—>VOTE NOW! <— The 55th Annual TV Week Logie Awards are coming in 2013. The voting is now open to the public for various awards. And guess what? Some of the Working Dog team are nominated for some this year! In alphabetical order: Most Popular Presenter * Brian Nankervis – Pictures Of You * Ed Kavalee …
Category: TV
Nov 28 2012
Undiscovered Masterpieces Of YouTube: Jane Kennedy on Hey Hey It’s Saturday
Jane Kennedy of “The D-Generation” appearing as a judge on Red Faces from Hey Hey It’s Saturday – June 1989
Oct 27 2012
The Scumbus Is Coming
Never since the major sizzle and reveal of Australian Pie / Meat Pie / Going Down Under has there been talk of Tony Martin‘s co-host of radio’s Get This Ed Kavalee on his own movie adventure – we FINALLY get to see it! A film project that Kavalee has been working on for the last few years – Scumbus …
Sep 17 2012
Top or Frontbottom?
Top and Bottom lists that rank the topic of discussion can be entertaining and compelling at the same time. While there are no thorough and correct answers (unless a registered survey or census has been performed), many listings are usually done by matter of opinion, and with the odd listener / reader / viewer interaction. …
Sep 05 2012
Vale “Dr” Aaron Beaucaire
Aaron Beaucaire, or “Doctor” Aaron Beaucaire – according to a Muckraking segment based on violence, passed away late August. Beaucaire was popular with The Late Show fans. Known for his over-the-top explosions and special effects on the show, he was also considered “The Fifth Beatle” when props man Alf Camilleri* wasn’t around (but the fans …
Jul 27 2012
Remembering: The ACTUAL Show itself: Tom and Santo Speak
Continuing the celebration of The Late Show and its 20 year anniversary (which has been a week past since time of publish) we have a zinger for you. For the next installment of the ‘Remembering” series, two of The Late Show and Working Dog cast members – Tom Gleisner and Santo Cilauro, took time out of their extremely …
Jul 25 2012
Audrey’s Kitchen serves it up
Working Dog are back on Saturday! … and Sunday! But not at the desired 10pm slot we all come to love. But here’s something just as good. Thanks to the hard work of Tom Gleisner, Rob Sitch and Santo Cilauro, the tantalising, delicious tastebuds of Audrey Gordon‘s “Tuscan Summer” cookbook has hit the small screen in bite-size portions. …
Jul 17 2012
Happy 20th Anniversary, The Late Show!
20 years ago today, “Generation X”ers (and a few older “Generation Y”ers) were about to embark on a new form of Australian comedy. Channel 7 sketch comedy show Fast Forward was the talk of the town, into their 4th season, but was nearing the end of its life cycle. Where will Australia turn to for laugh-a-minute …
Jul 11 2012
Rob Sitch in Kath & Kimderella
Old school fellow friends of The Late Show crew Jane Turner, Gina Riley and Magda Szubanski have just released the full length trailer to the foxy ladies of Fountain Lakes fillum – Kath & Kimderella. Kath & Kimbegan as minor characters on the short lived sketch comedy show Big Girls Blouse and Something Stupid in the mid …
Jun 04 2012
Will There Ever Be A DVD Box Set Of The Entire “The Late Show”?
Many people come to this site, being fans of The Late Show, reminising about the sketches they remember in their minds and wearing out their VHS and Betamax tapes of episodes recorded 20 years ago. There’s the Champagne Edition DVD which has Volumes 1 – 3 of The Late Show, as well as “More Bits”, …