The best Australian humorous writing / edited by Andrew O'Keefe, Steve Vizard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Neighbour, Sally, author.

Contributor:

O'Keefe, Andrew, editor.

Vizard, Steve, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Australian wit and humor.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (169 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Carlton, Victoria, Australia : Melbourne University Press, 2008.

Summary:

In The Best Australian Humorous Writing , Andrew O'Keefe and Steve Vizard corral our funniest minds and canniest observers into one entertaining anthology. The writers bring a unique antipodean mirth to everything that has touched our lives in recent times-from Sir Ian McKellen disrobing on stage to busting up the Logies, from the privatisation of Telstra to the curves of Nigella Lawson, from the perils of entertaining children to the perennial outrage that modern telecommunications offers. Among the contributors: Phillip Adams * David Astle * Graeme Blundell * The Chaser Kaz Cooke * Ian Cuthbertson * Mark Dapin * Catherine Deveny Frank Devine *Alexander Downer * Dame Edna Everage * Charles Firth Germaine Greer * Gideon Haigh * Marieke Hardy * Wendy Harmer Clive James * Danny Katz * Malcolm Knox * John Lethlean * Mungo MacCallum * Shane Maloney * Shaun Micallef * Paul Mitchell * Les Murray * Guy Rundle * Roy Slaven * Tony Wilson * Julia Zemiro

Contents:

Intro

Title

Contents

Introduction

Everyday Life

Teacherwoman

Torn between satay skewers and children as an endangered species

Love is never saying sorry … so there

Listen up, you selfish and ignorant people. Stop driving 4WDs

Song of the crestfallen pigeon

My 2UE producer noticed a tendency for me to nod off during interviews. In my own defence, they lined up some boring farts

My father sat on Winston Churchill

Idle hands make for short nails

My loyal subjects and possums! A seasonal message from President Edna

Politics

Phwoarr, check out the policies on Julia Gillard

The right wing

The pollies went a little crackers

All is not lost when you can see success in anything

Er, thanks for your support. No, don't call us, we'll call you

Don't worry, just testing

Society

Adventures in LA-Land

Fame

Seven modern wonders indeed? I think not

Corporatising culture: Who holds the past in common trust?

The perfectly bad sentence

In from a busy day at Barwon jail, Carl asks for a fair go

Environment, Science and Technology

On climate change

Contact

Planet Earth: Beware of the chimps

Modern telecoms run rings around me

Popular Entertainment

I came, I buzzed, I lost

You just know it will be deliciously messy

Madonna's latest offering leaves listener pondering: Just because she can, does it mean she should?

A time to repent: Big Brother's over

Lashings of lust curved up by Nigella

Interview with Ja'mie King

The Chaser's Logies

The Arts

Cook's tour: Peter Cook

The satire we had to have: Keating

So Ian McKellen drops his trousers to play King Lear. That sums up the RSC's whole approach

Group giggles groovy again

Business

Packed it in: The demise of the Bulletin

It's a loathe-hate relationship, but at least I own a slice.

Lies, damned lies

Sport

Pump more beer, iron out muscle

Having a ball: How we finally fell in love with the world game

Lifestyle

A hookworm's-eye view of the world around us

The Library hotel, Thailand, and other hip hotels

Who cares if she can't sing and can't dance? Posh Spice is the Damien Hirst of dress-wearing

Fashion pinkoes are the fifth columnists of masculinity

Silence of the lamb

Telly tubbies

Rude food

Contributors

Acknowledgements

Copyright.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780522859195

0522859194

OCLC:

1493619867