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<v Speaker 3>Hey, this is the Christian O'Connell Show podcast.

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<v Speaker 2>Friday morning, Christian O'Connell's show on guard for Chemist Warehouse.

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<v Speaker 1>Good morning, Patsy. Good morning. Good morning, Rio. Good morning.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, first half hour of every show on a Friday.

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<v Speaker 2>We call it Double Thumbs Up. We go around the team.

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<v Speaker 2>Our recommendations of what we're enjoying at the moment is

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<v Speaker 2>the TV show, movie, books, apps. You share yours as well.

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<v Speaker 2>Text us yours, 0475031043. Patsy, what's it for you this week?

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<v Speaker 4>There's a new movie by Kevin James, and it's very, very.

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<v Speaker 1>Different for him.

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<v Speaker 2>I love Kevin James. Genuinely a brilliant stand-up. And his

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<v Speaker 2>old sitcom, King of Queens, outstanding.

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<v Speaker 1>Really, really funny.

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<v Speaker 4>Doug, he was so good in that. This is a

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<v Speaker 4>romantic comedy. So we're used to seeing him as kind

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<v Speaker 4>of the aloof character, like in Grown Ups, in King

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<v Speaker 4>of Queens. This is a jilted groom at the altar

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<v Speaker 4>and it's set in Italy, which the scenes are just beautiful.

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<v Speaker 4>Like it's just so picturesque.

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<v Speaker 1>And you think of cinematography when you think of Kevin James.

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<v Speaker 2>I know.

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<v Speaker 1>It's very different for him. Altar.

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<v Speaker 4>But it's got a great cast. It's got Alison Hannigan,

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<v Speaker 4>who was Willow in Buffy.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>And Kim Coates, Sons of Anarchy. He is hilarious in this.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, right.

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<v Speaker 4>So he plays this guy that he befriends, this other

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<v Speaker 4>sort of, in inverted commas, honeymooner. But it's really fun.

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<v Speaker 4>We watched it last Saturday night. I think it's only

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<v Speaker 4>about 90 minutes or so long.

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<v Speaker 2>I've seen every single Kevin James movie. I'm not even joking.

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<v Speaker 1>That is a claim to fame. No, no, no, it is.

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<v Speaker 1>Even Paul Blart Mall Cop?

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<v Speaker 2>Paul Blart Mall Cop 2 is one of my favourite.

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<v Speaker 2>It's in my top ten movies.

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<v Speaker 3>I've never watched it.

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<v Speaker 1>On my birthday. We all watch it because we have

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<v Speaker 1>to on my birthday.

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<v Speaker 2>The second one in Vegas is really funny.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, my God. It's so good. Wow, you're a big

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<v Speaker 1>Kevin James guy. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Lucky enough

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<v Speaker 1>to interview him as well. Funny guy in real life

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<v Speaker 1>as well. Oh, really? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Very charming. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>I do know about this movie.

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<v Speaker 2>It came out at the cinema about six or seven

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<v Speaker 2>months ago. And unfortunately, one of my daughters had just

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<v Speaker 2>broken up with a boyfriend. And I said, hey, there's

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<v Speaker 2>a new... And I didn't know what it was about.

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<v Speaker 2>I said, hey, there's a new Kevin James movie. Oh, God,

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<v Speaker 2>we love Kevin James. I said, why don't you book tickets?

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<v Speaker 2>I've got to make a phone call. Then she came

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<v Speaker 2>and went, Daddy, is this a joke?

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<v Speaker 1>It's cool. Oh. She said what it's about, he gets

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<v Speaker 1>jilted at the altar.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes. Oh, no. It still gets talked about now under

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<v Speaker 2>classic dad fail.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, you'll love this.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>It's about someone like you. You're Kevin James.

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<v Speaker 2>But he's never far away from a chuckle.

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<v Speaker 3>Does he play a serious role, Patsy, or is he?

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<v Speaker 4>Well, semi-serious.

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, he's got range. He's very lovable. He's got range.

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<v Speaker 4>He's really lovable. Andrea Pacelli. is in it as well

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<v Speaker 4>as Andrea Pichelli.

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<v Speaker 3>Time to say goodbye.

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<v Speaker 4>It's really beautiful. It's really a movie about new beginnings

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<v Speaker 4>and finding friendship to get you through tough times. It's

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<v Speaker 4>really lovely.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to watch it this weekend.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, so it's on Prime.

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<v Speaker 1>Great. Rio, what have you got?

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<v Speaker 3>I'm loving Norm, the Norm Macdonald story on Netflix.

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<v Speaker 1>I just finished it the other day. It's a joyous watch,

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<v Speaker 1>isn't it?

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<v Speaker 3>What a great man.

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<v Speaker 1>Awesome stand-up.

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<v Speaker 3>Maybe a bit before my time, I'd seen a lot of,

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<v Speaker 3>like a lot of people I think of our generation,

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<v Speaker 3>we only know Norm Macdonald through YouTube clips because there's

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<v Speaker 3>so many great ones. I didn't realise his story from

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<v Speaker 3>SNL all the way through.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm getting fired at SNL for the OJ jokes because

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<v Speaker 2>the chairman of the network was best mates with OJ.

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<v Speaker 1>Seriously, it's unbelievable.

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<v Speaker 3>And he's honestly one of the bravest men I've ever

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<v Speaker 3>seen in my life. Because he does these jokes that

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<v Speaker 3>they're either going to be completely hilarious or absolutely flop.

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<v Speaker 2>And he loves either side of that. Yeah, David Letterman's

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<v Speaker 2>favourite stand-up. In fact, on David Letterman's last late night show,

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<v Speaker 2>Norm was the last stand-up comedian. Right, wow.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, he's today's favourite. A brilliant, brilliant, brilliant stand-up.

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<v Speaker 2>And he wrote a book that is about 10% true, 90% fantasy.

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<v Speaker 2>It's meant to be an autobiography that is relentlessly funny.

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<v Speaker 1>It's brilliant. It came about five years ago.

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<v Speaker 3>And that's the fascinating thing actually about the documentary because

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<v Speaker 3>he's such a mysterious guy because he's always telling jokes

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<v Speaker 3>and telling like these really funny lies. Even his close

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<v Speaker 3>friends don't even know who like the real Norm Macdonald is.

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<v Speaker 3>They don't know if he actually finished school or he

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<v Speaker 3>didn't finish school or did he go to college or

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<v Speaker 3>he said he does, but then he said he goes

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<v Speaker 3>to dropout.

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<v Speaker 1>He never went to school. So that's incredible. I thought

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<v Speaker 1>it was so funny. So warm. It's made by Judd Apatow.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, really?

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<v Speaker 3>And he's so many of your favorite comedians. Norm Macdonald

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<v Speaker 3>is their favorite comedian.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm telling you now, if you want to cheer yourself up,

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<v Speaker 2>just go on YouTube and type in Norm Macdonald. Any

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<v Speaker 2>clip will light you up. Seriously, I cannot recommend it enough.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, my recommendations. One of the best TV shows

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<v Speaker 2>of the last 10 years is Slow Horses, a relentlessly

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<v Speaker 2>smart TV show. Very, very funny as well. Dream Roll

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<v Speaker 2>by Gary Oldman as well, who actually has an Oscar.

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<v Speaker 2>He's an incredible, serious actor.

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<v Speaker 1>He won an Oscar.

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<v Speaker 2>And he's brilliant. They've just wrapped the sixth season of it.

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<v Speaker 2>They only ever do six episodes a season, so you

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<v Speaker 2>can binge watch it. Cannot recommend Slow Horses enough. You

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<v Speaker 2>love Slow Horses as well.

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<v Speaker 1>Brilliant show.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, I'm now trying to get back.

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<v Speaker 1>So season six is the new one? Just finished and

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<v Speaker 1>a great, really, really great ending as well.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, great. So I've watched season one. I'm now getting

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<v Speaker 3>my partner, Will, to re-watch it with me so we

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<v Speaker 3>can get all the way through season six. Just finished

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<v Speaker 3>season one and I forgot how good it is. That

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<v Speaker 3>is a perfect TV show.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, a double thumbs up for me. It's just ended, actually.

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<v Speaker 1>A brilliant ending as well.

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<v Speaker 2>And the other one is a book. This is called

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<v Speaker 2>Black Bag. It's been shortlisted for the Booker Prize. It

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<v Speaker 2>is a fantastic, this is one of the funniest and

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<v Speaker 2>smartest novels I've read in years. I didn't realize, back

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<v Speaker 2>in the 60s, this is a true experiment that was done.

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<v Speaker 2>An out-of-work actor was offered some money by a professor

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<v Speaker 2>to basically zip himself into a bin bag and just

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<v Speaker 2>sit in the lecture room while he did lectures. The

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<v Speaker 2>book is about that. It's about, somehow, this is a

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<v Speaker 2>deeply moving book about what it is to be a

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<v Speaker 2>man right now in the modern world.

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<v Speaker 1>It's totally surprised me what this is. It sounds terrible.

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<v Speaker 3>And it's a real.

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<v Speaker 1>It's the shortest of the Booker Prize. Oh my God.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a really, really funny... Every page I'm laughing out loud.

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<v Speaker 2>But there's somehow something more than just the jokes in it.

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<v Speaker 2>And is it a novel or is it... Yeah, no,

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<v Speaker 2>it's a novel. Yeah, it's very good. It's called Black

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<v Speaker 2>Bag by Luke Kennard. Cannot recommend it enough. Less than

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<v Speaker 2>250 pages. You'll tear through. I have almost finished it

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<v Speaker 2>at the moment.

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