''Club Veg'' (initially called ''The Morning After Show'') was an Australian radio show created and presented by comedy duo, Vic Davies and Mal Lees (with writing contributions in the early years from Stephen Quinn). The show began on

Triple J Triple J is an Australian government-funded national radio station founded in 1975 as a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). It aims to appeal to young listeners of alternative music, and plays far more Australian conten ...

(1984–86), then moved to

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(1986–1988), and then the duo's first run on

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(1988–1994) saw them hosting nights and then breakfast, before leaving the station for

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(1994–95). After a few years apart, the duo returned to Triple M Sydney again in 1998 and remained there until the show's cancellation in 2002.

History

Vic Davies and Mal Lees met at radio station, 2KA, Katoomba in the mid-1970s. After having worked together at 2WS Sydney, where they wrote and produced comedy for Mad Mel, the duo recognized they could write better for themselves than for others. Lees then made contact with an executive at

and introduced him to a new form of radio comedy, subsequently starting development of ''The Morning After Show'' in 1984. The duo hosted theme nights at The Tivoli in

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and because their listeners referred to them as "The Veggies" (due to their mock- vegetative presenting style) the theme nights named were ''Club Veg''. When their Saturday breakfast show was moved to drive time, ''The Morning After Show'' title could no longer fit and the show was rebranded as ''Club Veg''. The duo parodied several people including radio presenter,

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, and Jack Jones (who sang the '' Love Boat'' theme). After 18 months rival station,

, offered the ''Club Veg'' team the drive shift and soon after the breakfast slot, before

offered them a contract for the nighttime show late in 1987. With ''Club Veg'', Triple M introduced the first FM nightly countdown, "Rock Poll". It was during this period when ''Club Veg'' recorded the highest 7PM–10PM results in Australian radio history and on their second stint at Triple M Sydney (1998–99), ''Club Veg'' was the first show to break Laws' long reign over the 9AM-12PM slot. The show was awarded 1987 New York Radio Comedy Award, and the Australian Radio Award (later known as an ACRA) in 1990 for Best On-Air Team. At the ARIA Music Awards of 1989 their debut album, ''Members and Guests and Things'' was nominated for Best Comedy Release. Their second album, ''We Suck'', was nominated in the same category in

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. The partnership ended in 2002 after their contract with Triple M Sydney ended.

Radio Stations

– 1984 to 1986 *

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Sydney Radio: The way it used to be, retrieved 15 October 2007 *

– 1988 to 1994 *

– 1994 to 1995 *

– 1998 to 2002

Discography

Studio albums

Awards and nominations

ARIA Music Awards

The

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is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of

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, ''Members and Guests & Things'' , rowspan="2", Best Comedy Release , , - ,

, ''We Suck – The Best of Sucked in Calls'' , , -

References

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