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WAREHOUSE COMEDY DVDs RELEASED
Some of Australia's Funniest Comedians have just had their 2012 Festival shows released on DVD.
Recorded for Warehouse Comedy Festival series on ABC2 click here to watch trailers:
Judith Lucy, Frank Woodley, Peter Helliar, Hannah Gadsby, Tommy Little & Michael Workman.
PROBLEMS AIRS ON ABC1
The first episode of Australian sketch-comedy 'Problems' airs on ABC1 21 November. The four-part series stars comedian Sam Simmons and features Anthony Morgan, Claudia O'Doherty and more. Watch Epsiode One
JOSH THOMAS ON COME DINE WITH ME AUSTRALIA
Comedian Josh Thomas (and his dog John) are joining Celebrity Come Dine With Me Australia. Other guests include Chloe Maxwell, Kris Smith & Prue MacSween. Airs 8.30pm Dec 11 on The LifeStyle Channel, LifeStyle FOOD, LifeStyle HOME and LifeStyle You.
ANTHONY MORGAN CLAIMS 'RANDLING' PREMIERSHIP
With the help of team-mate Dave O'Neil the 'Fitzroy Fireballs' took home the trophy for
ABC1's word-quiz show 'Randling'. You can watch their post-win speech here
COMEDIANS FEATURE IN NEW SBS 'WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE' SERIES
Rove McManus and Adam Hills are both set to feature in individual episodes of Australian documentary series 'Who Do You Think You Are?' SBS recently announced. Each episode will look to the family history of its subjects and explore the ‘social, ethnic and cultural evolution of Australia’s national identity’.
MERRICK WATTS HOSTS NEW TV COMEDY QUIZ SHOW 'TRACTOR MONKEYS'
Merrick Watts is the new host of the eight-part TV comedy quiz show 'Tractor Monkeys'
inspired by the ABC's eclectic archive vault.
ROVE VOICES CARTOON SERIES
Rove McManus voices five characters for the new local production of
'Exchange Student Zero' to broadcast on the Cartoon Network.
HILLS SIGNS UK TV DEAL
After a popular stint hosting the Paralympics daily wrap show on C4,
the UK TV network has signed an exclusive one-year deal with Adam Hills. More here
WAREHOUSE COMEDY FESTIVAL ON ABC2
Judith Lucy, Frank Woodley, Peter Helliar, Hannah Gadsby & Tommy Little join the line-up for the televised Warehouse Comedy Festival. Begins Thursday 1st November, 9pm on ABC2.
MERRICK WATTS TO CO-HOST RADIO AWARDS WITH SHARON OSBOURNE
Well-known comedian Merrick Watts, radio host and television presenter is hosting this year's Australian Commercial Radio Awards (ACRAs). He is "looking forward to meeting Sharon in person and explaining to her what a began is. It's best she knows what she'll be working with".
CAL WILSON ON UK QUIZ SHOW 'QI'
BBC Comedy panel game program 'Qi' hosted by Stephen Fry enjoyed the guest appearance of Cal Wilson. The epsiode
recently aired in the UK and will also run in Australia at a later date.
TOM GLEESON HOSTS THE BEER FACTOR
Comedian Tom Gleeson hosts the new branded entertainment TV series The Beer Factor on GO!
The show features Australian inventors with their beer ideas in front of a studio audience and expert panel.
Catch The Beer Factor on GO! 10.30pm Saturdays.
YO, ADRIAN!
Your chance to see some of Australia's best comedians for a comedy superstar. Read more
HELPMANN NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED
The Helpmann Award Nominations have been announced for 2012. This years Comedy category has nominations awarded to Wil Anderson, Judith Lucy, Tim Minchin and Sam Simmons. The awards will be presented at the Sydney Opera House on September 24.
THE SHELF IS BACK!
It's back! The Shelf - The comedy show you wouldn't leave alone with your wife. The best comedy show in the country is back after it's sell out season of the 2012 Melbourne International Comedy Festival with a three week season starting in August. Your co-hosts Justin Hamilton and Adam Richard return with your favourite gang of idiots: European Man, Gatesy, Tegan Higginbotham and Adam Rozenbachs.More here
DAVE THORNTON ON MAMAMIA TODAY
Comedian Dave Thornton joins Em Rusciano in the brand new weeknight show 'Mamamia Today'. They’ll be joined regularly by Mamamia herself, Mia Freedman, to chat about all the hot topics that everyone’s talking about - from fashion to pop culture to food, and everything in between.
Tune into ‘Mamamia Today’ from 6pm starting Monday 6th August,
across the Today Network.
WIL ANDERSON RETURNS TO ABC1 WITH GRUEN SWEAT
Wil Anderson returns to ABC1 with a special Olympic themed 4 episodes of The Gruen Planet under the name of 'Gruen Sweat' followed by an additional 10 episodes of regular 'Gruen Planet' to follow. Gruen returns to ABC1 8.30pm Wednesday July 25 with Randling being moved to follow at 9.15pm.
DAVE THORNTON HOSTS RAW COMEDY NATIONAL GRAND FINAL 2012
Dave Thornton hosts ABC1s Raw Comedy National Grand Final 2012. Screening Saturday 26 May 9.30PM.
NEW TV SERIES FOR HANNAH GADSBY
Hannah Gadsby is in pre-production for a new 3-part factual for ABC's Artscape Series titled "Hannah Gadsby's Oz"
ANTHONY MORGAN ON RANDLING
Anthony Morgan joins the new ABC1 word-based quiz show RANDLING on his team the 'Fitzroy Fireballs'. RANDLING is on ABC1 Wednesday 8.30pm
ROVE MCMANUS CO-HOSTS ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT
McManus joins Nancy O'Dell in the co-host position for an episode of Entertainment Tonight. The daytime TV show remains one of the top 10 highest-rated syndicated programs in the US and screens in Australia on GO!
ROD QUANTOCK WINS 2012 DIRECTOR'S CHOICE AWARD
This win was apart of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival for his show "Rod Quantock's Third Annual Mystery Comedy Walking Tour'.
ADAM HILLS WINS SILVER LOGIE - MOST POPULAR PRESENTER
Congratulations to Adam Hills for winning the 2012 TV Week Silver Logie for Most Popular Presenter. Spicks and Specks (ABC1) also won Most Outstanding Light Entertainment Program - which Hills .
WIL ANDERSON WINS THE BULMERS PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD
Wil Anderson WINS a Bulmers People's Choice Award - a 2012 Melbourne Comedy Festival Award. The winner was announced Saturday 21st April. This is the third consecutive time Anderson has won this award. Anderson was also nominated for a 2012 Barry Award.
MICHAEL WORKMAN WINS BEST COMEDY PRIZE
Michael Workman has taken out the best comedy prize at the Adelaide Fringe Festival 2012 for his show 'Mercy'. The show will also be performed in Melbourne, Sydney and Perth before Workman heads to Edinburgh Fringe Festival. .
GRUEN TRANSFER WINS AACTA
Congratulations to Wil Anderson and the whole Gruen Transfer crew for taking home the innaugral AACTA award for best Light Entertainment Television Series.
CHARLIE PICKERING WINS GQ MEDIA PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR
Congratulations to Charlie Pickering who has taken home the 2011 award for GQ Media Personality of the year award.
Charlie's award recognises both his comedy career and his roles as host of Network 10's 'The Project' and 'Talkin' Bout Your Generation Team Captain'
Charlie is the third Token Artist to win the award. Josh Thomas took home comedian of the year in 2010. Wil has previously won both Media Personality and Comedian of the year.
MICHAEL WORKMAN AWARDED SYDNEY FRINGE AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE
Congratulations to Michael Workman who has taken home a 2011 Sydney Fringe Award for Excellence.
Michael Workman's new show 'Mercy' was the only stand up show of the festival to take home the award. This was the debut season of 'Mercy', which will next feature at the Adelaide Fringe Festival.
Congratulations to Josh Thomas and Adam Hills who have both picked up nominations for the 2011 Best Comedy Release ARIA award.
Josh is nominated for the DVD release of his show 'Surprise' which was also nominated in 2010 for the Melbourne Comedy Festival Barry award.
Adam HIlls is nominated for the DVD release of his show 'Inflatable' - nominated in 2009 for the Helpmann Best Comedy Performer Award. This is the same show for which Adam received a prestigious invite to Montreal to perform his solo show at the Just For Laughs festival this year.
SAM SIMMONS NOMINATED FOR
EDINBURGH’S TOP COMEDY AWARD
Australia’s own maestro of suburban absurdism Sam Simmons has been nominated for the 2011 Fosters Comedy Award for his show Meanwhile. In their 31st year, the Fosters Edinburgh Comedy Awards (formerly known as the Perrier and the if.comedy awards) are the Academy Awards of the Comedy world.
Simmons already took out Best Comedy at the Adelaide Fringe earlier this year and was nominated for Most Outstanding Show at the 2011 Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
He is the only act from across the pond on this year’s list and he joins only a handful of Australians to be recognized on the world stage in this way.
The 2011 nominees are:
Sam Simmons: Meanwhile Adam Riches: Bring Me the Head of Adam Riches Andrew Maxwell: The Lights Are On Chris Ramsey: Offermation Josie Long: The Future Is Another Place Nick Helm: Dare to Dream
Nica Burns, producer of the Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards said:
We have a brilliant shortlist for Best Comedy Show; a set of nominees to please differing funny bones - character, political and life-affirming comedy. And most of all- very, very funny. This has been a great Edinburgh Festival for comedy”.
The winner will be announced on Saturday 27th August at 2pm (11pm AEST) and will receive a cash prize of £10,000.
The Australians to take out the top prize over the last 30 years are: Brendon Burns (07), Lano and Woodley (94) and Los Trios Ringbarkus (83). Fellow Aussie nominees have been Adam Hills (01, 02 & 03), The Umbilical Brothers (95), Sarah Kendall (04) and the Doug Anthony Allstars (88).
Past winners include: Cambridge Footlights (feat. Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry & Emma Thompson) (81), Steve Coogan (92), Dylan Moran (96), Daniel Kitson (02) and Demitri Martin (03), not to mention nominees The Flight of the Conchords (03) and The Mighty Boosh (99).
Sam Simmons is Australia’s most original comedy creation and the world has caught on.
Here’s just some of the stir Sam has been causing at the World’s biggest Fringe:
“…there is such joy, such relish in the way Simmons performs he becomes an utterly irresistible comedy force…Simmons is channeling the comedy genius of The Pythons.” **** The Scotsman
“a breathlessly inventive psycho-comedy that thrives off Simmons's warped whimsicality…a montage of elliptically surreal, jarringly abrupt vignettes that cumulatively suggest a series of The Mighty Boosh run through a shredder.” The Independent
JOSH THOMAS AND ROVE MCMANUS NOMINATED FOR 2011 NICKELODEON KIDS' CHOICE AWARDS
Congratulations to Josh Thomas and Rove McManus who have both been nominated for 2011 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards!
This is the second year in a row that Josh has been nominated for an award and a massive 6 times for Rove, who has taken out the Awesome Aussie award for three years running.
Josh is nominated for the LOL Award.
Rove is, again, up for the Awesome Aussie award as well as the prestigious HALL OF SLIME award.
DENISE SCOTT WINS 2011 BEST COMEDY HELPMANN AWARD
Congratulations to Denise Scott who has taken home the 2011 Helpmann Award for Best Comedy Performer.
Denise won the award for her Melbourne International Comedy Festival show, 'Denise Scott - Regrets'. This is the same show which earnt Denise the prestigious Melbourne Comedy Festival Director's Award.
This is the second year in a row a Token artist as won the Helpmann Best Comedy Performer award, after Wil Anderson's win in 2010 for 'Wilful Misconduct'
The Helpmann Awards recognise artistic achievement across Australia's theatre sectors. Nominations for 2011 were announced last night with Token Artists taking out all four nomination spots in the Best Comedy category.
Congratulations to Denise Scott, Hannah Gadsby, Tom Gleeson and Wil Anderson all nominated for their Token Events produced shows:
Denise Scott - Regrets
Hannah Gadsby - Mrs Chuckles
Tom Gleeson - Up Himself
Wil Anderson - Man vs Wil
Charlie Pickering and Carrie Bickmore will host The Breakfast Project nationally on Nova from 14 June.
Kicking off on Tuesday 14 June for two weeks while the regular local breakfast teams are on survey break, Carrie and Charlie will be heard from 6am weekdays around the country on Nova 969, Nova 100, Nova 919 and Nova 106.9.
Charlie and Carrie are most well known together as hosts of The 7PM Project, but neither are strangers to radio. Carrie spent eight years as part of the Nova 100 team prior to joining The 7pm Project. Charlie too has extensive experience on the wireless since his early days at triple j and weekends on Triple M between 2007 & 2009.
SPICKS AND SPECKS TAKE OUT MOST OUTSTANDING LIGHT ENTERTAINMENT LOGIE
Congratulations to Adam Hills and the whole Spicks and Specks team for taking home the 2011 Logie for Most Outsanding Light Entertainment Program.
This is the sixth year the show has been nominated in the category and its first win.
Congratulations also to Colin Lane who was personally thanked by host of The Circle, Chrissie Swan. Colin has been acting as co-host of the Circle while Gorgi Coghlan is on maternity leave. The Circle took home the logie for Most Popular Light Entertainment Program.
Congratulations to Hannah Gadsby and Sam Simmons on their nominations for the Barry Award for ‘best show’ in this years Melbourne International Comedy Festival!
Both Sam and Hannah have both been consitantly selling out their shows. Hannah has had to move to a bigger venue in the Victoria Hotel Banquet room to meet ticket demands and Sam has just finished a run of extra gigs over the weekend.
'Hannah Gadsby – Mrs Chuckles', and 'Sam Simmons – The Precise History of Things' still have a few shows left up until Sunday 24th April
Adam Hills has been nominated in two separate categories for his work on Spicks and Specks.
Hills is up for the Gold Logie and the Silver Logie for Most Popular Presenter.
This is the third year in a row that Hills has been nominated for the Gold logie.
Spicks and Specks has been nominated too for Most Outstanding Light Entertainment.
Congratulations to Sam Simmons who has taken home the award for BEST COMEDY at the 2011 Adelaide Fringe Festival for his new show 'Sam Simmons and the Precise History of Things'
This is Sam's second Adelaide Fringe Award since taking home the 'Best Comedy - Emerging' in 2006.
Madman and Token Events proudly present the Warehouse Comedy Festival – a new series that turns an old sawtooth warehouse in Melbourne’s Collingwood into a pop-up comedy venue, capturing the live energy and laughs of the best and brightest comedians Australia has to offer. The DVD series is available today with half hour versions airing on ABC2 in April.
Every year Australian comics endure a punishing cycle in the development of new shows for the comedy festival circuit. Usually these shows run their course and are never seen in their full format again. The Warehouse comedy festival have captured these shows giving each a new life and a new audience who may not have access to any of the annual festivals.
The Warehouse Comedy Festival includes Token Artists Charlie Pickering, Josh Thomas, Tom Ballard, Tom Gleeson, Sam Simmons, Denise Scott, Dave Thornton and Hannah Gadsby. Each DVD features their full festival-length performances, plus bonus material such as sketches, behind the scenes footage, outtakes and more.
The half-hour TV versions of each of the Warehouse Comedy Festival shows will begin 8 April on ABC2.
In his 21 years as a stand-up comic, Adam Hills has become renowned worldwide for his lightning wit, inclusive nature and penchant for ad-libbing with a crowd. His shows have a reputation for running off on audience-led tangents that result in unpredictable outcomes, often involving his Twitter followers in the joke. The everyday suddenly turns into comedy.
With his new show, Adam will be bringing that unique and unpredictable live experience to television. Great chats, great music, great comedy, and a dash of the unexpected. That’s what Adam Hills in Gordon St Tonight is all about.
Adam Hills In Gordon St Tonight will screen Wednesdays at 8.30pm on ABC1, premiering February 9. The program will be repeated on Saturdays at 7.30pm on ABC2 and the series will also available on ABC iView.
Filming starts today on the new eight-part comedy series Woodley, written by and starring Frank Woodley. Filled with virtuosic physical mayhem, Woodley is an unashamedly sentimental comedy produced for ABC1.
Woodley is the chaotic and accident prone father of seven-year-old Ollie (Alexandra Cashmere). His ex-wife Em (Justine Clarke) couldn’t live amongst the chaos but he secretly hopes that one day he’ll win her back and there is nothing he won’t do to get the family together again. But with Em’s new boyfriend Greg (Tom Long) on the scene, it’s not going to be easy for him.
Frank has been at the forefront of physical comedy for the last 25 years, largely as one half of Lano and Woodley. Since 2007, Frank has been performing in sell-out solo shows in Australia and the UK.
Frank says “I’m absolutely rapt that the lunatics at the ABC are helping me make something so unusual, a romantic comedy in which almost all the jokes are visual. We’re attempting to create a world of exhilarating comic nonsense, with an undertow of the sadness and the yearning for love that’s part of all our lives.”
ABC TV’s Head of Comedy, Debbie Lee says, “Viewers of all ages are in for a real treat. With a terrific cast on board and a wonderfully romantic script, Woodley is shaping up to be one of the comedy highlights of the year.”
A physical comedy of epic proportions, Woodley will be shot on location in Melbourne over the next seven weeks and will air later in the year.
Production Credits: A Bucket Tree Production in association with ABC TV and Film Victoria. Directed by Trent O’Donnell, producers Frank Woodley, Simon Wright and Andy Walker. Executive producers Kevin Whyte and Debbie Lee.
GRUEN TAKES HOME AFI
The AFI awards happened on 11 December where Wil Anderson and the Gruen Transfer team took home the award for Best Light Entertainment Television Series.
Also nominated were Josh Thomas, Charlie Pickering and the Talking 'bout Your Generation team.
Congratulations also to Creative Representation's Phil Lloyd received two awards for Review with Myles Barlow.
Claire Hooper Announced as co-host of Mix 106.5 Sydney Breakfast in 2011
You will be able to join Claire Hooper and Dr Andrew Rochford for Breakfast on Mix 106.5 from 6am on Tuesday 4th January.
Andrew and Claire personify “The Brighter Side of Breakfast” - Andrew with his slick intellect and genuinely engaging style and Claire, with her contagious energy levels and witty sense of humour. They will provide the perfect balance of light-hearted fun, intelligent chat and the latest on all things topical and current in Sydney.
Andrew and Claire will invite listeners to be involved in the show. Much like long-time friends, the conversation will be genuine, warm, challenging at times, always relatable and energetically entertaining.
Don’t forget to tune in – Mornings with Andrew and Claire will be on Mix 106.5 Sydney from 6am – 9am weekdays, commencing Tuesday, 4th January 2011.
The celebrate the launch of 'Impractical Jokes', Charlie Pickering will be making a number of appearances over the next month, starting with the official launch on Sunday 5 September with special guest Shaun Micallef.
Here's what Shaun has to say about the book:
'A diabolical ping-pong game of prank and counter-prank across the generations. Hilarious and warm-hearted, Impractical Jokes is both a comic evocation of the Australian larrikin spirit and an ode to a loving father. Don't just read the jacket blurb - buy it!'
Join Charlie and Shaun this Sunday 5 September.
Readings Carlton
309 Lygon St, Carlton, Victoria, 3053
The official book signing will take place at Shearer's on Norton on Sunday 19 September.
99 Norton St
Leichhardt NSW 2040
And come along to Preston Library on Sunday 28 November to hear Charlie speak about the book.
266 Gower Street, Preston 3072
Three toilets, a deceased poodle and some sadly depreciated real-estate ... a rollicking, laugh-out-loud memoir of how a practical joke went too far from one of Australia's brightest young comedians.
'A diabolical ping-pong game of prank and counter-prank across the generations. Hilarious and warm-hearted, Impractical Jokes is both a comic evocation of the Australian larrikin spirit and an ode to a loving father. Don't just read the jacket blurb - buy it!' - Shaun Micallef
In 1986, Charlie Pickering's dad, Ron, was pushed into a pool by his best friend, Richard. What followed was an all-out water pistol ambush in a five-star restaurant and then ten years of tit-for-tat payback and near fatal hijinx that eventually involved the State Emergency Service. When maturity is the first casualty of war, things tend to escalate.
Impractical Jokes is the true story of two seemingly responsible, middle-aged men who opted out of having a mid-life crisis and instead gave themselves permission to be silly. It is also the tale of how Charlie finally learnt something from his dad - that being grown-up shouldn't mean losing your sense of humour - a lesson he lives to the full as one of Australia's leading comedians.
Love Bites: 101 tips for dating guys with fangs
Available 1 June 2010. Full book details
We know that vampires exist, and that we really, really want one. So how can you score your own gorgeous immortal? And how do you keep a relationship alive when your partner is one of the eternal undead?
Claire Hooper has a wealth of experience when it comes to dating guys who can′t go out in sunlight, aren′t suitable to introduce to your parents, and quite possibly have blood on their hands. In Love Bites she shares her insider′s knowledge, taking you from go to whoa to vampire ho by answering questions such as:
′He′s been around for hundreds of years. Are there any pick-up lines he hasn′t heard?′
′I know vampires are really into virgins. Can I just tell him I am one? Or will he read my mind and find out the truth?′
If it all goes according to plan, you′ll also need to know how to wean him onto animal blood, where to put his coffin, and how to resolve that all-important eternal life question - will you, or won′t you?
Congratulations to Josh Thomas, Charlie Pickering and the rest of the team at Talkin' "Bout Your Generation. They picked up two awards at last night Logie Awards:
Most Popular Light Entertainment Program
Most Outstanding Light Entertainment Program
TAYG will be back on tv screens soon! Stay tuned....
Congratulations to:
Hannah Gadsby - MICF Director's Choice Award Wil Anderson - Bulmer's Peoples Choice Award Sam Simmons - Piece of Wood Award (Peer voted) Sam Simmons and David Quirk - The Golden Gibbo Award
Damian Callinan - The Merger: Sportsman’s Night 2 Josh Thomas - Surprise
Asher Treleaven – Secret Door Wil Anderson – Wilful Misconduct
Sammy J and Randy – Ricketts Lane
The List Operators For Kids
AND DON'T FORGET THE GOLDEN GIBBO NOMS....
Congratulations to Sam Simmons and performance partner David Quirk for their show "The Incident" which has been nominated along with:
Asher Treleaven - Secret Door
Geraldine Quinn - Shut up and Sing
Stevl Shefn & His Translator Fatima
Poet Laureate Telia Nevile-While I'm Away
Best of luck to Sam, Wil and Josh! Winners will be announced on Sat 17th April at The Festival Club.
Time to get voting people! Log onto the TV Week site and follow the prompts.
TV WEEK SILVER LOGIE, MOST POPULAR PRESENTER
Adam Hills (Spicks And Specks, ABC1)
Rove McManus (Rove/Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?, Network Ten)
MOST POPULAR NEW MALE TALENT
Charlie Pickering (The 7PM Project/Talkin’ ’Bout Your Generation, Network Ten)
Josh Thomas (Talkin’ ’Bout Your Generation, Network Ten)
MOST POPULAR LIGHT ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAM
Spicks And Specks (ABC1)
Talkin’ ’Bout Your Generation (Network Ten)
MOST POPULAR SPORTS PROGRAM
Before The Game (Network Ten)
MOST OUTSTANDING LIGHT ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAM
Thank God You're Here (Channel Seven)
TV WEEK Gold LOGIE
Wil Anderson (The Gruen Transfer, ABC1)
Adam Hills (Spicks And Specks, ABC1)
Rove McManus (Rove/Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?, Network Ten)
A romantic buddy movie about the meaning of relationships, the importance of friendship, and having the courage to pursue the one you love. Written by comedian Peter Helliar, I LOVE YOU TOO stars Brendan Cowell as Jim, a 30-something emotionally stunted man whose inability to declare his love to his girlfriend, Alice, threatens to cost him the best thing he ever had but leads him to befriend a talented dwarf who helps him find the words to get her back.
In cinemas nationally 6 May 2010
I LOVE YOU TOO is written by comedian Peter Helliar (ROVE, BEFORE THE GAME), is directed by Daina Reid (VERY SMALL BUSINESS) and was developed and produced by Princess Pictures’ Laura Waters, the award-winning producer of SUMMER HEIGHTS HIGH and WE CAN BE HEROES and Yael Bergman, co-writer and co-producer of LOVE AND OTHER CATASTROPHES.
Wil Anderson will appear on tonight’s episode of Chelsea, Lately on E! (Tues 9th Feb)
It’s the second appearance for The Gruen Transfer host,
who was also a guest on her show when she recently filmed episodes of
her chat show in Sydney.
Anderson recorded the spot in LA last week.
Chelsea, Lately airs at 10:30pm tonight on E!
The White Room is a new comedy game show that celebrates everything Australian’s love about television.
Starting this week on Channel 7, The White Room is coming to Thursday nights at 7.30pm.
Hosted by Julian Schiller and Tony Moclair, you can also catch Dave Thornton each week as a panel member.
For the first time in two years, and for one night only Friday, February 19th -
With MC Adam Rozenbachs, Opening act Dave Thornton
Hot on the heels of announcing his signing to Channel 7’s new AFL show, the one and only Peter Helliar will present a night of brilliant comedy at The Sandbelt on Friday, February 19.
Probably best known for his ten years alongside Rove McManus on ROVE, Peter Helliar is one of Australia’s most loved stand-up comedians.
Late last year, Pete’s scheduled Sandbelt gig had to be cancelled due to the funny man’s commitments with his forthcoming feature film, “I Love You Too”, but true to his word, the show must go on and fans will get the chance to see him up close and personal in just a couple of weeks.
It’s been two years since he hit the stage with a solo show so don’t miss your chance to see Peter Helliar live on stage – one night only!
Fellow funny man Adam Rozenbachs will also entertain with his MC skills, and opening the show will be Dave Thornton.
“…give Peter Helliar a stage, a microphone, some bright lights and a captive audience and he shows why he is one of the nation’s favourite comedians” - Sunday Mail, SA.
"Peter Helliar makes the difficult business of being funny look dead easy." - Adelaide Advertiser
LISTINGS INFO:
Peter Helliar with MC Adam Rozenbachs and support Dave Thornton
Fri, 19th Feb
Tickets $25 +bf
Dinner & Show $60
Book now, through the venue.
Sandbelt Live, Cnr South & Bignall Rds, Moorabbin
Ph: 03 9555 6899
MEDIA ENQUIRIES:
Erin Jameson - JAMESON PR
erin@jamesonpr.com
DAVE THORNTON JOINS NOVA MELBOURNE BREKAFAST!
Listen in on weekday mornings from 6am to 9am to hear Dave and his breakfast colleagues, Sophie Monk and Dylan Lewis as they ease you into the day.
ADAM HILLS TO BE PART OF THE ROYAL
VARIETY PERFORMANCE IN BRITAIN!
On December 7th, Adam Hills will perform in front of the Queen and alongside stars such as Bette Midler, Lady Gaga and Whoopi Goldberg.
The performance is held in aid of the
Entertainment Artistes' Benevolent Fund.
For further details, read here.
Triple J is rapt to announce Tom Ballard and Alex Dyson as our new Breakfast team.
Nurtured and developed within Triple J, now is their time to be promoted to radio’s sweet spot. At 19 and 21, Tom and Alex are the youngest breakfast team in the country.
For the past year they’ve been bringing early morning cheer to Weekend Breakfast with their unique segments and ramshackle banter.
Close family friends, Tom and Alex met at playgroup in Warrnambool VIC, attended the same Primary School and bonded in amateur musical theatre.
They realised they had a knack for working together when they wrote a ridiculous play for a local drama festival.
In 2006 Chris Scaddan (triple j Program Director) discovered Tom at the Raw Comedy Final, learnt that he had an established creative partner and commissioned radio demos from the pair. He was so impressed with what he heard he immediately threw them into the late-night deep end, and impressed by their progress the childhood mates promptly moved to reign Weekend Breakfast.
Manager of triple j Ann Chesterman said of their appointment “Tom and Alex will be a stand out on breakfast radio in 2010 – they’re fresh, intelligent, funny and smack bang in the demographic of the triple j audience"
Now Tom & Alex invite you to join them for the most important meal of the day.
It’s the most exciting thing happening on breakfast radio next year – fact. Breakfast with Tom & Alex weekdays 6 – 9am from Monday 11th January 2010.
CONGRATULATIONS ARE IN ORDER!!
Token would like to congratulate the following AFI Award Nominees.....
*The Gruen Transfer - Nominee for Best Light Entertainment Television Series
*Spicks & Specks - Nominee for Best Light Entertainment Television Series
*Frank Woodley & Jodi Satya - Nominee for Best Short Animation (Chicken Of God)
WIL ANDERSON IN-STORE APPEARANCE
To coincide with the release of his new DVD - Wilopsphy,
Wil will be heading to the Virgin Megastore, George St Sydney
on Wednesday 11th November from 12.30pm.
So come on down to meet the man himself,
get your DVD signed and your picture taken.
Click here to pre order an exclusive 2 disc DVD for only $24.99
See Claire Hooper at The Melbourne Fringe Festival I Love Lulu
@ The Storeroom, North Fitzroy
Written by Claire Hooper. Performed by Claire Hooper & Paul Goddard.
2, 3, & 9 October @ 10:30pm (3 shows only)
Tickets: $18 Full / $14 Conc
Bookings: tix.melbournefringe.com.au 9660 9666 or at the door
Comics join forces with tigers to say Don’t Palm us Off
Claire Hooper (Network Ten’s Good News Week), Josh Thomas (Network Ten’s Talking About Your Generation) and Tom Ballard (JJJ’s Tom & Alex) have joined forces with Melbourne Zoo’s Tigers Ramalon and Binjai to raise awareness about the impact of palm oil on Sumatran Tiger habitat.
The three young comedians met the Zoo’s Sumatran Tigers and even found time to feed Ramalon a milky treat.
Unsustainable harvesting of palm oil is destroying prime Orang-utan and Sumatran Tiger habitat in South East Asia at the rate of 300 soccer fields per minute.
Palm oil is found in about 40 per cent of food products in our supermarkets, but most Australians don’t know about it because it’s often simply labeled as vegetable oil.
The Sumatran Tiger’s habitat is rapidly disappearing, cut down to make way for oil palm plantations. As Tiger habitat is destroyed these animals venture into community areas looking for food, which fuels human –wildlife conflict.
Australians are unknowingly contributing to this crisis by consuming about 10 kilograms of palm oil per person per year. At the rate of deforestation Orang-utans and Sumatran Tigers could be extinct in the wild in less than 10 years.
The Sumatran Tiger is the most vulnerable of the six tiger species with less than 300 left in the wild, and currently close to 50 Orang-utans die each week as a result of palm oil.
Melbourne Zoo is currently asking the community whether they want palm oil labelled on all food products in an attempt to harness the community’s voice. Once palm oil is labelled on all food products, consumers will be able to exert pressure for a sustainable palm oil industry.
This information will be used to submit a proposal to Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) for palm oil labelling on the basis that the community wants the choice.
To sign your name visit www.zoo.org.au/palmoil and tell Melbourne Zoo you want the choice!
In November Wil Anderson will be having a Launch Week at The Comedy Store
in Sydney to go along with the release of his brand new dvd - Wilosophy.
Find out dates and prices here.
The final names have been locked in for Celebrity MasterChef and they include our very own Josh Thomas!
Split into groups of three, each celebrity will compete in one heat round, in two classic MasterChef challenges. Only one celebrity in each heat will win a pass through to the semi-final part of the competition.
So get on board and watch Josh put his cooking skills to the test.
Celebrity MasterChef premiers 7:30pm, Wednesday September 30th on TEN.
In the tradition of Alby Mangels, Steve Irwin, Harry Butler and The Bush Tucker Man – comes Murray Foote – animal warrior, conservationist, scientist, recording artist, good bloke and ladies man.
In 1987, Murray was fortunate to front his own television program, The Urban Monkey, which unfortunately was lost, and then rediscovered recently in a garage in suburban Melbourne.
From human babies to reptiles and loads of four-legged, cute, warm-blooded creatures thrown into the mix, Murray traces the Oval of Life and radically attempts to draw parallels between the human and animal world.
Conception, Birth, Survival, Home, Knowledge, Friends, Love, Boredom, Battles and Death are just some of the major themes explored this cult documentary series.
Check out Sam Simmons in this 11-part “fully restored 1980s” interstitials from Monday 14th September at 8:55pm on ABC2.
CONGRATULATIONS FRANK WOODLEY!
Frank Woodley has wowed critic's with his performance in Posessed at The Edinburgh International Festival by picking up a Herald Angel Award.
Dave Hughes is perhaps one of the most important and significant talents to have emerged from the Australian comedy scene in the last ten years. A natural and unmistakably Australian comic, Dave’s laconic style thinly disguises one of the fastest comic minds this country has ever seen.
The most powerful testimony to Dave’s talent is his enduring popularity with audiences.
He hit the road in 2009, with his latest solo show offering, Dave Hughes is Handy. And now Liberation Music is proud to release the DVD of that show, Dave Hughes Is Handy.
The DVD features all brand new material, a full length show recorded at the 2009 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, along with bonus features including exclusive backstage footage and ‘At Home With The Hugheses’, an intimate and personal look at Dave’s family life in his Melbourne home.
Frank Woodley and the cast take Optimism to the Edinburgh International Festival!
Playing only four shows from Saturday 15th August to Monday 17th August, catch Frank as he turns a quizzical eye to the woes of the heart. Reeking with scandal and scurrilous vice, Optimism transforms Voltaire's classic satire of enlightened insanity, Candide, into a cutting commentary on the no-worries bravura of the Australian swagger.
He's Back!
Rove returns to our screens this Sunday 16th August on Channel 10 at 8.30pm.
Celebrating his 10th Anniversary season, not only will he bring regulars with him such as
Pete Helliar and Hamish and Andy, but Token's very own Judith Lucy
will take her place on the couch as a regular cast member!
Frank Woodley's latest project, Chicken Of God has been nominated for an AFI Award for Best Short Animation.
Made in collaboration with Jodi Satya and Clem Stamation, it is the story of Yirri and his drought ridden vineyard. When his wife, Teresa claims to see the face of Jesus in a chicken's comb bizarre miracles start to happen. But Yirri and Teresa look a gift chicken in the mouth, with disastrous results of biblical proportions.
Viewed at numerous film festivals around the world, C.O.G has already picked up two
awards. Token wish Frank, Jodi and Clem the best of luck with winning this next one!
Live Performance Australia (LPA) announced the List of Nominations in each of the 41 categories for the 2009 Helpmann Awards®.
Congratulations to Judith Lucy for Judith Lucy's Not Getting Any Younger
and Adam Hills for Adam Hills, Inflatable both nominated for Best Comedy Performer.
The 2009 Helpmann Awards Ceremony will be held on Monday 27 July at the Opera Theatre at the Sydney Opera House.
Judith Lucy has been honoured with the Biography of the Year prize at the Australian Book Industry Awards.
She received the gong for her ruthlessly honest autobiography, The Lucy Family Alphabet described as "a moving tribute to the
lunatics who raised one of Australia's best known comedians"
What do Dave Hughes, Charlie Pickering, Carrie Bickmore,
Ruby Rose and James Mathison have in common?
The 7PM Project
After months of speculation Network Ten and Roving Enterprises can finally reveal that the new 7PM project in development since late 2008 finally has a name.
The new 7PM project is called The 7PM Project.
While the name may not be very surprising the cast is extremely exciting.
Led by comedian co-hosts Dave Hughes and Charlie Pickering, the news of the day will be brought to audiences by newshound Carrie Bickmore joined by music correspondant MTV's 'IT' girl Ruby Rose and the sport beat from TV's man of leisure James Mathison.
The day’s news will be dissected, digested and re-constituted by some of Australia’s funniest and smartest.
The 7PM Project is a place where people who are genuinely interested in the world around them come together to talk, offering genuine conversation in a space previously crowded by scandal and spin.
While it’s not afraid to be serious, The 7PM Project can guarantee that there will be no miracle diets, no stories that ‘no parent can afford to miss’, and virtually no dodgy plumbers.
The 7PM Project is the news un-spun. It is not a satirical newscast in the style of Jon Stewart’s Daily Show, but a TV show joining in the conversations going on in living rooms around the country.
Tune in from July 20, every weekday on Network Ten at 7PM
Part-memoir, part-guide, Tying The Knot Without Doing Your Block documents the experiences of comedian Terri Psiakis during the planning of her wedding.
Wedding planning can be tough when you never planned on getting married, and after The Bloke’s surprise proposal Terri went from a lifetime of being anti-bride to suddenly becoming bride-curious (kind of like bicurious but with slightly less nudity.)
Available nationally from 1st July in all good book stores.
when they are performing in Brisbane as part of the QPAC In Stitches Comedy Festival!
Wil Anderson LIVE
Dates: Wed 24 June & Thu 25 June 7pm & 9pm
Playhouse, QPAC
Tickets: $39 Full, $31 Conc
Bookings: www.institches.qpac.com.au
Justin Hamilton, Alive And Well But Only In Theory
Dates: Fri 3 July & Sat 4 July
Cremorne Theatre, QPAC
Tickets: $29 Full, $23 Conc
Bookings: www.institches.qpac.com.au
Token Artists would like to welcome Tom and Hannah to the team.
More information will be coming to the bio sections of our newest two inductee's shortly.
Catch Charlie Pickering & Josh Thomas
on Talkin' 'bout Your Generation
TUESDAY NIGHTS, 7.30pm NETWORK TEN
Join Josh and Charlie each Tuesday night for the hilarious, inter-generational quiz show “Talkin’ Bout Your Generation”
Produced by Granada Productions for Network Ten this exciting new show pits the three generations – Baby Boomers, Generation and Gen Y – against each other in a battle of wits.
TBYG has already gained a solid following - bringing in over a staggering 1.6 million viewers each week. Tune in and find out why!
Buckle up for a panoramic, fast moving and fantastical ride, as Voltaire’s classic satire of enlightment insanity Candide, is let looses as a gigantic folly in the world premiere theatrical adaptation of Optimism.
Melbourne’s favourite modern clown, Frank Woodley, is our hero, the criminally cheerful Candide who travels with unbridled enthusiasm from Edenic paradise to painful disillusionment with a round-the-world adventure reminiscent from the best adventure and romance tales!
After completing a gruelling preseason training camp that saw them subjected to more punishment than the Cloke family, the ‘Before the Game’ gang returns to kick off your Saturday nights.
If you’re craving the full low-down of the weekend’s results or an insight into the more unusual aspects and characters of our great game then air out the jockstraps, defrost the oranges, dust off the mouthguards and join Mick Molloy, Dave Hughes, Andrew Maher, Sam Lane, Lehmo and Strauchanie as they return on Saturday March 28.
UP THE DUFF - NEW EDITION
The new edition of Up the Duff is out now, with all the favourite features including week-by-week info on what's happening to you and the baby and Hermoine's hilarious pregnancy diary, plus new stuff for blokes, all the latest on medical tests including when to have them and why, what you need to know if you're trying to get pregnant and what to do if it's not happening, help with feelings about post-baby body image and sex, and all the latest medical and emotional help you need, including stacks of recommended websites, contacts and books on special issues.
WOMEN'S STUFF - SURVEY
Please help Kaz Cooke with her next book, Women's Stuff by filling in the survey for women at www.kazbook.com. We need you to get cracking by 1 June 2009.
Kaz Cooke's Columns
Kaz Cooke has written a few weekly TV columns for The Canberra Times. Check out her columns here.
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STUDIO A
2009 ANTENNA AWARDS
Congratulations to Dave Thornton and Studio A for taking out two Antenna Awards at this year’s ceremony on Friday 27th February.
Studio A took home:
Outstanding Live or Outside Broadcast
Studio A
Program of the Year
Studio A
Returning to the screens for 2009, check out Studio A on Monday nights at 8.30pm.
Adam Hills and Alan Brough to host live coverage of 2009 Movie Extra Tropfest!
On Sunday 22 February the world’s largest short film festival, Movie Extra Tropfest will premiere the top 16 films selected for 2009.
For the first time ever the event will be broadcast LIVE on television, and Spicks and Specks’ Adam Hills and Alan Brough will be there to host the live coverage directly from The Domain in Sydney.
Tune in at 7pm to the Movie Extra Channel on Foxtel and Austar as Adam and Alan bring this outdoor festival straight into your lounge room.
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A big congratulations to Dave Thornton and all at Studio A for garnering an impressive four nominations at the annual 2009 Antenna Awards! Dave and Studio A have been nominated in the below categories:
Outstanding Interview Program Nominations
Nurse TV
A Life in Crime
No Limits Studio A
The Shtick
Outstanding Live or Outside Broadcast Nominations
Program
No Limits
1700
Fusion Latina Studio A
Outstanding Male Presenter Nominations
KO Boxing Show- Peter Maniatis
No Limits- Steve Hurd
Vasili's Garden- Vasili Kanidiadis Studio A- Dave Thornton
The Bazura Project- Lee Zachariah
Program of the Year Nominations
Wrokdown
The Bazura Project
No Limits
On the Water Studio A
The Antenna Award winners will be announced later this year – good luck Dave and Studio A!
Tripod hit the wintery land of the United States last week, with the boys doing a very special performance at the CES (Consumer Electronics Show) in Las Vegas, the biggest tech-fest on the planet!
As part of the Microsoft Key Note event at CES, Microsoft CEO Steve Bullmer, introduced Tripod.
Sydney fans take heed – Adam Hills will be appearing at an exclusive in-store event at Sydney city’s ABC Shop, celebrating the release of his latest DVD “Characterful and Joymonger” , on Friday December 12.
SYDNEY
Friday December 12
ABC Shop
Queen Victoria Building,
Shop 48, The Albert Walk
12.00pm
Colin Lane (Lano from Lano & Woodley) is stepping out solo with a brand new cabaret show. Colin is the man . Well, not THE man… but the man in this scenario. The man’s not sure about the music. The man doesn’t get the music. The man gets the music. The man loses the music. The man gets the music back. A classic love story if you will. Don’t miss Colin back on stage in Melbourne for 4 nights only.
Butterfly Club
11th -14th Dec.
$22 $18
Thurs – Sat 7pm Sun 6pm
Booking - www.thebutterflyclub.com
Characterful and Joymonger delivers two of Adam’s most acclaimed shows, recorded live with AUSLAN interpreter Leanne Beer, at The Athenaeum Theatre in Melbourne. There is also an hour of DVD extras including audience outtakes, backstage shenanigans, and some extra special Irish gigs.
Rated: MA 15+
BUY DVD!
The DVD is available at the ABC web site from the 21st November 2008
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HOSTED BY CHARLIE PICKERING
Cash Cab, one of Channel [V]’s most popular shows of 2007, returns this week with new host Charlie Pickering taking to the wheel of a cab and the unsuspecting citizens of Perth by giving them the chance to win cash by answering a variety of music trivia questions, as they reach their destination!
Test your music knowledge and see how far the contestants go on their journey!
Cash Cab Season 3, Thurs Nov 20 – 9.30pm – Channel [V]
Tripod have finally steamed ahead on the project we've always dreamed of: The Tripod Christmas Album! This will be a lush, tinselly affair populated by all your favorite Christmas underdogs; Fabian the No-nosed reindeer, the Homophobic Christmas Tree, and of course scads and scads of Santa and Jesus and whatnot.
Produced by Graham Leak and Nao Anzai and featuring a stellar lineup of Melbourne musicians, children's choirs and all sorts of bells, this album is in stores from Saturday November 15 and is released through Liberation Records.
A MIC IN HAND - MELBOURNE, THURS NOV 13
Catch Dave Hughes, Justin Hamilton and Michael Chamberlin, as they join Xavier Michedlides, 2009 Moosehead grant recipient, Louise Sanz and winner of Raw 2008, Neil Sinclair, for a stellar night of comedy at Melbourne’s A Mic In Hand.
Hot on the heels of launching her book "All That Happened at Number 26", Denise Scott will be performing some special solo shows at the Q Theatre in Penrith:
Performances:
Fri November 14 at 8pm &
Sat November 15 at 2pm & 8pm
All tickets - $24
Denise Scott moved into number 26 with a husband, his circus equipment, a king-sized futon sans base, a Ventolin inhaler (to cope with stress-induced asthma), no savings and a newborn baby. The husband lost his eyebrows; the circus equipment multiplied; the futon went mouldy; the Ventolin ran out; and another baby was added to the family, putting paid to any ideas of further savings.
But this book is definitely no misery memoir.
To celebrate the release of "All That Happened at Number 26", special launch events will be held at the following:
Wed Nov 5
Sun Theatre Event - 6pm onwards
Sun Theatre, 8 Ballarat Street, Yarraville 3013
With a special performance from Jordie Lane and featuring Alan Brough
Thurs Nov 6
Readings - 6.30pm onwards
309 Lygon Street, Carlton VIC
Featuring Alan Brough
"All That Happened at Number 26" will be in stores from Wednesday October 29
THE SPINNING WHEEL RETURNS - NERIJA ZEMKALNIS BENEFIT
The legendary Spinning Wheel Cabaret Club will be returning for one night only on Thurs the 27th of November 2008 to the HiFi Bar in Melbourne.
MC'd by Adam Hills & Alan Brough the night includes performances by Wil Anderson, Tripod, Paul McDermott, Justin Hamilton, Greg Fleet, Frank Woodley, Sam Simmons, Charlie Pickering, Wes Snelling, The Soubrettes, The Spinning Wheel house band with guest musicians and many more!
This event is in honour of Nerija Zemkalnis, a much beloved figure in the Melbourne comedy scene who passed away in August due to heart complications. This event supports the Heart Foundation (www.heartfoundation.org.au), with proceeds also going to The Australian Lithuanian Youth Association and an emerging cabaret/musical comedy artist. The HiFi Bar will be transformed into an old style speak easy, with live music and DJs after the show to keep everyone dancing until the early hours of the morning.
One night only - tickets on sale now!
Date: Thursday 27 November, 2008
Time: 7pm (doors), 7.30pm show (10.30pm music & DJ)
Venue: Hi-Fi Bar & Ballroom, Swanston St, Melb
Tickets: $30+booking fee
Bookings: www.thehifi.com.au
The ABC runaway hit that enthralled viewers this year with its intelligent, funny and fast-paced insight to the advertising world is now yours to keep on DVD!
After some fat free entertainment? Get your copy of 'The Gruen Transfer' today, now available in all leading entertainment stores.
Congratulations to Frank Woodley, Dave Hughes, Adam Hills and Wil Anderson for garnering nominations in various categories, in the acclaimed annual GQ Men of the Year awards.
Frank and Wil are up for 'Comedic Talent of the Year', Dave and Wil (along with Lehmo) have scored 'Radio Personality of the Year' nominations, and Adam and Wil are nominated for 'TV Personality of the Year'.
Head over to www.gq.com.au for more information and voting details! Good luck guys!
"ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 5TH GRADER?" RETURNS TO NETWORK TEN FOR ANOTHER SERIES!
Host Rove McManus is back in class, and watch 5th graders Daniel, Jesse, Sara, Sean and Summer battle it out against fully-grown adults each Thursday night, on Network TEN!
Terri Psiakis, Charlie Pickering and Justin Hamilton are now on the airwaves for the whole weekend. So you can enjoy your Toast with hot butter on both Saturday and Sunday mornings on Triple M...
Saturdays 7am to 9am and Sundays 9am to 11am
Triple M
Melbourne 105.1FM www.triplem.com.au
20th ACRA AWARD NOMINATIONS
Congraulations to Wil Anderson and Charlie Pickering for both scoring a 2008 Australian Commercial Radio Australia Award nomination, in the category of Best Newcomer On-Air. The winners will be announced on Saturday October 11 at Conrad Jupiters on the Gold Coast. Good luck Wil and Charlie!
'CHICKEN OF GOD' WORLD PREMIERE
'Chicken of God', the short film by Clem Stamation, Frank Woodley and Jodi Satya, will be making its world premiere at this year's Melbourne International Film Festival on Monday 28th July. When the face of Jesus appears in a chicken's comb, Yirri and Teresa's vineyard becomes the site of an adventure of biblical proportions!
Congratulations to Wil Anderson and Zapruder's other films, as ABC-TV have announced it has commissioned a second series of THE GRUEN TRANSFER!
The current series is averaging 1.2 million people each week, with an excess of over 100,000 downloads and streams on the website. The new series will go into production early next year, with the final episode of the current series to screen on Wednesday July 30.
Andrew Denton from Zapruder’s other films said, “We are thrilled to be given a crack at a second series, as, in some ways, it feels like we’ve only just begun to explore the extraordinary world of advertising and its ways of persuasion.
“We are also looking forward to handing out more impossible advertising challenges to the industry, such as making Sam Newman a spokesman for women’s rights, or selling nuclear reactors as the must-have facility for your town”.
A big congratulations to Judith Lucy on the success of "The Lucy Family Alphabet".
Judith's hilarious book (about her childhood and all things family related) is garnering countless rave reviews around the country, as well as topping Bestseller lists and stores charts around the country!
FRANK WOODLEY NOMINATED FOR A
2008 HELPMANN AWARD!
Congratulations to Frank Woodley for scoring a 2008 Helpmann Award nomination! Frank has been nominated along with Julia Morris, Ross Noble and The Umbilical Brothers.
The winner is announced on Monday July 28 at Star City in Sydney and voting commences today.
Terri Psiakis is now your resident etiquette expert on the Rove Daily website. Check out her columns for helpful hints on what to do and what not to do in today's confusing, and often hilarious, world. You can even e-mail her to get advice on your very own dilemmas!
Due to popular demand Frank has extended his season at the Sydney Opera House!
Where: SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE
When: 10 - 29 June NEW SHOWS ADDED! 8 - 13 July
Tue & Wed 7pm, Thu-Sat 8pm, Sun 5pm
Tickets: www.sydneyoperahouse.com, 9250 7777 or www.ticketek.com.au, 132 849 ON SALE NOW!
She may be beautiful, but this ghost is really getting under his skin. Inspired by Frank's silent movie heroes (think Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, Jaques Tati), Possessed is a wildly physical feast of comic imagination.
"superb physical comedy...brilliantly skilled and very, very funny" Sydney Morning Herald, June '08
"...you must leap out of your chair and sacrifice life and limb to buy a ticket to this " Sunday Herald Sun
"Watching Woodley slip down staircases, collide with furniture, tumble from ladders and fall flat on his face is like a Buster Keaton movie brought to life "
Adelaide Advertiser
Congratulations to Kaz Cooke for winning 'Non-Fiction Book of the Year' award at the Australian Book Industry Awards, for 'Girl Stuff'. Penguin won the "Publisher of the Year" award also!
THE GRUEN TRANSFER - HIGHEST RATING ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAM
THE GRUEN TRANSFER made its TV premiere last night and attracted over 1.287 million people nationally, making it the highest-rating launch for an entertainment program on ABC1 since 1991, when people meter data was introduced, beating Kath & Kim’s (1.146) debut in May 2002. The show, hosted by Wil Anderson and produced by Zapruder’s Other Films, was watched by 421,000 (Sydney), 402,000 (Melbourne), 205,000 (Brisbane), 95,000 (Adelaide) and 164,000 (Perth).
Wil Anderson said today; “I’m just glad people watched the ads and didn’t use them as an opportunity to go to the toilet or get a biscuit”.
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The Comedy Store Parramatta, Parramatta's brand new comedy club, celebrates its official opening at the Comedy Store Parramamatta Gala, on Saturday June 28. Wil Anderson and Claire Hooper join a fine line-up of Australian and international artists performing to celebrate this landmark event.
For ticketing information and bookings, please contact The Comedy Store Box Office on 02 9537 1419 or www.comedystore.com.au
KAZ COOKE'S 'GIRL STUFF' WINS AWARD!
Congratulations to Kaz Cooke and the designer of her book 'Girl Stuff', Adam Laszczuk from the Pengiun Design Studio, for winning "Best Designed Children's Non-Fiction book" at the 56th Australian Publishers Association Book Design Awards.
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Congratulations to Kaz Cooke for receiving an amazing 3 separate nominations for this year's Australian Book Industry Association Awards. "Girl Stuff: Your Full-on Guide to the Teen Years" garnered nominations in the following categories:
Marketing Campaign of the Year
General Non-Fiction Book of the Year
Book of the Year.
The award winners will be announced on June 15.
"Girl Stuff" has also been short-listed for the Australian Booksellers' Association Book of the Year 2008 Award to be announced on June 16. Good luck Kaz!
THE GRUEN TRANSFER - The ABC of Advertising Premieres on Wednesday, May 28 at 9pm on ABC1
The Gruen Transferis a fast, funny show about advertising that will make you look differently at the constructed world around you.
Hosted by Wil Anderson. It’s not an expose. It’s not a satire. It’s about truth in advertising. Finally.
We used to know what advertising was. It was that stuff in the margins, in the ad breaks. But in recent years, it has begun colonising every space it can. US ad wizard Mark Fenske, the guy behind the Nike campaigns, calls advertising “maybe the most powerful art form on Earth”. And the Earth ain’t the end of it. Not so long ago, Pizza Hut stamped its logo on a rocket to the moon. Earlier this year, Doritos announced it would beam its ads into space.
Ogilvy & Mather now practises what it calls “360 degree branding”, the idea that we, the consumers, should encounter the brand everywhere we turn in the course of our day. Some agencies now routinely use hypnosis and MRI scanning to try and find out what we want.
We all think we’re immune to advertising, that we’re smarter than the marketers, but can you honestly say you know why you buy one brand of detergent and not another? As you walk the aisles of the supermarket, how many of the purchasing choices you make are consciously your own? And if you can be persuaded, without realising, to buy the orange dishwashing liquid, what else can you be persuaded to do? Advertising: you know you’re soaking in it.
Which is where The Gruen Transfercomes in. Each week, Wil Anderson is joined by some of the best and brightest minds of the advertising industry, experts prepared to share the ideas and insights that drive them.
Guests on the program face a series of challenges designed to show the thought processes – and, often, the brilliance - of advertising, as well as its understanding of who we are and what we want. Each week we examine the tactics used to sell a particular product: cars or chocolate or cleansers. In a segment called ‘The Pitch’, agencies compete to fulfill an impossible brief (‘Make Brendan Nelson a winner’, for example). Elsewhere, ‘Consumer’s Revenge’ allows our audience to participate in the show by making their own ads with tools we provide on our website.
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ROVE McMANUS WINS SILVER LOGIE
FOR MOST POPULAR PRESENTER
At last night's 50th TV Week Logie Awards ceremony, held in Melbourne, Rove McManus picked up a Silver Logie for Most Popular Presenter! Congratulations Rove!
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Judith Lucy has been cracking jokes about her parents for years, so she decided it was time to write a book about them, and her childhood... and here it is, a reference book on all things Lucy from:
A is for Adoption (she is) to C is for Cleaning (they didn’t) and for Counselling (you’ll find out why she had a lot of it) to D is for Diets (she was put on one at eight) to H is for Heart Attack (her father’s) to M is for Make-up (her father’s) to N is for Nuts (there was a falling out over testicles) to R is for Review (to do with the Nuts) to T is for Transcendental Meditation (it didn’t work) to X is for Xmas (when a lot of this started) and beyond...
Judith's funny and ruthlessly honest book is titled "The Lucy Family Alpahabet" and is released on Monday May 5.
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The Green Room Awards and Melbourne's premier arts awards, seeking out excellence on the Melbourne professional stage. Tripod were awarded for "Best Original Songs" in the Cabaret Category, for last year's show How to Train an Attack Dog from Scratch. Congratulations!
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DIRECTOR'S CHOICE AWARD
At the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Awards night on the weekend, Sam Simmons won the Festival Director's Choice Award for his show Where Can I Win a Bear Around Here? The Award winner is chosen by the Comedy Festival Director in consultation with other visiting Festival Directors. Nice one Sam!
KAZ COOKE's 'GIRL STUFF' NOMINATED
FOR A CBCA AWARD
Kaz Cooke has been nominated for a Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award, for her book "Girl Stuff: Your Full-on Guide to the Teen Years" .
Kaz's best-seller has been nominated in the Eve Pownall Award for Information Books category, with the winners announced on Friday August 15. Good luck Kaz!
ROVE McMANUS & ADAM HILLS - 2008 GOLD LOGIE AWARD NOMINEES
Congratulations to Rove McManus and Adam Hills for their 2008 Gold Logie Award nominations! The winners will be announced at the event, held on May 4. Good luck Rove and Adam!
Congratulations to Rove McManus and Adam Hills for their 2008 Silver Logie nominations, for Most Popular Presenter, for their respective shows Rove/Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader and Spicks and Specks. Spicks and Specks also garnered a nomination for Most Popular Light Entertainment Program. The winners will be annoucned at the event, held on May 4. Good luck guys!
Congratulations to Justin Hamilton for his nomination for The Barry Award at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, for his critically acclaimed festival show, The Killing Joke. The Barry Award recognises the Most Outstanding Festival Show, and is named after Barry Humphries, the first patron of the Festival. The Award winner will be announced on Saturday April 12. Good luck Justin!
Tune in to The Comedy Channel on FOXTEL tonight (and each Thursday thereafter) at 8:30pm to catch Charlie Pickering and Michael Chamberlin's new half-hour topical take on the latest in current affairs, entertainment and sport.
Terri Psiakis, Charlie Pickering and Justin Hamilton are back on the airwaves with their show Toast, the best way to wake up early on your Saturday morning...
Good News Week, one of Australian TV's most successful current affairs comedy shows, returns to Network Ten this week and features our very own Claire Hooper as a team captain!
Paul McDermott reprises his role as the sharp-tongued host of the show and each week, Claire and fellow team captain Mikey Robins will lead teams of comedians, media personalities, politicians and "special" guests as they decipher, dissect, deconstruct and completely misrepresent the news of the week.
Tune in to Network Ten each Monday night to see Claire tackle the news of the week!
Adrian Calear
. You may not know his name, but you’d know his friends and they’re standing up to help him out.
Live Adrian is some of Australia's best known and best loved comedians giving a mate a hand. Live Adrian seesRove McManus,Adam Hills,Tripod,Peter Helliar,Alan Brough, Charlie Pickering, Dave Callan and Michael Chamberlin (to mention just a few) come together on the same bill for the first time since none of them were famous.
*Bob Geldof was not harmed in the making of this benefit gig.
LIVE ADRIAN Date: Sunday 17 February Time: Doors 7pm Venue: The Hi Fi Bar, Swanston Street Melbourne Ticket Price: All tix $33 Bookings:www.thehifi.com.au or 03 9654 7617
Some might say that Peter Helliar and Myf Warhurst are an odd couple. What does a footy-crazed, comedian like Pete have in common with a sassy, music-whiz like Myf? The answer is, not much! And that's exactly why they have been thrown together to create the new Triple M breakfast team.
Tune in to Triple M, from 6am-9am weekdays to hear the twosome tearing up the airwaves!
Tripod have been making song-funnies for over a decade now. In that time they've written songs for television, radio, CDs and countless live shows too. Which adds up to a heaps large bunch of songs.
Every now and then someone, quite off their own back, makes an animation or video clip for one of their songs and sends it to them. Which is always a great buzz and a very interesting collaborative experiment. What they thought might be fun is if they put the call out and turned it into a bit of a thang... So last year they did and received a bunch of awesome clips and then performed them live during the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in April 2007.
They had such a good time and the entries were so cool that they’ve decided to do it again for 2008! Entries are now open and there are prizes up for grabs, check out www.idioclips.com for more details.
Australia's youth will wake up on the weekends in 2008 to the inimitable SAM SIMMONS [Saturdays and Sundays, 6am -10am]. The award-winning comedian and former zookeeper is as delighted as we are:
'I am overwhelmed and thrilled to have a pigeon hole at triple j. I always knew I could do it, from a very young age I felt it was my destiny. I feel like the prettiest girl at the Year 9 social!'
Tune in to Triple J over the Summer months to hear Sam hosting the night shift [Mon to Fri, 6pm - 9pm] to get a taste of what's coming in 2008.
Check out the following frequencies for your area: Melbourne 107.5FM, Sydney 105.7FM, Adelaide 105.5FM, Perth 99.3FM, Brisbane 107.7FM, Canberra 101.5FM or check out www.triplej.net.au for more info.
Tune in to our very own Sam Simmons on Triple J Summer nights, from 6pm to 9pm, Dec 3 to Jan 7, on "It's Summer Nights... B#*ch"
All summer long, Sam will be keeping your summer nights alive with the sound of music, crazy antics and the occasional chiko roll. Put on your party pants and rock out with Sam this Summer!
Tune in to the following frequencies for your area:
Melbourne 107.5FM, Sydney 105.7FM, Adelaide 105.5FM, Perth 99.3FM, Brisbane 107.7FM, Canberra 101.5FM or check out www.triplej.net.au for more info
Congratulations to Adam Hills, Peter Helliar and Tom Williams, who each won a GQ award, at their annual event held in Sydney last night. Adam picked up an award for TV Personality of the Year, Peter won Comedian of the Year and Tom received an award for the Most Stylish. Great stuff guys!
Dave Hughes in London!
Hughesy will be heading to the UK for a special one-off show on Wednesday December 5th. Check out the live shows page for more details.
HUGHESY WINS AN ARIA!
A huge congratulations goes to Dave Hughes for winning a 2007 ARIA Award for Best Comedy Release. The music industry's night-of-nights proved to be quite the event for Dave, with his latest DVD, titled "Live", taking out the award!
2007 AFI AWARD NOMINATIONS
Token are very excited to announce that our very own comedic gems, Adam Hills, Alan Brough & Myf Warhurst, and Claire Hooper & Tripod have been nominated for their respective TV shows, Spicks and Specks and The Sideshow, in the Best Light Entertainment category, for a 2007 AFI Award.
Peter Helliar to head Triple M breakfast
One of Australia’s leading stand-up comedians and TV stars (and Token's very own) Peter Helliar, will take the reigns for Melbourne’s Triple M breakfast show from 2008.
Peter is best known for his roles as one of the stars of Channel Ten’s Rove and Before the Game, Helliar this week signed with Triple M, replacing The Cage, which will not continue next year.
It's fair to say that its excitement all round for Peter and Austereo's Melbourne General Manager Ben Amarfio who stated, “Pete is one of the best comic talents in Australia and we’re absolutely thrilled to have him on Triple M next year,” he said.
Helliar added: “The opportunity to do breakfast radio in my home town was irresistible and Triple M’s relationship with footy as the official FM broadcaster was a handy bonus.
Tune in to Triple M in 2008 to hear Peter (and Strauchanie) sound off on the airwaves every morning!
Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?
So you think you're pretty smart? Think you'd be able to answer questions from the 5th grade? How hard can it be? 5th grade kids are only ten years old. Well, Network Ten and our very own Rove McManus are about to put you to the test in this exciting new game-show which sees adult contestants compete for $500,000... All they have to do is correctly answer questions taken from primary school materials. Easy, right? Well, the adults are in luck. There to give them a helping-hand will be 5 bright and endearing primary-school students: Callum, Darcy, Max, Moya and Sam.
Tune in to Network Ten at 8:45pm on Wednesday 26th September (and 7:30pm every week after) to witness adult Australians trying (and failing!) to prove to the country that they are in fact, smarter than a 5th grader. It's entertainment for the whole family!
Token Artists nominated for Aria Awards! Congratulations to our very own Dave Hughes, Lano & Woodley and Tripod for their nominations in the ARIA Best Comedy Release category. The final nominees are:
Dave Hughes - Live
Lano & Woodley - Goodbye
Rodney Rude - Frog Sack
The 12th Man - Boned!
Tripod - Songs From Self Saucing
Be sure to check out Triple M's newest early Saturday morning show with our own comedy trio - Terri Psiakis, Charlie Pickering and Justin Hamilton - on "Toast", the best thing for you on a Saturday morning...
Starts tomorrow!
Saturdays 6am to 8am
Triple M
Melbourne 105.1FM
CORINNE GRANT ON DANCING WITH THE STARS
The glamour, excitement and magic of the ballroom is back with the new series of the smash hit variety show DANCING WITH THE STARS - returning to Seven soon and featuring our very own Corinne Grant.
This seventh series will showcase the fancy footwork of ten diverse stars from the world of sport, comedy, acting, journalism, even opera....the ten celebrities will put their fancy footwork to the test in this live ballroom dancing competition.
All have the drive and motivation but do they have the dancing skill?
The celebrities lined up to take on the dance moves are:
- CORINNE GRANT Comedian/TV and radio Presenter
- ANH DO Comedian
- BRIDIE CARTER Actor
- DAVID HOBSON Opera Singer/composer
- ELKA GRAHAM Olympic swimmer
- JAMES COURTNEY V8 Supercar driver
- JESSICA ROWE Journalist/News presenter
- MARK BERETTA Sunrise sports presenter
- MICHAEL KLIM Olympic swimmer
- PATTI NEWTON Entertainer
Will they be ready to rumba, shimmy and twirl their way through this demanding competition and escape elimination by the judges and the viewers week after week to become the DANCING WITH THE STARS champion of series seven?
Daryl Somers returns as host, with co-host Sonia Kruger again providing all the backstage excitement.
Adam Hills, Alan Brough & Myf Warhurst are touring to a town near you with the...
If you only see one stage show loosely based on a comedic music quiz show then this is it!
Adam, Alan and Myf are cooking up a live show of Speck-tacular proportions to help get Spicks and Specks fans through the long spicks-less and specks-less summer non rating period.
Last Night Adam Hills won the Comedy Performer Award for his "JOYMONGER" show. This Helpmann Award recognises excellence in live comedy performance over the course of a season.
Tune in to our very own Terri Psiakis on Triple J Drive this week, on the T&A Show with Amy Blakmur
Starting today and through until next Monday, Terri & Amy will be in charge of Drive, keeping you company, solving all your social dilemmas and generally rocking your afternoons!
Tune in to the following frequencies for your area:
Melbourne 107.5FM, Sydney 105.7FM, Adelaide 105.5FM, Perth 99.3FM, Brisbane 107.7FM, Canberra 101.5FM or check out www.triplej.net.au for more info
Raising money to support AnaphylaxiSTOP save lives
Featuring Australia’s Funniest Comedians… Peter Helliar, Dave Hughes, Rove McManus, Wil Anderson, Lehmo, Denise Scott, Justin Hamilton, Tom Gleeson, Adam Rozenbachs
Anaphylaxis is a life threatening allergic reaction that can kill a person within minutes. Many things can cause it including food, medicines and insect stings. It’s on the increase– and no-one knows why. We want to find a vaccine to stop these accidental deaths. All of the money raised from ticket sales to Let’s Nut It Out will assist AnaphylaxiSTOP fund dedicated medical research programs.
Peter Helliar’s son Liam suffers from the condition and Peter has organized Let’s Nut It Out in order to get this very serious issue talked about.
Friday 24th August, 8pm
Her Majesty’s Theatre
219 Exhibition St, Melbourne
General Public On Sale Wednesday 18 July at ticketek.com.au Or 132 849
AnaphylaxiSTOP www.astop.info
Saturday 11 August, 7.30pm
The Enmore, 130 Enmore Rd, Newtown
All Tickets: $38
Bookings: www.ticketek.com.au 132 849 or at the venue 9550 3666
On Sale Tuesday 10 July at 4pm
TERRI PSIAKIS ON TRIPLE J
SATURDAY NIGHTS
Tune in to our very own Terri Psiakis on Triple J Saturday nights, from 6pm to 9pm, on the T&A Show with Amy Blakmur
Starting this Saturday and for the chilly month of July, Terri & Amy will be warming your Saturday nights with the sound of music, playing you the best tunes and rocking your weekend. They'll also be solving all your weekend dilemmas. Let the ladies know your story and they may just have the solution!
Tune in to the following frequencies for your area:
Melbourne 107.5FM, Sydney 105.7FM, Adelaide 105.5FM, Perth 99.3FM, Brisbane 107.7FM, Canberra 101.5FM or check out www.triplej.net.au for more info
Canned Laughter is back!
Announcing a unique stand up show featuring Rove McManus, Peter Helliar, Frank Woodley, Akmal Saleh, Tom Gleeson, Josh Thomas, Claire Hooper, Justin Hamilton and Lehmo... with other big names still to be announced!!
Come and join us in Sydney for ‘Canned Laughter’, on Friday 6 July, where a heap of comedians will re-unite on 1 stage for 1 night, for 1 cause. In the spirit of good humour, all proceeds will go directly to CanTeen! Come on – have a laugh!
Venue: Hordern Pavillion Date: Friday 6 July Time: 7.30 -10.00pm Tickets: On sale Thursday 31 May through www.ticketek.com.au, or
phone 132 849. Tickets are $60 (inc booking fee and GST, transaction fees apply) Line up: Rove McManus, Peter Helliar, Frank Woodley, Josh Thomas, Tom Gleeson, Akmal Saleh, Claire Hooper, Justin Hamilton and Lehmo with more names to come! Material: Suitable for people 15 years and over
CORINNE GRANT & TOM GLEESON SHOW –
FEELING GOOD FOR BREAKFAST!
Following the success of their Saturday morning time slot, The Corinne Grant & Tom Gleeson Show will take over from MIX101.1’s Tracy Bartram and Tim Smith for two weeks from June 12 whilst Tracy and Tim take a well earned break.
Being the only live breakfast team in Melbourne over this period, Corinne Grant & Tom Gleeson will not let Melbourne breakfast listeners starve for their topical, entertaining and feel good brekky wake up!
Corinne as “the smart, funny girl next door, the anti-bimbo...” and Tom with his “sophisticated” yet “country boy charm”, are both well established within the Australian comedy scene on stage, TV and radio. The Corinne Grant & Tom Gleeson Show is an entertaining tapestry of their sharp wit, cheerful banter and clever antics.
Breakfast radio is not for the fainthearted and both Corinne and Tom are taking the challenge very seriously, “Waking up early on Saturday isn’t enough. I want to do it six days a week. I’m going to get up early on Sunday too, just for consistency.” - Tom
Corinne’s dedication rivals that of Tom’s,” My birthday is on the 12th so I’m going to spend the whole morning demanding cake and balloons. And a clown. I really, really want a clown.” - Corinne
CORINNE GRANT & TOM GLEESON – ON BREAKFAST MIX101.1 MELBOURNE
TUESDAY 12 JUNE to FRIDAY 22 JUNE
Australia's favourite music quiz show
Spicks and Specks celebrates its 100th episode on Wednesday May 30, 8.30pm on ABC TV.
Tonight a very special anniversary edition of Spicks & Specks screens to celebrate its 100th episode.
Joining host Adam Hills are team captains for each and every one of those episodes Alan Brough and Myf Warhurst. Alan's guests tonight are opera singer Antoinette Halloran and radio presenter Hamish Blake. Myf's team members are saxophonist and radio announcer Wilbur Wilde and
comedienne and radio presenter Amanda Keller.
Tonight's show is a little different in that the usual games are out the window and, in order to celebrate 100 episodes of Spicks and Specks, the teams will be asked 100 questions from previous shows, with a brand new one at the end. But will they answer all the questions in time?
There's also a very special appearance by the Queen.
Direct from sell out Melbourne Comedy Festival season to the Sydney Opera House
This year Wil asks the big question: If the world truly does have an intelligent design, why is everything so f***ed?
It's yet another brand-new hour of stand-up from our nation's most prolific comedian, and as usual it's bound to run the gamet from tightly written beautifully constructed world-class stand-up and searing social commentary, to a whole bunch of dick jokes.
SYDNEY
Venue: Sydney Opera House, Play House, Bennelong Point
Dates: Tuesday 26th June - Saturday 14th July
Preview: Tuesday 26th June
Times: Tue - Sat 8pm
Bookings: 02 9250 777 or www.sydneyoperahouse.com or Ticketek 132 849
Tickets: Preview $27.50; Student Thursdays $25; Fri & Sat Full $38 No Conc Avail; Tue-Thu Conc $30
When she was 24 Meshel Laurie hoped she would magically turn into a whole other person. She assumed that sooner or later she'd get her life together and wake up thin. Now, at 34 she has accepted her life will always be rather untidy, she may never wake up thin, and the true path to happiness is to get bigger pants.
Meshel is star of the hugely successful Nova 1069 Breakfast Show in Brisbane. She also appears on ROVE Live most weeks and has made many guest appearances on Spicks and Specks and The Glass House.
BRISBANE
Venue: Brisbane Powerhouse
Address: 119 Lamington Drive, New Farm, Brisbane
Dates: Tuesday 12th to Sunday 17th June
Previews: Tuesday 12th June
Times: 7.30pm
Bookings: www.brisbanepowerhouse.org or 07 3358 8600
&Sun Full $32, Conc $28, Sat All Tix $35
Extra Charlie Pickering MICF Show
On Sale Now!
Due to public demand, an extra show of Charlie Pickering's IMPRACTICAL JOKES has been added to his Melbourne International Comedy Festival season. Details are:
Sat 28th April, 11.15pm
Melbourne Town Hall, Powder Room
All tix $25.90
Bookings: ticketmaster 1300 660 013 or www.comedyfestival.com.au
JUSTIN HAMILTON in THREE COLOURS HAMMO
Directed by Paul Horan
3 Different Shows 1 Big Story: Melbourne | Laugh & Death | Hamilton & His Sisters
All 3 shows in 1 afternoon
THIS SATURDAY 28 April at TRADES HALL, Cnr Victoria & Lygon Sts, Carlton
2pm-5.30pm.
Complimentary Cups of Tea Included! comedyattrades.com.au9569 3560 or at the venue
Extra Wil Anderson MICF Show on Sale Now!
Due to public demand, an extra show of Wil Anderson's WIL OF GOD has been added to his Melbourne International Comedy Festival season. Details are:
Saturday 28th April
11.15pm
Melbourne Town Hall, Lower Town Hall
Tickets: Full $32, Conc $28
Bookings: Ticketmaster 1300 660 013 or www.comedyfestival.com.au
Extra Peter Helliar MICF Show on Sale Now!
Due to public demand, an extra show of Peter Helliar's HELLRAISER has been added to his Melbourne International Comedy Festival season. Details are:
Saturday 28th April
10.45pm
The Forum
Tickets: Full $32, Conc $28
Bookings: Ticketek 132 849 or www.comedyfestival.com.au
WINE ME DINE ME
Friday, April 13 at 7.30pm on Channel Nine
Join Gold Logie winner JOHN WOOD as he experiences a mouth-watering journey of the palate in the new lifestyle program WINE ME DINE ME, premiering Friday, April 13 at 7.30pm on Channel Nine.
Wood reprises his role of host following last year's success of the two-part WINE ME DINE ME specials shown in Victoria.
He is joined by a team of presenters - COLIN LANE, JENNIFER ADAMS, GIAAN ROONEY, CHERIE HAUSLER and TOD JOHNSTON - as they discover the best wine and gourmet delights on offer in Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia.
Each episode of WINE ME DINE ME features six segments based on the produce tales from the different regions in the three featured states - the best accommodation, eccentric local characters, quirkiest pubs and so on.
There will also be regular guest presenters visiting other well-known wine regions, including Tasmania, New South Wales and New Zealand.
In the series debut, Wood and Lane parachute into one of Victoria's premier wine regions, the Yarra Valley, to taste-test wine and strawberries while special celebrity guest presenter Jimeoin reveals his favourite holiday spots in Torquay.
Rooney bonds with Melbourne's best baristas to taste the city's strongest coffee while Adams spends a day on the farm in Daylesford before rewarding herself with a visit to the Lake House Spa. Across the border in South Australia, Hausler visits Coorong, the setting for Colin Thiele's novel Storm Boy, and further afield, Johnston explores the city of Mandurah in Western Australia.
Prepare for a culinary feast when Wine Me Dine Me premieres:
Friday, April 13 at 7.30pm on Channel Nine
The Melbourne
International Comedy
Festival Gala
Monday 16 April - 8.30pm, Network Ten
The most glamorous event in Australia's comedy calendar is here. The 2007 Melbourne International Comedy Festival Opening Night Gala hosted by none other than Peter Helliar.
Be assured of an all-star cast with some of the biggest names from stage, screen and radio performing all on the one stage.
The 2007 Gala features the talents of Adam Hills, Akmal, Corinne Grant, Dave Hughes, David O'Doherty (IRE), Fiona O'Loughlin, Greg Fleet, The Jim Henson Puppet Company (USA),
Jason Byrne (IRE), Jeff Green (UK), Mark Watson (UK), Meshel Laurie, Phil Nichol (CAN), Russell Howard (UK), Shappi Khorsandi (UK), Stephen K Amos (UK), Tim Minchin, Tripod, Wil Anderson and a host of other comedy greats.
So sit back, chill out and have a giggle or two on us.
Peter Helliar announced as the host of the 2007 Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala
The Comedy Festival's Opening Night Gala (Wednesday 4th April) is the most glamorous event in Australia's comedy calendar. In 2007, the opulence of the Regent Theatre is the setting for this exclusive evening of laughs, ensuring a night of comedy magic you do not want to miss.
See the biggest names from stage and screen (and the radio) performing live on the one stage for one night only.
Glamour, guest stars and giggles - what better way to celebrate the opening of the 21st Melbourne International Comedy Festival?
And while you're having the time of your life you'll also be helping save lives - just by laughing! Proceeds from The Gala live performance and the national television broadcast on Network Ten are donated to Oxfam Australia to support their projects around the world.
TRIPOD'S IDIOCLIPS NOW OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS
Tripod have put out their nerd-feelers and are persuading bunches of people to make video clips to their songs. They'll then pick the best ones and perform them live whilst the clip plays on a big screen, at their Melbourne Comedy Festival show IDIOCLIPS, and the best video wins $2500!! That's right, it's just like Christmas. If you reckon you can make a crash hot video to a Tripod song then check out www.idioclips.com for more details.
Kings of Comedy - featuring Colin Lane as host
premiers tonight on Ch 9 @ 7:30pm
16 February 2007
Some of the world's most legendary comedians will be celebrated in a new retrospective series, Kings of Comedy, which premieres Friday, February 16 at 7.30pm on Channel Nine.
Hosted by Colin Lane, of the late great comedy duo Lano & Woodley, this one-hour program features a collection of archived routines performed on Channel Nine programs over the last five decades.
Famous comedians in the six-part series include the Irish superstar who dominated British television, Dave Allen; the hilarious Two Ronnies, Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett; the iconic team of Peter Cook and Dudley Moore; Australia's king of television, Graham Kennedy; Hale and Pace; deadpan US comic Steven Wright; legendary Australian performer Rolf Harris; pop parody group The Hee Bee Gee Bees; and the forefather of American improvisation, Shelley Berman.
In a celebration of Kennedy's immense impact on Australian television, the first episode - on the day after his birthday - contains three contributions from the inimitable larrikin of laughs.
Following on from the successful Kings of Comedy special last year, footage for the series has been collated from a number of specials, series and variety show sketches filmed in the studios of TCN-9 and GTV-9 from the 1960s to the 1990s.
musically funny hit Spicks & Specks,
back from Wednesday 14 February at 8.30pm.
Hills, one of Australia's favourite comedians, is joined by two team captains, comedian and actor Alan Brough and Triple J breakfast announcer Myf Warhurst. This week on Myf's team are: Dan Hume (Evermore) and radio host/comedian Dave O'Neill. On Alan's team are: star of stage and screen, Nancye Hayes, and actor/comedian Jonathan Biggins.
Two teams go head to head as they sing, shout and delve deep into the recesses of their collective minds to help earn their team an extremely inglorious victory.
Whether discussing the lyrical genius of Gilbert and Sullivan, the reasons Ozzy Osbourne wore a dress or just how a musician can choke on a harmonica, no musical genre is overlooked... well, except for maybe Swedish folk music, but hey, we've all got limits.
Video clips, album covers, and information you never thought anyone could know the answer to, Spicks and Specks enlightens and entertains - and exposes the world of music like never before
Join Adam Hills host of ABC TVs Spicks and Specks every Sunday evening from the 4th of February as he hosts an evening of what may be referred to as "Comedy Brainstorming". At these shows Adam will be trying to figure out if any of the ideas he has had for his upcoming Melbourne Comedy Festival season are funny.
Which is where you come in...
Deciding what is hilarious can be a lonely task even for one of our most popular and successful comedians. Research has shown that is much more fun / productive if there are other people in the room - to laugh or not to laugh. You can look upon your attendance as something of a community service if you like.
Each week Adam will be joined by a special guest support act.
Venue: 6 Links, 228 Flinders Lane (just off Swanston St)
Dates: Every Sunday from the 4th of February til 31st March
Time: 6pm
Tickets: Gold Coin Donation
Bookings: At the door
The Mansion:
Australia Day Special on The Comedy Channel
Check out Charlie Pickering and Michael Chamberlin on The Mansion: Australia Day Special premiering on The Comedy Channel on Australia Day, Jan 26. To coincide with The Comedy Channel's move to Melbourne and their marathon Stand Up! Australia Day Special, there will be live crosses to Charlie and Michael in The Mansion.
The Mansion is a fictional news mansion that Charlie and Michael inherited from their old uncle Jebediah McNews. From here they dissect events from around the world. They are ably assisted by Justin Kennedy and Claire Hooper with a special guest appearance by Damian Callinan.
Colin Lane will appear in the MTC/STC co-production of the long-awaited revival of David Williamson's classic social sattire, Don's Party. The season opens in Melbourne on 8 January 2007 and will play at the Arts Centre Playhouse until 10 February 2007.
Ho Ho Ho!, Santa Claus is coming to town, but before he slides down a single chimney, he's joining the Spicks and Specks family for an Aussie Christmas by the beach. Another Specky Christmas screens Sunday December 17 at 7.30pm.
Host Adam Hills is firing up the barbie, while team captains, Alan Brough and Myf Warhurst are laying the bon-bons on the fold-away table for a one-hour Christmas Special.
Getting sand between their toes are some very special guests including Australia's favourite housewife Dame Edna and singer Deborah Byrne. Full of Christmas spirit, Spicks and Specks regulars, comedians Ross Noble and Frank Woodley, will also be dropping in.
Tune in to our very own Terri Psiakis on Triple J Summer nights, from 6pm to 10pm, on the T&A Show with Amy Blakmur
All summer long, Terri & Amy will be keeping your summer nights alive with the sound of music, playing you the best tunes of 2006 and classic albums in full. They'll also be solving all your holiday dilemmas. Let the ladies know your story and they may just have the solution!.
Tune in to the following frequencies for your area:
Melbourne 107.5FM, Sydney 105.7FM, Adelaide 105.5FM, Perth 99.3FM, Brisbane 107.7FM, Canberra 101.5FM or check out www.triplej.net.au for more info
My Favourite Album
7:30pm Sunday, 03 Dec 2006 - ABC
It's an issue that's sparked debate across the nation - turned neighbour against neighbour and husband against wife. Now the votes are in, Australia has spoken, and on December 3 at 7.30pm, ABC TV will reveal the identity of Australia's favourite album - the results will surprise!
Following the success of My Favourite Book in 2004, and My Favourite Film in 2005, My Favourite Album will be hosted by Spicks and Specks panellist and triple j presenter Myf Warhurst.
Myf Warhurst will be joined by a panel of five special guests to count down the top 10, but don't expect a polite discussion... With the likes of record industry guru Dicko, outspoken comedian JUDITH LUCY, iconic singer/songwriter Renee Geyer, Spiderbait's Kram and The Chaser's Chas Licciardello, you can expect a lively debate.
Tune in this Wednesday night and help crack 1 million viewers for THE LAST GLASS HOUSE EVER!!
The 2006 Glass House Awards For EksalinceTM
Wednesday November 29, 9:00pm
On Wednesday, November 29, at the special time of 9pm, Wil Anderson, Corinne Grant, Dave Hughes & a host of their favourite reasonably special guests will celebrate the season finale with The 2006 Glass House Awards For EksalinceTM
In a one-hour, completely bias-free episode, Adam Spencer, Liz Ellis, Rhys Muldoon, Fiona O'Loughlin, Pinky Beecroft, Georgie Parker, Merv Hughes, Kerri-Anne Kennerley, Arj Barker and more will honour the world's movers & shakers in science, religion, sport, entertainment and politics.
Will Kim Beazley's astonishing popularity make him even more of a winner? Can Big Brother's turkey-slappers bring home the bacon? Drunk monks, French headbutts, Kiwi couches - eksalince, eksalince, eksalinceTM!
And who will take home the most prestigious award, the Golden Cretin? Naomi Robson, Mel Gibson, Germaine Greer, the ABC Board - it's the most competitive field in years!
If you only watch one dodgy awards show this year, tape this one & watch it next year!
Its been all GO at the Tripod camp lately. They've sat through two seasons of Deadwood. They've spent their days staring blankly at each other in the 'Writing Room' and their nights arguing over whether or not the Veronicas are too short to be hot. Yes people, It's time for the boys to slow down, take stock, sit back, relax, release an album and watch the money roll in.
Tripod's last album release entitled Middleborough Road, was the bringing together of real musicians playing real music to real funny songs and it won them a real ARIA. With Songs from Self-Saucing, Tripod return to the stage with the three voice, two guitar combo that made them famous. This latest release features the best of their recent catalogue including Too Many Remotes and Lingering Dad.
Captured in front of a sell out crowd at the HI-FI Bar and Ballroom during the final daysof the 2006 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Tripod - Songs from Self-Saucing shows a comedy group at the height of its powers... again. Its been over nine months in the making and is proving to be the most anticipated live album since KISS ALIVE III!
ADAM HILLS - LIVE IN THE SUBURBS DVD
When Adam Hills isn't hosting ABC TV's "Spicks & Specks" he travels the world as one of its most popular and respected stand up comics. A regular at the Melbourne, Montreal and Kilkenny Comedy Festivals and a triple Perrier Award nominee at the Edinburgh Festival, Adam Hills is truly a world class comedian.
"Live In The Suburbs" is Adam's first ever stand up comedy DVD, recorded live at the Cardinia Cultural Centre, in the outer Melbourne suburb of Pakenham. "Live In The Suburbs" delivers an hour and a bit of Adam's best stand up material as well as a trip to the farmer's market and a catch up with the locals at Pakenham Upper.
Ah, Christmas! A time of child-like wonderment, joy and mystery. Of magic, smiles and goodwill to all men. What rubbish! C'mon face it. The last time you felt Christmassy was... you can't remember can you? Christmas is a pain in the arse. The whole routine is getting stale. Why does it have to be so hard? You spend a fortune buying gifts, spend the week in awkward family 'situations'... And as for the Christmas rush, don't get me started. I mean why did the son of God have to be born at a time when its so hard to find a car park?! Timing Jesus, timing.
But praise the Lord Tripod are here to save the day... again. The Tripod caravan of courage is coming to your town with the new, "Hey, We Don't Make The Yules" tour. They don't make the yules, but they do come up with their own show titles, and they're particularly proud of this one. Songs about donkeys and Marys and Santas are guaranteed. Thank God for Tripod - putting the CHRIST! (as in Christ! How good is this?!?) back into Christmas.
2006 started off rather well for Tripod with the release of their very first DVD Pod August Night, through Liberation Music. Their tenth season at the Melbourne Comedy Festival in April was fittingly their most successful to date. They premiere at the Oddfellows New Zealand Comedy Festival in May and have been busily touring the nation since then.
"These guys are good. These guys are great. These guys are jaw-hang-wide-open,-drool-slowly-drip-out brilliant" HERALD-SUN, MELBOURNE
"Tripod could be a comedy trio or just a very strange, very talented rock band" ADELAIDE ADVERTISER
WIL ANDERSON'S
SURVIVAL OF THE DUMBEST
21 September 2006
One of Australia's best loved and funniest comedians at his acerbic and hilarious best. A laugh-out-loud thigh-slapper from a comic genius.
"Did you know that in the last ten years, 31 Australians have died from watering the Christmas tree while the lights were still plugged in? And at least a couple of those were watering plastic trees. Now I don't want to seem callous, but to me that's not a tragedy - that's natural selection."
In SURVIVAL OF THE DUMBEST, Wil Anderson turns his sharp gaze and wicked wit to the stupid, strange and perplexing quandaries of popular culture. Wil spares no-one, not even himself, as he delivers an almighty forehead slap to the modern world. And let's face it: between TV, politics, oversexed sports stars, advertising and automatic phone-banking systems - there are a lot of foreheads that need one.
Wil Anderson caused cornflake snorting incidents as a breakfast announcer on Triple J, hosts ABC TV's ever-popular The Glass House and continues to thrill audiences at just about every comedy festival known to man. Now Wil has set down some of his funniest rants and observations in this book. Let's just hope there are enough people left who can read.
Bryan Strauchan was joined at the Lexus Centre on Thursday by team mates Paul Licuria Brodie Holland, to launch his new DVD Strauchanie - Pure B.S., covering his meteoric rise to self proclaimed - Magpie Superstar status.
Strauchanie, who was taken as last pick by Collingwood in 2004 draft, has made a dramatic rise from the Horsham 3rds reserves team.
When asked why he felt that the time was right to release a DVD, capturing his finest moments over the past two seasons, despite not actually having yet played a game, Strauchanie responded; "Why am I releasing a DVD? Good question Strauchanie. I am releasing a DVD because the greatest people of our time need to be captured," said Strauchan.
Continuing, Strauchan shared; "It's that simple. So many great lives are available on DVD - John F. Kennedy, the Olsen Twins and now... Bryan 'Strauchanie' Strauchan.
"Not only is this DVD very entertaining, it's a bargain too. What else could you get for the same price? Two McChicken meal deals upsized, four Happy meals, a McFlurry, three Traveller pies, two steamed dim sims, three hotdogs with sauce, onion, cheese and bacon and a dozen Krispy Kreme donuts? I don't think so."
"[Pickering is] charming company and a natural raconteur... very good at identifying and communicating the comedic heart of even the most mundane events, and elevating these kitchen sink incidents into the realm of tragicomic entertainment... Judging by the amount of fertile, insightful material here, Pickering's autobiography will be the proverbial right riveting read." The Scotsman
"Anderson is a master of constructing a situation and finishing it off with a killer one-liner in the time it takes most comedians to drawl: "Say, what's the deal with this... war on terror?"... The happy throng leaving the venue are clearly convinced they've seen one of the Fringe's best kept secrets."
Last night Lano & Woodley - GOOD BYE won the inaugural Comedy Performer Award. This Helpmann Award recognises excellence in live comedy performance over the course of a Season.
"And for the perfect send-off, Colin Lane and Frank Woodley won in the new category of best comedy performer for their farewell tour, Lano & Woodley - Goodbye" - The Age
On Wednesday July 26th, thanks to a strict regime of botox, liposuction and pharmaceuticals only available in Paraguay, The Glass House celebrates its 200th Birthday. It's times like this when we take a moment to remember just how much we've enriched the life of this great country. And let's face it, it only takes a moment. Anyway, Wil, Corinne and Dave will party long into the night with a veritable "Who's That"? of Australian entertainment, including "I know her from somewhere", "Hey, it's that guy" and "Oh look, whatshername". So join us to remember 200 superbly inconsistent shows, then laugh all over again as Security makes us leave the building and Eddie McGuire refuses our calls.
The Glass House turns 200! It's a milestone around the neck of the ABC!
As part of the 10th Anniversary Celebrations during the first week of July, Wil Anderson, Dave Hughes, Rod Quantock, Judith Lucy and Rove McManus volunteered as Big Issue Vendors on the streets of Sydney and Melbourne.
While "lick the cover and get high" and "show it at work and get a promotion" aren't the normal sales lines, Wil managed to sell 37 magazines in his 45 minute stint. After a sluggish start Hughesy really picked up after his 'skinny latte' and ended up selling a pleasantly plump 23 magazines in about 40 minutes. Rove started off slowly and didn't look likely to threaten Wil's record of 37 sales but he eventually warmed to the task and flogged a whopping 40 magazines in 40 minutes!!! He handed over a fistful of cash to regular Swan Street vendor Leo who went skipping off to buy himself a new pair of glasses. Judith Lucy sold 24 magazines in Acland Street, and easily took the award for the most glamorous celebrity that regular vendor Denis had ever worked with, he said. Not sure if this has more to do with the big tip Judith left, or the fact that Hughesy is the only other celebrity Denis has worked with. Rod looked great in his yellow vest and graced the streets of Clifton Hill.
JUDITH LUCY AND PETER HELLIAR MAKE SALES FOR A GOOD CAUSE
Claire Hooper (Network Ten’s Good News Week), Josh Thomas (Network Ten’s Talking About Your Generation) and Tom Ballard (JJJ’s Tom & Alex) have joined forces with Melbourne Zoo’s Tigers Ramalon and Binjai to raise awareness about the impact of palm oil on Sumatran Tiger habitat.
Australians are unknowingly contributing to this crisis by consuming about 10 kilograms of palm oil per person per year. At the rate of deforestation Orang-utans and Sumatran Tigers could be extinct in the wild in less than 10 years.
udith Lucy - Biography of the year!
Terri Psiakis Book Release!
Catch Charlie Pickering & Josh Thomas
FRANK WOODLEY STARS IN OPTIMISM
UP THE DUFF - NEW EDITION
TRIPOD GO VEGAS!
WIL ANDERSON - LIVE IN LONDON
CASH CAB SEASON 3
DENISE SCOTT LIVE!
JUDITH LUCY'S
Congratulations to our very own Dave Hughes, Lano & Woodley and Tripod for their nominations in the ARIA Best Comedy Release category. The final nominees are:
Last Night Adam Hills won the Comedy Performer Award for his "JOYMONGER" show. This Helpmann Award recognises excellence in live comedy performance over the course of a season.
Australia's favourite music quiz show
Kings of Comedy - featuring Colin Lane as host
Its been all GO at the Tripod camp lately. They've sat through two seasons of Deadwood. They've spent their days staring blankly at each other in the 'Writing Room' and their nights arguing over whether or not the Veronicas are too short to be hot. Yes people, It's time for the boys to slow down, take stock, sit back, relax, release an album and watch the money roll in.
respected stand up comics. A regular at the Melbourne, Montreal and Kilkenny Comedy Festivals and a triple Perrier Award nominee at the Edinburgh Festival, Adam Hills is truly a world class comedian.
