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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
Roy and HG are an Australian comedy duo, comprising Greig Pickhaver in the role of "H. G. Nelson" and John Doyle as "'Rampaging' Roy Slaven". Their act is an affectionate but irreverent parody of Australia's obsession with sport. Their charact ...
'' as the excitable sports announcer H.G Nelson. The
award-winning duo teamed up in 1986 for the
Triple J
Triple J (stylised in all lowercase) is a government-funded, national Australian Radio in Australia, radio station intended to appeal to listeners of alternative music, which began broadcasting in January 1975. The station also places a greate ...
radio comedy program
''This Sporting Life'', and were broadcast nationwide for 22 years, leading to several successful television spinoffs.
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Personal life
Pickhaver was born in
Nuriootpa, South Australia
Nuriootpa ( ) is a town in South Australia and the major commercial centre of the Barossa Valley, about an hour's drive north of the state capital, Adelaide. The name of the town is reputed to be the local Aboriginal word for "meeting place".
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to parents Gordon Pickhaver, and Beryl Skuce. His father was a
World War II
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veteran who saw action in the Middle East and on the
Kokoda Track
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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
Prospect may refer to:
General
* Prospect (marketing), a marketing term describing a potential customer
* Prospect (sports), any player whose rights are owned by a professional team, but who has yet to play a game for the team
* Prospect (mining ...
, where he lived until the age of 22. He attended Oaklands Park Primary school,
Brighton Secondary School
en, Do all things well.
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, state = South Australia
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, and for the last two years of high school
Adelaide High School. He graduated from
Flinders University
Flinders University is a public research university based in Adelaide, South Australia, with a footprint extending across 11 locations in South Australia and the Northern Territory. Founded in 1966, it was named in honour of British navigator ...
and describes himself as
dyslexic
Dyslexia, also known until the 1960s as word blindness, is a disorder characterized by reading below the expected level for one's age. Different people are affected to different degrees. Problems may include difficulties in spelling words, r ...
, having always relied heavily on memory and recall to achieve any academic results.
Radio career
Pickhaver performed in plays at school and at university. After a stint as a roadie for Australian rocker
Billy Thorpe in the early 1970s, he became involved in the Melbourne theatre co-operative The Pram Factory. He moved into radio broadcasting on
3RRR
3RRR (pronounced "Three Triple R", or simply "Triple R") is an Australian community radio station, based in Melbourne.
3RRR first commenced broadcasting in 1976 from the studios of 3ST, the student radio station of the Royal Melbourne Institut ...
in Melbourne and developed the HG Nelson character while performing in the Melbourne radio sports comedy show ''Punter To Punter'' in the early 1980s.
Pickhaver met
John Doyle in 1985 while both were playing minor characters in an
SBS TV show, and they teamed up as Roy and HG in 1986. Their radio comedy program
''This Sporting Life'' was broadcast initially in Sydney and later nationally on the
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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's
Triple J
Triple J (stylised in all lowercase) is a government-funded, national Australian Radio in Australia, radio station intended to appeal to listeners of alternative music, which began broadcasting in January 1975. The station also places a greate ...
youth radio network. It was continuously on-air for a 22-year period till 2008. ''This Sporting Life'' was added to the
National Film and Sound Archive
The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA), known as ScreenSound Australia from 1999 to 2004, is Australia's audiovisual archive, responsible for developing, preserving, maintaining, promoting and providing access to a national co ...
's
Sounds of Australia registry in 2013.
Television and film career
With
John Doyle as ''Rampaging Roy Slaven'', Pickhaver has appeared on television shows such as ''
The Dream with Roy and HG
''The Dream with Roy and HG'' was a sports/comedy talk show, broadcast every night during the Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004 Olympics, presented by Australian comedy duo Roy and HG.
Their telecasts became one of the most popular events of the ...
'', ''
This Sporting Life'', ''
Blah Blah Blah
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Music
* ''Blah-Blah-Blah'' (Iggy Pop album), 1986, or its title song
* ''Blah Blah Blah'' (Blahzay Blahzay album), 1996
* ''Blah Blah Blah'' (EP), 2018 by Armin van Buuren or the title song
* ''Blah Bla ...
'', ''
Club Buggery
''Club Buggery'' is an Australian television series made in the 1990s. It was created and performed by Australian comedy duo Roy and HG ( John Doyle and Greig Pickhaver) and broadcast on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) network ...
'', ''
The Channel Nine Show
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The lead char ...
'', ''
Planet Norwich
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'', ''
Win Roy and HG's Money
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* A victory
Arts and entertainment Film
* '' Win!'', a 2016 American film
Literature
* ''Win'' (Coben novel), a 2121 novel by Harlan Coben
* WIN (pacifist magazine), published by the War Resisters League
* WIN (wrest ...
'', ''
The Monday Dump
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'', ''
The Nation Dumps'', ''
The Ice Dream with Roy and HG'', ''The Cream'', ''
The Dream in Athens'', ''
The Memphis Trousers Half Hour
Roy and HG are an Australian comedy duo, comprising Greig Pickhaver in the role of "H. G. Nelson" and John Doyle as "'Rampaging' Roy Slaven". Their act is an affectionate but irreverent parody of Australia's obsession with sport. Their charac ...
'', and ''
Roy and H.G’s Russian Revolution
''Roy and HG's Russian Revolution'' was a sports/comedy talk show, broadcast every night during the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, 2014 Olympics, presented by Australian comedy duo Roy and HG.
Targets of humour included Vladimir Putin, "useful" Ru ...
''.
Pickhaver hosted ''
It's a Knockout'' from 2011 to 2012 alongside former
Hi-5 star
Charli Robinson
Sharlene Marie Zeta Robinson (born 8 March 1981), known professionally as Charli Robinson previously as Charli Delaney, is an Australian television and radio presenter, most famously known as an original member of children's musical group Hi-5 ...
and sports presenter
Brad McEwan. Pickhaver joined
Stephen Quartermain
Stephen William Quartermain (born 7 May 1962) is an Australian television personality, journalist and presenter.
Quartermain is currently a sport presenter on '' 10 News First'' in Melbourne.
Early career
Quartermain began his career as a cade ...
and
Alisa Camplin for the ''Sochi Tonight'' show during the Sochi
2014 Winter Olympics
, ''Zharkie. Zimnie. Tvoi'')
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, events = 98 in 7 sports (15 disciplines)
, athletes = 2,873
, opening = 7 February 2014
, closing = 23 February 2014
, opened_by = President Vladimir Putin
, cauldron =
, stadium = Fisht Olympic ...
in February 2014, and was featured in the
SBS series ''
Who Do You Think You Are?'' in September 2015. Many of his television opportunities have been "alternative" sports presentation coverages of the
Summer
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or
Winter Olympics.
Pickhaver starred in the cult 1993 Australian comedy film ''
This Won't Hurt a Bit
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According to Ozmovies,
Those searching for the source of inspiration for writer/director and co-producer Chris Kennedy need look no further than his ...
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opposite
Jacqueline McKenzie
Jacqueline Susan McKenzie (born 24 October 1967) is an Australian film and stage actress.
Early life
Born in Sydney, New South Wales, McKenzie attended Wenona School in North Sydney until 1983 then moved to Pymble Ladies' College, where she ...
. In 2003, he appeared in the political comedy ''
The Honourable Wally Norman
''The Honourable Wally Norman'' is a 2003 Australian comedy film directed by Ted Emery. It stars Kevin Harrington, Shaun Micallef, and Greig Pickhaver.
It was filmed primarily in South Australia and was nominated for two AFI awards.
Plot
The ...
''.
Published works
*1989: ''Pants off, this sporting life'', by Roy Slaven and H.G. Nelson
*1994: ''Where it all went wrong
ound recording: address delivered by H.G. Nelson, anti-smoking activist, to the National Press Club, Canberra on World No Tobacco Day, 1 June 1994''
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catalog listing of Where it all went wrong