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The Comedy Game
''The Comedy Game'' is an Australian television comedy anthology series that aired in 1971 and 1973 on ABC. The new comedies screened in the series were seen as possible pilots for a full television series. The episodes led to the series ''Our Man in Canberra'' in 1971, ''A Nice Day at the Office'' in 1972, ''The Aunty Jack Show'' in 1972, ''Flash Nick From Jindivick'' in 1974 and '' Scattergood: Friend of All'' in 1975. Season 1 Our Man in Canberra * Jeff Ashby as Humphrey Sullivan * Robyn Nevin as Kate Sullivan * Walter Sullivan as The Minister A Nice Day at the Office * John Bell as Sean Crisp * Neil Fitzpatrick as Ted Harvey * Fay Kelton as Vicki Short * Kevin Lesley as Claude Fogarty Use No Hooks * Keith Lee * John Hamblin * Grahame Bond Gaudeamus Igitur * Jacki Weaver * Arna-Maria Winchester Scattergood * Max Cullen * Moya O'Sullivan * Alfred Sandor Aunty Jack’s Travelling Show * Grahame Bond as Aunty Jack Arthur * Michael Aitkens * Sheila Kennelly * Judy Morris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthology Series
An anthology series is a radio, television, video game or film series that spans different genres and presents a different story and a different set of characters in each different episode, season, segment, or short. These usually have a different cast in each episode, but several series in the past, such as '' Four Star Playhouse'', employed a permanent troupe of character actors who would appear in a different drama each week. Some anthology series, such as ''Studio One'', began on radio and then expanded to television. Etymology The word comes from Ancient Greek ἀνθολογία (''anthología'', “flower-gathering”), from ἀνθολογέω (''anthologéō'', "I gather flowers"), from ἄνθος (''ánthos'', "flower") + λέγω (''légō'', "I gather, pick up, collect"), coined by Meleager of Gadara circa 60 BCE, originally as Στέφανος (στέφανος (''stéphanos'', "garland")) to describe a collection of poetry, later retitled anthology – se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheila Kennelly
Sheila Kennelly (born 28 December 1936Willingham, Margot "The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Australian Showbiz"Oram, James "Home and Away" Behind the Scene's'' published by Angus and Robertson also credited as Sheila Kenneally, is a British-born Australian retired character actress of theatre, television and film, with a career spanning over 50 years. From the late 1950s onwards, her early career was based exclusively in theatre and she didn't start her screen career until the late-1960s becoming well known for her roles in TV soap operas, serials, sitcoms and mini-series. She became a household name in the hugely popular serial ''Number 96'' as Norma Whittaker, a comedy character opposite Gordon McDougall, Norma's trademark catchphrase was calling everyone "Ducky". In a storyline an fictional artist visit's the apartment, played by Owen Weingott and requests to paint a nude portrait of Norma, the painting is subsequently hang up in the wine bar. This famed portrait of Norma, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation Original Programming
Australian(s) may refer to: Australia * Australia, a country * Australians, citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia ** European Australians ** Anglo-Celtic Australians, Australians descended principally from British colonists ** Aboriginal Australians, indigenous peoples of Australia as identified and defined within Australian law * Australia (continent) ** Indigenous Australians * Australian English, the dialect of the English language spoken in Australia * Australian Aboriginal languages * ''The Australian'', a newspaper * Australiana, things of Australian origins Other uses * Australian (horse), a racehorse * Australian, British Columbia, an unincorporated community in Canada See also * The Australian (other) ''The Australian'' is a broadsheet newspaper published in Australia. The Australian may also refer to: Other publications * ''The Australian'' (1824 newspaper), newspaper published in Sydney between 1824 and 1848 * ''The Australian Financial Revi ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Maza
Robert Lewis Maza (25 November 1939 – 14 May 2000), known as Bob Maza, was an Aboriginal Australian actor, playwright and activist. Early life and education Robert Lewis Maza was born on Palm Island in North Queensland on 25 November 1939, to a Murray Islander ( Torres Strait Islander) father and to a Yidinjdji ( Australian Aboriginal) mother.Bob Maza on the website of the He was one of the first Aboriginal children in northern Queensland to complete secondary schooling, and described feelings of alienation and being caught between two cultures as a teenager. After finishing school in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Foley
Gary Edward Foley (born 1950) is an Aboriginal Australian activist of the Gumbainggir people, academic, writer and actor. He is best known for his role in establishing the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in Canberra in 1972 and for establishing an Aboriginal Legal Service in Redfern in the 1970s. He also co-wrote and acted in the first Indigenous Australian stage production, '' Basically Black''. Foley is Professor, Moondani Balluk Indigenous Academic Unit, at Victoria University. Early years Gary Edward Foley was born in 1950 in Grafton, New South Wales, of Gumbainggir descent, and spent much of his childhood in Nambucca Heads. He was expelled from school at the age of 15 and arrived in Redfern in aged 17 in around 1967. He worked as an apprentice draughtsman. Activism and politics Foley became involved in the " black power" movement active in Redfern soon after arrival. The movement was inspired by the American Black Panther Party. Foley played an active role in organisin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Australian Women's Weekly
''The Australian Women's Weekly'', sometimes known as simply ''The Weekly'', is an Australian monthly women's magazine published by Mercury Capital in Sydney. For many years it was the number one magazine in Australia before being outsold by the Australian edition of '' Better Homes and Gardens'' in 2014. , ''The Weekly'' has overtaken '' Better Homes and Gardens'' again, coming out on top as Australia's most read magazine. The magazine invested in the 2020 film '' I Am Woman'' about Helen Reddy, singer, feminist icon and activist. Editor-in-chief Nicole Byers told Film Ink "Helen’s story of adversity and triumph is nothing short of inspirational. ''The Weekly'' has been telling stories of iconic Australian women for more than 80 years and we're delighted to be supporting the film production". History and profile The magazine was started in 1933 by Frank Packer and Ted Theodore as a weekly publication. The first editor was George Warnecke and the initial dummy was laid o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Koori History Website
Gary Edward Foley (born 1950) is an Aboriginal Australian activist of the Gumbainggir people, academic, writer and actor. He is best known for his role in establishing the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in Canberra in 1972 and for establishing an Aboriginal Legal Service in Redfern in the 1970s. He also co-wrote and acted in the first Indigenous Australian stage production, '' Basically Black''. Foley is Professor, Moondani Balluk Indigenous Academic Unit, at Victoria University. Early years Gary Edward Foley was born in 1950 in Grafton, New South Wales, of Gumbainggir descent, and spent much of his childhood in Nambucca Heads. He was expelled from school at the age of 15 and arrived in Redfern in aged 17 in around 1967. He worked as an apprentice draughtsman. Activism and politics Foley became involved in the " black power" movement active in Redfern soon after arrival. The movement was inspired by the American Black Panther Party. Foley played an active role in organising pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indigenous Australians
Indigenous Australians or Australian First Nations are people with familial heritage from, and membership in, the ethnic groups that lived in Australia before British colonisation. They consist of two distinct groups: the Aboriginal peoples of the Australian mainland and Tasmania, and the Torres Strait Islander peoples from the seas between Queensland and Papua New Guinea. The term Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples or the person's specific cultural group, is often preferred, though the terms First Nations of Australia, First Peoples of Australia and First Australians are also increasingly common; 812,728 people self-identified as being of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander origin in the 2021 Australian Census, representing 3.2% of the total population of Australia. Of these indigenous Australians, 91.4% identified as Aboriginal; 4.2% identified as Torres Strait Islander; while 4.4% identified with both groups. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basically Black
''Basically Black'' is a 1973 Australian television comedy program, notable as the first television program written and created by Indigenous Australians. It was produced as one of a series of pilot programs called ''The Comedy Game''. A single half-hour of sketch comedy, the program was based on a satirical political revue of the same name by the National Black Theatre that had been performed at the Nimrod Theatre in Sydney the previous year. It premiered on 7 July 1973 as part of a series of ABC Television comedy pilots, ''The Comedy Game''. Some elements of the original script had been censored by Australian Broadcasting Corporation, and it was described by Gary Foley Gary Edward Foley (born 1950) is an Aboriginal Australian activist of the Gumbainggir people, academic, writer and actor. He is best known for his role in establishing the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in Canberra in 1972 and for establishing an Abo ... as a "politically watered-down" version of the stage show. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Frazer
Ron Frazer (7 December 1928 – 8 January 1983) alternatively Ron Fraser, was an Australian actor, comedian and screenwriter, he was known for roles in theatre and television, primarily as a character actor. Career Fraser started his career in 1948 in theatre locally, before moving to London, England working in repertory in the West End, and even appearing briefly in a film, greeting Good afternoon to Elizabeth Taylor. Having came back to Australia, He began in stage revue and wrote many skits and gags for the satirical comedy series ''The Mavis Bramston Show'', before joining the cast as a regular member in 1966, in various roles including the character ''Ocker''; Frazer is credited with neologising the Australian slang term "ocker". In another regular routine Frazer performed in the Bramston show, he used the catchphrase "my second-best friend", and this also gained wide currency at the time. Frazer also appeared in the Australian sitcoms ''The Gordon Chater Show'', '' Birds ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Sumner
Peter Malcolm Sumner-Potts (29 January 1942 – 22 November 2016), professionally known as Peter Sumner, was an Australian actor, director, and writer. He had a long career in theatre, television, and film. Career His credits include parts in such films as '' Color Me Dead'' (1969), ''Ned Kelly'' (1970), ''The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith'' (1978), '' The Survivor'' (1981) and ''Bush Christmas'' (1983), as well as a starring role in television series ''Spyforce'' along with his portrayal of Bill Hayden in ''The Dismissal''. In an interview in 1978 for the Sir Joseph Banks High School newspaper, he revealed that he had an uncredited role off stage, controlling the Dianoga (garbage compactor monster) in ''Star Wars'', as well as playing the role of Lieutenant Pol Treidum in that film. Sumner played Arnie in the first series of the British science fiction drama television series '' Jeopardy'' in 2002, filmed in Australia. His other local television acting work included regular roles a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garry McDonald
Garry George McDonald AO (born 30 October 1948) is an Australian actor, satirist and comedian. In a career spanning five decades he has had many theatre, television and film roles, and has been listed as a National Living Treasure. He is best known as the seemingly naive celebrity interviewer Norman Gunston, through whom he pioneered the "ambush interviewer" technique since followed by many others. He received a Gold Logie award for the television ''Norman Gunston Show'' in which he developed the character. He is also famed for his role of the hapless Arthur Beare in the television sitcom '' Mother and Son''. Appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2003 for service to the community in the mental health field and to the arts as an entertainer, he has also been a board member of the Australian mental health organisation Beyond Blue. Career McDonald was born in Bondi, a beachside suburb of Sydney. He was educated at Cranbrook School. During his time at Cranbrook, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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