We are so incredibly happy to be back in the world.

We are so incredibly happy to be back in the studio for the second annual Hiddo Award Show, everybody.

Come on, come on, just a round of applause.

Our live studio audience here.

Who we couldn't do it without.

We couldn't do it without you.

We're really glad that we could save up the money to rent out Ford Field this year. Exactly. Glad to be here. The acoustics in here for being a field are amazing. Yeah, we sold out every seat has somebody in it right now. Every single seat and like everything is still well managed. The audio is great. Like kudos to the production team on this one everybody. You know what we're talking about. It's the hit of award show second annual. Everyone realized last year that these are the most prestigious award show to happen. That's right. In the year. And that's why, you know, best for last. Last award show, best award show. Come on. People. You know what we do around here. Let's be real now. I know you've been waiting forever for it.

Mm-hmm.

And congratulations to you all. You know, round of applause for you all. Exactly. Come on, come on, everybody. Round of a block for you. Oh. So last time I'm going to mess up the soundboard. Don't even worry about it. Soundboard. Oh yeah,

live studio audio.

Last time,

last time that fucking drummer boy is going to mess up.

Yeah,

he's getting fired.

He's getting fired. don't even worry about it. Soundboard. Oh, yeah, what, the live studio audio. Last time, last time that fucking drummer boy is going to mess up.

Yeah, he's getting fired. He's getting fired. Somebody get him out of here.

Yeah, listen, listen, listen. Congratulations to you all for making it to the end of a difficult yet

auspicious 2023. That's right. A lot happened and we're here to commemorate it with some awards,

with some predictions, and with another hitherto style bracket for talking about what happened this year.

For all of you who weren't here in 2022 and joined the team this year, congratulations for finding us.

Oh my God. Yeah. Round of applause to you. We couldn't have done it without you. You are the light of my life, as it were. That's right. You're the oil that keeps the lamp running. Yeah, yeah. As always, though, just because this is an award show, we're not going to skip over what really matters. And that's the people that support us. And if you want to support us, the best way to keep the lights on, to keep the show running, is head over to patreon.com slash head in the office pod. And also, you can leave a five-star review on Apple. Really helps us out. We got one five-star to read on Apple today from E Thorpe 11, I believe, just heard my son's first words. They say, I swear, dude, I've been condemning him off since like 95, even though this is my first comment and I remain a Wednesday weenie. I hope my still flagulation in front of my altar to the, to renowned Hamas condemner Henry Kissinger, Rip Rest and Pissbozo, can make it up to my real genuine friends, Brett and Gage. Jeremy Arracier. That's right, Brett. Everybody, giveady. Give it up for Brett. Wait a minute. Give it up for Brett. You guys are a great crowd. Yeah, yeah. Thanks, Detroit. Thanks, Detroit. Any other reviews we got today? No, unfortunately, that is all. But it's all well and good. You know, we got a packed award show to get to. Why don't we get to the first category? We, uh, we can go category by category. Uh, just so you all know, we had about 200 votes from the Hiddo community. Oh my gosh. This is after we received nominations from the Hiddo community for these categories. Uh, and we just, we appreciate you all for engaging and know that this is a,

this is a democracy. It's a community run. You know, really this is like a, what's it called when

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