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Shaun’s media appearance round-up

August 12, 2011August 12, 2011 Stuart Leave a comment

On “The Circle”, 10/8:
Gropes all of the hosts before talking about TAYG, Laid, acting, the John Williams concert, Preincarnate

On “Drive with The Doctor” on Triple J, 10/8 (from the 30:50 point):
Talk about hair, Laid, Your Gen, Adam Hills, Josh Thomas, the topsy-turvey TAYG episode, the Census and the John Williams concert

On “The 7PM Project“, 10/8
Talks about his new fashion line and the difference of Your Gen being at 8:30pm

On “Saturday Morning Monty“, 6/8 (all 18 mins):
Judging each other (and an overdue library book), his three (unidentified) sons, banana bread, dunk-a-roos, Jack Fidgen, school claim-to-fame, newspaper headlines

Recap: Your Gen, August 10th 2011

August 10, 2011August 10, 2011 Stuart Leave a comment

TAYG is back! This week’s guests were Todd McKenney (BB), Dave Hughes (Gen X), Kate Miller-Heidke (Gen Y).

First up was Chicken or Egg, guessing which of two similar things came first. Stuart the Meerkat rudely interrupted before a new game “Establishing Shot”, where the teams had to determine the TV show from the opening shot. The timer for “As Quick As” was a sheep being shorn.

The four buttons were all those who lost the 2011 Gold Logie to Karl Stefanovic: Chrissie (Swan), Adam (Hills), Hamish (Blake) and Sean himself – purposely mispelt.

Gen X chose Adam, a new game called Media Barren. Headlines had to be created based on historic photos using magnetic words, as well as identifying the year.
Gen Y picked Hamish – “Guess the Guest”. Patti Newton inhaled the voice-lowering balloon gases, but Kate was still able to identify her.
BB decided on Chrissie, which was “It Could Be Worth” – deciding on what goods would have been worth at the time of their release, and keeping the purchases under-budget.

Stuart burst through the desk to announce the Your Gen topic: “Kings ‘n’ Queens”. The End Game asked the question Which Generation Is Best At… Raising a Barn. The teams were all dressed as Amish people and had to assemble a barn outside. Gen X just beat Gen Y, winning the Maribyrnong High School Quantity Surveying Award from 1974, donated by Cathryn Van Tatenhove.

Micallef with the SSO

August 9, 2011August 9, 2011 Stuart 3 Comments

This weekend, the Sydney Symphony is performing the music of US composer John Williams, and Shaun will be presenting it – although he promises to be ”sitting very quietly on a stool”.

John Williams is perhaps best known for composing the score for the Star Wars films, which earned him one of his five Oscars, as well as Jaws, the Harry Potter movies and Jurassic Park.

In an article with The Age/SMH, Shaun also admits he is an “acquired taste” (which makes it all the more better), always changing roles or scripts to suit himself; and reveals that the favourite of his TV show themes is “The Micallef Programme” (which makes a great ringtone).

Spoilers from TAYG Sci-Fi episode

August 6, 2011August 6, 2011 Stuart Leave a comment

Well, my hopes came true – Shaun did indeed dress as The Doctor (as in “Doctor Who”) in the upcoming Sci-Fi episode – specifically, the third doctor! Fan Jenn has kindly sent us in a photo.

We also know that Peter Burne will be one of the guests for the episode.

Add your comment if you know any other juicy details for the (half)-season ahead!

TAYG returning August 10th

August 1, 2011August 1, 2011 Stuart 2 Comments

The second part of the current series of Talkin’ ‘Bout Your Generation begins next week. However, the programming oracles at Ten have decided on a new timeslot – Wednesdays at 8:30pm (up against the ABCs biggest rating night), rather than the previous Tuesday or Sunday 7:30 slot.

It should be a very funny series, with the first guests being Todd McKenney (BB), Dave Hughes (Gen X) and Kate Miller-Heidke (Gen Y).

Come to your census!

July 26, 2011July 26, 2011 Stuart 1 Comment

The 9th of August is Australian Census day. So why the public service announcement? Well, the ABS has a census spotlight website, which allows you to find out more about you, and how you compare to other Australians – and it’s all narrated (humorously of course) by Shaun. Check it out.

Shrinks: Ask Micallef!

July 23, 2011July 23, 2011 Stuart 1 Comment

Anton Emdin has a comic strip series where readers submit their questions, similar to an ‘agony aunt’ column. The twist is that different celebrities answer these questions and the results are then wonderfully illustrated by Anton!

This week, Shaun answers a question from ‘Wiz’ about the nature of being one-upped!

Happy Birthday Mr Micallef

July 18, 2011July 18, 2011 Stuart 2 Comments

Shaun turns 49 today. Cake it up!

Work by the TAYG Writers

July 3, 2011July 4, 2011 Stuart 1 Comment

Along with Shaun, both Stephen Hall and Michael Ward have formed the core writing team for every episode so far of Talkin’ Bout Your Generation.

Stephen might well be remembered for his portrayal of Burt Newton in The King telemovie and Warren in The Hollomen. Both have appeared in roles in Shaun’s other shows.

Both Stephen and Michael are appearing in “Bond-A-Rama” – a re-enactment and celebration of every James Bond movie on stage. It’s on at Chapel off Chapel in Melbourne for a limited time during August.

Also, Michael has compiled the “Talkin’ ‘Bout Your Generation: Book of Everything Ever”. It contains over 1500 quiz questions, along with a number of dubious ‘facts’ and some re-creations of our favourite games from the show. It’s available from August.

You can read excerpts from the book on Tony Martin’s “Scriveners Fancy” website.

Love for TAYG

June 30, 2011June 30, 2011 Stuart 2 Comments

The Age’s Green Guide has today published a list of “50 things we love about TV” – and TAYG is on the list:

SOMETHING for everyone in this delightful blend of nostalgia, trivia and parlour games. There’s the different-yet-complementary comic stylings of three panellists – Amanda Keller, CharliePickering and Josh Thomas – the rotating stable of guests and the unique, almost avant-garde humour of host Shaun Micallef. Add to that a certain indefinable X factor and you have a show that just works.