Category: Video

Graham and The Colonel and The Games

If you’re not following this site on Twitter yet (@TLSChampagne) we post a lot more there than on this site. Just like this little gem that Twitter user Meerkatlookout sent through. A comparison shot with Games commentator Scott McGrory sounding awfully like Graham & The Colonel’s Graham! Nailed it! Really enjoying Graham & the Colonel’s …

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Rob Sitch is Red Faced (Tribute to Thunderbirds)

Since late 2014, Daryl Somers has been releasing full archive episodes of Hey Hey It’s Saturday on HeyHey.TV – accessible via a paid subscription. In an upcoming release, episodes from 1984 and 1985 will be available – including an episode of the early days of The D-Generation, before they were actually D-Generation. The Melbourne Uni Revue, to be more …

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Archive: Tony Martin on The Today Show (2009)

Back in September 2009, Tony Martin was doing the rounds, promoting his new book A Nest Of Occasionals. To help promote his second book of grammatical wonder, he popped up on the Stefanovicator’s show Today on Channel 9, interviewed by Lisa Wilkinson. No short circuitry here.

Frontline on Lateline

Thanks to Chad Lofts for searching through his VHS collection, this little wonder has surfaced on the internet. A day after the final episode of Frontline was screened on the ABC in 1997, Mike Moore‘s twin Rob Sitch is interviewed for The 7:30 Report by Kerry O’Brien, about how Frontline was developed. Warning: Contains skivvy-wearing.

Flashback: D-Generation on The Don Lane Show (1994)

Back in the day when Variety television was king, and time had passed just long enough for reunions and specials started to seep in for shows based in the 70s and 80s – The Don Lane Show is a prime example. In 1994, Channel 9 ran a special, hosted by the late Don Lane, who was …

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Archive: Santo Cilauro on The Nation with Mick Molloy – 2007

Santo Cilauro sits at Mick Molloy‘s desk on The Nation to promote the newly released The Olden Days / Bargearse DVD release in 2007. With chat of their Channel 9 history from the 90s and The Late Show archives. Even a small cameo from Pete Smith.

Tony Martin on Total Football

Last night Andrew Denton’s stunt-double Tony Martin somehow managed to get on Santo Sam and Ed’s Total Football and talk about the topic he knows very little of – sport. Donned in the Wellington Phoenix uniform, Tony joined the desk with Santo Cilauro, Sam Pang and Ed Kavalee and managed to join in on the conversation …

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Airtime: Judith Lucy Is All Woman

The lovable second season woman Judith Lucy is back with her new TV show on the ABC. Judith Lucy Is All Woman – a six part series that looks into the progress of the female species of the last 50 years – airs Wednesday February 11. Post by ABC TV. Dovetail: Fan favourite Shaun Micallef‘s show Mad As …

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Frontline binge on iView

Just when you can’t get enough of great Australian comedy with DVD boxsets, iTunes downloads and legal streaming on YouTube, the good folks at the ABC have released “Binge on the Best” on iView. Working Dog’s satirical classic Frontline‘s three seasons are now on full display for free on iView to entertain you over Christmas and …

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Bargearse’s Real Voice

As soon as you see this donut-loving, beer-drinking face, we recognise him as Detective Sergeant Bargearse. Or in other cases, the police officer known as Bluey, played by the late Lucky Grills in the 1970s. For the ones who weren’t born in the 70s and had never seen the Crawfords Production that originally screened, we …

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