Sunday Afternoon Fever, Triple J live to air 15th November 1992 and I’m heavily celebrating International Village People Day.
We had original Village People members David Hodo (Construction Worker) and Felipe Rose (Native American) live in the studio to take listeners’ questions and take some Polaroid photos with me … which were the prizes later in the show for Maynard’s Mastermind, we were that cheap.
The people at home are sitting there thinking – “Tonight, I want to see something cheap and vulgar.”
David Hodo -Village People
Some of the questions for David and Felipe included:
John (Adelaide) – Why a construction worker?
James (Sydney) – Why is David’s nickname “Scar”?
Caroline (Perth) – Is Glenn Hughes’ (Leatherman) back as hairy as his chest?
Marissa (Sydney) – Do they have any costumes to wear in front of their friends?
Caroline (Melbourne) – “Village People are the best band in the world ever!”
Elvis (Gold Coast) – Remake Blue Hawaii with Village People.
Mrs Fred Sinatra has gone missing at the Sands Casino buffet in Las Vegas, so I call them to see if I can find her.
This show featured a lot of technical trouble with the new Poul Kirk digital audio desks that were installed throughout the Ultimo ABC at that time. We had to reboot (which took between 5-7 minutes) two or three times during the live broadcast, which meant moving to another studio briefly, then back again to maintain continuity. I really did miss broadcasting from Triple J’s William St Sydney studios. We rarely experienced technical issues as often there. Except when Micheal Tunn spilt cola into the desk. But that only happened once…
Lance and The Hollywood Kids dish the very 1992 Tinsel Town gossip (Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Alladdin, Jack Nicholson, U2 & the Madonna Sex book).
While listeners Michelle (North Ryde), Julian (Newcastle) & Peter Young a current Patreon supporter (Castle Hill) play Maynard’s Mastermind. This week it was top to bottom Village People questions.
Movie man Peter Castaldi reviews Can’t Stop The Music and the 1992 releases Honeymoon In Vegas and the final ever Carry On movie with Julian Clary, Carry On Columbus.
But what did you play on the show Maynard? Here is a list for ya!.
Village People – Macho Man (Live) Def Fx – Surfers Of The Mind Cure – Friday I’m In Love Lene Lovich – Lucky Number (Recorded live 1983 by Triple J) Single Gun Theory – From A Million Miles (Recorded live by Triple j) Ratcat – Holiday (Recorded live by Triple J) The Rutles – Goosestep Mama Shonen Knife – Goosestep Mama L7 – Pretend We’re Dead Hoodoo Gurus – Come Anytime Divinyls – I Ain’t Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore Shamen – Boss Drum (Beatmasters Mix) Big Tuna – Normie Vs Casey (Demo) Swing Out Sister – Am I The Same Girl? Soft Hard – Take A Walk On The Wild Side (Cantonese) Baby Animals – Impossible To Fly Stray Cats – Elvis On Velvet Custard – Bedford Village People – YMCA (Live) The Sharp – Talking Shy Was (Not Was) – Shake Your Head A.L.T. & The Lost Civilization – Tequila Bananarama – Movin’ On Sultans Of Ping – Where’s Me Jumper? Betty Boo – I’m On My Way Madonna – Fever Stereo MC’s – Connected Village People – Can’t Stop The Music Gloria Gaynor – I Will Survive Utah Saints -Something Good Duran Duran – Rio Village People – Spend The Night (partial) Village People – Diet (partial) Village People – Milkshake Village People – Spare My Balls (live) Village People – Trash Disco (live) Four Seasons – Oh, What A Night The Popinjays – Too Jung Frente! – Accidentally Kelly Street May May – Life’s A Test Fantastic Planet – Carry On Columbus Dwight Yoakam – Suspicious Minds Utah Saints – Something Good New Order – Bizarre Love Triangle Village People – San Fransisco (You Got Me)
Top tunes on International Village People Day, or anytime for that matter.
Special thanks to the work of Anne Marie my Producer and all Triple J in 1992.
Sunday Afternoon Fever, Triple J live to air on 14 November 1993 and what a line up! Dannii Minogue is back in Australia, engaged to Julian McMahon, and she has a new album to play us. Denis Leary is chuffed with the success of his No Cure For Cancer album and his song Asshole, which SAF was the first to play in Australia. I’m especially proud of that one.
“When people say to me ‘I don’t like Kylie’s music’, I think, I’m her sister you know.”
Dannii Minogue
Mrs Sinatra in Las Vegas has a new cordless speaker phone. Micheal Idato at the Mirror newspaper wanted to know who gave Ann-Maree Cooksley her job at Channel 9, so I rang them and asked. Lance and The Hollywood Kids share some very 1993 gossip about Heather Locklear and Johnny Depp.
We announce the 9 runners up and the winner of Sit Next To Maynard at Madonna Contest and play the Madonna soundalike entries we received. Thanks to Jaynie Edwards (Perth), Carolyn Hull (Bassendean, Perth), Lewis Payton and Rachael Wood (Subiaco, Perth), Kay Richards (Gorokan, NSW), Vivian and Rosie (Pascoe Vale, Melbourne), Caitlin Yeo (Earlwood, Sydney), runner up Nick Yankovic (Marino, Adelaide) for his polka rendition of Like a Virgin and the winner Eirinn Johnson (Northbridge, Perth) for his high Baroque interpretation of Erotic.
Richard Kingsmill drops by to spin some Revolting Cocks.
Listeners Ainsley (Melbourne), Kirren (Kardinya, Perth) and Jason (Brisbane) play Maynard’s Mastermind testing their Minogue family knowledge. Questions were prepared by the researcher for the show, Justine.
Crappy New Releases feature Desi Arnaz and The Muppets.
We even hear the start of the film show that followed Sunday Afternoon Fever at 6pm, Creatures Of The Spotlight with Peter Castaldi and Lawrie Zion.
But what tracks will we hear from the show Maynard? Here’s a list smarty bum.
Salt-N-Pepa – Shoop The Wonder Stuff – Caught In My Shadow The Models – Preacher From The Black Lagoon The Cure – Hello, I Love You Urge Overkill – Positive Bleeding Die Screaming Lederhosens – Dog Pound Hop (Ren & Stimpy Theme) Weird Al Yankovic – Bedrock Anthem Captain Coco – The Three Little Bops The Beloved – Outer Space Girl M People – Movin’ On Up Denis Leary – Asshole Denis Leary – Voices In My Head New Order – Regret Barefoot (Rowan Smith) – Baby (You Got in the Way) Madonna – Hanky Panky Kate Bush – Eat The Music Dannii Minogue – Be Careful Dannii Minogue – Get Into You Kylie Minogue – Shocked (DNA Mix) Rage Against The Machine – Killing In The Name Pet Shop Boys – Go West The Revolting Cocks – Do Ya Think I’m Sexy? (Rod Stewart cover) Jenny Morris – Price I Pay (Billy Bragg cover) The Other Two (Gillian and Stephen from New Order) – Selfish Dennis Walter – The Ship Song (Nick Cave cover) Caligula – Tears Of A Clown ABBA – Lay All Your Love On Me (Ben Liebrand remix) Massive Attack – Unfinished Sympathy
Every song a winner!
Special thanks to the work of Anne Marie as Producer, Justine Lynch and all Triple J in 1993.
Triple J live to air 18th April 1993 and despite the ARIA awards being on the Wednesday, it seemed the Australian music industry was still missing in action on Sunday Afternoon Fever as I brought to Australia everyone that would talk to me on the night, from the Sydney Entertainment Centre.
Multiple interviews from artists and audience members during the 1993 ARIA after party. (no recorders allowed during the actual show, remember when that was a thing?)
Hear from Ash from Caligula, Andy Glitre, Boom Crash Opera, Glen A Baker, Elle McFeast, D-Gen, Mick Molloy, Jane Kennedy, The Rockmelons, Ray Medhurst, Johnny Diesel, Kate Cebrano, Crowded House and more…
Lance and The Hollywood Kids dish the very 1993 Tinsel Town gossip (Johnny Depp has bought a nightclub). While listeners Matt (Perth), Amy (Adelaide) & Jason Strong (Wannaroo, WA) play Maynard’s Mastermind. This week it was random music clip questions prepared by the newly promoted senior researcher for the show Justine.
Crappy New Releases from Kim Carnes and Eddie Murphy.
But what tunes did you play on the show Maynard? Here is a list I still stand by.
Utah Saints – New Gold Dream Shaggy – Oh Carolina Tom Jones – Help Yourself (Live in Las Vegas) Hummingbirds – If A Vow Def Fx – Feels Good Snow – Informer Tlot Tlot – Mothers Fluid Yothu Yindi – Sunset Dreaming (Reckless Kelly soundtrack remix) Barry Manilow – Copacabana (1993 remix) Belly – Feed The Tree The Church – Under The Milky Way Rob Clarkson – The Sphinx, The Parthenon & Me Headless Chickens – Juice Nits – Soap Bubble Box Mixed Relations – Aboriginal Woman Steven Wright – Bizarre Airways Heaven 17 – Penthouse & Pavement Boom crash Opera – In The Morning Pee Wee Herman – The Girl On The Flying Trapeze Single Gun Theory – From a Million Miles Right Said Fred – Stick It Out (Red Nose Day single) Digable Planets – Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat) Caligula – I.C.U Rockmelons – Form One Planet (1993 remix) James Taylor Quartet – Love The Life (1993 remix) The Real Thing – You To Me Are Everything Cleopatra Wong – Baby For You Ween – Push The Little Daises St Etienne – Your In A Bad Way Swamp Zombies – Creeps Elektric Music – Baby Come Back Clip Clop Club – Rabbit Shootin’ Just A Gigolo – David Lee Roth
Top tunes!
Special thanks to the work of Anne Marie the Producer, Justine Lynch and all Triple J in 1993.
Elvira, Mistress of the Dark shot her spooky movie in Eastern Europe in 2001 with her then partner Mark Pierson (they divorced in 2003) and was more than happy to tell me ALL about it. (the movie, not the divorce)
Elvira and Richard O’Brien acting up in the woods.
Maynard: Cassandra Peterson. Why has it taken so long for a second movie? Is there an easy answer for that?
Elvira: I’ve been out there selling movies ever since my first one came out. First, the studio went bankrupt, then I wrote another one, sold it again. Then the studio executive changed and he put the kibosh on that project. Elvira: Finally, my only answer was to make it myself or I just never get another movie out.
Maynard: You and Mark are partners.
E: That is correct
M: Must put a lot of strain on any relationship and to have to shoot the movie in Romania. How do you two get on so well?
E: Who said we got on so well? Who are you talking to? It is tough. It is tough to work together and to be married. It’s really difficult and we’ve been doing it for 23 years. I think that’s a world’s record here in Hollywood. Look, I think we should get an Academy Award just for that.
M: You shot the movie in Romania. You used a lot of your own money, I believe. I’ve heard the figure mentioned of 1 million American dollars. Is that about roundabout the budget or is it more than that?
E: Actually under that, to shoot it, by the time we finished it with all the post-production, the music and everything else, it was about a million and a half dollars for the whole thing, which seems like a lot of money to a regular person just slogging away at a job, but for a movie, that’s a spit in the bucket, it is. Absolutely nothing. Compare that to any movie made by a big studio right now, and it’s, that’s what the costs are for the catering.
M: Elva Haunted Hills was made in Romania, and you got Richard O’Brien for it.Richard O’Brien is best known for the Rocky Horror Show and for his work on stage and his musical work. How did you get him?
E: It was just a fluke. I tell you. It was so strange. We actually had signed Richard Chamberlain, which is so strange. Of Thornbirds fame. I’m sure you’ve heard of Dr. Kildare? Richard is a very good friend and I thought he would be fantastic playing the part because I always saw a big similarity, believe it or not, this is a compliment for me to say this. Between him and Vincent Price. They’re both stage actors. They both have this look about them, that they’re Americans, but they seem like they come from England. So we were going ahead with Richard until he actually got a job that paid money. I don’t know why, but he took that one.
M: He ditched you?
E: He did, but in a nice way. We didn’t feel too bad. He actually had a job, like I said, that was going to pay rather better than we were. My brother-in-law, who’s from Romania mentioned that he knew Richard O’Brien. I was like, oh my God, that is so perfect. And we called Richard and he said, I’d love to do it. And that was that.
M: I couldn’t believe that you actually had all these fantastic sets built. You had all these amazing things built that just did not seem within your budget at all.
E: That’s Romania for you, and that’s why we had to go there to do this. We could have never built these sets. We really wanted the very same look that all the old Roger Corman and Hammer films had. We even took pictures to these set designers in Romania of what those particular sets look like, and My God, they did such an incredible job. We were just blown away. We had no idea that they were going to do that amazing of a job for the money we were paying them.
M: Films like The Pit and the Pendulum.
Elvira: Another one was Haunted Palace and the House of Usher. The movie was set in the 1800s.
M: But you didn’t have to dress any of the locals any differently, did you?
E: No, we didn’t even have to dress any of the locals. They came as they were. People are always saying, oh my God, where’d you get these? Fabulous costumes and the peasants carrying the sickle and the scythe would be herding the geese. As I said, we just walked out the door and there they were. One of the, my favourite moments in the movie is the musical number from the show.
M: Because you’re a showgirl, you’re touring your show.
Elvira: Big musical number, which comes outta nowhere there.
M: I thought you, you could have put a few more musical numbers in there.
E: Exactly. That’s what I thought too. I originally wanted the film to be a musical, kind of in the style of Rocky Horror, but that would’ve probably tripled our budget because just to shoot that one number took an entire day. That may not seem like a lot, but when you just have a two and a half week schedule, a one day is a lot of time.
M: Within the budget, there was the money for some State orchestra to play the score for you.
Elvira: We went all the way to Russia to have this done, and it was done by the Russian Symphony Orchestra who were incredible and again, costs, a dime on the dollar of what we would’ve paid over here.
Maynard: In Romania was you couldn’t get a good stunt double, could you?
E: I couldn’t get a good stunt double. No. We got maybe the only female stunt girl that we could find. She unfortunately was missing a couple of things that she needed to play Elvira.
M: You have a rather voluptuous figure, which not all stunt doubles would probably have. It’d probably be a bad thing for their profession to, to have the, yeah.
Elvira: That, yeah. True. It just gets in the way. It could be a good thing, it does help cushion your falls, but that’s true. I don’t know. She was. Flat as a board. A wonderful girl and very talented as a stunt person, but flat as a board. So when it came to the scene for the pit and the pendulum, I actually had to do my own stunt work, which doesn’t seem like much to lay around all day on a slab. But when you think about a 500 pound pendulum, even though it was made from fiberglass, it still weighed 500 pounds and it was so sharp, hanging right over your nose and swinging back and forth for several hours. Let me tell you that, that was no picnic.
M: I thought, on your right boob, there was a mark.
Elvira: Actually, there was a scratch mark there. What I did I there was I took a deep breath and the blade swung past me and made quite a large scratch across my breast. So just imagine if I would’ve sat up, I really think I would’ve been split in two. Anything that’s 500 pounds swinging back and forth at you, if it hits you going at quite a speed it’s not gonna be good. It was pretty damn frightening. I gotta tell you.
M: I heard you were gonna retire the Elvira character. Is that true? You gonna do some more Elvira work? What’s gonna happen Cassandra? E: I’m working on a few projects right now. Another film that’ll probably be for video, it’s for a younger audience and it’s a film of one of the books I wrote a few years ago Camp Vamp, but I am moving the character toward eventually someone else playing the character. I’m also working on an animation project right now, which is great because, I don’t have to look good. Also, I’ve been doing various voiceovers for a new channel here in United States called the Monster Channel, and I’ve been doing a lot of voiceovers for them. But eventually I’d love to see someone like, anybody, Angelina Jolie or whatever, play Elvira in another film. To stretch herself as an actress in her most challenging role.
M: How do you cast that? If you had to say in a paragraph, this is what the character is and this is what you’ve gotta do, what would you say?
E: Oh my God, actress wanted to wear slinky dress, must have generous physical attributes and be pretty confident.
M: And sassy.
E: Sassy! That’s it sassy.
M: If nothing else, you are sassy or Elvira. I think we’ve sum up the whole character in one word there. Elvira’s Haunted Hills, it’s at video shops around the nation at this moment. What’s your favourite scene? What’s the one we should look out for?
Elvira: I think my favourite scene is the kind of the love scenes that I do with the handsome hunk, who I am chasing throughout the film. The guy we hired only spoke Romanians, so we dubbed his voice, dubbed it in the old style from the old fifties and sixties. Old Hercules films, very bad dubbing job. That scene just cracks everybody up. It’s hilarious. I’m talking to him. He’s the only person who’s dubbed in the entire film. When you’re first watching it, you’re just like, what? What? Huh? It really throws you for a minute. Tthat was just a lucky mistake because we couldn’t find a guy with big muscles and long hair who could speak English. So we took what we could get and it turned out to be a big asset.
Maynard: Cassandra, could you give us a big Elvira goodbye and we’ll see you next project.
Elvira: Alrighty. Unpleasant dreams, darling! from Elvira.
The audio from A Very Maynard Xmas 2025 for those that find all of my suits are a bit hard on your eyes..
A Very Maynard Xmas 2025 brings you the unexpected festive farce that you’ve come to expect from someone who has inflatable legs for a window.Low budget has been swapped out for no budget this year as a Xanadu-themed Xmas special brings you the talents of Leslie Fountain (Glenn Keenan), Fat Elvis (Chris Kelly, Ship-o’-Fools) and Olivia Cardboard-John on the Maynard International Studios Mainstage, as well as greetings from around the world and around Tony Push (whose new teeth are a feature this year), plus more impractical outfits and the wonders of Magpie TV.
A Very Maynard Xmas 2025 brings you the unexpected festive farce that you’ve come to expect from someone who has inflatable legs for a window.
Here is the link to view A Very Maynard Xmas 2025 for free. It will be live from around 8.15pm Saturday 6th December. Watch along with us and comment like a crazy person.
Low budget has been swapped out for no budget this year as a Xanadu-themed Xmas special brings you the talents of Leslie Fountain (Glenn Keenan), Fat Elvis (Chris Kelly, Ship-o’-Fools) and Olivia Cardboard-John on the Maynard International Studios Mainstage, as well as greetings from around the world and Bexley, plus more impractical outfits and the wonders of Magpie TV.
What you can expect Saturday December 6th from 8.15pm…
Guests include Tim Ferguson (Australian legend), one Wiggle and two Cockroaches and an indeterminate Xmas hand puppet. Leslie Fountain brings his finest Xanadu moves to our stage, Brigitte Handley has issues with technology, Tony Push is poorly lit on a dodgy street in Western Sydney, and George Hrab is all over Xmas like a rash as usual.
It’s the Xmas special that you probably don’t want or need, but you have anyway. Just in case everything else falls through. Where else are you going to get someone in a tree getting excited about Supernaut?
A Very Maynard Xmas 2025 promises you an hour of Xmas entertainment for which you will only have yourself to blame. Musically the show has everything from Swing to The New Seekers in their flares and maxi dresses. Plus, as expected, both the West Germans and that magpie remain permanently unimpressed.
A bit more of what you can expect Saturday December 6th from 8.15pm…
Maynard dances onstage with Fat Elvis. A Very Maynard Xmas 2025
Maynard as the mythical Dr Who Christmas Nimon.
Leslie Fountain is drained while Maynard helps Olivia Cardboard-John ascend.
None of us know what is happening next. Especially Tim Ferguson’s dog Kylie Minogue.
Richard Saunders is the entire crew once again this year.
Listen to a very loose and wild crowd enjoying themselves some Olivia newton-John and a heap of disco after the Xanadu screening at Bootleggers in Newtown. Right after the Xanadu screening at Sydney Underground Film Festival.
Prepare yourself for the video of the warmest parts of The Coldest 100, 2025.
Maynard hosts a video of Australia’s own Coldest 100 – 2025. Mostly picked by Andrew Sholl, it will features world class musical “issues” only Australia can produce.
The Coldest 100 is songs about Australia, or by Australians that sometimes didn’t turn out as planned…
Expect to see Good News, Kamahl, Kylie, ONJ, The Cockroaches, Collette, Simon Gallaher, Nick Cave and a lot of marsupials doing their bit to get on the show. Guest appearances from fellow Aussie travellers Paul Field, Bronwyn Mulcahy, Lesley Fountain (Glenn Keenan), Tony Push and the man in a tree (newly promoted with a desk).
Prepare yourself for the video livestream of the warmest parts of The Coldest 100, 2025.
Maynard hosts a video livestream of Australia’s own Coldest 100 – 2025. Saturday 29th March 8.15-9.30pm. Mostly picked by Andrew Sholl, it will feature world class musical “issues” only Australia can produce.
Join us in the live chatroom as we watch together in awe.
The Coldest 100 is songs about Australia, or by Australians that sometimes didn’t turn out as planned…
Expect to see Good News, Kamahl, Kylie, ONJ, The Cockroaches, Nick Cave and a lot of marsupials doing their bit to get on the show. Hopefully we’ll have quest appearances from my fellow Aussie travellers Paul Field, Bronwyn Mulcahy, Lesley Fountain (Glenn Keenan), Tony Push and the man in a tree (newly promoted with a desk). The UTC time is 9.15 for those unlucky enough not to be in this wide brown land.
See you then! Cobber…..
A look at what you can expect to see on Saturday night…
The audio from A Very Maynard Xmas 2024 for those that find all those colours hurt their eyes.
Broadcasting from the main arena at Maynard International Studios, just opposite the Gilmore Girls Memorial Auditorium, it will bring the magic of Santa’s grotto back into our lives. Hopefully in the good way.
Feature guests in A Very Maynard Xmas 2024 include Lesley Fountain/Glenn Keenan, Roy Darby, Chris Kelly of Ship o Fools. With Christmas greetings from Mari Wilson, Rob Darby, Christopher Laird of Radio Nowhere, George Hrab with The Christmas Sweaters, Brigitte Handley, Tony Push and his poinsettia, even Paul Field and Bronwyn Mulcahy of Countdown Live wave hello in this most awkward of Xmas variety shows.
