This week, Steph and Holly are joined by their biggest guest yet: their dad, Bobby Davey!
Fresh from a RedBalloon horse-riding experience, Bobby finally sits down to clear up some of the Davey family’s most legendary stories. He reveals what really happened when their family home burnt down, defends the perfectly cooked chicken he found in the wreckage and takes us back to the day a shark warning left Uncle Bushpig stranded in the ocean.
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We also hear about Bobby’s 15-foot wave, his record-breaking South Melbourne Market dim sim intake, the time he told Batman to get stuffed and the iconic bombing competition victory that remains the greatest achievement in Davey family history.
Later, Bobby joins the girls for The Letterbox, Confessions and an especially loose Sealed Section. He weighs in on intimidating dads, broken lawnmowers, catching your daughter with her boyfriend and whether you should ever ask a mate to perform your prostate exam.
It starts with a wholesome Father’s Day experience and somehow ends with Bobby describing a visit to a pelvic floor specialist. A true Girls Next Door family special.
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Key Moments
00:00 – The biggest guest in GND history
Steph and Holly welcome their dad, Bobby Davey, to the podcast.
01:40 – Horse riding with RedBalloon
Bobby reviews his Father’s Day experience and reveals the other activities he would be willing to try, including shark diving and jumping out of a plane.
09:20 – The Mayo Sisters
Bobby accuses Steph and Holly of adding “mayo” to every family story, before attempting to set the record straight himself.
10:20 – The Davey family house fire
Bobby explains how the family home burnt down and why there was apparently a perfectly cooked roast chicken sitting in the wreckage.
16:40 – Uncle Bushpig gets left with the sharks
A helicopter warns Bobby and his mates that sharks are underneath them, but Uncle Bushpig does not make it back to shore quite as quickly.
19:20 – Bobby’s 15-foot wave
The girls challenge one of their dad’s greatest surfing claims, while Bobby recalls the moment he genuinely thought he was going to die.
22:20 – The South Melbourne Market dim sim record
Bobby reveals how many dim sims he could put away and shares the party trick that eventually became too dangerous to continue.
27:00 – Bobby versus Batman
During a family trip to Movie World, Batman tells Bobby to move out of the performance area. Bobby refuses.
29:20 – The Millennium Fart
The family revisits Bobby’s infamous New Year’s Eve contribution to the year 2000 celebrations.
33:20 – The greatest bomb ever witnessed
Bobby enters a bombing competition, loses the lead and returns for one final attempt to win the legendary Coca-Cola boogie board.
39:20 – Bobby’s massive comeback
The girls remember their dad losing weight, completing the Mountain to Surf and attempting to ride the custom surfboard Steph made for him.
43:20 – Bobby bites his own thumb
A nightclub fight takes a strange turn when Bobby bites the first thumb he can find and quickly realises it belongs to him.
47:20 – The Letterbox: Dad’s approval test
Should dads be allowed to intimidate every boyfriend their daughter brings home?
54:40 – The Letterbox: A man’s lawnmower
A listener’s boyfriend breaks the one item her dad never wanted to lend him. Bobby’s solution is simple: buy him a new one.
59:00 – Confession: Over my dead body
A protective dad inspects his daughter’s boyfriend’s car and refuses to let her get inside after seeing bald tyres and empty cans.
01:03:40 – Confession: Dad walked in
A broken glass leads to one listener’s dad seeing far more of his daughter and her boyfriend than anyone wanted.
01:06:20 – Holly’s naked boyfriend ends up on the roof
The confession unlocks a Davey family memory involving one of Holly’s former boyfriends, a freezing night and a very unfortunate rooftop incident.
01:10:00 – The Sealed Section: Condoms in the bathroom drawer
A dad finds and confiscates his adult daughter’s condoms, leaving Bobby to decide whether “my house, my rules” has gone too far.
01:17:20 – The Sealed Section: Prostate exam request
A listener asks whether it is acceptable to ask his mate to perform a prostate check instead of visiting a doctor.
01:19:00 – Bobby’s pelvic floor appointment
The episode officially goes off the rails as Bobby shares the full story of his unforgettable visit to a pelvic floor specialist.
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