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tell you what, what a turnout

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for a working from home day

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in the office. Good morning. Oh,

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that's absolutely sent me. Look

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at him. Look at

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him cheering to get us out of this building. No

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one comes in on a Friday, but we've got quite the

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turnout out there, which certainly

0:58

isn't lost on us. That's beautiful. Hey,

1:01

we're about to get out of here and we're

1:03

going to finish with an absolute banger.

1:05

We are. Yeah, we all agree on

1:07

this song, right? Yeah, we all agree. I think probably

1:09

the first time in the two and a half years we've agreed

1:12

on something. Anything. Yeah, that is actually quite

1:14

true. Before we go, though, we

1:16

just want to do a couple of quick thank yous. We

1:19

do. This

1:21

show wouldn't happen without the incredible team behind

1:23

the scenes. Alice,

1:26

Jazz, Ben and Quentin out there and

1:28

everyone who has worked on this show

1:30

over the years. Moby.

1:32

Moby. I said Ben, didn't

1:35

I? Yeah, Ben. His name. His

1:37

real name's Ben. No way. He looks

1:39

a lot like Moby. His name isn't Moby. Yeah.

1:42

Who do you? You

1:45

guys are the best in the business. You learn something

1:47

new. Stop it. You

1:49

guys are the best in the business. We are

1:52

all so grateful for the extra hours you do.

1:54

You get up before us. You work much harder

1:56

than us. You pull this show together every morning.

2:00

It has been an absolute privilege working

2:02

alongside you guys. We

2:06

adore you and you have just made this

2:08

time so special and you've made the last

2:10

week extra difficult because the saddest

2:12

part is that we don't get to come here and

2:15

see each other every morning. So

2:17

thank you to our team, to

2:19

the rest of the KISS team that

2:22

work behind the scenes, sales, activations,

2:25

marketing. Don't forget Tony.

2:27

The tech crew. The tech

2:29

crew, we cause more problems than we can

2:31

possibly ever fix. You guys

2:33

have been so supportive in the

2:35

last two weeks which has just been amazing

2:38

and the last two years you've

2:40

backed us as a little show. When

2:44

we started, I've said it once and I'll say it

2:46

again, against all odds I would say we were in

2:48

lockdown. It was a really difficult trying time for so

2:50

many people in here and you came in every morning

2:53

and supported us from the beginning. So for that we're

2:56

all very grateful. A boss,

2:59

AB, this

3:02

hasn't been easy for you either. That's certainly not

3:04

lost on us. Thank

3:07

you for supporting

3:09

us, for getting us through this week. I'm

3:16

paying for it but to the

3:18

KISS management, thanks for giving me

3:20

a shot. Thanks

3:22

for taking Clint and

3:24

I out

3:26

of television and giving us

3:28

a chance in this extraordinary industry and

3:31

while this is not how we wanted to go out,

3:35

we are really grateful to have had the two and a half

3:37

years that we have. It's

3:40

been wild, it's been difficult at times and

3:43

it's been amazing at times too. To

3:47

these two boys, Jace

3:49

and Clint, I

3:53

wouldn't still be in this job if it wasn't for you too.

3:56

There were so many times when I just said I can't do this, this

3:58

isn't for me, this is too hard. There was a couple

4:00

of mentee buddies. There were certainly a

4:02

couple of breakdowns along the way. Definitely a few

4:05

mentee buddies. And if it wasn't

4:07

for you two, I absolutely wouldn't have been able to

4:09

turn up every morning. You

4:11

are like brothers to me and

4:14

I couldn't pick

4:17

two other people in this whole world that I would rather

4:19

be sitting beside every single morning and

4:22

this morning. Jace, you

4:24

taught me everything I know about this industry.

4:27

I literally came in with no idea what

4:29

I was doing. I'm sort of

4:31

half-leaving still with no idea what I'm doing. But

4:33

you held my hand this whole time. You believed

4:36

in me when I didn't believe in myself. You

4:38

killed it. And that means more to me than

4:40

I'd ever be able to put into words. Clint, you know how

4:42

I feel about you. You're just

4:46

the best friend I could ever ask for. And

4:48

on a personal note to my family, friends, my

4:51

manager, Michelle, my partner, Paul, who's

4:53

not here because he went to the dentist to get a filling.

4:56

Shout out. He's having a fair with that dentist, right?

4:58

I think so too. Every day. Thanks,

5:01

guys. You've seen me at

5:03

my best and you've absolutely seen me at my worst.

5:05

I've got the

5:08

greatest family, friends and team behind me

5:10

that I could possibly have. That's probably

5:12

enough for me before we

5:14

get to our listeners, which I think we'll all do at the end. Just

5:17

really quickly on the back of what L Ozzy is saying, thank

5:20

yous are obvious, but to

5:22

these two from me, a news

5:25

guy who was brought in the show to be

5:28

a bit of a larrikin, to

5:31

talk a bit of crap. We've become

5:34

three of the best friends. It's been

5:36

a great privilege and

5:39

the experience that I personally will remember for the rest

5:41

of my life. L Ozzy,

5:43

you're one of the most generous, empathetic, compassionate

5:45

people I know. You've got a

5:47

heart of gold and, Jase, you are hands

5:50

down one of the funniest and most talented media

5:54

performers that I know. I

5:57

think I said it last week just to echo what L Ozzy

5:59

said. very smart, they're

6:01

very passionate and eternally

6:05

thankful. Well

6:07

said, well said. I'll

6:10

keep it brief. I've

6:15

done this for like 20-25 years and

6:17

it wasn't until we took over at

6:19

Kiss and Pijo and I first met

6:22

here that my wife went, I'll

6:24

now start listening to you. Because she knew,

6:26

you know, like she could just tell I

6:28

was at home and the first few years

6:31

here with Pijo and the team were incredible

6:34

and it was big shoes to fill and you and

6:36

Clint came in and blew it out of

6:38

the park to watch you two grow and learn

6:40

this industry in

6:42

such a short time and you two have

6:45

absolutely nailed this gig. You should be really

6:47

really proud of yourselves. I just want to

6:49

say thank you to my wife and my

6:51

boys for letting me exploit them day in

6:54

and day out. They've

6:56

given us some good content. They have given us some

6:58

amazing content Clint. There are breaks to fill. Amazing.

7:03

So yeah, thank you very much to all the

7:06

families behind us all. To the team, like

7:12

Lauren and Clint said, you know, we're very lucky.

7:14

We've got the best job in the world, we've

7:16

got the best team and finally the

7:19

most important person to thank is the listener.

7:22

Yeah, to everyone who has ever switched on

7:24

this station to give us a shot to listen to us. Thank

7:27

you. Yeah, it's been bloody

7:29

fun. It has been fun. Thanks for joining

7:31

in with us. Thanks for laughing with us. Thanks for crying

7:33

with us. We

7:35

are so grateful. It is been an

7:38

absolute privilege and a pleasure to

7:40

do this job with you too and with

7:42

Melbourne. Should we do a podcast? Everyone

7:45

seems to be getting into a podcast at the moment.

7:47

Could be something. No,

7:49

it seems like a lot of work for today.

7:52

On the other side of this, let's bring this

7:54

thing home with finally the one

7:56

song we have all agreed on. I'm

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