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Puppet for destruction
Randy Feltface, sometime collaborator with Sammy J on shows like Sammy J & Randy in Ricketts Lane, has a new radio series on BBC Radio 4, Randy Feltface’s Destruction Manual (available in Australia on BBC Sounds). And while putting a puppet on the radio seems like a funny idea out of the blocks, the UK... Read More »
Fresh Blood 2024: Sorting the middling from the good and the bad
It’s press release time! It’s always fun when a press release puts the word ‘fresh’ in (sarcastic?) quotation marks so we don’t have to. Seriously, though, is there anyone out there who thinks these were the three most deserving of this year’s Fresh Blood pilots? If we were ranking them in order of how funny... Read More »
Let us bee the ones to spell this out for you
Guy Montgomery’s Guy Mont-Spelling Bee seems like a safe bet. It started as a Zoom/YouTube show during the pandemic. And it’s since morphed into a series of live shows at various comedy festivals and an eight-part New Zealand television series (with a second season of eight episodes starting next week!). Now, there’s a local version... Read More »
Why dramedies suck with reference to Austin and Colin from Accounts
What we get from shows like Austin and Colin from Accounts, are shows which feel written to a formula and contain few... Read More »
There’s a reason people call them the Bogies
The 2024 Logie Awards nominations are what you'd expect them to be after the last 12 months of Australian television... Read More »
Mark Humphries’ satire is back
What is 7 News Sydney doing creating a satire slot with Mark Humphries? That doesn’t fit with anything else they or Humphries have ever... Read More »
The Outback Outlaw Pauly Fenech
Pauly Fenech is back with a new series, Outback Outlaw Comedian, in which he tours the country with his live... Read More »
Fresh Blood 2024: Finally, KingsLand gets released
KingsLand focuses on Reg, an older First Nations man who has an extra tough time just living his life in... Read More »
Creative Types with Tom Gleeson
In Creative Types, Tom Gleeson is shown as a hard working, successful comedian. But is his success really... Read More »