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How David Walliams Ended Up In A Sauna With Prince Harry · Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast

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  Speaker 1: With the John and Ben Podcast. Cheers to Dilma making
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  Speaker 1: the world a bitter tea. Hello, well yeah there is right.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, oh yeah, you look you look very recent. You
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  Speaker 2: look very wristed in a wonderful little hotel room there,
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  Speaker 2: I am.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, I've been been enjoying myself. I've been watching the
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  Speaker 3: dirty movies on the.
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  Speaker 4: Do you still watch dirty movies and hotel rooms? You
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  Speaker 4: know there's the internet.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't think there are anymore.
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  Speaker 2: Ben's got a wonderful story with the spaghetti Wistern.
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  Speaker 5: Oh yeah, someone was, yeah, we're away from well, I
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  Speaker 5: don't know why I'm telling you that's away from work.
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  Speaker 6: I was.
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  Speaker 5: It was my company and the guys like, hey, I
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  Speaker 5: watched the movie last night. It's kind of come up
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  Speaker 5: with my charge and like, oh what movies. You won't
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  Speaker 5: know it. It's a spaghetti wistern. I don't know if
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  Speaker 5: that was code for anything or if it was an
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  Speaker 5: actual spaghtty wistern. I didn't ask any questions.
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  Speaker 1: It doesn't sound like we're very.
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  Speaker 6: Excited you come in to New Zealand US weekend.
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  Speaker 5: You're going to be here in Australia now, I noticed
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  Speaker 5: from your social media yeah, people on stage there were
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  Speaker 5: you were kissing one of them, So there was all
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  Speaker 5: sorts going on.
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  Speaker 3: It was It's been really fun actually, because there's the
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  Speaker 3: show is sort of well planned out, but there is
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  Speaker 3: plenty of chance to sort of be loose and to
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  Speaker 3: be playful as well. So and obviously with any comedy
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  Speaker 3: really that the best parts are often the spontaneous parts,
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  Speaker 3: aren't They the things that are not planned, the bits
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  Speaker 3: that the audience wouldn't have seen last night and are
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  Speaker 3: not going to see the next night.
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  Speaker 1: And so, yes, I was in Newcastle. I know that's
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  Speaker 1: where I am now.
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  Speaker 3: No, no, no, my new Yeah, no, I'm in Newcast
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  Speaker 3: but I was somewhere else. And where's all the churches?
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  Speaker 3: Where's Adelaide?
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  Speaker 2: I was sounds like your touriner is quite spontaneous too.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, I just wake up.
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  Speaker 3: I was in Adelaide and and yeah, it was just
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  Speaker 3: it was just the kind of one of the best
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  Speaker 3: shows we've ever done.
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  Speaker 1: It was so much fun, and the audience is such
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  Speaker 1: a big part of it.
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  Speaker 3: And they it was Saturday night, they'd had a few
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  Speaker 3: drinks and so they were kind of keen on getting involved,
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  Speaker 3: which is which I encourage.
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  Speaker 2: Which is must be frightening for you going opening the
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  Speaker 2: floor to questions from the audience.
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  Speaker 3: Especially when you don't know what city you're in. Yeah,
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  Speaker 3: but that's that's the fun of it is, and I
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  Speaker 3: kind of think you've got to. I think people like
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  Speaker 3: to see you thinking on your feet and they like
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  Speaker 3: that something is happening in the room that's totally improvised,
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  Speaker 3: and it really sort of sharpens you up because it
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  Speaker 3: means you can't because I tell stories in the show,
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  Speaker 3: like funny stories and jokes and stuff that I know
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  Speaker 3: that I've done the night before. But what makes it
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  Speaker 3: exciting for me as well is not just telling those stories,
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  Speaker 3: but obviously you know, having to kind of come up
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  Speaker 3: with something in the moment. But that's something I learned
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  Speaker 3: doing Britain's Got Talent, is that you know, it was
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  Speaker 3: all about reacting and all about being in the moment,
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  Speaker 3: and then you know, you try and contrive a joke
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  Speaker 3: and it would never be as good as the one
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  Speaker 3: that just came out in the moment, you know, as
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  Speaker 3: a reaction to what's happening.
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  Speaker 5: Because you've got these shows there earlier in the day,
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  Speaker 5: which I gets a bit more catered around the Boox the.
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  Speaker 3: Kids, and yeah, family shows in the day for people
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  Speaker 3: who like my books, and then shows in the evening.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, it's not that adult, but I wouldn't take
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  Speaker 1: your eight year old.
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  Speaker 3: If they're a teenager and they'd seen Little Britain and stuff,
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  Speaker 3: I think it'd be fine. But but yeah, the book
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  Speaker 3: shows really fun.
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  Speaker 1: It's just me on stage and.
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  Speaker 3: They can be really funny too, because I go out
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  Speaker 3: to the audience and I ask, because I write written
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  Speaker 3: these books, Worl's Worst Children, And I say, I've come
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  Speaker 3: to do some research.
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  Speaker 1: You know, have you got brother or sister who's one
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  Speaker 1: of the world's worst children?
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  Speaker 3: And then later on I asked them if there's a
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  Speaker 3: if they have a parent, a mum or dad, they'd
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  Speaker 3: like to be in the World's Worst Parents. And they
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  Speaker 3: go bonkers for that. Stories often quite rude stories, because
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  Speaker 3: one kid in Adelaide was like, what does your mom
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  Speaker 3: do that you know makes her one of the world's
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  Speaker 3: worst parents.
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  Speaker 1: She's always dropping the if bomb if bomb bomb?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, so we uncover a lot of family truths.
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  Speaker 1: But yeah, it's been it's been.
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  Speaker 3: A riot and and so New Zealand. Yeah, I'm coming
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  Speaker 3: to Auckland to christ church, one more, one more? Where
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  Speaker 3: have you got it? That's the wit.
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  Speaker 1: How do you navigate between doing the comedy for you know,
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  Speaker 1: like a PG.
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  Speaker 2: Audience and then moving into something a little bit more
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  Speaker 2: adult related?
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  Speaker 4: How do you go from one to the other.
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  Speaker 3: Well, I kind of I feel like it's the same me,
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  Speaker 3: but it's just it's just slightly it's just slightly different.
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  Speaker 1: You know.
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  Speaker 3: I'm not I feel with the kids, you know, as
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  Speaker 3: a children's author, I don't patronize them, you know, like
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  Speaker 3: I don't go.
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  Speaker 1: Hallo kiddies time.
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  Speaker 3: You know, it's still me and I'm still an archic,
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  Speaker 3: and obviously I just know not to drop the F bomb.
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  Speaker 6: I'm very excited.
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  Speaker 5: I think we're all going at various stages over the weekend.
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  Speaker 5: Do you want do you want any questions? Like preprepared
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  Speaker 5: questions kind of a little bit North.
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  Speaker 3: Korea, Like the best questions are the ones that's rude.
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  Speaker 3: I had this great this woman came up. She was
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  Speaker 3: like in her early twenties or something like that, and
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  Speaker 3: she said, she said, yeah, my mum was meant to
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  Speaker 3: come tonight, but she couldn't make it, so she gave
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  Speaker 3: the tickets to me. And I'm just twenty two, So
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  Speaker 3: I just want to ask.
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  Speaker 1: Who are you right? Question? Yeah, and there was there
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  Speaker 1: was a boy got up in Sydney and he was like,
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  Speaker 1: I've read all forty three of your books. When you're
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  Speaker 1: going to write a.
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  Speaker 3: Good one, these are the ones that get the best laughs.
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  Speaker 1: Are the ones that you know that put me down?
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  Speaker 1: So please some rude questions listeners.
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  Speaker 6: Do you think about your career?
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  Speaker 5: Because I was reading yesterday you started, you know, Beck,
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  Speaker 5: I think at Edinburgh and things like that, performing to
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  Speaker 5: just a handful of people, and now you're selling out
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  Speaker 5: in New Zealand and Australia and you've done amazing comedy
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  Speaker 5: shows and books.
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  Speaker 6: Do you think about that journey that you've been on.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah?
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  Speaker 3: Always, I think you've always got to feel very grateful because, yeah,
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  Speaker 3: me and Matt's first ever gig together was to three people.
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  Speaker 4: Who are those people?
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  Speaker 6: That's as big as this gig right now? It's three must.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah it was you three.
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  Speaker 4: Day one?
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  Speaker 1: Maybe yeah, just three. But then that's how it all starts.
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  Speaker 3: Everyone's you know, no one gets to start their career,
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  Speaker 3: you know, on a on a pedestal, did they really?
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  Speaker 3: I mean you you you start a humble way and
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  Speaker 3: it's good because it keeps you grounded and makes you grateful.
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  Speaker 1: That you've had your success.
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  Speaker 3: And I think it's just really important, isn't it not
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  Speaker 3: to take it for granted, because once you start taking
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  Speaker 3: it for granted, you might stop, you know, working so
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  Speaker 3: hard and trying to deliver in the way that you do.
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  Speaker 3: You know, but you know what, it was fun. We
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  Speaker 3: were performing in room room above pubs, and it was
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  Speaker 3: really fun. And I guess if we could still you know,
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  Speaker 3: live our lives and you know, and still perform even
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  Speaker 3: to people in the room pub still be fun. Yeah,
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  Speaker 3: you know, if you're performing the room people in the
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  Speaker 3: room bob pub.
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  Speaker 1: It's it's it's it's still a massive thrill.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, I get a thrill even just like you know,
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  Speaker 3: I get asked to go around to visit schools and
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  Speaker 3: things and and you know, I come out and there's
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  Speaker 3: you know, just a couple of hundred kids in the
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  Speaker 3: school hall and that's a lot of fun. And I
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  Speaker 3: asked them, you know, if any of the teachers should
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  Speaker 3: be in the World's Worst Teachers.
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  Speaker 1: But you know, that's still a massive buzz.
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  Speaker 3: I don't I don't kind of think, you know, I'll
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  Speaker 3: it's a small audience. You know, I can't get excited.
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  Speaker 3: I get excited every time. I mean, it's a it's
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  Speaker 3: a real privilege to be able to go out and
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  Speaker 3: entertain people. And uh, you know, And I always used
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  Speaker 3: to think when I was on Britain's Got Talent, when
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  Speaker 3: I'd be getting a bit bored and wrestless because it
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  Speaker 3: would be just such a long day. I just always
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  Speaker 3: remind myself when I was a lifeguard at the local
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  Speaker 3: swimming pool and what I used to get paid an
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  Speaker 3: hour to be there. And then I think about what
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  Speaker 3: I got paid.
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  Speaker 1: Now, And okay, David, stop complaining.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, and you didn't even crown an hour and you
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  Speaker 4: don't even have to mouth to mouth anyone.
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  Speaker 2: Now.
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  Speaker 6: There was the lady of the audience. You were quite
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  Speaker 6: hot and until.
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  Speaker 3: I'm very big with the older lady.
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  Speaker 2: Did David Williams actually have to save anyone from drowning
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  Speaker 2: and your years as a lifeguard?
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  Speaker 3: I didn't and I was desperate too to push children
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  Speaker 3: in the pool. Very sadly that didn't happen.
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  Speaker 1: Well.
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  Speaker 5: Actually, speaking of things you've done over your over your lifetime,
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  Speaker 5: did you used to go the same gym as Prince
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  Speaker 5: Harry was that true.
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  Speaker 3: Correct until he moved to America, which is very selfish
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  Speaker 3: of him. We used to, yeah, we used to sit
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  Speaker 3: in the steam room together and did you it's a
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  Speaker 3: very well built young man.
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  Speaker 1: I must say. He's great, really.
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  Speaker 3: Fun, really friendly, real laugh you know, and it's no
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  Speaker 3: I know, I know it's silly, you know, but there's
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  Speaker 3: not like you know, you had to call him Prince
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  Speaker 3: Harry or something, you know that what.
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  Speaker 4: Did you call him when you're sitting there in a towel?
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  Speaker 3: I called him big boy because it was like it's
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  Speaker 3: you know, I think he was. He's the most down
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  Speaker 3: to earth and the most normal of the lot of them.
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  Speaker 3: So and good luck to him, you know, I've always
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  Speaker 3: liked him.
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  Speaker 1: Was always great.
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  Speaker 2: If he if he like, forgot a swipe car, would
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  Speaker 2: you be able to swipe him into the gym?
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  Speaker 4: Or was there like a five hundred dollar fine for that?
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  Speaker 2: Uh?
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  Speaker 1: Was nowipe.
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  Speaker 6: Fancy gym?
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  Speaker 4: You're not a snip foot.
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  Speaker 3: But he was very popular there because it's just a
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  Speaker 3: laugh and just always fun, always full of energy, and
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  Speaker 3: you know, I don't know, just it was no like,
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  Speaker 3: oh my goodness, it's Prince Harry. You know he has
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  Speaker 3: to be kept away from everyone else. He just you know,
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  Speaker 3: everyone loved him.
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  Speaker 5: Now coming up with you love about him?
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  Speaker 1: You're not quoting Prince Harry.
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  Speaker 4: Fine, he'll sell tickets to his own show.
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  Speaker 6: We're Excited and New Zealand this weeking.
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  Speaker 5: I don't know, Like the few scripts that we've written,
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  Speaker 5: it's always had to come up with names, names of
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  Speaker 5: people on the spot. Is the same when you're writing books.
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  Speaker 5: You've written so many books over the years.
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  Speaker 3: Well, I suppose I do use the saurra so you know,
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  Speaker 3: say you have a character who's cruel, you might want
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  Speaker 3: to like look up I always sort of look up
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  Speaker 3: words that sort of are connected to that word, so
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  Speaker 3: you know, if you have a cruel I don't know,
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  Speaker 3: teacher or something you might call a misspite or something
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  Speaker 3: like that. You know, and it's the sounds often I think,
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  Speaker 3: I think to you, who's amazing names is JK Rowling?
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  Speaker 1: If you think of like snap, is it great? Isn't it?
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  Speaker 1: They're all great names?
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  Speaker 3: Actually, ron They all seem you know, like they will
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  Speaker 3: fit the character, don't they.
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  Speaker 6: Where would would johnno being and Megan? Where would be be?
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  Speaker 6: What sort of characters would be be? In a book
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  Speaker 6: for you pretty boring names.
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  Speaker 3: To be honest, you have an accounting agency in the spot.
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  Speaker 6: Isn't it as as you want to go?
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  Speaker 2: On?
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  Speaker 1: God, the three children who never grew up? That Rod,
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  Speaker 1: Jane and Freddy.
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  Speaker 4: How long does it take you to write a book?
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  Speaker 2: And is it like a constant cloud hanging over you
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  Speaker 2: like you're in the middle of writing books now I've been.
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  Speaker 3: I've been writing one as we've been speaking. Actually it
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  Speaker 3: takes a few it takes a few months. But you know, again,
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  Speaker 3: I just keep reminding myself. Although you know, sometimes it
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  Speaker 3: feels like hard work because you're stressed and you're working
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  Speaker 3: late into the night or whatever, and you know, you
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  Speaker 3: get frustrated and all that. But you know, I just
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  Speaker 3: keep my mindself. Yes, it's not actual real hard work,
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  Speaker 3: you know, something that I really love doing and can
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  Speaker 3: do anywhere, and I can, you know, when I'm traveling,
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  Speaker 3: sit in the hotel, rooms, at the plane, sit on
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  Speaker 3: the train, and do it.
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  Speaker 2: You know.
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  Speaker 3: So I just again, I just feel very lucky. But
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  Speaker 3: I do love it. I really love it. And it's daunting,
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  Speaker 3: you know, always starting with us sort of as it
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  Speaker 3: were a blank piece of paper or a blank you know,
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  Speaker 3: computer screen, it is daunting, but at the same time,
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  Speaker 3: by the time you sort of filled it and.
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  Speaker 1: Created a story, it's really exciting.
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  Speaker 3: So actually I always can't wait to get onto the
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  Speaker 3: next one. So you know, again, I just feel very lucky.
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  Speaker 3: I get to do what I liked to in life.
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  Speaker 6: Oh, we're very excited about you. Here the final question.
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  Speaker 5: I went to look on an article last Night's from
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  Speaker 5: the Age and then see David Williams has advice for
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  Speaker 5: Adele and I had to pay for to subscribe and
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  Speaker 5: I didn't do that.
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  Speaker 6: So what what's your advice? Fordell?
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  Speaker 1: This story is what happens.
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  Speaker 3: You say one thing and then it gets reporting all
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  Speaker 3: these different sites. Well, basically, Adele used to both be
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  Speaker 3: my neighbor, so I'd see her a lot, and she
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  Speaker 3: came around. She she came around with her for dinner
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  Speaker 3: and she brought an oscar. It's really really nice. And anyway,
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  Speaker 3: and I was talking to her because it was like
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  Speaker 3: a long time between the second and the third album,
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  Speaker 3: and so I said, I said, you know, is it difficult,
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  Speaker 3: you know, just come up a song and it's like yeah,
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  Speaker 3: because you know, you've had these grassive hits and now
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  Speaker 3: you're sort of competing. You're not competing with by other people,
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  Speaker 3: You're not competing with yourself. And she was like, yeah,
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  Speaker 3: I suppose it is, because I guess if you've written
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  Speaker 3: a song like someone like you, you're starting to write another
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  Speaker 3: song and then you think, oh, it's not as good
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  Speaker 3: as someone like that, and just coming in your head,
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  Speaker 3: even though she may be better or different whatever, And
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  Speaker 3: so anyway, she took that advice and now look.
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  Speaker 6: You hello exactly.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks, I help all the big I've got a note
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  Speaker 1: for everybody.
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  Speaker 2: Pilburgh, Prince Harry in the sauna, you got them all.
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  Speaker 1: I've got something to say to you.
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  Speaker 6: Oh we love catching up with you.
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  Speaker 5: Ord on it Harry, David Williams in New Zealand this
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  Speaker 5: week Friday, Saturday, Monday, Wednesday, Auckland, Wellington and christ We
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  Speaker 5: can't wait to see you in New Zealand. I'll be
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  Speaker 5: Friday night. I think John going on Saturday. So yeah,
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  Speaker 5: I can't wait to see it.
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  Speaker 3: I can't wait with you come backstage and catch me
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  Speaker 3: in my underpants when I'm getting dressed.
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  Speaker 6: I love to I don't know if I'll be allowed to.
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  Speaker 6: What do I say is.
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  Speaker 4: Maybe that's the spirits question, Can I come.
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  Speaker 6: Expeciation to see you in your underpants?
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  Speaker 3: Yes, that would be a great question. Because I'm such
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  Speaker 3: a terrible show off, I'll probably strip off on stage.
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  Speaker 6: Great, I'd love to see you in your underpants and
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  Speaker 6: love to see your day.
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  Speaker 1: He promised me. You're going to ask that question.
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  Speaker 6: Okay, yeah, okay, but okay, right, it sounds great.
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  Speaker 1: All right, well, can I come back backstage and see
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  Speaker 1: see you in your.
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  Speaker 2: And I'll ask it at the children's show.
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  Speaker 3: Asking the children's one your dark and disturbed mind.
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  Speaker 6: All right, we'll see you Friday night and Friday guy.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah,