Archive for May, 2005

Affairs just follow script (The Glass House 25/5/05)

Thursday, May 26th, 2005

A huge slab of stuff some of which made it to air about the Herald-Sun article “AFFAIRS JUST FOLLOW SCRIPT”, which I can’t find online but which is more or less summed-up below.
Two US divorcees have written a new book claiming that they when men cheat on their wives, they always follow a predictable pattern [...]

Sniffer dogs kick cocaine for talc (The Glass House 25/5/05)

Thursday, May 26th, 2005

Raw gaggage from Holt & Blackwell for The Glass House about the sniffer dogs that have been trained to track down talcum terrorists…
Sniffer dogs kick cocaine for talc
Police are keeping their eyes peeled for any members of the force with very tingly armpits.
Victorian Police have arrested more than sixty people at raves with sniffer dogs [...]

Spears Baby Test Sold (The Glass House 18/5/05)

Saturday, May 21st, 2005

Joke fodder for The Glass House about an Australian article similar to this one
SPEARS BABY TEST SOLD
Britney Spears’ urine-based pregnancy test has been sold for five thousand and one US dollars on eBay. Britney’s said to be furious that her latest release has been leaked…
Insiders say the new Britney release is to be called [...]

Blighty Snags World’s Top Food Title (The Glass House 18/5/05)

Saturday, May 21st, 2005

Raw material from the gag workshop of Holt & Blackwell for The Glass House about the article
BLIGHTY SNAGS WORLD’S TOP FOOD TITLE
They offer bacon and egg icecream, snail porridge, and oyster and passionfruit jelly. You wouldn’t believe the chef’s self-taught…
One problem ‘The Fat Duck’ has had is that no-one knows what are entrees, mains [...]

Wednesday night TV featuring my actual head

Monday, May 16th, 2005

So finally this Star Wars thing is coming to its overdue conclusion. And the good people over at SBS’s The Movie Show decided that since Craig and I made “the definitive documentary on Australia’s obsession with Star Wars”, we would be suitable resident experts to discuss the cultural phenomenon. Or something. Maybe [...]

Things not fit to be broadcast

Monday, May 16th, 2005

Regular visitors to my house will be aware that I am the “co-author” of some “jokes” that appear on ABC-TV’s The Glass House.
The way it works is this. A couple of days a fortnight Mat Blackwell and I get faxed a few news stories. By close of play we send back as many [...]