Gotta Be Done - A Bluey Podcast

It's 2021, school's back and so is Gotta Be Done - but is anyone ready for all the going-one-way-then-the-other-way growing up it requires?? Going by our torrents of tears in Barky Boats, Mary and Kate definitely are not! At least some things never change, specifically schoolyard strategies for divining future marriages. (Bluey and Mackenzie sitting in a tree!) Also in a tree, is it God's Eye or j...

WE MADE IT TO CHRISTMAS! Or at least to Christmas Swim, which definitely meets the 2020 near-enough-is-good-enough standard for Mary and Kate.  And it's our second Heeler Christmas - is that too early to be demanding invites to weddings? (Looking at you, Rad and Frisky!) Plus we bear gifts: the true meaning of Bartleby, and the (world exclusive) solved mystery of the missing Bluey season two episo...

Gotta love a special guest appearance on the big screen, and Gotta Be Done does Movies with some serious cinematic assistance - writer and movie buff Cam Williams , thanks for getting in the wagon! From our earliest celluloid experiences to the best way to get kids contained in the cinema, via Willow and "I want" songs and Seinfeld spin-offs and Dreamworks dance parties, it's a blockbuster. (Also,...

We know our kids never want to play the quiet game - but this episode is proof that team Gotta Be Done isn't so crash hot at it either. (More cowbell!) Besides Mary's determination to ruin all Kate's noisy fun, we're both playing spot-the-Easter-egg in The Quiet Game - did we get them all? Plus first days on the job, ponies and bronies, great Madges of Australian TV , and orchestra requirements fo...

Has anyone else noticed a lot of democracy around lately? What better time to break bread and talk Circus!  This Bluey episode premiered on Queensland Election day, but Mary and Kate are finding more to talk about across the Pacific as they compare these playground politics with the real thing. And how do explain elections to little kids - when they only talk in goodies and baddies? Plus, Kate won...

We all want life to be fairly fair, but can we really insist on VERY fair? Gotta Be Done does Ice Cream via childhood sharing techniques and Die Hard: With a Vengeance - it's (fairly) relevant!   Plus inspirational Fantasia, celebrity spotting on Brisbane's South Bank ( hi Nick and Jazz! ) and in future Bluey episodes ( hi baby Croc Hunter! ), and the importance of keeping buskers happy.  Awww go...

Finally getting to meet Chilli's Dad in Grandad has got Gotta Be Done giddy - we don't even care he's not voiced by Russell Crowe! There are movie references aplenty though, and Kate deep-dives the bluegrass in this episode, and gets a Handel on the ups and downs of Seesaw's score too.   Plus, our hot takes on what the Grandad message means for our hot mess world. Because couldn't it be up to us?...

New Bluey episodes always mean one thing - that supermama Chilli is finding new ways to win our hearts.  So what better time to chat to the lady who brings her to life, amazing Aussie actor Melanie Zanetti!  Melanie tells Kate and Mary the serendipitous story behind getting cast as Chilli, shares her close-to-home inspiration for the character, and lets us in on some of her favourite moments since...

NEW EPISODES!! Fresh Bluey has landed on Australia's ABC TV , and Gotta Be Done is at the ready with a brand new recap (thanks ABC and Ludo Studio for the handy preview!) The playground games of Seesaw are a palate cleanser after the highs of Sleepytime and Flat Pack says Kate, while Mary is seeing the tried and true "smallest character makes all the difference" trope. Plus new characters on scree...

We're back, baby! Yep, just a few days out from new Bluey in Australia ( trailer here !), and Gotta Be Done is diving deep into hints about what's to come. There's chippy-lipped cakes (ahoy Australian Women's Weekly Children's Birthday Cake Book !), mystery dogs (Uncle Rad?!) and even possible guest stars (another Rusty ?!) Plus, we relive Mary's Hard Quiz glory , get excited about Bluey music (al...

Finally at the interplanetary pinnacle of the Blueyverse, and Gotta Be Done has gotta wonder - can words ever do justice to sublime Sleepytime? Well, we hope so, because Kate and Mary have just rambled through an hour's worth! We wax lyrical about bedtime (it's kind of a solar-system-sized deal) and the politics of parenting, share lunar theories about moon rabbits (they've got Saturn surrounded!)...

We all fail Mum School sometimes - but damn Mary and Kate are glad there are no adjudicators in our respective showers at the moment! Get ready to deep-dive pedagogy, feel weird about balloons in baths, and hear a lot about unconditional love - what we're feeling, and the book Kate's reading too. Also, Kate sings!  Big love to all the people out there parenting, teaching, and wrangling every type...

"Things pop up that you can't control. You just have to go with it." Yet another message for our times - or is locked-down Gotta Be Done just at the point of co-opting any encouragement we can get? Beyond Chilli truth-bombs, Helicopter has Bluey at her steely-eyed best, and Mary and Kate are loving the parade of colourful characters reminding us of school life. Also, the delights of Longreach (inc...

Sooo, been up to much? Oh that's very interesting! Gotta Be Done definitely hasn't been up to hair maintenance, so what better time to tackle Hairdressers? And also, whether Mary and Kate would let the kiddos touch our hair, or even hang us from a tree and rake us (don't worry, Bandit clearly consented!)  From judgey stylists to George of the Jungle and when parents need to find ears too, it's the...

It may seem like the classic castaway-made-of-pens story, but Gotta Be Done is digging deeper on Rug Island, and Mary and Kate have an ocean of questions, including: - What is pre-dawn? - How do connector textas actually connect? - WHY WOULD ANYONE WANT TO MAKE KIDS THINK THAT PADDLE BOARDS CAN GLIDE ALONG GRASS?? Plus Kate has a cracker theory about Rug Island's true meaning.  (Oh, and one for th...

It's an episode 14 billion years in the making, but how far have we come really? Straight out of the box for this Flat Pack recap, Gotta Be Done eats the frog (dog) and addresses the dinosaurs in the room: there's still plenty more building to do.  So props Ludo Studio and ABC for making changes to Bluey that help make a better world for everyone.  Now that's dealt with - what IS the meaning of li...

If you can't score an uninterrupted half hour on the couch, is hiding in the cupboard the next best option?? These are the philosophical questions locked down Kate and Mary are tackling as Gotta Be Done does Tickle Crabs.  There's reassurances for parents suffering a Bluey-inspired tickle crab infestation - it could have been worse! (Pinchy pinchy!) Ultimate parenting #lifehack, having an imaginar...

Strap yourselves in, kids - this is epic Gotta Be Done as we go full film special, thanks to some excellent guest expertise! Podcast legend Blake Howard of One Heat Minute productions jumps in the wagon to share his grateful-dad love of Bluey, and cinema-conditioned eye for spotting silver screen homage.  Mary and Kate are reeling as Blake calls Joe Brumm's 2001: A Space Odyssey obsession (it goes...

It's the journey of a thousand shiny distractions, but is Piggyback the quintessential road trip movie episode, or have we just been trapped in lockdown for too long? From Kate's new scooter, to Bluey's ongoing exploration of second-tier Australian wildlife, and even a rare sighting of Ludo Studio art director Costa , it's a wild ride.   Plus, a how-to for tackling too-big problems that's definite...

CONTENT WARNING: In this episode, Mary and Kate talk pregnancy loss, infertility, and grief. If you already know why, you've probably noticed what Gotta Be Done has noticed about The Show. If you don't - prepare for things to get heavy.   Bluey is known for tackling big issues - and there's more than a few little hints of a second storyline in The Show. (As usual, there's still plenty of hope, hil...

It's a smorgasbord of squeamishness as Gotta Be Done does Fancy Restaurant - but is it food we're off, or feelings? With plenty of their own romantical shortcomings to confess, Mary and Kate have Asparagus-level aversion to Bluey and Bingo's feral feast - and the keytar isn't helping!   Plus long dogs, old mate Antonio, It's a Date , and the most very romance words a parent can hear. It's McFlouri...

The second episode in our didn't-save-the-first-time-around double, and Mary and Kate aren't feeling philosophical about their tribulations - but does Favourite Thing deserve their rage? This inscrutable Bluey episode has us wondering we're meant to be grateful for, traumatised by past playground encounters with "what's your name?", and struggling with the Heelers' weirder food habits.  Or, is it...

Get ready to go orange - finally, it's Bingo's turn to win musical statues! (Which is what they're playing in the Bluey titles, just in case you didn't know!) So is this Bingo episode of Bluey/Bingo a make-good on last year's Bingo shortage , or are there bigger problems at play?  Plus, a potted history of Kiwi comedy and/or mockery, a weird detour into an unnamed Lonely Island offering , and the...

Sleep, sleep, sleep - oh sleep! Bingo's perfect little life in Trains has just one downside, and we have the same problem (and also, so many problems!) Gotta Be Done is on the rails as we do the second in this public transport double - but won't somebody think of the floorboards?! Plus, triple (quadruple?!) threat Chilli doing heavy theatrical lifting, Bandit's classic cartoon injuries, and what's...

Get ready for rush hour, this meandering people-mover is a movie-reference-a-minute!  Kate and Mary get on the Bus and immediately notice a Sandra Bullock theme - or are we just revealing our decidedly 1990s tastes? (Marry us, Bill Pullman!) And who hasn't made a horror bus journey - or a haphazard attempt at a love-lorn happy ending? Oh, and joy of joys, here comes the (Grannies) leitmotif - just...