Preincarnate out next month

Yep, you heard it. Shaun’s first (and possibly only) novel ‘Preincarnate’ is due for release one month from today – November 1st.

The publisher, Hardie Grant Books, have a full Micallef-esq description on their website.

At only $30, there is no excuse to not buy a copy for yourself and one for a friend’s Christmas present.

Personally, I can’t wait!

[Update – Shaun will be at a Sydney event for his book, 27th October! – Thanks Andrew for the alert!]

Recap: Your Gen, September 28th 2010

Shaun took Amanda for a ‘drive’ in a Mini Moke before introducing the guests: singer Leo Sayer (BB), actor Kimberley Davies(Gen Y) and model, come-actor Scott McGregor (Gen Y).

Games played were:

  • Fad-tastic
  • Who Goes There?
  • Chinese Internet – ‘factoids’ have been censored, and each team had to fill in the answer – like a cross between Blankety Blanks and Temptation.

The four buttons round had the options King Kong, Dr. Zaius, Cheetah and Trust Me.

  • Gen Y picked Cheetah, playing Watch Your Mouth – where Scott played the mouth and Josh guessed the actor.
  • Gen X chose Dr Zaius which was Draw That Movie!
  • Against Amanda’s wishes, Leo chose Trust Me – a challenge called Gravy Suit. The game involved Amanda answering questions to save Leo, who was dressed in a suit covered in gravy, from a pack of dogs.Getting the last question wrong meant the dogs were released (much to the enjoyment of Josh), and a bunch of puppies began licking Leo.

For the Your Gen round, each team was quizzed on The Ocean, with Shaun being particularly cruel with the questions and the accuracy of the answers.

The Phantom delivered the end game envelope, which revealed the challenge as: Which Generation is Best at Delivering Newspapers. The teams rode around a make-shift block, and their accuracy and time was measured. Gen Y won the 2004 Most Improved Jumping Trophy, donated by Astrid Vinycomb and Happy, from Williamstown.

Bad news is that “TAYG” is on break until after the Commonwealth Games, so we’ll have to wait till the 19th for our next fix of Shaun. But at least we got a brief Christopher Walken impression this week!

Recap: Your Gen, September 21st 2010

Tonight on TAYG, the guests were Mark Trevorrow (Baby Boomers), Claire Bowditch (Gen X) and Josh Lawson (Gen Y).

Josh (Thomas) revealed Shaun had taught him to shave that day and Claire tuned Shaun’s guitar.

Games played were:

  • Befuddled – movie posters are run through the befuddle-mesh, scrambling them like a puzzle
  • Whose Ink Do You Think – identify the celebrity from the tattoo
  • As Quick As – introduced by Hello Kitty, who then began arguing with Shaun on if a giant power turtle was going to invade, which was fast money against a kettle.

In the four buttons round:

  • BB chose Music, playing Name That Tune
  • Gen Y picked Lifestyle which was What Am I Drinking – all home-remedies. Nana Gaga helped reveal the drinks, but for some reason – only 4 drinks were revealed, when there were 6 on the table?!
  • Celebrity was the choice of Gen X, playing 7 Degrees – a game involving the 7 degrees of separation concept and a line-up of celebrities.

Clint Eastwood was the Your Generation topic, and the end game challenge was “Which Generation is Best at Going to Market?” – with the envelope delivered by ninja. Gen Y managed to herd the animals fastest, winning the Tullamarine Country Club Hole in One trophy donated by Claude DiCianni.

Come one; come 500

I just want to take a few moments to thank everyone who has been visiting and making this site such a success.

Since launching only 3 months ago, we’re now getting 500 visitors a month. Looks like there are a number of Shaun fans out there!

Keep your comments coming, email me your suggestions and please recommend this site through-out the Internet – this will help us get towards the top of Google, and therefore spread more of the love for Shaun!

Preincarnate event in Melbourne

The Wheeler Centre in Melbourne is hosting an event with Shaun Micallef, on the subject of his new book ‘Preincarnate’, “a novel of such breathtaking brilliance that if Patrick White were alive today he’d hurl his own typewriter into the sea and start a lawn-mowing business.”

It is being held on Monday 22 November 2010 and is free! (Booking is recommended) Not sure what to expect, but I’m sure it will involve some Q&A and a reading.

Recap: Your Gen, September 14th 2010

Tonight’s episode began with Shaun, Amanda and Josh fooling about in the background while Charlie monologued about Mad Magazine.

The guests were comedian Jean Kitson (BB), Todd Sampson, Leo Burnett CEO and Gruen Transfer panellest (Gen X) and for Generation Y, Faustina Agolley from Video Hits.

Shaun collapsed/napped during the introduction, asked to be called Fuzzy Micallef and reminded Jean that he was one of the (less-successful) writers on the Big Gig.

The games were:
– Name That Tee
– What’s a Doodle Do? – sung by the Swingle Singers
– Poli-waffle, where two political quotes had been mashed together

The buttons were all of Shaun’s favourite songstresses; Olivia (Newton-John), Sade and Enya; plus ‘Trust Me’.
– Baby Boomers chose ‘Sade’ which was ‘Noises Off’
– Gen Y picked ‘Olivia’, playing ¡Chronoloco! – Wedding Dresses from the decades
– Gen X succumbed to Shaun’s persistence, going for ‘Trust Me’ where the game was Human Lamington, which was played once before with Josh as the ‘victim’. It ended with Todd fully Lamingtoned.

In the Your Gen round, the teams answered questions on reptiles. The End Game envelope was delivered by Einstein (read: Back to the Future) and revealed the challenge: Which Generation is Best At Cleaning Up From After a Party.

The Baby Boomers won, taking the 2007 Gymnastics Trophy donated by Sarah Rasquina.

Guests for Your Gen, 14th & 21st September

If my maths serves me right, there are 5 episodes left of this season of Talkin’ ‘Bout Your Generation. Holy Freak!

Next Tuesday, joining the Baby Boomers is comedian Jean Kitson, Todd Sampson from The Gruen Transfer on team Generation X and for Generation Y, Faustina Agolley from Video Hits.

The following week, (Tuesday 21st) is Mark Trevorrow (aka Bob Downe) (BB), musician Clare Bowditch (Gen X) and actor/comedian Josh Lawson (Gen Y).

A sketch from MousePATROL

The thought of Shaun Micallef and Tony Martin working on a TV project together sounds like it would be the most amazing thing EVER! Well, it almost happened in 2004.

A show with the working title MousePATROL was the vehicle, but unfortunately the ABC shelved it, and not much of the material was ever released. But this week, Tony’s post on Scrivener’s Fancy revisits one of the rejected scripts on the topic of ‘Footytainment‘.

Enjoy, and we’ll keep wishing these two comic geniuses will get the chance to work together again.