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Sunday Afternoon Fever 17.10.1993 – Kirk Pengilly

Oct 19, 2023 Maynard

30 years ago this week, on a Sunday far, far away Sunday Afternoon Fever blasted across the 1993 landscape of Australia on Triple J…

Kirk Pengilly, world famous saxophonist from INXS was my special guest taking questions from live callers Molly, Lance, Rick, Damien, Jenny, Claire (Darwin), Fran (Syd), Melissa (Melb), David, Liz (Melb), Craig, Claire (Manly Vale), Erika, Elaine (Melb), David (Syd), Elvis Presley (Newcastle), Big Dave (Kempsey), Sam, Melissa, Luke, Vanessa and Paul (Brisbane). INXS latest album at the time was Full Moon, Dirty Hearts.

Their questions for Kirk Pengilly range from “What new bands do you like?” (Juice & You Am I) to “Do you remember what happened at the Kempsey RSL that night you supported Richard Clapton in 1980?”. (Let’s just say no bands were allowed there for a few years after the “incident”). Kirk turns up on the show 1 hour 55 minutes in.

INXS with their first single Simple Simon on Simon Townsend’s Wonderworld in 1980.

Listen to INXS at the 1992 Concert for Life, make up your own mind.

Other world altering events that afternoon include Steve in Adelaide forgetting to tape The Late Show last night. Lance & The Hollywood Kids gossiping about George Micheal, Rosanne, Corey Ham, Sharon Stone plus the shocking revelation that Brooke Shields was seen buying a book.

Crappy New Releases from Dr Ektomy and Mario Lanza. While Maynard’s mastermind finds Andrew wiping the floor with all the other contestants to win not only the new Duran Duran album, BUT also a picture of Nick Kershaw.

Always in step with international politics, I put in a call to order some new furniture for Boris Yeltsin. You know, just to be helpful.

I report on the Soloway sisters latest production from the opening night in LA Not Without My Nipples. Starring Janeane Garofalo, who was nice enough to give me a lift back to my hotel. Thanks for that.

Review of Not Without My Nipples in Variety.

But what snappy tunes are on the show Maynard? I hear you ask.

Pet Shop Boys – Normally I Wouldn’t Do This Kind of Thing
Weddings, Parties, Anything – Mondays Experts
Electric Hippies – It’s Cool
General Public – Tenderness
Ren & Stimpy – Happy Happy Joy Joy
Special AKA – Free Nelson Mandela
Mr Floppy – Wuthering Heights
New Order – World
Hoodoo Gurus – The Right Time
Weird Al Yankovic – Jurassic Park
Cocteau Twins – Iceblink Luck
Kate Bush – Eat The Music
Salt N Pepa – Shoop
Tom Jones – It’s Not Unusual
Pet Shop Boys – Go West
Freaky Realistic – Leonard Nimoy
Ice Cream Hands – You Can Smile Now
Prince – Peach
Denis Leary – Asshole
Strange Tenants – Soldier Boy
Weird Al Yankovic – Bedrock Anthem
Radiohead – Creep
Barbara Feldon – 99
Violent Femmes – Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?
Terence Trent D’Arby – Delicate
Juice Masters – Brady Bunch
Miki Howard – Ain’t Nobody Like You
INXS featuring Jenny Morris – Jackson
Donny Hathaway What’s Going On
INXS – Need You Tonight (Ben Liebrand remix)
Guy Delandro – Old Country Lanes
INXS – Simple Simon
Trey Lorenz – Wipe All My Tears Away
Fits Of Gloom – To Love
Yothu Yindi – World Turning
Stan – Suntan
Weird Al Yankovic- Achy Breaky Song
Apache Indian – Boom Shak A Lak
Weird Al Yankovic – Bohemian Polka

So there!!

Watch the claymation video for Weird Al Yankovic’s Jurassic Park

Special thanks to the work of Phil the work experience producer filling in for the day, Justine Lynch and all Triple J in 1993.

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Sunday Afternoon Fever 11.7.1993 – Live from a toilet in Ultimo

Jul 26, 2023 Maynard

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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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Sunday Afternoon Fever, Melbourne Comedy Festival 1993.

Apr 16, 2020 Maynard

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Maynard returns to the Melbourne Comedy Festival in 1993. Broadcast rather excitedly on Triple J across Australia on Sunday, 4th April.

A two and a half hour spectacular Sunday Afternoon Fever show from the “Scott Carne Suite”, otherwise known as Studio 320 at ABC Melbourne. With a live audience that are up for it. Just what that is, you’ll find out.

The live house band for the show was Boom Crash Opera, with guests Miss Dorothy & His Fools in Love, Tlot Tlot, Mrs Sinatra, the Totally Lost in Space improv show, The Real Live Brady Bunch, Lano & Woodley AND heaps more.

You’ll need a wiglet.
Mrs Fred Sinatra on haircare

There are audience song requests, 3 rounds of Maynard’s Mastermind and rather inexplicably the chance to win Bobby Brown’s tracksuit.

Miss Dorothy sings beautifully, Tlot Tlot have a new album, Mrs Sinatra (live on the phone from Las Vegas) has hair care tips for the ladies, Warren Coleman fills us in on behind the scenes of The Real Live Brady Bunch, Ross Daniels goes all Dr Smith for the live audience, Lano & Woodley relive painful school days in song and Boom Crash Opera do their version of Detachable Trombone. It’s a class act all the way with Triple J.

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

Thanks to all our funny guests. Special thanks to the very professional Triple J Producers Anne-Maree Sargeant, Phil McKelar and all at ABC Melbourne 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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Sunday Afternoon Fever, Melbourne Comedy Festival 1992

Mar 17, 2020 Maynard

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Hear a time capsule from the Melbourne Comedy Festival 1992. Sunday Afternoon Fever live across Australia on Triple J, 5th April 1992.

Maynard and guests, Wendy Harmer, Bachelors From Prague, Doug Anthony All Stars, Stomp, Mark Little, Found Objects, Chris Lynam, Lily Savage, Corky and The Juice Pigs, Lance & The Hollywood Kids, bring you a music and mayhem filled 3 hours from just one Sunday afternoon that was very 1992.

Found Objects, perform on Sunday Afternoon Fever Melbourne Comedy Festival 1992 — Found Objects, perform on Sunday Afternoon Fever, 5.4.1992

ABC Studio 320 in Broadcast House, Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, was the venue for an afternoon of goofin’ off featuring the house band for the show Bachelors From Prague. It was their last public appearance before leaving for Italy.

Bachelors From Prague with Maynard dancing. Triple J, Sunday Afternoon Fever, Melbourne Comedy Festival 1992

This 3 hour show includes all the interviews and performances, as well as the flavour of the 1992 music groove.

Stomp perform on Sunday Afternoon Fever Melbourne Comedy Festival 1992 — Stomp perform on Sunday Afternoon Fever Melbourne Comedy Festival, April 1992

This was the first year Stomp toured Australia and before Wendy Harmer began her very successful commercial radio career in Sydney in 1993.

Richard Fidler helps out. Tim Ferguson relaxes live Maynard Triple J Melbourne Comedy Festival 1992 — Richard Fidler helps out. Tim Ferguson relaxes live with Maynard, Triple J, Melbourne Comedy Festival 1992

DAAS had just been on The Big Gig and upset ABC viewers even more than usual. Chris Lynham was wonderfully surreal and gave some of the best non sequitur answers ever.

Maynard plays trombone again with Bachelors From Prague. Triple J, Melbourne Comedy Festival 1992 — Maynard plays trombone with Bachelors From Prague. Triple J, Melbourne Comedy Festival 1992

All of these performers are still around, all every bit as entertaining as in this show. Seek them out, it’s worth the journey.

Maynard works the crowd. Sunday Afternoon Fever show. Triple J Melbourne Comedy Festival 1992

Thanks to all our guests. Special thanks to the very professional Triple J Producers Chris Norris, Anne Marie, Phil McKelar and all at ABC Melbourne 1992.

Sunday Afternoon Fever show rundown list 5.4.1992

Bachelors From Prague on Facebook

6 other Sunday Afternoon Fever shows for your listening pleasure

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Voice of the Beehive, Sydney, 1992

Jul 29, 2017 Maynard

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Voice of the Beehive played toured Australia in 1992 and rocked my world during their Sydney shows in 1992.

Voice of the Beehive sisters Tracey Bryn & Melissa Brooke Belland, as well as Daniel “Woody” Woodgate (Madness) blew into the Triple J studios one Friday afternoon. Wearing fairy outfits and waving magic wands with Woody sporting a huge grin, I knew this interview was going to be fun. It was. The songs I Walk The Earth, Perfect Place, Don’t Call Me Baby, Adonis Blue and their power pop cover of I Think I Love You are some of my favourite pop songs of the late 80s/early 90s.

Voice of the Beehive played Enmore Theatre and the northern beaches while in Sydney in 1992 and I never have found out the secret about the possible surfer guy or why Woody always has a clean white t-shirt on tour.

Voice of the Beehive on Wikipedia.

Voice of the Beehive on Myspace.

Have some fun with Melissa & Tracey as the show off their fashion and dance moves 1988 style.

Voice of the Beehive join a top lineup to play Indie Daze in London, October 4.

Tracey Bryn, Melissa Belland, signed I Think I Love You CD single

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Sunday Afternoon Fever – Brady Bunch Special

Nov 28, 2016 Maynard

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From September 1992 it’s Sunday Afternoon Fever celebrating all things Brady in a bumper 3 hour episode with music, interviews and a special Brady Maynard’s Mastermind. We also let the people of Australia decide, by voting for their favourite Brady member.

Mrs Fred Sinatra of Las Vegas is along to give advice on love, Lance of The Hollywood Kids has gossip about the opening night of Fire Walk With Me, as well a the exciting new Drew Barrymore TV project with Aaron Spelling 2000 Malibu Road.

We speak with Christopher Knight, Peter Brady himself about being the fictional middle child and how he feels about the opening night of The Real Live Brady Bunch.

The Soloway sisters join us with Warren Coleman to talk about the afternoon they came up with the idea for The real Live Brady Bunch show in their lounge room (their mum thought it would get them in trouble). Jill Soloway has since gone on to write Six Feet Under among many other projects and Warren has won an Oscar.

Andrew G takes questions from the listeners on all things Brady while in between we hear some music from Caligula, Screamin” Jay Hawkins, Def Fx, The Shamen, Utah Saints, Cracker, Stray Cats and more. Quite the afternoon of listening ahead of you.

We miss you Florence Henderson.

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Sunday Afternoon Fever 7.2.1993 The Death of The Reels

Feb 25, 2015 Maynard

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In the 1st SAF for 1993 as Dave Mason declares the death of The Reels. Doug Anthony All Stars in London, a new single for Duran Duran and I can’t find a guest to interview. So I let the audience interview me. Lance & The Hollywood Kids & Mrs Sinatra too! AND Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra live in the studio direct off the plane from Japan.

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Sunday Afternoon Fever 16.5.1993 – Simon Afternoon Fever

Feb 8, 2015 Maynard

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Simon Day from Ratcat joins Simon Marnie from SBS for Simon Afternoon Fever. Non Simonesque participation from Ru Paul, Thierry Mugler, Greg Fleet AND The Sharp play live in the studio. Callers tell us just what they think of the Simons & Simones of 1993. Regulars Mrs Sinatra is getting over an illness cloud & Lance with The Hollywood Kids does not disappoint with the 90210 gossip.

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