Mar 27 2012

Pictures Of You S01E01 Review

Straight after the grand final of My Kitchen Rules (running 10 minutes overtime), the newest production from the Working Dog offices Pictures Of You hit the ground running. After a warm and brief introduction from host Brian Nankervis, the show started.

A simple concept, a whopping 1.63 million viewers watched the guests in the spotlight for the premiere episode. Comedians Anh Do and Shane Jacobson were the basis for the beginning. Filmed in front of a live studio audience, Nankervis displayed photos of the subjects past on clean framed cardboard and allowed each guest enough time and space to explain their stories and feelings behind each photo. Anh went into the history on how his family came to Australia and how they dealt with sea pirates, along with brushes with death itself. Jacobson spoke about his bringing-up, his new child with an amusing middle name,  his sporting attempts and even his appearance on the dating show Man-O-Man.

If you missed the show, the most recent episode will be available for 7 days on Plus7.

Mar 26 2012

Sports Fever! S01E09 Review

Source: 7Mate

Episode 9 of Sandra, Simone and Elle’s Sports Fever! hopped along after a hernia operation and a 30 month dry run. Summarising the One Day International Cricket within a few minutes that would make a New Zealand spectator stay awake for more than five minutes, the start of  the AFL season launch was bounced down, and Tommy Raudonikis just didn’t rate the NRL at all. The round ball – Soccer – received its regular reports update.

Santo Cilauro introduced a new segment – Dive Dive Dive – which showed all the hallmarks of the Cup Fever! Rivaldo Award. The regular Silky Skills made an extra long appearance due to clumsy nominations. While we were shown that chicken parmigiana is a specialty serve during Women’s Boxing, Special guest Olympic Swimmer Michael Klim joined the desk to explain his failed olympic try-out comeback and new Olympic Swimming contenders.

Sam Pang ripped open the Sports Fever! Mailbag to respond to viewer Sonya’s ‘complaint’ about the guys cracking lame jokes – so they responded with the Seoul Running Marathon. Regular journo Chris Jones swung by for more round-up of sports which Santo, Sam and Ed Kavalee may have missed, getting a dirty joke in by accident over Tiger Woods.. but he blew it. Squash champion Donna Urquart was put into the Aussie Bronze hall-of-fame, with “Frank and Frank” report back to Sports Fever! via satellite for more prancing horse routines. The ever-popular Bin Night popped up, with most jokes bouncing their way into the bin.

As always, you can watch catch-ups on Plus7, and discuss the show on the official Facebook page and Twitter account.

Mar 22 2012

What used to be on just before The Late Show?

I remember sitting through an entire episode of Birds of a Feather before The Late Show aired, aged 15/16. I meticulously set up the VHS with a blank tape, and made sure that the aerial was set up correctly to avoid any interference. The remote control was in hand, ready for me to hit record just a few seconds before the ABC ident started, lest I accidentally miss the first few seconds of the actual show. Anyway, this old TV Week program guide from October 1992 proves that it wasn’t always Birds of a Feather before The Late Show. There are also plenty of other cultural references during this Saturday night’s TV programming for you to enjoy! Click to view full-size image.

The Late Show in context.

Mar 22 2012

Mick Molloy Returning for Before The Game

Source: Ch 10

Other than Santo, Sam and Ed’s Sports Fever!, The Late Show‘s other sports nut regular Mick Molloy is returning to the small screen for more AFL commentary for Channel 10’s Before The Game.

Molloy returns with fellow footy enthusiasts Dave Hughes, Anthony “Lehmo” Lehmann, Samantha Lane, Andrew Maher and Ryan “Fitzy” Fitzgerald for some serious AFL banter and ranter, in time for the 2012 AFL Premiership season. As always, a side dish of comedy will be served up to compensate for the fan base of humour.

Before The Game will return to the screen Saturday March 24 from 6:30pm on Channel 10 only in Melbourne, and ONE HD for the rest of the country.

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.