New original comedy? Amazing! No, Amazon
Last week Amazon Prime Video announced that it is investing $150 million in seven original local shows, including three... Read More »
Online Comedy
Slush puppies
Slushy is the trad sitcom we’re slightly surprised Kate McLennan and Kate McCartney have written. The tone is very different to Get... Read More »
Chris Lilley’s Ja’miezing
Large parts of Chris Lilley's new podcast Ja’imezing, hosted by his character Ja'mie King, are an uncomfortable... Read More »
Pop goes another one
Radio National’s new science-themed comedy quiz show The Pop Test seems perfectly designed for the golden age of audio... Read More »
The most wonderful time of the year
We look at two end-of-year comedies: The Chaser's War on 2020 and Shaun Micallef's Mad As Hell Pagan Holiday... Read More »
And the winners are…
Shaun Micallef’s Mad As Hell won the award for Best Comedy Entertainment Program at this year’s... Read More »
Welcome to the House of Fun
It's not until you've watched the new Netflix series Aunty Donna's Big Ol' House of Fun that you realise that comedy on Australian television is... Read More »
The Wharf Revue goes online
The annual Wharf Revue is one of many live events which has had to move online in 2020. Now in its 20th year, The Wharf Revue is a Sydney institution in which Jonathan Biggins, Drew Forsythe and Phillip Scott satirise local and international politicians. Originally planned as the final ever Wharf Revue, and titled ‘Good... Read More »
So, so wrong
The great myth put about by those in power is that they know what they’re doing and that we should trust them (maybe you can think of a recent example of that). So, ultimately, perhaps, we’re all better off putting ourselves in the hands of people who don’t know what they’re doing? Could we really... Read More »
Looks quizzical
Earlier in this pandemic, some stat went around that podcasting equipment was flying off the virtual shelves so fast that many online retailers were all sold out. Literally, everyone was getting into podcasting. And while it’s nice that people are finding ways to keep active during lockdown…look, let’s be honest, not every idea for a... Read More »