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. 🙂
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).
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
It was all relative(s) tonight on TAYG, with the captains of each team joined by their family members. Amanda was joined by her husband Harley Oliver, Charlie by his sister Suzie Pickering, and Josh and his 83 year old grandmother Mona Hale.
First up was Franken-face, and the Bond girls got a run as one of the faces. The next game was Chicken or Egg, guessing which came first out of two similar things.
The four buttons were Love, Respect, Communication and ‘Trust Me’.
The Your Gen topic was “Things”. When Amanda and Harley were asked ‘what thing will your children be eating tonight?’, footage was shown of Liam and Jack rummaging through the fridge.
For the endgame, the envelope was delivered by Shaun’s ‘son’ Rodger – ‘Which generation can fill a car with ping pong ball’, filling the sponsorship obligations. It descended into a bun fight as the teams tried to sabotage each other. With no clear winner, Shaun awarded the 1972 AMP Review Trophy donated by Deb Johnson to Mona alone, for allowing herself to be covered in sour cream.
This week’s episode of TAYG is another family one, with Amanda Keller joined by her husband Harley Oliver (Baby Boomers), Charlie Pickering and his sister Suzie Pickering (Gen X), and Josh Thomas and his 83 year old grandmother Mona Hale (Gen Y). Completing the family love-in is Charlie’s parents (Pamela and Ron Pickering) and Amanda’s kids (Liam and Jack) who make a surprise appearance on the show.
In the teaser for the show, Gen Y is playing Human Nacho after choosing ‘Trust Me’ – and Mona volunteers herself to be the corn chip!
[Thanks to Andrew for the heads up!]
Shaun’s short story “The Moment” is now available to read as part of “Humanity: A Short Story Collection” which you can purchase and read on your Kindle or Kindle reader for PC. (It’s also available on Android, so I’m going to use my phone to read it). It’s more of a serious offering from Shaun, following the path of his work like the Blackjack series.
What’s more is that “The Moment” is being adapted into a short film! You can try the interactive feature or watch the preview on the official website. My opinion – it looks eerie…
Who knew that Australia created the splade? Us, now. Guests this week were actor Penny Cook for the Baby Boomers, model Kris Smith for Gen X and Singer/Songwriter Mike Posner for Gen Y. Stuart the Meerkat helped out with the promotion of Mike’s CD, and continued to pop up from time-to-time.
First up was Name That Tee, followed by Celebrity Handbags. The kettle was put in the back seat in As Quick As – Hello Kitty announced that it would be dynamite on a fuse which would be the timer, before arguing on the existance of a flying power turtle. Shaun
The four buttons were all cases: a case of beer, the case of missing union leader Jimmy Hoffer, a case marked ‘7’ and Trust Me.
The Your Gen topic was ‘Kids’. To get the end-game envelope, Shaun had to pick-axe through a block of ice. The challenge was to pair and ball up socks. Did you know that all computer socks crashed when the W2K bug hit? Gen Y won the 2008 Grade 2 Mixed Comp Tennis Trophy donated by Di Dennis. Shaun then clothes-lined himself.