Behind the scenes at Today FM with Mario Rosenstock

As Mario Rosenstock prepares to take his live show back on the road, Vickie Maye joins a Gift Grub production meeting to see how the Today FM sketches come to life.

“RELAX, put your feet up,” Ian Dempsey tells me. It’s 9.15am in the Today FM studios. Next door, through the glass partition, Ray D’arcy is wrapping up his daily review of the papers. Just 15 minutes off-air, the breakfast crew is already planning tomorrow’s show. And rating today’s.

The Gift Grub meeting comes first. It takes just three people to brainstorm the four-minute sketches that have captivated the nation for nearly 15 years: creators Mario Rosenstock and Ian Demspey; and former Breakfast Show-turned-Tony Fenton producer, Lia Murphy (“She just couldn’t stay away,” Mario jokes).