Well, in case you missed all of Shaun’s appearances on the radio this week, here are some recaps:
It seems the purpose of all of this is to remind us to watch Your Gen – so don’t disappoint!
On tonight’s TBYG, the guests were Bill Bailey (BB), actor Rodger Corser (Gen X) and singer Ella Hooper (Gen Y).
Games played were:
Befuddled – “brand spanking new” (no branding, or spanking) – where the aim is to determine the movie from the poster which has been scrambled into pieces.
Who Goes There – determine the other half of a musical duo.
Poli-Waffle – work out the two quotations that have been fused together.
In the round where each generation chose their topic: (ie. four buttons)
Gen X chose Lifestyle and played 3rd Draw Down, where they have to identify the strange items in a dresser draw.
BB chose Sport and played “¡Chronoloco!” where they had to put various sporting goods in decade order.
Gen Y chose “Trust Me”, which Shaun was very pleased about. The game was Human Lamington, where Ella had to answer 3 questions, and for every wrong answer, Josh was covered in lamington ingredients. Only one answer was wrong, so Josh was only covered in flour. But for every right answer, Shaun jammed a lamington in Josh’s mouth while he was chained to the device – very funny!
The Your Generation topic was The Colour Purple and the End Game (worth 25 points) was “Which Generation is best at Working on an Assembly Line.” Most of it involved frantic running about as the ever continuing line of cans was difficult to keep up with, but in the end, the Baby Boomers won with the best ‘pyramid’. Their trophy was from Gavin Harvey; his prize for being the 2010 Go Kart winner.
Remember, winning isn’t everything, but it does come a close second.
Next Week: It’s a family themed episode, so Amanda will be joined by her son, Charlie by his mother and Josh with his brother.
What did you think? Post your comments…
Shaun appeared on the “Conversation Hour” with Jon Faine on Friday, along with Germaine Greer and Dominic Knight. Missed it? Well, Aunty ABC has the audio online for you to enjoy.
Also, sources indicate he will be on Triple J breakfast during the week (watch the Twitter feed for detail) and Gold FM in Melbourne, most likely on Monday.
Thanks to Lucy for the heads-up!
Amongst all the other goings-ons, Mr Micallef has a book due out later this year: Preincarnate. Unlike his previous book (Smithereens), this is a novel – which he insists will be his first and last.
There is an interview on Fancy Goods, where he talks about his desire to write a science-fiction type book and who his literary influences are.
Add it to your Christmas list!
Now things are cracking along! The next Talkin’ bout Your Generation (this Sunday at 7:30pm) has very funny comedian Bill Bailey representing the Baby Boomers. Actor Rodger Corser (Gen X) and singer Ella Hooper (Gen Y) round out the guest line-up.
Looking forward to it…
Well, we had the first episode of the new season of TBYG tonight and I enjoyed it. The guests (William McInnes, Jimeoin and Ricki-Lee) were a good choice for mine, and Jimeoin’s nonchalant attitude was worth a few laughs.
There were a few new games, but generally it was the same enjoyable format.
Games included: Accessory before the Fact (which item belonged to which TV/Movie character), TV Spin Offs and As Quick As (A fast round timed by a kettle; will we see other devices in future?!)
For the board choices, Gen Y picked Noises Off, BB had Watch Your Mouth and Gen X played Mash Up, which Shaun preferred to call Bands on the Pun.
The topic for all generations was Love (L’amour) and the end-game, worth 17 points, was a rat maze.
Gen X won the Benalla District Dance Association Runner Up trophy donated by Peter Gibson.
That’s my thoughts, what did you think? 🙂
Shaun was on radio this morning, spruiking Sunday night’s episode of Your Gen. I caught his quick appearance on Classic Rock 91.5, where he talked about the chair he used to sit in (was the Vega studio), confirmed the guest list and joked that he was expected to get similar ratings to Masterchef.
When discussing the end-game, it seems the Maze will be a one-week event, but be prepared for more elaborate ones to come.
Being Classic Rock, the presenter asked what his favourite classic rock artist – to which he dryly replied: Sade.
Yes, now that the cooking show has finished, we can look forward to Shaun on a Sunday night again.
From the ads, it looks like Jimeoin and Ricki-Lee are amongst the guests this week. [And William McInnes too – thanks Julie!]
So, 7:30, Channel 10, Sunday. Got it? 🙂
He certainly is very busy at the moment – Shaun has been listed as a guest star in a new ABC TV show, LAID. Written by Marieke Hardy, the black comedy is about a woman who discovers the men she has had relationships with are dying mysteriously, one by one.
Shooting has just started, and no air-date has been set, so we’ll have to see if Shaun is one of those men!
According to the ads and forums, Talkin’ ’bout Your Generation is returning on August 1st, in the same Sunday night slot – but you can expect a twist on some of the games! Watch the ad here.
In other news, if you fly with Qantas, you may also be aware they are showing cut down episodes of TAYG on their domestic flights. That should go someway to making up for all the trouble it takes to actually board the plane!