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Jul 19
Santo Cilauro, 1994 Frontline interview
25 years ago, Santo Cilauro was interviewed on Triple J show Hard Coffee about the hit satirical show Frontline, then in its first season. Champagne Comedy recently unearthed an audio recording of this at the bottom of a cupboard, recorded towards the end of the season. Santo not only played the weatherman Geoff on Frontline, …
Mar 13
How The F*ck You Can Get Into Radio
Watch this classic piece of Tony Martin history from one of his earliest radio jobs.
Feb 19
The 90s: what a time to be alive
Were you obsessed with The Late Show in the 90s? Depending on how old you were, you either stayed up and watched it, or watched it before you went out on a Saturday night. I was old enough for its M rating, but still in high school. So, when I wasn’t re-watching the tapes throughout …
Dec 18
Flashback: D-Genocide Supplement
Who doesn’t love a supplement in the middle of your daily newspaper? Step back to the bicentennial year that is 1988. After jumping ship to Christopher Skase‘s Channel 7 from a successful two season run at the ABC, The D-Generation troupe whipped up four specials for the network: The D-Generation Goes Commercial, D-Genocide, and The D-Generation’s Tribute To …
Dec 06
Remembering Richard Marsland
Today marks ten years since the death of radio personality Richard Marsland, aged just 32. Richard was an instrumental part of the Get This show. Tributes and memories are flooding in today as people remember Richard and the impact he had on their lives using the hashtag #ImRichard. Here are just a small selection of …
Nov 23
“Mick and myself are knackered, and it’s time for this program to have a bit of a lie-down”
20 years ago today, Martin/Molloy announced they were going to have a ‘bit of a lie-down’.
Nov 22
“What happens when a joke goes down like a lead balloon?”
We dig into a feature shown on ABC’s TVTV from 1993 as The Late Show dive into their second season.
Sep 28
The Late Show obsession
Anyone who watched The Late Show in their youth — and particularly if you were aged around 14 to 17 — may remember how it was a major talking point at school on Monday mornings. Episodes were dissected, knowing looks were exchanged when you heard the year 12s singing Ouchy Wouchy Heart in the quadrangle, …