Matt F

20+ years media background experience. Producer. Lover of comedy. Loves Australian nostalgia for the greater good.

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  1. The Scumbus Is Coming — 7 comments
  2. Remembering: The Pissweak Kids (with bonus interview) — 6 comments
  3. Santo, Sam & Ed are goooooo!!! — 6 comments
  4. Remembering: The ACTUAL Show itself: Tom and Santo Speak — 6 comments
  5. Happy 20th Anniversary, The Late Show! — 5 comments

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Remembering: The Pissweak Kids (with bonus interview)

Over the two years of The Late Show, there were various sketches starring children ranging from 8 – 14.  They eventually became known and credited as The Pissweak Kids. What originally began as sketches from The D-Generation in 1986 – 1987 as Tommy Cravat Jnr promoting pissweak theme parks, the idea was rejuvenated for The Late Show, …

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Scarcely E-Relevant

Scarcely Relevant

Okay, so the header paints this in a negative way.. but it isn’t! It’s supposed to be a pun on the whole story. It just sounds wrong. The “E” in “E-Relevant” is referring to the e-reader / e-book, because Tony Martin has compiled his scribblings from his now defunct site The Scrivener’s Fancy and compiled them into …

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Mick Molloy = Boy(s)Town!

A big hug and heartful congratulations to Mick Molloy! Mick made a major announcement on Triple M Melbourne’s “The Hot Breakfast” show this morning (Friday 8 June, 2012) that he will become a father for the first time. To the amazement to his on-air colleagues who knew nothing of the news, the double zinger was …

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Will There Ever Be A DVD Box Set Of The Entire “The Late Show”?

Many people come to this site, being fans of The Late Show, reminising about the sketches they remember in their minds and wearing out their VHS and Betamax tapes of episodes recorded 20 years ago. There’s the Champagne Edition DVD which has Volumes 1 – 3 of The Late Show, as well as “More Bits”, …

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Tony Martin on Late O’Clock With Rob Hunter

Everyone’s favourite nerdy Comedian Tony Martin graced the brown velour desk for Late O’Clock With Rob Hunter  starring Comedian Rob Hunter. Rob Hunter is a comedian and writer who began his career in Adelaide eventually moving himself to comedian capital of Australia –  Melbourne. A wealth of experience behind him, Rob has performed stand-up all around Australia and …

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Happy Birthday Bargearse!

Today (26/5/12) marked  Detective Sargeant Bargearse‘s 84th birthday. Well, kind of. It was the great, late actor Leo “Lucky” Grills who played Detective Sargeant ‘Bluey’ Hills in the Channel 7 drama production Bluey from 1976 to 1977. Bluey wasn’t your typical detective. What made him unique was that he drank, ate, smoked and did all the …

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Remembering: Impressions of Rob Sitch

Over the two seasons, Rob Sitch has played many characters, such as Graham from Graham & The Colonel, the egotistical chauvinistic character in the dinner party sketches, Gavin Oz from The Oz Brothers and more. But he’s well-known (and stated by Santo Cilauro on the show) that he is the master of disguises. His first impression …

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Remembering: Music Video Parodies

Nearly every sketch comedy show – without fail – create their own song parodies. Most of the piss-takes are around songs or artists which are popular at the time. Sometimes the parody songs are that funny and entertaining, they can out-do the actual song. Even to the point that when you hear the original, you …

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Two Entries In “The Guide” Birthday Celebrations

This is just pure evidence again that the guys aren’t just fantastic hard workers, but they leave a mark in the entertainment industry. Fairfax’s TV/Radio/Movie liftout The Guide celebrate 30 years of publishing in the Sydney Morning Herald and sister papers. Critics Michael Idato and Greg Hassall have dissected and filtered through the last 30 …

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Capril 2012 Wrapping Up Soon

As mentioned previously, the month of April has had a cape worn upon its back for Capril: Are you Cape-able?. There’s only a few days left of April to get your own excuse to wear your beloved cape in public! With word-of-mouth, social media and radio interviews galore to promote the awareness of depression and in …

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