Legends with Bevo

For over 20 years now Tom Siegert - Comedian has entertained audiences around Australia as a stand-up comedian and in recent years with his alter ego The Suburban Footballer - Tom Siegert.

It was great to catch up with Tom for a chat recently on Comedy Legends with Bevo where we discussed where Tom first got his passion for comedy, one of his gigs that didn't go so well in the past and the story behind The Suburban Footballer.

Tom and fellow comedian Evan Hocking have a brilliant podcast called 'Good Banter' check it out at https://open.spotify.com/show/4Ghd63fklgUB3LJrnqEGnW.

Thanks so much to Tom for his time and to the team at PodBooth for putting this great episode together.

A big shout as well to Peter Oldfield from Southern Slugs Football Club for sponsoring the episode, they are off to Bali in June for over 35's, 45's and 55's so check out more on their Facebook if you want to get involved.

If you want to watch any past episodes of Comedy or Sports Legends with Bevo, plus the original Legends with Bevo and The Road to Tokyo you can do so via https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC16r-cQ9z8vlgEc1Tp-GrkA or listen via https://open.spotify.com/show/7gnyGc2AwYcuIRkvuS1Dxy

It was great to be interviewed by comedian and radio announcer James Liotta on his show on 96.5 Inner FM in Melbourne about the Legends with Bevo story and the excitement of getting the show on community television on Channel 44 Adelaide and C31 in Melbourne and Geelong.

What a way to kick off 2023 with a fantastic chat on Sports Legends with Bevo with Sam Powell-Pepper fresh off signing a contract extension at the Port Adelaide Football Club until 2025.

We spoke about how becoming a Dad has changed his life, his footy journey, funny team mates and a common interest in our love of Weet-Bix!

Thanks so much to Sam for his time, to Loukas Founten for arranging the chat and the team at PodBooth for a great job of filming and editing the video!

It was a real honor to recently interview Mark Beretta on Sports Legends with Bevo.

Mark is currently the Channel 7 Sunrise Sports Presenter, a Journalist and Author and has been in the media now for over 30 years.

We discussed his media journey and the early days when he first began as a sports radio reporter in the 90’s.

We also spoke about Mark’s stellar water-skiing career and the journey which led to him becoming a 10-time Australian water ski champion.

Mark’s passion for sport has led to him recently publishing a book called Mark Beretta’s Greatest Moments in Australian Sport.

The book is published by Affirm Press and available at all your usual book outlets.

Thanks so much to Mark for his time, to Brendan Fredericks from https://www.bfrederickspr.com/ for teeing up the chat and to the team at PodBoothfor a great job of filming and editing the video.

Photo credit : Seven Network.

I recently had a terrific chat with award winning filmmaker and author Peter Dickson on Sports Legends with Bevo.

We discussed what life was like growing up in a family of six and the sporting battles they all had.

We also spoke about the close bond that Peter had with his late brother Rob and how he influenced Peter to become a documentary maker.

Peter has recently written a book called ‘He Was My Brother’ which is about Rob and the incredible life that he lived and how his brother’s shock death in 2009 hit Peter and the family so hard.

https://www.dicksonfilms.com.au/book-release

Earlier this year, Peter produced a powerful documentary called ‘Dare to Hope’ which he said was one of his toughest yet as it was about the late Hawks premiership player Paul Dear who Peter knew well.

https://7plus.com.au/dare-to-hope

Thanks so much to Peter for taking the time to have a chat and sharing some terrific yet confronting stories at times and the team at Podbooth for filming and putting the video together.

This episode is sponsored by PREPD thanks so much for their support, check them out at https://prepdhydration.com.au/

As far as Aussie legends go Mark Woodforde is right up there, his tennis record speaks for itself and he is a true gentleman as well.

Mark has called America home for several years now and so it was interesting hearing about what made him decide to make the move over and how he's still involved in the great game of tennis these days.

It was also great hearing the stories about meeting another tennis legend, John McEnroe and Mark's awkward encounter with Johnny Mac and the unusual way they ended up winning a grand slam together in doubles.

Speaking of doubles, Mark also talked about how he got to partner with the great Martina Navratilova and last but not least his extremely successful partnership with fellow Aussie great, Todd Woodbridge plus much more.

Thanks so much to Mark for his time and for sharing some brilliant stories and the team at Podbooth for a great job of filming and putting the video together.

What a buzz it was to chat recently with one of the greats of AFL, Anthony Koutoufides on Sports Legends with Bevo.

An inductee into the AFL Hall of Fame in 2014, Kouta played 278 games at his beloved Carlton blues represented Victoria in state footy and was a premiership player in 1995 with Carlton.

We reminisced over Kouta’s stellar career as he shared some great stories about winning his first AFL premiership in his early 20’s and the crazy celebrations that went with it, some of his funniest team-mates, toughest opponents and what it was like to present the Big V in State of Origin footy plus much more.

You can book Kouta for sportsmans events and find out more about his business KOUTAFIT by hitting him up via his Instagram account @ https://www.instagram.com/anthonykoutoufides/

This episode is sponsored by PREPD thanks so much for their support, check them out at https://prepdhydration.com.au/

Thanks also to the team at PodBooth for filming and editing the video and Kouta for his time.

I really enjoyed catching up recently with elite runners and glamour couple Izzi Batt-Doyle  and Riley Cocks on Sports Legends with Bevo.

I had some good banter with them both as they recently celebrated five years together as a couple and how they go with Riley being Izzi’s coach as well.

We spoke about Izzi’s experience in representing Australia in athletics at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and the recent Birmingham Commonwealth Games and discussed how Riley’s running is progressing.

We also discussed their wonderful new café called The Runhouse and their continued growth of their business Run As One.

This episode is sponsored by PREPD Hydration thanks so much for their support, check them out at at https://prepdhydration.com.au/

Thanks also to the team at PodBooth for filming and editing the video and Riley and Izzi for their time.

I had the rare opportunity to recently interview one of SA's biggest media personalities, Andrew 'Cosi' Costello, Breakfast Radio Presenter on SAFM Adelaide and host of South Aussie with Cosi.

We spoke about where the concept for South Aussie with Cosi came about, how he got his break in radio and the younger years when he was MC at nightclubs around SA.

Thanks so much to Cosi for giving up his time, to Sam Mac for providing some great dirt on Cosi, to Nicole Mitchell from SAFM for arranging the chat, to Dan Orr from Fenix Media for a great job of filming and Jeff Richardson from JR Media for editing the video.

It was a great pleasure to chat to a terrific and inspiring young lad, Patrick Bines on Sports Legends with Bevo recently.

Patrick was a promising young basketballer and represented Australia at junior level, played for the Melbourne Tigers Basketball in the SEABL then made the transition to AFL where he was picked up by West Coast Eagles as a rookie in 2018.

Whilst playing in the WAFL he sustained a horrific head injury which ended his footy career.

We spoke about how Patrick turned things around after going through some tough times as a result of the injuries he sustained and where to now for his career going forward.

Thanks so much to Patrick for his time and for being so open and honest about his journey and to the team at PodBooth for putting this great video together.