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Speaker 1: Christian Christian O'Connell Christian O'Connell's show podcast.

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Speaker 2: Every Wednesday on the show, we ask you for stories

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Speaker 2: that are so weak. It's perfect for this. It's called

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Speaker 2: the Week Wednesday, Very emotional. All these funny stuff that

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Speaker 2: comes through and stories that are your weakest claim to fame.

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Speaker 2: There's no business like show business.

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Speaker 3: About twenty years ago, a Shane warn and bun light

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Speaker 3: off me, I.

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Speaker 2: Was the first first moon walk off The Weakest Points

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Speaker 2: TV show and are sitting next to a.

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Speaker 4: Chet checking away, and he actually was.

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Speaker 1: He's sold in the same park as Anthony christ the.

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Speaker 2: Weakest claim to fame. This time last week, we were

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Speaker 2: getting excited about one last game and Couter was down

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Speaker 2: there was obviously part of the Foxfordty All Stars, and

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Speaker 2: I don't know why I got excited talking to him afterwards.

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Speaker 2: It's fine, he's got a dazzling kind of persona instead

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Speaker 2: a very good looking man. I told him that story

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Speaker 2: and he just stared at me. I mean, what is

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Speaker 2: there to say?

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Speaker 5: Show today?

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Speaker 2: It's someone who's next? And you are You're telling someone

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Speaker 2: where am I going with this? It just evaporates out

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Speaker 2: your mouth. You lose all the confidence in there anyway, Okay,

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Speaker 2: Week Wednesday, what is your weakest claim to fame? Barry,

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Speaker 2: one of my cousin's friends is already getting weakened delivered

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Speaker 2: to pizza to Dane Swan unsure what pizza he ordered,

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Speaker 2: Sam Martin. We had a wedding reception at the same

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Speaker 2: venue as John and Jill Farnham. So that's a building

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Speaker 2: with a connection their perennial features on This goes by

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Speaker 2: five degrees of fancy, Michelle. I got to work with

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Speaker 2: the guys who fixed the footpath and driveway of James's house.

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Speaker 2: That's the first one. This morning. I even had to

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Speaker 2: knock on their door to ask if they could move

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Speaker 2: their car. Wow, that's amazing. Let's go to Alice.

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Speaker 1: Good morning, Alice, Good morning Christian.

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Speaker 5: How are you.

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Speaker 2: I'm good, Alice, Welcome to week Wednesday. What is your

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Speaker 2: weakest fame?

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Speaker 5: My weakest claim to fame was I met the actor

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Speaker 5: San Elliott while on the set for the film Post

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Speaker 5: Rider while I was an extra when it was filmed

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Speaker 5: here in Melbourne in two thousand and five.

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Speaker 2: Any words exchanged.

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Speaker 6: Or just yeah?

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Speaker 5: So we were making We're in the lunch room and

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Speaker 5: he was making a carriat juice and he just stracked

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Speaker 5: up a conversation with me about how Australians love carrit juice.

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Speaker 2: In my observations. In an abundance of characters coffee, he

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Speaker 2: was wonderful. It sounds like Sam Elliott's the one who loves.

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Speaker 4: He was wonderful.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, great actor, he's actually Yeah. In the film Roadhouse,

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Speaker 5: he was really good in that show.

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Speaker 2: Talking about Roadhouse, I love one of my favorite movies, Roadhouse.

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Speaker 2: He's the kind of mentor of Patrick Swayze, even Patrick Swayze.

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Speaker 2: Great act to bow down to any one man, Sam

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Speaker 2: and King in the Bounce.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, anyway, save.

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Speaker 2: That for another show one day, the Roadhouse show. Annie,

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Speaker 2: thank you very much. You calm. I have a good day.

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Speaker 5: Thank you too.

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Speaker 2: Sam Henriett loves characters, Tally friends. Who we got here? Arleen?

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Speaker 4: Yep?

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Speaker 2: Yep? Is I yes, Arleen, you're up here?

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Speaker 4: Yep. My week claim to fame is I was Missy

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Speaker 4: Higgins's baby sleep consultant.

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Speaker 2: Baby sleep consultant from Missy Higgins. Yeah, and stay with her?

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Speaker 2: Did you go and give us some coach swaddling? We

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Speaker 2: had one of those rathers in on the show here.

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Speaker 2: We had a sleep consultant. They come along and tell

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Speaker 2: you how to get the babies down ease. It was amazing.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, so that's that's what I did. But when

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Speaker 4: she called me, she actually called me on my birthday

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Speaker 4: and I thought it was a girlfriend taking the MEC,

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Speaker 4: so I didn't brought the calling her back.

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Speaker 2: Miss Higgins is famous a prank course for me, Thank

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Speaker 2: you very much, and worry fine.

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Speaker 6: Brody, Hey Christian. My weakest claim to fame is that

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Speaker 6: my mom's work colleague tested the eyes of John Farnham's wife.

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Speaker 2: Brody, how old are you?

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Speaker 6: Mate? I'm certain tell you what?

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Speaker 2: You're a natural on the radio. That is a great story, Brody.

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Speaker 2: Do you want to be a DJ one day?

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Speaker 6: Maybe?

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Speaker 2: What's the salary there? What's taking from that? As long

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Speaker 2: as the radio really have left as an industry? Who

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Speaker 2: sets their sight on this? Brody? So remind us again

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Speaker 2: of this this week claim to fame?

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Speaker 6: Mate, So, my mom's work colleague used to work my

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Speaker 6: mom and used to work for an optometrist, and she

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Speaker 6: still works at it now an optometrist, but a different one.

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Speaker 6: But her old work colleague went and tested the eyes

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Speaker 6: of John Farnham's wife.

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Speaker 2: How was the test. Did you need new glasses?

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Speaker 3: Yeah?

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Speaker 2: Or your husband?

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Speaker 6: I don't know.

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Speaker 2: All right, when that's something you do, follow up on

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Speaker 2: the corners back by the end of the week, Brodie, Okay,

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Speaker 2: don't record this show with half a story, my friend

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Speaker 2: bro to keep robtions open about employment.

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Speaker 2: All right, let's go to lines. We've got some great

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Speaker 2: stories lined up for weakest claim to fame David, good morning.

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Speaker 1: Good morning, Christian. My week is claim the same? Is

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Speaker 1: my dog goes to the same doggie daycare as Travis

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Speaker 1: quokes dog?

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Speaker 2: Do you know what? Every week we was to try

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Speaker 2: and get a dog or pet related claim to fame?

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Speaker 2: This is great. Do you ever bump in the trap?

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Speaker 2: Why are you picking up your dog?

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Speaker 4: Yeah?

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Speaker 2: He's picking up a ship steel or a cavoodle.

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Speaker 1: And I never see any Actually, dogs go on separate days.

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Speaker 2: So we yes, yep y do you even know what

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Speaker 2: day Travis goes in? What day is Travis? Is he

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Speaker 2: a Monday or Tuesday?

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Speaker 1: Go he goes on a Thursday? On Tuesday?

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Speaker 2: There you go, Thursday. All right, David, thank you very

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Speaker 2: much for you're perfect.

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Speaker 1: Thank you.

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Speaker 2: Louise, good morning, Hello, Hello, Luise, welcome to week Wednesday.

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Speaker 2: What's your weekest claim to fame?

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Speaker 6: My weekest claim to say fame is my ex step

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Speaker 6: uncle lived in the same village as Antonio Benderri.

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Speaker 2: Who knew you today again Antonio banderas one sorrow himself.

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Speaker 2: I didn't know you could have an ex step uncle

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Speaker 2: if you lose him in the breakup. I'm taking the car.

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Speaker 2: I'm taking the and I'm taking my uncle's with me.

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Speaker 2: Oh yeah, he goes with me, go to parties.

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Speaker 3: Christian man, sister, think you're the biggest spunk we've ever seen.

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Speaker 2: Right, Okay, daughters, Okay, I'll gone bright red now. I

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Speaker 2: blushed very easily, Louise, thank you very much for call.

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Speaker 2: Bye bye now, Irene, good morning, Good morning Christian scenes

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Speaker 2: this morning on the show, Irene weakest claim to fame mate, well.

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Speaker 3: My weakest claimed the same. Well to ironing Liam Neeson's

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Speaker 3: trousers when he stayed the Camo Hotel, going back thirty

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Speaker 3: years ago.

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Speaker 2: What was he filming thirty years ago? Because that was

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Speaker 2: obviously before taken.

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Speaker 3: I can't remember, but I was stumped as to how

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Speaker 3: long his trousers were on the He's in his trousers

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Speaker 3: reached my shoulders.

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Speaker 2: He's about six right, he's a giant. Needs a trousers

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Speaker 2: off and eight man or there just one guy a

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Speaker 2: wizards clothes.

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Speaker 1: He's very tall.

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Speaker 2: He's all legs and then a little bit on top

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Speaker 2: of the head. That's great. Thank you very much, Ireene.

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Speaker 3: Take care, Thanks guys.

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