TALKING COMICS WITH DAZZ & GAZZ
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TALKING COMICS WITH DAZZ AND GAZZ
Winner Antenna Awards 2009 Outstanding Comedy Program
TALKING COMICS with Dazz and
Gazz (Comedians Darren Sanders and Garry Who), goes behind the on-stage
personas of top Aussie comics to reveal a little bit more about each.
Their guests have included Vince Sorrenti, Alan Glover, Keith Scott,
Jason 'Rash' Ryder, Mick Meredith plus many other Sydney based Stand-Up
Comedians.
The show was a ratings hit for the Community Channel 31 and TVS in Sydney
with Melbourne figures revealing a peak reach of 78,000 viewers and
an average of 48,100 viewers when each episode premiered Sunday nights
last October. TALKING COMICS with Dazz and Gazz was the network’s
highest rating program beating their second placed show by 10,000 viewers.
Repeats are currently pulling in 46,000 viewers weekly.
Sanders and Who have been building quite a following since their first
series 'The Dazz and Gazz Radio Show on TV' was aired around Australia
in 2006. The Stand Up portion of the show was recorded at Sydney's own
Laugh Garage Comedy Club where Sanders is Director.
Sanders says it was a satisfying feeling winning the Outstanding Comedy
Program award with their first ever series under their own production
company – Dargar Productions.
“It was also a bonus
to win it in Melbourne as the first series revolved around Sydney-based
comedians. There are still many more comedians to cover and the new
series is already in production with featured comics from Melbourne,
Brisbane and Adelaide.”
Who was thrilled to ‘bust through’ the traditional comedy
cultural cringe.
“The networks seem to prefer overseas acts as to promoting their own! You would think there were only four or five comedians in Australia by watching television here. Hopefully this award will give a much needed boost and recognition to the live Australian comedy scene.”
“They say that winning an award can open doors but I think that may be a myth. We tried to get into a hotel in the city after the event to celebrate our win a little further and were refused entry because we had suits on. I guess when you're in a recession it's important that you dress like it.”
Sanders adds: “If
it won't open doors, at least it will keep doors open. It's quite heavy.”
About Talking Comics:
Audiences have long had a fascination into what comedians are really
like off stage. This show addresses that question by talking to the
faces behind the masks of the stand-up Comedian. This is an opportunity
for our audience to take a look into the lives of people that do funny
for a living! A chance to see what makes them tick! What they think,
what they like, and a fascinating journey into their surprisingly varied
pasts. Faces that you know and faces that you never new existed! But
all funny and all interesting. The journey is interspersed with short
grabs of their live stand-up, validating their funny side, while the
interview concentrates on the person and their story.
Because of the varied background and views of the individual, each comic
brings a different flavour to the show making each episode, although
formatted, uniquely different! The only thing these people have in common
is that they make people laugh. The shows style utilities colourful
comic book textured backgrounds and fonts, employing rapid page turns
to navigate between segments. A show that is interesting, thoughtful,
funny, and answers a lot of questions!
Ep 2. Jason 'Rash' Ryder (14th August) We take a look at surfing, modeling and singing with Rash.
Ep 7. Mick Meredith (Sept 18) Musical mayhem, well mayhem in general surrounding Mick's life.
Ep 8. Gary Bradbury (Sept 25) We talk about the army and go busking on the streets.
Ep 9. Paul Brasch (Oct 2) We go into the world of movies and take a look at toys.
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