Vale, Would I Lie To You Australia
The last episode of the first Australian series of Would I Lie To You aired on Monday night. As usual, it was…okay.... Read More »
Tag: Chris Taylor
Damn stinking lies
Would I Like To You? Australia has its moments, comedically, but goes on for far too long, despite Luke McGregor's funny tall... Read More »
On the Turps
It’s been a fairly quiet week in comedy – well, Greg Fleet is back in trouble for drug-related hijinks, but that’s not really news as such – so we figured hey, what better time to get caught up on something we missed first time around. Which would be the second series of Plonk, as recently... 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 »
The Big Debate
In Sydney? Free next Wednesday night? Why not pop down to the Belvoir Theatre and check this... Read More »
We’re over sensitive
When did we get so massively oversensitive about comedy? That’s one of the questions that sprung to mind when we watched Shock Horror Aunty the other... Read More »
The least worst we could expect
Week two of Yes We Canberra! was always going to be the real test. The Chaser had got rave reviews and high ratings in week one, so were bound to get a big audience for the second episode…but they’d had less time to write and film, and their stock of pre-written material was dwindling –... Read More »
Well, Blow me!
Can you remember the last time anyone produced a full length scripted comedy show for a mainstream radio station? Apart from ABC Local’s lacklustre 2008 new talent scheme The Comedy Hour? You probably have to go back as far as the late 70s or early... Read More »
Gerard Henderson vs The Chaser
If there was a running gag throughout this week’s Chaser, it was Andrew Hanson’s furious letter-writer character Phillip Harley of Adelaide complaining about how the the show wasn’t attacking enough religious groups. The Harley character has usually popped-up once or twice in each episode of the current series to complain about various non-issues, but it... Read More »
yet again with The Chaser…
It was probably around the “Baby Day Spa’ sketch on this week’s episode of The Chaser’s War on Everything that I realised a couple of... Read More »