Mar 20 2012

Sports Fever! S01E08 Ratings

Source: 7Mate

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 Bradfield, who seems to be the twin sibling of Rob Sitch, was still in the pit lane trackside, did a live cross. Olympian Shot-Putter Dale Stevenson was added to the list of Aussie Bronze, and more sporting bloopers and highlights were shown from soccer. After seeing the future of swimmer Ian Thorpe appear in Dancing With The Stars thanks to a fancy touch-screen TV, even more cricket was discussed with cricket tragic and The Chaser stuntman Chas Licciardello as a desk guest.

With We Watched It So You Didn’t Have To, Ed Kavalee‘s entry was Snooker championships in Germany with commentary that wasn’t so weight-pleasant. Sam Pang copped some Downhill Skiing Slopestyle Championships in France with some “semen genie grab” line, and Santo Cilauro watching Cycling, dumbfounded by Scottish commentary.

Channel 7’s Sporting journo regular Chris Jones gave some more in depth Swimming Championships coverage. Silky Skills showed how much sport is perfectly errorless, while Sam crossed over to the F1 Grand Prix track side again with “Frank” and “Frank”, sharing the same birthdays. After a ‘prancing horse’ from Tom Gleisner and crowd, the autocue played silly buggers on Sam, which echoed a history of The Late Show with improv humour. To wrap up the night, Bin Night came back… alas – no red bin.

Catch up on the episode on PLUS7, and talk to the guys via Facebook and Twitter.

 

Mar 19 2012

Pictures Of You – Sneak Peek

Working Dog have been busy this year. Their film Any Questions For Ben? was released in February, and in the same month, Santo, Sam & Ed’s Sports Fever! was released on Channel 7, to be moved to 7Mate and replayed on Channel 7 later that night.

Now, just around the corner, Working Dog‘s latest project Pictures Of You will hit the Channel 7 screens.

Hosted by RockWiz creator and Raymond J Bartholomew guardian Brian Nankervis, Pictures Of You looks at the history of the celebrity of discussion. Before you say “‘This Is Your Life!’ you bastards!”, Brian makes the guest comfortable in front of the studio audience, and while lightly about their life, Brian displays photos and images of the subject’s history and allow them to tell their stories – both emotional and entertaining – in free form.

A teaser sneak peek was released during an episode of How I Met Your Mother, so here it is. See it while it’s hot!

The show premieres Tuesday March 27 9:30pm on Channel 7.

Mar 15 2012

Tony, Mick, D-Gen In Top 30 FM Stars Of All Time List

Radio industry website Radio Today has released the final Top 10 FM radio stars from the launch of commercial radio in 1980.

From the professional view of radio veteran Brad March, who has many years working with the majority of talent that are in the Top 30 listing, our (yes, biased) favourites Mick Molloy came in at Number 17 with his hard work on Triple M’s Melbourne Breakfast show The Hot Breakfast as well as previous shows such as Tough Love and Martin/Molloy.  The D-Generation team popped up at Number 15 with their classic Breakfast show back in the day when Triple M Melbourne was known as EON FM, and not to forget a touch of Bulltwang by some of that cast. Tony Martin showed up at Number 10 for his hard work on The D-Generation‘s previously mentioned breakfast show, as well as Bulltwang on Triple M, Martin/Molloy on the Today Network, and the “most recent” Get This on Triple M.

Now, here’s the zinger.

Brad couldn’t exactly sum up the Top 2 too easily, so in equal second place, Tony and Mick’s show Martin/Molloy and Hamish & Andy with Hamish Blake and Andy Lee – both on the Today Network. Even though Martin/Molloy set the staple drive show in the 90s, Hamish & Andy have always claimed that Martin/Molloy was their major influence for their successful show. Seems like a Win/Win from here!

I won’t spoil who is Number 1, so to check the entire Top 30 listing (which you definitely will and will not agree with), visit the Radio Today site. If you have your own Top 30 (or Top 10 if you’re unsure), comment below or in the forum.

Now how about some celebration music – the theme to Martin/Molloy!?!

Mar 13 2012

Classic D-Generation MICF

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, the performance has Rob – the Lawyer / QC trying to get the Accused – played by Santo – off the case he’s been taken to court for. With an uninterested Judge – played by Tom, the Lawyer does his best to ask the Accused questions that could easily help him get away with the crime, but the Accused insists he did the deed.

The sketch shown begins at 1:10 mark. It is slightly longer than the version that is on the Best And Second Best Of The D-Generation DVD.

Mar 12 2012

Sports Fever! S01E07 Ratings

Source: 7Amigo

Sandra, Sean and Fred grabbed the audience by the balls on Monday night with 47,000 eyes on the fly buzzing around the studio while chomping down on Clive Palmer Chips (5,000 up from last week). While 94,000 weekend viewers caught the late night session replayed on Seven’s main channel. It’s good to see Seven are still replaying the show, no matter how late it starts. A slight increase from the last two weeks, which is great.

 Sam Pang hit the streets to find Wellington A-League supporters, while bloopers and stacks-on ahoy in football and rugby. Peter Siddle put on his QC hat to explain some dead-ball cricket, former Soccer champion John Aloisi dropped by for some soccer chat, and female Basketballer Jenna O’Hea towering over Ed Kavalee in retro ‘mad monday’ gear to talk the ball in the basket.

Special guests Lionel Messi and Carles Puyol were brought to us live from Channel 7’s Barcelona station 7Amigo, who looked like a splitting image of Santo Cilauro, while segments Silky Skills and Bin Night returned (Fingers crossed that one day, a bin featured in Bin Night would be red) Sam finally got the best joke of the night with the Annie musical reference.

Got feedback? Feel free to comment below, or leave your message on the Sports Fever! Facebook page, Twitter or view on Plus7.

Mar 11 2012

Judith Lucy In Brisbane

Good news, Brisbane fans!

While Judith Lucy had been doing the rounds in Adelaide for the Fringe Festival and a season in Sydney, Judith is going up north to visit the Brisbane Powerhouse 17th – 22nd July, 2012.

She’s dusting off the dust off her pants from her Melbourne and Adelaide gigs to re-polish for Brisbane audiences, with much excitement and glee with her show “Nothing Fancy“.

From her Facebook page:

Brisbane, the wait is over. Judith Lucy is back with a brand new show that’s worth the wait.
It’s Nothing Fancy and it’s incredibly funny.

2011 saw Judith on a quest to discover something to believe in, she even turned it into a TV show.

In 2012, one of the country’s most popular comedians is back… with Nothing Fancy. No singing, no dancing, just gags about everything from meditation to beards. And maybe some talk of party pies.

“I mean, who doesn’t love a party pie?” Judith says.

A stand-up comedian for more than two decades, Judith Lucy is a household name. From her beginnings on TV through to her time on radio, appearances in film, contributions as a columnist, success as an author and of course her sell-out national tours, Judith Lucy has done it all.

Tickets for “Nothing Fancy” are on sale now via the Brisbane Powerhouse site.

Mar 05 2012

Sports Fever! S01E06 Ratings

Source: 7Mate

The sweet smelling Snato, Stan & Reg get to their sixth episode spectacular (second episode in high definition), reaching  the same 42,000 audience as last week, but this time via foot-cam, and 68,000 on glove box-cam for the weekend viewers who just woke up (It did start at 11:40pm on Seven).

Covering some motor racing, more cricket (don’t worry – Indian Summer DVD box set will fill the void), and “surprise!” NRL for the league fans, even Santo Cilauro puts in his nominations for the Schmeichel Award for complete anger management in soccer (which resembles the classic “Mike Gatting Goes F**K” competition).

If you weren’t distracted by Mark Bresciano‘s constant flood of tweets and another classic installment of Aussie Bronze, love-in segment Are They Gonna Pash?  returned, with a submission from the passionate darts tournament which led into slow-mo football and cricket man-on-man action. Former Track and Field turned Sports Commentator David Culbert joined the desk to give a rundown for olympic game qualifications on the field. With regular reporter Chris Jones being lured by Clive Palmer Unhinged perfume worn by Sam Pang, another segment Silky Skills showcased smooth playing by all sports, and the darts tournament was under the spotlight for We Watched It So You Didn’t Have To… if Sam couldn’t get past the silver norgs on the screen.Ed Kavalee clearly pointed out the OH&S issue with the sport.

Don’t forget to check out more segment updates on Sports Fever!’s Facebook and Twitter, with video updates on YouTube and Plus7.

Feb 27 2012

Sports Fever! S01E05 Ratings

Source: 7Mate

The caucus votes are in.

It seems that the general public love the 8:30pm timeslot and a move to high definition television. So much so, that 42 000 people loved seeing Tanto, Tonto & Ted so clear and lifelike, it was almost they were in your living room.

It may seem lower-than-normal ratings, there was some stiff competition with Alcatraz, Revenge and the Oscars at the 8:30pm time slot. The HD channels only cover 1 – 3% of the ratings system. Not all regions in Australia have access to HD channels, yet alone a HD box (SD boxes do not pick up HD channels, unless they’re re-broadcasted on a secondary SD channel – just like ONE HD did a few years ago before SD channel ELEVEN came along). The replay on Channel 7 was around 81 000 viewers. (Thanks to TV Tonight for the insight.)

More cricket stabs were off the bat (pun intended) which was amusing as the Allan Border Medal was being shown on a rival channel. Highlights of an emotional good luck rugby game, anxiety in soccer, and even Socceroo player Mark Bresciano has dusted off his diary from Cup Fever! to give a Socceroo qualifier entry. Motor Racing legend Rick Kelly dropped in to have an indepth chat about the up and coming motor sport racing, and another Cup Fever! segment Who To? came back for some superb dodgy ball kicking. There was even a satellite cross to Jeremy “Rin” Lin in New York, in which Sam Pang mysteriously had to sneak out to see the Allan Border Medal updates.

A very funny installment to Sports Fever!, so if you miss the 8:30pm timeslot, the same episode repeats later on Channel 7 at roughly 11:30pm that night, if lucky. Always check out the Facebook page for updates and changes. Available also on Plus7 when you get a chance as well, 7 days within its broadcast.

Feb 27 2012

AQFB Article: How Melbourne Became Cool

Source: news.com.au

If you have seen the film Any Questions For Ben? you’d notice how Director Rob Sitch captures the essence of Melbourne.

In  fact, journalist Angela Saurine has done one further, and had a one-on-one chat with Sitch to get a rundown on some of the best hot spots of Melbourne.

From cafes to rooftop cinemas, exploring Melbourne’s all hidden nooks and crannies is a measure on itself. But once you’ve found a few cool spots, you can’t stop exploring.

While Melbourne’s CBD was quiet in the 1970s and ’80s, with groovy cafes and restaurants setting up in the inner suburbs instead, it has since been transformed.

“A lot of the people who started those things discovered all the laneways of Melbourne and reinvented the city,” Sitch says. “That was a surprise to everyone … at that time, the back lanes just had skips in them.”

One of Sitch’s favourite streets is Degraves St, off Flinders Lane.

“You can wind your way north from Flinders St and you will probably get your biggest taste of it,” he says.

You can check out the entire article here. Now hop to seeing Any Questions For Ben? and book your flight to Melbourne now!

(Disclaimer: this is not a paid endorsement for Melbourne Tourism… but it doesn’t hurt to go visit.)

Feb 23 2012

Thinking About Movies?

Just a friendly reminder that the entertaining film by Working Dog is still currently at the cinemas – Any Questions For Ben?

Do yourself a favour and see it. If you’ve seen it, see it again!