1 00:00:01,400 --> 00:00:05,320 Speaker 1: And Amanda Jams, big names were there on Saturday for 2 00:00:05,480 --> 00:00:06,920 Speaker 1: Ronny Sparks's tribute. 3 00:00:07,040 --> 00:00:09,720 Speaker 2: Oh, I was wonderful. You all turned up and went 4 00:00:09,760 --> 00:00:12,440 Speaker 2: to a pub and spoke about how much you all 5 00:00:12,440 --> 00:00:14,520 Speaker 2: love Ronnie. We all love Ronnie, and I'm so sorry 6 00:00:14,560 --> 00:00:15,960 Speaker 2: I couldn't have been there. Tell me what went on. 7 00:00:16,079 --> 00:00:17,640 Speaker 1: You're filming a TV check. Can you talk about the 8 00:00:17,680 --> 00:00:18,440 Speaker 1: TV show you film? 9 00:00:18,440 --> 00:00:19,960 Speaker 2: I really know I can't, but it's going to be 10 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:22,560 Speaker 2: It's a show for the ABC and it's going to 11 00:00:22,600 --> 00:00:27,120 Speaker 2: be really heartwarming and wonderful and I'm thrilled to be 12 00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:29,480 Speaker 2: part of it. But unfortunately the timing was I had 13 00:00:29,480 --> 00:00:31,560 Speaker 2: to film in Melbourne and I couldn't be at that lunch. 14 00:00:31,560 --> 00:00:34,400 Speaker 1: I told everyone that was there that you're filming celebrity 15 00:00:34,479 --> 00:00:37,519 Speaker 1: supermarket sweep, so wou'd be fair enough. 16 00:00:38,040 --> 00:00:39,440 Speaker 2: So let's just say that into that. 17 00:00:40,280 --> 00:00:43,199 Speaker 1: Runny Sparks was one of the greatest radio broadcasters in 18 00:00:43,200 --> 00:00:46,519 Speaker 1: the world. And I always like when, well, I know 19 00:00:46,600 --> 00:00:48,040 Speaker 1: you don't like it when I look down at the 20 00:00:48,080 --> 00:00:49,120 Speaker 1: old two SM building. 21 00:00:49,320 --> 00:00:50,959 Speaker 2: You go on about it every day, but. 22 00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:52,840 Speaker 1: I look down there and as a kid in nineteen 23 00:00:52,920 --> 00:00:55,800 Speaker 1: seventy eight, I went on a school excursion to two sm. 24 00:00:56,720 --> 00:00:59,080 Speaker 2: So I can say this story along with you. 25 00:01:02,400 --> 00:01:05,720 Speaker 1: And that's when I knew I wanted to do this, 26 00:01:06,520 --> 00:01:10,280 Speaker 1: and Ronny Sparks, I just do it. So Ronny Sparks 27 00:01:10,319 --> 00:01:12,920 Speaker 1: was there that day and he was a young jock 28 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:16,920 Speaker 1: on the air and in the career I worked at 29 00:01:16,920 --> 00:01:20,360 Speaker 1: Triple M here and he was at two Day Form 30 00:01:20,520 --> 00:01:23,920 Speaker 1: and we're up against each other. And then famously I 31 00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:26,920 Speaker 1: was in the studio when the writing on the screens thing. 32 00:01:26,920 --> 00:01:29,200 Speaker 1: Remember Kyle and Jackie I were smoking in the studio 33 00:01:29,560 --> 00:01:33,480 Speaker 1: and Ronnie wrote on the brand new touch screens nofing 34 00:01:33,600 --> 00:01:35,560 Speaker 1: smoking in the studio, which is. 35 00:01:35,640 --> 00:01:36,640 Speaker 2: I'm getting told off. 36 00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:39,720 Speaker 1: He got his sack because he must still a permanent 37 00:01:39,760 --> 00:01:43,480 Speaker 1: marker for a temporary one. It can happen. But Ronnie 38 00:01:43,480 --> 00:01:46,479 Speaker 1: was just he re emerged. Then yeah, well he got 39 00:01:46,520 --> 00:01:48,320 Speaker 1: me over here to w S and he is. 40 00:01:48,440 --> 00:01:50,480 Speaker 2: He was such a fabulous guy. And I've said this 41 00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:55,760 Speaker 2: before about him, is that he constantly was enthusiastic in 42 00:01:55,840 --> 00:01:59,720 Speaker 2: that he said, if I have to announce Backman Turner Overdrive, 43 00:01:59,720 --> 00:02:01,440 Speaker 2: he said, I'll do it every time like it's the 44 00:02:01,480 --> 00:02:05,360 Speaker 2: first time I've done it. And he was professional and 45 00:02:05,560 --> 00:02:07,280 Speaker 2: I just rated him so highly. 46 00:02:07,440 --> 00:02:10,520 Speaker 1: Yeah, and he always liked to because radio announces in 47 00:02:10,560 --> 00:02:12,960 Speaker 1: the old days. When I got into radio, it wasn't 48 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:14,880 Speaker 1: to be famous or anything like that. It was just 49 00:02:14,919 --> 00:02:18,040 Speaker 1: a radio is a real craft. It's a real fun thing. 50 00:02:18,040 --> 00:02:20,760 Speaker 1: And I think a lot of podcasters could learn from this, 51 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:23,600 Speaker 1: particularly how they speak and things like that, and they 52 00:02:23,880 --> 00:02:27,320 Speaker 1: ramble on. But Ronnie taught us about being succinct. But 53 00:02:27,400 --> 00:02:30,200 Speaker 1: he was an introverted extrovert, if that makes any sense. 54 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:30,880 Speaker 2: What a show man. 55 00:02:30,960 --> 00:02:35,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, he liked the stage, the theater of the radio. 56 00:02:35,080 --> 00:02:36,880 Speaker 1: But at the same time, if you got him to 57 00:02:36,919 --> 00:02:39,360 Speaker 1: stand up in front of people and talk, he'd always say, oh, 58 00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:41,560 Speaker 1: you do it. He'd always do that sort of stuff. 59 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:44,040 Speaker 1: But he had some great It wasn't a was There 60 00:02:44,160 --> 00:02:46,280 Speaker 1: was no way Ronnie was a show off. But I 61 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:49,600 Speaker 1: did tell me a great story years ago that when 62 00:02:49,760 --> 00:02:52,359 Speaker 1: Santa Point Tower had just been built. It was a 63 00:02:52,360 --> 00:02:54,160 Speaker 1: couple of years after being built. He went for a 64 00:02:54,280 --> 00:02:56,560 Speaker 1: lunch with a Channel nine guy and they're sitting there 65 00:02:56,560 --> 00:02:58,200 Speaker 1: looking up at Centain Point Tower and they said, well, 66 00:02:58,320 --> 00:03:00,600 Speaker 1: what's it like up the top of that, And the 67 00:03:00,720 --> 00:03:02,919 Speaker 1: Channel nine go goes, well, why don't we go on? 68 00:03:03,160 --> 00:03:05,400 Speaker 1: Just go and find out we'll climb up there. So 69 00:03:05,440 --> 00:03:08,040 Speaker 1: they go and see the manager of Centa Point Tower 70 00:03:08,120 --> 00:03:09,840 Speaker 1: and they see you're Ronnie Sparks and blah blah from 71 00:03:09,880 --> 00:03:13,640 Speaker 1: Channel nine. The F one they're proposing. F one Racing 72 00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:16,080 Speaker 1: is coming to Sydney, so we want to look at 73 00:03:16,080 --> 00:03:22,000 Speaker 1: some vantage points, camera locations, broadcast areas. And the guy goes, 74 00:03:22,120 --> 00:03:24,839 Speaker 1: oh yeah, sure, boys, up you go. So he lets 75 00:03:24,880 --> 00:03:27,560 Speaker 1: them go up on Center Point Tower, no harnesses, no 76 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:32,040 Speaker 1: high viz. They're just wandering around for a boozy last. 77 00:03:31,840 --> 00:03:34,480 Speaker 2: And wonder that guy from Centa Point goes, hang on one. 78 00:03:34,600 --> 00:03:37,760 Speaker 1: Never came to see one, never came to Sydney. So 79 00:03:37,920 --> 00:03:41,960 Speaker 1: that's those guys. Ever come down, We'll miss you mate, 80 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:43,360 Speaker 1: And it was a great send off.