The Late Show Episode Guide v0.002 (long)
Paul Cowan
expected... well done guys!
Here's a version with all of the updates I've got so far slotted in. Note
that the episode which was listed as 'undated' in the previous version has
tentatively been pegged to the 26th June, as Graham & The Colonel made a
reference to Craig McDermott coming home from the Ashes with a twisted
bowel, which was in the news (according to the CricInfo archives,
http://www.cricket.org/) on the 24th. This dating is dodgy at best, but if
anyone can do any better they're welcome to try.
I have also gone and done a complete run-through of the 'Sydney' episode
and the previously-undated episode -- I will flesh out the brief summaries
of the other episodes I have on tape through the week.
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The Late Show Episode Guide, version 0.002
contributions to mi...@cyberdude.com
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[* means the catalogue for that ep. is (hopefully) complete]
[? means that the ep. number/date is in doubt]
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Season 1 - 1992
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20* 12/12 - Beadle's a prick
- Mick sprains his ankle
- Phil Brady
- Jeff Kennett interview
- John Singleton interview
- Beer Man ad
- Doctor Who
- Wuthering Heights (with Daleks)
- Singin' in the Rain (Daleks again)
- Letters about Shirty the Slightly Aggressive Bear
- Shirty's real identity: Russell Crowe
- the guys from Rush
- Frente: Accidentally Got Released
- Countdown: highlights from previous episodes
- Shitscared: Two buses
- John Singleton again: Christian TV ad
- Commercial Crimestoppers: The Copper Krazee Awards
- Paul Lyneham + Peter Harvey + Jim Waley(?)
- Toilet Break: football song
- Santo the Magnificent
- Piss Weak Air World
- Graham and the Colonel with Phil Brady and
the Goggomobile man
- E Street ad script competition
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Season 2 - 1993
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Ep# Date Highlights
--- ------ ----------
01* 05/06 - [pre-titles stuff sadly taped over]
- Intro:
- We're Back
- Mick's Ex-Girlfriend: Mary McKillop
- Introducing Judith
- Newsdesk:
- Gareth Evans: Banning Northwest Airlines
- Contaminated Pies
- Latest Cricket Scores
- Australia: F***ing Fantastic
("I don't want to see any f***ing penguins!")
- Paradise Beach ("Hey! Warner Brothers Movie World!")
- Joop Perfume
- A Really Really Indecent Proposal: Ernie Sigley
- Charlie The Wonderdog: "Run Charlie, Run!"
- Tony, Mick and Jason do New York
- Judith does Thrifty Times
- McJustice Bollen Day
- A Ludicrous Proposal: Molly Meldrum
- Cliff Thompson's Siege
- Pot Luck Classic: David Thai - "Take The Pressure Down"
- Graham & The Colonel:
- The Ashes & Stumpcam
- G&TC @ SBS: "In Bed With Maradona"
- Late Show Press Launch
- Musical Guest: Syd Heylen (Van Haylen), "Jump"
and "Panama"
[Side note... this ep carried the Copyright year of 1992]
02* 12/06 - Tedious September
("Quick! Someone get some stationary!")
- [Titles]
- Intro:
- Late Show Merchandise
- Australia's Traditional Wheat Market
- One Day Hunger Strike
("Bugger me, it's Mactime!")
- Newsdesk:
- Japanese Royal Wedding
- Jeff Fenech ("I Love Youse!")
- Mike Gatting Goes F*ck Competition
- Shannen Doherty
- Mick Molloy - Telephone Prankster
- Judith & Jason host the Japanese Royal Couple
- Slag Shop
- Jason's: "When I think about TV,
there's certain things I'd love to see"
- The Psychopaths ("I don't want dinner! I want Lunch!")
- Optus Prank Caller's Discount
- Charlie The Wonderdog: "Charlie Digs In"
- Commercial Crimestoppers: Ken Bruce's Dogs
- Judith reviews The National Enquirer
- Pot Luck Classic: The Spangles
- Late Mail:
- Bert Newton's Head
- Wobbling Head Toys
- Jeff Fenech Doll
- Red Eyes in Photos
- Andrew Denton Lighting Effects
- Optus Obscene Caller's Discount
- Graham & The Colonel:
- Tennis Stadiums
- Musical Guest: Pete Smith (Aerosmith), "Dude Looks
Like A Lady"
03* 19/06 - Gilligan's Island
- [Titles]
- Intro:
- Syringes in Pepsi Cans
- Triplets born 45 days apart
- Newsdesk:
- Dick Smith (with bonus Helium)
- Murray Walker (ditto)
- Third Umpire
- Imstupid User Friendly Video
- UN Meeting
- Imstupid User Friendly Car
- Mick & Jason win a beauty pageant
- Mick & Jason on Paradise Beach
- Judith attempts "Audience Participation"
- Mick & Tony Interviews: Man wins a Beauty Contest
- Imstupid Underpants
- Charlie The Wonderdog: Dead Man's Weir
- Jeff & Terry Bailey: Pet World
- Jeff & Terry Bailey: Prototype Cars
- 0055 Reality
- Pot Luck Classic: Krista Krul, "Why don't you babe?"
- Graham & The Colonel:
- Lords: The Home of Cricket
- Beauty Pageant
- Mabo: The Forbidden Dance
- Late Mail:
- Life's Little Instruction Book
- Jason goes for a test drive
- Musical Guest: Michael Whitney (Whitney Houston), "I
Will Always Love You")
4?* 26/06? - Tony in the control room of The Late Show
[Titles]
- Intro:
- Big billboard in space
- The growing field of billboard vandalism
- Wimbledon: Mixed Doubles Action
- The Bart Simpson Underpants: Ernie & Denise
- Newsdesk:
- Paul Keating in Asia
- Impersonating Ray Charles
- Wimbledon Update ("Crazed German?")
- Rob Sitch: Champagne Sketch Comedy
- The English Cricket Team Doing Badly Locker Room
Sketch
- The Wacky Animal Story
- Mick Molloy: Prince Rajah Bahrin-Shah (sp?)
- Drawing a long bow with that iron crap
- Gareth Evans vs. The Malaysian Foreign Minister
- Song: "Just Run Out Of Melbourne Cliches" (Things of
Stone & Wood, "Happy Birthday Helen")
- Don't you wish men lacked iron as well?
- Judith Lucy: Sexual Harassment (with Mick Molloy)
- Oriental Shitscared
- The Curly-Wurly
- Commercial Crimestoppers: The Foot Roller / Hair Today
- Pot Luck Classic: Piffy
- Tommy G's Late News Update (with men in white coats)
- Late Mail:
- Tony calls the RACV
- Coco Pops Variety Pack
- Bar Stool Pants
- Dogs: Lack of Intelligence
- Graham & The Colonel:
- Bells
- Cricket: Gladstone Small / Twisted Bowel
- Violent Video Games
- Nadia Cominici: Playing The Joker
- Galleria Ufizzi
- Musical Guest: Ron Barassi (Shirley Bassey),
"Thunderball"
13? 11/09 - Santo's 100th Joke
- Shite Laundry Powder
- 'Snowy'
- The Manila Chiller Diller Deluxe
- Girls Next Door
- Santo's Pan Pipe Melodies
- The Dinner Party Sketch
- Graham & The Colonel: 'Night Chess'
- Pot Luck Classic: Michael Warren (future 'legend')
- Musical Guest: Joan Kirner (Joan Jett),
"I Love Rock & Roll" (with David White)
14? 18/09 - Mick & Tony running out of ideas
- Interview with Yasser Arafat
- Song: 'Holy Shit' ('This Is It', Dannii Minogue)
- The Muckraking Mystery Tour
- Final Bids before the IOC
- The new Sale Of The Century hostess auditions
- Judith Lucy's Rejuvenator
- Shitscared at Warner Brother's Movie World
- Pot Luck Classic: Raymond Schild, "Balm In Gilead"
- Musical Guest: Rex Hunt (T-Rex) "Get It On"
15? 25/09 [Unknown - Haven't got it]
16?* 02/09 The Sydney Episode
- ABC Budget Cuts: Being Billeted
[Titles]
- Intro:
- The ticker-tape parade
- Blowing .45
- Mike Willessee Seige
- Elle MacPherson at KFC
- The danger of breast implants
- News Desk:
- Standoff in Russia
- More Mike Willessee
- The Beijing Olympic Delegation
- Interview with John Fahey
- Australia's Funnniest Logging Protests
- Tanya Blencoe
- The Gilette 3000
- Song: "Same" (Madonna, "Rain")
- Street Talk in Sydney ("That's a trick word, is it?")
- Biosphere-2 Press Conference
- Bargearse: "For A Few Donuts More"
- Tony Martin: The Evil Chip / Timer Switches /
Drive To The Airport / Elite Republican Chambermaids
- Pot Luck Classic: Todd Rixon's Hamstring
- Late Mail:
- The Audience Competition
- Baywatch Mooning
- Andrew Denton: Delivery Man
- It's Academic Again
- The New Original Sweet
- Graham & The Colonel:
- Olympic ties
- Ticker-tape
- The Olympic flame
- Trouble with the set
- Musical Guest: David Boon (David Byrne), "Once In A
Lifetime"
17? 09/10 - Wallaby Jack
- Victoria's Organ Bank
- Boris Yeltsin Interview
- Parliamentary Backbenchers
- Judith Lucy's Sega Game
- Warren Perso: The Last Aussie Auteur
- The Late Show Super Challenge
- Pot Luck Classic: Fred Sleep (playing the goanna, I
think)
- Graham & The Colonel: Duffelcoat Supreme
- Musical Guest: Brian Bury (Ian Jury), "Hit Me With Your
Rhythm Stick"
18? 16/10 - Song: "End Of My Career" (Billy Joel, "River Of Dreams")
- Muckraking Live
- Street Talk
- Musical Guests: Grassby, Grills, Nudge and Plumb
(Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young), "Teach Your Children"
[Note: This episode was followed by "The Devil At Your
Heels", the Ken Carter story]
19? 23/10 [Unknown - Haven't got it]
20* 30/10? - title sequence to "original Late Show pilot"
- Qantas ad
- Rob Sitch as John Hewson
- A Very Charlie Christmas
- Come On Aussie, Come On
- George Negus on the ABC's power-generating bicycle
- The Last Temptation of Bargearse
- The Oz Brothers (with David Boon)
- The TV commercial couple
- The Muckrakers do Casablanca
- Pot Luck Classic: Len Somerville & his performing dogs
- Bernard King & Ernie Sigley
- Sitting too close to the TV (with Bert and Patti)
- The Year That Was: "That's What Friends are For"
- Clips from all the musical finales
- Musical Guest: Don Lane (Don Lane), "Saturday
Night is the Loneliest Night"
Specials:
---------
??/?? The Best Of The Lateshow, Episode 1
(Uncatalogued)
??/?? The Best Of The Lateshow, Episode 2
(Uncatalogued)
??/?? The Best Of The Lateshow, Episode 3
(Haven't got it)
* ??/?? The Best Of The Lateshow, Episode 4
- David Mamet - Glengarry Glenn Ridge
- Intro:
- "Spring In Your Step"
- "Madonna in Bangkok"
- "$5 Underpants bet"
- Song: "Skivvies Are Back" (The Sharp, "Scratch My Back")
- Interview with Desmond Tutu ("What we NEEEEEED!...")
- Optus Italian "two chicks at once" ad
- Charlie The Wonderdog Christmas Special
- Late Mail:
- Tony calls the RACV
- Coco Pops Variety Pack
- Bar Stool Pants
- The Oz Brothers: The Nobel Prizes
- Ernie & Denise's 1000th Show (featuring Greg Evans)
- Song: "End Of My Career" (Billy Joel, "River Of Dreams")
- Wallaby Jack: Four Wheel Driving
- The Muckraking Mystery Tour
- Giligan's Island ("That's right! A three hour tour!")
- Mick Molloy: That MacKillop Tart
- Song: "Holy Shit!" (Dannii Minogue, "This is it!")
- Warren Perso: The Last Aussie Auteur
- The Gilette 3000
- Season '93 review (featuring The Tinea Telethon)
- Graham & The Colonel: Piffy
- Musical Guest: Joan Kirner (Joan Jett) "I Love
Rock & Roll" (with David White)
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The Late Show Episode Guide is maintained (loosely) by Paul Cowan
(mi...@cyberdude.com)
Contributors:
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Robs, the Quokka Formerly Known As The Woollongong Quokka
(quo...@zip.net.au)
Daniel Frankham
(dan...@wantree.com.au)
Daniel Frankham
>Paul Cowan wrote in message <7a6ddv$20i$1...@lucille.cc.swin.edu.au>...
>>Here's a version with all of the updates I've got so far slotted in. Note
>>that the episode which was listed as 'undated' in the previous version has
>>tentatively been pegged to the 26th June, as Graham & The Colonel made a
>>reference to Craig McDermott coming home from the Ashes with a twisted
>>bowel, which was in the news (according to the CricInfo archives,
>>http://www.cricket.org/) on the 24th. This dating is dodgy at best, but if
>>anyone can do any better they're welcome to try.
>You've come to the right place. Bear with me.
>
>First, in attempting to date one of the eps I'm adding tonight, I knew that
>the Tour de France had started during the week. According to the official
>website, the Tour ran from 3/7/93 until 25/7/93. Now 3/7 is effectively 4/7
>Australian time, dating the episode in question at 10/7/93. (Hurrah!) I
>was already suspicious that this was the date following a sketch carrying
>the subtitles that it was supposed to have occurred on Friday the 9th.
>
>Now another clue I had jotted down was that Graham and the Colonel had
>referred to the bells they had had the previous week. This would date your
>contribution to 3/7/93.
>Obviously this is relying on Graham and The Colonel getting this fact
>correct.
Would it help to have a list of dates on which the Late Show aired?
(I'm pretty sure I have all the TV Weeks from '92 and '93 in a box
somewhere.)
If I'd taped the whole series there'd be no trouble, cos in those days
I used to date all my tapes.
<Hopefully any follow-ups along the lines of "Why, wouldn't any girls
go out with you?" will be prevented by my using the line here.>
===========================================================================
The television critic, whatever his pretensions, does not labour in the
same vineyard as those he criticizes; his grapes are all sour.
--Frederic Raphael
Wollongong Quokka
>expected... well done guys!
But Wait! There's More! :)
I returned from my friend's place tonight bearing three VHS tapes. My
theory of just looking for the tapes with my handwriting on the label didn't
quite work... about 30% of their tapes *still* have the labels I wrote for
them in 1993. :) And they have a lot of tapes! My friend and I agree that
there were probably at least two more tapes at one stage, but the current
location of these is unknown.
I decided to focus on these new additions this evening. Sadly, the two
tapes I've checked contain only one episode each. The remaining tape,
according to its label, has Episodes 1 and 2 of first set of The Best Bits
of The Late Show... the ones covering 1992. From briefly viewing this tape
earlier, it looks like it may be in a very poor state... and it won't even
rewind properly. :(
>Here's a version with all of the updates I've got so far slotted in. Note
>that the episode which was listed as 'undated' in the previous version has
>tentatively been pegged to the 26th June, as Graham & The Colonel made a
>reference to Craig McDermott coming home from the Ashes with a twisted
>bowel, which was in the news (according to the CricInfo archives,
>http://www.cricket.org/) on the 24th. This dating is dodgy at best, but if
>anyone can do any better they're welcome to try.
You've come to the right place. Bear with me.
First, in attempting to date one of the eps I'm adding tonight, I knew that
the Tour de France had started during the week. According to the official
website, the Tour ran from 3/7/93 until 25/7/93. Now 3/7 is effectively 4/7
Australian time, dating the episode in question at 10/7/93. (Hurrah!) I
was already suspicious that this was the date following a sketch carrying
the subtitles that it was supposed to have occurred on Friday the 9th.
Now another clue I had jotted down was that Graham and the Colonel had
referred to the bells they had had the previous week. This would date your
contribution to 3/7/93.
Obviously this is relying on Graham and The Colonel getting this fact
correct.
>Season 2 - 1993
>===============
>
>Ep# Date Highlights
>--- ------ ----------
>01* 05/06 - [pre-titles stuff sadly taped over]
> - Intro:
> - We're Back
> - Mick's Ex-Girlfriend: Mary McKillop
> - Introducing Judith
Nitpicking, but the last three entires should be indented slightly. :)
06? 10/07 - [Tape begins during intro]
- Intro:
- Waco 90210
- Beer Warning Labels
- Bob Geldoff
- Mick's holidays with Glenn Ridge
- Mick's Tony Barber Impersonation
- Cement in a Truck!
- Newsdesk:
- Queen with the power
- John Blackman makes another call
- Champagne Comedy (ice bucket lowers from ceiling)
- Mick Molloy's Rave: "That MacKillop Tart"
- AMP Life Insurance
- Japanese Restaurants: A Practical Joke?
- The Vatican's Meeting of Cardinals
- Tony, Jason & Tom Unplugged
- Tom sponsors a child
- Charlie the Wonderdog: Rescue on Mount Variable Weather
- Late Mail:
- Favourite CD? The Very Best of Hey Dad!
- The Late Show's effort to lower Drink/Drive deaths
- Pot Luck Classic: Kym Wilson
- Judith Lucy's Rave: Kym Wilson
- Cost Plus: Where The Bargains Never Start
- Graham & The Colonel:
- Theme Unplugged
- The Colonel in the Tour de France
- Umpiring Signals
- The G7 and the F7
- Musical Guest: Lester Ellis (Vangellis), "Theme from
Chariots of Fire"
19? 23/10 - Funniest Home Videos Appeal
[Titles]
- Intro:
- Dinomania
- French Space Program
- Hawkie at Auctions
- Newsdesk:
- The Green Senators
- Paul Keating
- Banning of Bullbars
- SFA Insurance
- "Freeze-Frame Gallery"
- Music: "Everybody Hurts", R.E.M.
- Mick & Tony Interviews: Is the ABC worth 8.5 cents a day?
- Commercial Crimestoppers:
- Long Life Woodgrain Zinc Aluminium Colourbond
Weatherboard
- Rentbuster
- Bassco Removable Security Bars
- Newcastle Permanent Home Loans
- Saxon Wood Heater
- Bargearse: "The Sound of Bargearse"
- Late Mail:
- Italian Bluey
- Italian Bargearse
- Remembering Lines
- Song Lyrics
- Lookalikes
- How did Rob & Santo Meet?
- Judith & Mick see a dream expert
- Pot Luck Classic Medley (collection of three)
- Graham & The Colonel:
- Mills & Boon
- Dufflecoat Supreme's Diseases
- The Big Cheque Book
- Musical Guest: Hayley Lewis (Hewey Lewis), "Hip to be
Square"
>Robs, the Quokka Formerly Known As The Woollongong Quokka
> (quo...@zip.net.au)
[Whispers:] And for the folks at home, that's W-o-l-l-o-n-g-o-n-g. :)
Yes, more nitpicking I'm afraid.
--
Robs the Sydney Wollongong Quokka
http://www.zipworld.com.au/~quokka/
--
"I mean he just vanished so quickly! Quicker than Echo Point!"
-- 'Donna' on _Us and Them_
Daniel Frankham
>Would it help to have a list of dates on which the Late Show aired?
>(I'm pretty sure I have all the TV Weeks from '92 and '93 in a box
>somewhere.)
And here it is:
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The Late Show airdates:
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# Date (Saturdays, 10pm)
-- ----------
YYYY MM DD
1 1992 07 18
2 1992 07 25
3 1992 08 01
4 1992 08 08
5 1992 08 15
6 1992 08 22
7 1992 08 29
8 1992 09 05
9 1992 09 12
10 1992 09 19
11 1992 09 26
12 1992 10 03
13 1992 10 10
14 1992 10 17
15 1992 10 24
16 1992 10 31 [1]
17 1992 11 07
18 1992 11 14
19 1992 11 21
20 1992 11 28
21 1992 12 05
22 1992 12 12
B1 1993 05 01 The Best of the Late Show [2]
B2 1993 05 08 The Best of the Late Show [2]
B3 1993 05 15 Best of the Late Show [2]
B4 1993 05 22 Best of the Late Show [2]
B5 1995 05 29 Best of the Late Show [2]
1 1993 06 05
2 1993 06 12
3 1993 06 19
4 1993 06 26
5 1993 07 03
6 1993 07 10
7 1993 07 17
8 1993 07 24
9 1993 07 31
10 1993 08 07
11 1993 08 14
12 1993 08 21
13 1993 08 28
14 1993 09 04
15 1993 09 11
16 1993 09 18
17 1993 09 25
18 1993 10 02
19 1993 10 09
20 1993 10 16
21 1993 10 23
22 1993 10 30
Repeats: (Sunday, 11pm unless otherwise stated)
? 1993 06 27
? 1993 07 04
? 1993 07 11
? 1993 07 18 (11:20pm)
? 1993 07 25
? 1993 08 01 (11:20pm)
? 1993 08 08
? 1993 08 15
? 1993 08 22
? 1993 08 29 (11:10pm)
? 1993 09 05
? 1993 09 12 (11:30pm)
? 1993 09 19
? 1993 09 26 (11:30pm)
? 1993 10 03
? 1993 10 10
? 1993 10 17
? 1993 10 24 [3]
? 1993 10 31 [4]
? 1993 11 07
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Notes and trivia:
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Sources:
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TV Week
TV Plus (TV liftout magazine in Adelaide's _Sunday Mail_)
The Guide (TV liftout in Adelaide's _Advertiser_)
How many episodes?
-----------------
The total of 44 episodes doesn't seem to tally with Mick and Tony's
"40 episodes" statement in the season 2 finale. It's possible that the
show was occasionally replaced at the last minute. I've checked most
episodes of season 2 by looking them up in The Guide. Published on the
Thursday before each episode aired, it's likely to be a lot more
accurate than TV Week (published several weeks earlier). The only
episode I wasn't able to confirm in The Guide was August 14 (I'm
missing that one), but it is listed in TV Plus.)
Also, there are only 21 repeats -- did they not repeat one, or does
this mean there were only 21 episodes in season 2?
It should be noted that Mick and Tony actually said the finale was
their "40th live episode" -- if the early episodes weren't live, that
would account for the discrepancy. Or maybe Mick and Tony were absent
from a couple of episodes, and they're only talking about *their*
episodes?
Footnotes:
---------
[1] I don't have any TV guides for this week, so I'm just guessing it
was on.
[2] These are the exact titles given in TV Week.
[3] "Final", according to TV Plus & The Advertiser; I don't have the
TV Week for this week, but I'd lay odds that it says "Final", too.
See [4].
[4] The Singing Detective, according to TV Week; The Late Show
according to TV Plus & The Guide
The show's title:
----------------
TV Week uses a number of titles for the show in the first season:
# 1: The D-Generation
# 2: A Week of It
# 3: The Late Show
# 4 - 19: D-Gen, The Late Show (I don't have the TV Weeks for #6
& #11, but it seems fair to guess its the same)
#20 - 22: The Late Show
The second season is always "The Late Show"
(TV Plus and The Guide mostly use "The D-Gen" as the show's title in
the first season, with "The Late Show" as a subtitle. The first
episode is called "The D-Generation" by TV Plus, and "The D-Gen - The
Late Show" by The Guide.)
Daniel Frankham
>Daniel Frankham wrote in message <36c6fed3...@news.wantree.com.au>...
>>Would it help to have a list of dates on which the Late Show aired?
>>(I'm pretty sure I have all the TV Weeks from '92 and '93 in a box
>>somewhere.)
>
>
>As an additional to my post yesterday... the ep I assigned as "19?" did
>contain a bit with Mick saying that they'd be showing the 8th installment of
>Bargearse.
>
>Also, I've been thinking more about this two week break. I now recall that
>on one of the weekends they showed an "The Best of The Original
>D-Generation", introduced by Rob and possibly Santo, sitting in a darkened
>Late Show set, on stools which were just way too high.
>
>I also had another idea on how to confirm these things, but that idea really
>is too sad to post. :)
<paraphrase>
See Homer, *their* time machine has stuff inside it. That's why yours
never worked.
</paraphrase>
>>If I'd taped the whole series there'd be no trouble, cos in those days
>>I used to date all my tapes.
>>
>><Hopefully any follow-ups along the lines of "Why, wouldn't any girls
>>go out with you?" will be prevented by my using the line here.>
>
>8 Cents A Day!
Champagne posting indeed.
Daniel Frankham
>Daniel Frankham wrote in message <36c82c70...@news.wantree.com.au>...
>>B1 1993 05 01 The Best of the Late Show [2]
>>B2 1993 05 08 The Best of the Late Show [2]
>>B3 1993 05 15 Best of the Late Show [2]
>>B4 1993 05 22 Best of the Late Show [2]
>>B5 1995 05 29 Best of the Late Show [2]
>
>
>you don't mention the late 93/early 94 "Best Of" Series.
Typo...?
D'oh! Naturally, it's supposed to be 1993.
As for what's odd... it surprised me a bit, too, as I only remember
there being 4 Best Ofs in 93. But then, I can only report what the
magazines say...
As for the 93/94 Best Of series: you realise of course that these
magazines are stored in the bottom box of a pile of 5 heavy boxes of
magazines, and they've all been restored to their rightful locations
by now? :)
I'll check it out tomorrow.
>> 1 1993 06 05
>> 2 1993 06 12
>> 3 1993 06 19
>> 4 1993 06 26
>> 5 1993 07 03
>> 6 1993 07 10
>> 7 1993 07 17
>> 8 1993 07 24
>> 9 1993 07 31
>>10 1993 08 07
>>11 1993 08 14
>>12 1993 08 21
>>13 1993 08 28
>>14 1993 09 04
>>15 1993 09 11
>>16 1993 09 18
>>17 1993 09 25
>>18 1993 10 02
>>19 1993 10 09
>>20 1993 10 16
>>21 1993 10 23
>>22 1993 10 30
>
>
>Nope... there were *20* episodes in '93. 2 episodes were replaced with
>other D-Gen programs, introduced by members of the D-Gen sitting on quite
>tall stools in a darkened Late Show studio. One of these was something like
>"The Best of The Original D-Generation". I'm pretty sure the other was a
>compilation of "The Olden Days".
>
>Evidently your sources called them *all* "The Late Show" (or equiv). Now we
>just need to find the gap, but I'm sure it's between 10 and 11.
Yeah, I remember these, now that you mention them. Unfortunately none
of the guides I looked through made any distinction between a regular
"Late Show" and these compilations.
>Your dates thankfully correlate with my dates for what I know were eps 1-3.
>
>They also correlate with my belief of what were eps 13, 14 and 17 (reflected
>as 15, 16 and 19 in your list) and Paul's dates. (Um... hang on... so where
>did the theory disproving the break come from?)
Which theory's that? Below, I speculate as to why there seem to be too
many episodes, but I'll happily concede that it's all bollocks now
that you've reminded me about the in-season compilations.
>>Repeats: (Sunday, 11pm unless otherwise stated)
>
>Repeats were aired on the Sunday of the weekend following the weekend of the
>original screening. They didn't start from the beginning. My guesses
>appear below.
>
>[Note: "The Devil At Your Heels" was NOT repeated the following weekend from
>memory].
>
>"And it's *SO* much better when you miss it the second time!"
>
>> 3 1993 06 27
>> 4 1993 07 04
>> 5 1993 07 11
>> 6 1993 07 18 (11:20pm)
>> 7 1993 07 25
>> 8 1993 08 01 (11:20pm)
>> 9 1993 08 08
>> 10 1993 08 15
>> a 1993 08 22
>> b 1993 08 29 (11:10pm)
>> 11 1993 09 05
>> 12 1993 09 12 (11:30pm)
>> 13 1993 09 19
>> 14 1993 09 26 (11:30pm)
>> 15 1993 10 03
>> 16 1993 10 10
>> 17 1993 10 17
>> 18 1993 10 24 [3]
>> 19 1993 10 31 [4]
>> 20 1993 11 07
>
>
>>How many episodes?
>>-----------------
>>The total of 44 episodes doesn't seem to tally with Mick and Tony's
>>"40 episodes" statement in the season 2 finale.
>
>But it tallies perfectly with my theory that they took a two-week break
>during both seasons. :)
I understand the two-week break in season 2, with the D-Gen clips and
the Olden Days compilation. But what did they do in the first season?
>>Also, there are only 21 repeats -- did they not repeat one, or does
>>this mean there were only 21 episodes in season 2?
>
>
>You miscounted.
Well, it was late, and my eyes had glazed over after browsing through
a hundred TV Weeks :)
> There were 20 repeats. They missed the first two eps, but
>they used the two non-eps.
>
>>It should be noted that Mick and Tony actually said the finale was
>>their "40th live episode" -- if the early episodes weren't live, that
>>would account for the discrepancy. Or maybe Mick and Tony were absent
>>from a couple of episodes, and they're only talking about *their*
>>episodes?
>
>This theory is getting more and more complicated. You can see why I prefer
>mine. :)
Yes :)
>This all does beg one question though... um... err... *why* do you have all
>these archival copies of Television Programs?
I don't have the programs (alas)... just the TV guides :)
Why do I keep them? Well, I'm not sure. I paid for 'em, and I'm damned
if I'm gonna waste my money by throwing 'em out! But seriously,
they're a wealth of information about movies and TV shows. Last year
when I put together my guide to the episodes of Seinfeld that Ten was
skipping, they came in very handy... When I start to wonder about
something like that, I get terribly frustrated when I can't find out,
which is probably why I started keeping them in the first place. I'd
claim they came in handy when I was doing my "Ramble", but of course I
started keeping them long before that, so it wouldn't wash :)
I've thought of cutting them up to just keep the TV guide bits and get
rid of all the junk about teenage soap stars, but that'd be a lot of
work. And tonight I found a '92 issue of TV Plus with Natalie
Imbruglia on the cover, which I guess might be worth something some
day... And one TV Week had a piccie of the Goodies which I don't think
I've seen anywhere else...
And they come in handy in situations like this :)
>(You're making me feel far less worried about the kinds of things I used to
>collect when I was younger!)
I AM NOT A BASKET CASE!
(I wonder how much it costs to hire one of those storage sheds...?)
Wollongong Quokka
>Would it help to have a list of dates on which the Late Show aired?
>(I'm pretty sure I have all the TV Weeks from '92 and '93 in a box
>somewhere.)
Yes.
As an additional to my post yesterday... the ep I assigned as "19?" did
contain a bit with Mick saying that they'd be showing the 8th installment of
Bargearse.
Also, I've been thinking more about this two week break. I now recall that
on one of the weekends they showed an "The Best of The Original
D-Generation", introduced by Rob and possibly Santo, sitting in a darkened
Late Show set, on stools which were just way too high.
I also had another idea on how to confirm these things, but that idea really
is too sad to post. :)
>If I'd taped the whole series there'd be no trouble, cos in those days
>I used to date all my tapes.
>
><Hopefully any follow-ups along the lines of "Why, wouldn't any girls
>go out with you?" will be prevented by my using the line here.>
8 Cents A Day!
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Wollongong Quokka
>B1 1993 05 01 The Best of the Late Show [2]
>B2 1993 05 08 The Best of the Late Show [2]
>B3 1993 05 15 Best of the Late Show [2]
>B4 1993 05 22 Best of the Late Show [2]
>B5 1995 05 29 Best of the Late Show [2]
There's something odd about this... and I don't just mean the typo. Also
you don't mention the late 93/early 94 "Best Of" Series.
> 1 1993 06 05
Your dates thankfully correlate with my dates for what I know were eps 1-3.
They also correlate with my belief of what were eps 13, 14 and 17 (reflected
as 15, 16 and 19 in your list) and Paul's dates. (Um... hang on... so where
did the theory disproving the break come from?)
>Repeats: (Sunday, 11pm unless otherwise stated)
>Also, there are only 21 repeats -- did they not repeat one, or does
>this mean there were only 21 episodes in season 2?
You miscounted. There were 20 repeats. They missed the first two eps, but
they used the two non-eps.
>It should be noted that Mick and Tony actually said the finale was
>their "40th live episode" -- if the early episodes weren't live, that
>would account for the discrepancy. Or maybe Mick and Tony were absent
>from a couple of episodes, and they're only talking about *their*
>episodes?
This theory is getting more and more complicated. You can see why I prefer
mine. :)
This all does beg one question though... um... err... *why* do you have all
these archival copies of Television Programs?
(You're making me feel far less worried about the kinds of things I used to
collect when I was younger!)
--
Wollongong Quokka
>As for the 93/94 Best Of series: you realise of course that these
>magazines are stored in the bottom box of a pile of 5 heavy boxes of
>magazines, and they've all been restored to their rightful locations
>by now? :)
>
>I'll check it out tomorrow.
Haha... take your time Daniel. :)
>(I wonder how much it costs to hire one of those storage sheds...?)
And for the folks at home, those measurements once again:
3 metres x 3.5 metres
Daniel Frankham
>Daniel Frankham wrote in message <36c84deb...@news.wantree.com.au>...
>>(I wonder how much it costs to hire one of those storage sheds...?)
>
>
>And for the folks at home, those measurements once again:
>
>3 metres x 3.5 metres
This is an obscure Late Show reference isn't it? :)
Wollongong Quokka
>On Tue, 16 Feb 1999 22:28:42 +1100, Wollongong Quokka wrote:
>>Daniel Frankham wrote in message
>
>>>(I wonder how much it costs to hire one of those storage sheds...?)
>>
>>
>>3 metres x 3.5 metres
>
>This is an obscure Late Show reference isn't it? :)
Close. I got the measurements from "Poop Chute".
Of course there's also a Shed-*DING!*-world reference.
Daniel Frankham
The Best of the Late Show airdates not included in my last post
# Date
YYYY MM DD (8:30pm Wednesday)
1 1993 12 15
2 1993 12 22
3 1993 12 29
4 1994 01 05
Paul Cowan
> On Tue, 16 Feb 1999 01:49:21 +1100, Wollongong Quokka wrote:
>>Evidently your sources called them *all* "The Late Show" (or equiv). Now we
>>just need to find the gap, but I'm sure it's between 10 and 11.
> Yeah, I remember these, now that you mention them. Unfortunately none
> of the guides I looked through made any distinction between a regular
> "Late Show" and these compilations.
Oh dear.. I'm away from the group for 2 days, and the whole plan seems to
come apart... who would have thought Late Show airdates were so complex?
I vote we just find Tommy G's home phone number and ring him and ask.. it
would be so much easier.
I'll use the airdate information you two have rather expertly gleaned and
assemble it into the list tomorrow (I don't have the list here at the
moment), with the assumption of a gap between 10 and 11. We'll keep
working out airdates based on references, and hopefully once we have all
20 eps catalogues and dated, the ep numbers will sort out any
inconsistencies by themselves. How's THAT?
>>They also correlate with my belief of what were eps 13, 14 and 17 (reflected
>>as 15, 16 and 19 in your list) and Paul's dates. (Um... hang on... so where
>>did the theory disproving the break come from?)
Well.. it came from the numbering of the Sydney episode as 16, I think...
but I don't know where we got that from... I think it just turned up.
Ah well.
Paul.
Louis Bradbury
some copies of their episodes of the late show.
Like I said "sell" , I will pay you, please, it will make you feel good knowing
you have reunited a fan of the D-Generation from way back with some classic
D-Gen comedy.
O.K. how pathetic do I sound ?
Lou.
Brett O'Callaghan
>Daniel Frankham <dan...@wantree.com.au> wrote:
>> Yeah, I remember these, now that you mention them. Unfortunately none
>Oh dear.. I'm away from the group for 2 days, and the whole plan seems to
>come apart... who would have thought Late Show airdates were so complex?
>I'll use the airdate information you two have rather expertly gleaned and
>assemble it into the list tomorrow (I don't have the list here at the
>moment), with the assumption of a gap between 10 and 11. We'll keep
If you send me what you've got when you've done all you can then I'll
go through my tapes. They are on tape in sequence so that might help
a little.
Then again, you might complete it without me. ;-)
Byeeeee.
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