Coodabeen Champions

Coodabeen Champions

The Coodabeen Champions (often referred to as "The Coodabeens") are an Australian comedy team with several programs currently broadcast on ABC Radio. These programs are the Coodabeens Footy Show (Saturdays between 11.00 am - 1.00 pm) on 774 ABC Melbourne, The Idlers (Saturdays between 6.30 and 8.00 pm) and The Coodabeen Champions Sundays (Sunday nights between 6.30 and 9.00 pm) which are both broadcast nationally on ABC Local Radio. The Sunday night show was often pre-empted for sports broadcasts but could still be heard over the internet on the ABC's website. At the end of December 2008 the ABC announced that the Sunday night show was "untenable" because of the conflict with sports broadcasting, but the Saturday night show would continue. The Idlers program on Saturday evenings is also broadcast outside of the football season and deals with travel around Australia and its wealth of destinations. The program's team consists of members of the Coodabeens plus "Camp Oven Governor" Scott Watkins-Sully and others. In 2008 it was re-named The Saturday Soiree. The Coodabeens members often refer to "Young Andy"; this is Coodabeens' producer Andy Bellairs.

Coodabeens Footy Show

The program began in 1981 on 3RRR and has twice moved to 3AW. It is now broadcast primarily on 774 ABC Melbourne and ABC Victoria. It is mainly focused on Australian rules football, with the Coodabeens discussing current sports events and news in a humorous manner, also interviewing numerous retired football players and commentators. Its current members are Jeff Richardson, Ian Cover, Greg Champion and Billy Baxter). Former members of the group include Tony Leonard and Simon Whelan (now a Judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria[1]).

The show includes various regular segments, including:

  • Covie's Quiz: a football-related quiz run by Ian Cover.
  • Guru Bob: a fictional Guru - he has belonged to various religions - who claims to relate advice to Australian Football League players and coaches who "visit the temple", often giving them comical spins on well-known philosophical quotes as this advice. He is described as the Coodabeens' Special Adviser on Football Spirituality and has released numerous books of football quotes.[2] For example, "It says in The Bible, Book of Shane 3:11: 'It is harder to win a Premiership, than it is to put a needle into the eye of a camel'."
  • Greg's Songs: Greg Champion, a singer-songwriter, performs parodies of popular songs and relates them to Australian rules footballers.
  • Outer Barcoo: regional Australian amateur or semi-professional football teams are profiled, with a player or coach interviewed.
  • Torch's Footy Talkback: a fictional talk radio segment, with callers phoning in with various football questions, rumours or thoughts, often in the form of humorous and subtle attacks against football personalities.

References

  1. ^ The Age (2004). Massive from Moorabbin made Supreme Court judge. Retrieved June 17, 2006.
  2. ^ GregChampion.com.au (2006). Who is Guru Bob?. Retrieved June 17, 2006.

External links

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