21st Century Daryl, Author at Australian Tumbleweeds
Always Was The Weekly
While we were still working on the 2025 Australian Tumbleweeds Awards, the ABC aired the new one-off, satirical, First Nations-led tonight show Always Was Tonight. And new episodes of The Weekly with Charlie Pickering. The contrast between these two structurally similar, topical comedy shows could not be more stark. The Weekly…, as we’ve long documented,... Read More »
Australian Tumbleweeds Awards 2025
Welcome to the Australian Tumbleweeds Awards 2025. Our readers have been voting for the best and worst of Australian comedies of 2025, and you can find the results below, but first, here’s a reminder of the 2025 comedy year that was… Every year with Australian comedy the baseline gets that much lower. We never really... Read More »
Voting opens in the Australian Tumbleweeds Awards 2025
Got some opinions on Australian comedy in 2025? You’ve come to the right place. And this time, you get to be the judge… Voting is now open in the Australian Tumbleweeds Awards 2025. And in a slight change to previous years, the categories are: So, head over to the voting form and tell us how... Read More »
Australian Tumbleweeds Awards 2024
Welcome to the Australian Tumbleweeds Awards. People from around Australia have been voting for their best and worst of Australian comedies of last year. But before we get to the results, let’s remind ourselves of what went wrong (and right) with Australian comedy in 2024… We can usually tell what kind of a year Australian... Read More »
Vale The Weekly, Hello Gruen
So messed up and lacking in cash is the ABC comedy department at the moment that we pretty much only get one comedy show on air at a time. Last week we had the final episode of The Weekly. This week, in the same timeslot, we have the first of a new series of Gruen.... Read More »
Australian Tumbleweeds Awards 2023
The results of the Australian Tumbleweeds Awards 2023, in which we honour the best and worst of Australian... Read More »
Vote now in the Australian Tumbleweeds Awards 2023
It's time to cast your votes for the best and worst comedies of the year in the Australian Tumbleweeds... Read More »
Admin post: New social channels!
Great news! Australian Tumbleweeds is now on Bluesky Social, Facebook, Twitter/X, Mastodon, Instagram and... Read More »
Vote now in the Australian Tumbleweeds Awards 2022
You can now cast your vote in the Australian Tumbleweeds Awards 2022. Voting closes on 8th January 2023. Vote... Read More »