a little while ago, i spoke to david mccormack and mel zanetti, who are the voices behind the parentsfunny and it's got a heart of gold, like me! mel. heart of gold — that tracks. i thinkjoe the creator, has just this incredible ability of being able to distil truths of, like, that age group, but also just humanity. and i think it's managed to resonate notjust in australia but, as we've seen, internationally. so i think really beautiful writing is a big component and like you said, so much heart and funny. and you play the parents of bluey, the cartoon puppy. do you think that there are lessons in your episodes for parents? i don't know if it's lessons, but it's maybe just holding a bit of a mirror up to parenthood and knowing that you're not alone and everyone else is going through, not exactly the same, but similar stuff. i don't think it tries to tell people what to do. yeah, i think what's beautiful about it is that it's not didactic, but there are so many beautiful things that can be learnt from it. there is some episodes that are such tear—jerkers, though, aren't there? i mean,