Shaun interviews the vampire Lestat who unfortunately, because he’s a vampire, is unable to reflect on his career.
Guests: Stephen Curry, Felix Cameron
Threat: Meteor
Snack: Liquorice Allsorts
Destroyed: Stephen’s air hockey table
There’s confusion and a healthy dose of tedium when Jeopardy champion Larry Sprechen answers each of Shaun’s questions in the form of a question.
Guests: Rebecca Gibney, Kate Langbroek
Threat: Avalanche
Snack: Cheezels
Destroyed: Kate’s cameo ring
Shaun’s telepathic powers accidentally cause a guest’s head to explode mid-anecdote (like in the film Dirty Dancing) and Shaun is forced to apologise.
Guests: Felicity Ward, Adam Liaw
Threat: Hurricane
Snack: Cheese and Cabanossi
Destroyed: Felicity’s postcard from David Sedaris
Shaun daringly subverts the chat show format by interviewing a small bird through the language of mime while playing a hammered dulcimer (the bird, not Shaun).
Guests: Robyn Butler, Jimmy Rees
Threat: Burial ground sink hole
Snack: Sandwich buns
Destroyed: Robyn’s dad’s diary from 1975
Shaun interviews Richard Nixon in this exclusive and very special episode. Given Nixon has been dead since 1994, the conversation is a little one-sided.
Guests: Peter Helliar, Usman Khawaja
Threat: Vegemite Factory explosion
Snack: Frog in a pond (jelly)
Destroyed: Peter’s golf clubs
Shaun sits this episode out and Leigh Sales takes over. Unfortunately, some monkeys attack her half-way through.
Guests: Pia Miranda, Zachary Ruane
Threat: Alien attack
Snack: Scones
Destroyed: Zac’s collection of Empire magazines
Luis Bunuel is guest director for this extraordinarily confusing episode. The interview consists entirely of close-ups of eyes. It’s impossible to tell who the guests are.
Guests: Mary Coustas, Tim Rogers
Threat: Volcanic eruption
Snack: Painted easter eggs
Destroyed: Mary’s Effie Stephanidis’s wig
Shaun interviews Sir John Mills about From Here to Eternity (1953). Given Sir John is not in the film and hasn’t seen it, his knowledge is limited to what’s on Wikipedia.
Guests: Nazeem Hussain, Poh Ling Yeow
Threat: Mothra
Snack: Large Anzac cookies
“Destroyed” (Lost): Nazeem’s Ihram
Shaun used his time off after Mad As Hell to stir a few pots – we’re currently enjoying Eve of Destruction and the first of his one-book-a-month-for-three-months release is out next week – and now we have the announcement of his SBS series to start in late September!
It’s (almost) here – Shaun’s new show is called “Eve of Destruction”, and it premieres Wednesday 14 August at 8pm on ABC.
It’s been very quiet on the Shaun front since his book tour and Mad As Hell both finished up last year, apart from a couple of cameo appearances in the Roast of Paul Hogan and Aunty Donna’s Coffee Cafe.
TAYG will be back for 2019! After a come back last year on a new network, with new team captains (but thankfully the same host) Talkin’ ‘Bout Your Generation (MK2) will return to our screens for Series 2 later in the year. Filming is happening during February and March.
It’s been six years, but next Monday, Shaun returns as host to one of the most popular TV shows he’s ever been a part of: Talkin’ ‘Bout Your Generation. But this time, it’s on a new television station with three new team captains. 
For the first time since 2015, Mad As Hell is returning at the start of the ratings year – January 31st – for its EIGHTH season! This will be the first at the new studios in Southbank, Melbourne, where the ABC has consolidated all its television and radio production in Victoria. But the whole team has moved across, so expect arguably the best satirical show on Australian TV to continue where it left off.
On Thursday night, we’ll be treated to a sort-of-Micallef double-header, with the finale of Series 2 of The Ex-PM on ABC at 8:30pm, where Dugdale goes head-to-head in a debate with his political rival.