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Guests for Your Gen, 9th & 16th November

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On this week’s TAYG, Shaun and the team captains are joined by comedian Glynn Nicholas representing the Baby Boomers, actor Claudia Karvan (Gen X) and musician Rai Thistlewaite from Thirsty Merc (Gen Y). Glynn and Shaun have worked together previously, notably Shaun as a writer on “The Glynn Nicholas Show”. When Glynn passed on a second season, the ABC offered Shaun a show, which became “The Micallef P(r)ogram(me)”!

The following week, Michael Veitch will be on the Baby Boomers team, Offspring’s Eddie Perfect on team Generation X and model Lucy McIntosh for Generation Y.

Another conversation with Shaun

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Shaun spent an hour talking with Richard Fidler last Monday on 612 ABC Brisbane. They talked about Shaun’s influences, specifically Cook and Moore (playing 2 of their sketches), talked about how his career came to comedy and the creation of The Micallef P(r)ogram(me). Strangely, little mention about the new book. Definitely worth a listen for any fan.

Thanks to Lucy for the info!

(PS. The parliament sketch played during the show is one of my favourites!)

Recap: Your Gen, November 2nd 2010

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Charlie and Amanda began with a game of Snakes and Ladders before Shaun introduced the guests: HG Nelson for the Baby Boomers, Chrissie Swan for Gen X and Tim Blackwell for Gen Y.

The games played were:

  • Name That Tee
  • Going Somewhere Solo (Gotto Bollo Solo?!) – where solo artists had to be identified, along with the band that made them famous
  • Chicken or Egg? – determining which came first, such as KFC or McDonalds

Did you know 2010 was International Deadly Snake Month? So was the 4 button options: Jules Lund, Indian Taipan, Godman’s Pitviper and The Banded Krait.

  • The Baby Boomers picked The Banded Krait, which was Who Said That?
  • Next was Gen X, with Chrissie choosing the Indian Taipan and playing Third Drawer Down.
  • Gen Y went for the Pitviper, which was 7 Degrees.

The YourGen round was “Dust and Dirt”. Mr Spock, being attacked by a woodpecker, delivered the end game envelope – proclaiming the challenge as “Which is the Best Generation at Coming Home Late”. The teams had to complete a number of “before bed” challenges in a pitch-black house, being as quiet and quick as possible. Shaun watched, then walked in as they popped into bed.

Gen Y won the 1956 Bank Officials Association Table Tennis Trophy, donated by Shaun’s mother!

As a side note, the home viewer question was inaccurate – The Titanic was found in 1985. Yes, I’m also a Titanic nerd!

Recap: Your Gen, October 26th 2010

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It was a Halloween special this week, with Shaun dressed as Frankenstein’s Monster. For the Baby Boomers, Amanda was dressed as Morticia and Kathy Lette as Catwoman. Both Charlie and Angus Sampson dressed as Michael Keaton characters, Beetlejuice and Batman. Gen Y had Josh dressed as Casanova (which Shaun mocked) and Camile Keenan as a She-Devil.

First up was Befuddled, where movie posters were scrambled like Puzzle pieces. Who Goes There? Name That Tune.

The four buttons were all actors who played werewolves, plus ‘Trust Me’:

  • Gen Y chose Lon Chaney Jnr, playing Noises Off. While in the ‘haunted bed’, it dropped and a hand raised up to scare them.
  • The Baby Boomers decided on Benicio Del Toro which was Chronoloco! A timeline of aliens had to be sorted chronologically, including Marvin the Martian and Dr Zoidberg.
  • Gen X picked Trust Me rather than Jason Bateman – with Human Lamington the game. Angus graciously put Charlie forward to be the victim, and with two questions wrong – Charlie got covered in Pumpkin Soup AND Sour Cream.

The Your Gen topic was particularly scary: Algebra… actually it was Monsters. In the end game, the teams had to bob for fruits and vegetables – one of each. Gen X was quickest, claiming the ‘Card Game Trophy’ (actually the 1992 Marsen Prize Fokker Trophy) donated by Gary Childs.

Countdown to Preincarnate

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It’s not long until Preincarnate, Shaun’s first novel, hits the shelves. The Age have an article about it, but as Tony Martin pointed out on his Twitter – they don’t once state the title correctly. Good news is he is no shrinking violet – we can expect to see Shaun everywhere over the next little-while, including the season final of Offspring. If you are expecting another New Years show, afraid you’ll be disappointed this year.

Guests for Your Gen, 26th October & 2nd November

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It’s Halloween on TAYG this week, with everyone donning the fancy dress. Angus Sampson returns for Gen X, playing up a bit for Mr Micallef. Kathy Lette and Camille Keenan from Rush round out the guests, joining the Baby Boomers and Gen Y respectively.

The following week’s guests are comedian HG Nelson for the Baby Boomers, presenter Chrissie Swan for Gen X and comedian Tim Blackwell for Gen Y.

Recap: Your Gen, October 19th 2010

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TAGY returns! During the opening, Shaun delivered a Banana Split complete with sparklers to Charlie. The guests were Merv Hughes for the Baby Boomers, Deb Mailman on Generation X and Maude Garrett on Gen Y.

The first game played was Franken-Face, which soon descended into order chaos, which Shaun broke up with a blast from his recorder. After a red flag and whistle signaled the end of the ad break, Les Wilson, country poet, introduced ‘What’s a Doodle Do?’ which Merv took some time adjusting to.

The magic window buttons were the Fab 4:

  • Gen X chose John, which was ‘Who Said That’, during which Shaun hinted at his own acting prowess, commenting “I killed [Seachange]… off”.
  • Gen Y picked Paul, playing Celebrities for Sale (similar to Beatles for Sale?!) and determining which celebrity had endorsed which product. Shaun delighted in not actually helping the team determine who the celebrity was until after their answer was final.
  • The Baby Boomers went for George: ‘Era Error’. The scene was a 1987 Gym.

The Your Gen round topic was Australian Films. One of the questions posed to Gen Y was “Who Played Premier Cray in Bad Eggs” – with the team unable to answer that it was Shaun himself! (upsetting Shaun more when Josh described it as ‘forgettable’)

Robert Patterson (covered in shaving cream) delivered the end game envelope – which revealed the challenge as “Which Generation is Best at Being a Butcher”. Teams had to fulfill Shaun’s order, creating Sausages, Kebabs and Trifle. Charlie was so put out over the fact he was still making 2kg of sausages after the order was changed to 6, he poured the items one by one into Shaun’s basket. Gen Y were awarded the winners, receiving the Most Spirited Pee-Wee Samurai Karate Jnr 1988 trophy, donated by Kaden McCaffrey.