Sep 28 2016

Strewth. Corker. Vale Max Walker

2016 hasn’t been a great year for the celebrity world where many musicians and actors have unfortunately left this mortal coil.

Sadly, Aussie cricketer, commentator and larrakin Max Walker has passed away at the age of 68.

The D-Generation team are fans of the cricket – with Max being a talk topic with Graham and The Colonel, as well as Santo Cilauro mentioning that ‘Wogs’ would never read his books in his song “Things Wogs Would Never Do” from Season 1 of The Late Show.

But the clincher was in Season 2, where Tony Martin would employ Mick Molloy to have a musician to close each episode with a song. Molloy was given the task to have Cyndi Lauper perform “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun”, but misheard and got Max Walker to perform instead.

 

Rest well, Tangles.

Sep 05 2016

Bargearse and The Olden Days Go Digital

BargeOlden

We must’ve been dreamin’ of donuts as this one snuck by us earlier in the year… so we’re going to tell you now.

You owned it on VHS – you owned it on DVD – you even owned it illegally from a YouTube rip.

Now you can own it legally on digital download.

For a measly $9 – $10 (depending on what platform), you can own all 1 hour and 24 minutes of Bargearse and The Olden Days – now available on iTunes and Google Play.

Re-live pole-punching, dutch ovens, people constantly going out-of-focus and ATMs appearing to be out of order, from your streaming device.

http://bit.ly/BargeOlden – iTunes
http://bit.ly/OldenBarge – Google Play

 

Best enjoyed with a shitload of dim sims and a Pissiona.

Sep 01 2016

Santo Sam and Ed Return

Ed, Sam and Santo

Ed, Sam and Santo

Great news for Snato fans and to all the sports nuts out there.

Santo Cilauro, Sam Pang and Ed Kavalee are getting their podcast on again for the Santo Sam and Ed’s Total Football Podcast – under the wings of ABC Radio.

Each week, Santo, Sam and Ed bring you their take on all the big foorball news from around the globe. What we lack in stats and facts we more than make up for in half baked ideas and dodgy puns.

All the major global domestic leagues covered, even Serie A.

Subscribe now and await Monday September 5 for all the goodies within.

Aug 17 2016

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!

Aug 06 2016

Happy Barcelona Olympics!

Champagne Comedy is wishing you all a great Barcelona Olympics ! We really hope that our bid for Sydney 2000 is a success… with no silly air jumps. Go, “Syd-en-ee”!image[rating=null]

Aug 01 2016

Radio A Game Changer for Martin

Tony Martin. (The Soap Actor, Cyclist, Crooner, and Escape Artist not pictured)

Here’s one for Tony Martin fans out there.

The people at Bad Producer Productions and Craig Bruce Coaching bring you the next installment of The Game Changers: Radio podcast – the Tony Martin episode.

In the first season, Martin’s former radio sparring partner Mick Molloy spoke about his start and experiences, and now it’s Martin’s turn.

Now into the second season of Game Changers: Radio, guests have already featured this season include Amanda Keller, Matt Tilley, Hamish Blake, Richard Stubbs and Fifi Box. In this latest episode, host Craig Bruce talks to Martin about:

  • His first venture into radio in New Zealand
  • Becoming a copywriter at FM104 (Triple M) Brisbane
  • Getting his foot in the door with The D-Generation
  • Various projects he’s written for
  • The origin of ‘Tommy G and The Fatman’
  • How The Late Show was created and originally failed
  • How The Satanic Sketches nearly didn’t see the light of day
  • The creation of FM Playhouse
  • The mechanics of Martin/Molloy
  • Having Get This developed and the yo-yoing of the timeslot
  • Everyone’s favourite Panel Operator and Contributor – Richard Marsland
  • Will Tony ever return full-time to radio

If you haven’t already, Game Changers: Radio is a podcast I encourage you to subscribe to, if you want to know the behind-the-scenes of your favourite past or present radio show and talent. The podcast itself is already shortlisted for the Mumbrella Publish Awards 2016 Best Podcast.

Here’s Episode Thirteen with Tony.

Subscribe to Game Changers Radio and check out radiogamechangers.com

Jul 22 2016

Podcast Fix

Looking for something to listen to on your bus trip to Bowral or the drive around Melbourne to look for all the cliches? Here’s two new podcasts for you to stuff your media player with:
HYBPAPod

Have You Been Paying Attention? Podcast

If you missed any episode of HYBPA? and don’t have enough data to stream the episodes via TenPlay, you can enjoy each show as an audio podcast. Click here for the iTunes Podcast Link

 

T.E.A.M Effort with Ed Kavalee Podcast

TEAMEFFORTPodThis brand new podcast fresh off the sandwich press is hosted by Ed Kavalee, along with Ash Williams as his sidekick, and with guests Lawrence Mooney and Tony Martin. The idea behind this podcast is to “bring together special guests to help you lead a better life. Results may vary”.

Yeah… we’ll see about that.

Click here for the iTunes Podcast Link.

Got a podcast shows or episodes that have starred the D-Gen / Working Dog and associated? Shoot us an e-mail champagnelateshow@gmail.com

Jul 22 2016

Your favourite Rob Sitch Impression

"What we NEEEEEED…!"
"Like a TIGER!!"
"I could go on and on… and I will…"

What's your favourite Rob Sitch impression?

Posted by The Late Show on Thursday, 21 July 2016

May 31 2016

Rob Sitch is Red Faced (Tribute to Thunderbirds)

Rob Sitch on Hey Hey It's Saturday 1984

Rob Sitch on Hey Hey It’s Saturday 1984

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 precise – acting out a Thunderbirds parody, with Rob Sitch, Nick Bufalo and John Harrison.

Down the track, the concept was revisited on their own show on the ABC in 1986-87 on The D-Generation – and featured on the Best Bits Of The D-Generation releases.

And not to forget, the redubbing of Thunderbirds as Blunderbirds on the show Our Place.

And as a dovetail, in 1996, Sitch, Santo Cilauro, Tom Gleisner and Jane Kennedy did a radio serial based on the Thunderbirds, called Implausible Rescue, which was played on the Today Radio Network.

If you have any more Implausible Rescue or Blunderbirds recordings, contact us champagnelateshow@gmail.com

May 17 2016

Radio A Game Changer For Molloy

MolloyheadHere’s one for the Mick Molloy fans out there.

While Molloy’s career has expanded over film and television, the area close to his heart is radio.

For over twenty five years, Molloy has wedged his foot in the door in radio broadcasting. From community radio 3CR, to Triple M, The TODAY Network and back to Triple M again, he is a comedic radio veteran.

He recently sat down with former National Head of Content for SCA Craig Bruce for a podcast called Game Changers – a behind-the-scenes look in radio, covering successes, failures and backgrounds of radio talent on-air and off-air.

In the final episode of Season 1:

  • Bruce probes Molloy on how he got his start with The D-Generation Breakfast Show
  • How much did he rely on The Late Show for profile
  • How Martin/Molloy was formed
  • What was the precursor show to Martin/Molloy (hint: it starts with “B” and ends in “Wang”
  • The infamous rooftop shed
  • How close Going For Bronze nearly involved Martin for a reunion
  • His failures and successes in the industry
  • The one career he always considers his number one gig when everything falls apart

As someone who works in radio, while this one episode is mind-blowingly amazing – the Radio Game Changers podcast is great to listen to if you really want to find out how various talents got to where they are and what’s involved. It isn’t chalk and cheese, but it’s a great industry to work in. No spoilers.

Listen to the preview Bruce’s chat with Molloy:

You can listen to the full episode here: http://radiogamechangers.com/mick-molloy/

Or subscribe to Game Changers Radio