Episodes
On this week's edition of 'The Rabbit Hole', Garry and Tim discussed the Matildas' World Cup win against Denmark, Tim's sheep idea, Garry's considerations for his property, Round 21 in the AFL, Matthew Lloyd's school footy celebration, mushrooms, their plans for their holidays, and more.
Published 08/08/23
1.30 – What do you sleep in?
3.30 – The Squirrel Grip
- Some players have been known to do it in the past
6.00 – Soft and Hard Launches
- Tim and Garry dissect the difference
12.30 – Men for all seasons calendar
- Garry recalls the time he was involved
- Chat about Bucks, Craig Kelly and others that were involved
- Tim never did it… But Garry believes some of Tim’s stuff is worse!
18.30 – The Logies
- Dissecting Sam Pang’s performance
- How was he NOT nominated for the gold Logie?!
21.30...
Published 08/02/23
4.00 – Bed linen
- How much should a doona and a sheet cost?
- Tim says he is the linen expert
12.00 – Rabbit Hole Rewind – Interview with Mark Harvey
- His take on the 1990 Grand Final brawl
- Tim didn’t want any part of the fight, meanwhile Harvs was wrestling with Gubby!
18.00 – Chat about Lou Richards
- The original footy player turned media megastar
- Garry told a story about Lou’s left of centre thinking… Christian vs Lyon (Lion) – ahead of a clash between Garry and Michael...
Published 08/01/23
1.30 – Garry excited for the weekend of sport
- Cricket, golf, footy, women’s world cup
2.30 – Reaction to Women’s World Cup
- Is it okay to jump on board with excitement and support as a bandwagon jumper?
8.00 – The Brady Bunch
- Garry recalls his favourite episodes
9.30 – The Quarterback Series on Netflix
- Confidence – why can some people move on quickly after mistakes and some hold onto it
16.00 – Why Garry would have loved to have Ben Crowe as a person to chat with during his...
Published 07/19/23
1.30 – Have you ever been sacked?
Garry reveals meeting he had with Steve Price at 3AW
5.00 – Have you ever sacked anybody?
Tim says it was the hardest thing he had to do as coach – moving on players, staff
The role is to deliver the news and then somebody else comes in to console. The person delivering the news can’t be the same person consoling, because they don’t want to hear from you
10.00 – When was the last time to added a friend to your friend list?
The unlikely location where Garry...
Published 07/13/23
1.30 – Royal family saga at Wimbledon (re: Roger Federer)
5.00 – Spirit of the Game –
- Hostility in the Ashes
- Hand on heart – Did Garry think the Carey wicket was in the spirit of the game?
10.00 – Hostile crowds
- Tim recounts the infamous 1990 Grand Final brawl – as the captain of the side, where was he placed in the brawl?
- The half-time break – Tim has never seen anyone as angry as Leigh Matthews (the Pies coach)
- Garry recounts the most hostile crowd he can remember – “They just...
Published 07/05/23
2.00 - Recap last week re: jockeys rubbing salt into each other
4.00 - Tim's way to get tickets to Taylor Swift
How much would you pay for a concert?
10.00 - Dry July - would you ever do it?
Tim says he could easily do it
13.00 - Nathan Lyon celebrating 100 consecutive Test matches
Garry spoke about Nathan having a nickname after him
Chat about the second Test vs England
16.30 - Sledging
Garry says it works when you get the right target
Garry vs Tony Shaw
22.00 - Old locker room...
Published 06/28/23
3.00 – Tim story re: Ascot Vale leisure centre – Essendon would go there for training
- often there were jockeys in there
- the jockeys would rub salt into each other
5.00 – Do you like saunas?
- Tim finds them too hot
6.00 – How Tim helped Suzie through some car issues this week
11.00 – When Garry/Tim are keynote speakers
- Tim does a lot of preparation, Garry, not so much
- Tim’s first gag didn’t work when he was at Spud’s lunch last week
16.00 – Spud’s lunch discussion
17.00 – Tim...
Published 06/21/23
Garry Lyon recalls when Neale Daniher was appointed as Melbourne's coach and the hard edge he brought to the club.
Published 06/20/23
1.30 – Tim’s footy reunion
- You don’t talk about the game itself, you talk about the journey and the great stories
- Tim told a story of a joke he told before the 1993 Grand Final
6.00 – Garry’s leadership
- How he pumped up the players before the game – lots of swearing! Pumped them up but then one day the door didn’t open
9.00 – FIGHT MND
- Tim says he hasn’t seen a more emotional tribute to anybody than the guard of honour for Neale Daniher on Monday (Tim says he wasn’t at the G for...
Published 06/14/23
4 minutes – Reunions
Tim has a reunion coming up
A year 7 school reunion
Tim says he could name everybody from his school in year 7
Garry has a 40-year footy reunion for Kyabram
10 minutes – Game shows
Played audio of Kingy on the Weakest Link
Garry told a story about when he was on Sale of the Century
19 minutes – School development
Garry skipped a grade
Garry says he loved English and History
20 minutes – Losing hair
Garry asks Tim if he has ever thought about going down the...
Published 06/07/23
2.30 – Discussion on your scent
- What cologne do you use?
7.30 – Greetings
- How do you answer a phone
- How to do greet somebody you haven’t seen for a while
- Tim explained an awkward exchange from yesterday, with Libbi Gore
- Garry thought it was someone he knew better than he did
- Male handshake – the American styled grip has come in
15.00 – Comfort food
- Veggie soup, toasted ham cheese tomato with the crust cut off, dunkable biscuit
- what are the best dunking biscuits
22.00 –...
Published 05/31/23
Hear Garry tell the story when he was hosting the TODAY show on the morning when Saddam Hussein was captured. The Rabbit Hole will be back next week!
Published 05/28/23
0.30 – Welcome – discussion about Garry’s trip to Cobram Estate
- Garry now an expert on Olive Oil
- Eric Bana, Dylan Buckley, Brendon Fevola all went along
- Nick Riewoldt hosted
12.00 – The plane trip
- There was an incident at the Essendon airport – Tim worried for Garry!
16.00 – Flying interstate to footy games for broadcasts
- MMM used to get their own chartered flight
- Huddo jumped in with MMM one day as his wife was in labour!
18.00 – The Chimp Empire
- A show that Garry and Tim...
Published 05/18/23
0.30 – Tim went to a funeral yesterday
- If Tim passes before Garry, Tim is happy to allocate a 10 minute spot for Garry at the funeral
- Wants Garry to start sombre and heavy, but then bring them home with a big laugh at the end
- Garry says it’s one of the great signs of respect to go to a funeral
9.00 – Garry’s neighbours
- The lady downstairs is a pianist
- She plays at 9:30pm – too late for Garry
10.45 – How many ‘besties’ do you have?
- Tim says it started big, but now about 3
-...
Published 05/11/23
1 minute – Stories about Dwayne Russell
The way he tests his mic before on air for Fox Footy
And the caffeine he consumes during a match
4 minutes – Cologne
Tim is trying a new cologne today
Leaving reviews for items you’ve brought (cologne, clothing)
11 minutes – Ferreting
The excitement of it – not a kid in the world that wouldn’t enjoy it
12 minutes – Tim’s enjoyment for matchmaking shows
Farmer Wants A Wife, Indian Match Maker, MAFS
17 minutes – Using Google to fix things
Garry...
Published 05/03/23
1 minute – Checking Tyres
5 minutes – Tim’s job at a servo in Dimboola
Favourite hamburger fillings
14 minutes – Tim’s chat with a cab driver
18 minutes – When Garry’s dad won 1st division in 1986
Harry Beitzel presented the $1.5million cheque
Garry got the nickname ‘dollars’
They went to Disneyland to celebrate
22 minutes – Garry’s trip to Gallipoli
Went with a few Essendon players
Jobe Watson was one of them, but he slept the whole time!
27 minutes – Tim’s trip to the UK with...
Published 04/28/23
2 mins: Brazilian butt lifts
4 mins: Abuse from the crowd
Playing at FF wasn’t ideal, because you could hear everything the cheersquad would say
6 mins: Garry told a story about when Gary Ablett Snr knocked him out
Lyon had no idea what happened, but he played out the rest of the game
Ablett Snr confessed to it, even though he was found to have no case to answer
He had found God and confessed, got 3 weeks
13 mins: Tim re: tribunal
The players would sit in the same waiting room and...
Published 04/19/23
Start – Welcome – chat about Tyres and Tyrepower
Do you check your tyres often?
Garry has his car serviced regularly
3 mins – Gather Round
Tim hasn’t travelled for footy for over 5 years – it’s been a while for Garry too
Used to travel every week
Tim stories about travelling – used to have premium VIP service
16 mins – The Truth newspaper
21 mins – Old Man Crawf
Chat about a Footy Show skit
30 minutes – Bomber from the Bush
Recapped some of the best bits
Tim re: The Sun newspaper...
Published 04/12/23
1 min – Easter this weekend
Hot Crossed Buns – Garry has never had one
5 minutes – Garry’s Telstra issue
Had a problem after missing one bill (in 25 years!), because he got a new credit card
10 minutes – Re-capping Tim’s doco/interview – Bomber from the Bush
Interview with Sandy Roberts
Played some audio from the doco
15 minutes – Joseph Gutnik days at Melbourne
1996 – Melbourne/Hawks merger situation – Garry and the players were told the club wouldn’t exist past 1996
The final match...
Published 04/05/23
1 minute – Chat about hair
How often do you get a haircut?
Why Tim hasn’t completely shaved his hair off
3 minutes – Planning a holiday for later in the year
When is the best time to take leave
Last year they had a holiday at the same place, same time… But Tim thinks it’s better to go somewhere different so they don’t have the same stories
7 minutes – Grand Prix this weekend
Garry told the story about his time in the celebrity race
Who else was in the race – Richard Wilkins,...
Published 03/29/23
1 minute – Morning routine for Breakfast radio
Tim spoke about his 4:48am alarm
How to wake yourself up properly – even during the day – wash your face with cold water
How many coffees per day is too many?
10 minutes – Is Luke Beveridge’s teeth fair game?
Gaz says he has been involved with that sort of thing previously, so he doesn’t want to preach – but it was uncomfortable to watch
Beveridge wasn’t brought along with the gag
14 minutes – Ch 9 vs Ch 7 news
Tim doesn’t like being in...
Published 03/22/23
THE RABBIT HOLE – for Tyrepower
1 minute – intro and welcome
Previewed some of the potential topics today
Head down the Rabbit Hole, for TJM
4 minutes – Garry’s raspy voice
Extra voiceover work for new AFL video game
Garry did it a couple of years ago, but the change this year is they needed to put non-binary commentary in as well
Gus Gould did it for the NRL, but didn’t get through it all – went to his car and didn’t come back!
9 minutes – Excitement for round 1
Tim’s first memory...
Published 03/15/23
1 MIN
Post footy career moves
Garry’s studying history in finance
Sales Rep dreams, lawnmowing realities
4 MIN
Offers – if Garry ever auditioned or interviewed for a role during/post footy
Garry was approached by 2 people for some modelling shots, he had to pay $350 to get it done
Tim auditioned for a few things – an international ad. Thought he had the gig sewn up, showed up to the shoot and there was a line out the door. Had to pose with his arm out of the truck door in a blue tradie...
Published 03/08/23
1 minute –
Headlines last week! The Footy Show story
Garry has a bone to pick with Tim about buying coffees
3 minutes –
Tim spoke about his weekend looking after grandkids
5 minutes –
Garry on the trip to Cathedral
“There is no one that makes me laugh more than him” – Garry re: Sam Newman
Sam turned up with golf clubs under his arm for the chopper, no golf bag. All to save space on the chopper with weight
9 – minutes
Tim’s commentary of a game Garry played in back in 1992
15...
Published 03/01/23