>- How Fat Cat used to wish all children a good night and then hop into to bed at 7pm every night on Channel 10.

That's why I stay up so late - I no longer have a red-shorts-wearing feline to tell me to go to bed. Actually, I must admit I grew up in Ballarat so wasn't subjected to some of your fancy metropolitan customs such as Fat Cat saying/miming time to go to bed.
We got the morning show with Patty Biscoe however.
But Bean, how much better was Humphrey?
My fave schooltime joke: "What's the difference between [insert name here] and Fat Cat? Fat Cat has friends." (If you don't recall that the show was called Fat Cat And Friends there's a problem with this joke.

>- How the theme music to "Come and Get It" was naff even in the 80s - "Come and Get It, with Peter G'DAY Russell G'DAY Clarke!!!!"

I blew liquid out of my nose when I read this. All I can say is: "Where's the cheese?"

>- How Triple J rock the planet (how I miss them!).

Bean, tell Steven how good Triple J is - I think it may offer him hope that the world of music isn't actually stuffed. Do you find that when you try to explain Triple J or community radio stations to the British they almost go into denial that we could have such a fabulous thing when they don't? "So it's like Virgin Radio then?" "No. You don't have anything like it" "So is it like Radio 5?" "No, you don't have anything like it" "So..it's like..." etc. Hard as it is to accept, Britoners, we have something which is better than anything you have.
Big Day Out coming up in January by the way - Powderfinger, Killing Heidi, Happy Mondays, Frenzel Rhomb, Go-Betweens, Placebo, Sonicanimation, PJ Harvey...

>- How Dave O'Neil has never been funny, even if he is fat.

Aw come on! He was great on Breakfasters and his columns in the back of Beat magazine are a cack. He is fat, true.

>- How "The Late Show" did "Burke's Backyard" back in '93.

Hang on...what did that involve?
(Speaking of Late Show, what was your favourite muscial moment? For me I can't go past Pete Smith doing Aerosmith.)
>
>- AND...whether Daryl Somers has revived his career yet. Please tell me hasn't. PLEASE! PLEASE!!!!

Relax! Only thing I've seen of him was an interview with Rove. There was an underlying tension where you could tell Daryl was on guard for ANY signs of desrespect from the young whippersnapper. Actually, Daryl received an award at the ARIAs for his contribution to getting bands on telly, or something.
Did you know Dazzas real surname is Schultz?

BTW, just done a shift on Laugh Radio - 24 hour comedy station trying out for a full time licence. Played stuff like John Hegley, Tripod, Fred Rowan, Doug Anthony All Stars, Judith Lucy, Martin/Molloy, Franklin Ajaye. Good to get back into the radio saddle (used to be on 3RRR).

>That's why I stay up so late - I no longer have a red-shorts-wearing feline to tell me to go to bed. Actually, I must admit I grew up in Ballarat so wasn't subjected to some of your fancy metropolitan customs such as Fat Cat saying/miming time to go to bed.
>We got the morning show with Patty Biscoe however.

Pate Biscuit! HOORAY!

>But Bean, how much better was Humphrey?

LOADS. Though why they thought replacing Humphrey with Mulligrubs was a good idea I'll NEVER know.

>My fave schooltime joke: "What's the difference between [insert name here] and Fat Cat? Fat Cat has friends." (If you don't recall that the show was called Fat Cat And Friends there's a problem with this joke.

Hehehe, I've never heard that joke. At my primary school it was all "dibber dobber donut" and "Wonder Woman lost her bosom flying TAA..."

>>- How the theme music to "Come and Get It" was naff even in the 80s - "Come and Get It, with Peter G'DAY Russell G'DAY Clarke!!!!"
>
>I blew liquid out of my nose when I read this. All I can say is: "Where's the cheese?"

Are you using the right voice?

Coonabarrabran, Coonawarra, etc...

>>- How Triple J rock the planet (how I miss them!).
>
>Bean, tell Steven how good Triple J is - I think it may offer him hope that the world of music isn't actually stuffed.

Will do at the next opportunity. BTW is Adam Spencer still trying to be as amusing as the sublime Wil Anderson of a morning?

>Do you find that when you try to explain Triple J or community radio stations to the British they almost go into denial that we could have such a fabulous thing when they don't? "So it's like Virgin Radio then?" "No. You don't have anything like it" "So is it like Radio 5?" "No, you don't have anything like it" "So..it's like..." etc. Hard as it is to accept, Britoners, we have something which is better than anything you have.

Yes it difficult and it's odd that places like London which have such diverse music scenes, can't get it together to produce even one decent alternative radio station. I've tried to like X FM, but it's not Triple J.

>Big Day Out coming up in January by the way - Powderfinger, Killing Heidi, Happy Mondays, Frenzel Rhomb, Go-Betweens, Placebo, Sonicanimation, PJ Harvey...

SOB! I wish I could go. I do a smashing Killing Heidi impersonation BTW: "air-hair-hair-high, air-hair-hair-high..." etc

>>- How Dave O'Neil has never been funny, even if he is fat.
>
>Aw come on! He was great on Breakfasters and his columns in the back of Beat magazine are a cack. He is fat, true.

Never seen either I'm afraid.

>>- How "The Late Show" did "Burke's Backyard" back in '93.
>
>Hang on...what did that involve?

They, well Rob, Santo, Tommy and Jane were guest presenters. They gave helpful garden advice including what to do if you get black spot on roses - you blow up the rose bush! Very amusing.

>(Speaking of Late Show, what was your favourite muscial moment? For me I can't go past Pete Smith doing Aerosmith.)

Joan Kirner as Joan Jett, without doubt.

>>- AND...whether Daryl Somers has revived his career yet. Please tell me hasn't. PLEASE! PLEASE!!!!
>
>Relax! Only thing I've seen of him was an interview with Rove. There was an underlying tension where you could tell Daryl was on guard for ANY signs of desrespect from the young whippersnapper.

Poor jadded Dazza...he didn't sing or play the drums on Rove did he?

>Actually, Daryl received an award at the ARIAs for his contribution to getting bands on telly, or something.

Well he did do that I suppose...

>Did you know Dazzas real surname is Schultz?

No.

>BTW, just done a shift on Laugh Radio - 24 hour comedy station trying out for a full time licence. Played stuff like John Hegley, Tripod, Fred Rowan, Doug Anthony All Stars, Judith Lucy, Martin/Molloy, Franklin Ajaye. Good to get back into the radio saddle (used to be on 3RRR).

I used to be the TV critic for Radio 5UV (Adelaide). How I miss that gig, I had a ball. Anyway I've actually been on Laugh FM, back in April. I was on Jim Griffin's slot for a bit on Good Friday. Jim's a top bloke and what a radio voice he has! Say hi to him and Messers Tatchell and K. Sharp for me.

trevor Crook was on the Stand Up Show on Sat. do u know him Janet? he had that familiar look and was very depressed, but not in the way that I like(Johnny Vegas or Jack Dee)

I don't know Trevor personally - I've met him vaguely a few years back. He's doing okay in the UK isn't he? Good on him. Watch out for Matt King. He's English, but he's also Australian. That is, he's been living over here for about a decade, and honed his comedy career in Melbourne. He's not bad.

And now for Bean:
> BTW is Adam Spencer still trying to be as amusing as the sublime Wil Anderson of a morning?

Morning? Morning? What is this concept of which you speak? If I do catch their show, I tend to like it for about 20 minutes, and then get pissed off with them.
Sometimes they're great, but sometimes I find them trying to be a bit too cool-for-sandals.
I loved it when my sometime-comedy-partner did a promo spot on their show. Toby did a phoner 'cos he was promoting his Fringe show about Economics and Price Theory (I've mentioned this before on the forum, I know). Toby (who, incidentally, is one of Wil's management team) proceeded to blow them both so thoroughly out of the water, both intellectually and comedically, that people started enquiring whether Toby had/could join them on a permanent basis. Bit of a problem when your manager is funnier than you are!

Late Show celebrity moments pt 1: Glenngarry Glenn Ridge.

>I don't know Trevor personally - I've met him vaguely a few years back. He's doing okay in the UK isn't he? Good on him. Watch out for Matt King. He's English, but he's also Australian. That is, he's been living over here for about a decade, and honed his comedy career in Melbourne. He's not bad.

I'm not a big fan of Matt King I must say. His animals show a few years ago was rubbish. Greg Fleet is better, but he's gone downhill recently. And as for Janei Anderson - ICK!!!! Actresses should NEVER do solo comedy shows that they have written all by themselves, particularly pretentious arty ones where they're on swings. And I don't care that she once wrote the odd line for Judith Lucy. No I don't!

>And now for Bean:
>> BTW is Adam Spencer still trying to be as amusing as the sublime Wil Anderson of a morning?
>
>Morning? Morning? What is this concept of which you speak? If I do catch their show, I tend to like it for about 20 minutes, and then get pissed off with them.
>Sometimes they're great, but sometimes I find them trying to be a bit too cool-for-sandals.

Indeed.

>I loved it when my sometime-comedy-partner did a promo spot on their show. Toby did a phoner 'cos he was promoting his Fringe show about Economics and Price Theory (I've mentioned this before on the forum, I know). Toby (who, incidentally, is one of Wil's management team) proceeded to blow them both so thoroughly out of the water, both intellectually and comedically, that people started enquiring whether Toby had/could join them on a permanent basis. Bit of a problem when your manager is funnier than you are!

Hehhehehe. Matthew K. Sharp reckons that Wil Anderson doesn't write his own material. He also reckons that Mick Molloy has a major coke habbit. The MM coke habbit I can buy, but I've interviewed Wil twice, seen him live lots and heard him on the radio and he can improvise very well and I think he does write his own stuff. What are your thoughts?

>Late Show celebrity moments pt 1: Glenngarry Glenn Ridge.

The Psychopaths, The Psychopaths...
"Are you talking to me, is that what want? Well fuck you!"

Or even more obscure and not from The Late Show...
"Barry, the wacky psychopath"

Tony Martin is God, I thank you.

No hang on, it was Barry the naughty psychopath.

Continuing on the REALLY obscure Martin/Molloy vein, have you read the Martin/Molloy comics?