Tony Martin (born 10 June 1964) is a comedian and writer from Te Kuiti, New Zealand who has had a successful TV, radio, stand-up and film career in Australia. Image File history File links Tonycrop. ... June 10 is the 161st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (162nd in leap years), with 204 days remaining. ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... Te Kuiti viewed from the south-west as SH3 climbs out of the town. ... For other uses, see Television (disambiguation). ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Film is a term that encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. ...

Currently, Martin is a co-host of the Triple M radio show Get This with Ed Kavalee, which broadcasts from 11am–1pm AEST weekdays. Triple M is a network of radio stations owned by the Austereo Radio Network. ... Get This is an Australian comedy radio show hosted by Tony Martin and Ed Kavalee, with contributions from panel operator Richard Marsland . ... Ed Kavalee - Star of Radio & Stage Ed Hyland-Kavalee is an Australian actor and radio host. ... Time Zone is also a historical computer game. ...

Career

Tony Martin, from the comic Martin/Molloy #2 1997 by Dillon Naylor

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Martin/Molloy produced three ARIA award winning compilation albums: The Brown Album (1995), Poop Chute (1996) and Eat Your Peas (1998). The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry. ... The Brown Album is the first compliation double-album of material taken from the Australian radio program Martin/Molloy. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Eat Your Peas is the third and final compilation double-album of material taken from the popular Australian radio show Martin/Molloy, with comedians Tony Martin and Mick Molloy. ...

Martin's major TV work was on the ABC comedy The Late Show (1992–1993). He also made several appearances on The Panel, the The Mick Molloy Show, and in Kath & Kim (as Magda Szubanski's fiddle-playing boyfriend). The Australian Broadcasting Corporation or ABC is Australias national non-profit public broadcaster. ... The Best Bits of The Late Show: Champagne Edition (DVD) The Late Show was a popular Australian comedy show, which ran for two seasons on ABC TV from 18 July 1992 to 30 October 1993. ... The Panel is an Australian television show, first aired in 1998, and was very popular in its first few years. ... The Mick Molloy Show was a television program that appeared on the Nine Network in Australia for just 8 weeks during 1999. ... Kath & Kim is a Logie Award winning Australian television comedy series shown on ABC TV. It also airs on RTÉ Two in Ireland, TV3 in New Zealand, LIVINGtv, Ftn and the BBC in the United Kingdom. ... Magda Szubanski Magda Szubanski (born April 12, 1961 in Liverpool, England) is an Australian actress, comedian and writer. ...

Martin wrote, produced and directed the 2003 comedy movie Bad Eggs. He has also played minor roles in several films (mostly those of former Late Show colleagues), including The Castle (1997), Tackle Happy (2000), Crackerjack (2002) and BoyTown (2006). 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Bad Eggs is a 2003 Australian comedy movie, written and directed by Tony Martin. ... This article refers to the Australian movie The Castle. ... Tackle Happy is an Australian documentary film released in 2000 about the live performance show Puppetry of the Penis starring Simon Morley and David Friend. ... Crackerjack was a 2002 Australian motion picture comedy starring Mick Molloy, Bill Hunter, Frank Wilson, Monica Maughan, Samuel Johnson, Lois Ramsay, Bob Hornery and Judith Lucy. ... BoyTown is a 2006 Australian comedy film, directed by Kevin Carlin and starring an ensemble cast of prominent Australian comedians, including Glenn Robbins, Mick Molloy, Bob Franklin, Wayne Hope and Gary Eck. ...

Martin's first book Lolly Scramble, a collection of humorous autobiographical essays, was released in 2005. Lolly Scramble cover Lolly Scramble: A Memoir of Little Consequence, published in 2005, is collection of essays by New Zealand-Australian comedian Tony Martin. ...

On 3 April 2006, Martin returned to the Austereo network to produce a nationally-syndicated show with Ed Kavalee on Triple M named Get This, which broadcast from 9am–10am AEST weekdays (5pm-6pm in Adelaide). April 3 is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 272 days remaining. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Austereo is a national commercial radio network in Australia. ... Ed Kavalee - Star of Radio & Stage Ed Hyland-Kavalee is an Australian actor and radio host. ... Triple M is a network of radio stations owned by the Austereo Radio Network. ... Get This is an Australian comedy radio show hosted by Tony Martin and Ed Kavalee, with contributions from panel operator Richard Marsland . ...

On 29 November 2006, Martin mentioned on air he and Kavalee were negotiating to return for a second season of Get This in 2007 - one of the conditions being the show run an hour longer. On December 14, 2006 it was announced that in 2007 the program would be moving to the Midday time slot replacing Tough Love with Mick Molloy.^[1]. November 29 is the 333rd (in leap years the 334th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Get This is an Australian comedy radio show hosted by Tony Martin and Ed Kavalee, with contributions from panel operator Richard Marsland . ... December 14 is the 348th day of the year (349th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... ToughLove hosts: Robyn Butler (left) and Mick Molloy (right). ...

Personal life

• Tony Martin grew up in the small New Zealand towns of Te Kuiti and Thames.^[2]

• For two years as a child, he lived on a boat for five months of the year as his father was a part-time amateur marlin fisherman. Since there was no TV, he would listen to radio programs like The Goon Show and try to copy the voices.^[2] Tony is famous for his range of comic impressions.^[3]

• At the age of 18, Tony moved to Hamilton where he landed a job with a radio copy writer, which eventually secured his first passage to Australia when a visiting executive from the station's sister outfit in Brisbane needed a new writer.
• A self-proclaimed "film nerd" who watches as many as 375 movies a year, Martin often refers to his encylopaedic knowledge of film and television trivia. His knowledge of film was entirely self-taught, often from listening to director's commentaries of films. He claims he learned a year's worth of film school from Robert Altman's commentary on The Player and Martin Scorsese's on Taxi Driver.^[2]

• Tony is also the voice behind Bargearse, dubbed episodes of Bluey and Gov. Frontbottom & Judge Muttonchops in The Olden Days - both featured on The Late Show.

• Martin is married to Annie Maver. She is a floor manager on The Panel and RocKwiz, and has worked as an assistant director in Australian movies and television productions. Tony met her when she was a floor manager on The D-Generation.^[2]

• Martin suffers from haemochromatosis^[4] and often jokes about his health. He has made references to his "many odd medical problems relating to his health" on Get This.

• Martin enjoys video games and has a love for the Nintendo 64 game Goldeneye 007, as discussed in his book, Lolly Scramble. He and his co-hosts discussed this on the 17 November 2006 episode of Get This and spent five minutes talking about the game.

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Television

• The Gillies Republic (1986) - (writer only)
• Rubbery Figures (1986) - (voices, also writer)
• The D-Generation (1987) - Various - (also writer)
• The D-Generation Goes Commercial (1988) - Various - (also writer)
• The Late Show (1992-93) - Himself/Various - (also writer)
• The Mick Molloy Show (1999) - Himself/Various - (also writer)
• Kath & Kim (2002-03) - Mark - (4 episodes)
• The Shambles (2006) - Himself (2 episodes) [1]
• Thank God You're Here (2006) - Himself (3 episodes)

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Movies

• The Castle (1997) - Adam Hammill
• Tackle Happy (2000) - Himself
• Crackerjack (2002) - Les Nestor
• Bad Eggs (2003) - Gavin Clack - (also writer/director/producer)
• BoyTown (2006) - Kenny Larkin
• BoyTown Confidential (2007) - Kenny Larkin

This article refers to the Australian movie The Castle. ... Tackle Happy is an Australian documentary film released in 2000 about the live performance show Puppetry of the Penis starring Simon Morley and David Friend. ... Crackerjack was a 2002 Australian motion picture comedy starring Mick Molloy, Bill Hunter, Frank Wilson, Monica Maughan, Samuel Johnson, Lois Ramsay, Bob Hornery and Judith Lucy. ... Bad Eggs is a 2003 Australian comedy movie, written and directed by Tony Martin. ... BoyTown is a 2006 Australian comedy film, directed by Kevin Carlin and starring an ensemble cast of prominent Australian comedians, including Glenn Robbins, Mick Molloy, Bob Franklin, Wayne Hope and Gary Eck. ... BoyTown is a 2006 Australian comedy film, directed by Kevin Carlin and starring an ensemble cast of prominent Australian comedians, including Glenn Robbins, Mick Molloy, Bob Franklin, Wayne Hope and Gary Eck. ...

Radio

• The D-Generation Breakfast Show (Triple M Melbourne 1987-91)
• Bulltwang (Triple M Melbourne 1990)
• Martin/Molloy (Austereo network 1995-98)
• Get This (Triple M network 2006-)

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Albums

• The D-Generation: The Satanic Sketches (1989)
• The D-Generation: The Breakfast Tapes (1990)
• Martin/Molloy: The Brown Album (1995) 2CD
• Martin/Molloy: Poop Chute (1996) 2CD
• Martin/Molloy: Eat Your Peas (1998) 2CD
• Get This: Illegal Download (2006) Limited Edition

Nick Bufalo in the Thunderbirds Pizza sketch. ... Nick Bufalo in the Thunderbirds Pizza sketch. ... Martin/Molloy was a hugely popular Australian radio program starring Tony Martin and Mick Molloy, both formerly of The D-Generation and The Late Show. ... The Brown Album is the first compliation double-album of material taken from the Australian radio program Martin/Molloy. ... Martin/Molloy was a hugely popular Australian radio program starring Tony Martin and Mick Molloy, both formerly of The D-Generation and The Late Show. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Martin/Molloy was a hugely popular Australian radio program starring Tony Martin and Mick Molloy, both formerly of The D-Generation and The Late Show. ... Eat Your Peas is the third and final compilation double-album of material taken from the popular Australian radio show Martin/Molloy, with comedians Tony Martin and Mick Molloy. ... Get This is an Australian comedy radio show hosted by Tony Martin and Ed Kavalee, with contributions from panel operator Richard Marsland . ...

Books

• Lolly Scramble (Pan Macmillan 2005)

Lolly Scramble cover Lolly Scramble: A Memoir of Little Consequence, published in 2005, is collection of essays by New Zealand-Australian comedian Tony Martin. ... Macmillan is a global publishing firm founded in 1843 by Daniel and Alexander Macmillan, two brothers from the Isle of Arran, Scotland. ...

References

1. ^ Austereo Group Ltd. Wil Anderson joins Triple M in drive for 2007. Press release. Retrieved on 2006-12-15.
2. ^ ^{a b c d} Zion, Lawrie. "Copping a Bad Egg", Features, The Age, 2003-07-19. Retrieved on 2006-11-22. 
3. ^ http://www.smh.com.au/news/tv--radio/radio-active/2007/03/04/1172943265525.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap2
4. ^ Tranter, Nikki. "Book review of Lolly Scramble", PopMatters, 2005-10-27. Retrieved on 2006-11-22. 

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External links

• Official Get This page on Triple-M's Melbourne web site
• Tony Martin at the Internet Movie Database
• Tony Martin at Pan Macmillan
• The Late Show Fan Site and Reference and Episode Guide.
• Champagne Comedy: The Late Show fan site and forum.
• Tony Martin interview at Shaun Micallef's Online World Around Him