Blah Blah Blah (TV series)
Blah Blah Blah was a 1988 comedy television show starring Andrew Denton, broadcast on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The show is most notable for the fact that it began the television careers of many Australian performers including Anthony Ackroyd,[1] Flacco and Roy & HG.[2] With its late night time slot, it was able to get away with a lot more adult humour and content than many other shows of the era.[3][4]
Regular segments included In Bed Tonight with James Scanlon, and a performance by a rock band.[5]
A running joke at the beginning of the series was that Denton was the "work experience kid"[6] filling in while they were waiting for the real star of the show to arrive, à la Waiting for Godot. In contrast to the Godot play, he finally does arrive, five minutes from the end of the final episode.
The show also featured some controversial live performances: Ignatius Jones, former lead singer of Jimmy and the Boys, performed live in a suit made entirely from cuts of meat; and in November 1988 Lubricated Goat performed live, stark naked.[7][8]
References
[edit]- ^ "The making of a new comic". The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 – 1995). 8 December 1988. p. 32. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
- ^ "This 'sophisticated' life". The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 – 1995). 27 September 1993. p. 32. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
- ^ Warden, Ian (12 December 1988). "Liberal ditty loses vote". The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 – 1995). p. 24. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
- ^ "Naughty bits, late at night?". The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 – 1995). 29 February 1988. p. 17. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
- ^ Wallace, Lisa (1 February 1988). "Don and Bert are nowhere to be seen". The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 – 1995). p. 22. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
- ^ Warden, Ian (25 April 1988). "A cynic looks in on a wedding". The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 – 1995). p. 28. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
- ^ Warden, Ian (5 December 1988). "I Saw: Corruption as entertainment". The Canberra Times. Vol. 63, no. 19, 418. p. 32. Retrieved 6 October 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Lynch, Amanda (15 December 1988). "MUSIC". The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 – 1995). p. 34. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
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