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Joker Poker
''Joker Poker'' was a late night Australian poker program on Network Ten which aired in 2005 and 2006. The 2005 edition was hosted by Adam Spencer, with the second and final edition hosted by Mike Goldman. Both were co-hosted by New Zealand poker pro Lee Nelson and Australian model Laura Weston acted as hostess. The show was produced by Australian Production Company Freehand Productions. The show featured Australian comedians playing no-limit Texas hold'em poker. Four comedians compete in each episode on behalf of their chosen charity. It was recorded in the high rollers' room of Sydney's Star City Casino for the first season and in a studio at Fox Studios in Sydney for the second. The weekly winner donates $5,000 to charity, while the overall winner donates $25,000. A New Zealand version also aired in 2007. Season one ''Joker Poker'' was the first locally produced poker program to go to air in Australia. Hosted by Adam Spencer and Lee Nelson, it featured 40 local co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freehand Productions
Freehand Productions (or simply Freehand) is an Australian television production company, founded in 2004 by producers John Gregory, Peter Abbott and Chris O’Mara. Since its inception, Freehand has produced or co-produced various genres of content, including light and factual entertainment, observational documentary, specials and children's television, for Australian commercial broadcasters, public broadcasters and subscription television channels. Notable productions include ''Top Gear Australia'', ''Freshwater Blue'', ''Missing Persons Unit'', '' Planet Cake'' and ''Joker Poker''. History In 2007, BBC Worldwide acquired a 25% stake in Freehand Productions for a reported A$2.5 million, which was the first time BBC Worldwide purchased a stake in an existing company rather than set up their own. BBC Worldwide divested its stake to co-founder Peter Abbott in 2012. Co-founder Chris O'Mara departed the company in 2009. In 2010, Freehand produced the first local commission for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anh Do
Anh Do (born 2 June 1977) is a Vietnamese-born Australian author, actor, comedian, and painter. He has appeared on Australian TV shows such as ''Thank God You're Here'' and ''Good News Week'', and was runner-up on ''Dancing with the Stars'' in 2007. He studied a combined Business Law degree at the University of Technology, Sydney. He is the brother of film director Khoa Do and has acted in several of Khoa's films, including ''Footy Legends'', which he co-wrote and produced. In 2012, his TV show ''Anh Does Vietnam'' began airing. He has been four times a finalist in the Archibald Prize and won the 2017 People's Choice Award. Since 2016, Do has hosted ''Anh's Brush with Fame'' on ABC TV in which he concurrently interviews and paints a portrait of prominent Australians. Biography Refugee Anh Do and his family fled to Australia as refugees in 1980. In his 2010 autobiography, ''The Happiest Refugee'', Do tells of how his family survived five days in a leaky fishing boat nine and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Moclair
Tony Moclair (born 4 September 1969 in Cork, Ireland) is an Australian comedy actor, writer, performer and radio broadcaster. He has worked on various Australian radio networks, often appearing in character rather than as himself. Radio Moclair has a successful and varied radio career hosting radio shows on a variety of Australian radio stations both as himself and on occasions, in the guise of some of his many character creations. Guido Hatzis Guido Hatzis is a Greek-Australian comic character created by Tony Moclair and Julian Schiller and voiced by Moclair. Guido appeared originally in the context of Schiller and Moclair's radio program "Crud" on the Triple M network. Several albums have been released in the name of Guido Hatzis, the first two winning including Do Not Talk Over Me in 1999 (platinum sales, winner of 2001 ARIA for Best Comedy Release) Whatever in 2000 (Platinum sales and winner of 2002 ARIA of Best Comedy Release) and Deported in 2002 (Gold sales) . Most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julian Schiller
Julian "Jules" Schiller is an Australian TV and radio personality. Schiller currently hosts ''Drive'' on ABC Radio Adelaide. He previously worked at Nova 91.9, Triple M, Fox Sports, and The Project. Radio In 1993 Schiller started writing and performing radio serials at Melbourne community station 3RRR along with Tony Moclair. In 1995 Schiller and Moclair began making appearances on the ''Breakfasters'' show with James Young, Chris Hatzis and Kate Langbroek. In 1997 Schiller and Moclair were signed by Triple M where they hosted a national night show called ''CRUD''. They were promoted to ''Driv''e in 1999-2000. During this time Schiller co-wrote a radio character called Guido Hatzis which was performed by Moclair. The pair released three albums with Universal music and won two Aria Awards in 2000 and 2001. From 2000-2002 Schiller and Moclair worked at Austereo MCM hosting a show called ''The Flying Squad'' which was networked across Australia. From 2002-2004, Schiller a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damian Callinan
Damian Callinan is an actor/comedian from Melbourne, Australia. Entertainment career Callinan has performed in many mediums, including TV, film, radio and live stand-up. He came to national prominence in 2003 as an actor in the Australian sketch comedy television series '' skitHOUSE'' as well as making regular appearances on ''Before the Game''. In 2006, Callinan presented a live comedy show as part of the Melbourne Comedy Festival about his fertility problems entitled ''Damian Callinan has Spaznuts''. That year he also debuted ''Babysitting'', casting himself as a babysitter caring for a giant baby. In his show ''Sportsman's Night'', Callinan, with no props, performed every role in a story about a football club gathering. He's also performed several other solo comedy shows: ''Damian Callinan Calls "Last Drinks"'', ''Eureka Stocktake'','' The Cave To The Rave: The Story of Dance'' and ''Speech Night''. In 2007, he appeared in a stage show called '' The Complete Works of Wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cal Wilson
Cal Wilson (born 5 October 1970) is a New Zealand stand-up comedian, author, radio and television presenter. Early life After attending high school in Christchurch, New Zealand, Wilson completed a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Canterbury. Comedy career She co-founded the Court Jesters improv group in 1990 and was part of the New Zealand team that won the World Theatresports title in Los Angeles in 1994. She moved to stand-up comedy full-time and in 1997 was the inaugural winner (with Ewen Gilmour) of New Zealand's most prestigious comedy award, the Billy T. She also regularly appeared on TV3's ''Pulp Comedy''. In recent years she has been working from Melbourne, Australia. In 2001, Wilson won the ''Best Newcomer'' Award at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. She has appeared to critical acclaim at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Her 2006 show ''Up There, Cal Wilson'' sold out at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Television Wilson has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Smith (comedian)
Tim, Timothy or Timmy Smith may refer to: Musicians *T. V. Smith (born 1956), British singer and songwriter * Tim Smith (Cardiacs) (1961–2020), English singer-songwriter and frontman of Cardiacs *Tim Smith, lead singer of Midlake *Tim Smith, drummer with Poco *Tim Smith, bass guitarist of The Brew Politics * Tim Smith (British politician) (born 1947), former House of Commons politician * Timothy Smith (New Hampshire politician) (born 1980), New Hampshire House of Representatives politician *Tim Smith (Australian politician) (born 1983), Victorian Legislative Assembly politician Sports *Timothy Smith (cricketer, born 1953), English cricketer * Tim Smith (American football) (born 1957), American football wide receiver *Timmy Smith (born 1964), American football running back *Tim Smith (ice hockey) (born 1981), Canadian ice hockey player * Tim Smith (basketball) (born 1982), American professional basketball player * Timothy Smith (cricketer, born 1983), English cricketer * Tim Sm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruno Lucia
Bruno Lucia (born 27 January 1960) is an Australian stand-up comedian, actor and performer. With his bald, clean-shaven head, and Italian descent, Lucia became popular in the early 1990s with his role as entertainment agent Wayne Lovett on television sitcom '' All Together Now'' (with Jon English and Rebecca Gibney), memorable in part due to his character's catchphrase "Chickybabe!" Hailing from Adelaide, he is currently based in Los Angeles in the United States touring and performing comedy and musical comedy internationally. Collection of works Discography *1997: ''Life After Chicki Babe'' *2012: ''Live - Australia's Most Wanted Comedy Rock N' Roller'' Filmography Television *''The Dunera Boys'' (1985) *''Ring of Scorpio'' (1990) *''A Country Practice ''A Country Practice'' is an Australian television soap opera which broadcast on the Seven Network from 18 November 1981 until 5 November 1993, airing at 7:30 pm on Monday and Tuesday evenings. Altogether, 14 seasons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Gann
Jason Gann is an Australian-born actor, comedian, writer and producer. He is best known for his role as the title character in the Australian comedy series '' Wilfred'', directed by Tony Rogers, and the U.S. reboot of the same name. Biography Early life Jason Gann was born in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, At 14, while attending an all-boys school, Gann discovered his love for comedy when he performed as Suzanne, leader of the can-can dancers in a high school production of '' Paint Your Wagon''. After high school, he went on to study acting at the University of Southern Queensland. He earned a B.A. in Acting while also attending classes in humanities and the arts. Early career Immediately following his studies, Gann moved to Brisbane where he continued studying theatre and music. He worked in children's theatre at the Twelfth Night Theatre in Bowen Hills for several years, performing in dozens of shows. He also played lead roles and toured the country in several comedy the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tahir Bilgiç
Tahir Bilgiç (born 12 December 1968) is an Australian comedian, film and television actor, of Turkish descent. He is primarily an actor and comedian. He has written, directed and starred in some of the most successful live stage shows Australia has ever seen, including "Lord of The Kebabs", "From Lebanon With Love" and "Straight Outta Compo" to name a few. He has appeared in 5 different Australian sit-coms and 3 feature films. He co-created and starred in "StreetSmart" (ch10) as well as coming with the initial idea and then co-creating "Here Come The Habibs" (ch9). Career Tahir has a huge body of work and is enjoying a highly successful career as a comedian / writer / director and actor. He features as the Lebanese character Habib in the hit series ''Pizza'' and the motion pictures ''Fat Pizza'' and '' Fat Pizza vs. Housos''. Habib became of Australia's most popular and loved tv- sitcom characters. In 2011, he appeared in '' Swift and Shift Couriers''. Bilgiç has appea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pommy Johnson
''Pommy Johnson'' is a comedian from Australia who is best known for performing his parody song "Psycho Chicken" while wearing a rubber glove on his head on the Australian television program Hey Hey It's Saturday. He won as the Maurie Awards Australian comedian of the Year 2002, held at the Comic Lounge. He appeared on the RMITV show Under Melbourne Tonight ''Under Melbourne Tonight'' was a weekly live variety hour television program produced by RMITV that broadcast on C31 Melbourne. Reaching a weekly viewership of 55,000 people each week, the show was reviewed in ''The Age''s Green Guide by Jim Sc ... on 10 April 1996. Standup Comedy * Pommy Johnson - Live At The Comedy Club, Melbourne (DVD, 2004) References Australian male comedians Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{Australia-comedian-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Subby Valentine
Subby Valentine is an Australian comedian and radio presenter. Valentine came to prominence in 1997 after winning Raw Comedy, a national competition for new comic talent. He has since worked as a writer and performer for radio, free-to-air television, and pay TV. Valentine mastered his trade on the Sydney stand up comedy circuit for ten years. It was during this time that he sparked a relationship with fellow comic Tom Gleeson. The two would go on to form a duo and make the move to radio. Valentine was a co-host of the '' Tom and Subby Show'', which aired first on radio Triple J and later on Triple M. From there he worked as a writer for the Ten Network's '' SkitHouse'' as well as 2Day FM breakfast presenters Wendy Harmer and Greg Fleet. In 2006, Subby started work as one of the rotating male guests on the Mix 106.5 breakfast show ''Sammy and the Boys''. It was from this that, in June of that year, Subby joined Mix 106.5 on a permanent basis as part of ''Sammy, Subby and Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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