TV legend Grant Denyer joins us for some holiday hilarity! He spills the tea on the worst contestants he’s dealt with on Deal Or No Deal, shares his wild dream gig (hint: it involves nudity and the Opera House), and clears up rumors about his wife Chezzy’s “psychic” powers. Then, it’s time to bring the heat as Grant takes on Ricki-Lee in Quick Draw!
Catch this best bit while we’re on break – we’ll be back live Jan 28th!
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Our next guest is a pretty big deal. Okay, here we go. He's done it all radio, come.
On TV, Yes, God logis it's a bit hectic and his podcast It's all True. Now he returns as host of Channel ten's Deal or No Deal.
You lucky lucky being on the Dearly Deal.
Please welcome.
Australian Royalty.
So good to see you.
You're everybody's favorite person.
Whats You're the one person in showbiz that no one has a bad word to say about.
That's funny, not one day. Can you give me some tips?
Not one person can say anything bad about you. Everyone loves you.
Can I call you on something?
Though?
The worst thing that's ever been said to me was by.
You your face. You did and and what were we doing?
You remember?
I remember the exact moment we were standing on the dark downs. I'm about to battle. What was it for?
We were dancing at the same time the stars.
We did dancing with the Stars together and it was we were about to do whenever.
An aggressive dance.
It was a group dance. We all have the same time.
What's it was a challenge.
We were dancing against each other and whoever got tapped on the shoulder was out and the last one standing one.
So they're canting down five four three. She turns to me.
Wait, no, we were sledging each other. We were going back and forth.
Don't just say I came out of nowhere and said this to you.
Do you want to know what she said?
She goes, good luck, I hope you break your back again, and she started dancing smiley.
Think is.
Because we were going back and forward, saying the worst things to each other to try and try and put each other off. And of course you you won the whole thing, so whatelse wait to show me how it's done.
You're looking very schmid today. Yeah, that's a nice three.
Joel is normally the best dressed man, or actually the best dressed person on the show.
Because I'm a woman doesn't mean i'm good. I come in well dressed.
I'm dressed like this because I just found out that Matt Preston's actual real father.
He's the only other person I know whars a three piece suit.
You know you need a cravat.
It is nice having some shows back on because we're very close to you here in Sydney's HQ because we've got Miguel's show back, and we've got your show deal on your back. So when I go down and get my coffee, I just see studio audiences strewn all over the street and.
Two of the loudest people on television, Miguel and Grant.
You don't share like it.
You don't share a dressing room or anything, because that would be it's not.
Room for the two of them.
It just dialed up to one hundred and ten.
Wow, Is there anything that you want to do? Like you've done everything? Is there any dream gig that you're like, yeah, that's mine.
Oh, that's interesting.
I don't know.
I've always loved old school variety television, but it's never really worked since Darryl summ has killed it again.
When they brought it back. But I don't know.
I kind of live.
There's something that's really dangerous and fun about live television, even back to being you know, the Sunrise Weather Guy, where you were wrestling crocodiles or records or bungee jumping out of helicopters or Standarday standing nude in front of the.
Opera house, whatever it was.
Live's addictive like that. It's just something dangerous. That's that's cool about that.
And that's why we're pre recording this right now on three point thirty three.
I mean that idea of a variety show is why why is nobody somebody definitely needs to do that?
Too expensive or there's not enough talent in the country.
Too expensive, hard to get right there?
These people are around, but are they good enough to watch?
True Australian audiences have zero patients. So if you're going to get it right by.
Right for the first AD break, don't suck me in.
By the first AD break, I'm out of there.
So you need the nude bungee jumping out of a helicopter while wrestling a crocodile and.
The first break. Otherwise you're out on the weekend? Can I ask that?
Because we were because Joel and I and Ricky was in here and we and we watched Tipping Point and all these shows. It feels like this year twenty twenty four is the year of the shows.
On around that time, like the Battle of the five to seven PM slot.
It's sickly cool as well, like so things come in trends in a renovation shows, cooking shows, dancing shows.
That's so true game.
Shows have all come back because they are they're cheap to make, so you know, we make five of them a.
Day, so your energy levels, that's it's a lot.
So whilst we give away a lot of money, it's still like back in the day, like a Master Chef could be a million dollars an episode that's just for one night.
Jamie Oliver is very expensive.
Even Australian Idol is shot over. We're doing live shows over over three two three months.
Like that's a that's a hell.
Of a lot of crew and people that are there all the time on set filming making a TV show, whereas when you can knock those shows out five epps in a day, that's huge.
But there's also playability to it, right, Like if you're say watching something like that, you're watching someone have a great experience and their career being born a game show. You can watch them play along at the same time, so it's not as passive. You can participate in the game and you test your intelligence against against the competitors and see whether you would have.
Won you know, one hundred grand or not. As well, do.
People crack the shits, like do you have people like on there that crack the ships and they don't get the money they want.
Hell, yeah, what do you do?
Do you just run and leave that to like the floor manager to deal with it?
Well, it's people.
The moment someone says, I, look, we came with nothing, right before they're about to make a big decision.
The moment someone says the words we came with nothing, they're about to leave with you about a reedy, they go too far and they don't take a deal from the.
Bloody Back was a celebrity name game because I did a couple of shows that I loved it.
Ricky and I did it together.
It never aired.
We never aired.
Really, I think maybe that was because that was want to break my back? No, I think maybe maybe that was maybe when it was supposed to go to air was when it was announced that I was doing a g T.
You're the reason I didn't get prime time.
You've tanked his TV career, No, grant.
I have a theory that was me and Angela Bishop because we were a team and we knew everything pop culture, so we kept handing out ten thousand dollars every every episode, did about four together, and then one of the ladies on there was saving up money for IVF and she's mess messages Ange and I all the time, and it's had since had a baby, so it's you make magic happen.
Grand.
When I signed up to Deal or No Deal, I thought, oh, yeah, it's gonna be fun. Like you'd be giving people money to fix their fence by a new car. I never anticipated that you'd be giving someone money for life saving surgery or a human being. I didn't think that that was going to be the case. And that's why it feels so good giving away large amounts of money to good people.
Like the world thought I'd have a baby with Angela Bishop and here we are you came out. I don't know who's the bigger bish.
I think that was actually part of part of what I said to you prior to you give me the sledge is I think I said to you on the dance floor, let me climb down up under your skirt and I'll fall out mid dance like it's like you're having birth a little grant. Then you're live on set.
You got to you got to tell usquetly about working working with Chezy and your podcast.
How many episodes of your podcast eleven seasons?
Yeah, it's good.
Yeah.
Yeah, there's only five episodes a season, but.
That's all the chat we got.
First, it became a place where we could kind of correct the bad.
Stories that were being written about us.
So we have least had a write of reply, right, so, and that kind of shut down a lot of the negative, fake stories that were being written.
Then it became the only.
Place, as adults with three little kids where we actually genuinely had normal adult conversations that weren't around.
What are we going to feed the toddler or where's a nappy? Which sort of strengthened us as a relationship.
But recently my wife's become she's a fully qualified medium now I saw day.
Yeah, when she coming in, it's it's nuts and it's freaky because I can now no longer lie to her because there's so many dead people.
Around us now that she's a medium them for the truth.
God, it's so Jackie Gillies.
Harnessing that must be such a I mean, crazy is not the word, but being able to harness that, but having hearing things and then being able to actually tap into it.
I'm really proud of it. I don't know how the hell she does it. I don't understand it. I also don't need to, but she's very good at it.
I have a voice in my head right now saying, please go to Anthony easy with the rules for quick draw.
So let's say that.
I'm Anthony and these are the official quick raw rules. Tim will give a category and a letter. The first to yell out a correct answer gets a point. The first antie yell out is locked in. Best out of seven wins. Ultimately, Tim will exercise his discretion.
Now, Dol's been on five the last few weeks, so we're throwing.
And normally the bad one.
You are playing at grant today with a practice question and then we'll get in it for.
I like how you're giving a game show host the rules to a gun. This is brilliant.
Through the prime Minister, have you had elbow on deal.
And your episode?
If you're an elbow Here a practice question and then we'll come back and play for real. Name something you'd brag about getting a good deal on starting.
With C.
Wow, I have to be I'm on your this is redemption with the stars.
Oh like we drop for real when we come back?
Would leave him and Joel's quick.
Draw yesous year it's been a hot minute since we've seeing your deal on.
No Deal is on at six PM's on Channel ten.
And of course you can binge it like I do on the weekends on templay you love.
I love binging on.
Teenplay's such a bingo between that and ready said he cook.
I'm like.
Favorite TV show on ten.
Project that's the five o'clock News with Sandra Sulley.
Yes, oh yes, it's Cheap Seats. That's great. I was on that earlier in the week.
Cheap seats is nice. Yeah, you go back and watch that. We'll go back and watch Joel on tem playing on the Chief Seats on Tuesday.
What's cheap seats? Oh my god, it's like a wrap up one of their weeks, one of those shows.
Oh that's good. I don't really watch good.
Good idea.
I like that.
TV should do it on seven.
Okay, we should play radio and more since on radio it's pretty cheating. Chemist warehouse thing in the corner.
That great.
Do you need any ear cleaners or any moisturizer or any guy Sebastian.
Fragrance and you're so that's good funding your eyes.
Let's do this. Giving us the rules, Ricky is playing Grant. Let's play.
It's a dancing with the stars sort.
Of the Stars All Stars Redemption around.
And now I know you didn't host it. I know you didn't host it with Sonya, but I'm going to pretend I'm Sonya with a glittery mic.
Okay, let's play for real. Name is something you would see in London, starting with oh.
My god, Ricky, that was so far.
That is there is an even point three of a second in that.
Yeah, hurry up, carn't please, I need to score for you one point racer.
Okay, by the grocery store, starting with A.
I think we should pay that one to Grant because that is a great I know.
You want to very generous. I gave not only a cream but a brand.
Oh yeah, thank you chemist house who gets in first?
Yes, apples pretty good answer for a supermarket.
Yeah no, it's too nick. But I'm just saying trying to me, Joel, I'm trying to get rug.
You're trying to rattle me.
Now I'm trying to I'm trying to service the client. That's what I'm fun to do it in service him in other ways. You know, what I'm saying is.
On at six. Name something you would put honey on starting with C.
Cabbage.
Yeah, I came in and pay that. Actually we could crumpet as well for you both, a beautiful honey cabbage.
Like the five eats crumpets.
Me my mum when I put on some weight, my mum threatened me. And she's because I was staying in Perth for two months to film a do dog documentary and she knock on my door at five am every morning. She'd go, why don't you go for a little jog and then I'll make you a crumpet the road system.
Like a honeycovered crumpet's going to help.
You lose weight.
Makes cabbage taste better though.
Honey honey saw cabbage everyone's favorite.
Hey, hey, sons, here two Ricky one to grant.
Name a boys name starting with W.
William say it. It is three points Ricky one point grant. You need to his next question for act to stay in the game.
Mm hmm.
Wow, you.
Don't win two motor racing championships and not being a little bit competitive.
Base I willed.
I just found some stuff.
Hang on come one one yes times.
Wow, it's a bit hectic.
Okay, here we go, So the win that we're here to stay in the game. Name is something you can pick starting with l.
Good.
But let's go no One, life is good, Liso blackest head lice.
Yeah, kids, of course, yea.
Why I'm saying that we're actually not sure? My year old and a bus cut because he just gets it all the time.
No way, so just better just take the hair.
Off of the public school systems. Great.
I'm having a bit of a conflict because you can you can pick Lolly, you can pick.
Give, let's move.
Tim has the ultimate decision.
I think the Prime Minister says.
That ultimately Tim will exercise and each discretion.
When Ricky is saying the grand name an animal starting with the apt.
My favorite.
Now I know I host him, he leads him until on Nova
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