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A Nasty Reputation as a Cruel Dude
This week on Reputation Rehab: “Reputations exist in the minds of real people”. Could have fooled us. Here’s something else that exists in the minds of real people: what exactly is this show about? We didn’t review Reputation Rehab after last week’s episode because being built around a big “celebrity” interview left us feeling it... Read More »
Satire is What Closes on Saturday Night
Press release time! Chaser Digital Presents: WAR ON 2020 Chaser Digital is proud to announce an all new sketch comedy series to premiere on The Chaser’s digital platforms this December in conjunction with Australia’s other satirical juggernaut The Shovel (yes it’s a satirical cartel, yes the ACCC have been notified). Dubbed The War on 2020,... Read More »
The Fart of Storytelling
The decision by Seven – well, 7Mate to be exact – to show Housos vs Virus and Regular Old Bogan back to back has provided us with an exciting opportunity to examine how storytelling works in the Australian sitcom. Because they sure as shit didn’t give us anything to examine as far as comedy goes.... Read More »
Probably Not a Reference to the Kingpin of Crime
Press release time! Cameras roll in Melbourne on Kitty Flanagan comedy series Fisk The ABC and Screen Australia are delighted to announce filming has commenced in Melbourne on the new six-part comedy series Fisk (previous working title, Entitled) by one of Australia’s most popular comedians, Kitty Flanagan. Produced by Vincent Sheehan (Operation Buffalo, The Kettering... Read More »
A Long Time Coming
Not a press release because we didn’t get one but close enough! It takes a lot for a talking dishwashing machine to exist as the least absurd element of a sketch comedy series. But if any comedy group can manage that feat, it’s Australian trio Mark Samual Bonanno, Broden Kelly, and Zachary Ruane, better known... Read More »
I Don’t Give A Damn ‘Bout My Bad Reputation
Somewhat delayed because we seriously did a double take at this one press release time! Sensational new ABC series Reputation Rehab to air next month Premieres Wednesday 28 October 9.05pm on ABC and iview. We’re officially living in an outrage culture. It seems that barely a week goes by without... Read More »
Gruen in Lockdown
“Necessary advertising”. Even Wil Anderson says it’s an oxymoron. And yet here were are in 2020 and Gruen is leading with a story about just how important ads – or as they used to be called but if they used the correct term then there’d be a distinction between important information and the blatant lies... Read More »
Vale Mad as Hell season 12
Earlier this year we wrote a little about how Mad as Hell, as basically the last ABC comedy program still in existence, was having a bit of fun using all the old laff-getting tricks that other shows used to mess around with. Back then we were generally approving: little did we realise they were about... Read More »
A Genuine Interest in Protecting The Weekly
Press release time! Nick Hayden appointed ABC Head of Entertainment The ABC has appointed innovative creative and content maker Nick Hayden as Head of Entertainment, driving its popular slate of programs such as Gruen, Hard Quiz, Mad As Hell, The Weekly, You Can’t Ask That and the upcoming Reputation Rehab. Since joining the ABC in 2016, Nick has... Read More »
Yesterday’s Zero
So last week this happened: Are Blackfullas able to exist within the Aus media without being in opposition to Racism? Coz I really don’t think about Chris Lilley. I couldn’t give a square root about him. pic.twitter.com/amcZNSqEWD — Senator Briggs (@Briggs) September 29, 2020 Which, after a bit of digging around, turned out to be... Read More »