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).
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.
As already posted, next week we have two episodes of Talkin’ ’bout Your Generation lined up, due to the move from Sunday nights to Tuesday.
This Sunday is a ‘back-to-school’ special with broadcasters Steve Vizard representing the Baby Boomers, Kate Langbroek (Gen X) and Andy Lee (Gen Y) as guests.
On Tuesday, the guests will be actor Lincoln Lewis (Gen Y), comedian Bob Franklin (Gen X) and for the baby boomers, Denise Scott – Shaun’s old radio partner!
After moving to Sunday nights at the start of this year, it looks like TAYG is heading back to Tuesday nights, probably because of Junior Masterchef. (which won’t be on my watching schedule)
So, we can enjoy our dose of Mr Micallef mid-week again starting September 7th – plus when the change over occurs, we’ll get two episodes in three days!
Thanks to Andrew for the alert!
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…
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.
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!