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Clarke And Dawe
''Clarke and Dawe'' (also stylized as ''Clarke & Dawe'') is an Australian news satire television program that originally aired on the Nine Network from 1989 to 1996 and later on ABC TV from 2000 until 2017. Almost all episodes feature comedians John Clarke and Bryan Dawe engaging in a mock interview, with Dawe playing the interviewer and Clarke playing the interviewee. The program started out on ABC Radio in 1987, after Dawe, at the time head of the ABC radio comedy unit, had approached Clarke, who had previously written mock interviews as columns for '' The Times on Sunday'', about bringing this type of comedy to radio. Clarke in turn asked Dawe if he could read the questions, finding Dawe had "a supernatural understanding of speech rhythm". Their first interviews featured Clarke as British royal Prince Charles and American actress Meryl Streep. In 1989, with the support of host Jana Wendt, ''Clarke and Dawe'' made its television debut as part of ''A Current Affair'' on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
News Satire
News satire or news comedy is a type of parody presented in a format typical of mainstream journalism, and called a satire because of its content. News satire has been around almost as long as journalism itself, but it is particularly popular on the web, with websites like ''The Onion'' and ''The Babylon Bee'', where it is relatively easy to mimic a legitimate news site. News satire relies heavily on irony and deadpan humor. Two slightly different types of news satire exist. One form uses satirical commentary and sketch comedy to comment on real-world events, while the other presents wholly fictionalized news stories. In history Author Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) was employed as a newspaper reporter before becoming famous as a novelist, and in this position he published many satirical articles. He left two separate journalism positions, Nevada (1864) fleeing a challenge to duel and San Francisco fleeing outraged police officials because his satire and fiction were often taken f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |