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A Few Quick Thoughts on Bad Company
Usually we’re more than happy to go off on a series after nothing more than a brief glimpse at a cast photo. But Bad Company? We’re still mulling the first episode over. So while we wait for out no doubt amazingly insightful full-length review a bit further down the track, here’s a few odds and... Read More »
Vale The Weekly 2026
Every time The Weekly tries to act like it’s built up enough goodwill to get self-referential, it’s a reminder that it really is, in more ways than we can express, shithouse. Not every segment, not every joke, but taken as a whole it’s just garbage. Twelve seasons of it! The opening segment of this year’s... Read More »
Hostile Intervention
The thing that stands out with Glenn’s and Mick’s Celebrity Intervention is that it’s not a comedy show for the young. Australian comedy has been skewing older of late, but shows like Taskmaster or Have You Been Paying Attention? keep a few seats free for fresh young faces. Celebrity Intervention? No room on the couch... Read More »
April Fools 2: The Hits Keep Coming
Press release time! What Do You Call Five Comedians Ready To Kick Some Task? Taskmaster Australia!Season Five Premieres Thursday, May 7 At 7.30pm On 10. In a competition where simple tasks rarely stay that way, Taskmaster Australia returns for its fifth season with a brand-new lineup of comedians ready to take on the absurd and... Read More »
The Deb/bie Downer
Back in the depths of time, when this blog was still somewhat new and exciting, we would occasionally get feedback from various aggrieved comedy insiders complaining that we were living in the past. Why were we still saying nice things about ancient programs like The Games and The Late Show when there were hilarious new... Read More »
April Fools
Press release time and geez there’s been a lot to announce this last week. Sketch comedy? In 2026? On the ABC? There’s an entire generation of television viewers acting like the ABC just announced Pot Black was returning to prime time. Good thing it’s unapologetically funny, they wouldn’t have much room for the comedy if... Read More »
Good News for Bad Company?
Press release time! Not a whole lot to go on there, but good news: there’s a trailer! Now all we have to do is remember to tune in at the memorable time of 8.15pm on a Sunday. No doubt that’s all about keeping viewers sticking around after the high-powered lead in that is… season three... Read More »
The Piss Weekly
The Weekly‘s weak-as-piss approach to just about everything hardly even registers with us these days. Still, there’s always room for one more at the party: It’s hardly new news, but as far as The Weekly‘s punch-pulling goes here’s our take: On one side there is somebody at The Weekly who wants to tap into the... Read More »
Every Night is a Good Night for an ABC Panel Show
Tonight at the Museum is yet another ABC panel show where a host and four guests – is there a contractual reason why these shows always have five people? – sit around trying to be entertaining. The twist? In this one, they succeed! Well, sometimes. Mostly due to the props. Filmed inside Tasmania’s main museum... Read More »
Audiences Are Guaranteed To Be In Stitches
Press release time! Oooh, tricky one. Hussain can be funny, and Carlson is definitely funny, but “the messy reality of becoming a parent and the collision of two big, complicated families”? Sounds heart-warming rather than side-splitting. And “chosen family”? That’s always death. Still, all the usual bigwigs are dropping words like “hilarious” and “giggles” and... Read More »