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A very spooky retro Halloween

Get your panties into a bunch (I pre bunched mine) and prepare to clutch your “pearls” as we scare the gihoodie out of you with this Halloween special from my Rewind show from 1998.

You find this show spooky and kooky. Especially if you find pyjamas terrifying.

“The body count of this show is a little higher than usual.”

Dr Beat Miami Sound System
Dr Beat Miami Sound System

Music from The Romantics, The Rubbettes, Renee Geyer, The Communards, Rod Stewart, AC/DC, even Johnny Hates Jazz.

Paul Lekakis clip
Mr Boom Boom Paul Lekakis is on the show.
Maynard with Halloween mask on head
Put the mask back on!
The body count is high on this Halloween special.
The body count really is high on this Halloween special.

Watch the Maynard 1987 special

Maynard’s Mastermind Quiz October 2020

Maynard’s Mastermind quiz for October proves once again that the only real loser in this quiz is the host. Joined by Richard Saunders in the Laslo Panaflex studios, overseen by a moody cat, you’re in for quite the chaotic show.

Take Maynard’s Mastermind Quiz

This month as well as the expected Melrose Place question, expect questions on music, retro culture and Bruce Samazan.

September’s quiz

Maynard wears his happy hat during Maynard's Mastermind quiz.
Richard is obviously impressed by Maynard’s happy hat.

Frank Bennett TV Special

Frank Bennett was the swingin’ guest on Rewind on the release of his Cash Landing album in 1999. What a guy, what a sound, what a suit!

An hour with Frank Bennett and friends

Frank’s career spans 2 albums, a cable TV show and live appearances across Australia since 1995. Even multi ARIA nominations didn’t slow him down.

Frank Bennett croons in his local supermarket
Frank Bennett croons in his local supermarket

Everything you ever wanted to know about the big band boy from Bankstown is on this hour special.

Frank Bennett appears
Frank Bennett appears through the door of gratuitous applause

Plus music clips from Nina Simone, Frank, Elvis, even Bob Downe with Pastel Vespa.

Bob Downe & Pastel Vespa sing
Bob Downe & Pastel Vespa turn up on the show for a sing song

Frank Bennett swings live

Frank Bennett Wikipedia page

Maynard’s Mastermind Quiz

Maynard’s Mastermind quiz upped it’s game this month with the addition of higher production values, an inflatable hippo and a cat.

Most of the questions this month again were found behind my couch from around 1997, although we do have some from a TV Week magazine from 1979. Good luck!

See how you go on our poorly designed quiz
Maynard's Mastermind Quiz giant cat in camera lens
Maynard’s Mastermind Quiz attack of the giant pussy
Maynard's Mastermind Quiz covid safe with Richard Saunders
Maynard’s Mastermind Quiz 2

August’s quiz

Video – Maynard 1987 Special

In this Channel V, Rewind show Maynard looks at the year 1987, a year that featured a lot of big hits and big hair.

See the smash hits from Kylie Minogue, Madonna, Pseudo Echo, Was (Not Was) and plenty more you thought you’d put behind you.

Kylie Minogue in locomotion film clip
Can’t have 1987 without Kylie Minogue
Pseudo Echo in Funkytown clip
Pseudo Echo rock out
Smash Hits 1987 record cover
You have this Smash Hits record somewhere
Madonna in True Blue film clip
No chair was safe from Madonna in 1987
Maynard salutes 1987
1987 we salute you

Have a look at 1978

Madd Club livestream August

The One Man Madd Club show really stepped up its game this time. To just below par.

Enjoy your August Madd Club

Hear some tunes from TISM, Painters & Dockers, even Donna Summer. Maynard’s Madd Club has both sorts of music, and you mightn’t like either of them.

Enjoy the Maynard fashions from Astro Boy to Demis Roussos. Some powerful colours and pants there.

See what happened earlier in the year when we tried this.

Video – Plate Spinning Retro Classics

In this Rewind show from 1997 you’ll have the usual retro excitement you expect from Maynard on an old VHS tape.

Plenty of underpants on your head fun in this show

There’s the opening tension of the best plate spinning on cable TV followed by Adam Ant, Human League and The Fat Boys.

Adam and the Ants on Maynard's Rewind show 1997
Adam Ant jumps in to unplug your jukebox
Maynard with audience on Foxtel 1997
Maynard’s huge live audience gets the retro fever, Foxtel 1997

Bunga Bunga 63 – Tim Ferguson & Maynard

Bunga Bunga 63 brings the joy of film, music and maritime safety right up your astral plane.

Tim Ferguson and Maynard hold aloft their disappointing splendour of sound. This time it’s serious film critic vs comedy and Tim takes it personally. Maynard ponders that Whitney might have saved the Titanic.

So as usual Bunga Bunga leaves a mess.

There is no cure for a grumpy cat, except to put them in a leadership position.

Tim Ferguson (shares a space with Kitler)
Batman warns of the “deadly daily danger” that is all around us
Maynard & Tim singing along with Bunga Bunga 63
Maynard & Tim singing along with Bunga Bunga 63
Aaron Thoughty2 hates bathos and Tim takes it personally.
Kevin Rowlands Rag Doll 2020

The big Madd Club video livestream August 21st

The confusing Madd Club July livestream

Tim’s art available by commission

Tim Ferguson online workshop on Sitcom writing August 16th & 23rd

Paris When It Sizzles soundtrack

Kevin Rowlands 1999 video for Concrete & Clay
You think you’ve had a rough day. What about Hitler’s alligator?
The raw excitement of 1985s Spacebridge

Where to get a Vengaboys t-shirt

Video – Rewind Volume 2, Kinselas nightclub.

Kinselas nightclub Sydney is the setting for this journey through the Rewind Volume 2 CD (disc one).

The renovations to the middle bar had the place looking as clean as it was ever going to be. So I’m sure you’ll enjoy the decor in between the music clips.

A show about a CD from Kinselas night club. How 2001 is that?

You’ll cop tracks from MC Hammer, Bananarama, Ce Ce Peniston, Beats International, Sunscream, Snap, Blondie, Kriss Kross, De La Soul and more. It’s a packed show.

Still from Dee Lite music clip
Love some Deee-Lite

Deee-Lite was Towa Tei and DJ Dimitry, with Lady Miss Kier cooing out front of a wicked bass groove produced by legendary 70s funkster Bootsy Collins & Q-Tip of A Tribe Called Quest. This track is from the World Clique album featuring a lot of faux fur.

Maynard's Rewind Volume 2 CD
Maynard’s Rewind Volume 2 CD
Kriss Kross
It’s wiggida wiggida wiggida wack

Kriss Kross are the winners of the stupidest street clothing look of the 1990s. These two thirteen year old kids Chris Smith and Chris Kelly wore their pants backwards. No wonder their follow up was called I Missed The Bus.

Maynard running in Kinselas nightclub Sydney
Gotta run, late for work

Maynard with Kylie Minogue interview 1997