Matt F

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

Most commented posts

  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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Pictures Of You Returns

Brian Nankervis After a ‘preview’ episode screening in what appears to saviour the My Kitchen Rules audience attention, Working Dog‘s new show Pictures Of You is returning to the Channel 7 screen Monday 23rd April, at 9:30pm. Host Brian Nankervis presents images of the guest’s past to open their heart and mind to the history …

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Remembering: Piffy The Bell Ringer (with bonus interview)

Throughout the 2 seasons of The Late Show, a segment called Toilet Break would be played, around 3/5 of the way into the show. Season 1 played excerpts from The Saturday Show from the late 70s to early 80s, and Season 2 were highlights from the 80s talent show Pot Luck, hosted by Ernie Sigley and judge Bernard …

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Tony Martin Talks Capril on 3RRR

Source: tonywilson.com.au Regular visitors of this site would know of Tony Martin and author Tony Wilson occasionally pairing up on 3RRR as The Two Tones, and the odd on-air fill in on ABC774 Melbourne for Jon Fontaine. For the next 5 weeks, Tony Wilson will be filling in for the 3RRR show Spoke. As mentioned …

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Dude Looks Like A Logie!

The 54th Annual TV Logie Awards are around the corner, which The D-Generation/Working Dog are regular attendees to the the awards. The year is 1998. The Working Dog team have three successful seasons of the current affairs piss-take Frontline under their belts. The 40th Annual TV Week Logie Awards are being shown on national television, thanks …

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Sports Fever! S01E10 Review

They did it! They can’t of! They really did it! They grew up! Santo, Sam and Ed went all golden ticker-tape for their 100th series finale episode of Sports Fever! Primed with their Scarlett Butternut Brain Snaps, Santo Cilauro, Sam Pang and Ed Kavalee summarised the world of the oblong and round footballs and an …

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Remembering: Musical Finale

Pete “Aerosmith” Smith Season Two. At the end of each episode of 1993, Tony Martin would introduce a musical finale to play over the end of the credits. It was usually a large, well known artist or band that was requested. Tony would rely on his partner-in-crime Mick Molloy to chase down the talent to do their …

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Capril 2012: Are You Cape-able?

It’s that time of the year – the time where you can dust off your Superman costume and wear it proud down at the shopping centre. Capril started out as a running joke on Get This with Tony Martin, Ed Kavalee and Richard Marsland, which Tony put the call out to the listeners to send in photos …

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Pictures Of You S01E01 Review

Straight after the grand final of My Kitchen Rules (running 10 minutes overtime), the newest production from the Working Dog offices Pictures Of You hit the ground running. After a warm and brief introduction from host Brian Nankervis, the show started. A simple concept, a whopping 1.63 million viewers watched the guests in the spotlight for the premiere episode. …

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Sports Fever! S01E09 Review

Episode 9 of Sandra, Simone and Elle’s Sports Fever! hopped along after a hernia operation and a 30 month dry run. Summarising the One Day International Cricket within a few minutes that would make a New Zealand spectator stay awake for more than five minutes, the start of  the AFL season launch was bounced down, …

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Mick Molloy Returning for Before The Game

Source: Ch 10 Other than Santo, Sam and Ed’s Sports Fever!, The Late Show‘s other sports nut regular Mick Molloy is returning to the small screen for more AFL commentary for Channel 10’s Before The Game. Molloy returns with fellow footy enthusiasts Dave Hughes, Anthony “Lehmo” Lehmann, Samantha Lane, Andrew Maher and Ryan “Fitzy” Fitzgerald for some …

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