Matt F

20+ years media background experience. Producer. Lover of comedy. Loves Australian nostalgia for the greater good.

Most commented posts

  1. Remembering: The ACTUAL Show itself: Tom and Santo Speak — 7 comments
  2. The Scumbus Is Coming — 7 comments
  3. Santo, Sam & Ed are goooooo!!! — 6 comments
  4. Remembering: The Pissweak Kids (with bonus interview) — 6 comments
  5. Happy 20th Anniversary, The Late Show! — 5 comments

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Top 10 mockumentary lists - Courier Mail 24/10/11

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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Mick Molloy talks YouTube

Mick Molloy, running off the success of Season 2 of The Jesters (both Season 1 and 2 out now on DVD) on Foxtel, released a video earlier this year talking about his favourite clips on YouTube. [tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htFzPKIbD30[/tube] So if you have some time and bandwidth to kill and over looking up cute cats falling off …

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Tony Martin on The Hamster Wheel

Comedy troupe The Chaser brought in Tony Martin for a ‘vox pop interview’ for their media expose comedy show The Hamster Wheel. Tony appears at the 26 second mark. Blink and you’ll miss him. [tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w833cAs9EN0[/tube] Also note Tony and Working Dog‘s good friend – Shaun Micallef.

Aaaannnnd Today!….

After 6 years of using an old system which didn’t get upgraded, we missed the boat and had to do things the hard way. With a front page that didn’t get updated much, being spammed like no tomorrow, and other dilemmas, we employed Geoff & Terry Bailey for $50 to give us a makeover we …

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Rare Late Show warmup footage!

Thanks to boots, here’s some footage that usually doesn’t see the light of day. [tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjg3Aa58W04[/tube]

Tony’s new book

Tony Martin of Late Show fame has a new book coming out. Called Lolly Scramble, it’s available for purchase on 1 October. The blurb on the Pan MacMillan website reads: Comedian Tony Martin has strip-mined his often unremarkable life to tell sixteen small tales fraught with laughter and detail. Choosing to ignore his many dubious achievements in the …

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