Showing a 10-year-old the board game Test Match
Grant Denyer , compared with Matty Johns
An adult proudly introduces a modern kid to the old cricket board game Test Match, and the kid is deeply unimpressed by the technology.
Denyer told the story on air as something that happened to him. (paraphrase)
The Kyle & Jackie O Show (KIIS FM), 2017find on YouTube ↗
Johns had told the anecdote to Denyer, who'd also appeared as a guest on Triple M's show. (paraphrase)
The Grill Team (Triple M), 2017find on YouTube ↗
Denyer retold Johns's Test Match story as his own; the anecdote is the same, only the person it happened to changed.
- Premise 39/40
- Structure 26/30
- Punchline 24/30
- Premise39/40Same anecdote: an adult shows a 10-year-old the old Test Match board game.
- Structure26/30Same story beats, retold by Denyer as his own experience after hearing it from Johns.
- Punchline24/30Both land on the kid being unimpressed; exact wording of either telling is not on record.
Setup
He proudly shows a 10-year-old the board game Test Match
Setup
Johns shows a 10-year-old the board game Test Match
Turn
The kid is unimpressed by the old technology
Turn
The kid is unimpressed by the old technology
Punchline
Told as his own story; exact payoff line not on record
Punchline
Johns's own story; exact payoff line not on record
Scores and beats are our editorial reading of the public record, not a ruling.
Context
When and where
In January 2017 Grant Denyer guested on both Triple M's The Grill Team and KIIS's Kyle & Jackie O Show. On Kyle & Jackie O he told a story about introducing a 10-year-old to the board game Test Match, which turned out to be Matty Johns's story.
What followed
Kyle & Jackie O phoned the rival Grill Team live on air to get to the bottom of it, and both shows jokingly 'banned' Denyer.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Grant Denyer by Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0; Matty Johns by https://www.flickr.com/photos/radar286/, CC BY 2.0