This year the Melbourne International Comedy Festival celebrates its 25th anniversary. Unfortunately, Shaun doesn’t have a show this year (though we yearn for a Good Evening encore), so here instead is a clip from Shaun performing magic at the 2009 Gala (which he hosted):
Author: Stuart
Shawn set to retire (sp?)
In a move which has shocked mechanics in the Melbourne area, Shaun has announced that after this season of Talkin’ ‘Bout Your Generation, he plans to re-tyre his car due to their poor inflation performance.
Sorry if the bad spelling in the title confused…. (happy april fools!)
Recap: Your Gen, March 29th 2011
Guests this week were comedian Jeff Stilson (for the Baby Boomers), former basketballer Andrew Gaze (for Generation X) and singer Brooke McClymont (for Generation Y).
To begin, Shaun enjoyed mocking Josh’s hair style, getting Andrew to shoot a hoop and having Stuart the Meerkat present the McClymont album. First game was “Accessory Before the Fact”. Four Shaun’s sang the “What’s a Doodle Do?” song, but the segment turned into a series of “joking” advertorial.
In the four buttons round, the choices were people who haven’t been thought of recently: Les Gock (guitarist from Hush), Chiang Kai-Shek and Pauletta Washington (Denzel’s wife) – plus “Trust Me”.
- Gen Y picked Les Gock which was Draw that Book.
- Gen X chose Chiang – “What Am I Smelling”. During the explanation, Shaun snuck in a Proust reference with a hint of Python.
- BB decided on Pauletta, playing “You Say Various Things”, but that game was too stupid – so it was swapped for “Who Am I Doing?”
The Your Gen topic was “Australian Popular Music”, an acknowledged well travelled subject on Australian quiz shows.
A cloud of gas delivered the end game envelope – the challenge being “Which Generation is Best at a Black Ops mission?” Teams had to crawl through a series of “lasers” (ie. string), climb a tower, make their way to a secret ball and get the combination to a safe. Phew!
Gen X won, getting the 8th Division Runner-Up Badminton trophy from 1984, donated by Diego Fratenelli from Clovelly Park SA – who looked suspiciously like a young Shaun!
Recap: Your Gen, March 22nd 2011
This week, the guests were Noni Hazlehurst (Baby Boomers), comedian Rebecca DeUnamuno (Gen X) and dancer Matt Lee (Gen Y).
The first game was Panda-Monium. As a red-herring, one of the people replaced by the Panda wasn’t famous. A new game, Cinematic Smart Alec, involved guessing the film from a single frame of the title sequence. Charlie was handicapped by being the only one who had to answer in French. It was followed by As Quick As, which involved answering questions before an escapologist (“Cosentino”) removed his straight jacket.
The 4 buttons were all movies “promoting Scientology”: Wog Boy II, Battlefield Earth, Knowing and of course, Trust Me.
- Gen Y picked Wog Boy, playing Lost Luggage where celebrities had to be identified from their luggage.
- Battlefield Earth was the choice of Gen X, which was It Could Be Worth. (A game I like)
- The BB went for Knowing, where the game was Plagiarism Theatre. Our good friends, Francis and Kat (joined by Michael Ward) were part of the Your Gen players, enacting a scene with 10 quotes from horror films. Afterwards, Kat Stewart got to meet Stuart the Meerkat.
The Your Gen topic was Fish. For end game, the envelope was delivered by the Dalai Lama wrapped in tinfoil. The challenge was “Which Generation is Best at Working at a Fish and Chip shop?” Shaun put his order in and each of the teams had to prepare it. A few of the burgers were still beating, and Shaun managed to drop the contents of Gen Y’s burger on the floor, then step on it. It was Gen X who took the 1996 National Capital 80k Endurance Ride, donated by Nikki Ward and Trippy Dippy – and shaped like the back end of a horse!
Francis and Denise are Winners
Two of Shaun’s previous cohorts, Francis Greenslade and Denise Scott, are part of the cast of the new TV drama, Winners and Losers, which starts tonight. They play a married couple to one of the main leads, and are expected to provide the light relief.
The show is part of Channel 7’s desire to build on the success of Packed to the Rafters. If a good clip of them together appears online, I’ll post it, but despite how funny I’m sure they will be, I won’t be watching the show personally. 🙂
Guests for Talkin’ ‘Bout Your Generation, March 22nd 2011
We’re up to episode 7 already, and the guests for this week are Noni Hazlehurst (Baby Boomers), comedian Rebecca DeUnamuno (Gen X) and dancer Matt Lee (Gen Y).
Recap: Your Gen, March 15th 2011
Joining the teams tonight were actor and singer John Waters (BB), comedian Arj Barker (Gen X) and presenter/model Laura Dundovic (Gen Y). Early on, Shaun engaged in duelling Beatles accents with John.
The first game was Fad-tastic, where Shaun became overwhelmed with the point allocation. He promised “some fun” in the second game, Waki-Leaks, where teams had to complete the end of a fact. Neither team got any points (except for Gen Y being sycophantic), but Shaun did a great face “dance” to the typewriter music. After Shaun sang the theme for “You Say Various Things”, there was no time to play it, so they played “As Quick As” instead.
The four button options were Ant, Tree, Moses and Trust Me.
- Gen Y played “Name That Tune” after choosing “Ant”. Shaun pulled out his copy of “The Best of Jim Nabors”, but all the tunes were from TV shows.
- Gen X went for the “Tree” which was “What Just Happened?” Shaun and Kat played Edward and Bella from Twilight in a scene, from whence some of the questions came from.
- BB picked “Moses”, playing “Use By Date” – 6 people from 6 decades were holding 6 objects from the wrong era, which had to be re-sorted.
The Your Gen topic was Shapes. Charlie looked visibly annoyed about how easy some of the Gen Y questions were. So Shaun asked (Stuart) the Meerkat if Charlie was right or wrong about the questions being biased – the answer was wrong.
After a heart-felt Gold Logie plea (despite voting having closed) – the end game envelope was delivered by Cat Weasel in a Mr Whippee van. The question was “Which Generation is Best at Assembling a Skeleton?” Gen X won (by a femur) the 1993 Cutest Baby Trophy donated by Heidi Poole.
Ngghivoninni
Erin, a regular visitor, has completed work on a fansite for none-other than Shaun! Complete with a whole lot of illustrations and general craziness, there’s plenty to keep you occupied for a bit – so check it out!
Quick mention too for The Micallef Tumbl(e)r, where you can get a good dose of tidbits from the spectrum of Shaun’s work.
What do you want to see?
Time for a quick self indulgent post. So this site has been online for 10 months, and hopefully been you keeping up-to-date with all the Shaun news. And slowly I’ve been adding information on all of Shaun’s previous work – I’ve just finished The Micallef P(r)ogram(me) page, which just leaves Welcher & Welcher in Shaun’s main canon of work.
What other stuff would you like to see on this site? Episode guides, galleries, links to videos? Or just the latest news as it comes to hand? Throw your comments into the ring!
Return of the G-Bomb on Laid
I thought Shaun’s follow up appearance on the fourth episode of Laid was fantastic. The relaxed attitude in the face of Rue’s anxiety over the mysterious deaths of her boyfriends and the recommendation to visit the Shaman (Shar-man or Shay-man?) called Zalan (or does he prefer Alan?) It was certainly another fine acting performance from Mr Micallef.
If you missed it last Wednesday, check it out on ABC iView.