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Famously, again in Australia, the ABC lost the rights to broadcast football final games to a commercial station, so two ABC comedians (Roy and HG) did a radio show where they watched the game on tv live and added their own humorous commentary. Viewers would watch the commercial TV channel with the sound down and the ABC radio station sound instead.

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To this day, I take a radio to cricket matches. I watch the live game, and listen to the ABC commentary. But I guess it's not a surprise the radio commentary is better than none at all.

It's not really a surprise Roy & HG do a better job than the TV commentary. I still have no idea what name gymnastics uses to describe the "Hello Boys" and "Dutch Wink" manoeuvres. The curious can view some of them here: https://www.royandhg.com/gymnastics

"And New Zealanders perform at their best when they're sitting down going backwards." Such astute observations are Roy's trademark.

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