One of the most successful and funny comedy shows ever produced in Australia, The Late Show marked the re-grouping of the D-Generation, a comedy group from the late ’80s.
The ABC show began to a lukewarm response and quickly became a cult phenomenon with popular segments such as ‘Shitscared’, Shirty the Slightly Aggressive Bear, Graham and the Colonel, and revoiced episodes of the old 70s cop show Bluey, re-presented as Bargearse (pictured).
The D-Generation team were a comedy team in the traditional mould.
Like Monty Python or The Goodies, the seeds for the D-Generation were sown in university revues – the majority of the members attended Melbourne University, a bunch of (mostly) law students who were prepared for anything but a life of performing and writing comedy.
The original team was sufficiently successful in theatre to be offered their own ABC-TV show in the mid-80s and a successful run saw them lured to the Seven Network, where some members stayed to form the nucleus of Fast Forward.
The remaining originals – Santo Cilauro, Tom Gleisner and Rob Sitch – adapted the D-Generation approach to radio, creating a daily show for 3MMM in Melbourne, and during this period the only peep the rest of Australia heard from D-Gen were a couple of radio parody records.
Santo Cilauro
Tom Gleisner
Jane Kennedy
Tony Martin
Mick Molloy
Rob Sitch
Jason Stephens
Judith Lucy
Video
You May Also Like
Bryan Davies Show, The 1 9 6 2 - 1 9 6 3 (Australia) This Australian hour-long music show – the…
Thursday Creek Mob, The 1 9 7 1 (Australia) 15 x 30 minute episodes This comedy series from the Australian Broadcasting…
Beatbox 1 9 8 5 - 1 9 8 7 (Australia) Though ostensibly a music TV programme, this…
Three Rousing Tinkles 1 9 6 6 (UK) 3 x 30 minute episodes Premiering on 7 May 1966, this short…
Lone Ranger, The 1 9 4 9 - 1 9 5 7 (USA) 222 x 30 minute episodes Beginning as…
For The Term of His Natural Life 1 9 8 2 (Australia) 3 x 120 minute episodes This $5 million, six-hour Australian miniseries was…
Dead Man’s Gun 1 9 9 7 - 1 9 9 9 (USA/Canada) 44 x 60 minute episodes "In the…
The ABC show began to a lukewarm response and quickly became a cult phenomenon with popular segments such as ‘Shitscared’, Shirty the Slightly Aggressive Bear, Graham and the Colonel, and revoiced episodes of the old 70s cop show Bluey, re-presented as Bargearse (pictured).
