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Austen Tayshus (real name Alexander 'Sandy' Gutman; born Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on March 17, 1954) is a Jewish Australian comedian. His stage name is a play on words of "ostentatious", meaning "over-the-top". His early material usually consisted of innocently sending up Australian cultural icons with light puns. Image File history File links Austentayshus_abctv. ...
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Australiana
He is best known for the release "Australiana" in 1983, a comedy single which became the top-selling Australian single of all-time. The routine consists of a sequence of puns on Australian cultural icons, and it is still highly popular. 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Talk show appearances Tayshus has made memorable appearances with talk show hosts including Don Lane and Steve Vizard, in which he invariably sends up the host in a friendly way. He mocked the former's American accent with a routine on 'How to Talk American', which he wrote as "Harder Speak Ummerican", also writng "Armour bit pair staff with you". He often appears with pen and paper, establishing wordplay as he goes. Don Lane (born Morton Donald Isaacson c. ...
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Footyana In 1999, he made a return to standup comedy with the release of "Footyana", a comedy piece based on "Australiana" which he performed on "Live and Kicking". It includes such lines as "Is Stephen Tingay or something?" and "We passed Liam the Burger Rings. Come on Liam, Pickering". He also modified his on-stage persona to a dark, moody character who wears dark sunglasses. He branched out into highly political, controversial humour, often drawing on his Jewish background. Live and Kicking was a BBC Saturday morning variety programme that was aimed at kids and included a mix of competitions, comedy, music and cartoons such as the Rugrats. ...
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Liam Pickering (born November 9, 1968) is a former Australian rules footballer for the Geelong Football Club and North Melbourne Football Club. ...
Austen Tayshus received a lifetime ban from Channel 31 in the late 1990s for using profanity during a live show to express his opinion of Prime Minister John Howard. Channel 31 is the frequency reserved for community television stations across Australia. ...
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External links - Austen Tayshus - Official Website
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