Recap: Your Gen, March 29th 2011

Guests this week were comedian Jeff Stilson (for the Baby Boomers), former basketballer Andrew Gaze (for Generation X) and singer Brooke McClymont (for Generation Y).

To begin, Shaun enjoyed mocking Josh’s hair style, getting Andrew to shoot a hoop and having Stuart the Meerkat present the McClymont album. First game was “Accessory Before the Fact”. Four Shaun’s sang the “What’s a Doodle Do?” song, but the segment turned into a series of “joking” advertorial.

In the four buttons round, the choices were people who haven’t been thought of recently: Les Gock (guitarist from Hush), Chiang Kai-Shek and Pauletta Washington (Denzel’s wife) – plus “Trust Me”.

  • Gen Y picked Les Gock which was Draw that Book.
  • Gen X chose Chiang – “What Am I Smelling”. During the explanation, Shaun snuck in a Proust reference with a hint of Python.
  • BB decided on Pauletta, playing “You Say Various Things”, but that game was too stupid – so it was swapped for “Who Am I Doing?”

The Your Gen topic was “Australian Popular Music”, an acknowledged well travelled subject on Australian quiz shows.

A cloud of gas delivered the end game envelope – the challenge being “Which Generation is Best at a Black Ops mission?” Teams had to crawl through a series of “lasers” (ie. string), climb a tower, make their way to a secret ball and get the combination to a safe. Phew!

Gen X won, getting the 8th Division Runner-Up Badminton trophy from 1984, donated by Diego Fratenelli from Clovelly Park SA – who looked suspiciously like a young Shaun!

Recap: Your Gen, March 22nd 2011

This week, the guests were Noni Hazlehurst (Baby Boomers), comedian Rebecca DeUnamuno (Gen X) and dancer Matt Lee (Gen Y).

The first game was Panda-Monium. As a red-herring, one of the people replaced by the Panda wasn’t famous. A new game, Cinematic Smart Alec, involved guessing the film from a single frame of the title sequence. Charlie was handicapped by being the only one who had to answer in French. It was followed by As Quick As, which involved answering questions before an escapologist (“Cosentino”) removed his straight jacket.

The 4 buttons were all movies “promoting Scientology”: Wog Boy II, Battlefield Earth, Knowing and of course, Trust Me.

  • Gen Y picked Wog Boy, playing Lost Luggage where celebrities had to be identified from their luggage.
  • Battlefield Earth was the choice of Gen X, which was It Could Be Worth. (A game I like)
  • The BB went for Knowing, where the game was Plagiarism Theatre. Our good friends, Francis and Kat (joined by Michael Ward) were part of the Your Gen players, enacting a scene with 10 quotes from horror films. Afterwards, Kat Stewart got to meet Stuart the Meerkat.

The Your Gen topic was Fish. For end game, the envelope was delivered by the Dalai Lama wrapped in tinfoil. The challenge was “Which Generation is Best at Working at a Fish and Chip shop?” Shaun put his order in and each of the teams had to prepare it. A few of the burgers were still beating, and Shaun managed to drop the contents of Gen Y’s burger on the floor, then step on it. It was Gen X who took the 1996 National Capital 80k Endurance Ride, donated by Nikki Ward and Trippy Dippy – and shaped like the back end of a horse!

Francis and Denise are Winners

Two of Shaun’s previous cohorts, Francis Greenslade and Denise Scott, are part of the cast of the new TV drama, Winners and Losers, which starts tonight. They play a married couple to one of the main leads, and are expected to provide the light relief.

The show is part of Channel 7’s desire to build on the success of Packed to the Rafters. If a good clip of them together appears online, I’ll post it, but despite how funny I’m sure they will be, I won’t be watching the show personally. 🙂

Recap: Your Gen, March 15th 2011

Joining the teams tonight were actor and singer John Waters (BB), comedian Arj Barker (Gen X) and presenter/model Laura Dundovic (Gen Y). Early on, Shaun engaged in duelling Beatles accents with John.

The first game was Fad-tastic, where Shaun became overwhelmed with the point allocation. He promised “some fun” in the second game, Waki-Leaks, where teams had to complete the end of a fact. Neither team got any points (except for Gen Y being sycophantic), but Shaun did a great face “dance” to the typewriter music. After Shaun sang the theme for “You Say Various Things”, there was no time to play it, so they played “As Quick As” instead.

The four button options were Ant, Tree, Moses and Trust Me.

  • Gen Y played “Name That Tune” after choosing “Ant”. Shaun pulled out his copy of  “The Best of Jim Nabors”, but all the tunes were from TV shows.
  • Gen X went for the “Tree” which was “What Just Happened?” Shaun and Kat played Edward and Bella from Twilight in a scene, from whence some of the questions came from.
  • BB picked “Moses”, playing “Use By Date” – 6 people from 6 decades were holding 6 objects from the wrong era, which had to be re-sorted.

The Your Gen topic was Shapes. Charlie looked visibly annoyed about how easy some of the Gen Y questions were. So Shaun asked (Stuart) the Meerkat if Charlie was right or wrong about the questions being biased – the answer was wrong.

After a heart-felt Gold Logie plea (despite voting having closed) – the end game envelope was delivered by Cat Weasel in a Mr Whippee van. The question was “Which Generation is Best at Assembling a Skeleton?” Gen X won (by a femur) the 1993 Cutest Baby Trophy donated by Heidi Poole.

What do you want to see?

Time for a quick self indulgent post. So this site has been online for 10 months, and hopefully been you keeping up-to-date with all the Shaun news. And slowly I’ve been adding information on all of Shaun’s previous work – I’ve just finished The Micallef P(r)ogram(me) page, which just leaves Welcher & Welcher in Shaun’s main canon of work.

What other stuff would you like to see on this site? Episode guides, galleries, links to videos? Or just the latest news as it comes to hand? Throw your comments into the ring!

Return of the G-Bomb on Laid

I thought Shaun’s follow up appearance on the fourth episode of Laid was fantastic. The relaxed attitude in the face of Rue’s anxiety over the mysterious deaths of her boyfriends and the recommendation to visit the Shaman (Shar-man or Shay-man?) called Zalan (or does he prefer Alan?) It was certainly another fine acting performance from Mr Micallef.

If you missed it last Wednesday, check it out on ABC iView.

Recap: Your Gen, March 8th 2011

It was all relative(s) tonight on TAYG, with the captains of each team joined by their family members. Amanda was joined by her husband Harley Oliver, Charlie by his sister Suzie Pickering, and Josh and his 83 year old grandmother Mona Hale.

First up was Franken-face, and the Bond girls got a run as one of the faces. The next game was Chicken or Egg, guessing which came first out of two similar things.

The four buttons were Love, Respect, Communication and ‘Trust Me’.

  • Baby Boomers chose Love, which was ‘The Secret Life of Walter’s Ditties.” Dr Hannibal Chew from Blade Runner assisted (sort of) as Shaun read out some lyrics from the verses of songs.
  • Gen X chose Respect. Shaun announced the game as ‘7 Degrees of Separation’ then took a bite of a Banana. During the game Charlie and Suzie had to request the assistance of Pamela and Ron, their parents, but still only got 2 correct!
  • Then came the moment we all waited for – Gen Y choosing Trust Me. It was of course ‘Human Nacho’, and Mona volunteered herself to be the one to sit in the chair. On getting the first question right, Mona was offered a corn chip. But the second question was wrong, and Shaun started to turn the lever. It didn’t move, so Shaun suggested she would be spared – but then at the last moment it fell, and she was covered in sour cream. For the last question, Shaun let Josh ask the audience – saving Mona from any more nacho topping. She took it all very well.

The Your Gen topic was “Things”. When Amanda and Harley were asked ‘what thing will your children be eating tonight?’, footage was shown of Liam and Jack rummaging through the fridge.

For the endgame, the envelope was delivered by Shaun’s ‘son’ Rodger – ‘Which generation can fill a car with ping pong ball’, filling the sponsorship obligations. It descended into a bun fight as the teams tried to sabotage each other. With no clear winner, Shaun awarded the 1972 AMP Review Trophy donated by Deb Johnson to Mona alone, for allowing herself to be covered in sour cream.

Teaser for TAYG 8th March

This week’s episode of TAYG is another family one, with Amanda Keller joined by her husband Harley Oliver (Baby Boomers), Charlie Pickering and his sister Suzie Pickering (Gen X), and Josh Thomas and his 83 year old grandmother Mona Hale (Gen Y). Completing the family love-in is Charlie’s parents (Pamela and Ron Pickering) and Amanda’s kids (Liam and Jack) who make a surprise appearance on the show.

In the teaser for the show, Gen Y is playing Human Nacho after choosing ‘Trust Me’ – and Mona volunteers herself to be the corn chip!

[Thanks to Andrew for the heads up!]