I received a bunch of bananas at the office this week from an anonymous admirer. The dozen bananas came in a box that was labelled with a copy of last week’s footy tipping panel selections. The Kalangadoo victory was highlighted in the selections by myself and Marvin the Monkey. The chimp and I were the [...]
The Chaser team loses the plot
ABC “comedy” show The Chaser’s War on Everything has taken another step too far in using sick children to gain attention. I say “attention” instead of “laughs” because I fail to see how anyone could find the offensive sketch amusing. In it, a child dying of cancer who wants to visit Disneyland is given a [...]
Celebrity comedian
After dining at a Nepalese restaurant in Lygon Street tonight we attended a couple of shows at the Melbourne Comedy Festival in Trades Hall. The first was with British celebrity comedian Deborah Frances-White (pictured). She’ll like me calling her a celebrity, because her show was about how to become one.
Cutting edge humor
There was an advertisement in The Border Watch recently for a doctor who performs circumcisions. Surprised by this, a reporter spoke to him and it turns out he gets lots of enquiries from country people since the South Australian Government banned circumcisions in public hospitals. I wasn’t aware of the ban, having lived in Western [...]
Peter Costello’s memoirs
The cartoon by Peter Broelman in today’s Border Watch says it all: Peter Costello lacked the balls to challenge for the leadership.
