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Speaker 1: Big morning celebrations because it's huge fiftieth anniversary of count there.

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Speaker 2: It's amazing, it's a big part of that. Remember eight

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Speaker 2: Yes, and when Divo appeared I think it was nineteen

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Speaker 2: eighty one, was ye, lady Molly Donde. They weren't pop

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Speaker 3: No, there were hats hats, but they did they.

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Speaker 2: Looked like they looked like pots and Molly donned one

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Speaker 3: For the boys from Jerry.

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Speaker 4: Getting back to the basics of the group, can you

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Speaker 4: just tell us how you all got together because it's

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Speaker 5: Sure it You know, it wasn't a popular position that

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Speaker 5: we had in Akron, Ohio. To see the least, we

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Speaker 5: luminum sighting and he agreed with Devo's particular vision.

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Speaker 2: There, Bobs, we want to hear your favorite Countdown memories.

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Speaker 2: Maybe it was the Countdown Awards where Molly finally took

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Speaker 3: Bomb taking the mickey out of Midnight Oil. Wasn't he

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Speaker 2: He really hated losing his.

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Speaker 3: Head, didn't he? Absolutely?

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Speaker 1: What about Bond Scott ac DC on the back of

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Speaker 1: a long way long wad of the shop. If you good?

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Speaker 2: Annette in Westminster? Hello, you said just a text as well,

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Speaker 2: didn't you? And oddly enough, what you say is one

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Speaker 2: of your favorite memories is also one of our favorite memories.

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Speaker 2: I think we should have a listen to this.

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Speaker 6: And now we come to the most important part of

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Speaker 6: tonight's program, In fact, the most important part of the

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Speaker 6: program's history. Some months ago we had a talk with

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Speaker 7: Could I just have one glass of water? Pis doesn't.

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Speaker 6: The profits from which will be donated to the Queen

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Speaker 6: Silver Jubilee Organization.

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Speaker 4: The prophets from the Queens will do the orderation.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, that's cool, okay, okay.

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Speaker 1: For me to syanic.

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Speaker 3: Swearing in front of the future king, did it?

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Speaker 2: that was with Prince Charles.

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Speaker 3: It was, And what a memory, What a memory?

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Speaker 8: I think it was or Gin not water.

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Speaker 1: I think you're right noticing was watching his p's and

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Speaker 3: Could I have a glass of water?

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Speaker 2: Oh no?

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Speaker 9: Can I just add please?

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Speaker 10: My grandfather being really annoyed at Mick Jagger being I'm

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Speaker 10: the Little Red Rooster, and my mom and Auntie fighting

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Speaker 10: Happy Day.

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Speaker 9: It was just too much.

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Speaker 11: We had to fight for the TV.

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Speaker 10: But my grandfather, the Little Red Rooster, I'll never forget

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Speaker 2: The Little Red those hips love it thanks to nat

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Speaker 9: I love it.

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Speaker 1: The family arguing over it, and we didn't have a remote,

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Speaker 2: Tell you one thing I remember about countdown February nineteen

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Speaker 2: eighty one, squishing onto the cow ready for an episode

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Speaker 2: and there was Duran Duran and the planet Earth video

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Speaker 3: You thought somebody had landed.

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Speaker 2: Here is something. Everything's different, Everything was different about the world.

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Speaker 2: Casta forward a couple of years to nineteen eighty three,

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Speaker 2: and of course Duran durand were huge, and the boys

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Speaker 2: hosted the show. You know what show you're watching?

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Speaker 9: You know we're here on tour.

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Speaker 3: Tonight we're hosting candown to get to know you more.

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Speaker 9: Tonight Countdown presents the hottest hosts of the year.

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Speaker 2: The band you've been waiting for, and we've got them, Duran, Duran.

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Speaker 11: We do have the lads here.

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Speaker 3: Welcome to the show, Countdown.

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Speaker 2: I love it, ye getting getting lots of texts of

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Speaker 2: your favorite memories of Countdown. Pamela and Waikiki, says bon

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Speaker 2: Scott in a school uniform and pigtails, singing baby please

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Speaker 2: don't go absolutely David and Eastwick Park says growing up

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Speaker 2: after coming back from Morley Roller Dome. Yeah, Jerome, I

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Speaker 2: should say I would watch wrestling and then Countdown. Those

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Speaker 2: were the best years of my life. Happy fiftieth anniversary Countdown.

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Speaker 3: Oh very cool.

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Speaker 1: I drove past roll droned down at that end two

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Speaker 1: however old it is. Let's get an Ellenbrook today, Anthony.

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Speaker 11: Oh, good day, guys. Well so you don't never guessed,

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Speaker 11: I'm probably best to check them arounder the influence of

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Speaker 11: was just and I think Molly as we started mimicking

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Speaker 3: We might just happen to have damn memory lane. Here

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Speaker 3: one album, ya dove, face mate, listen the show.

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Speaker 4: The first time I saw you was in Detroit a

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Speaker 4: couple of years ago, live in concert. What's wrong you

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Speaker 3: Speaking, he was hilarious and so unpredictable.

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Speaker 2: Anna and Wanda's favorite memory is Susie Quatro in her

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Speaker 1: Those that was great, Molly, whoa that's going on? Squeak absolute,

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Speaker 8: There's so many, But one that sticks in my mind

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Speaker 8: We did go to a count then concert.

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Speaker 1: I went to the one where Rick Springfield showed up

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Speaker 3: Sixty five or something.

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Speaker 8: Yeah, thanks, thank you.

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Speaker 2: There were two amazing guys associated with Countdown, one of

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Speaker 2: Gavin Wood. And we are so thrilled to have Gavin

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Speaker 2: join us this morning. Hello, good morning to you. There's

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Speaker 2: the vice. Thanks and can you believe it's been fifty years.

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Speaker 9: Oh I'm so old.

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Speaker 3: We're getting there too. You're all good, You're all good.

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Speaker 9: Well, I was lucky I joined in nine eighty. Turner

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Speaker 9: was the original voiceover guy. It started off. It started

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Speaker 1: Is it true the original black and white episodes of Countdown?

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Speaker 9: Yeah, that's true. The ABC wanted wanted to reuse all

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Speaker 9: the tape and Ted Emery, who was running Trouble. Ted Emory,

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Speaker 9: He he actually took episodes of Countdown and hit them

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Speaker 9: Well, it just goes to show the passion that everyone

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Speaker 2: Being there on set each week was Did you feel

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Speaker 9: Lisha I was terrified one because one because there were

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Speaker 1: Sarah Molly. There's no one like Bally, right. I remember

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Speaker 3: It was so weird. He's like that right. No, No,

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Speaker 9: Well, I've got to stick up for him. Here the

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Speaker 9: to say here's the Boomtown rat, yep, you know there'd

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Speaker 2: He had to feel.

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Speaker 3: Right and so covering old professional.

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Speaker 2: Well, there you go. We've been we've been talking with

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Speaker 9: He said, Gavin, if I drank what everybody thought I drank,

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Speaker 1: All that Ye A bit like Georgie Sorrgod, I think

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Speaker 11: That it is.

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Speaker 2: And Molly is a national treasure. We love him and

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Speaker 9: He supported me, We supported each other. I was young.

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Speaker 9: found out we're both aquariums and both mad, and that

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Speaker 3: Not surprising.

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Speaker 9: Maybe he's a life force. There is no one else

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Speaker 9: You know, no one had the passion, the enthusiasm, the madness,

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Speaker 9: it Wellkevin.

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Speaker 2: We we also thank you Anonymous with an amazing show

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Speaker 2: And I hope you're going to have a little bit

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Speaker 9: It's my pleasure. And look out for the live show

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Speaker 9: on the ABC Saturday night. I've seen some of the

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Speaker 1: If I'm ever run in West Australia, my past our

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Speaker 9: I certainly will. Guys.

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Speaker 1: Thanks Kevin, bye bye bye, thanks by bye, Kevin good.

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Speaker 3: You got to get the real one just to hear

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Speaker 3: his voice, Agains