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Bella! Bella!
Stand-up on TV doesn’t always work out. This is not to say that stand-up must never be broadcast, it’s more that seeing stand-up in its natural home, an inner city comedy club, is the way to see... Read More »
Plonk yourself on the couch and check out some branded comedy
Plonk began life as branded content funded by tourism body Destination NSW, and since its launch it’s been doing well on... Read More »
Raking through the leaves of bad dramedy
Dramedy has killed comedy. Where once we made out-and-proud sitcoms which aimed for laughs, now we make dramedies where the potential for comedy is sacrificed to ensure there’s room for moving bits, or tense bits, or realistic... Read More »
Little sketches of horror(s)
This is Littleton is a new four-part sketch show set in the municipal offices of the fictional City of Littleton. It treads well-worn ground in TV sketch in that it features recurring characters and is set in the... Read More »
Come on, entertain us!
Yesterday it was announced that Jon Casimir, currently an executive producer at Cordell Jigsaw Zapruder, will start work as the ABC’s Head of Entertainment in... Read More »
The Moodys’ blues
The Moodys is sort of in the tradition of good family sitcoms like Upper Middle Bogan and Arrested Development, and sort of... Read More »
What we read on our holidays
One of the books we read during our January break was John Safran’s Murder in Mississippi, and while it’s not exactly a comedy it is Safran’s first book and it came about as a result of his comedy, so we thought we’d post a quick... Read More »
Unshockable
Here’s our take home from Shock Horror Aunty: most things that people say are shocking aren’t. Especially when you see out-of-context clips of them 30 or so years on. This is particularly true of... Read More »
Five Alive!
For years we’ve been moaning about Chris Lilley’s sitcoms on this blog, and chief amongst our complaints are the rambling, incoherent plotting and characterisations, and the lack of laughs to be had from Lilley ensuring that his characters always end up on... Read More »