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Speaker 1: The Jersey demanded show as we know it started in

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Speaker 1: the aftermath of the two thousand and four tsunami in Pouquet.

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Speaker 2: An undersea earthquake sent enormous way. Since then, we've been

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Speaker 2: here as you're constant, while the world changed, social media

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Speaker 2: climate changed. Three for brock Oil wedding, I follows matter.

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Speaker 3: For respect like a sentinel.

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Speaker 1: We have watched over the world since two thousand and five,

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Speaker 1: and thanks.

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Speaker 2: To a detailed set of diaries that Jonesy has kept.

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Speaker 1: Well they're kind of detailed, but we do have a

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Speaker 1: time travelers podcast of a highly successful radio show. Highly

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Speaker 1: successful a podcast of a moderately successful radio show.

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Speaker 2: All right, well let's begin, shall we.

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Speaker 3: Well, here we are ways back in two thousand and six.

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Speaker 2: Oh, we're still in two thousand and six.

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Speaker 1: We're in two thousand and six. I'm just looking at

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Speaker 1: my diary from March of two thousand.

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Speaker 2: How are we going? In March?

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Speaker 3: We weren't doing so well.

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Speaker 1: In fact, I was reading a newspaper clipping it says

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Speaker 1: here Vagaer owners DMG has problems with Nova's American rosso

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Speaker 1: Breakfast Show, continuing its slide down the ratings ladder.

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Speaker 2: So did we take their place.

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Speaker 1: No, the biggest fall of the survey belonged to last

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Speaker 1: year's flyer, Jonesy and Amanda. They dropped one point two.

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Speaker 1: We were down on a six point four in ratings terms.

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Speaker 2: Did we quit and go? I can't remember. I can't

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Speaker 3: I think we were doing okay?

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Speaker 1: Then we were coming a mid midfield midfield that in

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Speaker 1: that point. But as an interesting time, we were on

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Speaker 1: the TV show Clever.

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Speaker 3: Do you remember the TV show Clever, hosted by.

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Speaker 4: Georgie Parker and Jeff Watson and Scott Lamb who I

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Speaker 4: knew from beyond two thousand, yeah, and Joe Stanley Shoe sternly.

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Speaker 2: And it was a show that was looking at to

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Speaker 1: Yeah, but it didn't really have a raise on detra

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Speaker 2: Of well, motorcycles rode around you.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, And so it ended up that our side lost

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Speaker 1: I said, ah, and I wasn't really jazzed about. Steve

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Speaker 1: That, Steve and sort of what And I said, mate,

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Speaker 1: He didn't mean that, no, no, of course no, but

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Speaker 3: Life, that's how he was a risk taker.

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Speaker 1: But do you remember that that show they wanted us

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Speaker 2: And then we said, okay, that'd be great, and we

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Speaker 2: The show got acts.

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Speaker 1: What happened was I remember being in a Channel nine

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Speaker 1: And that is the start of my disappointing television career,

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Speaker 1: to screen test for the role as Eddie McGuire.

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Speaker 2: Well, so Eddie had been hosting it. Eddie was then

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Speaker 1: Welcome to my first audition. I really thought that I

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Speaker 3: After all that, Eddie decided not to leave.

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Speaker 3: I don't say the agents get me on the show.

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Speaker 1: you know, adamant? And then you go there and then

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Speaker 3: That was twenty nineteen.

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Speaker 1: That was terrible to chase or that was my last

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Speaker 1: And you don't know how you go. You go there

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Speaker 3: It's curious about who wants to be a millionaire? Because

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Speaker 1: Begat you going on Dancing with the Stars, And you

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Speaker 2: I had a different Dancing with the Stars experience to you.

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Speaker 2: You enjoyed it. I found it really hard. I loved

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Speaker 3: But you were good.

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Speaker 2: No, I wasn't, because then I hated that it became

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Speaker 3: So you danced in front of Daryl.

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Speaker 2: Daryl threw money into a hat. No he didn't say anything.

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Speaker 3: So that's nice, sexually inappropriate. What was your highest score

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Speaker 3: Well I said to him, I said, mate, go as

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Speaker 2: See, that's what your brain says, is that I'm not

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Speaker 1: Don't know if these TV executives even know how much

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Speaker 2: Great, but no one cares about this. You and I do.

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Speaker 2: But in this industry, and we've chosen this industry, our

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Speaker 3: And I got to take it.

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Speaker 1: But I'm talking about I haven't even had the chance

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Speaker 3: And I remember the call I had the.

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Speaker 1: I said, well, you know what should I do? And

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Speaker 1: But you know the Bachelor that's a lock. And I said, so.

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Speaker 3: I'm not dancing and she said, you won't be dancing.

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Speaker 1: And then what else was there? Family feud and there's

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Speaker 1: You know, there's just but the industry is full of it.

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Speaker 1: There's probably people like me. But what I'm saying is

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Speaker 3: And you will.

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Speaker 2: You said that, You've said that as long as I've

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Speaker 2: Beard of Bees. Will you be in it? And you will?

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Speaker 3: Beard of Bees? I heard they give you a dog.

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Speaker 2: It's my phone ringing now.

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Speaker 3: I like radio. I like this, this is good. I

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Speaker 3: like being with you.

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Speaker 2: Oh what a shame. I've got some news.

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Speaker 3: What are you to do?

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Speaker 2: I'm doing Beard of Bees?

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Speaker 3: Well you took my gig, I'm.

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Speaker 2: Sure, and I am doing it.

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Speaker 3: You're both doing Beard of bees. Damn it, there was mine.

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Speaker 3: Well it's been very has a sip of water.

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Speaker 1: Let's all have a sip of water and we'll catch

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Speaker 1: you next time on our podcast. Well our ratings go up,

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Speaker 1: I hope, So, I hope we end up doing the

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Speaker 2: You know what I've gleaned from all of this, isn't

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Speaker 2: it funny? All of these experiences mean nothing apart from

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Speaker 2: when I've written down here five and three the ages

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I'd give anything.

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Speaker 2: Now I'm going to go and cry.

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Speaker 3: I was there again. Jack and nappies? Was he had

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Speaker 3: a nappies? Both three?

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Speaker 2: What do you be? Let's hope that would toilet. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: they would toilet.

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Speaker 3: Try say, we won't say which one. We don't want

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Speaker 3: Catch you next time.

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