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Sunday Afternoon Fever 11.7.1993 – Live from a toilet in Ultimo

Jul 26, 2023 Maynard

30 years to the month after the original broadcast, here’s Sunday Afternoon Fever, Maynard’s Triple J show from a public toilet in Ultimo for no apparent reason with The Andy 500, Rob Clarkson, and Melissa Tkautz. Even Simon Day sticks his head in.

There’s live music in front of a live studio audience. We even get into some True Crime (at 35 minutes) with a heartfelt plea from Simon of Redfern for his stolen trombone. A very emotional moment for all.

“Really big toilet you’ve got here Maynard.”
Simon Day, 11th July 1993

The Andy 500 at The Metro in Sydney.

The Andy 500 dressed up smart and wowed the live audience with their smooth sounds (at around 1 hour 7 minutes). They played four songs including Too Close For Comfort, I Love Your Brain and Touch Me.

Lance of The Hollywood Kids (40 minutes in) goes to the opening of new LA club Babylon and spots Cher, Shannon Doherty, Tori Spelling and James Woods. And you’ll never guess who his dinner date was…..

“Things are getting, really, really WEIRD here Maynard.”
Lance of The Hollywood Kids 11.7.1993 (about 2.49pm)

Melissa Tkautz was about to have a guest stint on Paradise Beach as the resident bitch character. She joins us for a chat (about 1 hour 57 minutes in) and you can imagine how the live audience was wary of a soap star coming on a Triple J show. But a really interesting phenomenon happened as I noted many times in my career. As soon as Melissa entered the studio and talked off air to the audience and was as highly professional as she always is, the crowd fell silent. No smarty bum comments, no looking down their noses at a pop star. It’s as if they realised she was actually talented as well as an actual person. She and Simon Day had a great old chin wag in the green room. She introduces her new single, Is It?

There’s Crappy New Releases (1 hour 50 minutes in), Maynard’s Mastermind Quiz (in which you can win a bow and arrow set to injure the child of your choice) and group Love Boat karaoke. It was a mint afternoon all round.

Join us in this show, the day when Pray by Take That was number one in the UK. In Australia, it was UB40 with Can’t Help Falling in Love. Neither of which are played on this show. But the Triple J feature album is from Paul Westerburg.

You WILL hear music from Matthew Sweet, Def FX, XTC, Straitjacket Fits, Phunk Junkeez and even Jimeoin.

Rob Clarkson with one of his songs he performed live on the show, The Human Equivalent of Penicillin.

Also the regular (very) odd couple segment of Richard Kingsmill dropping in live ( at around 1 hour 35 minutes) to give a hot take on a very early Burt Bacharach tune from his personal collection.

This tape doesn’t even cover all the show. Digital audio tapes were expensive in 1993, but I recorded this myself because Triple J wasn’t (and probably still isn’t) in the business of archiving most of their content.

So, get down in your underpants and pray to the Church of the Funky Chicken. It’s time for Sunday Afternoon Fever, July 11th, 1993.

Thanks to all our studio guests and especially the live studio audience for singing along with the Loveboat Theme.

Special thanks to the very professional Triple J Producer Anne-Maree Sargeant, Justine Lynch, Scott Whyte, all the studio 227 engineering crew and all at Triple J in 1993.

Sunday Afternoon Fever featuring Sultans of Ping FC

Sunday Afternoon Fever featuring Kate Ceberano

Melissa Tkautz with her 1993 single she talked about during the show, Is It?

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Sunday Afternoon Fever 4.7.1993 – Kate Ceberano

Jul 3, 2023 Maynard

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30 years to the day after the original broadcast, here’s Sunday Afternoon Fever, Maynard’s Triple J show for no apparent reason with Kate Ceberano, Anthony Morgan, Lance & The Hollywood Kids, Crappy New Releases, Warren Coleman, Richard Kingsmill’s Hot Tip and Getting Your Goat.

Kate Ceberano calls us from her Melbourne sauna to let us know about her upcoming mini tour. She also has a problem with the audience applause audio on her Kate Ceberano & Her Septet album.

“Now I’m giving up smoking, it feels like I’m singing through mucus.”
Kate Ceberano, 4th July 1993 (2.43pm)

Lance and John. The Hollywood Kids. Regular gossip reporters on Sunday Afternoon Fever — Lance and John, The Hollywood Kids – Regular gossip reporters on Sunday Afternoon Fever

Lance and the Hollywood Kids segment reports on the hot new sex club in LA and who Whitney is suing this week. Lots of people calling in from around Australia. Bronwyn in Tasmania is using a new fangled mobile phone on a chairlift while Kevin Markwell in Paddington, Sydney has a farting Ren doll he thinks we need to hear. Jose calls in with news that Kate Ceberano’s 1989 Brave album has just been released in Argentina and is selling well.

Melbourne comedy legend Anthony Morgan is back on the stand up circuit after a bit of time away. He’s talking personal poverty and marching bands.

“I’ve had a lot of practice at being poor when I was younger and we thought it was a political statement.”
Anthony Morgan 4th July 1993 (3.41pm)

Join us in this show, the day before Absolutely Fabulous went to air for the first time in Australia. A show that asks the eternal question, “why can’t Dire Straits make music as good as the Magilla Gorilla theme?

Anthony Morgan, Melbourne Comedy Festival 1995

Also the regular (very) odd couple segment of Richard Kingsmill dropping by to give a hot take on the upcoming release from Urge Overkill.

This tape only covers about half the show. Digital audio tapes were expensive in 1993, but I recorded this myself because Triple J wasn’t (and probably still isn’t) in the business of archiving most of their content.

So, get down in your underpants and pray to the Church of the Funky Chicken. It’s time for Sunday Afternoon Fever, July 4th, 1993.

Thanks to all our guests and callers.

Special thanks to the very professional Triple J Producer Anne-Maree Sargeant, Justine Lynch and all at Triple J in 1993.

Maynard at 1992 Melbourne Comedy Festival

Maynard on Foxtel Rewind Aussie Women special

Kate Ceberano on 60 Minutes 1992

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Sunday Afternoon Fever 16.6.1993 – Sultans of Ping

Jun 14, 2023 Maynard

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30 years to the day after the original broadcast, here’s Sunday Afternoon Fever, Maynard’s Triple J show in all its unlikely glory with Tlot Tlot, Mrs Sinatra, Sultans of Ping FC and Anthony Ackroyd. Set your dial for plenty of 1993 goodness.

“When radio shows were properly and lovingly put together and interviews were entertaining.”

Jane Gazzo 2023

This is very much a regular sounding Sunday Afternoon Fever (SAF) show from my final year at Triple J with mostly contemporary music, plenty of comedy and relatable retro thrown in.

Regular Mrs Fred Sinatra showcases a new pair of purple shorts. Lance and the Hollywood Kids segment reports on the MTV movie awards with Duran Duran, Whitney Houston and Rod Stewart gossip.

A few King Missile inspired comedy moments turn up with Molly Meldrum Was Way Cool and Detachable Trombone.

My Australian guests on this show are Tlot Tlot, one of my favourite 90s bands, who came into the studio to promote their pistolbuttsatwinkle’atwinkle album which included a guest vocal from Angie Hart. I had witnessed their “reverse stage diving” at their Hobart gig and still stand by my conclusion during this show that they are “the future of Australian music”.

Maynard with Tlot Tlot 1993 — Maynard and Tlot Tlot after the 1993 interview

We enter the confusing world of Sultans of Ping FC. I had been playing them for about a year on import and in 1993 they still hadn’t been released locally. Their drummer Morty McCarthy had phoned into SAF the previous week and after I quizzed him on air as to his identity with Ping trivia questions, I invited him onto the show.

Jane Gazzo called the studio during the show, I gave her his number and they are still great friends to this day. So if this SAF show achieved anything, there is that – and maybe we also convinced Sony to eventually release their music in Australia.

Sultans of Ping FC live in 1993 with Morty on drums

Anthony Ackroyd was fresh off the release of the Yahoo Serious movie Reckless Kelly, and announced his Reckless Ackroyd tour across Australia with Haskel Daniel supporting. We discover where he got those loud shirts from and learn he was “just to big for that movie”.

Also the regular (very) odd couple segment of Richard Kingsmill dropping by to give a hot take on the upcoming release from Fishbone.

And this tape only covers about half the show. Digital audio tapes were expensive in 1993, but I recorded this myself because Triple J wasn’t (and probably still isn’t) in the business of archiving most of their content.

So, get down in your underpants and pray to the Church of the Funky Chicken. It’s time for Sunday Afternoon Fever 1993.

Thanks to all our guests.

Special thanks to the very professional Triple J Producer Anne-Maree Sargeant, Justine Lynch and all at Triple J in 1993.

Maynard at 1992 Melbourne Comedy Festival

Maynard on Foxtel Channel V at 2000 Melbourne Comedy Festival

Tlot Tlot with The Girlfriend Song

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Brain Freeze – A Coldest 100 video livestream – 2023 (Parts 1 & 2)

May 13, 2023 Maynard

Brain Freeze Part One

Australia has always enjoyed an inordinate ability to laugh at itself, so needing a good laugh and well meaning carry-on, enjoy Brain Freeze with 30 odd (very odd) video clips from the Coldest 100 – 2023.

With two big shows over two Saturday nights, it is Australia’s Coldest 100 – 2023. Hand picked by Andrew Sholl, it features world class musical shonk that only Australia can produce. From Marlene Dietrich to Steven Farnham via Skippy. The Coldest 100 is songs about Australia, or by Australians that sometimes don’t work out that well…

Brain Freeze Part Two

Appearances from Tim Ferguson, Lesley Fountain (Glenn Keenan), Brigitte Handley, Charlie Fatt, Tony Push, Richard Saunders and (time permitting) Noam Chomsky the communist teddy bear arts lawyer.

Just look at this list of artists that Andrew Sholl has curated that you’ll never again see on the same bill. The Coldest 100 – 2023 brings Bud Tingwell, Germaine Greer, Tina Arena, The Singing Citizens of Macarthur, Johnny Raper, Ian Turpie singing some Nirvana, and the legend himself, Steven Farnham.

From Skippy to The Muppets, Kamahl, Young Talent Time, Julia Morris and Melissa Tkautz, it’s two shows YOU don’t have to apologise for.

Going out as livestreams in HQ with a pre show, here are the edited versions for you.

Keep an eye out for special guests Tim Ferguson, Brigitte Handley, Lesley Fountain/Glenn Keenan, Charlie Fatt and others that were sucked in to add to the cultural carnage.

@OzKitsch on Twitter has been compiling this list every January for the last eight years. This year his clips were so good we made the show twice…

Follow OzKitsch on twitter for all year round Aussie goodness.

Listen to Andrew Sholl & Maynard playing some of The Coldest 100, 2023

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Brain Freeze, The Coldest 100 video livestream 6th May AND 13th May 2023

Apr 26, 2023 Maynard

Prepare yourself for the video livestream of the warmest parts of The Coldest 100, 2023. So much this year it takes TWO one hour shows to appreciate it.

Maynard hosts a video livestream of Australia’s own Coldest 100 – 2023. Saturday 6th May AND 13th May 8.30-9.30pm. (UTC 10.30-11.30) Pre-show from 8.15pm (UTC 10.15) Hand picked by Andrew Sholl, @OzKitsch on Twitter & Instagram, it will feature world class Australiana that only Australia can produce (obviously).

Here is the free link to view from 8.15pm on May 6th & 13th

The Coldest 100 is songs about Australia, or by Australians that somehow worked out well (or not)

Expect to see Bindi Irwin and her Crock Men, Johnny Raper, some of the Young Talent Team, Julia Morris, the legend that is Kamahl, Marlene Dietrich, Miss Piggy, Bud Tingwell and Yahoo Serious doing their bit to get on the show.

With guest presenter appearances from Tim Ferguson, Brigitte Handley, reality challenged Tony Push, some Planet Maynard Patreons, Lesley Fountain (Glenn Keenan) and the guy who started the whole shabang Andrew Sholl.

See you then! Cobbers…..

Just watch the clip below to see what you can expect…..

Link to video livestream active from 8.15pm Saturday 6th May AND 13th May

Facebook event

This is what happened on Brain Freeze last year.

Brain Freeze Coldest 100 video livestream

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Video -“Weird Al” Yankovic Over Enmore Road 14th March 2023

Apr 1, 2023 Maynard

Weird Al Yankovic rocked the very foundations of Australian society during his recent tour of the continent. With his hot accordion and even hotter band he left little or no doubt who wears the Hawaiian shirt in his relationship with his dedicated fans. Maynard interviewed Al and some of his fans at Enmore Theatre, Sydney 14th March.

Enjoy watching a show no sane adult should be party to.

Weird Al Yankovic fan with his lucky snorkel. — “Weird Al” Yankovic fan with his lucky snorkel.

Watch Maynard’s Weird Al clip special

Weird Al Yankovic fans in Sydney go nuts during his last tour here

Maynard interviews Weird Al backstage in 2003

Weird Al’s famous and award winning website

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A Very Maynard Xmas 2022

Dec 3, 2022 Maynard

A Very Maynard Xmas is the highlight of the year for people who don’t get out a lot. The extravaganza purports to have a level of Xmas pageantry rarely seen in Australia. This year the spotlight occasionally falls on “unimpressed Germans”: witness attempts by a handful of varied musicians that fail to crack a smile on that Germanic dial.

Our guests dropping by this year include Tim Ferguson, Lesley Fountain, Chris Kelly from Ship O Fools, Brigitte Handley, Christopher Laird, Tony Push, Frank Bennett, George Hrab, Mari Wilson, “Weird” Al Yankovic, 3 pugs and loads of Yuletide surprises.

A Very Maynard Xmas 2022 promises you almost two hours of Xmas entertainment you probably won’t be able to describe to friends afterwards. “There was this guy in a suit and Toyah, a bugle, fire, Vegemite, Mari Wilson cursed a fig tree & a Dark Wave guy held up signs in his pyjamas while someone read a poem in Dymocks”.

Chris Kelly and Maynard try to be balanced. A Very Maynard Xmas 2022. — Chris Kelly and Maynard try to be fair and balanced.

Maynard with co hosts on A Very Maynard Xmas 2022 — Maynard with co-hosts communist teddy bear lawyer Noam Chomsky and Anderson Cooper the hippo.

Chris Kelly has his cricket bats in the air with Maynard. A Very Maynard Xmas 2022 — Chris Kelly has his cricket bats in the air with Maynard. Just watch those three bubble machines pump.

Kid on bike during Chile president press conference. — Superstar kid on his bike during Chile press conference.

Still wondering what’s on the show? This get’s the flimsy idea across in under a minute.

Watch A Very Maynard Xmas 2021

Watch A Very 2020 Maynard Xmas.

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Weird, Weirder, Weirdest! – “Weird Al” Yankovic video special

Nov 6, 2022 Maynard

To celebrate the “Weird Al” Yankovic epic biopic release worldwide, let’s watch some Weird Al clips. From the vault in the famous Maynard International Studios in Australia, Maynard will showcase some of his favourite Weird Al material.

Tim Ferguson will also throw some easy Weird Al questions at you, and we screen Maynard’s previously unseen interview with Al during his first tour of Australia in 2003. (He didn’t do any shows during his 1990 UHF promotional visit.)

Watch some “Weird Al” Yankovic with Maynard

Weird Al and Maynard first met in 1990 at Flinders Street Railway Station on Al’s 30th birthday for Maynard’s Triple J breakfast show. Below is the scene shortly after Maynard rubbed Al’s birthday cake over himself.

PS He gave Al a second one as pictured!

Weird Al with Maynard during the Poodle hat tour in Australia. — Weird Al with Maynard during the Poodle Hat tour in Australia.

Weird movie poster. This movie will change everything.

Maynard with co hosts for Weird Al Yankovic clip show — Maynard with his heavy hitting co-hosts for Weird, Weirder, Weirdest!

“Weird Al” Yankovic website

Weird Al fans at Sydney show last time he toured

Interview with Al after Sydney show backstage

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Mari! Mari! Mari! – A Mari Wilson video special

Oct 22, 2022 Maynard

To celebrate the release of the long awaited Mari Wilson collection on CD, Maynard presents a video livestream of more Mari Wilson video clips than you ever thought possible. There will be Mari music clips from all over the place, special guests, not so special guests, a tea towel, press clippings, dancing and a legal disclaimer.

Join Maynard, Bob Downe, Glenn Keenan (Lesley Fountain), George Hrab and Noam Chomsky the teddy for show full of fun and fabulous outfits.