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Shaun's Logies Acceptance Speech

- for Most Outstanding Comedy Program, 1999

"Oh, thank you very much indeed ladies and gentlemen, and good evening.

(Tests the Logie) - Exactly the weight I thought it'd be..

It's an enormous thrill and pleasure to be here receiving this award on behalf of the programme. Of course.. uh, how long have I got? 8, 8 seconds?

Okay, uh, when I began in this industry.. in 1963..

Of course, it's not just one person who puts the show together, it's many people. Unfortunately, constraints of time and my appalling memory prevent me from naming them all.

But I would like to thank very much, Ted Emery, the director, Gary McCaffrie, the producer and co-writer, well, he's not the co-writer, he's the HEAD writer and he's the co-producer, Doug McCloud - executive producer, Jeff Horton, who gives us enormous freedom and support at the same time - a remarkable act, and the cast, Francis Greenslade, Roz Hammond and Wayne Hope who do a superb job, the wonderful ABC crew, production office etc. And I would like also to thank the ABC generally, particularly Dennis Watkins, who commissioned the series originally.

And what I got? 15 minutes? 15 minutes to go.

So, and I would also like to thank the people who voted for the programme.. and I'd also like to thank our lord Jesus Christ..

Umm, but again, only if he voted for the programme.

Thank you, and do enjoy the rest of the evening. Good night everybody."