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Karl Chandler (comedian)
Karl Chandler is an Australian writer and light entertainer. He co-hosts the popular comedy podcast ''The Little Dum Dum Club'' with Tommy Dassalo. Chandler was born on 30 March 1976, and grew up in the small rural Victorian town of Maryborough. Chandler now spends a majority of his time in Thailand, where alongside Dassalo, he has hosted the Koh Samui International Podcast Festival since 2017. The festival attracts hundreds of fans internationally and showcases some of the finest comedians such as Logie winner Dilruk Jayasinha, Nick Capper and Brett Blake. Chandler was part of the supporting cast of and wrote for the sketch program ''Studio A''. He has also written for TV shows such as ''Hard Quiz'', '' The Chase Australia'', ''Spicks and Specks'' and ''The Project''. Chandler was credited as one of the writers for the one off Reunion Special of ''Spicks and Specks'', aired on the ABC in late 2018. He is currently working on pre-production for ''Phunny Phellas'', a comedy p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maryborough, Victoria
Maryborough () is a town in Victoria, Australia, on the Pyrenees Highway, north of Ballarat and northwest of Melbourne, in the Shire of Central Goldfields. At the 2016 census, it had a population of 7,921. History The area was originally inhabited by the Dja Dja Wurrung people. The first Europeans to settle there were the Simson brothers, who established a sheep station, known as Charlotte Plains, in 1840. In 1854, gold was discovered at White Hill, four kilometres north of Maryborough, attracting a rush of prospectors to the area. At its peak, Maryborough reportedly had a population of up to 50,000, although local historian Betty Osborn, of Maryborough-Midlands Historical Society Inc., claims it was closer to 30,000. The town site was surveyed in 1854, with a police camp, Methodist church, and hospital amongst the first infrastructure. The post office opened on 19 October 1854. The settlement, originally known as Simsons, was renamed Maryborough by gold commissioner Jame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is a state in southeastern Australia. It is the second-smallest state with a land area of , the second most populated state (after New South Wales) with a population of over 6.5 million, and the most densely populated state in Australia (28 per km2). Victoria is bordered by New South Wales to the north and South Australia to the west, and is bounded by the Bass Strait to the south (with the exception of a small land border with Tasmania located along Boundary Islet), the Great Australian Bight portion of the Southern Ocean to the southwest, and the Tasman Sea (a marginal sea of the South Pacific Ocean) to the southeast. The state encompasses a range of climates and geographical features from its temperate coastal and central regions to the Victorian Alps in the northeast and the semi-arid north-west. The majority of the Victorian population is concentrated in the central-south area surrounding Port Phillip Bay, and in particular within the metropolit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, smaller islands. With an area of , Australia is the largest country by area in Oceania and the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, sixth-largest country. Australia is the oldest, flattest, and driest inhabited continent, with the least fertile soils. It is a Megadiverse countries, megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and climates, with Deserts of Australia, deserts in the centre, tropical Forests of Australia, rainforests in the north-east, and List of mountains in Australia, mountain ranges in the south-east. The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south east Asia approximately Early human migrations#Nearby Oceania, 65,000 years ago, during the Last Glacial Period, last i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommy Dassalo
Tommy Dassalo (born Thomas Howard Alsop) is a stand-up comedian and writer based in Melbourne, Australia. He co-hosts ''The Little Dum Dum Club'', a comedy podcast with Karl Chandler. He also co-hosts the ''Filthy Casuals'' podcast with Ben Vernel and Adam Knox. Early life Dassalo was born as Thomas Alsop in 1986, and raised in the Eastern suburbs of Melbourne. He is an only child. At age nine, he was diagnosed with aplastic anemia, a rare bone marrow disease. This became the subject of his one-man stand-up show ''Pipsqueak'' in 2012. Career Dassalo has worked as a semi-professional stand-up comedian, a writer, and an actor. Stand-up Dassalo has been performing stand-up comedy since he was 13 years old. He has performed thirteen one-man shows to date at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. He appeared as a guest host on Episode 51 of the Weekly Planet. Notable stand-up shows *2010 - ''An Explosion of Colour'' *2011 - ''Buckwild'' *2012 - ''Pipsqueak'' *2016 - ''Littl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Logie Awards
The Logie Awards (officially the TV Week Logie Awards; colloquially known as The Logies) is an annual gathering to celebrate Australian television, sponsored and organised by the magazine ''TV Week''. The first ceremony was held in 1959 as the TV Week Awards. Awards are presented in twenty categories, representing both public and industry voted prizes. The Gold Logie is the most prestigious award and the industry's highest honour; it's awarded to the ''Most Popular Personality on Australian Television'' for the previous year. The award receives much publicity and media attention. The event has been strongly associated with the Nine Network, who have hosted the ceremony on the most occasions, and TV and former radio personality Bert Newton, particularly in the early days, who served as a solo host of the ceremony on 17 occasions, with a constant run from 1966 until 1980 and as co-host on three other occasions. Over the years, the Logies have been hosted in Melbourne and Sydney. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dilruk Jayasinha
Dilruk Jayasinha (born 30 January 1985) is a Sri Lankan Australian comedian, actor and former accountant. Early life Jayasinha relocated to Melbourne to attend university, before working for a major accounting firm. It was at this time that he realised his heart was not in accounting, but in comedy. Career Jayasinha has appeared on television programs '' Sammy J & Randy in Ricketts Lane'', '' Live on Bowen'', ''My Life Is Murder'', '' The Project'', '' All Star Family Feud'', '' Celebrity Name Game'', ''Have You Been Paying Attention?'' and '' Hughesy, We Have a Problem'', as well performing at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. He is known for his role as Ashan on the ABC TV series ''Utopia''. In 2019, Jayasinha toured his comedy show ''Cheat Days''. He was also the host of the '' 2019 Antenna Awards'', honouring the best in Australian community television. In 2020, Jayasinha appeared in the sixth season of the Australian version of '' I'm a Celebrity...Get M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Studio A
''Studio A'' is an hour-long live variety, comedy and sketch program produced as the RMITV Flagship production between 2008–2011 and was hosted by Dave Thornton and then later Tommy Little. Supporting cast included many up and coming comedians and media personalities including Jess Harris ('' Twentysomething''), Alison Bice, Karl Chandler, Tom Ballard, Tommy Dassalo, Oliver Clarke, Xavier Michaelidies, Teegan Higginbotham, Nick Cody, Nat Harris, Anne Edmonds, Ted Wilson, Luke McGregor and John Campbell. The show featured weekly celebrity guests and an array of Melbourne's up and coming talent. Guests included Peter Helliar, Colin Lane, Wayne Hope, Rove McManus, Adam Richard. Awards ''Studio A'' took out two 2009 Antenna Awards for Outstanding Program of the Year and Outstanding Exterior Broadcast Program. Rebranding of the RMITV Flagship After Season 6, RMITV stated in a press release that they would be making changes to their Flagship Production in 2012 and announced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Chase Australia
''The Chase Australia'' is an Australian television quiz show based on the British program of the same name. It is broadcast on the Seven Network and premiered on 14 September 2015. Four contestants play against an opponent, known as the "chaser", who plays for the bank. The show was originally hosted by Andrew O'Keefe until July 2021, when he was replaced by Larry Emdur. The series began with Brydon Coverdale, Anne Hegerty, Matt Parkinson and Issa Schultz as chasers, with Mark Labbett joining in 2016. Shaun Wallace appeared as a guest chaser in 2018, and Cheryl Toh has appeared as a chaser since 2019. Mara Lejins joined as a chaser in 2022. The series has also spawned a prime-time celebrity series, and a spin-off called ''Beat The Chasers''. History In mid-2014 it was reported that the Seven Network had considered producing a local version of ''The Chase'' on the back of good ratings for the British version of the show which has been airing in the 3:00 pm timeslot since ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiona O'Loughlin (comedian)
Fiona Taheny (born 16 July 1963), commonly known as Fiona O'Loughlin, is an Australian comedian. O'Loughlin has made television performances on ABC TV's '' Spicks and Specks'', and Network Ten's ''Rove Live'', ''Good News Week'', ''All Star Family Feud'', '' The Project'', ''Studio 10'', ''Show Me the Movie!'' and ''Hughesy, We Have a Problem'' and a series of advertisements for Heinz soups. She has performed as a headline act in the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and the Edinburgh Fringe festival. In 2011 a book of her short stories, ''Me of the Never Never: The (Chaotic) Life and Times of Fiona O'Loughlin'' was published by Hachette Australia. Career In the early 1990s O'Loughlin was writing a column for the ''Centralian Advocate'', and emceeing cabaret shows at the Araluen Arts Centre. By 1994 she was doing a weekly radio segment on the ABC. In 2000 she appeared at the Adelaide Fringe Festival. In 2001, she won the award for Best Newcomer at the Melbourne Internati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luke McGregor
Luke William McGregor is an Australian comedian, writer and actor, who has performed at various national and international comedy festivals, as himself in many TV shows, and is known for his roles in the ABC (Australian TV channel), ABC TV series ''Utopia (Australian TV series), Utopia'' and ''Rosehaven''. Early career and education McGregor grew up in Hobart, Tasmania, and attended Dominic College and the University of Tasmania, where he spent seven years studying law, philosophy, teaching, physics, with an eye to studying medicine, finally graduating with a combined Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Economics degree. After graduation, McGregor worked for Centrelink and Medicare (Australia), Medicare, amongst other jobs. Aged 25, he went along to a comedy gig with a friend and got up on stage and spoke for about five minutes. Other comedians encouraged him to continue. In 2008 he launched his comedy career, and was a national finalist in Raw Comedy. Career McGregor was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Fleet
Gregory Fleet is an Australian comedian and actor. History Early life Fleet was born in Michigan, in the United States. His father moved the family to Australia when Greg was four. He grew up in Geelong, and as a teenager boarded at Geelong Grammar School. Fleet briefly attended Australia's National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), but was kicked out after a year for poor performance. Career Fleet began his acting career in the early 1980s with several performances in Australian television series and telemovies. He appeared in ''Matthew and Son'' alongside Nicole Kidman in 1984, and then played the role of "Delivery Man 2" in an episode of ''Prisoner'' in 1985. Fleet went on to star as Lt Scott Harris in the Australian mini-series ''A Thousand Skies''. In 1988, after a guest appearance in ''The Flying Doctors'', Fleet took on the role of Dave Summers in the Australian soap ''Neighbours''. His most dramatic sequence in this program involved killing the popular character of Daph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Gleeson
Thomas Francis Gleeson (born 2 June 1974) is an Australian stand-up comedian, writer, television and radio presenter. Gleeson formerly co-hosted ''The Weekly with Charlie Pickering'' alongside Judith Lucy and currently hosts ''Hard Quiz'', both on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). In 2019, Gleeson won the Gold Logie Award for Most Popular Personality on Television. Early life Gleeson was born in Gunnedah, New South Wales, and lived at nearby Tambar Springs before boarding at St. Joseph's College, Hunters Hill, in Sydney. He graduated from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Science in mathematics and physics. During his degree, Gleeson played the drums and occasionally sang vocals in an Australian band, the Fantastic Leslie, before leaving for a career in comedy. Career Comedy Gleeson's first stage appearance was as the character "Malcolm" (for two years) dressed in a flannelette shirt, tracksuit pants and a wig. He later went on to perform at major co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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