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!
Shaun Micallef’s Origin Odyssey is a similar take to Who Do You Think You Are, which Shaun featured in an episode in 2012, but this show sees Shaun travelling with young comedians and discovering their family roots with them. Featured in this season are Aaron Chen, Arj Barker, Lizzy Hoo, Dilruk Jayasinha, Michael “Wippa” Wipfli and Nina Oyama, with travel to countries such as India, China, Japan and Ireland.
The series starts September 24th on SBS and also streaming on SBS On Demand.
Dear Sean,
RE the Swiss episode, We’re the Hakowie! That wasn’t the first oldies joke that went over the heads of your young travel companions. We golden girls (and boys) at home are with you!
Love your work,
Cheers,
HD
Hello Shaun . Just wanted to say I have enjoyed your shows over the years, and your style of comedy, always a good laugh.
Tonight for the first time we watched your show Origin Odyssey. The episode we watched was on Ireland with Lizzy Hoo. I am of irish heritage, grandparents from both sides immigrated from Ireland, and enjoyed the show very much. Only problem for myself and my wife, was the music that was playing in the background, and most of the time while you and researchers were talking, giving information out about the history. We both had trouble catching what was being said, missed a lot of the content unfortunately. The show itself was very entertaining and informative, but the loud background music, took away the charm if the show slightly. Saying all that, must say we enjoyed the show.
Best Regards.
Peter and Meredith Quinn
I’m really enjoying the Origin Odyssey series on SBS. It makes me laugh out loud but also has moments of deep reflection. Loving it.
What an enjoyable brilliant show loved it. I think you may have surprised yourself. What a lovely man you are it is nice to see someone being nice to someone else. There needs to be more of this sort of positivity. Thank you mate
I watched the interview with Dilruk Jayasinha, where he said that no matter how long he had been here, there would be an asterisk to his “Aussieness”. He could never be sure he belonged. I resonate with that a lot but have made peace with it.
I came to Australia as a Year 12 student, knowing nobody but a distant relative I only met after I arrived. I hated it and experienced a lot of racism in that first year. Some kind people at school stood out as refreshing exceptions. Thank you, Leandra Cheesman and Sue Kavanagh.
(I have now lived in Australia longer than in my country of birth and can’t think of myself as anything but Aussie. Like Dilruk, who sounds a lot more Aussie than I do, I can’t say I feel 100% Aussie because I am conscious that people see me as a foreigner. But I love that I can integrate the best of both cultures and enjoy a wider range of perspectives and interests than if I had lived my whole life in one country. Badminton AND footy, chicken feet AND burger with the lot, yay!)