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SkitHOUSE
''Skithouse'' (styled ''skitHOUSE'') was an Australian sketch comedy television series that ran on Network Ten from 9 February 2003 to 28 July 2004. The series was produced by Roving Enterprises. It featured many well-known Australian comedians, including comedy-band Tripod (band), Tripod. Reruns can now be seen on The Comedy Channel on Foxtel. In the United Kingdom, UK, it is shown on the channel Paramount Comedy 2 and Trouble (TV), Trouble. The title name itself is a pun on the colloquialism "shithouse". The series only ran for two seasons, before being cancelled due to a combination of dwindling ratings and the withdrawal of the cable network Foxtel as co-financier of the program's production. Cast ''Skithouse'' was produced by Roving Enterprises, a production company formed by Rove McManus. Two key performers were Rove's Rove (TV series), Rove Live co-hosts Peter Helliar and Corinne Grant. The show also featured Cal Wilson, Scott Brennan (comedian), Scott Brennan, Fiona H ... [...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 Willia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Helliar
Peter Jason Matthew Helliar (born 16 June 1975) is an Australian comedian, actor, television, radio presenter, writer, producer and director. He is best known for his work on television as a former regular co-host of '' The Project'' on Network Ten from January 2014 to December 2022, replacing previous presenter Dave Hughes to host alongside Carrie Bickmore, Waleed Aly and Lisa Wilkinson. Helliar also appeared with Rove McManus as his sidekick on '' The Loft Live'' from 1997 to 1998, on '' Rove'' from 1999 and 2009 and in ''Before the Game'' as alter ego Bryan Strauchan. Helliar initially worked the Melbourne comedy circuit in the mid-1990s, performing in various venues and the annual Melbourne International Comedy Festival. He has performed in numerous television ads, most notably for Fernwood Fitness. Helliar has been nominated for the Gold Logie, a prestigious award bestowed upon the Most Popular Personality on Television in 2017. Television Helliar has made guest appear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Brennan (comedian)
Scott Brennan is an Australian actor and comedian. He is best known for his work on the Australian television program ''skitHOUSE''. In 1990, he went to University of Melbourne to complete B. Ed (Sec) Arts. He has been a regular performer at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival since 1999. Past shows include ''Spontaneous Broadway'', ''Life - Get it up ya'' (which was also performed at the Edinburgh Fringe), ''Code Beige'','' Glen Bush; Teenage Superstar'' (for which he received a Moosehead grant) and ''Very Very Scary''. In 2006, he joined the cast of the popular late night sketch comedy show '' Comedy Inc - The Late Shift'', airing in Australia on the Nine Network. He also appeared on Foxtel's comedy show '' Stand Up Australia'', where he performed a comedy routine on the fact that he is gay. In 2006 he also appeared as Dylan in the gay-science-fiction-fan-club short comedy film ''Outland''. His other television credits include ''The Edge of the Bush'', ''Upper Midd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Chamberlin (comedian)
Michael Chamberlin is a Melbourne-based stand up comedian. Along with fellow comedian Charlie Pickering, Chamberlin was a co-creator of Melbourne comedy room ''Stagetime''. In 2001, Chamberlin made the grand final of the Australia wide comedy competition Raw Comedy. In 2002, Chamberlin joined forces with Charlie Pickering, winning the comedians' choice Piece of Wood Award for their show ''Boiling Point''. Chamberlin has performed in major comedy Festivals around Australia, including the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and the Adelaide Fringe Festival. He presented his first full-length festival show ''I Am The King of the Divan'' in 2004 as part of the Melbourne Fringe Festival. He appeared in the Melbourne Comedy Festival in 2005 with his show ''There's A Party At Stefan Edberg's Place'', and in 2006 with ''Michael Chamberlin & the Ten Commandments''. Chamberlin was also a core cast member and writer for the Australian sketch comedy television show ''skitHOUSE'' from 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Gleeson (comedian)
Thomas Francis Gleeson (born 2 June 1974) is an Australian stand-up comedian, writer, television and radio presenter. Gleeson formerly co-hosted ''The Weekly with Charlie Pickering'' alongside Judith Lucy and currently hosts ''Hard Quiz'', both on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). In 2019, Gleeson won the Gold Logie Award for Most Popular Personality on Television. Early life Gleeson was born in Gunnedah, New South Wales, and lived at nearby Tambar Springs before boarding at St. Joseph's College, Hunters Hill, in Sydney. He graduated from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Science in mathematics and physics. During his degree, Gleeson played the drums and occasionally sang vocals in an Australian band, the Fantastic Leslie, before leaving for a career in comedy. Career Comedy Gleeson's first stage appearance was as the character "Malcolm" (for two years) dressed in a flannelette shirt, tracksuit pants and a wig. He later went on to perform at major com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Anderson (actor)
Ben Anderson is an Australian actor from Melbourne, Australia. He is best known on Australian TV for his role on popular soap '' Neighbours'' as lawyer Tim Collins. In 2006–07, he was part of the ensemble cast of the second and third seasons of improvisational game-show ''Thank God You're Here'', played various sketch characters on satirical news show ''Newstopia ''Newstopia'' (stylised as ''NEWStopiä'') was an Australian half-hour satirical comedy programme hosted by Shaun Micallef. The first series premiered at on SBS TV on 10 October 2007 and concluded on 3 December 2007. A second season began on ...'', and continued his work on ''Neighbours''. Filmography External links * Australian male television actors Male actors from Melbourne Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{Australia-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tripod (band)
Tripod are an Australian musical comedy trio founded by Scod (Scott Edgar), Yon (Simon Hall) and Gatesy (Steven Gates) in 1996. They provide original songs and harmonies, strung together by comic banter. History Live shows Tripod began as buskers in Melbourne malls, performing a far-fetched prop act of which no record exists. They emerged as a musical act from the thriving Melbourne live music pub scene of the mid nineties, supporting popular local cover bands in such places as the Station Hotel, The Esplanade, the Central Club, the New Orleans Tavern and the Ritz, St Kilda. They were very much a cover band at first, performing three part harmony versions on hits by the likes of Elvis Costello, Bowie, the Beach Boys and Queen. They garnered a local following via regular residencies at the Commercial Hotel, Yarraville, just after it stopped being a biker bar. They soon became regulars at the Prince Patrick Hotel in Collingwood, a Melbourne comedy venue, where they honed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rove McManus
John Henry Michael McManus (born 21 January 1974), better known by the stage name Rove McManus, is an Australian triple Gold Logie award-winning comedian, television and radio presenter, producer and media personality. He was the host of the eponymous variety show ''Rove'' and was also the host of the comedy talk show ''Rove LA''. He is the co-owner of the production company Roving Enterprises with business partner Craig Campbell. He hosts '' Whovians'' on the ABC. Early life McManus was born in Perth, Western Australia, to John and Coralie McManus. McManus attended Orana Catholic Primary School before going through grades 8–12 at Corpus Christi College. He acquired the nickname "Rove" as a child, from his sister. Performing career Live comedy McManus is a long established exponent of stand-up comedy, touring nationally and also appearing internationally at major events such as the 2010 Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal and as the host of the 2013 International Comedy G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corinne Grant
Corinne Grant (born 12 June 1973) is an Australian lawyer, comedian and television presenter. Career After briefly studying as a nurse in Wodonga, Grant started her career as an actor in Melbourne, obtaining a degree in drama. After graduating, she started doing stand-up comedy to overcome her stage fright. Her first major show was as a support act for Merrick Watts. She performed her first solo stand-up show in the bar of the Victoria Hotel in the early 1990s. From 1995 onwards, she appeared on the community television station Channel 31 as a regular on RMITV's '' Under Melbourne Tonight'' hosted by Stephen Hall. In 1999, Grant became a member of the talk show '' Rove Live'' which aired on Channel Ten. She remained on the show until 2005. She co-hosted the comedy show '' The Glass House'' (which aired on ABC-TV) with Wil Anderson and Dave Hughes from 2001 until it was axed in 2006. In 2006, she hosted two episodes while Anderson was performing at the Edinburgh Fringe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Comedy Channel
The Comedy Channel (promoted on air as comedy) is a defunct Australian subscription television channel available on Foxtel, and Optus Television. The channel ceased broadcasting on 1 September 2020. History A joint venture between Artist Services (20%), Australis Media (40%), and Foxtel (40%), the channel began broadcasting on the Galaxy platform, and became available on Foxtel on 1 August 1996. After the collapse of Australis in 1998, Foxtel's share of the channel increased to 80%. The channel became fully owned by Foxtel after it purchased Artist Services' (now ITV Studios Australia, formerly Granada Australia) 20% stake in August 2002. In 2006–2007, the channel moved headquarters from Sydney to Melbourne, into the studios vacated by Fox Footy Channel. Until the launch of Comedy Central in 2016, The Comedy Channel was the only channel in Australia specifically dedicated to comedy around the clock. It primarily features stand-up comedy, sitcoms, animated comedy series, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wedge (Australian TV Series)
''The Wedge'' was an Australian sketch show created by Ian McFadyen and produced by Cornerbox for Network Ten. The show stars Dailan Evans, from the ABC sketch show'' Eagle & Evans''; Adam Zwar, best known for his roles in '' Wilfred'', Rebel Wilson, who at the time was best known as 'Toula' on the comedy show ''Pizza''; Jason Gann, two-time winner of best actor at Tropfest for his roles in Wilfred, as well as regulars Kate Jenkinson, Anthony Ahern, Katrina Mathers, Julie Eckersley and Ross Daniels. Marney McQueen, Aidan Fennessy and Cori Hooper were also regulars in Series 1, and Damian Callinan and Cal Wilson were regulars in Series 2. It ran for two seasons, airing 2006 and 2007. A spin-off mockumentary of one of the show's characters, Mark Wary, was produced by Network Ten in 2008. The show, titled '' Mark Loves Sharon'' premiered at 9:30pm on 30 June 2008. History and premise The program was first advertised by Network Ten in December 2005, with promos depicting Wedged ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Full Frontal (Australian TV Series)
''Full Frontal'' was an Australian sketch comedy series which ran on the Seven Network from 1993 to 1997. It launched the television careers of Eric Bana, Shaun Micallef, Kitty Flanagan, Julia Morris and Denise Scott. In 1998 a spin-off of the show moved to Network Ten under the name ''Totally Full Frontal'', losing most of the original cast in the process; it finished in 1999. Since 2008 till approx 2010, re-runs were screening on The Comedy Channel as part of the channel's "Aussie Gold" block of locally made, classic comedy programming. History The series began screening shortly after the similar sketch comedy program ''Fast Forward'' (from which Full Frontal derived) ended. ''Full Frontal'' retained the same general format of ''Fast Forward''. It was formatted in a way such as to create the effect of someone continuously channel surfing; after the punchline of each sketch, it would abruptly switch to the next as if the viewer had switched channels. However, the new show ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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