WEBVTT - MINI: WCTF Aunty Edition

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<v Speaker 1>The Christian O'Connell Show podcast.

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<v Speaker 2>This week on the show, we're trying to build the

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<v Speaker 2>ultimate family tree, taking a family member and then looking

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<v Speaker 2>for your calls, your stories of your weakest claim to

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<v Speaker 2>fame involved with them. Yesterday it was all about the uncles.

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<v Speaker 3>In the eighties, he was on five footage for Helter.

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<v Speaker 4>My uncle fell out of the car and they named

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<v Speaker 4>the road after him.

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<v Speaker 3>He was a member of the Grenadier Guard, so the

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<v Speaker 3>Queen's Gard my fiance's uncle.

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<v Speaker 4>He is an audio engineer by trade and he was

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<v Speaker 4>set up with a task of designing Shane WARN's chant

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<v Speaker 4>that was played at the memorial service at the mcg.

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<v Speaker 4>His fans door was used in the movie The Full

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<v Speaker 4>Monty while he was upstairs.

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<v Speaker 2>All right this morning? Then on nine four one four

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<v Speaker 2>one o four three, it's all about your aunties. What

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<v Speaker 2>is your weakest claim to fame? Involving your aunties? Christ

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<v Speaker 2>and my Auntie used to live next door to Elton John.

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<v Speaker 2>He once brought her bins in for her. Oh that's

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<v Speaker 2>from Edie, who's ten? I love that. What a lovely

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<v Speaker 2>thing to do, Lizzie, I did say week is claim

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<v Speaker 2>to fame? My aunt knew Glenn Robbins mum and he

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<v Speaker 2>gave her a lift in his car once loved that.

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<v Speaker 2>This is on Lizzie. My week is claim an auntie

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<v Speaker 2>is that my great auntie was a cleaner at university

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<v Speaker 2>sometimes in the sometime in the eighties nineties, and she

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<v Speaker 2>happened to work with Bond Scott's mum. At the moment,

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<v Speaker 2>there's a lot of mums, so we're looking for your

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<v Speaker 2>weekes claim to fame involving your auntie or an auntie.

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<v Speaker 1>Christian O'Connell's show podcast.

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<v Speaker 2>This is a great one. My auntie used to live

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<v Speaker 2>next door to the family who came up with the

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<v Speaker 2>Power for Active Life dog food slogan. That's a lot

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<v Speaker 2>going on there, Christian. My uncle was nominated for Australia

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<v Speaker 2>of the Year, didn't get it, but was nominated. We

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<v Speaker 2>are super proud. That's from Christa Bell. You should be

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<v Speaker 2>as well. Nine four one four one oh four three.

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<v Speaker 2>So your auntie weakest claim to fame. Let's go to seven.

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<v Speaker 1>Sarah, Hi, Christia, my auntie.

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<v Speaker 4>I'll go kiss Dave Dublin's brother.

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<v Speaker 2>Wow.

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<v Speaker 4>This is she tells everyone of every family. Then it

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<v Speaker 4>always comes out.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, Sarah, thank you very much. She coiled me. Have

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<v Speaker 2>a good day you too, by Marina. Good morning, Good

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<v Speaker 2>morning Marina. Tell us about your auntie.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, so my great aunt was the first Australian radio

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<v Speaker 3>presented to interview the Beatles.

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<v Speaker 2>This is amazing. Well, that's nothing weak about that. What happened?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, so she was quite pushy apparently, and decided she

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<v Speaker 3>wanted to interview them a couple of months before they

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<v Speaker 3>came and did their Australian tool for the first time,

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<v Speaker 3>and they flew her to London and she got to

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<v Speaker 3>interview them there and then they caught up again when

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<v Speaker 3>they came to Australia.

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<v Speaker 2>This is incredible with a big deal to be flowing

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<v Speaker 2>over to the UK then as well. So what is

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<v Speaker 2>your great auntie's name?

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<v Speaker 3>Her name is Benny Lum And who was.

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<v Speaker 2>She interviewing them for?

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<v Speaker 3>I think it was too u W yeah, back in.

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<v Speaker 2>Then. That is unbelievable. Has she got any photos of

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<v Speaker 2>that interviewing the Beatles?

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<v Speaker 3>Neil, Yeah, yeah, lots of photos. She's interviewed Fred Astare

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<v Speaker 3>Barbastrasend And.

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<v Speaker 2>Is there any people Are there any tapes of the

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<v Speaker 2>Beatles interview?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, it's all online.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh I thought, we're going to have to get this out.

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<v Speaker 2>This is amazing. How old was she when she first

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<v Speaker 2>interviewed the Beatles year as well?

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<v Speaker 3>It was nineteen sixty four. I'm not sure how old

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<v Speaker 3>she was.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean that is she she's a part in history.

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<v Speaker 2>The first Australian to interview the Beatles is amazing.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, and female and Radio two back then.

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<v Speaker 2>Absolutely, yeah, yeah, Trailblazer. We're going to have to try

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<v Speaker 2>and dig out some of that audio as soon as

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<v Speaker 2>we can. Actually, i'd love to hear that. Marina, thank

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<v Speaker 2>you very much. She's showing us this one. I love that.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's go to Jeanette here. Good morning, Jeanette, Good morning.

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<v Speaker 4>How is everybody?

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<v Speaker 2>Jeanette? And I hope you're well as well, Chinette, And that's.

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<v Speaker 3>Just thank you.

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<v Speaker 4>So my Auntie May had afternoon Bill and a Spencer

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<v Speaker 4>as she was.

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<v Speaker 2>Then afternoon tea with Dinah Spencer.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, how come my great aunt used to work for

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<v Speaker 4>a company called Gees and Hawks, which is a famous

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<v Speaker 4>Savao Taylor. Yes, yes, and she used to make all

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<v Speaker 4>these knots and the rings on the naval uniforms by

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<v Speaker 4>hand with like a milliminiter around a half piece of

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<v Speaker 4>gold and she used to throw them around old coins

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<v Speaker 4>and stuff, so they were all the same same shape.

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<v Speaker 4>And so she did that and the sword knots for

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<v Speaker 4>the royal wedding. So Diana went to Gibes and Hawks

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<v Speaker 4>to approve everything and had afternoon tea with my great

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<v Speaker 4>auntie may.

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<v Speaker 2>A royal knot.

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<v Speaker 4>Well it's it's a name. We all sawed not.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh gotcha now right, Yeah, that is quite incredible. Not so.

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<v Speaker 4>The page boys went slid down the banisters when they

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<v Speaker 4>finished and after the afternoon tea and did boys things

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<v Speaker 4>and all that sort of stuff. And yeah, I've still

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<v Speaker 4>got the drawings.

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<v Speaker 2>That is amazing. That's incredible. Two amazing stories, Janette, thank

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<v Speaker 2>you very much.

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<v Speaker 1>She called the Christian O'Connell show podcast.

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<v Speaker 2>Chat about your weakest claim to fame with your auntie.

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<v Speaker 2>We had an amazing story from Marina not a week

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<v Speaker 2>claim to fame at all about her great auntie Benny Lum,

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<v Speaker 2>who interviewed the Beatles. Wait for this, not just interview

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<v Speaker 2>the Beatles, first ever person to interview the Beatles in

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<v Speaker 2>nineteen sixty four, I mean first Australian. Yeah, she was

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<v Speaker 2>flowing from Australia to London haven't listened to this. We

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<v Speaker 2>found some of the audio. That's amazing is that coming

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<v Speaker 2>back in history. Didn't know John wrote a book. I didn't.

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<v Speaker 2>It's funny that she went over for an interview with

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<v Speaker 2>the Beatles and they she would have come back and go.

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<v Speaker 2>Did you talk to him about the music? Asked John

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<v Speaker 2>Lennon about the book. He wrote, I didn't know enough

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<v Speaker 2>to dig that out.

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