Category: News

Ooh, me Easter Eggs! From Bargearse/Olden Days DVD

SPOILER ALERT!! If you’ve got your copy of The Olden Days/Bargearse that came out in late August, thank forum member menagers for finding the Easter Eggs contained within. 1. Main menu: Bargearse, arrow up, devil icon – exorcism film 2. Main menu: The Olden Days, arrow left, zero icon – funniest home video gag 3. Main …

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Apols for lack of updates!

Apols for the lack of updates to the site—I’ve been away for a few months. The forum is still going strong and we are welcoming several new members each week, some of whom didn’t remember The Late Show the first time around and are discovering its comedic genius for the first time, which is great …

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Mick Molloy’s new show!

The Nation promo – Mick’s new show [tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJWoQHcyCC4[/tube] Thanks to 13schoolyards who has the scoop from the man himself – it sounds great. *The Nation isn’t a panel chat show – rather, it’s a fake news program, with skits, sketches, fake news, comments, etc. Supposedly the idea is to keep the format loose enough so …

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TV Hits 1994

How I remember this article… and thanks SO MUCH to Matt for sending it in to me, who received it from joey_macka. It was a 1994 article from TV Hits, soon after The Late Show had ended and the ABC was repeating the series on Wednesday nights. Several people had requested a top-up dose of their favourite comedy team. Are you …

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80s flashback – Five in a Row

Thanks again to Scott M. for scanning in the Five In A Row cassingle from 1989. Zoom into the PDF to enjoy the extremely niche yet memory-jogging jokes including “Con the Fruiterer Pty Ltd”, the tracks by the Young Talent Team, Molly Meldrum and Wa Wa Nee and “Copperart Road”. From way back in 1989 …

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Thank God You’re Here wins Logie

Working Dog’s successful series Thank God You’re Here has won a TV Week Logie! In the nominees section, it was good to see a strong presence from ABC TV (The Late Show cast’s original home). Discuss this in our forums! Most Outstanding Comedy Program The Chaser’s War on Everything (ABC TV) The Glass House (ABC TV) Spicks & Specks (ABC …

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The Whingeing Pom is real

Thanks to Scott McPhee for giving us this image. If you aren’t familiar with The Late Show sketch of The Whingeing Pom Bar & Bistro, check out [tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvFormOyvBQ[/tube]

Boytown at the Barbican

Hi all, Finally got to see Boytown at tonight’s screening at the Barbican in London. A heavily-pregnant Sally Phillips came on to say hello and read a note from Mick, who gave us his best wishes. In his message he joked that he may in fact be the father of Sally’s unborn child, and he …

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Champagnecomedy.com is two

February 2007 marked Champagne Comedy’s second birthday; although my original Late Show page on Geocities has been online for – wait for it – more than TEN YEARS. The fact that The Late Show still entertains and endures proves how talented the D-Gen alumni are. I’m also ecstatic that a couple of new forum members who …

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Less music, more talk

We hope that the irreverent banter on Tony Martin’s Triple M Get This radio slot is here to stay, but the crap music threatens to take over the 2 hour slot! If you listen to the ‘new’ Get This on TripleM, are less than pleased and would prefer the talk to stay and the crap …

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