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Speaker 1: This is a Will and Woody podcast, Mimi. Right now,

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Speaker 1: one of our favorite guests to have on this show

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Speaker 1: anytime is Will Anderson, who joins the boys Will welcome

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Speaker 1: to the show.

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Speaker 2: Thank you very much for having me. Is this something

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Speaker 2: trou that I'm going to talk all over the top off?

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Speaker 3: Or is there no, it's the last time we play

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Speaker 3: you an intro mate intro.

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Speaker 1: In fact, funnily enough, we're missing a panel operator today,

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Speaker 1: so you didn't even get a round of applause. So

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Speaker 1: it was really it was really, I'm sorry, I do

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Speaker 1: not want anything.

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Speaker 2: No, this is how I'd like to start applause to

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Speaker 2: a comedian right now after what happened to Chris Rocks

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Speaker 2: at the Oscar. I mean it sounds like a slap. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: we're going to have reactions. So even just hearing that

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Speaker 2: noise in the audience, I'm like somebody warming up their heads.

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Speaker 2: Take me, I don't know what's going on.

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Speaker 3: Can we talk about that, Will? I mean you've brought

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Speaker 3: it up there as a as a comedian. What are

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Speaker 3: your thoughts on on, Will Smith?

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Speaker 2: What are my thoughts on people coming from the audio

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Speaker 2: for giving you? You say? Well, surprisingly, guy, I'm against

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Speaker 2: as a person who made fun of these people. I

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Speaker 2: am against the idea of most people might storm the

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Speaker 2: stage and punch me in the face. That is controversial,

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Speaker 2: I know coming from me.

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Speaker 3: Okay, here's a better question. Have you have you all

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Speaker 3: the gigs you've done? So, I know you've done gigs

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Speaker 3: in the US as well. And we actually heard a

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Speaker 3: story from a comedian called Daniel Sloss who tells the

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Speaker 3: story about it. He told a particular joke and a

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Speaker 3: guy in the crowd just flashed a gun in mid set.

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Speaker 3: So have you had any incidents where someone has shown

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Speaker 3: violence or aggression from the crowd.

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Speaker 2: I've had a gun flash at me. And it wasn't

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Speaker 2: in America. It was in Country Victoria. It was around

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Speaker 2: it was around the time of the you know, the

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Speaker 2: Port Arthur massacre where obviously afterwards you had the gun

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Speaker 2: buy back in Australia. Yeah, and I was doing some

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Speaker 2: material about the gun buy back in this set and

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Speaker 2: this guy motioned under his table where he brought his

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Speaker 2: gun to a comedy gig. So I was in favor

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Speaker 2: of the gun by back to Ben, I've also had

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Speaker 2: people threatened to punch me. I've had Yeah, I mean

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Speaker 2: that's fair enough, Like I think that the idea is

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Speaker 2: that someone could be offended by one of your jokes.

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Speaker 2: Of course, they have the right to be offended by

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Speaker 2: your joke, and they caplained about it, and they can

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Speaker 2: be upset about it. I don't I don't have a

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Speaker 2: problem with that. But the correct response isn't to come

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Speaker 2: up and slap you in the face. And so I've

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Speaker 2: had a couple of people say I made some jokes

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Speaker 2: about Shannon Nol and he was like, I want to

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Speaker 2: that neither of us are good outright singing?

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Speaker 3: Did Shannon in person? Shannon threatened to physically fight you.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, look, look I made this is I did make

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Speaker 2: a dud joke, and he was well within his rights

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Speaker 2: to that. And then I had another person, which who

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Speaker 2: I won't know, but there was a particular celeby got

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Speaker 2: really mad at a joke I made in one of

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Speaker 2: my Sunday columns and they rang me up and named

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Speaker 2: the park that we were going to go and leeching

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Speaker 2: to have this fight. And they're like, I'm not getting

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Speaker 2: the park. So I'm just like, you know what I said,

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Speaker 2: I'll see you in the park. I'll meet you in

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Speaker 2: the park. In the park, we are going to fight.

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Speaker 2: And I did not go to the.

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Speaker 3: Park, surely hiding in a bush or something and just watching. Yes,

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Speaker 1: Wow.

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Speaker 2: I mean, I'd like to think this other person also

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Speaker 1: Probably just convenient for them because their kids were playing

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Speaker 1: Little League on one of the ovals. Let's be honest,

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Speaker 1: there's no way.

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Speaker 2: I mean, I think I now can now I can

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Speaker 2: reveal it was aussiostreach.

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Speaker 1: I mean, oh geez, well, it's always good to have

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Speaker 1: up next, we was going to stay with this. Will

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Speaker 1: performed at the Melbourne Comedy Festival twenty four years in

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Speaker 1: a row. That was obviously just before COVID. But I

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Speaker 1: think you're the longer You're the longest continuing performer at

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Speaker 2: Will, Is that right? I mean that may I'll be right,

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Speaker 2: but that makes me feel very od.

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Speaker 1: Okay, Well that was meant to be a compliment and

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Speaker 1: I'm sorry.

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Speaker 2: Then you've not move on anything else, going, still going, still,

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Speaker 2: just coming back every year.

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Speaker 1: But look all of that, because I actually was what

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Speaker 1: you and I were in the city last night and

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Speaker 1: I'm riding out and I saw your big poster up

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Speaker 1: above the Comedy Theater there, and then I found out

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Speaker 1: that you may not be performing this year because of

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Speaker 1: your current situation. And I'm going to explained that exactly

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Speaker 1: to everybody, exactly what's going on right up next till

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Speaker 1: Anderson joins the boys this afternoon. Will let's talk about it, mate.

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Speaker 1: You've performed at the Comedy Festival twenty four years in

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Speaker 1: a row. As I said, I still saw a big

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Speaker 1: But I've heard there's what's going on? Why are you're

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Speaker 1: not Why is there a chance you're not going to

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Speaker 2: So yeah, so twenty five years in a row would

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Speaker 2: have been twenty twenty and of course COVID got in

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Speaker 2: the way of that festival. Well it's the other big

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Speaker 2: seed that's done me in this year. Climate change. Oh yeah, great, Yeah,

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Speaker 2: we just come there for a minute, just going We're

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Speaker 2: just sleep this out. I'm just going to follow this.

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Speaker 2: I live. I'm in all the rivers in New South Wales,

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Speaker 2: which is it's amazing that I'm actually able to talk

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Speaker 2: burnt down the five G tower, which is what you

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Speaker 2: really need in the middle of a flood is less communication.

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Speaker 2: So everything's going great in this part of the world. Yes,

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Speaker 2: it's been a really nice time to be up here

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Speaker 2: because I've got to see not one, but two once

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Speaker 3: And you trapped? Will Is that right? Are you?

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Speaker 2: You?

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Speaker 3: You literally and physically cannot get out of your house.

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Speaker 2: There's only two ways out of where I live, and

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Speaker 2: But ironically, on Monday night, I was at a flood

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Speaker 2: I get back home, which is great, that's the nice thing.

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Speaker 2: But the bad thing is that, yes, there's now no

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Speaker 2: Like well, you know, here's what I will say is

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Speaker 2: But when you look at this community, particularly that people

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Speaker 2: It's being credibly difficult. So I just hope that people

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I know you've been soper outspoken about that mate

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Speaker 1: online and well, as you said, you're in the middle

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Speaker 1: of doing a flood benefit gig. Yeah, what's the best

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Speaker 2: Well, I think the most important thing that people can

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Speaker 2: And that's that's going to be the best way that

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Speaker 3: Yeah, because you know what's really messed up about that

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Speaker 3: It's such a good point, Will, because like it was

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Speaker 3: And I feel like as a society we already got

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Speaker 3: the opposite of what you're saying, Will, and then obviously.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, we have disaster fatigue, and it's one of those things.

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Speaker 2: I understand that. I mean, I do understand. There's only

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Speaker 2: so many times we can see the Wiggles reform for

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Speaker 2: a benefit. Before this was not exciting anymore. Let's leave

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Speaker 2: these old people alone, let them get.

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Speaker 1: It's well. For though we have got disaster for there's

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Speaker 1: almost like so much you can't process. And that's the message,

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Speaker 1: isn't it, Will Anderson exactly right? Remember it, don't you

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Speaker 1: get it? We are fatigued, but there are still people

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Speaker 1: that are suffering. And get in the back of your

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Speaker 1: mind because as you said, it is the hardest times

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Speaker 1: coming up ahead.

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Speaker 2: Will, Thanks for joining us. Oh thanks boy, it's always

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Speaker 2: a pleasure.

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Speaker 3: Now you're done with that, why not check out more

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Speaker 3: from Will and Woody on the Full Show.

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