Lube Skystalker travels to Gabadah to pick up discount fast food vouchers from Yadda.
Starring:
Lawrence Aitchison as Narrator, Lube Skystalker, Yadda
Matt Smith as Darth Vapour, Mouldy-Bun Baloney
Stanley Brain as Number Two, Davros
Stuart Moncrieff as Ham Slowmo
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Sick of the way in which he’s being treated, Number Two decides to go somewhere where he will be appreciated, and joins the rebels.
tarring:
Lawrence Aitchison as Narrator
Matt Smith as Darth Vapour, Pooey the Wookiee, See Creepio
Stanley Brain as Number Two, Princess Leer, Davros
Stuart Moncrieff as Ham Slowmo
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As Darth Vapour attacks the planet Hoth (don’t ask for ice in your drink, you’ll just look like a tourist) Ham Slowmo and his fellow rebels attempt their escape!
Starring:
Lawrence Aitchison as Narrator
Matt Smith as Darth Vapour, Pooey the Wookiee, Mouldy-Bun Baloney
Stanley Brain as Number Two, Princess Leer
Stuart Moncrieff as Ham Slowmo, Vegie Rebel
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With the Dud Star repossessed, Darth Vapour decides to track down the rebels and destroy them. Meanwhile, in the search for fast food coupons, Lube Skystalker heads to Gabadah in search of Yadda.
Starring:
Lawrence Aitchison as Narrator, Lube Skystalker
Matt Smith as Darth Vapour, Pooey the Wookiee, Mouldy-Bun Baloney
Stanley Brain as Number Two, Princess Leer
Stuart Moncrieff as Ham Slowmo
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Originally recorded on the April, 2009.
Peter Davison (for those who have been living under a rock) played the fifth incarnation of the Doctor in BBC’s ‘Doctor Who’ from 1981 to 1984.
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In which Guybrush Threepwood and Carl, the Swordmaster of Jambalaya Island, find out that they’re potentially not needed for this ten part radio series!
Nightlight note: Yes that’s right, your eyes do not deceive you. This is the start of a brand new radio show, and it’s been a long time coming!
Starring:
Justin Franklin as Guybrush Threepwood
Matt Smith as Carl, the Swordmaster of Jambalaya Island and LeChuck
Michael Nash as Governer Phatt
Brian Goodrich as Sir Creigh Blue
Brady Bloomfield as Pasty Teenager
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I think it’s safe to say that sport and I rarely see eye to eye. Growing up, my family often sat on the side of a hill covered in red and blue vestige cheering for the local football team, the Newcastle Knights. I seemed to be more interested in sodoku and Footrot Flat comic books. One year during the grand final, when the Knights would have their triumphant victory, I could be found in my bedroom watching Star Trek. The older I got, the more obvious it was to my ever vigilant parents that sports and I would never destined to be, and to this day I can still hear their hearts breaking.
Being an Australian, this puts me at a bit of a disadvantage. The general population breathes sport, so already we have no common ground. I’m risking being an outcast. When friends talk about football, I can only nod and smile blankly. I dare not say anything at the risk of confusing myself and others – with two different games of football in the same country, can you blame me? Any social interaction is fraught with danger, and journeying to the water cooler has become a practice of stealth lest I be talked to. I’m fast in danger of suffering dehydration.
To make it potentially clearer to those outside my country, Australia has two species of football, NRL and AFL. The former is what I was unwillingly exposed to the most during my childhood, and can best be described as a fight with a ball. The second, AFL, was a completely unknown beast to me. But in moving myself to Melbourne, I quickly realised that I should maybe try and embrace their state religion.
And so it was that I braved the crowds and went out to my first game of football. I’ll be the first to admit that I could have been better prepared. Armed with a free ticket and adequate protection against the cold, my football companions were my sports sheltered fiancé and two girls from Seattle. My one lifeline who knew the game had to bail out due to work commitments… I was alone.
My first minor victory came when I found out that I’d actually heard of one of the players – he was recently involved in a scandal that no one should care about, in which he cheated on his wife with a model, took a photo, etc. Insert tabloid drama here. From that point on, the word ‘Bingle’ (in honour of the model) was used casually as a verb to describe the play. For example, I could bingle the ball to you, as you bingle across the field. Much amusement (potentially only to myself) was evident during the course of the game.
My next moment of enlightenment came when one of the Seattle girls described the game as basketball with a lot more kicking involved. Suddenly the game made a lot more sense to me. Sure, there’s kicking and jumping to the point where I’m pretty sure the player’s mothers had been overly friendly with a kangaroo at some point during conception. But there’s also bouncing. There’s also penalties. There’s also… ok, I’ll admit it, I’m as lost with basketball (perhaps even moreso) as I am with football.
But I am, if nothing else, an Australian. If I wanted to be honest about seeing an AFL game, I needed to participate with an open mind. So I cheered at the right parts (for both teams, for good measure). I ate a meat pie and drank some beer (even if it wasn’t tastefully imported). I patiently waited for a Mexican wave (which never came – they’ve been banned, apparently, because someone once threw a pie).
While my parents might be disappointed that my brush with the sacred game hasn’t made me a complete convert, I can at least appreciate that other people might appreciate it. I mightn’t have understood the rules, but I can now say that I have been to ‘a game’, and proudly cross that item off my Bucket List. I might not have comprehended the scoring, but I can safely say that the Melbourne Demons thoroughly bingled the Brisbane Lions. And yes, it might be true that if a ball came my way, my instinct would be to duck and cover… but come the morning, I won’t be avoiding the water cooler any longer.
Originally recorded on the 7th April, 2010.
Tripod’s show ‘Tripod vs The Dragon’ is playing at The Forum Theatre at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, 25 March – 18 April, Tue-Sat 9.15pm, Sun 8.15pm.
Tripod versus the Dragon combines classic old-school character comedy and a bunch of great songs with liberal references to the great operas, the bible (all three testaments: old, new and Superstar) and the other bible: the D&D Player’s Handbook. It’s the “Ring Cycle” meets the Three Stooges meets stats.
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Originally recorded on the 28th March, 2010.
Everyone’s well aware that The Axis of Awesome is a rock comedy group, right? Well, they manage to do what it says on the package, and they excel at it besides. If you’re the kind of person who favours what they’re offering, then you’ll feel right at home.
Bandmembers Jordan, Lee and Benny have great chemistry, and while their musical abilites are reasonable (it’s clear why they’re a comedy band), their finely-honed sense of theatrical timing make up for it. While you’ll get a kick out of parodies of songs you know and love (or in the case of Kings of Leon, know and tolerate), it’s in their original work that they truly shine. I challenge you to leave the place without at least one of their songs stuck in your head for the remainder of the night.
It’s worth noting that when you first step into the theatre room, you’re presented with a pair of 3D glasses. Never let it be said that the band won’t go the extra mile for a joke, as the 3D song segment has to be seen (and ducked!) to be believed.
If you’ve seen the band’s ‘Four Chord’ song on YouTube and found it amusing, then you should definitely make the effort to see them this festival. The Axis of Awesome live up to their name: there’s some awe involved, and there isn’t a rhombus in sight. Plus there’s an extra hint of bovine flavour this year.
The Axis of Awesome are playing at ‘Roxanne’, Tue-Sat 7pm, Sun 6pm, 25 March – 17 April.
Here. Four Chords. Watch and wonder.
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Originally recorded on the 27th March, 2010.
Andrew McClelland’s show, ‘A Somewhat Accurate History of the Fall of the Roman Empire’, is playing at the Melbourne Town Hall at the Melbourne Comedy Festival, 25 March – 18 April, Tue-Sat 9.45pm, Sun 8.45pm.
Join Andrew (2009 Sydney Comedy Festival Jury Prize Winner) as he examines how the world’s greatest empire managed to throw itself to the lions. Was it the decadent orgies, the rise of Christianity or purely a case of wide scale lead poisoning? Featuring blood thirsty/humorously ironic assassinations, the fascinatingly perverse personal habits of Emperors, people named Sextus, intriguing parallels with the present day and magic potion-toting Gauls.
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