Gotta Be Done - A Bluey Podcast

We don't mind claiming a royal title now and then, but is Queens also bestowing a sly crown on Gotta Be Done? Or is Team Bluey calling us poo-scrubbers?? It's just another case of fantasy versus reality in this rags to riches game of thrones!   Mary and Kate go head to head on the monarchy debate (can you guess who has the royal biccie tin collection?), wonder about the influence of Netflix bingef...

To understand this escapade movie of a Gotta Be Done episode, you probably need to know one of Mary's boys is named Bonaventure.  Now that's dealt with, strap yourselves in kids - it's Escape! Inspired by the offbeat art in this adrenaline-charged Heeler family chase, Mary and Kate compare other kid-drawing-style cartoons. And how good is an "educational" excuse to pop the poppets in front of them...

We haven't had to do it in a while, but has the morning rush out the door ever failed to chill the blood of the responsible parent? Daddy Dropoff is no different - and the trauma is rushing back! But are endless games the only things holding us up? Or is it just the constant rushing that's the problem? (In Mary's case, the games/phone calls/kisses definitely aren't helping.)  And of course, Bluey'...

We've called it, Stumpfest is the Coachella of the Blueyverse - but really, lockdown life means any excuse to get day drunk would feel like Coachella right now!  Gotta Be Done's gender wars are back (is Nail Salon a girls' game? Do blokes need a manly excuse to talk feelings?), there's prehistoric community-building, and is Bandit chanelling the Working Dog types over at Utopia ? Oh, and as usual...

There's three in the wagon for this symphony of sounds (and season two spoilers!), as long-time Gotta Be Done music correspondent Wade Gregory gets on the mic - and he's brought his melodica!  A former Brisbanite and Queensland Conservatorium grad (alongside Bluey composer Joff Bush!), Wade brings a maestro's take to every tiny tune and massive movement. Get ready hear Bluey with fresh ears, as we...

Welcome to the world, little Joseph Robert , and go mama Kate! (And please note when you are old enough, just how organised we have been with this perfectly-themed Bluey episode for your arrival!)  Of course, birth can be a drawn-out affair, and this Dad Baby recap takes the long way. There's cravings, Vegemite-based Ozzest 100 conspiracies, the Croc Hunter's Crocoseum funeral  - and of course, ho...

It's a Gotta Be Done episode as long as War and Peace (more or less) - it's Army of course!  Mary and Kate salute with good dog/soldier Rusty and his suspiciously weapon-free war games, wonder if Jack Russell's family are unsympathetic or merely driving narrative, and revel in some mighty military drumming.   Plus, there's plenty of long dogs in our sights, good intel on a Classical Bluey playlist...

At a time when no one's leaving the house, isn't it great that Sticky Gecko reminds us it's impossible anyway! Get ready for deep truths about time (a construct), friends (don't have judgey ones), and lasagna (you can have too much), as Mary and Kate take on Chilli's spectacular turn at Take Away.   With bonus Bluey armed forces theories, you don't have to hurry up and wait for this SNAFU of an ep...

It's an epic grudge match, and Squash inspires an epic episode from Gotta Be Done! Wide-ranging from formative squash court memories, to lack of games consoles in our households, magic and/or positive thinking and/or sports psychology, sportsball shortages, and even the feral inhabitants of Great Keppel Island, all welcome to whatever the hell is going on.  So crank your 80s synths and put on your...

(After one glorious episode using our new mics, this week they didn't work - Skype crackle is back!)  Happily, Charades means gorgeous Nanna Heeler is also back - cue nationwide tears as we all miss our grans! Kate gets reminiscent about visits to her grandparents as a littlie... then staying at Mary's grandparents as a not-so-littlie!   But are there also nationwide culture wars between parents a...

Life feels a bit heavy right now - what better time for a Featherwand? And Bluey and Bingo are as magical as ever!  But what's magic, and what's just mayhem? Hard to tell, especially when Lucky's Dad gets involved.  Of course we go into the Hall of the Mountain King, and spin-offs soundtracks from Inspector Gadget to the Winklevoss twins . Also, how Greig felt about his most famous piece, and why...

We're getting in quick while its still open - Gotta Be Done goes to Hammerbarn/Bunnings! Back on Skype amidst the self-isolating and social distancing, Mary is taking topical life lessons from this Bluey instructional, while Kate's belting out the Hallelujah Chorus (and not just because Lucky's Dad is back!)    Plus, our new segment "We Know that Now" takes up half the episode as we make amends fo...

Bluey is back, and just in bloody time - what a shining light for some pretty grim days. Gotta Be Done's coming from the immuno-compromised/baby-growing home fortress for Kate, and the socially-distant work-from-home warzone for Mary - but never fear, we've still been playing Dance Mode non-stop since this episode dropped!  From managing public meltdowns to the going price for a nicked chip, Bluey...

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! We will now play for you... the absolutely very final Gotta Be Done episode for Bluey season one! Yep, with season two just hours away, we're going back to where it all began - it's Magic Xylophone!  And it wouldn't be Gotta Be Done without some extreme and far-fetched conspiracy theories. This time, we're tracing episode origins right back to some The Simpsons circa 1997! Or...

Our penultimate take on Bluey season one, and it's a tale of trampolines past, present and future on Gotta Be Done:  their relative safety checklists, and tolerance for sprinklers and firecrackers. (Speaking of cautious behaviour, here's the video of the burning piano song by episode music man Pluto Jonze!) Mary is wowed by Bluey's big-picture talent for game invention (and has a bone to pick with...

Is there a doctor in the house? Well, we've got one in the wagon at least, and not for any epidemic reasons, thankfully - it's Dr Michael Toon of the life-changing Instagram account @bluey_locations ! Dad, anesthetist and eagle-eyed Brisbanite Michael has been finding and sharing for-real-life Brisbane destinations that feature in Bluey since 2018, and now he's joining us to discuss his close-to-h...

Hotels hold plenty of secrets behind the doors, and this Gotta Be Done is no different - from Mary's infrequent sheet-changing habits to Kate's yearning for a full morning of grooming, prepare for overshare! Plus, the perfection of the kids/no kids game, British comedies that dad make us watch, and our ongoing inability to use Shazam.   And finally, is there a militant message to take from little...

It's a long weekend at Gotta Be Done HQ, so we're taking our lead from Bandit and throwing out some... more episodes! The Dump has us trash-talking - from suspicious recycling processes, to cathartic car-jumping, and how best to "file" the kids' art.  Plus, tales of less-than-ideal parenting, and the importance of admitting our stuff-ups - even though they will probably be used against us. Ah, we...

It's finally here! Yes, The Weekend (and any weekend really) is cause for celebration, especially as the first-ever Bluey episode created. Like, wow. But first, we take a step back to the pilot version  and spot some crucial differences - all hail Chilli and her casual running ways! But what's a Bandit if not a Bandit? Plus parenting toilet habits (and we make excellent podcast Sh*tting with the D...

Married life was never meant to be smooth, and this wedding coverage starts with a slight hiccup - but don't worry Tim, we're not here to play the blame game! Horsey Wedding has us on our high horses as we talk about normalising dads sharing parenting duties - can Bluey finally end the "dad's babysitting" narrative? Even/especially when it comes to footballers? Then, so many questions! Is Socks te...

Remember the days in the old school yard, we used to talk about crocs a lot. Well, that's how we recall it, as we get misty-eyed about primary school games in this Shadowlands recap. But does everyone have the same fond memories? Bluey vs Coco gets Kate thinking about Gretchen Rubin's Four Tendencies (Upholders, Questioners, Obligers and Rebels, obvs - take the quiz !) But Mary has no time for cat...

Gonna be totally up front - this Gotta Be Done recap of does not mention Total Recall. Not the Martian moonscape, not the dream kiss. Mary maybe (??) gets in the right universe when she wonders if robot-fixing-genius Chilli is channeling Sarah Connor, but then again, wasn't every movie an Arnie blockbuster back then?  And yet, even as we miss this classic 90s allusion, there's still plenty of big...

We've said we're not recapping the first-ever Bluey ep The Magic Xylophone until we've gotten through the rest of S1 - but if you can't wait that long, this Gotta Be Done bonus is for you! Mary catches up with fellow Bluey obsessive (and former roller derby team mate) Dotti, who had the whole family waiting with bated breath in front of the telly when that first episode aired back in October 2018....

Ready or not, we're headed up Mount Mumandad! It's the go-to metaphor of every earnest Insta #inspo, but is climbing mountains really that relatable? Mary thinks the standard comparison should be getting a whole household out the door on a work day - props to all the fellow climbers facing that monster! We talk mountaineering history, looming theme parks (is Bluey going to Dreamworld??), and old H...

Is Kids the most divisive Bluey episode, or are parents made to sit in toilet paper chairs just out to get revenge? Hard to believe a grocery run with the kids could get more traumatic, but like the Heelers, Mary and Kate are yet to take the extreme step of Click and Collect. Also, is this episode a sneaky look at Chilli and Bandit's secret #parentfails? Mary reckons so - we can all take some hope...