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Tractor Monkeys
''Tractor Monkeys'' is an Australian comedic television quiz show hosted by Merrick Watts. Seventeen episodes screened on ABC1 in 2013. Format The show features two teams of guest panellists, one led by comedian Dave O'Neil David O'Neil (born 8 May 1965) is an Australian stand-up comedian, actor, bass guitarist, writer, television and radio presenter with unusually large thumbs. Early career Dave was a Cub, Scout, Venturer and Rover. His late father Kevin was th ... and the other by radio presenter Katie "Monty" Dimond. They compete in rounds of questions and games about trends, fads and social phenomena. The show also included a second screen experience via an ABC Companion Pad app for iPad. Episodes Series 1 Series 2 Special Ratings Series 1 Series 2 All episodes aired at 8:00pm. References External links Tractor Monkeysofficial website {{DEFAULTSORT:Tractor Monkeys 2010s Australian game shows 2013 Australian television series debuts 2013 Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Game Show
A game show is a genre of broadcast viewing entertainment (radio, television, internet, stage or other) where contestants compete for a reward. These programs can either be participatory or demonstrative and are typically directed by a host, sharing the rules of the program as well as commentating and narrating where necessary. The history of game shows dates back to the invention of television as a medium. On most game shows, contestants either have to answer questions or solve puzzles, typically to win either money or prizes. Game shows often reward players with prizes such as cash, trips and goods and services provided by the show's sponsor. History 1930s–1950s Game shows began to appear on radio and television in the late 1930s. The first television game show, '' Spelling Bee'', as well as the first radio game show, '' Information Please'', were both broadcast in 1938; the first major success in the game show genre was ''Dr. I.Q.'', a radio quiz show that began in 193 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Simmons (comedian)
Sam Simmons (born 19 March 1976) is an Australian comedian and radio and TV presenter. Career Simmons has appeared on '' Conan'', ''8 Out of 10 Cats'', ''Room 101'', '' Adam DeVine's House Party'' and is currently developing his own sitcom in the UK. Network appearances include NBC, BBC, Channel 4, ABC, and all other Australian networks. Previously, he was a regular host on Triple J as well as jtv interviewing bands, he developed his style of non-sequitur and surrealist non-humour. This led to his first television show, ''The Urban Monkey with Murray Foote'', in 2009. In 2012, Simmons followed up with a sketch-style TV series ''Problems'', with a tone more similar to that of his surrealist stand-up shows. He performed at TEDxSydney in 2014 and is now on a new a US pilot filmed in Albuquerque with David Quirk. Simmons described it as "a reality show about animals". Simmons regularly appears on the comedy quiz show ''Dirty Laundry Live''. In 2015, he won the Edinburgh Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joel Creasey
Joel Creasey (born 11 August 1990) is an Australian stand-up comedian, actor, television and radio presenter. Creasey has performed at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, as well as performing at the New York International Fringe Festival in 2013 and 2014 and the Edinburgh Fringe in 2015. In September 2020, Creasey joined Nova FM's national radio show ''Kate, Tim & Joel'' as a co-host with Kate Ritchie and Tim Blackwell. Early life Creasey was born in the Sydney suburb of Baulkham Hills and moved to Perth at a young age. His father, Terry, worked as a model while his mother, Jenny, was a singer. The couple met on the set of '' Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back'' in which they both appeared as extras. His father was also the "Solo" man in the iconic 1985 advertisement for the soft drink and currently owns several McDonald's restaurants in Perth. Creasey has two sisters. Creasey is openly gay. He came out to his family and friends in 2007, when he was sixteen. He atten ... [...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] |
Jeff Green (comedian)
Jeff Green (born 23 February 1964 in Chester) is an English stand-up comedian and writer. He lives in Melbourne with his wife and two children. Stand-up Green appears in stand-up festivals. His first solo tour in the United Kingdom sold out, and was broadcast on the ITV network. Television and radio His first TV stand-up show ''Jeff Green Live'', recorded at Her Majesty's Theatre, was shown on the ITV network on 29 December 1996. His second ITV show ''Jeff Green Up West'' recorded at Gielgud Theatre was shown in May 1997. Both shows were watched by over 3 million viewers. ''Back From The Bewilderness'' his third stand-up show recorded in 2003 at Gielgud Theatre has been shown several times on The Paramount Comedy Channel. He has appeared in several BBC television panel games and shows, such as Jo Brand's ''Hot Potatoes'', '' Never Mind the Buzzcocks'' and '' Have I Got News for You''. He has also made appearances on ITV's daytime show '' This Morning'', on Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommy Little (comedian)
Thomas Little (born 23 February 1985) is an Australian comedian, writer, actor, television and radio presenter. He currently co-hosts '' The Project'' on Network 10 and ''Carrie & Tommy'' on the Hit Network with Carrie Bickmore. Career In 2013, Little performed at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and appeared at the festival's Gala show, which showcases five-minute sets of dozens of comedians. In early 2014, he returned to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival with a new show, "Middleclass Gangster", in 2019 with his show "Self Diagnosed Genius" and in 2021 "I'll See Myself Out". Little has also performed live on Foxtel. Television Little has appeared on Melbourne International Comedy Festival, '' Celebrity Name Game'', ''Studio 10'', '' The Project'' and '' Hughesy, We Have a Problem''. In 2008, Little began writing for Channel 31's talk show, '' Studio A'' hosted by Dave Thornton and produced by RMITV. During Little's stint on cast and writing team, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josh Thomas (comedian)
Joshua Michael Thomas (born 26 May 1987) is an Australian comedian, actor and writer. In 2005, he won the Melbourne International Comedy Festival's Raw Comedy Competition. He has since appeared on television numerous times, including as a regular and Generation Y team captain on Network Ten's ''Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation''. In 2013, Thomas created the award-winning ABC2 and Pivot television series ''Please Like Me'', which he also co-wrote and starred in. ABC2 Homepage for 'Please Like Me' TV series Early life Thomas was born in , the son of Rebecca and Mike Thomas. He lived in |
Greig Pickhaver
Greig Pickhaver AM (born 1948) is an actor, comedian and writer, who forms one half of the Australian satirical sports comedy duo ''Roy and HG'' as the excitable sports announcer H.G Nelson. The award-winning duo teamed up in 1986 for the Triple J radio comedy program ''This Sporting Life'', and were broadcast nationwide for 22 years, leading to several successful television spinoffs. Personal life Pickhaver was born in Nuriootpa, South Australia to parents Gordon Pickhaver, and Beryl Skuce. His father was a World War II veteran who saw action in the Middle East and on the Kokoda Track and whose career was in the South Australian dairy industry. Pickhaver has three sisters (Jane, Anne and Mary) and a brother, Mark. Pickhaver was raised in Brighton, South Australia, up to the age of 15, and then the family moved to the suburb of Prospect, where he lived until the age of 22. He attended Oaklands Park Primary school, Brighton Secondary School, and for the last two years of hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denise Scott
Denise Margaret Scott (born 24 April 1955) is an Australian stand-up comedian, actor, television and radio presenter. Career Scott has appeared frequently on Australian television since her regular slot on ABC TV's ''The Big Gig'' in 1990, and a weekly segment on '' Tonight Live with Steve Vizard''. Scott was one of the most frequent guests on musical quiz show '' Spicks and Specks'', and appeared several times on '' The Glass House'' and ''Good News Week''. In 1993 she performed the live show, ''Women Stand Up!'' with Sue Ingleton and Lynda Gibson. She also co-starred with Judith Lucy and Lynda Gibson in stage spectaculars ''Comedy Is Not Pretty'' (1999) and ''Comedy Is Still Not Pretty'' (2003). She was a member of the Vega 91.5 FM breakfast radio show; ''Dave and Denise with Shaun Micallef'' (formerly called Shaun, Beverley and Denise), until she finished up with Vega on 23 November 2007. Scott has made appearances on Network 10 shows '' Can of Worms'', '' The Circle'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toby Truslove
Toby Truslove is an Australian film, theatre and television actor. Career In 2001, Truslove appeared on the television drama series '' Crash Palace'' as Bryan Rossiter. He has since made guest appearances on Australian TV series including '' All Saints'', ''McLeod's Daughters'', '' The Strip'', ''Thank God You're Here'' and '' The Librarians''. In 2011 he starred in two ABC 1 comedy series '' Laid'' and '' Outland''. He also appears in the comedy feature '' Scumbus''. In 2012 he was the lead in ''The Strange Calls''. Onstage he has played Sam in the Belvoir St. Theatre's 2012 production of ''Strange Interlude'', as well as the pompous Victor Prynne in Noël Coward's play ''Private Lives'' - another Belvoir production. Truslove was one of the team captains on Channel 7's ''Slide Show'' and currently stars in the comedy TV series ''Utopia''. Truslove co-hosted the 2014 New Year's Eve broadcast for ABC with Julia Zemiro Julia Zemiro () (born 14 April 1967) is a French-bor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Thornton
Dave Thornton (born 13 December 1979) is an Australian stand-up comedian, actor, television and radio presenter. He has performed stand-up comedy throughout Australia, in Edinburgh, Singapore and New York. He has also appeared on Australian television and radio. Career Stand-up comedy Thornton began working in stand-up comedy at the Geelong heats of Raw Comedy in 2002. He debuted his solo hour-long show ''Euro:mission,'' which was based on his experiences as a backpacking traveler, at the 2007 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, where he was nominated for 'Best Newcomer'. Thornton has performed at the MICF every year since, and in 2009 debuted at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with a new show, ''Allow Me to Introduce Myself''. He has also performed stand-up comedy on TV shows including '' Good Morning Australia'' (Network 10) in 2006, '' Stand Up Australia'' ( Comedy Channel Australia) in 2007 and ''Rove'' (Network 10) in 2008. Radio In October 2009, Thornton began hostin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate Langbroek
Katherine Langbroek (born 8 August 1965) is an Australian comedian, radio and television presenter. Langbroek has previously hosted ''Hughesy & Kate'' with Dave Hughes on the Hit Network, HIT Network. Career Langbroek has a degree in journalism and has appeared on ''The Panel (Australian TV series), The Panel'', ''Thank God You're Here'', ''The Project (Australian TV program), The Project'', ''All Star Family Feud'', ''Have You Been Paying Attention?,'' and ''Hughesy, We Have a Problem''. From the start of 2018, Langbroek co-hosts ''Hughesy & Kate'' on the Australian Hit Network, HIT Network, with Dave Hughes and anchor Jack Laurence. It is an afternoon drive time program. The program was on the KIIS Network until the end of 2017. A previous segment of the program was 'Katie Cracks It' in which she talked about whatever has made her angry over the past few days. She was a radio announcer on the 3RRR programme ''Breakfasters''. Langbroek previously worked as an actress (appear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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