triple j Breakfast hosts Ben & Liam are undoubtedly reeling after their boss pranked them with a fake interview over the weekend.
Last week, Ben & Liam decided to play a prank on their new boss, Lachie Macara. Wednesday morning saw the duo treat their boss to a Wednesday Wake-Up Call by ringing him up at 6am and blasting Evanescence’s ‘Bring Me To Life’ at full volume.
Unimpressed, the pair were supposedly taken off air for a few minutes while Macara ostensibly read them the riot act. “Some slackers can’t handle the heat when it comes to Wednesday morning wake up call,” Liam explained. “But we will continue to do them Wednesday after Wednesday.”
The next day, they were at it again, ringing up the boss (at 6am) to apologise for waking him up so early the previous day. Needless to say, Lachie Macara wasn’t impressed, and soon conspired to give the lads a taste of their own medicine.
In a video posted to YouTube this evening, Lachie Macara decided to prank the boys back by recruiting numerous members of the triple j staff to take part in an elaborate hoax.
Macara first enlisted music director Nick Findlay to tell Ben & Liam on Friday that the station had lined up an exclusive interview with Kendrick Lamar on Saturday morning to promote a surprise new track.
Understandably nervous at having to talk to such a big name, the pair prepared relentlessly, and anxiously appeared at work on a Saturday morning for their 6am interview. As triple j producers fed through a pre-recorded Kendrick interview, Evanescence suddenly blared through the speakers as a look of realisation appears on Liam Stapleton’s face (while Ben Harvey attempts to salvage the ‘interview’).
Soon, Lachie Macara’s voice takes over and starts to explain everything to the duo. “Good morning, Ben & Liam, this is your Saturday morning wake-up – or should that be payback?”
“Oh wait, you don’t think I’m on the phone, do you? We’re not having a conversation, I pre-recorded this yesterday. Why would I be up at 6am on a Saturday? Yeah, I prefer a sleep-in to be honest.”
“Anyway, have a great weekend, and swing by my office on Monday morning.”
While we don’t think Ben & Liam will be pranking their boss at 6am any time soon, we can only hope this prank war manages to continue in the days to come.
Check out triple j’s Ben & Liam being pranked:
