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[9 May 2008 | No Comment | ]
SMH Stay In Touch:
  • Wil Anderson's new ABC-TV show The Gruen Transfer is generating buzz: The ABC's resident rabblerousers have more tricks up their sleeve after spoof commercials prompted more than 250 complaints in the past week - and became YouTube hits.
  • Lawrence Leung has been named the best local comedian at the Cracker Comedy Festival awards. Other winners were Ross Noble, who won the Time Out readers' choice award, Mark Watson, who won the best of the fest gong, and Amelia Jane Hunter and Hannah Gadsby, who won the director's special award for Meat the Musical. Winners took home Golden Chickens from the awards ceremony at the Enmore Theatre.
The Age's Kate Duthie reviews the new SBS comedy show featuring Muslim performers, Salam Cafe. The show airs on Wednesdays at 10pm, and you can catch the first episode online via the SBS Salam Cafe page. From The Australian, Michael Body discusses films featuring in the upcoming Sydney and Melbourne film festivals. The relevant comedy stuff:… Continue reading