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3:48PM Jess McGuire | I’m sure many of you still mourn the loss of Clem “CLAM BESTOF” Bastow from the Defamer Australia family, and often find yourself wondering what the little minx is up to these days. Oh, you know – radio, television, writing – the usual. She is also performing a show at this year’s Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Would you like to learn more? More »
Here’s Something Else To See At The Melbourne Comedy Festival
3:48PM Jess McGuire | I’m sure many of you still mourn the loss of Clem “CLAM BESTOF” Bastow from the Defamer Australia family, and often find yourself wondering what the little minx is up to these days. Oh, you know – radio, television, writing – the usual. She is also performing a show at this year’s Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Would you like to learn more? More » 
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3:39PM Jess McGuire | Dudes. I know most of Defamer Australia’s precious Melbourne-based readers have held off purchasing tickets to shows at the Comedy Festival because they’re breathlessly awaiting my recommendations. But I was in Sydney for two weeks, people! I am only just getting back into the giggly swing of things now! Luckily I do have a suggestion for those of you looking for something to do tonight… More »
Melbourne International Comedy Festival Hot Tip!
3:39PM Jess McGuire | Dudes. I know most of Defamer Australia’s precious Melbourne-based readers have held off purchasing tickets to shows at the Comedy Festival because they’re breathlessly awaiting my recommendations. But I was in Sydney for two weeks, people! I am only just getting back into the giggly swing of things now! Luckily I do have a suggestion for those of you looking for something to do tonight… More »
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5:07PM Jess McGuire | Last night I went to a preview of the Comedy Festival shows which’ll be staged at Trades Hall in Carlton. I saw a couple of great acts, and this was one of my favourites.
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Go And See Daniel Oldaker At The Comedy Festival, Please
5:07PM Jess McGuire | Last night I went to a preview of the Comedy Festival shows which’ll be staged at Trades Hall in Carlton. I saw a couple of great acts, and this was one of my favourites.
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Flotsam & Jetsam
9:07AM Jess McGuire | This clip is very funny, and absolutely on the money.
The folks behind this video are performing at this year’s Melbourne International Comedy Festival in a show called Massage My Medium, just so you know.
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YouTube Clip Of The Day
9:07AM Jess McGuire | This clip is very funny, and absolutely on the money.
The folks behind this video are performing at this year’s Melbourne International Comedy Festival in a show called Massage My Medium, just so you know.
More » Is It Wrong That We Get Excited When We See The Words “Magic Trick” And “Gone Horribly Wrong” Used Within Earshot Of Each Other?
2:47PM Clem Bastow | We’ve been too flat out to see much of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival so far, however, had we known that there was a chance someone might get razorbladed through the head, we may well have cleared our schedule to make sure we were there to witness it!
It seems that a magic trick at one of the MICF’s many shows didn’t turn out as planned – but a veil of secrecy was quickly thrown over any audience members who might have wanted to walk out loudly exclaiming, “I can’t believe he fit four beer bottles up his bum before they finally smashed!”
Which was probably not what happened, but we’re doing the best we can to piece together a likely story with the vague details that are emerging:
The trick went awry during the Something About Razorblades and Nails show at the Northcote Town Hall on Sunday night.
An audience member, who wished to remain anonymous, told Confidential that “something went horribly wrong”.
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If You Live In Melbourne, Go And See Mark Watson’s Show (Please)
1:49PM Jess McGuire | We spent the morning gallivanting around Melbourne with comedian Mark Watson in an effort to help him train for his 24 hour stand up performance on Sunday night, with the idiotic results being broadcast on Triple J’s breakfast show. Mark managed to charm various emo kids, some Yarra Tram representatives, and a grateful florist with his improvised gibbering, and we salute him for his efforts.
As Mark is a lovely and highly comic chap, we thoroughly recommend you go and check out his festival show Can I Briefly Talk to You About the Point of Life? at some point, and you may like to be in the audience for his marathon joke slog, called Mark Watson (and Friends) Take Control Of The World In 24 Hours too. More » 