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The Final Dig

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Released
  
3 December 2001

Length
  
2:26:00

Recorded
  
2001

Label
  
EMI

Genre
  
Australian humour music, Comedy

Producer
  
Billy Birmingham, David Frogatt

The Final Dig? is the seventh album released (eighth released overall) by The Twelfth Man, released on 3 December 2001 by EMI. It won the 2002 ARIA Music Award for Best Comedy Release.

Contents

The Final Dig? went to number one on the Australian ARIA Chart for five weeks and went multi-platinum.

Story

Richie Benaud decides to retire. Channel 9 Commentary Team Selection Committee has to choose a new Commentary Team Captain for when Richie Benaud retires to his vineyard estate, 'Chateau Verdaflore', in the South of France. In the running for the Captain are all the current commentary team of Bill Lawry, Tony Greig, Mark 'Tubby' Taylor, Ian Healy and Ian Chappell. Richie gives them advice on how they can improve their chances of being picked as commentary team captain. He advises Tony to get a hairpiece (Tony takes Greg Matthews' advice on the matter and buys a wig from Advanced Hair Hats with a ponytail), Bill to get several centimetres of his nose cut off (Bill's nose job results in Richie vomiting at the sight of it) and Ian to take some speaking lessons (Ian shows Richie what he has learnt from the class during a match, which pleases Richie).

There is outside chance on Hansie Cronje and also former Kiwi Captain Martin Crowe. Audition tapes are also sent in by Ray Martin, Mike Munro, Eddie McGuire, Darrell Eastlake, Ray Warren, Molly Meldrum, Max Walker, and Jim Waley.

Kerry Packer then announces that Darrell "HUGGGGE" Eastlake and Max Walker will become the new captains. Richie hates these two, and decides to stay on for another season - just as Kerry planned.

Disc One

  1. The Lunch
  2. Commentary Team Training
  3. Richie's Office At Channel 9 (Part one)
  4. Richie's Office At Channel 9 (Part two)
  5. Australia v New Zealand (Part one)
  6. Australia v New Zealand (Part two)
  7. David's Office At Channel 9
  8. Australia v New Zealand (Part three)
  9. Australia v New Zealand (Part four)

Disc Two

  1. The Commentator's Office
  2. The Airport
  3. On The Plane
  4. The Hotel Check-In
  5. David's Home Study
  6. Australia v South Africa (Part one)
  7. Australia v South Africa (Part two)
  8. The Announcement
  9. Just Brilliant!

References

The Final Dig? Wikipedia