1 00:00:00,920 --> 00:00:02,880 Speaker 1: This is jem Nay. She were Jones. 2 00:00:04,480 --> 00:00:07,240 Speaker 2: So yesterday the news on the Telly Rabs Warren is 3 00:00:07,280 --> 00:00:10,760 Speaker 2: retiring from the Great Game of one of the greatest 4 00:00:10,760 --> 00:00:11,800 Speaker 2: callers in the business. 5 00:00:11,960 --> 00:00:17,520 Speaker 3: Absolutely and as we just said, he had he apparently 6 00:00:17,520 --> 00:00:20,040 Speaker 3: he knew he'd called his last game five months ago, 7 00:00:20,640 --> 00:00:23,640 Speaker 3: six months ago, but left it till today to make 8 00:00:23,680 --> 00:00:25,120 Speaker 3: it official, or to yesterday. 9 00:00:25,280 --> 00:00:27,520 Speaker 2: Ninety nine games of state of Origin. 10 00:00:27,240 --> 00:00:29,600 Speaker 3: He called ninety nine state of origin. 11 00:00:29,840 --> 00:00:31,640 Speaker 2: Ninety nine state of origin years? 12 00:00:31,720 --> 00:00:32,280 Speaker 3: Is that? 13 00:00:32,280 --> 00:00:36,320 Speaker 2: That's a thousand years wow. And he's such a great caller. 14 00:00:36,360 --> 00:00:38,199 Speaker 2: But he's such a perfectionist as well. And I know 15 00:00:38,280 --> 00:00:41,240 Speaker 2: this because I've worked with Rabs. And I remember one 16 00:00:41,240 --> 00:00:44,160 Speaker 2: time I was filling in for the little known breakfast show, 17 00:00:44,200 --> 00:00:46,960 Speaker 2: The Andrew Denton Breakfast Show was hosted by Andrew Denton 18 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:49,760 Speaker 2: and a lovely lady, Amanda Kelly. Happened to her what 19 00:00:49,840 --> 00:00:52,080 Speaker 2: has happened to her? So Rabs and I would always 20 00:00:52,120 --> 00:00:54,760 Speaker 2: be struggling to come up with content. So I'd be 21 00:00:54,800 --> 00:00:57,400 Speaker 2: sitting There'd be me and Rabs one day we're playing 22 00:00:57,440 --> 00:01:00,320 Speaker 2: I'm playing some nickelbacksong and Rabs are sitting in reading 23 00:01:00,360 --> 00:01:04,520 Speaker 2: the paper. Says Jones. What was that swimmer that used 24 00:01:04,560 --> 00:01:07,320 Speaker 2: to play Tarzan? And he was an Olympic swimmer, And 25 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:10,160 Speaker 2: I wasn't really listening to him as Rabs against was 26 00:01:10,160 --> 00:01:12,679 Speaker 2: a Johnny Wise maler, and I said, yeah, that sounds 27 00:01:12,720 --> 00:01:15,520 Speaker 2: about right. So I back announced the song and then 28 00:01:15,720 --> 00:01:18,240 Speaker 2: Rabs on air says, Jones, what was the name of 29 00:01:18,319 --> 00:01:21,480 Speaker 2: the swimmer that also played Tarzan? Was Olympic swimmer? And 30 00:01:21,520 --> 00:01:24,520 Speaker 2: I said, I'd be Johnny Wise mother, and ReBs gets 31 00:01:24,560 --> 00:01:27,640 Speaker 2: both his hands and goes, you're a fair income dickhead, Jones. 32 00:01:27,720 --> 00:01:30,560 Speaker 2: You had no idea during that horrible book, and now 33 00:01:30,560 --> 00:01:31,640 Speaker 2: you're claim it as your own. 34 00:01:31,720 --> 00:01:34,080 Speaker 3: This is what you do to me. I'm pleased to 35 00:01:34,160 --> 00:01:35,919 Speaker 3: know you do it to Rabs as well. 36 00:01:36,040 --> 00:01:39,960 Speaker 2: My other favorite Rab story. So James Packard got married 37 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:43,360 Speaker 2: to I think it was Jodie Mears and Elton John 38 00:01:43,480 --> 00:01:47,000 Speaker 2: came to perform, right, so, and Rabs was we were 39 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:49,280 Speaker 2: filling in at the time on the radio show for 40 00:01:49,320 --> 00:01:50,000 Speaker 2: you and Andrew. 41 00:01:50,440 --> 00:01:52,440 Speaker 3: And Andrew was at that wedding too. 42 00:01:52,600 --> 00:01:54,520 Speaker 2: Rabs comes in and tells me the story and so 43 00:01:54,960 --> 00:01:55,760 Speaker 2: he's sitting there. 44 00:01:55,640 --> 00:02:01,240 Speaker 4: On these cushions, on cushions, Wow, watch John perform. And 45 00:02:01,320 --> 00:02:04,760 Speaker 4: so Rabs are sitting next to Ken Calendar, the race caller, 46 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:07,800 Speaker 4: and they're just sitting there on this before me and 47 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:10,239 Speaker 4: then Rab says, I've got to go for a week. Kenny, 48 00:02:11,040 --> 00:02:13,519 Speaker 4: he says, or mate Elton John's play. He has no, 49 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:16,120 Speaker 4: We'll just do it discreetly. And Rabs couldn't get up. 50 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:17,960 Speaker 3: I'll imagine trying, I wouldn't be able to get up 51 00:02:17,960 --> 00:02:19,280 Speaker 3: of his hips. 52 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:22,360 Speaker 2: So then they're rolling around on the grass with Elton 53 00:02:22,440 --> 00:02:24,520 Speaker 2: John play and Kerry Packard is looking at. 54 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:28,079 Speaker 3: Like the little kid. 55 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:29,880 Speaker 2: But he is such a great caller, and he is 56 00:02:29,919 --> 00:02:32,959 Speaker 2: such a great guy. I really just enjoyed working with him, 57 00:02:33,080 --> 00:02:36,080 Speaker 2: and it's an honor to share space with him. And 58 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:38,239 Speaker 2: some of these great moments. I just love when he 59 00:02:38,320 --> 00:02:39,400 Speaker 2: calls the game. 60 00:02:39,440 --> 00:02:45,959 Speaker 5: Sixteen minutes gone, second half, make that id pass my glasses. 61 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:47,920 Speaker 2: He just weave the stuff in. 62 00:02:48,040 --> 00:02:49,480 Speaker 3: You know, he's smooth, isn't he. 63 00:02:49,560 --> 00:02:51,959 Speaker 2: And the names, the footy players' names that he come on, 64 00:02:52,720 --> 00:02:54,800 Speaker 2: and a lot of the islander names, it was quite 65 00:02:54,880 --> 00:02:57,600 Speaker 2: you know, he has seen the change from you know, 66 00:02:57,639 --> 00:03:00,520 Speaker 2: when it's just Smith and Jones to what we you know, 67 00:03:00,560 --> 00:03:03,600 Speaker 2: Papollihi and all those names. But I think the greatest 68 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:06,880 Speaker 2: name that he ever had to commentate on was Pappenhausen. 69 00:03:07,440 --> 00:03:12,600 Speaker 5: Is Pappenhausen and Ryan Pappenhausen. So Papenhausen under Pappenhausen, bounce 70 00:03:12,680 --> 00:03:17,960 Speaker 5: us friendly for Peppenhausen. Papenhausen. Here's Pappenhausen. That is a 71 00:03:18,120 --> 00:03:20,280 Speaker 5: magniversen play by Pappenhausen. 72 00:03:20,320 --> 00:03:22,560 Speaker 3: There was a day that only Pappenhausen was on the field. 73 00:03:22,840 --> 00:03:26,280 Speaker 2: Not since Andrew Eddingshausen have we had a better housing. 74 00:03:26,680 --> 00:03:29,960 Speaker 2: But my favorite moment from Rabs of all time, and 75 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:33,760 Speaker 2: it's always when it's the Gus Gould and Ray Warren Show, 76 00:03:33,880 --> 00:03:36,720 Speaker 2: and one of my favorite moments was this just raised. 77 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:38,720 Speaker 1: The lane's in front of him? Who's up past the ball? 78 00:03:38,720 --> 00:03:41,800 Speaker 1: I don't know where Lane is supposed to go? Shawn 79 00:03:41,880 --> 00:03:43,680 Speaker 1: Lane passes the ball? Where do they want him to go? 80 00:03:44,880 --> 00:03:48,720 Speaker 1: Where do they want him to go? Where does he go? 81 00:03:49,280 --> 00:03:50,280 Speaker 1: Where does Lane go? 82 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:50,600 Speaker 2: Now? 83 00:03:50,640 --> 00:03:54,600 Speaker 1: What's he supposed to do? Where is he supposed to go? 84 00:03:56,200 --> 00:04:00,040 Speaker 1: And where is he supposed to go? God? I don't know. 85 00:04:03,320 --> 00:04:06,160 Speaker 3: All rad you can't replace that, But isn't it great 86 00:04:06,160 --> 00:04:08,559 Speaker 3: that we can say these wonderful things about Rabs. 87 00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:11,040 Speaker 2: While he's still alive and we're still with us. We 88 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:13,000 Speaker 2: love you, ra I know you listen from time to time. 89 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:13,680 Speaker 3: Mate, We love it. 90 00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:15,000 Speaker 2: Thank you for everything you've done.