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Roy attacked by Tiger, Shaun wins The Mole

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English - September 27, 2023 14:00 - 1 hour - 55.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
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Roy from Las Vegas institution Sigfried and Roy is attacked by one of their tigers, Montecore, live on stage, thus ending their run as one of sin city's most popular show. Find out what happened and why Roy did not blame the tiger for biting off his hard and tearing out his throat! 

In other news. Italy is plunged into darkness as a blackout leave around 56 million people without power. Thankfully no one was hurt and our European friends took the whole thing in their stride. 

We also look at the launch of the website 4Chan, which became responsible for a large part of what is wrong with the internet. 

Delta goes to the top of the charts in Australia with 'Not Me Not I', Toxic Holocaust release their debut album and Holly Valance gets sued by her manager, cimplete with testimony from LIbby Kennedy fo all you neighbours fans. 

And that is all wonderful but the BIG news this week 20 years ago belongs to Shaun Falkner who was the only successful contestant to guess who The Mole was in the show's fourth season 'The Mole In Paradise'. We discuss what paradise is to a mole but also reveal our connection to the winner! 

There's heaps more too! Have a listen! 

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