Forum regular Steve has a new Late Show page, with what is arguably the most comprehensive episode guide to The Late Show ever. With hundreds of stills, a complete episode guide, quotable quotes and in-depth guides to your favourite skits, it’s highly recommended. A labour of love. Whether you’re new to The Late Show or an old-timer wanting to mull over those good old times, just check it out. You won’t be disappointed. What’s more, the main site also hosts a run down of Australian colonial drama (Rush, aka ‘The Olden Days’). Check it out.

Tony Martin of Late Show fame has a new book coming out. Called Lolly Scramble, it’s available for purchase on 1 October.

The blurb on the Pan MacMillan website reads:

Comedian Tony Martin has strip-mined his often unremarkable life to tell sixteen small tales fraught with laughter and detail. Choosing to ignore his many dubious achievements in the world of Australian show business (Martin/Molloy, The Late Show, a short-lived but torrid affair with Sharon on Kath & Kim), New Zealand-born Martin instead recalls dozens of tiny life-changing moments that, frankly, could have happened to anybody.

In a damning personal testimony spanning nearly forty years on both sides of the Tasman, Martin wreaks havoc as an apprentice props man in amateur theatre, attempts to corrupt his school’s ‘weird religious kid’, tries vainly to seduce an unwilling babysitter, turns an entire tour bus against him, battles an addiction to Donkey Kong, seeks to master the art of ‘kerning’ under the tutelage of a tyrannical Geordie, and is forced to donate an unfeasible amount of blood in an attempt to save his own life.

Lolly Scramble is a light but flavoursome assortment from a man who appears to have learnt very little from his many mistakes. Tuck right in, but don’t eat them all at once or you’ll spoil your dinner.

Thanks, rdmcphee for the info!

Hey, who’s having a Late Show marathon?

If you end up having a party at home, or just watch them marathon-style by yourself like a sad git, we want to hear all your stories, and see all your pictures! Email them to kimgilmour (at) gmail.com or link to them on the forum.