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This week we talk to Dan Ilic about the ads he created for the VicRoads road-safety campaign. You probably would have seen them referred to because of their controversy.
Also, Dave Bloustien discusses writing for Good News Week and the Glass House.
Continue reading “Ep 218: Dan Ilic, Dave Bloustien” »
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In Things You May Have Missed, John introduces us to An Englishman in New York, the continuation of the story of Quentin Crisp. We discuss the changes going ahead at the BBC and also look at whether or not the Golden Age of Television has now passed.
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Continue reading “Ep 217: Quentin Crisp telemovie, BBC changes” »
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We love it when our friends come back from an overseas jaunt, bearing gifts from foreign lands, and we always try to catch the magic of the joy and surprise on Boxcutters.
In this week’s fresh-off-the-plane episode, Josh brings us an audio journey through the trials and tribulations of getting into the Ed Sullivan Theater for an episode of The Late Show with David Letterman, ending up in a room with Bill Murray.
Nelly is audibly moved by a bobble headed Jeff Probst, rolling into some observations of Survivor: Heroes and Villains.
The Kids in the Hall are back with a new series, Death Comes to Town, and we take a look, direct from Canadia.
And there are mementoes for you, the listener, in a call to action to subvert some 3AW talk-back with our own campaign to improve the Logies presentation.
UPDATE: All of our giveaway tickets to the best Melbourne International Comedy Festival show, Nelly Thomas’s I Coulda Been A Sailor have gone. However, you can still purchase tickets to see her at Melbourne Town Hall, March 25 – April 18 at 8:15pm (7:15 Sundays, no show Monday).
If not for the charming chatter, get it for the giveaway goodness:
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When the opportunity arrived to speak to the Executive Producer of one of the most influential TV shows on the planet, there was absolutely no question about it.
Josh spoke to Carol-Lynn Parente about Sesame Street, the death of Mr Hooper, the introduction of new characters, and using TV as an educational tool.
Brought to you by the letters B and C and the number 215:
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As you will no doubt remember, the first time we had Craig McLachlan in the studio we were all so impressed, charmed and generally gooey about the experience that we had to invite him back to:
Join us for an episode of Boxcutters no hipster should miss.
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It’s like going to the fights and having a hockey game break out this week on Boxcutters as we tie up the trans-Pacific phone lines, talking with Peter Campbell (Director of FOXTEL Sport and Olympic Games) and Giaan Rooney (former Australian Olympian and Channel 9 Winter Olympics 2010 commentator) live and direct from Vancouver, BC, Canada.
As we battle with international time-zones, we have some suddenly curtailed news, one thing to watch this week, some updates to things we’ve covered in the last week or two and some hilarious reality gossip.
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Archer is an animated series on FX in the US. Fox 8 announced it will air on March 7 in Australia so we take a little look.
We talk about Chuck vs the *shudder* “shippers”.
In the news we discuss The Biggest Loser fans gone silly, David Leckie on record and Senator Conroy skis his way into the networks’ hearts.
There’s a Ray Watch, some TV Clichés .
Continue reading “Ep 212: Archer, Ray Watch, TV Clichés” »
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It’s all in the title.
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Continue reading “Ep 211: Biggest Loser, TV Licenses and Freebies for Networks” »
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The League is another show about men and their relationships with one another. We take a good long look at it.
We also have a long conversation about whether or not there is a place for episodic drama on television. It’s a very interesting chat with lots of information. We go a little bit high-brow so you might want to wear your thinking-cap.
There’s also a surprise guest right joining us for One Thing.
Episode 210 is the show that had so much in it, we had to go into extra-long overtime. You have been warned.
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Continue reading “Ep 210: The League, The Nature of Television Storytelling” »
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Comedian Nazeem Hussain joins us in the studio to talk about how dark people, Muslims and immigrants in general are portrayed on Australian television.
Then Ben McNair from Channel 7 News sits down for a chat about Haiti, Black Saturday, the ABC’s 24-hour news channel and Kevin Rudd.
It’s jam-packed information from start to finish.
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