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Podcast Appearances
So this, they nail the actual game.
Absolutely nailed it.
Nailed it.
All right.
They didn't nail everything else, though.
And that is pretty well the rest of our segment.
And there's a lot of fun to be had here.
All right, so the hits and misses.
This is an absolute hit here, Shannon Gill, from the centenary celebrations of the AFL.
So I'd like to see that ad, which started in 1994 and had continued on, went through most of the 90s,
They had been sporting identities generally up until 1996.
So they thought centenary year, we're going to go bigger, bolder, and better than just getting sports stars.
So they have John Lee Hooker, Heather Locklear, who was...
Big at the time on Melrose Place, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and then US comedian George Burns.
This is the backstory.
The backstory with this is that George Burns was turning 100 in 1996.
And he turned 100 early in 1996.
Therefore, he was the same age as the league, even though we've worked through that, that that might not have been quite right.
They filmed with George Burns, but they decided to film two versions.
The first version said, a game as old as me.