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Andrew Denton on the poster for his film God On My Side

Andrew Christopher Denton (born May 4, 1960) is an Australian comedian and television presenter, and is the host of the ABC's weekly interview program Enough Rope. He is one of Australia's most quick-witted comedians and interviewers and his talents have won him nation-wide fame.^[1] Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... God on My Side is a documentary directed and produced by Australian Journalist Andrew Denton and follows his trip to the 2006 National Religious Broadcasters Convention in Texas. ... May 4 is the 124th day of the year (125th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... A comedian, or comic, is an entertainer who amuses an audience by making them laugh. ... A television presenter is a British term for a person who introduces or hosts television programmes. ... The Australian Broadcasting Corporation or ABC is Australias national non-profit public broadcaster. ... Enough Rope with Andrew Denton (or simply Enough Rope) is a television talk show broadcast on the ABC network in Australia. ...

Education

Andrew Denton went to Blue Mountains Grammar School^[2] in Wentworth Falls where he was known as a talented public speaker and debater. Denton then studied Media and Communications at the prestigious Charles Sturt University (then Mitchell College of Advanced Education)^[3]. There is a rumour circulating around the Bathurst campus that the words "Towers Power", which were written on one of the roofs of the John Oxley Village dormitory area, was his doing. Denton is reported to have lived in the Towers dormitory buildings (JOV are Towers' rivals in many CSU Bathurst battles) during his time on campus. CD Blake Auditorium, Bathurst campus, CSU Charles Sturt University (CSU) is an Australian multi-campus university in New South Wales. ... Bathurst is a regional centre in the state of New South Wales, Australia approximately 200km west of Sydney and is the seat of the Bathurst Regional Council Local Government Area. ... A typical American college dorm room Another typical not-so-clean college dorm room Watterson Towers, Illinois State University Potomac Hall, second-largest dormitory at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. ...

The personality started his career as Napoleon in Shaw's Man of Destiny at Guildford Grammar School in Perth. He was directed by prominent educator Colin Black. For other uses, see Napoleon (disambiguation). ... George Bernard Shaw (born 26 July 1856, Dublin, Ireland died November 2, 1950, Hertfordshire, England) was an Irish writer. ... Napoleon I of France, by Jacques-Louis David. ... Guildford Grammar Schools Coat of arms Guildford Grammar (Senior) School is a private school in Australia, on the banks of the Swan River. ... The Perth skyline viewed from the Swan River This article is about the metropolitan area of Perth, Western Australia. ...

Career highlights

Andrew Denton worked on a few Australian national radio stations early in his media career, beginning as a writer for popular radio personality Doug Mulray before he began writing and hosting his own show. He also had an early involvement in the Sydney Theatresports movement. Douglas John Mulray (born 1 December 1951, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia), better known as Doug Mulray, was a former host of the breakfast time slot on Sydney FM radio station 2MMM (Triple M) in the 1980s. ... Theatresports, or Theatre Sports, is a form of competitive improvisational theatre and is a trademark of the International Theatresports Institute (ITI). ...

Video cover for The Money or the Gun: Stairways to Heaven

During the 1990s, he worked on and hosted many TV shows, including Blah Blah Blah, The Money or the Gun, Live and Sweaty, and his own comedy talk show, Denton. The first three of these appeared on the ABC, while the last was on the Seven Network. Each week on The Money or the Gun, Andrew had a musical guest play a cover version of Led Zeppelin's Stairway to Heaven in styles ranging from grand opera to The B-52's. This later resulted in an album with 22 of the covers and a video with 25 (three highly visual covers, including the Castanet Club's "pirate" themed entry, were not included on the album). Image File history File links Download high resolution version (452x707, 61 KB)This is a video tape cover for The Money or the Gun Licensing This image is of a videotape cover, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the videotape or the... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (452x707, 61 KB)This is a video tape cover for The Money or the Gun Licensing This image is of a videotape cover, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the videotape or the... For the band, see 1990s (band). ... This is a listing of television programs. ... This is boring This page meets Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ... The Money or the Gun was an Australian comedy / talk-show on the ABC network in 1989-1990, with occasional specials until 1994. ... Live and Sweaty was an Australian sports television program, broadcast on the ABC from 1991 until 1995. ... The Seven Network is an Australian television network. ... Led Zeppelin were an English rock band who formed in 1968. ... Stairway to Heaven is a song by the British rock group Led Zeppelin, composed by guitarist Jimmy Page and vocalist Robert Plant, and recorded on their fourth studio album, (Led Zeppelin IV). ... The B-52s are a New Wave rock band formed in Athens, Georgia, an important center of alternative rock. ...

Robert Plant and Jimmy Page, musicians from Led Zeppelin, later appeared on Denton to perform a Rolf Harris song (Rolf having performed a notable version of "Stairway", complete with wobble-board solo). "Denton" saw the beginning of the Musical Challenge segment, where Denton would challenge musical guests to perform a song from a barrel full of unfashionable songs. This segment evolved during Denton's time on Triple M, resulting in three albums with tracks including The Wiggles singing "Long way to the Top", Neil Finn performing "Sexual Healing", Barenaked Ladies performing "When Doves Cry" and Paul Kelly performing "Little Red Corvette". Two volumes were released on CD titled The Andrew Denton Breakfast Show - Musical Challenge. Robert Anthony Plant (born August 20, 1948, West Bromwich, West Midlands, England) is an English rock singer and songwriter, most famous for his membership in the rock band Led Zeppelin, but also for his successful solo career. ... James Patrick Jimmy Page, OBE (born 9 January 1944) is an English guitarist and record producer. ... Led Zeppelin were an English rock band who formed in 1968. ... Rolf Harris. ... Triple M is a network of radio stations owned by the Austereo Radio Network. ... Andrew Denton hosted a morning radio program on Triple M in Sydney, entitled Andrew Denton Breakfast Show. ...

He also appeared as Malcolm Turnbull in the Belvoir Street Theatre production of "A Royal Commission into the Australian Economy", written by John Clarke and Ross Stevenson, and participated in the early years of the ABC's World Series Debating, often as final speaker. Malcolm Turnbull Malcolm Bligh Turnbull (born 24 October 1954), Australian politician, was elected to the Australian House of Representatives in October 2004 for the Division of Wentworth, New South Wales, representing the Liberal Party. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Ross (Roscoe) Stevenson with on-air partner John Burns are icons of Melbourne radio. ...

While presenting Denton, Andrew Denton launched a public subscription scheme to hire a bounty hunter in order to capture Christopher Skase, who was attempting to avoid extradition to Australia at the time. When told that his repeated statements against Skase could expose him to legal action, Denton said, "If he's got a problem, he can come here and sue me." His notoriety earned him a cameo appearance in the Australian film Let's Get Skase. A bounty hunter is an individual who seeks out fugitives (hunting) for a monetary reward (bounty), for apprehending by law, if such laws exist. ... Christopher Charles Skase (September 18, 1948 - August 5, 2001) was a noted Australian businessman who later became one of his countrys most wanted fugitives, after his business empire crashed spectacularly and he fled to Majorca in Spain. ... Extradition is the official process by which one nation or state requests and obtains from another nation or state the surrender of a suspected or convicted criminal. ... Lets Get Skase is a 2001 Australian comedy starring Lachy Hulme, Alex Dimitriades, Craig McLachlan and Bill Kerr. ...

Denton had an extended stint as a morning radio host for the Triple M network in Sydney, with the assistance of Amanda Keller (who had regularly appeared on Denton). Segments included the aforementioned musical challenges. His time on Triple M also included the infamous "House from Hell" competition, in which various contestants, carefully chosen for their incompatibility, were placed in a house together and involved in various stunts, tricks and tortures. Denton has since said in radio interviews that he regrets being involved in the program, due to the unacceptable level of human manipulation. Triple M is a network of radio stations owned by the Austereo Radio Network. ... Amanda Keller (born 1962) is the name of the host of ABC (Australia)s Mondo Thingo. ...

In 2003, Denton began hosting Enough Rope with Andrew Denton, which has become a hit for the ABC. Enough Rope with Andrew Denton (or simply Enough Rope) is a television talk show broadcast on the ABC network in Australia. ... The Australian Broadcasting Corporation or ABC is Australias national non-profit public broadcaster. ...

In 2004 Denton was named by respondents to a survey conducted by Audience Development Australia Pty Ltd as the "most liked and recognisable" personality on Australian television. shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Denton's first feature length documentary, God On My Side, documents his visit to the National Religious Broadcasters Convention, and was first shown at the Sydney Film Festival in June 2006 with plans to show it as a TV special on ABC's Enough Rope. It was screened in Australian cinemas from 2 November 2006. During interviews related to the film, he revealed he is an agnostic. However, Denton has also insisted he is not anti-Christian in interviews he has done.^[4] God on My Side is a documentary directed and produced by Australian Journalist Andrew Denton and follows his trip to the 2006 National Religious Broadcasters Convention in Texas. ... The National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) Association represents 1700 plus Christian religious broadcasters. ... The Sydney Film Festival is a non-competitive film festival that started in 1954. ... Enough Rope with Andrew Denton (or simply Enough Rope) is a television talk show broadcast on the ABC network in Australia. ... The term agnosticism and the related agnostic were coined by Thomas Henry Huxley in 1869. ...

Denton's production company is named Zapruder's Other Films Pty Ltd, a reference to Abraham Zapruder who filmed the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. His production company was behind behind the talk show, David Tench Tonight, on Network Ten which used a computer-generated host named David Tench. The show had one season before being cancelled in April 2007. Andrew Denton on the poster for his film God On My Side Andrew Christopher Denton (born May 4, 1960) is an Australian comedian and television presenter, and is the host of the ABCs weekly interview program Enough Rope. ... Abraham Zapruder Abraham Zapruder (May 15, 1905 – August 30, 1970), a manufacturer of womens clothing, filmed U.S. President John F. Kennedys motorcade traveling through Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas and unexpectedly recorded the entire John F. Kennedy assassination. ... Frame 150 from the Zapruder Film The Zapruder film is a silent, 8 mm color home movie, shot by a private citizen named Abraham Zapruder, of the presidential motorcade of John F. Kennedy through Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963. ... This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling. ... David Tench Tonight is a television talk show created for the Network Ten in Australia. ... Network Ten, or Channel Ten, is one of Australias three commercial television networks, available in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth in Australia. ...

Personal life

Denton's long-time partner and now wife is prominent television journalist Jennifer Byrne; their son, Connor, was born in 1995. Andrew Denton's father was author Kit Denton, author of Breaker Morant. Jennifer Byrne is an Australian print, radio and television journalist. ... Kit Denton (1928 – 1997), father of ABC television interviewer Andrew Denton, was a soldier, broadcaster and writer who was perhaps best know for his story of Breaker Morant. ... Harry Breaker Harbord Morant For the film of the same name, see Breaker Morant (film) Harry Breaker Harbord Morant (1864– 27 February 1902) was an Anglo-Australian drover, horseman, poet, and soldier whose renowned skill with horses earned him the nickname The Breaker. ...

Andrew Denton is 5'5" (165cm) tall.

He is an avid supporter of the South Sydney Rabbitohs, and is alleged to have had a very heated argument with the former chairman of the club. The South Sydney Rabbitohs, also known as Souths or The Rabbits, are an Australian professional rugby league team based in Sydney, Australia. ...

References

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External links

• Andrew Denton at the Internet Movie Database
• Enough Rope official website