13 schoolyards, Author at Australian Tumbleweeds
If You Want Blood, You Got It
Press release time! Fresh Blood pilots premiere on the ABC this April ABC and Screen Australia are thrilled to announce Fresh Blood pilots, Urvi Went to an All Girls School and Westerners, will premiere Wednesday 9 April on ABC iview. Both uniquely hilarious, the pilots are part of the joint initiative which supports emerging Australian... Read More »
Hughesy Loses It
Yesterday’s episode of Australian Story focusing on Dave Hughes was business as usual. This kind of show – at one point Hughes was driving around Warnambool pointing out his old haunts like an episode of Julia Zemerio’s unlamented Home Delivery – is all about promoting a certain image of the celebrity involved. Is Dave Hughes... Read More »
The Role of a Lifetime (Just Not in Comedy)
We’ve complained about the way comedy is used as a marketing tool for a long time now. Your new drama is a bit of a dud? Your panel show is a chore? Your game show just plain sucks? Call it a comedy! People love comedy! And when they realise there’s no laughs to be found?... Read More »
Growing Pangs
Press release time! What’s That? A Tonight Show! Sam Pang Tonight. Premieres Monday, 17 March At 8:40pm On 10 And 10 Play. Sam Pang Tonight is a brand-new show defying convention by bringing viewers something refreshingly familiar: a tonight show. Hosted by, you guessed it, Sam Pang. Sam’s no stranger to Aussie audiences, he’s buzzed in from the front-right position for... Read More »
A Bad Look
Optics is the ABC’s big sitcom for 2025. If you’re thinking “hang on, that can’t be right”, we agree. Now point out what else they have to offer this year. The return of Mother and Son? A bunch of imports? Nothing else? Sure, the usual unfunny dramedies are no doubt soon to surface, but as... Read More »
Vale Question Everything 2024
There are a lot of questions around Question Everything. Fortunately, most of them have pretty obvious answers. Well, except for the big one, but we’ll get to that. Question one: did they deliberately set out to make a show this shit? Well, no: originally Question Everything was clearly an attempt at something akin to Gruen... Read More »
Vale The Cheap Seats 2024
Whenever the conversation turns to discussing what kinds of comedy programs we need in 2024, the same classics are pushed forward. “We need another Late Show,” we hear. “Bring back The Big Gig,” is another one. “It’s time to revive Good News Week,” says someone we didn’t invite. “What about The Glasshouse?” and yeah, we’re... Read More »
Think About the Future: Yawn ABC
Remember those magical days when we all thought a federal Labor government might actually do some good? What blind, ignorant fools we were… Oh right, sorry: the ABC just announced their line-up for 2025, and flush with support and cash from the socialist media-loving government they’ve finally boosted their – oh wait, we’re just being... Read More »
More Like Audrey Sickburn
Audrey is an Australian comedy film that strictly follows the first – and only – requirement of an Australian comedy film: it’s hanging shit on the losers who live in the suburbs. Those bastards have had it too good for too long, what with all their stunted narcissistic dreams and malformed personalities reflecting the dark... Read More »