The Story of Pud - A Tell All Documentary

[@TheAuntyDonnaChannel]

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[@canislupusfool]

When are you coming to China?

[@quakerninja]

Thank you for all the years of content boys, Merry Christmas and good luck on Tour.

[@gameoverwehaveeverypixelco1258]

Pud it down. No more pud pudding. Pud.

[@pointmieser]

Pud is life. Showing all my relatives at Christmas is always the highlight….. They never laugh.

[@orinokonx01]

We must be related!! Mine never do, too!

[@ProfessionalDefenestrater]

maybe they're dead?

[@orinokonx01]

@ProfessionalDefenestrater it is possible!

[@jameshull7261]

Pud bless

[@Beaut_Beau]

My mum laughs BIG TIME, my dad just says "i don't get it" such is the dichotomy of Pud.

[@Rich6_]

Fair play to them for never milking pud. This is a brave piece that needed to be made.

[@claytonandres1194]

Imagine if they had milked pud for more than half a decade

[@aaron_3245]

They could have milked it, so easily. But they didn't. It fuckin tickles my deck

[@zacharyb5701]

Watching Zach try desperately not to break throughout his entire interview is a real joy.

[@lafiki999]

I am very proud of him he held it together really well this time

[@skimbo120]

“I believe this was the last time I heard from him before he died.” “Borden didn’t die.” “Oh ok”

[@smalwex]

It's my FAVOURITE Aunty Donna trope at this point

[@Terlob]

I can't believe they resurrected Broden for this, what an earth shattering doco.

[@TheAuntyDonnaChannel]

He's like a cat. Nine lives

[@claytonandres1194]

CG's a bit ropy though

[@Ultramegadex]

@@TheAuntyDonnaChannelthe power of pud granted him the lives of a cat

[@rydercrawford8585]

@@TheAuntyDonnaChannel but he's not a professor

[@absurdist5134]

I feel privileged to have been a part of this process. I was working at a servo on the day Zach walked in, it wasn't the day he had the idea from the review, but it was the day before that, where he didn't have any good ideas. And I remember distinctly, I said to him "that'll be $6.99" and he looked at me before saying, "that's quite expensive for a choc top". And I remember myself saying back to him "yeah" and I get quite emotional thinking back to that, because it wasn't $6.99, it had just scanned wrong but back then we just didn't know better. So thank you Zach for letting me be a part of that.

[@lukeslayer]

😂👏

[@aaron_3245]

thank you for sharing that

[@audas]

Very good.

[@ParadiseJudge]

I've seen people are holding space for the line "I'll be in Noddy land by 2" .

[@TheAuntyDonnaChannel]

This comment wins

[@EasyTargetLP]

You know, when my primal reaction to a video notification is to say aloud "oh no" in a loving, but kind of disappointed tone, kind of in the way that a parent might say to their child, that's a great indicator to everyone around me that the great folks over at Aunty Donna have released yet another classic Pud video

[@joshduriden519]

I keep hoping for a digitally enhanced re-release with newly added digital pud, so we can finally see Christmas Pud as they had originally envisioned it.

[@keeleon]

arr narr

[@pylotlight]

@@joshduriden519 remastered

[@aaron_3245]

@@joshduriden519 I don't like the fact that they digitally removed the guns from the pud sketch, and replaced them with walkie talkies. I'm a purist I guess

[@thegreatspartan738]

My wife said “I don’t want to watch more Pud videos” when I called out that the good lads over at Aunty Donna had uploaded another video. It’s become a holiday tradition at this point. Thank you gents for the wonderful Christmas gift

[@TheAuntyDonnaChannel]

Did you tell her there was custard tho?

[@timhough]

@@TheAuntyDonnaChannel He didn't say there was custard...

[@jeffthebiglizard8099]

I'm convinced they have pud video ideas planned for the next 10 years like an mcu roadmap

[@bigbooks360]

Matt Preston saying 'Pud sketch' gave me major whiplash

[@hamishwoodland7424]

Wish they made more content around Pud. What an under-utilised classic.

[@TheAuntyDonnaChannel]

More pud

[@LlywellynOBrien]

Always a little room for pud in the market.

[@justininexile3445]

6 years already? Time flies. When the Pud came out I had just finished middle school, but now I'm married, have three kids and in two months I'll be a grandpa.

[@officialnucky]

Watching pud every year is pretty much a family tradition in my house now I mean, I'm the only one watching it but I feel like the video touches all my family in some form, despite no-one else even knowing what it is

[@RoamingAdhocrat]

this is such a mood. no-one watches my videos either

[@LobarRobotic]

Same for me, but my family and girlfriend do know about it, and they tell me to please turn it off. Beautiful

[@LjDVS]

Wow, they conveniently omitted the fact that “Pud” was a direct plagiarism of the brilliant and thought provoking “Always Room for Panettone”.

[@MilesPool]

It's disgusting, seeing them custardwashing history like this.

[@ian9outof10]

I waited with baited breath for the admission of guilt, or even acknowedgement that there had been wrongdoing. But none came and I passed out from lack of oxygen and now my brain doesn't work so good.

[@camjensen8158]

Unbelievable

[@mymaidennamesmith2363]

Yes, how brave and stunning of you to call them out!!

[@justhere7634]

"This is the last time I saw him before he died" "He didn't die" "😀 ahhhh okay"

[@absurdist5134]

Yeah that bit got me too. Amazing. XD

[@shaneoconnor5319]

Yeah that got me too

[@drestarman]

That and the reflective looks at the end. True modern documentary style.

[@justdand7525]

Before my father died he called me to his hospital bedside. He told me the wisest words I'll ever hear. "Son," he whispered as I leaned close "Listen to my words and listen well. Never pud the cart before the horse." Then he died. Because of Aunty Donna, I never forget. Thanks dad. Thanks Aunty Donna.

[@RoamingAdhocrat]

He didn't die

[@1-Up_Mushroom]

The amount of bravery it takes to make a documentary like this amid the accusations of milking pud is astounding. Pud is the glue that holds our society together, pud is a substance of healing. Some of us have forgotten that, but not me, not Aunty Donna.

[@Echoday2day]

15 minutes of excellent and vigorous interviewing I will never get back

[@BenMcCullough99]

I love pud

[@SupremacySinema]

I love pud

[@Joemama55122]

Uhhhhhh

[@shanegreen9511]

Would you like some pud?

[@drestarman]

Get in the kilne. I mean yes I'll have custard and more pud.

[@thomascollier6487]

Best episode of Australian Story in ages!

[@LucasBenderChannel]

Stunning. Inspiring. Harrowing. Pud.

[@TheAuntyDonnaChannel]

Pud

[@BadgerStyler]

Pud -> *Translate to English* -> Pud

[@MrMrmirvin14]

In Pud we trust

[@CalumMelrose]

pud

[@extremegreen8047]

Pud

[@JamesGriffinSpiteHouse]

“There really wasn’t any comedy at that point in Australia” LOL

[@LobarRobotic]

My girlfriend's reaction to me telling her this video came out was a very depressed "oh no. Please don't talk to me about pud". Thanks Aunty Donna for keeping up my favourite Christmas tradition.

[@daltonerskin4169]

Finally...a fresh idea on the comedy scene

[@Pudding4ever]

It's that special time of year.

[@Ramacho]

i cant wait for the release of the Christmas Pud cook book! it will be great to finally experience the ecstasy of pud for myself, as well as share it with my firends, because when you invest in pud you invest in your friends!

[@mr.grahamca]

I see we're still milking, boys

[@BrazilianGuy101]

That comma is fighting for it’s life rn

[@gibblefoon399]

​@@BrazilianGuy101Just like those poor boys

[@starrybubble3632]

i personally tend to milk boys, but each to their own i guess

[@Danscottmusic]

Some might say they are still milking this, but to think that I only had to watch 5 ads during this goes to show that they are only doing this with the love of pud in their hearts

[@paddym-k9792]

Just thought I'd check in, boyyyys

[@lucykinsman32]

The last shot of Zach leaving the studio was extremely touching, thank you for being vulnerable Zach

[@violinheart123]

I'm so glad that there's finally a behind the scenes of Pud, I've always wondered about the feelings Aunty Donna felt while making Pud. So blessed!!!

[@thefridge3831]

Man, this brings such a new light to the tortured lives of what it takes to be a groundbreaking part of our culture and the ongoing impact it has on your psyche. I pud never think about how far the ripples of this short artistic expression extend. Thank you for singlehandedly saving Australian comedy with your sketch about pud, Aunty Donna.

[@shanegreen9511]

Are you saying pud?

[@yogregshow]

Eye opening doc

[@rheecerakic5056]

I believe theyre called Opthamologists 😊

[@TheAuntyDonnaChannel]

Ground breaking

[@velocinalize]

@@rheecerakic5056great joke top tier

[@nickferrazza]

Every year, we inch closer to the inevitable endpoint of this whole schtick, Aunty Donna realising their own exclusive line of Christmas puds.

[@laservampire]

This sketch always makes me think of my friend who was obsessed with Always Room For Pud. He’d show the video to everyone he knew, recite it word for word, he even had an “I love pud” tattoo. Unfortunately his obsession led to him losing his job, and in his depression he developed an unhealthy addiction to pud, cream and brandy custard. He became homeless and eventually ended up in prison, a convicted pudophile.

[@braiden53]

Seeing Matt Preston out of nowhere felt like a marvel cameo, what a bloke for having a go

[@KKAkuoku]

A testament to the timeless beauty of Pud

[@stevebeauchampz]

Pud and Tony Martin from the past? You boys are spoiling us

[@fatfriarfunk1540]

im so happy they have committed to not milking pud for 6 years running.

[@orinokonx01]

I was at the signing in Melbourne! Can confirm, a quarter of the population was lined up. I know this because it was very long. It kept going on and on through laneways and around streets and never stopping. It was like a very long snake, or a line of people. It was incredible. Never seen anything like it. I remember forgetting why I was even there a few hours in waiting to see these incredibly creative people who had created the Pud sketch and the book. It was an event you couldn't miss. Just kept going on and on, that line. Incredible. And then I met the 3 muppets that made the sketch and they were just as excited to see me, like I had bumped into old mates I've not seen in years. That is the power of Pud. Never forget!

[@Fuzzylogicpro]

I've never thought that a comedy sketch trio could achieve such a level of meta-commentary on the nature of success, nostalgia, revisiting our old ways, and ultimately, the inherent nature of time that is impossible to ignore. We are not on an island in the great and unending stream of time, we are on a boat. And if we're lucky, we'll have some more pud.

[@jamesminnow]

Am I losing my mind? How has nobody else commented about the "Chistmas Pud" typo at 0:56?

[@evorm7329]

My favorite part of the Aunty Donna sketches that aren't part of a professionally produced series is watching Zach be constantly on the verge of laughter. The expression he makes when he's trying to commit to a role but also knows how funny it is to commit to it is so fucking infectious I can't help but start giggling whenever I hear his voice crack or his smile start to form.

[@MatthewVandeputte]

Seeing Mark and Zach hug after everything that's gone down between them was such a beautiful start to this heartfelt documentary. Also nice to see that they would absolutely never milk their Pud content. That's pretty rare.

[@mightycarmods]

Brilliant on so many levels. Well done boys

[@timwalton3443]

Fancy running into you guys this far down the comments section!

[@SuperSubject20]

All jokes aside I distinctly remember the first time I watched it. Was in absolute tears with laughter and immediately had to tell my housemates Aunty Donna just made their most perfect sketch.

[@ryanzwe]

As a wise man once said to me.. "Jusssa little bitta pood", truly words to go by

[@JanusMirith]

The production quality of this is amazing

[@TheAuntyDonnaChannel]

Max Miller 😎

[@Orochai]

Thanks for the doco boys, it was a real treat. Can't wait for this years reupload!

[@pasunippu]

I discovered aunty Donna about a year ago. I’ve almost completely gotten up to date with the podcast in this time, and have watched a bunch of their sketches… but I have never ever ever ever watched the Christmas pud sketch. The thing is, I think that makes all the jokes about the pud sketch even better

[@HampanHK]

I cried several times during this documentary, both tears of joy and sadness. Seeing Zach get emotional at 11 minutes made me bawl my eyes out. Society is too hard on creatives, and I can't believe people would write such awful things. Hearing Zach talk about Browden made me tear up. RIP Brodden "Noddy-land" Keleigh, gone but not forgotten :(

[@trizmegaming8203]

Pud was the last thing I watched before I died

[@NeverNotMaking]

You didn’t die.

[@Ultramegadex]

@@NeverNotMakingno he dead

[@SeanKilkelly]

My teacher tagged me on facebook when 'Always Room for Christmas Pud' came out saying "I think you would love this." Admittedly I don't think I laughed once when I watched it but I still replied to her saying "Ha ha! Yeah that was really funny" It wasn't until a few months later that I started getting recommended Aunty Donna's other stuff and found out that they were ACTUALLY ha ha, really funny.

[@johnskrip7174]

That’s such a funny thing for a teacher to do. Yeah I love these guys and as much as I love their ninety layers of irony and commitment to the bit, I don’t think the original vid is that funny. Everything they’ve done with it after makes me laugh.

[@j_h_gordy]

Always room for pud. But never enough room for the emotions this doc brought out in me. RIP Broden

[@sean85ster]

Having more pud is like watching the famous sketch More pud. You simply cannot get enough of it. And its so brave of the boys not to milk this one sketch. I mean having a classic sketch as a book? Who wouldnt want that book. And this documentary is absolute class.

[@bzilla8566]

This will win an academy award for best documentary film. It really investigates the big issues we face as a society.

[@najtrows]

Thank you for being so honest with us, your audience about this impactful but hard time. I am filled with emotions of some kind I think.. maybe.

[@Vapouro]

a modern masterpiece

[@InstinctivelyInquisitive]

I think everyone has a story of where they were when they first watched Pud. My story is probably like a lot of others, I was sitting at my computer like any other normal day. I came across the Pud sketch on KZbin. Gave it a watch and was like "hah, that's decent" and then carried on watching other content. A moment in history.

[@mackb2852]

Nothing has quite topped my giddy joy at seeing the reuploads of pud over the years boys but you've certainly topped it this time. Well done. Or should I say, well pud.

[@HoodKombo]

7:03 Only Aunty Donna could film a piece in 2018 that would later be known as "One of the most important sketches of the 20th Century"

[@tomhuis886]

I was waiting for Sam to correct him

[@Natatattatification]

The perfect Christmas documentary. I can’t wait to gather around the TV with family this Christmas and watch this masterpiece 🥲

[@profoundwanderer1441]

Seriously one of the sketches of all time. 🙌

[@DJABEATS]

Finally the story is told

[@gdijkema]

It's only been 6 years? Pud feels like it's been a tradition as long as I can remember.

[@RoamingAdhocrat]

you can remember as long ago as six years?

[@UrsusDerpus]

Always room for more Pud content

[@Pliskkenn]

The real story is the musical journey we take through the video. I dig it.

[@BadgerOfTheSea]

It was very controversial when it came out but the legacy it has had in reshaping both comedy and pud shows that the risk was worth it. I'll never forget where I was the first time I saw it, even thought I really wish I could.

[@elcasho]

The music is perfect, love it

[@spxza]

Saving this to watch together with my family. Many blessings! Many puds!

[@bluefox8011]

the christmas pud sketch has and will continue to be, the best holiday video to share during the holiday season forever

[@Captain_porkchop90]

I watch pud at least 3 times every xmas.

[@thekrash8]

As one of Zach's children I can confirm I cried because he milked pud

[@JakeRoy96]

It’s about time this documentary was made. Set the record straight, we didn’t deserve this

[@bearVshark100]

I’m American and I still don’t really know what a “Pud” is, but my family still gets together to watch this sketch every year. Some might say it’s the one event that really keeps us together.

[@CoachShrugs]

I love how this is like 50% satirical, but also 99% real

[@tayleurl8155]

Every year without fail, I will embrace the pud with the Donna gang. Pud t-shirt, pud book read to my children, pud doormat, and homemade pud for dessert Christmas day. With custard. If that's considered to be milking it, then colour me milked. Or pud. I forget what I was saying.

[@hilotakenaka]

In 10 years, pud will be legally allowed to get a learner’s driver’s license Let’s all give it up for pud

[@nathangarnsworthy2169]

An incredibly tasteful production about such a pivotal moment in Australian comedy.

[@MrGearsNTears]

As a Brit, what a fascinating discovery that a sketch about pud was inspired by pure vitriol for the English people. Absolutely outstanding work.

[@swedroot2867]

Pre-2018 I had really lost my way and in a sense, you could say I had been consumed by consumerism. I forgot what Christmas was truly about. Thousands of years ago an event occurred which shaped the world. Thanks to these three guys, a holy trinity if you will, I think we all remember the three letter word at the centre of Christmas. Pud. Almighty pud.

[@earfolds]

Truly beautiful.

[@thejnr.7643]

Truly one of rhe most insightful, deep, and meaningful documentaries I've ever seen. Admittedly it's the first documentary I've seen, but still

[@mulcontol]

I remember where I was when pud dropped. I was wandering aimlessly through life, waking up in rose gardens, doing the Maccarina for silver coins in Perth city centre. Now I've got a beautiful ripped but natty family, and a job as a dance teacher, none of which would have been possible without Pud. Thank you Aunty Donna, dog bless you.

[@myladysigyn]

Reminding my family about the importance of pud at this time of year always moves them to tears. Sometimes even screaming.

[@lukassaunders7420]

Proud to be a member of the BPD (Before Pud Donna) community (:

[@Simmyho]

This video has utterly shattered the illusion for me. I firmly believed Aussies said pud. My British mind is truly struggling to grasp this.

[@BurstingVeins1]

Wait... Has Pud actually been getting uploaded every year since 2018? I only just saw it a couple years ago, so I've been missing the greatest long running joke ever. Brilliant as ever.

[@steve22ss]

I love sharing this with my whole family and friends and then hearing nothing from them and when I see them they look at me awkwardly, just feels right and Christmasy

[@Nerfherder219]

"Always Room for Christmas Pud" is a Christmas classic. I'm looking forward to rewatching it this Christmas. Pud Pals 4 Life.

[@Kiwi_In_Japan]

As soon as I saw Matt Preston I thought "that's the "Crock and Bush-*Cake*" guy from the Weird Al Yankovich call!

[@brotherloops]

I remember the year pud came out. I was only 6. Now I’m 54 and I can’t get enough of it. Thanks boys for releasing this

[@johnskrip7174]

It’s interesting, you know? You’re some of my favorite comedians currently working. And I don’t know if I always like or appreciate the ways you continue to bring back this one sketch you did several years ago, (Though I bought the book for a friend and rewatch the Italian one almost monthly) about eating too much pud and doing big voms. I don’t know if I always find it funny. But I do know that if you didn’t continue to do it you wouldn’t be the comedians I fell in love with. And god damn do I respect you for it.

[@jonfoster6058]

Pud gives a better understanding of the temperature of the geopolitical spectrum than any political analysis of that time.

[@ChaosEngineMusic]

This video IS, THE PUD. Perfect, the satire, the gradient crossfade of candid, serious and surreal; all the while...the pud, after much slightly bitterness, the gradual layers it takes to make the pud, to beat the pud... the brilliance and struggle, that churning of egoic and existential, onus made corporeality sprinkles throughout a beautiful documentary perfect track, the fire that heats the oven of the pud starts there- - i think pud is the physical, embodied soul of all of aunty donna as one, cohesive 'tunt. Pud is love, love is lauffs laffs is the lads, lads is the donna thank you for this. Merry puds, one and all. Keepn the drem alive

[@GreatDood5]

I watch this every yearly. I love the book too

[@hendricksausges3006]

Most important to documentary ever written or captured in film. *Ugly crying**Standing ovation*

[@Stevo139]

What an inspirational journey the Christmas Pud story has taken over the years. What a time to be alive!

[@jeffreygenehk]

I’d almost forgotten about this sketch. What an unparalleled deep dive into an a rare corner of Australian comedy history. Thanks boys for bringing this to my attention.

[@Ark23S]

Im gonna show this to my friends that haven't seen pud yet.

[@shanegreen9511]

Spread the pud word

[@conquixote9612]

This is my favourite episode of Australian Story.

[@-raymond-2337]

Hard hitting, some might even say groundbreaking documentary. This is such an important piece of history. A piece indeed.