Jul 27
Continuing the celebration of The Late Show and its 20 year anniversary (which has been a week past since time of publish) we have a zinger for you. For the next installment of the ‘Remembering” series, two of The Late Show and Working Dog cast members – Tom Gleisner and Santo Cilauro, took time out of their extremely …
Jul 25
Two thirds of Santo, Sam and Ed’s Cup / Sports Fever are getting back together on the radio airwaves to deliver thrilling sporting commentary to our ears. For two weeks, starting from 30 July, Santo Cilauro will be joined by Sam Pang on Triple M Melbourne (no word yet if it’ll be broadcasted nationally) for Rush Hour – …
Jul 25
Working Dog are back on Saturday! … and Sunday! But not at the desired 10pm slot we all come to love. But here’s something just as good. Thanks to the hard work of Tom Gleisner, Rob Sitch and Santo Cilauro, the tantalising, delicious tastebuds of Audrey Gordon‘s “Tuscan Summer” cookbook has hit the small screen in bite-size portions. …
Jul 17
20 years ago today, “Generation X”ers (and a few older “Generation Y”ers) were about to embark on a new form of Australian comedy. Channel 7 sketch comedy show Fast Forward was the talk of the town, into their 4th season, but was nearing the end of its life cycle. Where will Australia turn to for laugh-a-minute …
Jun 20
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, …
Apr 14
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 …
Mar 20
Sanji, Zumia, and Zed sped across the finish line on Monday night with spectacular coverage of the F1 Grand Prix and Australian Swimming Championships. (Figures to come soon, had only obtained Brisbane’s figures of 24,000 due to glitch from our side so we’re still working on it – to be updated.) Channel 7 Grand Prix Commentator Matty …
Mar 13
Even though it was repeated from Channel 10 March 2011, their sister station ONE HD replayed the 25 Years Of The Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Showing the best of comedians who have performed over the 25 years, The D-Generation made their appearance with their famous “Courtroom Sketch”. Featuring Tom Gleisner, Rob Sitch and Santo Cilauro, …
Nov 22
Lukewarm off the internet press is Working Dog‘s preview for their latest film, Any Questions For Ben?. Yes, question mark included. Starring Josh Lawson, Rachael Taylor, Felicity Ward, Jodi Gordon and Ed “KD Lang” Kavalee, based around we assume to be 25 year olds (the working title was named ‘25‘) the film was completed last year …
Oct 24
As part of a new mock-autobiography released by H.G. Nelson (Greig Pickhaver) called My Life In Shorts, Brisbane’s Courier Mail (24/10/11) printed a Top 10 list of mockumentary-style TV shows, Books and films. The list comprised of US show Modern Family, as well as the Christopher Guest‘s classic film Best In Show (Tony Martin‘s favourite This Is …
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