Shaun Micallef
Opinion
ABC
Familiar as hell? Shaun Micallef’s new chat show not what the ABC needs
Promoting his return to the ABC, Shaun Micallef quips that he stepped aside two years ago to make way for young talent, but there “wasn’t any”.
- by Thomas Mitchell
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Letters
Letters
We will know when the time is right for change
Age readers discuss the pros and cons of Australia becoming a republic.
‘It’s been nice to offer something a bit brutal’: Shaun Micallef on the end of Mad as Hell
The announcement of the show’s end came as a shock to its fans, but the comedian insists it’s best to leave before “audience starts readying the rotting fruit”.
- by Bridget McManus
Opinion
CBD
Micallef bows out with a Little River bang
The ABC comedian warned the sleepy Victorian hamlet that he’d be making a big noise.
- by Noel Towell and Kishor Napier-Raman
After 15 seasons of Mad As Hell, Shaun Micallef finds a show with joy
Shaun Micallef’s new high-school quiz show Brain Eisteddfod is “more me than I’ve ever been”, says the multi-hatted comedian as he farewells Mad As Hell and turns 60.
- by Ben Pobjie
Mad As Hell ‘won’t be returning’ - or will it?
Comedian Shaun Micallef says the Mad As Hell TV sketch show may go on in 2023 in some form.
- by Carolyn Webb
Francis Greenslade: I’m much lazier than Shaun Micallef, not as driven
The Mad As Hell regular says his job is about being childish and mucking around – and there’s no better job in the world.
- by Ben Pobjie
Opinion
Five Minutes with Fitz
‘I am a snivelling coward’: Why Shaun Micallef won’t be doing a Zelensky
The ABC funnyman is impressed by the comedian-turned-wartime leader in Ukraine, but don’t expect anything similar Down Under.
- by Peter FitzSimons
‘This is a great day’: Barnaby’s gift to 7.30’s star satirists
Mark Humphries and Evan Williams have made their mark skewering politicians in viral sketches for the ABC. But is politics really beyond satire?
- by Louise Rugendyke
Scott Morrison is comedy gold, like George Costanza: Tosh Greenslade
If you had George Costanza do any of the things that Scott Morrison has done, it would make the top 10 moments of George Costanza, says Tosh Greenslade.
- by Kerrie O'Brien
Drunk history: Shaun Micallef takes a deep dive into our booze culture
The comedian hasn't touched alcohol for decades, yet his documentary, On The Sauce, is the most personal work he has ever done.
- by Ben Pobjie
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