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The Premiership Quarter of the Festival. Knuckle Down my friends! It’ll over before you know it! Have you noticed this year there’s a new beer sold everywhere? Called ‘Wahoo’? It’s not bad, it’s priced a little cheaper than a lot of the other beers, and what’s more I’ve discovered that every barman I order it from says “Whoo-Hoo!” when you order it. So give it a try, but make you sure you order it by saying ‘Whoo-Hoo!”
And now over to you:
Michael Chamberlin & James Dowdeswell are both doing the same …
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The first weekend of MICF behind us, we remembered the little traditions; Dim Sims from Golden Towers, how annoying some flyerers are, and just how much you have to pay for a beer at the Hi-Fi bar.
Also before I get into the fun facts I want to acknowledge a MICF treasure who seldom gets his credit. Paul, the Melbourne Town hall doorman. You know who I mean, the white haired friendly bloke, dressed in traditional royal guard gear who stands either at the top of the bottom of the main …
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October is a tough month in comedy: comedians are wracking their brains trying to work out how to name and describe a show for next year’s Comedy Festival in order to register it. A show which, thanks to the way stand-up works, is probably no more than a mad glint in their eye.
Sometimes this work in isolation can result in doubling up; this year a trio of subversive political stand-ups led by Courteney Hocking are The First Three Against the Wall, while Karin Muiznieks’ new revolutionary-themed cabaret is First Against …
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Hey Trivia nuts,
Welcome to Fun MICF Facts. Each week I’ll be pointing out mildly interesting trivial facts about the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, comedy in general or any other random things I think of.
Did you know that this MICF is Dave Hughes’ 16th, yet it is Steve Hughes’ first?
This is Kent Valentine’s first MICF as a father.
Dave Bloustein of Puppy Fight offered 2 for 1 tickets at his 2006 Edinburgh fringe season, and received a huge spike in sales. This is despite the fact that his show was free.
Yianni Agisilaou …
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