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The Flamin' Thongs
''The Flamin' Thongs'' is an Australian children's animated television series screening on ABC3 from 9 May 2014. The 26 12-minute episodes (written by Simon Dodd and Bruce Griffiths) follow the plans of the dysfunctional Thong Family, as they try to put their small hometown of Whale Bay on the map. The family consists of parents Trevor and Brenda, their 12-year-old son Holden and 14-year-old daughter Narelle. Holden's best friend, Rerp, is a cane toad in a school uniform. The family are depicted as a stereotypical 'Aussie' family with Australian slang and iconic objects included in the show. Cast * Brandon Burns as Holden Thong * Mark Mitchell as Trevor Thong * Denise Drysdale as Brenda Thong (26 episodes, 2014) * Kate McLennan as Narelle Thong * André de Vanny as Kevin * Tony Martin as various characters (8 episodes, 2014) * Abbe Holmes * Hamish Hughes * Marg Downey * Bob Franklin * Rod Mullinar Rodney Mullinar (born 1942) is a British Australian actor, noted for his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Dodd
Simon Dodd (born 7 June 1959) is an Australian comedy writer, author, playwright and feature writer. He is the recipient of ten Australian Writers' Guild AWGIE Awards as part of the writing team behind such successful TV series as '' Good News Week'' and ''The Glass House''. His list of credits includes popular Australian comedy TV shows from the late 1980s until today. He also wrote for Logies host Andrew Denton in 1999 and 2000. In 2014, he produced and directed his Absurdist comedy stage-play ''Plaything'' at the Factory Theatre for the Sydney Comedy Festival, garnering a number of positive reviews. Simon has worked with Andrew Denton, Doug Mulray, Paul McDermott, Wil Anderson and Amanda Keller. He is co-writer with Bruce Griffiths of 26 episodes of the animated TV series '' The Flamin’ Thongs''. Simon is also the author of the novel ''Death By Muttonbird'' and the stage play ''Plaything''. He has also written features for the Sydney Morning Herald and HQ Magazine, as wel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marg Downey
Marg Downey (born 5 May 1961) is an Australian comedian and actress best known for her roles in ''The D Generation'', ''Fast Forward'' and '' Full Frontal'' Early life and education Downey grew up in a middle-class Catholic family in the Melbourne suburb of East Malvern in an eight-child family. Her father worked as a chartered accountant. She attended Sacré Cœur School with fellow comedian Jane Turner in Glen Iris, and then studied Arts/Law at the University of Melbourne, where she resided at Newman College. At university, she began to perform in university revues, and auditioned for performing arts courses at the National Institute of Dramatic Art, the Victorian College of the Arts and the University of Melbourne, but was not successful in gaining entry to any of them. Career Downey first rose to prominence in the sketch comedy program ''The D-Generation'' on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in the late 1980s. She subsequently appeared in later sketch comedy series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Computer-animated Television Series
Australian(s) may refer to: Australia * Australia, a country * Australians, citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia ** European Australians ** Anglo-Celtic Australians, Australians descended principally from British colonists ** Aboriginal Australians, indigenous peoples of Australia as identified and defined within Australian law * Australia (continent) ** Indigenous Australians * Australian English, the dialect of the English language spoken in Australia * Australian Aboriginal languages * ''The Australian'', a newspaper * Australiana, things of Australian origins Other uses * Australian (horse), a racehorse * Australian, British Columbia, an unincorporated community in Canada See also * The Australian (other) * Australia (other) * * * Austrian (other) Austrian may refer to: * Austrians, someone from Austria or of Austrian descent ** Someone who is considered an Austrian citizen, see Austrian nationality law * Austrian German dialect * Someth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Children's Animated Comedy Television Series
Australian(s) may refer to: Australia * Australia, a country * Australians, citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia ** European Australians ** Anglo-Celtic Australians, Australians descended principally from British colonists ** Aboriginal Australians, indigenous peoples of Australia as identified and defined within Australian law * Australia (continent) ** Indigenous Australians * Australian English, the dialect of the English language spoken in Australia * Australian Aboriginal languages * ''The Australian'', a newspaper * Australiana, things of Australian origins Other uses * Australian (horse), a racehorse * Australian, British Columbia, an unincorporated community in Canada See also * The Australian (other) * Australia (other) Australia is a country in the Southern Hemisphere. Australia may also refer to: Places * Name of Australia relates the history of the term, as applied to various places. Oceania *Australia (continent), or Sahul, the landmasses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animated Television Series About Dysfunctional Families
Animation is a method by which still figures are manipulated to appear as moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited on film. Today, most animations are made with computer-generated imagery (CGI). Computer animation can be very detailed 3D animation, while 2D computer animation (which may have the look of traditional animation) can be used for stylistic reasons, low bandwidth, or faster real-time renderings. Other common animation methods apply a stop motion technique to two- and three-dimensional objects like paper cutouts, puppets, or clay figures. A cartoon is an animated film, usually a short film, featuring an exaggerated visual style. The style takes inspiration from comic strips, often featuring anthropomorphic animals, superheroes, or the adventures of human protagonists. Especially with animals that form a natural predator/prey relationship (e.g. cats and mice, coyot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animated Television Series About Children
Animation is a method by which still figures are manipulated to appear as moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited on film. Today, most animations are made with computer-generated imagery (CGI). Computer animation can be very detailed 3D animation, while 2D computer animation (which may have the look of traditional animation) can be used for stylistic reasons, low bandwidth, or faster real-time renderings. Other common animation methods apply a stop motion technique to two- and three-dimensional objects like paper cutouts, puppets, or clay figures. A cartoon is an animated film, usually a short film, featuring an exaggerated visual style. The style takes inspiration from comic strips, often featuring anthropomorphic animals, superheroes, or the adventures of human protagonists. Especially with animals that form a natural predator/prey relationship (e.g. cats and mice, coy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation Original Programming
Australian(s) may refer to: Australia * Australia, a country * Australians, citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia ** European Australians ** Anglo-Celtic Australians, Australians descended principally from British colonists ** Aboriginal Australians, indigenous peoples of Australia as identified and defined within Australian law * Australia (continent) The continent of Australia, sometimes known in technical contexts by the names Sahul (), Australia-New Guinea, Australinea, Meganesia, or Papualand to distinguish it from the country of Australia, is located within the Southern and East ... ** Indigenous Australians * Australian English, the dialect of the English language spoken in Australia * Australian Aboriginal languages * ''The Australian'', a newspaper * Australiana, things of Australian origins Other uses * Australian (horse), a racehorse * Australian, British Columbia, an unincorporated community in Canada See also * The Australian (other) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rod Mullinar
Rodney Mullinar (born 1942) is a British Australian actor, noted for his roles on Australian television. He emigrated to Australia with his first wife, casting agent Liz Mullinar in 1969. Career Mullinar took the leading role in Australian espionage drama ''Hunter'' late in the show's run in 1968, however he appeared in just eight episodes due to the cancellation of the series. He subsequently played the title role in television series '' Ryan'' (1973). His first wife was casting agent Liz Mullinar and his second wife was actress Penny Ramsey, daughter of actress Lois Ramsey. Mullinar's other credits include: ''Cop Shop'', '' Bellbird'', ''Homicide'', ''Division 4'', ''Matlock Police'', '' Against the Wind'', ''Breaker Morant'', ''Prisoner'', ''Five Mile Creek'', '' All Saints'', '' Stingers'', '' Joanne Lees: Murder in the Outback'', ''Reef Doctors, The Lost World,'' and ''The Doctor Blake Mysteries ''The Doctor Blake Mysteries'' (also ''The Blake Mysteries'') is an A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Martin (comedian)
Anthony Francis Martin (born 10 June 1964) is a New Zealand comedian, writer and actor, who has had a successful TV, radio, stand-up and film career in Australia. Career 1980s A former stand-up comedian and commercial voice-over-man, Tony Martin moved to Brisbane, Australia, from New Zealand when he was 21 to work as a radio copywriter. Having worked in radio and amateur theatre back in NZ, Martin approached the ABCTV's ''The D-Generation'' in 1986 to work as a writer only to be told that filming on the first series had been completed. In the interim, he was invited to work as a researcher on ABC-TV's '' The Gillies Republic'' which was the follow-up to the highly successful political satire ''The Gillies Report'' (1984–85). The show was not a success but Martin learnt a considerable amount from the production's mistakes, and made his Australian TV debut as 'Man in Bad Suit' in episode 4. He was also able to observe the production of the last few episodes of the 1986 ABC-T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce Griffiths
The English language name Bruce arrived in Scotland with the Normans, from the place name Brix, Manche in Normandy, France, meaning "the willowlands". Initially promulgated via the descendants of king Robert the Bruce (1274−1329), it has been a Scottish surname since medieval times; it is now a common given name. The variant ''Lebrix'' and ''Le Brix'' are French variations of the surname. Actors * Bruce Bennett (1906–2007), American actor and athlete * Bruce Boxleitner (born 1950), American actor * Bruce Campbell (born 1958), American actor, director, writer, producer and author * Bruce Davison (born 1946), American actor and director * Bruce Dern (born 1936), American actor * Bruce Gray (1936–2017), American-Canadian actor * Bruce Greenwood (born 1956), Canadian actor and musician * Bruce Herbelin-Earle (born 1998), English-French actor and model * Bruce Jones (born 1953), English actor * Bruce Kirby (1925–2021), American actor * Bruce Lee (1940–1973), martial arti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André De Vanny
André Guy Foreman De Vanny (born 14 September 1984) is an Australian actor, who starred in ''Wicked Science'' and ''Swansong''. Filmography *''Of Mice and Men'' (2015) as Curley *''War Horse'' (2013) *'' The Pacific'' (2010) as ''Crazy Marine'' *''Rush'' (2009) as ''Terry 'Flea' Hartigan'' *'' Canal Road'' (2008) as ''Danny Havesco'' *''Nice Shootin' Cowboy'' (2008) as ''Will'' *''Under a Red Moon'' (2008) as ''Zach'' *'' Nightmares and Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King'' (2006) (mini) TV Series as ''Skater Boy (segment 'You Know They Got a Hell of a Band')'' *''Swing'' (2005) as ''Noah'' *''Hercules'' (2005/I) (TV) as ''Young Iphicles'' *'' Hating Alison Ashley'' (2005) as ''Tom'' *''Salem's Lot'' (2004) (TV) as ''Danny Glick'' *''Wicked Science'' (2004) TV Series as ''Toby Johnson'' (52 episodes, 2003) *''Blue Heelers'' as ''Marky Emmett'' (1 episode, Losing the Road, 2003) TV Episode, as ''Marky Emmett'' *''MDA MDA, mda, or ''variation'', may refer to: Places ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate McLennan
Kate McLennan is an Australian comedian, writer and actor. McLennan has performed in Australia and internationally, including at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. She is known in Australia for her work on television and web series such as ''The Katering Show'', ''Get Krack!n'', and ''The Mansion (TV series), The Mansion''. Early life McLennan moved to Geelong at the age of ten and a decade later she moved to Melbourne. Career McLennan performed in her first sketch comedy show at the age of 21 at the 2001 Melbourne Fringe, and appeared in the Fringe parade. She rose to fame writing and performing her solo comedy show ''The Debutante Diaries'', which won her the Best Comedy Award and Best Emerging Artist Award at the Melbourne Fringe Festival in 2006. McLennan co-created the web series ''Bleak'' with Kate McCartney in 2010, which in won the Kit Denton Disfellowship for Courage and Excellence in Performance Writing at the 2011 AWGIE Awards, worth . McLennan and McCartney forme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
