Apart from the error that resulted in echoey "Good Morning!" another brilliant monologue about the early crowing with the calls for a public holiday and the hypocrisy of the politicians using sport only when it helps them, also loved the whack at Neil Mitchell.

I'll be honest when I heard this live I was not sure where it was going. Despite knowing of the Hardwick story I was confused when I heard Billy Joel and as Gerard describes the setting, it only made sense when Gerard said "the waiting staff they wouldn't have understood the conversation about a domestic football team on the Gold Coast", when he did though I burst out laughing, well done all involved, that was great.

Whateley's best editorial. The earthquake metaphor was magnificent. I would expect nothing less from the best of the best.