Kaz Cookes' Columns
Kaz Cooke has written a few weekly TV columns for The Canberra Times
Check out her columns here
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FRANK WOODLEY'S 'POSSESSED' - 5 STAR REVIEW - EDINBURGH FESTIVAL
Congratulations to Frank Woodley for scoring an amazing 5 star review for his show "Possessed", at the Edinburgh Festival, this month.
Frank has been cited as "an extraordinary, spellbinding performer; it is quite simply impossible to take your eyes off him".
Visit Frank Woodley's site to read the full review.
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MORE TOAST ON TRIPLE M!
Terri Psiakis, Charlie Pickering and Justin Hamilton are now on the airwaves for the whole weekend. So you can enjoy your Toast with hot butter on both Saturday and Sunday mornings on Triple M...
Saturdays 7am to 9am and Sundays 9am to 11am
Triple M
Melbourne 105.1FM
www.triplem.com.au
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20th ACRA AWARD NOMINATIONS
Congraulations to Wil Anderson and Charlie Pickering for both scoring a 2008 Australian Commercial Radio Australia Award nomination, in the category of Best Newcomer On-Air. The winners will be announced on Saturday October 11 at Conrad Jupiters on the Gold Coast. Good luck Wil and Charlie!
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'CHICKEN OF GOD' WORLD PREMIERE
'Chicken of God', the short film by Clem Stamation, Frank Woodley and Jodi Satya, will be making its world premiere at this year's Melbourne International Film Festival on Monday 28th July. When the face of Jesus appears in a chicken's comb, Yirri and Teresa's vineyard becomes the site of an adventure of biblical proportions!
For more information and details, check out - http://www.melbournefilmfestival.com.au
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SHANE WARNE THE MUSICAL
ON SALE MONDAY 21 JULY!
Shane Warne The Musical is coming! For more information and ticket details, head over to http://www.shanewarnethemusical.com.au!
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ADAM HILLS TO CO-HOST 2008 BEIJING PARALYMPIC CEREMONIES!
Adam Hills will be co-hosting the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the 2008 Paralympic Games, held in Beijing, with Louise Sauvage and Karen Tighe!
The Paralympics commence on Saturday September 6 and conclude on Saturday September 16 and ABC TV will be broadcasting over 100 hours of coverage!
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THE GRUEN TRANSFER SECOND SERIES!
Congratulations to Wil Anderson and Zapruder's other films, as ABC-TV have announced it has commissioned a second series of THE GRUEN TRANSFER!
The current series is averaging 1.2 million people each week, with an excess of over 100,000 downloads and streams on the website. The new series will go into production early next year, with the final episode of the current series to screen on Wednesday July 30.
Andrew Denton from Zapruder’s other films said, “We are thrilled to be given a crack at a second series, as, in some ways, it feels like we’ve only just begun to explore the extraordinary world of advertising and its ways of persuasion.
“We are also looking forward to handing out more impossible advertising challenges to the industry, such as making Sam Newman a spokesman for women’s rights, or selling nuclear reactors as the must-have facility for your town”.
Source: ABC Television
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JUDITH LUCY'S
"THE LUCY FAMILY ALPHABET"
A big congratulations to Judith Lucy on the success of "The Lucy Family Alphabet".
Judith's hilarious book (about her childhood and all things family related) is garnering countless rave reviews around the country, as well as topping Bestseller lists and stores charts around the country!
Congratulations Judith!
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FRANK WOODLEY NOMINATED FOR A
2008 HELPMANN AWARD!
Congratulations to Frank Woodley for scoring a 2008 Helpmann Award nomination! Frank has been nominated along with Julia Morris, Ross Noble and The Umbilical Brothers.
The winner is announced on Monday July 28 at Star City in Sydney and voting commences today.
Good luck Frank!
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TERRI PSIAKIS
OFFERS ADVICE ON rovedaily.com.au
Terri Psiakis is now your resident etiquette expert on the Rove Daily website. Check out her columns for helpful hints on what to do and what not to do in today's confusing, and often hilarious, world. You can even e-mail her to get advice on your very own dilemmas!
Check out rovedaily.com.au for more!
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FRANK WOODLEY EXTENDED SYDNEY SEASON!
Due to popular demand Frank has extended his season at the Sydney Opera House!
Where: SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE
When: 10 - 29 June NEW SHOWS ADDED! 8 - 13 July
Tue & Wed 7pm, Thu-Sat 8pm, Sun 5pm
Tickets: www.sydneyoperahouse.com, 9250 7777 or www.ticketek.com.au, 132 849
ON SALE NOW!
She may be beautiful, but this ghost is really getting under his skin. Inspired by Frank's silent movie heroes (think Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, Jaques Tati), Possessed is a wildly physical feast of comic imagination.
"superb physical comedy...brilliantly skilled and very, very funny" Sydney Morning Herald, June '08
"...you must leap out of your chair and sacrifice life and limb to buy a ticket to this 
" Sunday Herald Sun
"Watching Woodley slip down staircases, collide with furniture, tumble from ladders and fall flat on his face is like a Buster Keaton movie brought to life "
Adelaide Advertiser
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KAZ COOKE AND PENGUIN WIN A BOOK INDUSTRY AWARD!
Congratulations to Kaz Cooke for winning 'Non-Fiction Book of the Year' award at the Australian Book Industry Awards, for 'Girl Stuff'. Penguin won the "Publisher of the Year" award also!
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THE GRUEN TRANSFER - HIGHEST RATING ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAM
THE GRUEN TRANSFER made its TV premiere last night and attracted over 1.287 million people nationally, making it the highest-rating launch for an entertainment program on ABC1 since 1991, when people meter data was introduced, beating Kath & Kim’s (1.146) debut in May 2002. The show, hosted by Wil Anderson and produced by Zapruder’s Other Films, was watched by 421,000 (Sydney), 402,000 (Melbourne), 205,000 (Brisbane), 95,000 (Adelaide) and 164,000 (Perth).
Wil Anderson said today; “I’m just glad people watched the ads and didn’t use them as an opportunity to go to the toilet or get a biscuit”.
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COMEDY STORE PARRAMATTA GALA NIGHT
The Comedy Store Parramatta, Parramatta's brand new comedy club, celebrates its official opening at the Comedy Store Parramamatta Gala, on Saturday June 28. Wil Anderson and Claire Hooper join a fine line-up of Australian and international artists performing to celebrate this landmark event.
For ticketing information and bookings, please contact The Comedy Store Box Office on 02 9537 1419 or www.comedystore.com.au
See Press Release here!
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KAZ COOKE'S 'GIRL STUFF' WINS AWARD!
Congratulations to Kaz Cooke and the designer of her book 'Girl Stuff', Adam Laszczuk from the Pengiun Design Studio, for winning "Best Designed Children's Non-Fiction book" at the 56th Australian Publishers Association Book Design Awards.
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KAZ COOKE'S 'GIRL STUFF' AWARD NOMINATIONS
Congratulations to Kaz Cooke for receiving an amazing 3 separate nominations for this year's Australian Book Industry Association Awards. "Girl Stuff: Your Full-on Guide to the Teen Years" garnered nominations in the following categories:
Marketing Campaign of the Year
General Non-Fiction Book of the Year
Book of the Year.
The award winners will be announced on June 15.
"Girl Stuff" has also been short-listed for the Australian Booksellers' Association Book of the Year 2008 Award to be announced on June 16. Good luck Kaz!
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THE GRUEN TRANSFER - The ABC of Advertising
Premieres on Wednesday, May 28 at 9pm on ABC1
The Gruen Transfer is a fast, funny show about advertising that will make you look differently at the constructed world around you.
Hosted by Wil Anderson. It’s not an expose. It’s not a satire. It’s about truth in advertising. Finally.
We used to know what advertising was. It was that stuff in the margins, in the ad breaks. But in recent years, it has begun colonising every space it can. US ad wizard Mark Fenske, the guy behind the Nike campaigns, calls advertising “maybe the most powerful art form on Earth”. And the Earth ain’t the end of it. Not so long ago, Pizza Hut stamped its logo on a rocket to the moon. Earlier this year, Doritos announced it would beam its ads into space.
Ogilvy & Mather now practises what it calls “360 degree branding”, the idea that we, the consumers, should encounter the brand everywhere we turn in the course of our day. Some agencies now routinely use hypnosis and MRI scanning to try and find out what we want.
We all think we’re immune to advertising, that we’re smarter than the marketers, but can you honestly say you know why you buy one brand of detergent and not another? As you walk the aisles of the supermarket, how many of the purchasing choices you make are consciously your own? And if you can be persuaded, without realising, to buy the orange dishwashing liquid, what else can you be persuaded to do? Advertising: you know you’re soaking in it.
Which is where The Gruen Transfer comes in. Each week, Wil Anderson is joined by some of the best and brightest minds of the advertising industry, experts prepared to share the ideas and insights that drive them.
Guests on the program face a series of challenges designed to show the thought processes – and, often, the brilliance - of advertising, as well as its understanding of who we are and what we want. Each week we examine the tactics used to sell a particular product: cars or chocolate or cleansers. In a segment called ‘The Pitch’, agencies compete to fulfill an impossible brief (‘Make Brendan Nelson a winner’, for example). Elsewhere, ‘Consumer’s Revenge’ allows our audience to participate in the show by making their own ads with tools we provide on our website.
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ROVE McMANUS WINS SILVER LOGIE
FOR MOST POPULAR PRESENTER
At last night's 50th TV Week Logie Awards ceremony, held in Melbourne, Rove McManus picked up a Silver Logie for Most Popular Presenter! Congratulations Rove!
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JUDITH LUCY - THE LUCY FAMILY ALPHABET
Judith Lucy has been cracking jokes about her parents for years, so she decided it was time to write a book about them, and her childhood... and here it is, a reference book on all things Lucy from:
A is for Adoption (she is) to C is for Cleaning (they didn’t) and for Counselling (you’ll find out why she had a lot of it) to D is for Diets (she was put on one at eight) to H is for Heart Attack (her father’s) to M is for Make-up (her father’s) to N is for Nuts (there was a falling out over testicles) to R is for Review (to do with the Nuts) to T is for Transcendental Meditation (it didn’t work) to X is for Xmas (when a lot of this started) and beyond...
Judith's funny and ruthlessly honest book is titled "The Lucy Family Alpahabet" and is released on Monday May 5.
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Tripod Win Green Room Award!
The Green Room Awards and Melbourne's premier arts awards, seeking out excellence on the Melbourne professional stage. Tripod were awarded for "Best Original Songs" in the Cabaret Category, for last year's show How to Train an Attack Dog from Scratch. Congratulations!
For more info check out www.greenroom.org.au
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SAM SIMMONS WINS FESTIVAL
DIRECTOR'S CHOICE AWARD
At the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Awards night on the weekend, Sam Simmons won the Festival Director's Choice Award for his show Where Can I Win a Bear Around Here? The Award winner is chosen by the Comedy Festival Director in consultation with other visiting Festival Directors. Nice one Sam!
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KAZ COOKE's 'GIRL STUFF' NOMINATED
FOR A CBCA AWARD
Kaz Cooke has been nominated for a Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award, for her book "Girl Stuff: Your Full-on Guide to the Teen Years" .
Kaz's best-seller has been nominated in the Eve Pownall Award for Information Books category, with the winners announced on Friday August 15. Good luck Kaz!
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ROVE McMANUS & ADAM HILLS
2008 GOLD LOGIE AWARD NOMINEES
Congratulations to Rove McManus and Adam Hills for their 2008 Gold Logie Award nominations! The winners will be announced at the event, held on May 4. Good luck Rove and Adam!
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2008 LOGIE AWARD NOMINATIONS
Congratulations to Rove McManus and Adam Hills for their 2008 Silver Logie nominations, for Most Popular Presenter, for their respective shows Rove/Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader and Spicks and Specks. Spicks and Specks also garnered a nomination for Most Popular Light Entertainment Program. The winners will be annoucned at the event, held on May 4. Good luck guys!
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JUSTIN HAMILTON NOMINATED FOR
2008 BARRY AWARD
Congratulations to Justin Hamilton for his nomination for The Barry Award at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, for his critically acclaimed festival show, The Killing Joke. The Barry Award recognises the Most Outstanding Festival Show, and is named after Barry Humphries, the first patron of the Festival. The Award winner will be announced on Saturday April 12. Good luck Justin!
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THE MANSION - WORLD PREMIERE
Tune in to The Comedy Channel on FOXTEL tonight (and each Thursday thereafter) at 8:30pm to catch Charlie Pickering and Michael Chamberlin's new half-hour topical take on the latest in current affairs, entertainment and sport.
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JUSTIN HAMILTON WINS ADVERTISER FRINGE
AWARD FOR 2008
Congratulations to Justin Hamilton for winning The Adelaide Advertiser's Overall Fringe Award for 2008!
Justin's Three Colours Hammo, amassed an amazing total of 14.5 stars for his trilogy of shows at this year's Adelaide Fringe Festival.
Melburnians, be sure to check out Justin's new show, The Killing Joke, at this year's Melbourne International Comedy Festival!
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TOAST BACK ON TRIPLE M!
Terri Psiakis, Charlie Pickering and Justin Hamilton are back on the airwaves with their show Toast, the best way to wake up early on your Saturday morning...
Saturdays 6am to 8am
Triple M
Melbourne 105.1FM
www.abc.net.au/triplej/tna/
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CLAIRE HOOPER JOINS GOOD NEWS WEEK!
Good News Week, one of Australian TV's most successful current affairs comedy shows, returns to Network Ten this week and features our very own Claire Hooper as a team captain!
Paul McDermott reprises his role as the sharp-tongued host of the show and each week, Claire and fellow team captain Mikey Robins will lead teams of comedians, media personalities, politicians and "special" guests as they decipher, dissect, deconstruct and completely misrepresent the news of the week.
Tune in to Network Ten each Monday night to see Claire tackle the news of the week!
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Adrian Calear. You may not know his name, but you’d know his friends and they’re standing up to help him out.
Live Adrian is some of Australia's best known and best loved comedians giving a mate a hand. Live Adrian sees Rove McManus, Adam Hills, Tripod, Peter Helliar, Alan Brough, Charlie Pickering, Dave Callan and Michael Chamberlin (to mention just a few) come together on the same bill for the first time since none of them were famous.
*Bob Geldof was not harmed in the making of this benefit gig.
LIVE ADRIAN
Date: Sunday 17 February
Time: Doors 7pm
Venue: The Hi Fi Bar, Swanston Street Melbourne
Ticket Price: All tix $33
Bookings: www.thehifi.com.au or 03 9654 7617
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PETE & MYF - TRIPLE M Breakfast 2008
Some might say that Peter Helliar and Myf Warhurst are an odd couple. What does a footy-crazed, comedian like Pete have in common with a sassy, music-whiz like Myf? The answer is, not much! And that's exactly why they have been thrown together to create the new Triple M breakfast team.
Tune in to Triple M, from 6am-9am weekdays to hear the twosome tearing up the airwaves!
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TRIPOD'S IDIOCLIPS IS BACK!
Tripod have been making song-funnies for over a decade now. In that time they've written songs for television, radio, CDs and countless live shows too. Which adds up to a heaps large bunch of songs.
Every now and then someone, quite off their own back, makes an animation or video clip for one of their songs and sends it to them. Which is always a great buzz and a very interesting collaborative experiment. What they thought might be fun is if they put the call out and turned it into a bit of a thang... So last year they did and received a bunch of awesome clips and then performed them live during the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in April 2007.
They had such a good time and the entries were so cool that they’ve decided to do it again for 2008! Entries are now open and there are prizes up for grabs, check out www.idioclips.com for more details.
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Kaz Cooke reaches
No. 5 on the Best
Seller List!
Kaz's new book for teenage girls, Girl Stuff, has reached Number 5 on the Best Selling Non-Fiction List in Australia. Congratulations!
For more info on this fabulous book click here
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Triple J Reveals 2008 Line-Up!
Australia's youth will wake up on the weekends in 2008 to the inimitable SAM SIMMONS [Saturdays and Sundays, 6am -10am]. The award-winning comedian and former zookeeper is as delighted as we are:
'I am overwhelmed and thrilled to have a pigeon hole at triple j. I always knew I could do it, from a very young age I felt it was my destiny. I feel like the prettiest girl at the Year 9 social!'
Tune in to Triple J over the Summer months to hear Sam hosting the night shift [Mon to Fri, 6pm - 9pm] to get a taste of what's coming in 2008.
Check out the following frequencies for your area: Melbourne 107.5FM, Sydney 105.7FM, Adelaide 105.5FM, Perth 99.3FM, Brisbane 107.7FM, Canberra 101.5FM or check out www.triplej.net.au for more info.
Read full Media Release here!
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Bryan Strauchan book signing at Knox
Bryan 'Strauchanie' Strauchan will be appearing instore at Borders Knox to sign copies of his inspirational life story -
Bryan Strauchan: My Story
The rise and rise of a genuine superstar of Australian sport
As told to Peter Helliar and Paul Calleja
This is a special instore appearance by Strauchanie, so don’t miss out on your chance to meet a living legend.
Saturday December 6 @ 1pm Borders Knox
See Press Release here!
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Sam Simmons on Triple J Summer Nights
Tune in to our very own Sam Simmons on Triple J Summer nights, from 6pm to 9pm, Dec 3 to Jan 7, on "It's Summer Nights... B#*ch"
All summer long, Sam will be keeping your summer nights alive with the sound of music, crazy antics and the occasional chiko roll. Put on your party pants and rock out with Sam this Summer!
Tune in to the following frequencies for your area:
Melbourne 107.5FM, Sydney 105.7FM, Adelaide 105.5FM, Perth 99.3FM, Brisbane 107.7FM, Canberra 101.5FM or check out www.triplej.net.au for more info
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GQ AWARDS!
Congratulations to Adam Hills, Peter Helliar and Tom Williams, who each won a GQ award, at their annual event held in Sydney last night. Adam picked up an award for TV Personality of the Year, Peter won Comedian of the Year and Tom received an award for the Most Stylish. Great stuff guys!
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Dave Hughes in London!
Hughesy will be heading to the UK for a special one-off show on Wednesday December 5th. Check out the live shows page for more details.
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HUGHESY WINS AN ARIA!
A huge congratulations goes to Dave Hughes for winning a 2007 ARIA Award for Best Comedy Release. The music industry's night-of-nights proved to be quite the event for Dave, with his latest DVD, titled "Live", taking out the award!
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2007 AFI AWARD NOMINATIONS
Token are very excited to announce that our very own comedic gems, Adam Hills, Alan Brough & Myf Warhurst, and Claire Hooper & Tripod have been nominated for their respective TV shows, Spicks and Specks and The Sideshow, in the Best Light Entertainment category, for a 2007 AFI Award.
We wish them all the best!
Read full press release here
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OvCa Australia presents
The Lynda Gibson Memorial Comedy Event!
Featuring some of Token's comedians and many more!
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Peter Helliar to head Triple M breakfast
One of Australia’s leading stand-up comedians and TV stars (and Token's very own) Peter Helliar, will take the reigns for Melbourne’s Triple M breakfast show from 2008.
Peter is best known for his roles as one of the stars of Channel Ten’s Rove and Before the Game, Helliar this week signed with Triple M, replacing The Cage, which will not continue next year.
It's fair to say that its excitement all round for Peter and Austereo's Melbourne General Manager Ben Amarfio who stated, “Pete is one of the best comic talents in Australia and we’re absolutely thrilled to have him on Triple M next year,” he said.
Helliar added: “The opportunity to do breakfast radio in my home town was irresistible and Triple M’s relationship with footy as the official FM broadcaster was a handy bonus.
Tune in to Triple M in 2008 to hear Peter (and Strauchanie) sound off on the airwaves every morning!
Read full press release here.
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Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?
So you think you're pretty smart? Think you'd be able to answer questions from the 5th grade? How hard can it be? 5th grade kids are only ten years old. Well, Network Ten and our very own Rove McManus are about to put you to the test in this exciting new game-show which sees adult contestants compete for $500,000... All they have to do is correctly answer questions taken from primary school materials. Easy, right? Well, the adults are in luck. There to give them a helping-hand will be 5 bright and endearing primary-school students: Callum, Darcy, Max, Moya and Sam.
Tune in to Network Ten at 8:45pm on Wednesday 26th September (and 7:30pm every week after) to witness adult Australians trying (and failing!) to prove to the country that they are in fact, smarter than a 5th grader. It's entertainment for the whole family!
Check out more info here
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Token Artists nominated for Aria Awards!
Congratulations to our very own Dave Hughes, Lano & Woodley and Tripod for
their nominations in the ARIA Best Comedy Release category. The final nominees are:
Dave Hughes - Live
Lano & Woodley - Goodbye
Rodney Rude - Frog Sack
The 12th Man - Boned!
Tripod - Songs From Self Saucing
Good luck and fingers crossed for October 28!
Read the full release here.
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Extra Shows Added!
Melbourne
Sat 1 Dec, 9.30pm
Sun 2 Dec, 7.30pm
Bookings: www.ticketek.com.au or 1300 795 012
Brisbane
Fri 7 Dec, 9.30pm
Sat 8 Dec, 9.30pm
Sun 9 Dec, 5.00pm
Bookings: www.qtix.com.au or 136 246
Adelaide
Sat 15 Dec, 9.30pm
Sun 16 Dec, 7.30pm
Bookings: www.venuetix.com.au or 8225 8888
Newcastle
Tue 8 Jan, 9.00pm
Bookings: www.ticketek.com.au or 4929 1977
Sydney
Sat 12 Jan, 9.30pm
Wed 16 & Thu 17 Jan, 7.30pm
Bookings: www.ticketek.com.au or 132 849
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Terri, Charlie & Justin on Triple M
Be sure to check out Triple M's newest early Saturday morning show with our own comedy trio - Terri Psiakis, Charlie Pickering and Justin Hamilton - on "Toast", the best thing for you on a Saturday morning...
Starts tomorrow!
Saturdays 6am to 8am
Triple M
Melbourne 105.1FM
CORINNE GRANT ON DANCING WITH THE STARS
The glamour, excitement and magic of the ballroom is back with the new series of the smash hit variety show DANCING WITH THE STARS - returning to Seven soon and featuring our very own Corinne Grant.
This seventh series will showcase the fancy footwork of ten diverse stars from the world of sport, comedy, acting, journalism, even opera....the ten celebrities will put their fancy footwork to the test in this live ballroom dancing competition.
All have the drive and motivation but do they have the dancing skill?
The celebrities lined up to take on the dance moves are:
- CORINNE GRANT Comedian/TV and radio Presenter
- ANH DO Comedian
- BRIDIE CARTER Actor
- DAVID HOBSON Opera Singer/composer
- ELKA GRAHAM Olympic swimmer
- JAMES COURTNEY V8 Supercar driver
- JESSICA ROWE Journalist/News presenter
- MARK BERETTA Sunrise sports presenter
- MICHAEL KLIM Olympic swimmer
- PATTI NEWTON Entertainer
Will they be ready to rumba, shimmy and twirl their way through this demanding competition and escape elimination by the judges and the viewers week after week to become the DANCING WITH THE STARS champion of series seven?
Daryl Somers returns as host, with co-host Sonia Kruger again providing all the backstage excitement.
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Adam Hills, Alan Brough & Myf Warhurst are touring to a town near you with the...
If you only see one stage show loosely based on a comedic music quiz show then this is it!
Adam, Alan and Myf are cooking up a live show of Speck-tacular proportions to help get Spicks and Specks fans through the long spicks-less and specks-less summer non rating period.
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Bryan 'Strauchanie' Strauchan will be appearing instore at Borders Chadstone to sign copies of his inspirational life story -
Bryan Strauchan: My Story
The rise and rise of a genuine superstar of Australian sport
As told to Peter Helliar and Paul Calleja
This is Strauchanie’s only instore appearance so don’t miss out on your chance to meet a living legend.
Thursday 30 August @ 6.30pm Borders Chadstone
Read full media release here.
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ADAM HILLS WINS HELPMANN AWARD!
Last Night Adam Hills won the Comedy Performer Award for his "JOYMONGER" show. This Helpmann Award recognises excellence in live comedy performance over the course of a season.
For more details on the awards visit
www.helpmannawards.com.au
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Tune in to our very own Terri Psiakis on Triple J Drive this week, on the T&A Show with Amy Blakmur
Starting today and through until next Monday, Terri & Amy will be in charge of Drive, keeping you company, solving all your social dilemmas and generally rocking your afternoons!
Tune in to the following frequencies for your area:
Melbourne 107.5FM, Sydney 105.7FM, Adelaide 105.5FM, Perth 99.3FM, Brisbane 107.7FM, Canberra 101.5FM or check out
www.triplej.net.au for more info
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Raising money to support AnaphylaxiSTOP save lives
Featuring Australia’s Funniest Comedians… Peter Helliar, Dave Hughes, Rove McManus, Wil Anderson, Lehmo, Denise Scott, Justin Hamilton, Tom Gleeson, Adam Rozenbachs
Anaphylaxis is a life threatening allergic reaction that can kill a person within minutes. Many things can cause it including food, medicines and insect stings. It’s on the increase– and no-one knows why. We want to find a vaccine to stop these accidental deaths. All of the money raised from ticket sales to Let’s Nut It Out will assist AnaphylaxiSTOP fund dedicated medical research programs.
Peter Helliar’s son Liam suffers from the condition and Peter has organized Let’s Nut It Out in order to get this very serious issue talked about.
Friday 24th August, 8pm
Her Majesty’s Theatre
219 Exhibition St, Melbourne
General Public On Sale Wednesday 18 July at
ticketek.com.au Or 132 849
AnaphylaxiSTOP
www.astop.info
Read full
Media Release Here...
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Wil Anderson – Wil of God
EXTRA SHOW AT THE ENMORE
Saturday 11 August, 7.30pm
The Enmore, 130 Enmore Rd, Newtown
All Tickets: $38
Bookings:
www.ticketek.com.au 132 849 or at the venue 9550 3666
On Sale Tuesday 10 July at 4pm
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TERRI PSIAKIS ON TRIPLE J
SATURDAY NIGHTS
Tune in to our very own Terri Psiakis on Triple J Saturday nights, from 6pm to 9pm, on the T&A Show with Amy Blakmur
Starting this Saturday and for the chilly month of July, Terri & Amy will be warming your Saturday nights with the sound of music, playing you the best tunes and rocking your weekend. They'll also be solving all your weekend dilemmas. Let the ladies know your story and they may just have the solution!
Tune in to the following frequencies for your area:
Melbourne 107.5FM, Sydney 105.7FM, Adelaide 105.5FM, Perth 99.3FM, Brisbane 107.7FM, Canberra 101.5FM or check out
www.triplej.net.au for more info
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Canned Laughter is back!
Announcing a unique stand up show featuring Rove McManus, Peter Helliar, Frank Woodley, Akmal Saleh, Tom Gleeson, Josh Thomas, Claire Hooper, Justin Hamilton and Lehmo... with other big names still to be announced!!
Come and join us in Sydney for ‘Canned Laughter’, on Friday 6 July, where a heap of comedians will re-unite on 1 stage for 1 night, for 1 cause. In the spirit of good humour, all proceeds will go directly to CanTeen! Come on – have a laugh!
Venue: Hordern Pavillion
Date: Friday 6 July
Time: 7.30 -10.00pm
Tickets: On sale Thursday 31 May through
www.ticketek.com.au, or
phone 132 849. Tickets are $60 (inc booking fee and GST, transaction fees apply)
Line up: Rove McManus, Peter Helliar, Frank Woodley, Josh Thomas, Tom Gleeson, Akmal Saleh, Claire Hooper, Justin Hamilton and Lehmo with more names to come!
Material: Suitable for people 15 years and over
Read full Media Release Here...
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CORINNE GRANT & TOM GLEESON SHOW –
FEELING GOOD FOR BREAKFAST!
Following the success of their Saturday morning time slot,
The Corinne Grant & Tom Gleeson Show will take over from MIX101.1’s Tracy Bartram and Tim Smith for two weeks from June 12 whilst Tracy and Tim take a well earned break.
Being the only live breakfast team in Melbourne over this period, Corinne Grant & Tom Gleeson will not let Melbourne breakfast listeners starve for their topical, entertaining and feel good brekky wake up!
Corinne as “the smart, funny girl next door, the anti-bimbo...” and Tom with his “sophisticated” yet “country boy charm”, are both well established within the Australian comedy scene on stage, TV and radio. The Corinne Grant & Tom Gleeson Show is an entertaining tapestry of their sharp wit, cheerful banter and clever antics.
Breakfast radio is not for the fainthearted and both Corinne and Tom are taking the challenge very seriously, “Waking up early on Saturday isn’t enough. I want to do it six days a week. I’m going to get up early on Sunday too, just for consistency.” - Tom
Corinne’s dedication rivals that of Tom’s,” My birthday is on the 12th so I’m going to spend the whole morning demanding cake and balloons. And a clown. I really, really want a clown.” - Corinne
CORINNE GRANT & TOM GLEESON – ON BREAKFAST MIX101.1 MELBOURNE
TUESDAY 12 JUNE to FRIDAY 22 JUNE
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Australia's favourite music quiz show
Spicks and Specks celebrates its 100th episode on Wednesday May 30, 8.30pm on ABC TV.
Tonight a very special anniversary edition of Spicks & Specks screens to celebrate its 100th episode.
Joining host Adam Hills are team captains for each and every one of those episodes Alan Brough and Myf Warhurst. Alan's guests tonight are opera singer Antoinette Halloran and radio presenter Hamish Blake. Myf's team members are saxophonist and radio announcer Wilbur Wilde and
comedienne and radio presenter Amanda Keller.
Tonight's show is a little different in that the usual games are out the window and, in order to celebrate 100 episodes of Spicks and Specks, the teams will be asked 100 questions from previous shows, with a brand new one at the end. But will they answer all the questions in time?
There's also a very special appearance by the Queen.
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Direct from sell out Melbourne Comedy Festival season to the Sydney Opera House
This year Wil asks the big question: If the world truly does have an intelligent design, why is everything so f***ed?
It's yet another brand-new hour of stand-up from our nation's most prolific comedian, and as usual it's bound to run the gamet from tightly written beautifully constructed world-class stand-up and searing social commentary, to a whole bunch of dick jokes.
SYDNEY
Venue: Sydney Opera House, Play House, Bennelong Point
Dates: Tuesday 26th June - Saturday 14th July
Preview: Tuesday 26th June
Times: Tue - Sat 8pm
Bookings: 02 9250 777 or www.sydneyoperahouse.com or Ticketek 132 849
Tickets: Preview $27.50; Student Thursdays $25; Fri & Sat Full $38 No Conc Avail; Tue-Thu Conc $30
SELLING FAST! 2 NEW SESSIONS ADDED!
SATURDAY 30 JUNE & SATURDAY 7 JULY, 9.45PM!
Book Today - 02 9250 777 www.sydneyoperahouse.com or Ticketek 132 849 www.ticketek.com.au
Read full Media Release Here...
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Nova 1069 and Token Events present
When she was 24 Meshel Laurie hoped she would magically turn into a whole other person. She assumed that sooner or later she'd get her life together and wake up thin. Now, at 34 she has accepted her life will always be rather untidy, she may never wake up thin, and the true path to happiness is to get bigger pants.
Meshel is star of the hugely successful Nova 1069 Breakfast Show in Brisbane. She also appears on ROVE Live most weeks and has made many guest appearances on Spicks and Specks and The Glass House.
BRISBANE
Venue: Brisbane Powerhouse
Address: 119 Lamington Drive, New Farm, Brisbane
Dates: Tuesday 12th to Sunday 17th June
Previews: Tuesday 12th June
Times: 7.30pm
Bookings: www.brisbanepowerhouse.org or 07 3358 8600
&Sun Full $32, Conc $28, Sat All Tix $35
Read full Media Release Here...
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Extra Charlie Pickering MICF Show
On Sale Now!
Due to public demand, an extra show of Charlie Pickering's IMPRACTICAL JOKES has been added to his Melbourne International Comedy Festival season. Details are:
Sat 28th April, 11.15pm
Melbourne Town Hall, Powder Room
All tix $25.90
Bookings: ticketmaster 1300 660 013 or
www.comedyfestival.com.au
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JUSTIN HAMILTON in THREE COLOURS HAMMO
Directed by Paul Horan
3 Different Shows 1 Big Story: Melbourne | Laugh & Death | Hamilton & His Sisters
All 3 shows in 1 afternoon
THIS SATURDAY 28 April at TRADES HALL, Cnr Victoria & Lygon Sts, Carlton
2pm-5.30pm.
Complimentary Cups of Tea Included!
comedyattrades.com.au9569 3560 or at the venue
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Extra Wil Anderson MICF Show on Sale Now!
Due to public demand, an extra show of Wil Anderson's WIL OF GOD has been added to his Melbourne International Comedy Festival season. Details are:
Saturday 28th April
11.15pm
Melbourne Town Hall, Lower Town Hall
Tickets: Full $32, Conc $28
Bookings: Ticketmaster 1300 660 013 or www.comedyfestival.com.au
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Extra Peter Helliar MICF Show on Sale Now!
Due to public demand, an extra show of Peter Helliar's HELLRAISER has been added to his Melbourne International Comedy Festival season. Details are:
Saturday 28th April
10.45pm
The Forum
Tickets: Full $32, Conc $28
Bookings: Ticketek 132 849 or www.comedyfestival.com.au
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WINE ME DINE ME
Friday, April 13 at 7.30pm on Channel Nine
Join Gold Logie winner JOHN WOOD as he experiences a mouth-watering journey of the palate in the new lifestyle program WINE ME DINE ME, premiering Friday, April 13 at 7.30pm on Channel Nine.
Wood reprises his role of host following last year's success of the two-part WINE ME DINE ME specials shown in Victoria.
He is joined by a team of presenters - COLIN LANE, JENNIFER ADAMS, GIAAN ROONEY, CHERIE HAUSLER and TOD JOHNSTON - as they discover the best wine and gourmet delights on offer in Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia.
Each episode of WINE ME DINE ME features six segments based on the produce tales from the different regions in the three featured states - the best accommodation, eccentric local characters, quirkiest pubs and so on.
There will also be regular guest presenters visiting other well-known wine regions, including Tasmania, New South Wales and New Zealand.
In the series debut, Wood and Lane parachute into one of Victoria's premier wine regions, the Yarra Valley, to taste-test wine and strawberries while special celebrity guest presenter Jimeoin reveals his favourite holiday spots in Torquay.
Rooney bonds with Melbourne's best baristas to taste the city's strongest coffee while Adams spends a day on the farm in Daylesford before rewarding herself with a visit to the Lake House Spa. Across the border in South Australia, Hausler visits Coorong, the setting for Colin Thiele's novel Storm Boy, and further afield, Johnston explores the city of Mandurah in Western Australia.
Prepare for a culinary feast when Wine Me Dine Me premieres:
Friday, April 13 at 7.30pm on Channel Nine
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The Melbourne
International Comedy
Festival Gala
Monday 16 April - 8.30pm, Network Ten
The most glamorous event in Australia's comedy calendar is here. The 2007 Melbourne International Comedy Festival Opening Night Gala hosted by none other than Peter Helliar.
Be assured of an all-star cast with some of the biggest names from stage, screen and radio performing all on the one stage.
The 2007 Gala features the talents of Adam Hills, Akmal, Corinne Grant, Dave Hughes, David O'Doherty (IRE), Fiona O'Loughlin, Greg Fleet, The Jim Henson Puppet Company (USA),
Jason Byrne (IRE), Jeff Green (UK), Mark Watson (UK), Meshel Laurie, Phil Nichol (CAN), Russell Howard (UK), Shappi Khorsandi (UK), Stephen K Amos (UK), Tim Minchin, Tripod, Wil Anderson and a host of other comedy greats.
So sit back, chill out and have a giggle or two on us.
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Peter Helliar announced as the host of the 2007 Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala
The Comedy Festival's Opening Night Gala (Wednesday 4th April) is the most glamorous event in Australia's comedy calendar. In 2007, the opulence of the Regent Theatre is the setting for this exclusive evening of laughs, ensuring a night of comedy magic you do not want to miss.
See the biggest names from stage and screen (and the radio) performing live on the one stage for one night only.
Glamour, guest stars and giggles - what better way to celebrate the opening of the 21st Melbourne International Comedy Festival?
And while you're having the time of your life you'll also be helping save lives - just by laughing! Proceeds from The Gala live performance and the national television broadcast on Network Ten are donated to Oxfam Australia to support their projects around the world.
Check out www.comedyfestival.com.au for more details
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TRIPOD'S IDIOCLIPS NOW OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS
Tripod have put out their nerd-feelers and are persuading bunches of people to make video clips to their songs. They'll then pick the best ones and perform them live whilst the clip plays on a big screen, at their Melbourne Comedy Festival show IDIOCLIPS, and the best video wins $2500!! That's right, it's just like Christmas. If you reckon you can make a crash hot video to a Tripod song then check out www.idioclips.com for more details.
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Kings of Comedy - featuring Colin Lane as host
premiers tonight on Ch 9 @ 7:30pm
16 February 2007
Some of the world's most legendary comedians will be celebrated in a new retrospective series, Kings of Comedy, which premieres Friday, February 16 at 7.30pm on Channel Nine.
Hosted by Colin Lane, of the late great comedy duo Lano & Woodley, this one-hour program features a collection of archived routines performed on Channel Nine programs over the last five decades.
Famous comedians in the six-part series include the Irish superstar who dominated British television, Dave Allen; the hilarious Two Ronnies, Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett; the iconic team of Peter Cook and Dudley Moore; Australia's king of television, Graham Kennedy; Hale and Pace; deadpan US comic Steven Wright; legendary Australian performer Rolf Harris; pop parody group The Hee Bee Gee Bees; and the forefather of American improvisation, Shelley Berman.
In a celebration of Kennedy's immense impact on Australian television, the first episode - on the day after his birthday - contains three contributions from the inimitable larrikin of laughs.
Following on from the successful Kings of Comedy special last year, footage for the series has been collated from a number of specials, series and variety show sketches filmed in the studios of TCN-9 and GTV-9 from the 1960s to the 1990s.
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Adam Hills returns with the ABC's musically funny hit Spicks & Specks,
back from Wednesday 14 February at 8.30pm.
Hills, one of Australia's favourite comedians, is joined by two team captains, comedian and actor Alan Brough and Triple J breakfast announcer Myf Warhurst. This week on Myf's team are: Dan Hume (Evermore) and radio host/comedian Dave O'Neill. On Alan's team are: star of stage and screen, Nancye Hayes, and actor/comedian Jonathan Biggins.
Two teams go head to head as they sing, shout and delve deep into the recesses of their collective minds to help earn their team an extremely inglorious victory.
Whether discussing the lyrical genius of Gilbert and Sullivan, the reasons Ozzy Osbourne wore a dress or just how a musician can choke on a harmonica, no musical genre is overlooked... well, except for maybe Swedish folk music, but hey, we've all got limits.
Video clips, album covers, and information you never thought anyone could know the answer to, Spicks and Specks enlightens and entertains - and exposes the world of music like never before
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Adam Hills and Friends
Join Adam Hills host of ABC TVs Spicks and Specks every Sunday evening from the 4th of February as he hosts an evening of what may be referred to as "Comedy Brainstorming". At these shows Adam will be trying to figure out if any of the ideas he has had for his upcoming Melbourne Comedy Festival season are funny.
Which is where you come in...
Deciding what is hilarious can be a lonely task even for one of our most popular and successful comedians. Research has shown that is much more fun / productive if there are other people in the room - to laugh or not to laugh. You can look upon your attendance as something of a community service if you like.
Each week Adam will be joined by a special guest support act.
Venue: 6 Links, 228 Flinders Lane (just off Swanston St)
Dates: Every Sunday from the 4th of February til 31st March
Time: 6pm
Tickets: Gold Coin Donation
Bookings: At the door
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The Mansion:
Australia Day Special on The Comedy Channel
Check out Charlie Pickering and Michael Chamberlin on The Mansion: Australia Day Special premiering on The Comedy Channel on Australia Day, Jan 26. To coincide with The Comedy Channel's move to Melbourne and their marathon Stand Up! Australia Day Special, there will be live crosses to Charlie and Michael in The Mansion.
The Mansion is a fictional news mansion that Charlie and Michael inherited from their old uncle Jebediah McNews. From here they dissect events from around the world. They are ably assisted by Justin Kennedy and Claire Hooper with a special guest appearance by Damian Callinan.
Make sure you tune in!
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Colin Lane to star in MTC's Don's Party
Colin Lane will appear in the MTC/STC co-production of the long-awaited revival of David Williamson's classic social sattire, Don's Party. The season opens in Melbourne on 8 January 2007 and will play at the Arts Centre Playhouse until 10 February 2007.
Read full Media Release here
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Spicks & Specks Christmas Show
Ho Ho Ho!, Santa Claus is coming to town, but before he slides down a single chimney, he's joining the Spicks and Specks family for an Aussie Christmas by the beach. Another Specky Christmas screens Sunday December 17 at 7.30pm.
Host Adam Hills is firing up the barbie, while team captains, Alan Brough and Myf Warhurst are laying the bon-bons on the fold-away table for a one-hour Christmas Special.
Getting sand between their toes are some very special guests including Australia's favourite housewife Dame Edna and singer Deborah Byrne. Full of Christmas spirit, Spicks and Specks regulars, comedians Ross Noble and Frank Woodley, will also be dropping in.
This year, enjoy Another Specky Christmas
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Terri Psiakis on Triple J Summer Nights
Tune in to our very own Terri Psiakis on Triple J Summer nights, from 6pm to 10pm, on the T&A Show with Amy Blakmur
All summer long, Terri & Amy will be keeping your summer nights alive with the sound of music, playing you the best tunes of 2006 and classic albums in full. They'll also be solving all your holiday dilemmas. Let the ladies know your story and they may just have the solution!.
Tune in to the following frequencies for your area:
Melbourne 107.5FM, Sydney 105.7FM, Adelaide 105.5FM, Perth 99.3FM, Brisbane 107.7FM, Canberra 101.5FM or check out www.triplej.net.au for more info
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My Favourite Album
7:30pm Sunday, 03 Dec 2006 - ABC
It's an issue that's sparked debate across the nation - turned neighbour against neighbour and husband against wife. Now the votes are in, Australia has spoken, and on December 3 at 7.30pm, ABC TV will reveal the identity of Australia's favourite album - the results will surprise!
Following the success of My Favourite Book in 2004, and My Favourite Film in 2005, My Favourite Album will be hosted by Spicks and Specks panellist and triple j presenter Myf Warhurst.
Myf Warhurst will be joined by a panel of five special guests to count down the top 10, but don't expect a polite discussion... With the likes of record industry guru Dicko, outspoken comedian JUDITH LUCY, iconic singer/songwriter Renee Geyer, Spiderbait's Kram and The Chaser's Chas Licciardello, you can expect a lively debate.
For more info click here
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Tune in this Wednesday night and help crack 1 million viewers for THE LAST GLASS HOUSE EVER!!
The 2006 Glass House Awards For EksalinceTM
Wednesday November 29, 9:00pm
On Wednesday, November 29, at the special time of 9pm, Wil Anderson, Corinne Grant, Dave Hughes & a host of their favourite reasonably special guests will celebrate the season finale with The 2006 Glass House Awards For EksalinceTM
In a one-hour, completely bias-free episode, Adam Spencer, Liz Ellis, Rhys Muldoon, Fiona O'Loughlin, Pinky Beecroft, Georgie Parker, Merv Hughes, Kerri-Anne Kennerley, Arj Barker and more will honour the world's movers & shakers in science, religion, sport, entertainment and politics.
Will Kim Beazley's astonishing popularity make him even more of a winner? Can Big Brother's turkey-slappers bring home the bacon? Drunk monks, French headbutts, Kiwi couches - eksalince, eksalince, eksalinceTM!
And who will take home the most prestigious award, the Golden Cretin? Naomi Robson, Mel Gibson, Germaine Greer, the ABC Board - it's the most competitive field in years!
If you only watch one dodgy awards show this year, tape this one & watch it next year!
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Tripod - New Live Album, Songs from Self Saucing
Its been all GO at the Tripod camp lately. They've sat through two seasons of Deadwood. They've spent their days staring blankly at each other in the 'Writing Room' and their nights arguing over whether or not the Veronicas are too short to be hot. Yes people, It's time for the boys to slow down, take stock, sit back, relax, release an album and watch the money roll in.
Tripod's last album release entitled Middleborough Road, was the bringing together of real musicians playing real music to real funny songs and it won them a real ARIA. With Songs from Self-Saucing, Tripod return to the stage with the three voice, two guitar combo that made them famous. This latest release features the best of their recent catalogue including Too Many Remotes and Lingering Dad.
Captured in front of a sell out crowd at the HI-FI Bar and Ballroom during the final daysof the 2006 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Tripod - Songs from Self-Saucing shows a comedy group at the height of its powers... again. Its been over nine months in the making and is proving to be the most anticipated live album since KISS ALIVE III!
To Purchase, go to www.3pod.com.au
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LANO & WOODLEY WIN ARIA!
On Sunday 29th October Lano & Woodley won the Aria for Best Comedy Release for "Lano & Woodley Sing Songs"
Read Full Media Release Here
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ADAM HILLS - LIVE IN THE SUBURBS DVD
When Adam Hills isn't hosting ABC TV's "Spicks & Specks" he travels the world as one of its most popular and 
respected stand up comics. A regular at the Melbourne, Montreal and Kilkenny Comedy Festivals and a triple Perrier Award nominee at the Edinburgh Festival, Adam Hills is truly a world class comedian.
"Live In The Suburbs" is Adam's first ever stand up comedy DVD, recorded live at the Cardinia Cultural Centre, in the outer Melbourne suburb of Pakenham. "Live In The Suburbs" delivers an hour and a bit of Adam's best stand up material as well as a trip to the farmer's market and a catch up with the locals at Pakenham Upper.
Read Full Media Release here
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TRIPOD - HEY, WE DON'T MAKE THE YULES
Ah, Christmas! A time of child-like wonderment, joy and mystery. Of magic, smiles and goodwill to all men. What rubbish! C'mon face it. The last time you felt Christmassy was... you can't remember can you? Christmas is a pain in the arse. The whole routine is getting stale. Why does it have to be so hard? You spend a fortune buying gifts, spend the week in awkward family 'situations'... And as for the Christmas rush, don't get me started. I mean why did the son of God have to be born at a time when its so hard to find a car park?! Timing Jesus, timing.
But praise the Lord Tripod are here to save the day... again. The Tripod caravan of courage is coming to your town with the new, "Hey, We Don't Make The Yules" tour. They don't make the yules, but they do come up with their own show titles, and they're particularly proud of this one. Songs about donkeys and Marys and Santas are guaranteed. Thank God for Tripod - putting the CHRIST! (as in Christ! How good is this?!?) back into Christmas.
2006 started off rather well for Tripod with the release of their very first DVD Pod August Night, through Liberation Music. Their tenth season at the Melbourne Comedy Festival in April was fittingly their most successful to date. They premiere at the Oddfellows New Zealand Comedy Festival in May and have been busily touring the nation since then.
"These guys are good. These guys are great. These guys are jaw-hang-wide-open,-drool-slowly-drip-out brilliant" HERALD-SUN, MELBOURNE
"Tripod could be a comedy trio or just a very strange, very talented rock band" ADELAIDE ADVERTISER
For Gig Guide information click here
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WIL ANDERSON'S
SURVIVAL OF THE DUMBEST
21 September 2006
One of Australia's best loved and funniest comedians at his acerbic and hilarious best. A laugh-out-loud thigh-slapper from a comic genius.
"Did you know that in the last ten years, 31 Australians have died from watering the Christmas tree while the lights were still plugged in? And at least a couple of those were watering plastic trees. Now I don't want to seem callous, but to me that's not a tragedy - that's natural selection."
In SURVIVAL OF THE DUMBEST, Wil Anderson turns his sharp gaze and wicked wit to the stupid, strange and perplexing quandaries of popular culture. Wil spares no-one, not even himself, as he delivers an almighty forehead slap to the modern world. And let's face it: between TV, politics, oversexed sports stars, advertising and automatic phone-banking systems - there are a lot of foreheads that need one.
Wil Anderson caused cornflake snorting incidents as a breakfast announcer on Triple J, hosts ABC TV's ever-popular The Glass House and continues to thrill audiences at just about every comedy festival known to man. Now Wil has set down some of his funniest rants and observations in this book. Let's just hope there are enough people left who can read.
For more info check out http://www.randomhouse.com.au
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Strauchanie - Pure B.S
29 August 2006
Bryan Strauchan was joined at the Lexus Centre on Thursday by team mates Paul Licuria Brodie Holland, to launch his new DVD Strauchanie - Pure B.S., covering his meteoric rise to self proclaimed - Magpie Superstar status.
Strauchanie, who was taken as last pick by Collingwood in 2004 draft, has made a dramatic rise from the Horsham 3rds reserves team.
When asked why he felt that the time was right to release a DVD, capturing his finest moments over the past two seasons, despite not actually having yet played a game, Strauchanie responded; "Why am I releasing a DVD? Good question Strauchanie. I am releasing a DVD because the greatest people of our time need to be captured," said Strauchan.
Continuing, Strauchan shared; "It's that simple. So many great lives are available on DVD - John F. Kennedy, the Olsen Twins and now... Bryan 'Strauchanie' Strauchan.
"Not only is this DVD very entertaining, it's a bargain too. What else could you get for the same price? Two McChicken meal deals upsized, four Happy meals, a McFlurry, three Traveller pies, two steamed dim sims, three hotdogs with sauce, onion, cheese and bacon and a dozen Krispy Kreme donuts? I don't think so."
Available at Coles and JBHiFi.
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Charlie Pickering 
review from Edinburgh
"[Pickering is] charming company and a natural raconteur... very good at identifying and communicating the comedic heart of even the most mundane events, and elevating these kitchen sink incidents into the realm of tragicomic entertainment... Judging by the amount of fertile, insightful material here, Pickering's autobiography will be the proverbial right riveting read." The Scotsman
check out the full review at www.edinburgh-festivals.com
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Wil Anderson reviews from Edinburgh
"Anderson is a master of constructing a situation and finishing it off with a killer one-liner in the time it takes most comedians to drawl: "Say, what's the deal with this... war on terror?"... The happy throng leaving the venue are clearly convinced they've seen one of the Fringe's best kept secrets."
Check out the full review at www.skinnymag.co.uk
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DAVE HUGHES LIVE DVD
In Store Saturday August 19
View DVD Teaser Here (4.5 Meg) *warning - contains coarse language
READ FULL MEDIA RELEASE HERE...
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TRIPOD: POD AUGUST NIGHT
15 August 2006
Where: Spanish Club, 59 Johnston Street Fitzroy
When: Thursdays Until August 31
"These guys are good. these guys are great. these guys are jaw-hang-wide-open, drool-slowly-drip-out brilliant"... Read full Herald Sun Review Here
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WIL ANDERSON'S NEWS FROM EDINBURGH
8 August 2006
Catch up on all the goings on of Wil's time at the Edinburgh Fringe. Read his blog here!
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LANO & WOODLEY WIN HELPMANN AWARD!
1 August 2006
Last night Lano & Woodley - GOOD BYE won the inaugural Comedy Performer Award. This Helpmann Award recognises excellence in live comedy performance over the course of a Season.
"And for the perfect send-off, Colin Lane and Frank Woodley won in the new category of best comedy performer for their farewell tour, Lano & Woodley - Goodbye" - The Age
Goodbye is currently touring Australia. For more tour details see www.lanoandwoodleylive.com.au .
For more details on the awards visit www.helpmannawards.com.au
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THE GLASSHOUSE 200TH EPISODE
26 July 2006
On Wednesday July 26th, thanks to a strict regime of botox, liposuction and pharmaceuticals only available in Paraguay, The Glass House celebrates its 200th Birthday. It's times like this when we take a moment to remember just how much we've enriched the life of this great country. And let's face it, it only takes a moment. Anyway, Wil, Corinne and Dave will party long into the night with a veritable "Who's That"? of Australian entertainment, including "I know her from somewhere", "Hey, it's that guy" and "Oh look, whatshername". So join us to remember 200 superbly inconsistent shows, then laugh all over again as Security makes us leave the building and Eddie McGuire refuses our calls.
The Glass House turns 200! It's a milestone around the neck of the ABC!
Click here to view Official Media Release
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TOKEN ARTISTS SELL THE BIG ISSUE
18 July 2006
As part of the 10th Anniversary Celebrations during the first week of July, Wil Anderson, Dave Hughes, Rod Quantock, Judith Lucy and Rove McManus volunteered as Big Issue Vendors on the streets of Sydney and Melbourne.
While "lick the cover and get high" and "show it at work and get a promotion" aren't the normal sales lines, Wil managed to sell 37 magazines in his 45 minute stint. After a sluggish start Hughesy really picked up after his 'skinny latte' and ended up selling a pleasantly plump 23 magazines in about 40 minutes. Rove started off slowly and didn't look likely to threaten Wil's record of 37 sales but he eventually warmed to the task and flogged a whopping 40 magazines in 40 minutes!!! He handed over a fistful of cash to regular Swan Street vendor Leo who went skipping off to buy himself a new pair of glasses. Judith Lucy sold 24 magazines in Acland Street, and easily took the award for the most glamorous celebrity that regular vendor Denis had ever worked with, he said. Not sure if this has more to do with the big tip Judith left, or the fact that Hughesy is the only other celebrity Denis has worked with. Rod looked great in his yellow vest and graced the streets of Clifton Hill.
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