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Speaker 1: And Amanda jam Nation stuck on which intro to play

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Speaker 1: for our next guest. This is the og from the

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Speaker 1: UK Office, You remember this handbags and glad rags, and

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Speaker 1: then the US version had this, which I like as well.

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Speaker 1: Will be the theme from the Australian Well.

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Speaker 2: Let's ask guests. She's one of our most loved comedians.

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Speaker 2: She's made us laugh for decades and now Felicity Ward

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Speaker 2: is taking on her biggest, most exciting role yet as

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Speaker 2: the female lead on the Aussie version of the Office.

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Speaker 3: She's his, Amanda's had a few, She's got a Thermas

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Speaker 3: here and I think it's got wine in it and

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Speaker 3: why not?

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Speaker 4: And hello? Well what is the theme song?

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Speaker 5: Song?

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Speaker 2: We know?

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Speaker 3: No, it is written specifically specifically for the show. I

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Speaker 3: had a wine too, And do you know who it's

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Speaker 3: written by? It's written by Dave McCormick of Custard, who

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Speaker 3: voices banned it in Bluey Yeah. And actually at the

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Speaker 3: then we had a rap party. I didn't know that

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Speaker 3: Dave was involved. I am a massive Custard fan and

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Speaker 3: was like, I have his signature on a pair of

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Speaker 3: jeans that I used to take to gigs because I

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Speaker 3: NERD And I got to the bar and he was

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Speaker 3: standing there and I'm like, why is Dave McCormick here?

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Speaker 3: And he turns to me he goes, oh, hi, I'm Dave.

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Speaker 3: I'm like, yeah, I know who you are. I like

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Speaker 2: He had written the music.

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Speaker 4: He wrote the music.

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Speaker 5: Ask you this.

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Speaker 2: I mean, you've done so many eclectic and fabulous things

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Speaker 2: known this is the role of a lifetime. But I

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Speaker 2: don't know. If you're like me, we go this is

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Speaker 4: Where you go? I'm going to have to say yes?

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Speaker 4: But I wish they hadn't called me. No, not for

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Speaker 4: a seconent bang I was.

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Speaker 3: I was like, I have worked too hard and too

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Speaker 3: I mean like, this is the dream, this is the

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Speaker 4: This for this is just like cried. I was so happy.

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Speaker 3: I mean the second thought was, Oh, the entire world

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Speaker 4: And that's okay.

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Speaker 1: Well, and speaking of that, I don't understand why when

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Speaker 4: Yes, and we had vaccines, and so this guy.

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Speaker 1: Was saying, oh, it's woke because and all I can

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Speaker 3: Yeah, of course that makes it work, of course, Like

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Speaker 5: You look, the females can be just as a neept

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Speaker 4: That is what this show. That is what this show says.

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Speaker 3: If nothing else, I think the great strength of the

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Speaker 3: You have never I think that it is completely incidental

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Speaker 3: I think the I'm too mentally ill to be on

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Speaker 4: I've not read an article. I haven't read.

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Speaker 3: Like everyone's like, how's the pressure, I'm like, I don't know, man,

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Speaker 3: I pay well play a game called Knitten's.

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Speaker 4: You know what I mean. Like it's look, it's about cats.

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Speaker 4: She's sad before her time. Yes, so I haven't. I haven't.

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Speaker 4: I'm not aware of any of the backlash.

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Speaker 1: But I just I think as well, the internet has

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Speaker 1: When a man relied. We've been doing this radio show

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Speaker 1: people go, do they even do that? It just said

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Speaker 1: the internet has no It's like the ABC viewers. You

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Speaker 4: Was made to read it.

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Speaker 5: Would imagine if we had a stream of what people I.

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Speaker 2: Would survive it. I would not survive it.

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Speaker 5: That's what you do know.

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Speaker 2: But let's let's all agree that how wonderful it is.

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Speaker 2: I think it's correct there's an industry that's making creative decisions,

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Speaker 2: why can't we just say how great?

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Speaker 4: Let's embrace it. I mean, forget all that. I'm like you, Felicity.

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Speaker 4: I can't read stuff because.

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Speaker 2: About stuff you wrote about me, which I think was

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Speaker 4: Well, I feel like it was called for. You're a

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Speaker 5: The only one complaining is your Where is my.

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Speaker 3: I mean, you're literally I got a message from him

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Speaker 4: Lovely. You know he's got the iPad.

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Speaker 5: He's only five, he is he No, he's.

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Speaker 4: With his dad. Did you love this process? It was

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Speaker 3: It was like I I A lot of people have

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Speaker 3: You know when you got got on set where you're like,

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Speaker 3: I'm like, no, the scripts, all the scripts are original,

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Speaker 4: I just couldn't.

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Speaker 3: I can't tell you what a joy it was to

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Speaker 4: Because I'm not in my twenties.

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Speaker 3: I'm not like, I'm not just starting out and I'm

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Speaker 4: Like I've been around. I'm still a road comic.

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Speaker 3: Before I came over here, I did eight gigs the

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Speaker 3: I've got a kid, So to get this job is no, Like,

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Speaker 3: there's a lot of humanity to me getting this job.

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Speaker 3: I have so much gratitude for getting this job and

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Speaker 3: it was so fun and so joyful, and to be

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Speaker 3: There was a couple of times she's got this great

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Speaker 4: Could we try that?

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Speaker 5: Listenie, I think it's going to be great. I wait

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Speaker 1: I see many many episodes and riches and success coming

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Speaker 1: your way if you haven't got them.

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Speaker 2: All ready in your fortune Cookie starts this Friday on

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Speaker 2: Amazon Prime.

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Speaker 4: Can you see all of them? Once we're dropping, you

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Speaker 1: Before you make some Dumbo comment. Watch the show first

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Speaker 1: and then or make it dumbo comment.

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Speaker 3: I'm not gonna read it like, fine, talk to your

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Speaker 5: People said that about the American Office as well.

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Speaker 4: Of course, I mean, of course they did.

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Speaker 3: The first series was just the British scripts and it

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Speaker 4: And I don't think you can compare the two. I

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Speaker 1: One thing that's awkward all around the world is cake

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Speaker 5: Surely that's just you know, it's real bad. We have

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Speaker 3: We have a we have a Melbourne Cup episode, Oh brilliant,

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Speaker 4: Hammed fashions on the field.

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Speaker 3: There's like a revolting there's like you know how everyone

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Speaker 4: He comes excellent and it's really gross.

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Speaker 5: Is this where you consulted Amanda about the Melbourne Company.

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Speaker 4: That's where I write.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, people are still speaking about the spew and the fascinatorsputed.

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Speaker 4: And a fascinator. Don't judge just Jonesy The.

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Speaker 1: Officers out this Friday only on Amazon Prime. Felicity Ward,

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Speaker 1: thank you

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Speaker 4: Thank you so much for having me