form y separately published work icon Comedy Showroom series - publisher   film/TV   humour  
Alternative title: ABC's Comedy Showroom
Issue Details: First known date: 2016... 2016 Comedy Showroom
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An anthology series of half-hour comedies, each of which could potentially serve as the pilot for a new television series, depending on audience feedback.

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form y separately published work icon Ronny Chieng - International Student Declan Fay , Ronny Chieng , Melbourne : Australian Broadcasting Corporation Sticky Pictures , 2016 9514925 2016 single work film/TV humour

'International Student is the hilarious story of Ronny Chieng, a Malaysian student in Australia to study Law. Only making friends is not part of the curriculum.'

Source: Program blurb.

Melbourne : Australian Broadcasting Corporation Sticky Pictures , 2016
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form y separately published work icon The Letdown Alison Bell , Sarah Scheller , Australia : The Chaser Australian Broadcasting Corporation , 2016 9496193 2016 single work film/TV

' A comedy about a struggling new mum, and the mother’s group she thinks she doesn’t need.' (Production summary)

Australia : The Chaser Australian Broadcasting Corporation , 2016
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form y separately published work icon The Legend of Gavin Tanner Matt Lovkis , Henry Inglis , Australia : Mad Kids Productions Australian Broadcasting Corporation , 2016 9515019 2016 single work film/TV humour

'West Coast Eagles fanatic, pot dealer and disappointing boyfriend Gavin Tanner does everything he can to prove himself the legend he imagines, by befriending his new neighbour.'

Source: Production blurb.

Australia : Mad Kids Productions Australian Broadcasting Corporation , 2016
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form y separately published work icon The Future Is Expensive Decking Eddie Perfect , Australia : Australian Broadcasting Corporation Goalpost Pictures , 2016 9515133 2016 single work film/TV humour

'Created by and starring Eddie Perfect, The Future is Expensive is a hilarious ode to the bizarreness of picket-fence suburbia that we're conditioned to accept as synonymous with being an 'adult'.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Australia : Australian Broadcasting Corporation Goalpost Pictures , 2016
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form y separately published work icon Bleak Kate McLennan , Kate McCartney , Australia : Australian Broadcasting Corporation Princess Pictures , 2016 9515499 2016 single work film/TV humour

'Heartbroken, homeless and unemployed, Anna (Kate McLennan) returns to her nutbag of a family home where permanently sozzled Noni (Denise Scott) rules the roost. But Anna's determined to put her and her family's life back together.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Australia : Australian Broadcasting Corporation Princess Pictures , 2016
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form y separately published work icon Moonman Scott Taylor , Australia : Renegade Films Australian Broadcasting Corporation , 2016 9515280 2016 single work film/TV humour

'A typical Aussie bloke with a passion for a party, vows to change his ways and grow up to avoid losing the woman he loves.'

Source: Program blurb.

Australia : Renegade Films Australian Broadcasting Corporation , 2016

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Works about this Work

Comedy Showroom Review – ABC Offers a Sometimes Funny, Strangely Homogenous Take on Australia Brigid Delaney , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 15 June 2016;

— Review of Comedy Showroom 2016 series - publisher film/TV
'Six pilots present a sameish Australia, where property ownership is the dream – and where the middle-class man-baby rules over all.'
The Lost Laugh Helen Razer , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 21 May 2016;

— Review of Comedy Showroom 2016 series - publisher film/TV
'The ABC’s sitcom incubator Comedy Showroom includes those who mistakenly believe comedy is a tool to fix the world’s problems or protect our freedoms.'
The Lost Laugh Helen Razer , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 21 May 2016;

— Review of Comedy Showroom 2016 series - publisher film/TV
'The ABC’s sitcom incubator Comedy Showroom includes those who mistakenly believe comedy is a tool to fix the world’s problems or protect our freedoms.'
Comedy Showroom Review – ABC Offers a Sometimes Funny, Strangely Homogenous Take on Australia Brigid Delaney , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 15 June 2016;

— Review of Comedy Showroom 2016 series - publisher film/TV
'Six pilots present a sameish Australia, where property ownership is the dream – and where the middle-class man-baby rules over all.'
Last amended 28 Apr 2016 09:59:33
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