogman appeared later, he claimed he was his cousin and that he was named James. He asked Frogman about *Dunkirk* and the anatomical correctness of his penis. He died when Manbeast appeared, leaving seeds to grow for beautiful women. (*Podcast Ep 61 LIVE FROM SOHO THEATRE LONDON*)

## List of appearances

* Podcast EP 18 Feat. JESS PERKINS
* Podcast EP 21 Feat. JESS PERKINS
* Podcast Ep 61 LIVE FROM SOHO THEATRE LONDON
* Podcast Ep 107 - Oceans 14 Part 2 Feat BEN RUSSELL

## Trivia

* British Bill is one of two Bills who are racist in the Aunty Donna canon, the other being Bigoted Bill.
Bluey

**Bluey** is a character played by Sam Lingham in Secret Track. Pls Don't Listen.
He is friends with Red and knows two blokes named Geoff and Geoff

## Biography

He sang a song with Red, wanting to know how many men named Geoff Red knew. He sang about the two Geoffs he knew himself, and was taken aback when he pushed Red too much about a Geoff he knew. (*Secret Track. Pls Don't Listen*)
Melted Crayons (Season 1)

**Season 1** of *Melted Crayons* consists of 10 episodes.

The season premiers in Summer 2017.

## Episodes

1. **"ribs.mv:"** Baelwulf and Clancee come to Wiwaxia and fight the "Ribcage of Dreams!"

2. **"tendons.mv:"** Prisca comes home from boarding school with a mysterious package!

## Cites

1. ↑ Plot summary for "ribs.mv."
2. ↑ Plot summary for "tendons.mv."
Bing Crosby

**Bing Crosby** is a character played by Broden Kelly on the Aunty Donna Podcast, based on the real Bing Crosby.

Crosby is a singer who has the ability to sing with two voices at once using throat singing. He loves beating up his children.

In 1944, Bing Crosby was singing *White Christmas* when Mark and Robot Greg time travelled there from 2022. He sang *What Is Love* by Haddaway, curing Mark of his illness. After chatting to Robot Greg, he died inexplicably. (*Podcast Ep 119 - Gladys's Sister*)
Creation of Core Wizardry

The **creation of Core Wizardry** took place on July 11, 2012. The community had been fully created by Antares and his friends, who were inspired by Castler's style of a gaming community. Core Wizardry started out as 16 members, growing to 33 from July to December (just before the creation of Ninzardia). The Core Wizardry was peaceful and close-knit, however, efforts to grow the community were difficult.

## Desire to expand

Many members shared the sentiment of wishing to expand the community and therefore, full efforts resulted in barely reaching over 30 members by December. Much of the expansion operations were led by Austiny and Castor, both of whom disliked each other greatly. Antares then considered a different approach. This became Antares's main motivation behind the creation of Ninzardia, where he wanted to hold control over a new field of a large number of members. However, to ensure he had control over the community, he plotted an election and his subsequently victory in advance. He split the Core Wizardry into a faux community called "Galaxia" in which he used to ensure his victory. He had believed that without splitting the community into half, both Castler and Zap would not agree to an election due to the obvious advantage that was held by Antares through his numbers. However, through accepting in a faux-community which appeared to be neutral when it came to the election, Zap and Castler would be more likely to accept—which they both did.

## Core Wizardry becomes Galacticore

On March 17, 2013, the name of Core Wizardry became "Galacticore," in uniting together Galaxia's prior members and the Core Wizardry community. This was done in order to create one-word names for each of the new five "legions" of Ninzardia following the Legions Act. This was also done to help foster organization in the midst of the DNW War.
Chop Chop (English Version)

**Chop Chop (English Version)** is the tenth track of The Album, and the fifth released as a video. It was released on YouTube and Spotify on 15 March, 2018.

## Synopsis

Chop Chop a haiku. Chop chop chop chop chop chop chop chop chop chop chop chop chop chop chop chop chop This video has nothing to do with the chops that you eat for dinner or lunch or breakfast (if you're adventurous). Did you know that if we write lots of words that are relevant to this musical song it can help with search algorithms? If we wrote words lke track, tune, comedy, laughter, music, Macarena, Gangnam style, dancing, kill me, Nut bush, oh god, dance craze, colourful fun with friends, chop chip and chop; it can help optimise our search-ability (that's not a word).

## Plot

Roy and Diego try to get Broden to do the chop chop correctly, but he can't do it right. He is eventually sent away before they begin a more complicated chop chop.

## Characters

* Roy (Zachary Ruane)
* Diego (Mark Bonanno)
* Broden
* Maria (Michelle Brasier)

* Dancers
	+ Candice Lillian
	+ Nicole Goode
	+ Reba Brown
	+ Jia Hoelzl
	+ Indiana Williams
	+ Cameron Stewart
	+ Alex Gavioli
	+ Shannan Marino

## Trivia

* Despite being called the English version, there have been no versions released in other languages
Casting Agent

Steven Michaels is the best casting agent in the world.

## Biography

Steven Michaels was looking for the role of a South African Stroke Victim. He offered the role to Broden and South African Stroke Victim, and Broden got the part. He unfortunately immediately suffered a stroke. He offered Sam Lingham a billion dollars, fame, and women, and caught a flight to LA.

He arrived in Mirror Land with Pilot Mr. Big Balls in My Mouth and Copilot Tiny Scrote in My Hand as Copilot Tiny Scrote in My Hand had redirected the flight to Mirror Land to teach Pilot Mr. Big Balls in My Mouth a lesson about self awareness and self-reflection. Steven Michaels was upset as he had paid good money to take Sam to LA. (*Podcast EP 13*)
Canary Man

**Canary Man** is a character referenced in Professor Whiskers.
He was presumably a man who thought he was a canary. He was buried in Belanglo State Forest alongside Professor Whiskers, Doggo Boy, Lizard Boy, and Man Man.

## Biography

A scientist described where he was buried when talking about Whiskers. (*Professor Whiskers*)
Ashton Goocher

Ashton Goocher is Ashton Kutcher's gooch. He is a little bit hairy and rests between Ashton Kutcher's asshole and scrote. He's always wondered if he would tear if he was waxed. He has a sweet tooth, also known as a sweet gooch. He has cancer. It is unknown if he is a human who pretends to be Aston Kutcher's gooch or if he is his actual gooch.

## Biography

He asked to be waxed, and Ashton Kutcher said he would wax him at his holiday destination of Ashton Noosa. He enjoys being a gooch. He briefly struggled to talk as Ashton Kutcher had his legs pressed tightly together and asked for a fudge brownie, but clarified it was not because he was near an asshole, he just likes chocolate. He revealed to Ashton Kutcher that he had cancer and was visited by Ashton Kutcher's Ashton Goocher's Cancer Doochers who presented him and Ashton Kutcher with a hat saying he was a cunt. (*Podcast EP 10*)

## Trivia

* Mark said he would like to keep this character going.
Bill Gades

Bill Gades was a participant for the Fax with Mark segment. He has both cancer and AIDS. He has a daughter who calls him daddy and who he hasn't spoken to in years. As the podcast progressed he started becoming a Bill Clinton-type, going so far as to quote him.

## Biography

Bill Gades erroneously introduced himself as Steve Gades then corrected himself as being Bill Gades. Mark read a letter from Bill's daughter asking him to come home as she missed him greatly, but also complained that Ctrl + Alt + Delete was not working. He wrapped up the podcast by rapping. (*Podcast EP 6 Feat. BEN RUSSELL*)
Bill Smith

**Bill Smith** is a character played by Mark Bonanno that appears in Family Feud in Live at the Enmore.

He is part of the Smith family with Ben, Janiel and Danuary Smith. He has a Sick Boy at home.

## Biography

### Family Feud

He was the first of the Smith family to be introduced by Grant Denyer on Family Feud, and the first to answer the question "things you put in your mouth" with "a walk in the park," which was incorrect. He encouraged Ben Smith with his answer of "a second hand VHS of Home Alone 3," and said Ben had a big problem with this. (*Family Feud*)
Brian

### AKA

* The Man Who Shit Himself Whilst Out in Public but Is Handling the Situation Quite Well
* The Man Who Shit Himself in Public But is Handling the Situation Quite Well

### Series

* Live at the Enmore
* Aunty Donna's Big Ol' House of Fun

## Relationships

### Friends

Stephen

   **Brian** is a character played by Zachary Ruane that appears in The Man Who (Part Two) in Live at the Enmore as well as Housemates in Aunty Donna's Big Ol' House of Fun.

## Description

He is friends with Stephen, and they seemingly go to work together.

### Biography

He once greeted Stephen, and they exchanged pleasantries. He said that he'd just shit himself. This was the greatest joke ever written, and happened twice; the second time was outside the Big Ol' House of Fun. (*The Man Who (Part Two)*,*Housemates*)
Butler Beeves

**Butler Beeves** is a character played by Broden Kelly that appears in Podcast Ep 255 - Detective Zach.
Butler Beeves is a butler and attempted murderer. He is a Protestant and follows the Church of England.

### Biography

#### Tom Armstrong murder investigation

He was the final suspect to be interrogated in the case of Tom Armstrong's murder. Before this, Wacky Will asked if he could get him a glass of water. Will asked his faith, and he said his faith was to the Church of England.

Will, however, worked out that Beeves was the murderer using the letter Beeves sent to Broden blackmailing him about his affair with Smitters Dubois. Tom confronted him about this, leading to Beeves stabbing Tom four to five times, though he was revealed to have survived. He confessed, but it was attempted murder so he only recieved a slap on the wrist.

Beeves summed up the podcast by singing *We Didn't Start the Fire* (*Podcast Ep 255 - Detective Zach*)
2019 MCW Ballroom Brawl Rumble

The **2019 Melbourne City Wrestling Ballroom Brawl Rumble** was a wrestling event held in Melbourne on the 20th July 2019 in which Aunty Donna competed and were guest hosts. The full show is available here.

## Plot

### Set-up

On the 19th July, during a show of Aunty Donna: Glennridge Graduation Party, Gino 'Juicy' Gambino and his manager Sebastian Walker invaded the stage and challenged the group to a wrestling match, stating that tickets were still available. (*Gino Gambino invades the Glennridge Graduation Party*)

### The event

The show opened with an introduction from Aunty Donna, for which their Titantron said "just happy to be here." Later, they performed a skit where they went through Dowie James’ bag, who had the ingredients for guacamole. Another sketch with The Brat Pack about Aussie Rules Football took place after more wrestling.

Later, Aunty Donna appeared as contestants themselves to eliminate Sebastian Walker, which is documented in a free clip. They managed to do significant damage, but were chased away by the appearance of Gino himself. The crowd chanted "thank you Gino" after this.
Best Freestylers in the World

**Best Freestylers in the World** is the twelfth track of The Album, and the seventh released as a video. It was released on YouTube and Spotify on 5 April 2018. A behind-the-scenes video was released on 11 April 2018.

## Cast

* Zachary Ruane
* Mark Bonanno
* Broden Kelly
* Montaigne
* Boilermakers (Matt Okine)

## Trivia

* This was the first song they performed during the Album Tour
	+ On the tour, Boilermakers's lines were performed by Tom Armstrong and Montaigne's lines were performed by Michelle Brasier.
	+ The boys actually freestyled during the tour version rather than just matching the lyrics from the recorded version.
* The idea for the song came from 1994; Mark time travelled to the past, heard it, and came back to 2017 to pitch the rest of the group the idea. This saga can be found in Podcast Ep 119 - Gladys's Sister.
Car (vehicle)

A **car** is a vehicle.

Don Meij said he had a car accident in his Lambourghini in 2005. (*Podcast Ep 73 - "Rural Jam"*)

After Picky Dicky Doo found out that his wife Jessica (New Show) had been cheating on him, and that his brother Richard knew this, he started drinking whiskey and driving. He rear-ended his car in the wrong lane which killed him. (*"New Show" - FULL HOUR SPECIAL*)

Lord Whoopie met John the Motor Mechanic, who fixes cars, and asked Maxine the Motor Dealer why she was spending so much time dealing out cars, when clearly she wanted to deal out farts. (*"New Show" - FULL HOUR SPECIAL*)

Sir Frogboy claimed he owned several Porsches and a Rolls Royce, but preferred to ride in his Frogmobile, for which he had a driver. (*Podcast Ep 140 - The Frogman Tapes*)

Borden, Mark and Zach drove a sentient Car while they were on a roadtrip to Broden and Borden's marriage. Frogman, Tim Naughty Biscuits and Salvatore Michaelangelo hitchhiked in the car for a while each. (*Patreon Poddy $10 + $15 EP 23*)

Egg Helms ranted at Aunty Donna in his car in an attempt to get Aunty Donna's Big Ol' House of Fun back on the rails, as it was off the rails. (*Treasure*)

Zach claimed that the Magical King of Dance was hit by a red car, but later clarified that the car was actually blue. (*Dating*)
Boyfriends

**Boyfriends** is the fourth episode of Fapé in the Café.

## Plot

Mark, Broden, Adrian and Zach are talking in Cafe Rosamond, when Mark gets a call on his mobile telephone from his girlfriend. He says he's out for a coffee with his boyfriends, Bro, Zach and Ad. When he hangs up, Broden, Adrian and Zach ask why he called them his boyfriends. Mark says it's because girls get to have coffee, go to the movies and have tampon parties with their girlfriends, and because he wants to have tampon parties with his boyfriends. Adrian says that Mark calling them his boyfriends is the best idea he's ever heard in his entire life, and calls his girlfriend to say that he's having coffee with his boyfriends, Mark, Zach and Brendene. Adrian's girlfriend says something rude. Broden asks the barrister to get the table of boyfriends another round of coffees. Zach stands up and makes a speech to the whole cafe, saying that the three men he's sharing the table with are his boyfriends, and everybody claps. Mark calls for revolution, and starts slapping Broden's ass, which concerns people at first. Then, everyone shouts "viva la revolución" and starts slapping each other's asses and dicks and shit.

A historic retelling explains that a shockwave from Petrograd that started from the revolutionary ass slapping within the cafe led to the topppling of the Tsarist regime in October 1917. It also shows that Mark Bonanno was Rasputin, and says that frustrations in the Petrograd food queus spilled over into revolt, forcing the Tsar to abdicate in a matter of days.

## Characters

* Mark
* Broden
* Adrian
* Zach
* Barista
Boston Jim

**Boston Jim** is a recurring character played by Zachary Ruane in Podcast Ep 47 Recorded In Boston.
He is a bartender from Boston, and also a lecturer at the Melbourne University about the city. He has the accent of a man who decided to do a Boston accent only moments ago. His grandparents immigrated from Ireland at the start of the century, and he forms a large part of his identity from this heritage. He has an Aunty called Donna who is also from Ireland. His favourite actor is Ben Affleck and his favourite movie is *Good Will Hunting*.

## Biography

### Meeting Aunty Donna in Boston

He joined the Aunty Donna Podcast, and told the boys facts about Boston, like that there's a 7-Eleven around the corner from their hotel. At the time, he was in the final stage of auditions for Aunty Donna, against Louisiana Jill who was also a good friend of his. He said that to make him commit suicide, he would only need a 20 minute podcast. He witnessed Jill's suicide and said she was his favourite character. (*Podcast Ep 47 Recorded In Boston*)

### London visit

He was on another podcast episode in London on which he talked to Jill again, and met Bindi Irwin. He talked about his work and grandparents, as well as his favourite actors and movies. Jill revealed that she had made love with him on the salt plains of Louisiana, despite Jim claiming never to have been there. Bindi threw several crocodiles at him, as well as a wallaby, an echidna, and a platypus. He met British Bill as well as Frogman. (*Podcast Ep 61 LIVE FROM SOHO THEATRE LONDON*)

## List of appearances

* Podcast Ep 47 Recorded In Boston
* Podcast Ep 61 LIVE FROM SOHO THEATRE LONDON
Aunty Donna's Apology Post from a Few Months Ago Where We Apologised for Not Releasing Content

**Aunty Donna's Apology Post from a Few Months Ago Where We Apologised for Not Releasing Content** is a character played by Zachary Ruane on Podcast Ep 186 - A Harry Potter Fan And The Rock!!!.

In January 2020, people were mad that Aunty Donna had not released any content, leading to its birth on Instagram. It is a eunuch, and its favourite food is Cheez Its. As of March 2021, it has recieved over 3000 likes, and can be found here.

## Biography

### Appearance on the Aunty Donna Podcast

It appeared on the Aunty Donna Podcast as a guest, and answered some questions about itself. (*Podcast Ep 186 - A Harry Potter Fan And The Rock!!!*)
Antique Joe

"*Grug.*"
―Antique Joe, Bargain Boyz: Episode 1
**Antique Joe** is a character played by Mark Bonanno in Bargain Boyz: Episode 1.

He is the owner of an antique warehouse near Hollywood Hill in Melbourne. Zach and Broden state that "He's a wild boy, the dirtiest dog in the antique world. If you want an antique got, he'll get you gat got goo, and he gets that gat and a rack kadoo." He is a convicted sex offender, and a murderer. He wears flourescent orange overalls, loves big bowls of sugar, is interested in drug, and said "grug".

He appeared on Bargain Boyz. He was fixing a motorbike when Broden and Zach came in. He greeted them, but said he wouldn't budge on a deal. Zach said that a big bowl of sugar will always get him, and so when they gave it to him he became more open to a deal. He said grug. They bought some $800 'salm', a $25 'pup phot', and a $53 model plane from him. Zach found the most exciting bargin of all; a 1987 'Rub Cub', and offered $250 for it despite it being $100, but he wouldn't budge so Zach went for $400, and he agreed to this. He also warned about eliminaysh. (*Bargain Boyz: Episode 1*)

Joe reappeared at Halloween, and talked about his bowl of shug before Mark lost confidence and broke character. (*The Aunty Donna LIVE Spooktacular*)
Beverley Bill

**Beverley Bill** is a character played by a guy who won a competition to be in LA Sketch.

He is definitely American and likes American beer. He works on a farm with Hollywood Hank.

## Biography

### Meeting Aunty Donna

He appeared (not) in Melbourne with Hollywood Hank, and offered Mark, Zach and Broden an American beer. Zach called him Beverley Bob. (*LA Sketch*)
Barry (Podcast Ep 165 - The Tin Roof Shed feat. Honor Wolff)

**Barry (Podcast Ep 165 - The Tin Roof Shed feat. Honor Wolff)** is a character played by Broden Kelly in Podcast Ep 165 - The Tin Roof Shed feat. Honor Wolff.

He is a football player, and has been since he was a child. He used to love getting his knees dirty, and jumped up on the back of the utility car to drive into town. He had friends named Rough and Gengo. He is sexually ambiguous. He lives in a small town.

In the play *The Tin Roof Shed*, he talked to the hot pie salesman and bought a pies, chips and sauce from him. He reminisced about playing football as a child, before his friend asked him to play full forward. He said he would, but only if he filled in the next week. (*Podcast Ep 165 - The Tin Roof Shed feat. Honor Wolff*)
Blair Buoyant

**Blair Buoyant** is a character played by Zachary Ruane in 'Lympics in Aunty Donna's Big Ol' House of Fun.

## Biography

For an episode of his show, he used Adam as an audience plant and connected with Janes, Adam's deceased grandfather. Through Blair, Adam's grandfather said Adam had a problem which Janes told him to forget about, despite the problem being that Adam was experiencing rectal bleeding. Adam said he'd plug it up with cork, which Blair disagreed with. Blair claimed that Adam had brought his grandfather's medal, but Adam had read the email wrong and brought some pork medallions instead. Through Blair, Adam's grandfather told Adam to go fuck himself. (*'Lympics*)

## Trivia

Blair Buoyant is nearly identical to the character John Edwards. John Edwards was originally going to appear, but the boys were informed they could face legal repercussions, leading to the creation of Blair Buoyant.
Check-In Charlie

### Last seen

Podcast Ep 129 - Chris's Email Suggestion Part 2 (Stop Listening At The 45 Minute Mark)

## About

### Status

Just checking in

**Check-In Charlie** is a character that appears in the Aunty Donna Podcast.

*Just checkin' in, boys!* - Check-In Charlie

Charlie is the producer of The Country Morning Show, a radio show in Wagga Wagga owned by Southern Cross. He is a father of two and is 36 years old. He has three hands and a lazy eye that constantly moves in a circle. He has been happily married to a man for ten years, though frequently flirts with women including Michelle Brasier. He seems to percieve time backwards and accelerated. He believes that body corporates are the devil.

## Biography

Charlie first appeared as the producer of The Country Morning Show. He checked in to see how the show was going. He congratulated Broden, Zach, Loretta, Michael Worthington, Buckjoe Bill and Judas because their ratings were through the roof. The hosts elected to kill Charlie. He told them that it was not a morning show even though it was 10:30 am; this was because it was the night for him as he had been partying all night. He returned at 9:30 am to check in again; because the hosts had left two minutes ago the show was experiencing its lowest ratings of all time. It was also his ten year wedding anniversary, and he said his husband still fucked him good. Zach gifted him Chicken Charlie at 8:30 am, and he left. At 7:30 yesterday night, he told them to wrap up the show. (*Podcast Ep 121 - The Country Morning Show FEAT. MICHELLE BRASIER*)

He entered the gameshow *Running Away From Your Problems*, risking his life to run from the people he worked with. However, he was actually just checking in and was replaced by Mark. Harriet, the host, said she would kill Charlie, and eventually did so by stabbing him. He went to heaven, but not before asking how the show was going. (*Podcast Ep 122 - Michelle's Party Quiz Shenanigans FEAT. MICHELLE BRASIER*)

Charlie checked in on the podcast after the boys wrapped up the CEO arc. He tried to leave, but the door was locked. It was revealed that when a character comes on the podcast, they can never leave. He then managed to get the door open, and left. He then returned to see Rah Rah, and revealed that he was the real mastermind behind the podcast, as they had all signed a contract with Southern Cross Radio. He gave the boys the go ahead to delve into Rah Rah's character. He checked in a third time, but left, and attempted a fourth but Broden said no. (*Podcast Ep 129 - Chris's Email Suggestion Part 2 (Stop Listening At The 45 Minute Mark)*)

## Appearances

* Podcast Ep 121 - The Country Morning Show FEAT. MICHELLE BRASIER
* Podcast Ep 122 - Michelle's Party Quiz Shenanigans FEAT. MICHELLE BRASIER
* Podcast Ep 129 - Chris's Email Suggestion Part 2 (Stop Listening At The 45 Minute Mark)
Aunty Donna fans

The fans of Aunty Donna have gone by many different names, and there are several notable fans.

## Naming conventions

There have been several attempts by Aunty Donna, particularly Zach for some reason, to give their fans a pet name.

### "Don Dons"

The name "Don Dons" is of course derived from the first part of "Donna", and was used frequently around 2014 and especially by Zach.

### "Frems"

"Frems" originates from Zach and Joe Kosky finding it funny that Gotye pronounced "friends" as "frems" in his song *Somebody That I Used to Know*. Zach pushed for a full 7-minute sketch about it which failed, but then sneaked it into Haven't You Done Well 2 - HOTSOUP which resonated well with fans. For a while in 2016, frems was the word Broden used to refer to Aunty Donna patrons, while Zach used it to refer to fans as a whole. Zach gave the title of "massive frems" to patrons instead, and "supermassive frems" to those that donated large amounts. (*Patreon Poddy 1*)

### "Worms"

More recently, "worms" has been used to refer to non-patrons.
Aunty Donna's Coffee Cafe

Poster for Coffee Cafe

***Aunty Donna's Coffee Cafe*** is Aunty Donna's second television series, released on ABC iView. It premiered on April 12, 2023 and consists of six episodes.

## Episodes

1. *We Need Cool Customers*
2. *We Got Burgled!*
3. *We're Open Til 5pm Today*
4. *We're Closed (Didn't Pay Rent)*
5. *We're Getting a Toilet Door*
6. *We Got a Bad Review :(*

## Promotion

### Release

The first episode of the show went live on the ABC TV channel at 9:06pm on the 12 April 2023. Following this, all episodes were released to stream on ABC iView. Just beforehand, Zach did a little Instagram livestream.

To promote the show, two of the performing members got ABC tattoos next to their Netflix ones in *Getting Tattoos to Promote Our ABC Show*.

## Cast

### Regular Cast

* Broden Kelly
* Zachary Ruane
* Mark Samual Bonanno
* Gaby Seow as Stephanie
* Michelle Brasier
* Vidya Rajan as The Nameless One

### Additional Cast

* Mish Wittrup as additional characters
* Sally-Anne Upton
Audience Participation

**Audience Participation** is a live sketch that was performed at the Enmore Theatre in Newtown, New South Wales. It is the eighth video in the Live at the Enmore series.

## Behind the Scenes

Mark says he wants the audience participation to be subtle and clever and that they should do it their own way. Zach doesn't want it to be just for the sake of it. Mark really wants to find out who a person is, and Zach says to let the show evolve from them.

## Plot

Sirens sound, meaning audience participation. They get Toby from the crowd and ask his name. They chant it and bring him onto the stage. They ask where he's from and he says he's from S- Randwick. Mark doesn't give a fuck.

## Behind the Scenes (2)

Mark asks Broden what he thinks. Broden thinks Mark should smell the cheese. Zach, as Mark's counsellor and advisor, advises against Mark smelling the cheese. When Mark smells it, Broden hits him with his cheese fist.

## Characters

* Mark
* Zach
* Broden
* Toby
Alfred Hitchcock

**Alfred Hitchcock** is a character played by Zachary Ruane in Housemates in Aunty Donna's Big Ol' House of Fun based on the real life Sir Alfred Hitchcock.

Sir Alfred is a film director; the master of suspense. He wears a black suit and tie.

## Biography

### Housemate application

He applied to be a housemate in the Big Ol' House of Fun, playing an air violin, but was rejected. (*Housemates*)

## Trivia

* Zach went through about four hours of makeup for the character's three second appearance. He did not rehearse his impression.

## References

1. ↑ Zach Ruane from Aunty Donna Transforms Into Alfred Hitchcock | Netflix Is A Joke
1999 (series)

**1999** is a ten-part web series, and the first produced by Aunty Donna exclusively for YouTube as part of Screen Australia and Google’s Skip Ahead funding. It was released in early 2016.

The sketches all take place in an office in the lead up to Y2K. Mark, Broden, and Zach star as a variety of characters including Sammy McGee, Manbeast, and Touchy Tim respectively. Michelle Brasier co-stars as receptionist Susan, and Mish Wittrup also appears as Rachel.

## Merchandise

The series came with several pieces of merchandise. There were two similarly designed hoodies, with the second being released later for a higher price of $60. The other merch consisted of various singular items that were used on set, including a script.

1999 Grey Hoodie V1 ($50)1999 Grey Hoodie V2 ($60)Signed 1999 Script ($30)Mark's Short Shorts From *What Do You Think of This?* ($200)Mark's Butt Funnel From *Haven't You Done Well 5: Cocaine* ($200)
Aunty Donna World Cup

The **Aunty Donna World Cup**, or **Aunty Donna Character World Cup** is a fan event on Reddit where Aunty Donna fans nominated and voted on their favourite characters in a World Cup bracket format.

## 2018

The first Aunty Donna World Cup took place in November 2018 and was managed by u/kdavva74. The 32 accepted nominations included Frogman, Cowdoy, Judas Iscariot, Manbeast, and Ben Mendelsohn. The winner was announced in a Reddit post as Frogman, and Zach's characters sweeped the votes. Results were also announced and reacted to by Aunty Donna in Podcast Ep 124 - Aunty Donna World Cup.

## The Wilderness Years

For 2019 and 2020, World Cups were attempted but abandoned halfway through. In 2021 there was no attempt, though u/Krakenz offered to host one in the future.
"Whatever's Funniest"

**"Whatever's Funniest"** is the motto of Aunty Donna for their writing process.

In an interview for Beat Magazine, Mark said "When we work, we’ve always got ‘whatever’s funniest’ written on the wall. It’s just really important to use that. People are laughing and enjoying the show. Nothing else really matters."

Zach said on the Distraction Pieces podcast that this was the best philosophy for Aunty Donna early on, because exploring complex ideas was not the best idea for a sketch comedy group and these ideas could be explored in many other ways.

1. ↑ https://beat.com.au/havent-you-done-well-a-chat-with-aunty-donna
2. ↑ https://play.acast.com/s/distractionpieces/auntydonna-distractionpiecespodcastwithscroobiuspip-357
Auto Correct

**Auto Correct** is a short preliminary sketch in the Rumpus Room web series.

## Plot

Adrian is sitting with Broden and texting his Nana when he accidentally sends "eat shit and die you useless old bitch. I hope you rot in a giant vat of oil. No one has or

ever will love you because you are a pile of horseshit. No one will attend your funeral, let alone pay for it, you old whore. I hate you. I hate you. I hate you. Do everyone a favour and die now. Whore. Whore. Whore. Whore. Whore. Whore. What a whore you are, Nana. You are a whore, Nana. You are the queen of whores nana. Die whore. Die whore. Whore." He says to Broden that what he meant to write was "see you for lunch on Tuesday Nana."

## Characters

* Adrian
* Broden
Aunty Donna: New Show

Poster for the LA show

**Aunty Donna: New Show** was a live show and world tour in 2016.

The show in Sydney was filmed and uploaded on YouTube as *"New Show" - FULL HOUR SPECIAL*.

The show returned for one night with *New Show: World Tour Edition* at the Athenaeum Theatre in Melbourne on October 29th 2017.
Ben Mendelsohn

**Ben Mendelsohn** is a character played by Broden Kelly on the Aunty Donna Podcast, based on the real Ben Mendelsohn.

Mendelsohn is an Australian actor who was in The Dark Knight Rises. He played the drug lord in Moonlight, and starred in a film about Moses as well as *Catch Me If You Can*.

At school, Ben once put a squirt of shaving cream on the teacher's desk. He went to drama school, where he embodied many animals including the baboon, and went on a trip to Melbourne Zoo. He later built the Death Star.

He appeared on SBS talk show *Conversations with Frogman*, live from Stokers pancake restaurant and cohosted by Judas Iscariot and Frogman. While eating a chocolate banana pancake, he described crepes. He asked Judas to get him a Holden Commodore, for which Judas demanded to be paid siver upfront. He met Platypus Pill, and attempted to get to the bottom of Frogman's claim that he couldn't talk. He went to Coles. (*Podcast Ep 123 - conversationswithfrogman*)

Mendelsohn persuaded Judas to poison Jesus Christ's drink, and was interrupted by some leaky pipes which Mario began to fix. (*Podcast Ep 129 - Chris's Email Suggestion Part 2 (Stop Listening At The 45 Minute Mark)*)

## Appearances

* Podcast EP 79 Feat. BEN RUSSELL (Broden)
* Podcast Ep 86 - Australia Quiz! (Broden, Zach)
* Podcast Ep 90 -Aunty Donna The Album Review (Broden)
* Podcast Ep 107 - Oceans 14 Part 2 Feat BEN RUSSELL (Broden)
* Podcast Ep 123 - conversationswithfrogman (Broden)
* Podcast Ep 126 - Chris's Email Suggestion Part 1 (Broden)
* Podcast Ep 129 - Chris's Email Suggestion Part 2 (Stop Listening At The 45 Minute Mark) (Broden)
30 Year Old Straight White Man

The **30 Year Old Straight White Man** is a character played by Zachary Ruane in Housemates in Aunty Donna's Big Ol' House of Fun.
He is a 30 year old straight white man whose favourite film is *The Dark Knight* which he gives 5 stars. He wears a blue shirt and ties his hair back.

## Biography

### Housemate application

He applied to be a housemate in the Big Ol' House of Fun but was rejected. He also interrupted the Cosplayer Laying It On a Bit Thick's interview, agreeing that the Joker is bwilliant. (*Housemates*)
Björk

### Last seen

Podcast Ep 129 - Chris's Email Suggestion Part 2 (Stop Listening At The 45 Minute Mark)

## About

### Job

Singer

**Björk** is a recurring character performed by Mark Bonanno. She is based on the Icelandic singer-songwriter Björk.

## Biography

### First appearance

Björk first appeared on the Aunty Donna Podcast, calling in to hear what Matt Stewart's favourite little dicky was, with her favourite being one with salmon. She said her favourite show was *Little Dickies*, followed by an Icelandic program entitled *Pippynickel Boy, Pippynickel Boy from The Tuesday Sun* Björk then performed several of her songs with the assistance of Zachary Ruane and Broden Kelly. She said she was an adamant fan of the Mr. Bull! sketch, stating that she would "fucking kill" anyone who criticised the sketch. (*Podcast Ep 74 Feat. MATT STEWART*)

She appeared at Judas Iscariot's party where they celebrated his hiring as Aunty Donna receptionist. There, she met Gladys' Sister who told her a secret in the ladies' room (after riding there on a cockroach that was wearing a cute Russian hat) that she had done a poo on the toilet lid. (*Podcast Ep 129 - Chris's Email Suggestion Part 2 (Stop Listening At The 45 Minute Mark)*)

## Trivia

* Mark describes the character as being based off of a YouTube video of Björk describing the components of her tv.
* In Patreon Poddy $10 + $15 EP 4, Zach compares Mark's Princess Diana impression to his performance as Björk.

## Appearances

* Podcast Ep 74 Feat. MATT STEWART
* Podcast Ep 104 - The Sport Show with Zachary Ruane
* Podcast Ep 129 - Chris's Email Suggestion Part 2 (Stop Listening At The 45 Minute Mark)
Attractive Cousin

The **Attractive Cousin** is a character played by Michelle Brasier that appears in I Dance Like This in the Ripper Aussie Summer series.
She is the attractive cousin of the Awkward Teen, who has weird feelings for her.

## Biography

### Dancing at Aussie BBQ

She went to an Aussie BBQ and danced like this: 'sexy, sexy, and a little bit coy'. (*I Dance Like This*)
Clone Mark

**Clone Mark** is a character played by Mark Bonanno that appears in Roommates! - Episode 2.

He is the clone of Mark. He is naked and likes hot dogs and milk. He wears a grey hat to tell him apart from Mark. He wants to die.

## Appearances

### Roommates! - Episode 2

Mark creates him by calling the President on his clone machine. He appears naked, but is given a hat by Mark to tell them apart. He successfully cleans the dishes, but when Broden comes home he shakes his hand and his arm comes off.
Chapel Street/Cresps/A Bad Date

**Chapel Street/Cresps/A Bad Date**is the second episode of Rumpus Room. Cresps was released as its own separate sketch over a year later in February 2014.

## Plot

### Chapel Street

DJ SweetLove is on Chapel Street, and goes to the Astor Theatre. He meets Tim there and asks him questions like 'where's the best place to get a coffee on Chaps?' Tim says he doesn't know because he doesn't drink coffee. SweetLove goes to get a coffee there. He also points at an adult bookstore sign. It is revealed that Mark, Adrian, Broden and Zach are sitting on the Rumpus Room sofa watching SweetLove on the TV, which Mark turns off.

### Cresps

Broden, Adrian and Mark are looking at some crisps when Zach appears. Mark offers him one of the crisps buut he says no, but changes his mind. Adrian gets a wish crisp, and he wishes for a crisp. Broden asks Zach about his date, but he says it wasn't a date and that he and Tammy were just hanging out, which he says he is okay with.

### A Bad Date

Zach and Tammy are at a restaurant. Tammy is telling Zach about the guy she had sex with that one time. She says she has never had an orgasm that intense but things got too complicated, and she wonders why friends can't just have sex, despite all of her friends except Zach being taken. Zach says he'll set his friends up with her. Tammy says they're such good friends, and Zach says he's okay with that. Zach starts bleeding from his ear.

## Characters

* DJ SweetLove (Zachary Ruane)
* Tim
* Mark
* Adrian
* Broden
* Zach
* Tammy (Tegan Higginbotham)
Abby (Podcast EP 10) (Zach)

Abby was a person with anger problems. Her anger problems vanished once she became Vegan Level 7 and she ascended, becoming one with the sky and the animals.

## Biography

Abby was told by Abby that she wanted to chill in her. Abby understood the feedback but threatened to cut her, and everyone. She threatened Abby and everyone with a baseball bat in her boot. She told Abby that if she crossed her or her family she would kill them. Abby recommended to her cooking a new dish, and she said it was good to let the cat inside the kitchen sometimes. When Abby's partner George arrived, she threatened to cut his balls off and feed them to him.

Abby's anger problems vanished once she reached her second Pokemon evolutionary stage thanks to her newly vegan diet. She shortly then reached Vegan Level 7 and became one with the sky and the animals.
ABC Funding Body

ABC Funding Body meets with talent to give funding for web series.

## Biography

ABC Funding Body disguised himself as Broden and approached Ashton Kutcher and Ashton Goocher wanting to commission them for $4 to make Ashton Goocher into a webisode. He bought them coffees, french toast, and quinoa, and then offered to buy Ashton Kutcher and Ashton Goocher dessert. (*Podcast EP 10*)
Aunty Donna's Sexy Secret Show

**Aunty Donna's Sexy Secret Show** was a test live show performed by Aunty Donna in late 2013 at the Butterfly Club in Melbourne.

The show was marketed as "4 different shows over 4 different Saturday nights," on October 19th and 26th, and November 2nd and 9th. Tom would DJ live on stage. It was a test show for their next live show.

## Promotion

The group released Jump in the Shower, Car Keys and Old Man Pete which were sketches from before Joe Kosky left the group, to promote the show.
2015 (releases)

In **2015**, a number of things involving Aunty Donna were released or published.

## January

* 8 January - *Standing Up to Bullying* was released.
* 24 January - *Cumsults - How to insult someone using the word 'Cum'* was released.
* 26 January - *Australia Day Special I* was broadcast.

## March

* 1 March - *Mark's New Thing (A response to Cumsults)* was released.
* 20 March - *Get Off Your Phone* was released.

## April

* 13 April - *Saving a Hot Girl* was released.

## June

* 11 June - *Roommates! - Episode 1* was released.
* 26 June - *A Girlfriend's Rumbly Tummy* was released.

## July

* 27 July - *Bargain Boyz: Episode 1* was released.

## August

* 17 August - *Going Overseas to Seek Revenge* was released.
* 31 August - *Roommates! - Episode 2* was released.

## September

* 17 September - *Aunty Donna: The Pilot* was released on ABC iview.
* 17 September - *Haven't You Done Well 3 - Fancy Man (Fancy, Fancy)* was released to promote The Pilot.
* 25 September - *Velociraptor on a Kids Show!* was released to promote The Pilot.

## December

* 10 December - *Bargain Boyz: Episode 2* was released.
Bargain Boyz

**Bargain Boyz** is a short series of two sketches and one Patreon podcast.

## Description

It is set in a reality TV show where some boyz have to get some bargains. It features Mark, Zach and Broden of course, but also characters such as Antique Joe and Jimjam as well as references to Monique, Latisha and Sunshine Tree.

## Behind the Scenes

* In a Patreon podcast, the boys discuss why a third actual video was never made.

## Episodes

1. Bargain Boyz: Episode 1
2. Bargain Boyz: Episode 2
3. Patreon Poddy $10 + $15 EP 28