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The Chaser's Media Circus
''The Chaser's Media Circus'' is an Australian television comedy quiz show which was broadcast on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) television station ABC. The series was produced by the Australian satirical group, The Chaser, consisting of Chris Taylor, Julian Morrow, Craig Reucassel, Andrew Hansen and Chas Licciardello. The show was a panel-like game and quiz show, with contestants using their knowledge about current media events to win. It was hosted by Craig Reucassel and featured Chas Licciardello interjecting occasionally with 'fact-checks'. The Chaser team members Chris Taylor, Julian Morrow and Andrew Hansen appeared as contestants. Guests throughout the series included celebrities, politicians and journalists such as Anthony Albanese, Hannah Gadsby, Lawrence Mooney, John Safran, Waleed Aly, Dave Hughes, Mia Freedman, Lewis Hobba, Peter Berner, Nick Xenophon, Tom Gleeson, Susie Youssef, Chris Kenny, Zoë Coombs Marr, Annabel Crabb, Alex Lee, Kar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Television Comedy
Television comedy is a category of broadcasting that has been present since the early days of entertainment media. While there are several genres of comedy, some of the first ones aired were variety shows. One of the first Television in the United States, United States television programs was the comedy-variety show ''Texaco Star Theater'', which was most prominent in the years that it featured Milton Berle (from 1948 to 1956). The range of television comedy has become broader, with the addition of sitcoms, improvisational comedy, and stand-up comedy, while also adding comedic aspects into other television genres, including Drama (film and television), drama and News broadcasting, news. Television comedy provides opportunities for viewers to relate the content in these shows to society. Some audience members may have similar views about certain comedic aspects of shows, while others will take different perspectives. This also relates to developing new social norms, sometimes acting a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waleed Aly
Waleed Aly (born 15 August 1978) is an Australian television presenter, journalist, academic, and lawyer. Aly is a lecturer in politics at Monash University working in their Global Terrorism Research Centre, and a co-host of Network Ten's news and current affairs television program '' The Project''. He also writes for Fairfax Media, co-hosts ''The Minefield'', an ABC RN program about ethical dilemmas of modern life, and is lead guitarist in rock band Robot Child. In 2016, he won the Gold Logie Award for Best Personality on Australian Television. Early life and education Aly was born on 15 August 1978 in Melbourne, Victoria, to Egyptian parents. He is a Sunni Muslim. He attended Wesley College, completing the International Baccalaureate in 1996. He then studied at the University of Melbourne, graduating with Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical) and Bachelor of Laws (with honours) degrees in 2002. In May 2017 Aly was awarded a PhD, for his thesis on global terrorism titled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirsten Drysdale
Kirsten Kathleen Drysdale (born 1984) is an Australian television presenter and journalist. Drysdale was born and raised in Mackay, Queensland. Before beginning her career at the ABC, Drysdale worked for a production company in Brisbane that produced documentaries and multimedia for museums and exhibitions. During this time, she was also pursuing a sporting career, playing hockey for the Queensland Scorchers. After suffering an injury, she successfully applied for a position in the ABC television comedy and current affairs programme, ''Project NEXT'', which was later renamed ''Hungry Beast''. She was a researcher and presenter for ''Hungry Beast'' and a researcher for '' The Hamster Wheel'', '' The Hamster Decides'' and ''The Gruen Transfer''. She has also occasionally appeared on Radio National, where she hosted ''Talking Shop'', a weekly consumer psychology program. The series ended on 5 August 2014. Drysdale has also written for Crikey, The Feed (Australian TV series) and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Chandler
Karl Chandler is an American former professional football player who was a guard for six seasons with the New York Giants and Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Princeton Tigers The Princeton Tigers are the athletic teams of Princeton University. The school sponsors 35 varsity teams in 20 sports. The school has won several NCAA national championships, including one in men's fencing, three in women's lacrosse, six in me .... References 1952 births Americ ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Lee (Australian Comedian)
Alexandra Clair Lee is an Australian comedian, writer, actor, and television presenter. She has appeared in a range of comedy television series on the ABC and SBS, including '' The Feed'' and several programs by The Chaser team. She is also the host of the ABC quiz show '' Win the Week'', starring alongside Craig Reucassel. Early life Lee was born to an Australian mother and a Chinese father, who met in Sydney in 1975. She grew up in Southern Sydney, and studied journalism at the University of Sydney. Career Lee began her career in journalism, as a producer for ABC News 24. She took part in the Walkley Foundation's Australia-Korea Media Exchange Program, and later became a political reporter for BuzzFeed. Having performed in comedy shows at university, she became a presenter and writer for the ABC's satirical news program '' The Roast'' in 2014. Having collaborated with The Chaser on ''The Roast'', Lee went on to appear in ''The Chaser's Media Circus'', ''The Checkout'', and '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annabel Crabb
Annabel Crabb is an Australian political journalist, commentator and television host who is the ABC's chief online political writer. She has worked for Adelaide's '' The Advertiser'', ''The Sydney Morning Herald'', ''The Age'', the '' Sunday Age'' and ''The Sun-Herald'', and won a Walkley Award in 2009 for her '' Quarterly Essay'', "Stop at Nothing: The Life and Adventures of Malcolm Turnbull". She has written two books covering events within the Australian Labor Party, as well as ''The Wife Drought'', a book about women's work–life balance. She has hosted ABC television shows ''Kitchen Cabinet'', ''The House'', ''Back in Time for Dinner'' and ''Tomorrow Tonight''. Early years Crabb was born in Adelaide to Christobel and Mac Crabb and grew up on a small farm near Two Wells, South Australia. She completed high school at the Wilderness School in Medindie, South Australia, then studied at the University of Adelaide, graduating in 1997 with arts and law degrees. She was bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoë Coombs Marr
Zoë Coombs Marr (born ) is an Australian comedian, performer and actor. In 2014, Coombs Marr acted in Gideon Obarzanek’s ''L’Chaim'' which premiered as part of Sydney Dance Company's season ''Interplay''. In 2016, her show ''Trigger Warning'', in which she adopts the persona of a sexist man called "Dave", received the Barry Award at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival (MICF). As well as the Barry (now known as Melbourne International Comedy Festival Award), the show also won two Green Room Awards. Coombs Marr introduced her new character, "Bossy Bottom", at the Adelaide Fringe in March 2018, after she decided to leave "Dave" behind. She was nominated for the Helpmann Award for Best Comedy Performer for her new show. In April 2020, Amazon Prime started streaming a comedy special of "Bossy Bottom". In 2022, Coombs Marr brought back the character of "Dave" who, as revealed in her new show, ''The Opener'', had been in a coma since 2016 and missed a lot of historic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Kenny
Chris Kevin Kenny (born 28 September 1962) is an Australian conservative political commentator, author and former political adviser. He is a columnist for ''The Australian'' newspaper as well as the host of a weeknight current affairs program, ''The Kenny Report'' on Sky News Australia. Early life and education Chris Kenny was born on 28 September 1962. He initially studied wildlife and park management in South Australia and worked for the National Parks and Wildlife Service as a fire-spotter and park assistant, before switching his studies to a BA in journalism in 1984. Career His first journalism job was at the '' Murray Pioneer'' in Renmark. He later worked for the Adelaide newspaper '' The News'', ABC's '' The 7.30 Report'', Channel 10 and Channel 9 in Adelaide. He also wrote columns for '' The Advertiser'', '' Sunday Mail'' and ''The Adelaide Review''. In 2000 he was appointed Director of Strategic Communications for South Australian Liberal Premier John Olsen, bef ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susie Youssef
Susie Youssef is an Australian writer, actor and comedian who works in television, on radio and stage. She is best known for her appearances in the television series '' The Project'', '' Whose Line Is It Anyway? Australia'', and '' Rosehaven'', and has performed stand-up comedy at various Australian and international festivals. Early life and education Susie Youssef is the daughter of Lebanese immigrants. She grew up with five sisters and she often uses her family for comedy inspiration. Youssef began comedy writing in high school, where she wrote her own plays. She began studying education, to become a teacher. A friend took her to an improvisational comedy show at the Enmore Theatre in Newtown in Sydney, which sparked a more serious interest in comedy. She quit college and attended iO Chicago, in the United States, where she studied improvisational performance and comedy. Career Youssef began her comedy career as a writer for '' The Ronnie Johns Half Hour'' in 2006, an ... [...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 currently hosts '' Hard Quiz'' and '' Taskmaster Australia'' and previously co-hosted ''The Weekly with Charlie Pickering'' alongside Judith Lucy. 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 comedy events includin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Xenophon
Nick Xenophon ( Nicholas Xenophou; ; born 29 January 1959) is an Australian lawyer and former politician who was a Australian Senate, Senator for South Australia from 2008 until 2017. As a centrist, populist, independent politician, he twice shared the balance of power in the Australian Senate (from 2008 to 2010, 2014 to 2017). Xenophon was widely regarded as being among the most powerful politicians in Australia and among the most electorally successful independent politicians in Australian history, eventually able to form a political party: Centre Alliance, Nick Xenophon Team federally, and SA-Best, Nick Xenophon's SA-BEST in the state of South Australia. In October 2017, Xenophon resigned from the Australian Senate to contest a seat in the South Australian House of Assembly, House of Assembly at the 2018 South Australian state election. From 1997 to 2007, he was a member of the South Australian Legislative Council, serving as an independent on a No Pokies policy platform. Whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Berner
Peter Berner (born February 1963) is an Australian stand-up comedian and television and radio presenter. He hosted ''The Einstein Factor'' and ''Backberner'' on ABC Television. He previously hosted the news comedy TV series '' The B Team with Peter Berner'' on Sky News Australia. Early life Berner was born in Singapore to a Danish father and an Australian mother of Scottish descent. He moved to Sydney, Australia, in 1964. He is a graduate of the National Art School in Sydney where he majored in painting and was on the student council. Career 1988–1998: Early stand-up years Berner started his career as a stand-up comedian in 1988. His career grew throughout the early 1990s and he performed at various festivals, including the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, the Sydney Comedy Festival and the Adelaide Comedy Festival. He wrote and performed many solo shows in Australia and the UK during this time and established a following of comedy fans. He would also make frequ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
