The bumbling cops at the center of Taika Waititi and Jermaine Clement’s comedy ‘Wellington Paranormal’ are to present a podcast about the series. Mike Minogue and Karen O’Leary will host (click photo below for story)
The ‘Eye Level Sticks’ content came from the pre-shoot safety chat led by our On-Set Safety officer, Murray. (Yes, really). He was extremely concerned about eye level sticks and it made its way into our improvs.
i would like everyone to know that after watching wellington paranormal, my mother and i go around quoting ‘eye-level sticks’ constantly 😭 it’s a very handy quote to have when living in the countryside
@AJemaineClement
Last ever episode of Wellington Paranormal tonight in both New Zealand and Australia. I’ll be crying tears of both sadness and tears of laughing. Not at myself, obviously, but at all the other ingredients. Like
@OfficerOLearyNZ
for example.
Yes, this is an official Our Flag Means Death coffee cup as seen on the official Wellington Paranormal podcast hosted by me and
@OfficerOLearyNZ
. I have it because my wife worked on the show as a set designer, not because we appear on the show. Sadly.
#ofmd
#renewasacrew
Kind words Mr.
@markhamill
, but should you ever visit Wellington
@OfficerOLearyNZ
and I will have to insist you keep that fancy light-taser holstered. And I’ll need a turn.
Are there a lot of flies in Auckland at the moment, or just at my place? They’re hard to like at the best of times but when you catch them making love in the kitchen it’s almost like they have no respect for you at all.
Americans: don’t sleep on Wellington Paranormal - these two could just sit in a room & read the phone book and it would be the funniest damn thing you ever saw.
My beautiful friend Jemima, 15, has terminal brain cancer. She's raising money for research and has made 200K in 4 days. I would love to crack a mill by dinnertime please!
If you can't donate, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE SHARE!!!!
#wellingtonparanormal
Just before we shot this scene the on set safety officer gave us talk about the danger of eye-level sticks in the forest. Then I said to
@rhysiedarby
"did you hear his speech? Do that".
#WellingtonParanormal
Wellington Paranormal: The Podcast will be interviewing creator
@AJemaineClement
this week for release later next month. If you have any questions for him that simply must be answered, reply below!
In NZ when you film a scene with a dog you're probably not going to get a trained dog. The dog was owned by someone in our production office.
#WellingtonParanormal
Cori Gonzales-Maceur from What We Do in the Shadows will be our guest on an upcoming ep of the Wellington Paranormal Podcast. We’ll be doing fan questions so fire them through in the comments.
If you’re in New Zealand this is on tv tonight. If you are in Australia it’s on SBS next month. If you’re anywhere else in the world I don’t know how you can watch it or when you can watch it. Or do I? Retweet to find out!
Tonight marks the end of season 2 of
#wellingtonparanormal
and we’re going out on a high. It’s been an absolute joy. See you next year. Or in a few weeks. One or the other.
Pretty awesome to see kids dressed up as Officer Minogue and
@OfficerOLearyNZ
from
#WellingtonParanormal
. Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy. Or is that the brandy? Either way it’s lovely.
There's a moment in the series finale of Wellington Paranormal where Mike Minogue is clearly hurrying behind the camera while it's zoomed in on O'Leary so that he can play two versions of himself in a single shot and there's something just perfect about that.
If this doesn’t make you feel better about being locked in your house because of a worldwide pandemic then I’m not surprised. But it’ll kill a minute and a half.
Stoked that both Talkback and Wellington Paranormal are amongst the 3 finalists for Best Comedy at the 2021 NZTV awards. Educators is the third and you can watch all of them on
@TVNZ
On Demand.
USA!!! You wanted the best????
This will be quite sufficient in the meantime!!!!
(It actually is the ‘best’, we’re just modest. We won awards and everything but we don’t like talking about it.)
I worked in production with Holly who owned Basil. That dog never forgave me for trying to tackle him. It caused real tension when Holly brought him into the office. Eventually a mediator was brought in and I was asked to leave.
#WellingtonParanormal
@OfficerOLearyNZ
and I are both blind in real life. Her in her right eye and me in my left. Whenever we talk to camera we stand so we can keep our good eye on each other. This sounds like a lie but it’s not.
#WellingtonParanormal
Season 2 of
#WellingtonParanormal
coming next year, thanks to
@NZonAir
and
@TVNZ
!!! 13 new episodes!!! Coincidence???? Or something more?!?!! (I went and asked and it is just a coincidence apparently.)
Guessing when the bucket fountain is going to fill up and tip into the bucket below is the most popular game in New Zealand. Next is rugby.
#wellingtonparanormal
Just found out the reason my
@airnz
flight is late this morning is not because of weather or Covid but because the flight attendants were busy bringing a passenger back from the dead on a previous flight. I’ll let it go. This time.
#butisitparanormal
Australia! Tonight’s the night!! Season 2 of
#WellingtonParanormal
starts at 930 on
@SBSVICELAND
. That’s one continent that can stop nagging about when it’s going to screen....Enjoy!
My laptop’s fav pastime is saying kia ora to every hotspotting device within 10ks, while ignoring my iPhone which I have been smashing against the screen for 20 minutes.
I wake up early and get started on the day’s
#wordle
, my only joy in life. I’ve got the first three letters on the second line so feeling good. My wife wakes up, looks at the screen for one second and says the answer. Out loud. Anyway, I’m in jail.
Remember when I told you about a project I really, really, really, REALLY loved but it was under an NDA? Well,
@AJemaineClement
just let the bat out of the bag & announced I'll soon be visiting my favorite undead family on
@theshadowsfx
!🧛♂️What Will I Do In The Shadows?
#StayTuned
I’ll be doing this and giving amazing behind the scenes stories like meeting Sam Neill for the first time and punching him in the face. That’s the only story I’ve got and technically I’ve already told it, but I’ll tell it again.
Just for the record, this interview never happened so if you still have any questions you want answered, just ask
@OfficerOLearyNZ
and I right here, right now.
We are Thrilled to announce that
@OfficerOLearyNZ
and
@MrMikeMinogue
stars of WELLINGTON PARANORMAL and WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS, will be attending Wellygedon2020!! Only APPEARING SATURDAY 11TH APRIL!
Head to our website for more details:
Proud to announce that my first feature as a producer will be having its World Premier at the
#Sundance
Film Festival 2021.
Hugs and high fives to director James Ashcroft, fellow producers
@desrayeveryday
& Catherine Fitzgerald and the whole cast & crew.
Stoked!
We are doing a live show of Wellington Paranormal: The Podcast on Saturday, Feb 17 at Q Theatre on Auckland. Tickets are bloody cheap. Too cheap. Buy two.
Hey NZ,
There's a WELLINGTON PARANORMAL CHRISTMAS SPECIAL on Thursday night. TV2.
Yes, scarily early for Christmas.
Aussie, you can watch it next week.
Finally able to talk about Talkback, a comedy Jason Hoyte and I created. Behind the scenes of New Zealand’s leading right wing talkback host. Good fun. Out the end of the month on TVNZ On Demand.
"Just like Twilight" - I can finally show the full piece I did for
@wwcits
vol 2!! I tried to include all of them 🦇 These silly little vampires, and werewolves, and paranormal police, and vampire killers have been my comfort multiverse of madness
#WhatWeDointheShadows
#WWDITS
Xmas with the fam. 10 in the room. Aunty: “Have you not see ‘A Quiet Place?’ Let’s watch it!” The 9: “Okay.” 15 minutes in *Shot of John Krasinski* Aunty: “He dies at the end”. The Fam: *Murders her. Watches Wellington Paranormal Xmas Special. Again.*
Last push for Jemima’s give a little fundraiser which ends tonight. She has raised almost 400K. Half a mill would be a beauty. Donate at the link below or retweet if you can’t!
Wellington weather is a great leveler and a genuine test of people’s mettle. I’m anticipating a rapid exodus followed by severe head colds and flu symptoms.
#WellingtonParanormal
is running an auction of amazing stuff FROM THE SHOW that you can bid on!!!
Want the one and only taser?
A script signed by
@OfficerOLearyNZ
, Sarge, Parker,
@AJemaineClement
and me???
Other stuff???
Finishes soon so get in QUICK!
Breakfast is served! One serving of Black Caps in the final, washed down with a delicious glass of Australia-Stay -home-and-watch-it-on-the-telly. Yum, yum!
HOORAY! The comedy web series I created, The Watercooler, finished in the Top 20 in the Web Series World Cup out of over 900 competitors. We were also the highest placed NZ Web Series. Proud of the whole team. Cheers to
@NZonAir
. To watch it head over to
Straya! Four years I lived on your shores! I drank your beer!! (I was on the wagon) I ravaged your women!!!(I didn’t) Today I give back!!! (That’s not completely accurate. It’s definitely a team effort)
#WellingtonParanormal
is running an auction of amazing stuff FROM THE SHOW that you can bid on!
Want the one and only taser?
A script signed by
@OfficerOLearyNZ
, Sarge, Parker,
@AJemaineClement
and me???
Other stuff???
Finishes soon so get in QUICK!
Nude Tuesday is out in NZ cinemas from TOMORROW! An absurd comedy performed entirely in gibberish, starring
@AJemaineClement
,
@jackievanbeek
, and a host of NZ’s best comedians 🍑 ⛰️
It’s an absolute privilege to be an official member of
@TheACCnz
commentary team. For all you
#wellingtonparanormal
fans wondering if I’m as stupid as Officer Minogue, tune in this summer for proof. And you can hear it all around the world on
@iHeartRadio
.
One positive of being bad with names is hearing the name of the Christchurch shooter for the first time on the radio today, being angry they used it and then completely forgetting it 7 seconds later.