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Executive decision
The 25 June episode of The PodRoast started with an interview with The Roast’s Executive Producer Charles Firth, in which he discussed why he left The Chaser, how The Roast came about, and what his comedy ambitions... Read More »
Let’s get real
TV loves a formula, so the news about a new ABC panel show in this story from Sydney’s Daily Telegraph isn’t that... Read More »
The Fresh Blood Sausage Factory – part 1
Fresh Blood is finally here. You remember Fresh Blood… ABC TV and Screen Australia will commission 25 projects for Fresh Blood, an initiative to find the next generation of comedy performers and producers. The successful 25 projects each receive a budget of $10,000 to produce three, 2-5 minute short form comedy sketches to premiere on... Read More »
Should we blame the director?
With the second series of Please Like Me coming up in August this isn’t an entirely bad time to dig out our DVD of Roy Höllsdotter Live, an early-ish short film by Please Like Me director Matthew... Read More »
Bogan’s run
Reacting against mainstream society’s newfound distaste for bogans is something Paul Fenech prides himself on. His shows are, he says, celebrations of ordinary Australians, and if you don’t like it he doesn’t care if you ring up and... Read More »
Jonah From Tonga episode 1: The Phantom Menace
And Jonah From Tonga isn’t a show which requires or demands your absolute concentration, it’s basically a series of scenes in which Jonah and his gang bully other kids in the school and exchange toilet humour-peppered barbs with other... Read More »
The winner wasn’t comedy
If there was ever a time when the Logies wasn't dishing out awards to undeserving winners, we'd like to go there. Seriously, they declared that Housos was the Outstanding Light Entertainment Program of... Read More »
The Roast with the least
The Roast is a concept which never quite manages to die. But you know that, we’ve talked about this before, you keep seeing it listed in TV guides and you keep not tuning in. It’s just not very good. But... Read More »