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Speaker 1: You're listening to the Fitzi and Whipper podcast, Hillsy, where

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Speaker 1: is he speaks and specs?

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Speaker 2: Is back on the ABC? We're loving that? Is he

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Speaker 2: up there? He's in the zoom hell's he.

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Speaker 3: He's in the formal room, he's in the study, he's in.

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Speaker 4: The engine room where all the magic happens.

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Speaker 1: Hills, You would have done some dark times in there

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Speaker 1: over the Pademic over a couple of years in that

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Speaker 1: little room there, wouldn't you.

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Speaker 5: Yes, Yeah, I mean this is this has been pretty

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Speaker 5: much where the majority of the last leg has been

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Speaker 5: written for the past two years.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I was gonna say, is this is the And

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Speaker 1: sometimes it wouldn't be motivating sometimes, Hillsy, I mean what.

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Speaker 2: Do you do to get going? Jazz it up? Sometimes

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Speaker 2: that room.

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Speaker 5: Surprisingly, we found writing over over zoom to be more

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Speaker 5: efficient because you actually you don't waste time faffing around

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Speaker 5: and having a chat and going to the kitchen and

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Speaker 5: making a cup of tea and then you know, people

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Speaker 5: turn up that you're just like, right, we're on zoom,

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Speaker 5: let's write this thing. Like even today, just this series,

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Speaker 5: we've started going back in the office and you get distracted,

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Speaker 5: Like at one point I was playing the guy.

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Speaker 4: The writers that we work with. The video of the

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Speaker 4: chats on.

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Speaker 1: Triple that doesn't happen on the Legs version of the

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Speaker 1: chat song.

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Speaker 4: Smoking Legs version of the Chats.

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Speaker 3: Small distraction that got in the way and I got

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Speaker 3: nothing done.

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Speaker 1: Actually, Hillsy, did we ever just distract you? You told

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Speaker 1: me once that you used to our parodies that we

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Speaker 1: did years ago, used to watch.

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Speaker 2: When you're over in London to remind you of home.

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Speaker 4: Yes, I did. I did, and it made me.

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Speaker 5: It made me really jealous because I love writing. I

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Speaker 5: grew up watching weird our Yankevic, so I love a

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Speaker 5: good parody.

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Speaker 3: LL see when you're in the engine room there in

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Speaker 3: your office, I'd love.

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Speaker 2: To be able to see your Google history right now.

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Speaker 3: Look at him his panicking. We've been able to hack

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Speaker 3: into assistant. We're bringing up your Google ruth and search

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Speaker 3: history now, can.

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Speaker 5: You My Google search is so tame. Even if you

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Speaker 5: had hacked in, I wouldn't be scared.

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Speaker 3: Of well, because I look at you as someone that's

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Speaker 3: constantly interested in different things, Right, You're always fascinated by

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Speaker 3: the way the world works and different parts that people

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Speaker 3: take in innovation. What's been your most recent interest that

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Speaker 3: you found yourself googling.

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Speaker 2: Wow.

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Speaker 5: Okay, well I'll tell you what tabs I've got open

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Speaker 5: at the moment, bearing your mind where in that.

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Speaker 4: You know we're riding the last league.

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Speaker 5: I'll be doing it tomorrow night, so clearly I've got

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Speaker 5: hot mail open. Of course, this is the most boring

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Speaker 5: thing ever. I've got the Guardian, the New York Times.

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Speaker 3: Telegraph, come on.

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Speaker 5: Facebook, and I've got the draw for the New South

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Speaker 5: Wales Physical Disability Rugby League season.

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Speaker 1: Get out and google somewhere about the Metal Kelly for

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Speaker 1: the Commonwealth Games.

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Speaker 2: I thought that might have been uphillsy.

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Speaker 4: Oh I do. I do pop that up every day

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Speaker 4: now and again. Do you know what?

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Speaker 5: I hosted an official function at Australia House over here

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Speaker 4: I basically he said at Australia House.

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Speaker 5: I said, oh, you know, it's a pleasure to be

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Speaker 5: here to celebrate Australia leading the Metal table, because I'm

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Speaker 5: pretty sure that's what this event is about. And then

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Speaker 5: I finished my routine by saying to all the English

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Speaker 5: had to introduce the High Commissioner.

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Speaker 3: On from suck it to the High commission.

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Speaker 2: You don't do a all.

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Speaker 1: That, and you've got to do it while we're leading

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Speaker 1: England they are chasing, but we're still doing quite well.

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Speaker 5: Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, it's a well known. It's a

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Speaker 5: well known sporting motto over here. Get cocky after the

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Speaker 2: Is there a level of pride?

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Speaker 4: Though?

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Speaker 3: When you walk around the streets. Is the chest and

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Speaker 5: Really interesting over here because England won? You know the

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Speaker 5: England Lioness has won the Women's Euros on Sunday. Yes,

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Speaker 5: So I've had to teach them what it's like to

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Speaker 4: And how to react when you've won something. Okay, do you.

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Speaker 1: Have you been getting stuck into the other boys on

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Speaker 1: the last leg about Australia's success.

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Speaker 2: So far on the Commonwealth Games? Is there a bit

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Speaker 4: It's a little bit so.

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Speaker 5: Last Friday there only been one day of events, so

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Speaker 5: I think we had eight gold and they had three

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Speaker 5: so it was pretty early doors tomorrow, Yeah, tomorrow, I'm

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Speaker 5: definitely giving it go.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I'm definitely I'm going to give them.

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Speaker 5: I'm going to react in exactly the way that I've

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Speaker 5: told them they should react when you win a sporting

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Speaker 5: of all say things like, oh, it's just good you're

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Speaker 3: They sports the winner, so.

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Speaker 1: We know the success of the last leg and how

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Speaker 1: will that's done over there? Congratulations mate, and you've set

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Speaker 1: up an amazing life over there. But you know what,

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Speaker 1: we are so happy to have one of the most

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Speaker 1: iconic shows back on the ABC and we're talking spicks

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Speaker 1: ABC TV and ABC I View.

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Speaker 2: So the decision are.

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Speaker 1: You moving back home to do this or are you

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Speaker 1: just coming back to film what we'll what's going on?

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Speaker 5: Well, so the end of twenty nineteen, my wife and

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Speaker 5: kids moved back to Australia because the kids were homesick.

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Speaker 5: They wanted to go to school in Australia. My wife

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Speaker 5: had work there and we thought, yeah, that's fine. We

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Speaker 5: live in a world where you can flip back and

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Speaker 4: Really easily.

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Speaker 2: Sure, A quick pin that go mate.

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Speaker 4: It didn't go too well for the last couple of years.

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Speaker 2: You've had a good time.

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Speaker 5: But when I was back in Australia in twenty twenty,

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Speaker 5: how about you do some episodes of Specks and Specs.

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Speaker 5: But we did it in a stage four lockdown. We

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Speaker 3: You know, it's been great though, because the ABS has

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Speaker 3: been running rebounds of Specks and Specs here for quite

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Speaker 3: a long time. Just to see everybody, Just to see

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Speaker 2: And age who is aged the best.

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Speaker 3: I think Hamish Blake was about seven at the time,

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Speaker 3: you know, and myth you've got everyone.

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Speaker 5: He actually appears in one of the new episodes in

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Speaker 5: this series, and he said, it's like it's been fifteen

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Speaker 5: and he said it was it was like walking back

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Speaker 5: and none of no one thought it was weird.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, isn't that awesome?

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Speaker 3: I can't wait, man, I can't love the show.

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Speaker 1: When I watch Speaks and Speaks that I watch Alan

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Speaker 1: and Myth and they are so good in this industry

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Speaker 1: of music and they know it so well. I feel

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Speaker 1: like Alan's he has to step back sometimes Hillsy and

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Speaker 1: just go, you know what, I'm going to let the

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Speaker 1: other contestants answer some of these questions.

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Speaker 2: He knows everything, that bloke.

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Speaker 5: He does, and he'll do an amazing thing that you

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Speaker 5: won't always see on air where he'll buzz in because

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Speaker 5: rest of his team and go, no, you answer, because

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Speaker 5: it's just doesn't want to be the one that's answering the.

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Speaker 2: Whole do you know what.

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Speaker 3: I've watched the show a hell of a lot with Dad.

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Speaker 3: He loves it as well, but there's a real respect.

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Speaker 3: He thinks he knows a little bit about music, and

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Speaker 3: there's a real respect when those questions are asked. If

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Speaker 3: that's fantastic. No, great where he'll jump in with something

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Speaker 3: and they'll I'll have to pan that respect back. Oh dad,

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Speaker 3: that's great, outstanding working.

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Speaker 1: Can you reveal any of the big guests that are

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Speaker 2: He was ill or no.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, we've got people like I mean this series where

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Speaker 5: people like Casey Donovan, Emma Watkins from The Wiggles, Dylan

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Speaker 2: Brilliant.

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Speaker 4: Probably the biggest thing.

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Speaker 5: For this series is we've invented a new game called

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Speaker 5: Secret Song. So I spend the whole episode dropping clue

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Speaker 5: well like while asking questions, Yeah, dropping clues and hints

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Speaker 5: about what the secret song is, and if the teams

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Speaker 5: get an extra five point Oh.

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Speaker 2: You've got to be switched on. It's a great idea.

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Speaker 2: Oh dubt it have so much respect for me?

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Speaker 1: If I got that you may are you making it

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Speaker 2: Hillsy like are you just dropping a secret word?

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Speaker 3: Like, is there a chime when you make you know,

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Speaker 5: It just that it's if you're watching the show, and

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Speaker 5: we always try and create spicks and spects. Other people

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Speaker 5: at home can play along as well. If you're watching it,

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Speaker 5: if you see something that looks really weird and unusual

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Speaker 5: and can't be explained, it's probably a clue.

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Speaker 2: That's a clue. Okay, I love this.

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Speaker 1: It is back Sunday Night, This Sunday Night, seven forty

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Speaker 1: on ABC TV, Spicks Inspecs, Hillsy.

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Speaker 2: You're a legend, You're an icon in Australia.

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Speaker 4: Mate.

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Speaker 2: It's good to have you back on our screens.

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Speaker 5: Oh listen, and my new catchphrase is now going to

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Speaker 5: be respect your dad.

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Speaker 2: Respect your dad.

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Speaker 3: You've got to word it though, mate, you've got to

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Speaker 3: earn it.

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Speaker 2: Rove was saying to your mom for me, your respect. Thanks.

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Speaker 3: Good to see your face.

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Speaker 4: Here's guys, take care. You're listening to the Fitzi and

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Speaker 4: Whipper podcast.