''Tackle Happy'' is an Australian
documentary film
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released in 2000 about the live performance show ''
Puppetry of the Penis
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'' starring
Simon Morley and
David Friend. It was produced and directed by comedian
Mick Molloy
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, whose radio show ''
Martin/Molloy
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'' had chronicled the chaotic 1998 tour captured in the film. ''Tackle Happy'' also features guest appearances by
Stephen Curry
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,
Paul Hester
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,
Tony Martin,
Andrew Denton
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,
Amanda Keller
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,
Pete Smith and
Jimeoin
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Jimeoin rose to prominence in the early 1990s in Australia, where he had his own TV show and ...
.
See also
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List of Australian films
1890s–1930s
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References
External links
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Tackle Happy at the National Film and Sound Archive
2000 films
Australian documentary films
2000s English-language films
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