Moment footy legend Billy Brownless gets the shock of his life when he can’t resist pushing a mystery red button in the commentary booth during a game
- Billy Brownless sees a big red button in a booth in Ikon Park
- Commented on the Collingwood-Richmond clash
- Geelong Great is known for its Larrikin streak
Geelong great Billy Brownless has left his fellow commentators in hysterics after he couldn’t resist pressing a mysterious red button he spotted in the commentary booth of a Melbourne stadium.
Brownless was doing Triple M’s Rush Hour live from Ikon Park on Tuesday for the Charity Shield Game between Richmond and Collingwood when he gave in to his urges and sounded an emergency siren across the ground.
The show was going smoothly until the footy cult hero noticed a big red button in the commentary booth.
“What’s that red thing over there?” he asked, forcing his co-host Anthony “Lehmo.” Lehmann tried to intervene by saying, “Wait a minute, Bill. Do not touch it.’
Brownless can’t resist the urge to press the emergency siren in Ikon Park
Fellow commentator Ryan ‘Rabs’ Warren then explained that the button was the ground’s emergency siren.
‘Then why would they put it in front of me? A big red button? Why would they do that, Rabs?’ Brownless asked.
Warren then explained that if he touches it, the siren will blow across the ground.
“I bet it won’t happen!” Brownless replied.
Warren replied, “We’re not making that bet.”
Before anyone could stop him, Brownless grabbed the button and pressed it – and the commentary team erupted in laughter as the siren sounded.
Brownless was surprised that they put the emergency siren button (pictured) in the commentary booth
Brownless (pictured with a friend at the Australian Open earlier this year) didn’t heed his fellow commentators’ warnings about what would happen if he pressed the button
‘It really works!’ Brownless roared. “What’s a siren doing here?”
Brownless then reached for the red button again and sounded the siren for an extended period.
The former Footy Show star is known for his larrikin streak and sense of humor among fans of the game.
Last year he posed as an AFL goal referee during the Mad Monday celebrations in Geelong as stars Tom Hawkins and Cameron Guthrie reenacted the end of a Sydney-Adelaide clash in which Ben Keays was denied a goal in controversial circumstances.