20+ years media background experience. Producer. Lover of comedy. Loves Australian nostalgia for the greater good.
Jul 27 2012
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 2012
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 2012
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 2012
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 …
Jul 11 2012
Old school fellow friends of The Late Show crew Jane Turner, Gina Riley and Magda Szubanski have just released the full length trailer to the foxy ladies of Fountain Lakes fillum – Kath & Kimderella. Kath & Kimbegan as minor characters on the short lived sketch comedy show Big Girls Blouse and Something Stupid in the mid …
Jun 20 2012
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, …
Jun 14 2012
Okay, so the header paints this in a negative way.. but it isn’t! It’s supposed to be a pun on the whole story. It just sounds wrong. The “E” in “E-Relevant” is referring to the e-reader / e-book, because Tony Martin has compiled his scribblings from his now defunct site The Scrivener’s Fancy and compiled them into …
Jun 08 2012
A big hug and heartful congratulations to Mick Molloy! Mick made a major announcement on Triple M Melbourne’s “The Hot Breakfast” show this morning (Friday 8 June, 2012) that he will become a father for the first time. To the amazement to his on-air colleagues who knew nothing of the news, the double zinger was …
Jun 04 2012
Many people come to this site, being fans of The Late Show, reminising about the sketches they remember in their minds and wearing out their VHS and Betamax tapes of episodes recorded 20 years ago. There’s the Champagne Edition DVD which has Volumes 1 – 3 of The Late Show, as well as “More Bits”, …
May 28 2012
Everyone’s favourite nerdy Comedian Tony Martin graced the brown velour desk for Late O’Clock With Rob Hunter starring Comedian Rob Hunter. Rob Hunter is a comedian and writer who began his career in Adelaide eventually moving himself to comedian capital of Australia – Melbourne. A wealth of experience behind him, Rob has performed stand-up all around Australia and …
