Mad Monday

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Yes, the tough rounds til the finals are over for the AFL and NRL - so in the 20 20 Retro Countdown - we're getting into our own version of Mad Monday - with 20 wild, crazy, mad songs, to help ease the pain if your team isn't finals bound... particuarly if you support one of these teams...

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But it's not all doom and gloom... we'll also pay tribute to the high flyers...

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Don't miss our tribute to the highs and lows of the NRL and AFL season... as we look forward to the finals and - for some teams - looking forward to 2016 - on the Mad Monday 20 20 Retro Countdown!

Fathers Day

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Yes, to my dad and all dads, from the 20 20 Retro Countdown..

And to celebrate, I'm playing a list of songs that talk about things dads love.... a sort of father's day wish list... and yes - there is one of these on it....

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Along the way - we'll hear some great advice from dad - and play the best TV dads... but how about this... very cute... it's advice for dads!

 

So happy fathers day! And enjoy our fathers day edition of the 20 20 Retro Countdown!

 

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September 1987

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Don't miss our 20 20 Retro Countdown trip back to the first week of September 1987..

the week when Michael Jackson returned with one of the most anticipated albums of the 80's!

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If you weren't lining up to get your copy of "Bad"..

you might have been going to the cinema to see this..

 

And the buzz word in television was "infotainment" as this guy was about to take over our TV's on a Friday night..

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The number 1 in that week was held by a soapie star who had just featured in one of the most watched episodes of a tv show ever in Australian television history.... more on that - and the events of the first week of September 1987 on the 20 20 Retro Countdown!

September 1980

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Our look back at the first week of September 1980 includes a trip to the movies...

 

We'll remember when John Farnham covered a Beatles classic and appeared in a tv commercial for tea...

 

And we'll return to the days when we were watching the last episodes of "Barnaby Jones"!

Do you remember this classic theme and show intro?

 

The number 1 in the first week of September 1980 was from a German band formed to compete in the 1979 Eurovision Song Contest.. for that and more - don't miss the 20 20 Retro Countdown!

September Birthdays

 

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It's time again to get together a heap of artists celebrating birthdays and kick off the month with one big birthday party... the September Birthdays 20 20 Retro Countdown!

Join me as we blow out 20 candles and play the singer who was once offered $12.50 extra to go on stage in his "birthday suit" in a production of "Hair"

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Also - listen to the 20 20 Retro Coutdown to hear Olivia Newton John's secrets to looking so good in her late 60's...

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Along the way - we'll celebrate the birthdays of other celebrities too... including 2 Batmans..

 

 

And happy birthday to you if you have a birthday coming up in September - like the top 20 artists in our September Birthdays 20 20 Retro Countdown!