I think my crush on Shaun increases a little more every time I see him.“Imagine the sort of children they’ll have!”
What could be almost as good as getting a Shaun Micallef for your birthday?
Getting a Mad as Hell! It’s too cold out, so I’m just going to snuggle up at home, eat pizza and watch some Micallef.
I already have two Smithereens and I’m tempted to get the e-book. But I’d love a hard copy of this!attentione-il-est-shaun-micallef:
Penguin Shorts - A Selection Of Smithereens - Shaun Micallef
http://www.amazon.com/Selection-Smithereens-Penguin-Shorts-ebook/dp/B0083P4AXW
A short shot of the unique genius of Shaun Micallef. Feel that War and Peace went on a bit? Wish there were more laughs in Catcher in the Rye? Then A Selection of Smithereens is for you. These pieces from one of Australia’s funniest men (no, not John Clarke) feature the Borgias, Winston Churchill and the history behind cornflakes – and so much more! Fresh from the updated 2011 edition of Smithereens, these six short essays are small, perfectly formed and easily digestible pieces of Shaun Micallef.
(via A Selection of Smithereens: Penguin Shorts by Shaun Micallef | Penguin Books Australia)
I wish a hardcopy of this existed. One extra step to a hipsterrific Penguin Classics edition, I guess.
attentione-il-est-shaun-micallef:
Awesome interview, and the pic takes the cake as my current favorite pic of ShaunThe comedian and television host answers a few simple questions.
Adelaide is … the only capital of SA founded by Governor Hindmarsh.
When I was a nipper I dreamed of becoming … the actual Nipper in the John Martin’s Christmas Pageant. Sadly the role was taken. As was the lesser known Nimble.
In reality I’m … a lot more stupid.
The funniest person I knew growing up … was a fellow by the name of Alexander Ward. I wonder whatever became of him?
Growing up with three sisters was … very Chekovian of me.
I’m inspired by … writers of genius, beautiful women and the songs of Ray “Guitarzan” Stevens.
I’m happiest when I’m … with my family or HALO diving with my cool Hollywood friends.
I’m most creative when ... a small elf appears in my study and writes all my scripts for me.
I collect … dust.
I cook a mean … old lady who kept me in a cage and I pushed into an oven.
You wouldn’t know it but … I can defy the third law of thermodynamics.
attentione-il-est-shaun-micallef:
That desk is a spinout! I really like the desk!Print is DEAD, buzzards peck at the ROTTING carcass of radio and along roadsides all over the world, televisions lie abandoned in their MILLIONS. Somewhere, a tumbleweed BLOWS across the information super-highway… but in the distance, as lone as a coyote’s mournful HOWL, is a vert-ramp - and on it, attempting a Tony Hawk 900 - is a SNAKE-BOARD riding fourteen-year-old hipster, interactive smart phone IN one hand and high-speed wi-fi MP3 Infinity Tablet jacked directly into his HEAD in the other… That fourteen-year-old hipster is MAD AS HELL.
Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL is a half-hour weekly round-up, branding, inoculation and crutching of all the important news stories of the week. Along with a like-minded Think Tank of reporters and pundits, Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL offers not only reportage and analysis of the week’s events, but discussion, argument and dissection of what’s making the world turn every which way.
Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL - The show that knows that if NEWS isn’t NOW it’s NOWHERE. Premieres 25 May, 8pm on ABC1.
This week on Shaun Micallef’s Mad As Hell, we meet two key players in Labor’s power struggle, Shaun tracks the whereabouts of Christopher Pyne… and just what is the shocking truth about Peter Slipper? Don’t miss our special Investigative Report.
There’s a behind-the-scenes exclusive with politicians’ publicists, a sneak peek at the ABC’s newest comedy smash BackBenched, and Shaun looks at Greece. From quite a distance.
So jealous of my sister, when we met Shaun, she asked to try those glasses on and he let her!
You apparently can’t see a thing out of them :)
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