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Mad as Mad as Hell
Is it just us, or is Mad as Hell going just a little bit harder in its final season? We’re not exactly talking “the gloves are off” here. But there’s definitely a sense that, with not a lot left to lose, they might as well go right ahead and point out the many and varied... Read More »
Dead On Arrival
Press release time! New SBS Digital Originals series A Beginner’s Guide to Grief is a baptism by fire that proves laughter is the best medicine The dark comedy premieres Sunday 4 September on SBS VICELAND and SBS On Demand Once a hot mess – now just a mess – Harriet ‘Harry’ Wylde (played by writer... Read More »
These Winners Ain’t Grinners
Win the Week is back – okay, it was back last week, but we figured we’d give it a little more time to become a little less shit. Time well spent? Yeah, nah. Hosted by Alex Lee and with The Chaser‘s Craig Reucassel as a series regular, this is a show where three contestants “go... Read More »
Slightly Obscure Musical Reference Time
Spicks and Specks is back! Again. For what, the fifth time now? At least we’re getting a full season (10 episodes), so there’ll be plenty of time to remember just how forgettable the whole thing is. When Spicks and Specks made its debut back in 2005, music was a very different thing. For one, the... Read More »
The Kids Are Alright I Guess
Ok, so Shaun Micallef’s Brain Eisteddfod is a quiz show. Not a comedy quiz show – a good old-fashioned, we’re seriously keeping score so you’d better give the correct answer, quiz show. But is it funny? Two episodes in and we can safely answer that question with… kinda? It’s hosted by Shaun Micallef, a man... Read More »
Life’s a Beach
Press release time! One holiday house. Eight love stories. ABC heats up Wednesdays in August withSummer Love The ABC is thrilled to announce that the new eight-part comedy series Summer Love premieres Wednesday 31 August at 9pm on ABC TV and ABC iview. Created and produced by Upper Middle Bogan’s Robyn Butler and Wayne Hope,... Read More »
A Lingering Aftertaste
We all know that Aftertaste is barely a comedy so let’s just take it as read that the first episode of series two was pretty much as laugh-free as you might have expected if you’d ever actually given the prospect of a second series of Aftertaste a moment’s thought. So here’s another question: why isn’t... Read More »
Oh Yeah, Vale Housos: The Thong Warrior
Housos: the Thong Warrior finished a few weeks back. What more can we say? Maybe lay off the “machice” for a... Read More »
The Wrong Kid Died: Vale The Weekly 2022
Sure, this was the week we learnt that the next series of Mad as Hell would be the last but don’t worry, Charlie Pickering’s got some news that’ll turn our nation’s frown upside down: “We will be back in December to wrap up 2022 with The Yearly, and we’ll be back next year with season... Read More »
Sad as Hell
Well, it may not be a surprise, but it’s definitely still a shock: (the bad news here isn’t the bit about there being a new season – keep reading) As Micallef himself points out, he’s pushing sixty – a perfectly reasonable age to decide to slow things down a little. Comedy is traditionally a young... Read More »