Get This

Infobox Radio Show
show_name = Get This

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imagesize = 300px
caption = "Get This" hosts: Ed Kavalee (left) and Tony Martin
format = Comedy
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record_location =
runtime = 120 minutes
creator = Tony Martin
developer =
producer = Nikki Hamilton
executive_producer =
starring = Tony Martin
Ed Kavalee
Richard Marsland
narrated =
opentheme = "Hate to Say I Told You So" - The Hives
"Hate to Say I Told You So" cover by Richard Cheese for the 2nd hour intro
endtheme =
country = Australia
language = English
home_station = Triple M Melbourne
syndicates = Triple M Sydney
Triple M Brisbane
Triple M Adelaide

first_aired = April 3, 2006
last_aired = November 23, 2007
num_episodes = 358

"Get This" was an Australian radio comedy show which aired on Triple M and was hosted by Tony Martin and Ed Kavalee, with contributions from panel operator Richard Marsland [ [http://www.theage.com.au/news/tv--radio/the-getting-of-wisdom/2007/05/23/1179601421131.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap2 The getting of wisdom] - The Age, 24 May 2007] . A different guest co-host was featured on the show each day and included music played throughout.

On the October 15 2007 episode, the "Get This" team announced that Triple M/Austereo would not be renewing the show for 2008. The final broadcast was on the November 23, 2007. During its lifetime Get This developed a strong cult following.

The "Get This" team

Guest co-hosts

"Get This" featured a different guest co-host (both local and international) nearly every day, with Australian comedians, musicians, writers, actors, and old Triple M/EON FM DJs making regular appearances. Regular co-hosts include Ross Noble, Greg Fleet, Fifi Box, Glenn Robbins, Cal Wilson, Peter Rowsthorn, Tom Gleisner, Santo Cilauro, Angus Sampson and Lachy Hulme.

how content

Frequently discussed topics on "Get This" include movies, current affairs, in-jokes, popular culture, Martin's and Kavalee's own lives, Marsland's media and writing exploits, amusing news articles from around the world, and gossip from "celebrity insiders, onlookers, pals and lunchers" from tabloid magazines.

Martin and the others create various comedy sketches that include the edited recordings of politicians such as then Australian Prime Minister John Howard, musical parodies, advertisements and other sketches. Soundbites also feature regularly, with humorous comments, sounds, or sayings from politicians or the popular media included in various jokes, interviews, and songs.

Talkback Mountain

"Talkback Mountain" was a segment in the show where a number of listeners called in to briefly discuss a chosen topic with the hosts, or share a related anecdote with the listeners. In this segment there were also 'dovetails', where Kavalee will ask callers a follow-up question that runs counter to the main phone-in topic. This was a semi-regular concept also used on Triple M's drivetime program "The Shebang" in 2004-2005, which featured 'sub-questions' after the main question, such as 'what's your favourite banshee?'.

The segment was originally introduced by a sample from the Cliff Hangers subgame of gameshow The Price is Right. An alternative theme tune which is used is a sample of the song Tainted Love, and a range of sound effects including a goat bleating and yodeling. In the latter half of 2007, the show's sketch producer, Matt Dower, began creating new "Talkback Mountain" themes on a more regular basis, including one based on the Sonny & Cher song "I Got You Babe" and one based on the Jive Bunny version of the "Hawaii Five-O" theme.

Timeslots

"Get This" first aired on April 3, 2006, running for one-hour from 9am - 10am, with the final episode for the 2006 season airing on December 1, 2006.

The show returned in 2007 on Monday, January 29 in a new two-hour format. The timeslot consisted of 11am - 12pm AEST being hosted by Martin and Kavalee, whilst from 12pm - 1pm a different co-host joined in each day [http://www.smh.com.au/news/tv--radio/radio-active/2007/03/04/1172943265525.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap2] . On Triple M Adelaide only the first hour of the program was played from 12pm - 1pm.

On September 17, 2007, after a two week break, "Get This" moved timeslots to 2pm - 4pm weekdays, however it retained the same two-hour format. [ [http://www.theage.com.au/news/tv--radio/get-this-even-later/2007/09/19/1189881523629.html Get this, even later] - The Age, "20 Sept 2007"] On Triple M Adelaide only the first hour of the program was played from 3pm - 4pm.

Downloads

Gone from Triple M You can now download the best of Get This from Part 1 [http://getthis.podbean.com] and Part 2 [http://getthis2.podbean.com] On the "Get This" website, there were a variety of items to download, including ringtones which are made from soundbites used on the program. Some of these include "John Howard falling off a cliff" and Rex Hunt's "I got my rocks off" ringtones.

Also available on the site was an archive of selected sketches under the banners of "Recent Offences" and "Prior Offences". These included Kim Beazley's rants on cheese and Tony Soprano calling Channel Nine to complain about his timeslot.

Podcast

Gone from Triple M You can now download the best of Get This from Part 1 [http://getthis.podbean.com] and Part 2 [http://getthis2.podbean.com]

Highlights of the show were made available as free bi-weekly podcasts downloadable from the Triple M website and the iTunes Store. Due to copyright and licensing reasons, podcasts could not include most of the music that was used on the radio show. Because of this, some of Martin's comedy sketches could not be heard on the podcast. Earlier sketches containing copyright music were included on the ends of later Podcasts, from #144 (October 29, 2007) onwards.

Aside from weekly wrap-up podcasts, special podcasts were often also released - for example those featuring a notable guest or a milestone episode.

The show's podcasts have been removed as of January 1, 2008 from the Triple M website. However, some of the sketches and web content remain.

CD

Martin announced on the Friday September 8, 2006 show that an audio CD based on the show was in the planning and production phase, with only 1000 copies to be pressed. On the Friday November 3 2006 show, the finished CD "Illegal Download", was unveiled on-air as the new prize for callers to the Talkback Mountain segment. The CD features various guest co-host interviews as well as Martin reading a chapter of his book "Lolly Scramble".

You Can Download the Illegal Download CD from Get This [http://getthis.podbean.com] You can now Download even more Get This [http://getthis2.podbean.com]

The track listing of "Illegal Download" is as follows:

1. You Dirty Bird (28/04/06)
2. Car City Eyes (26/07/06)
3. Penis Painting (05/05/06)
4. Tom Gleisner: The Golden Mile (05/04/06)
5. Angus Sampson: Ready To Rock (20/04/06)
6. Ross Noble: Up J'Taime (21/04/06)
7. Grant Spatchcock Gourmet Pizza (02/06/06)
8. Tasty Treats (29/05/06)
9. Knife Amnesty (17/07/06)
10. Zebra Damage (08/08/06)
11. Robyn Butler: Artist's Impression (14/07/06)
12. What's Eating Laurie Oakes? (19/07/06)
13. Servo Bargains (14/07/06)
14. Beazley Cheese (05/04/06)
15. Craig Eagle: 10 Year Stiffy (29/06/06)
16. Sex News (23/06/06)
17. Dave Graney: Old Vinyl (07/07/06)
18. Greg Fleet: On The Buses (11/07/06)
19. Ooh Me Plums Again! (11/07/06)
20. Ed's European Vacation (13/07/06)
21. Kevin Smith: Nerdsville (25/08/06)
22. Scott Edgar: Return To Nerdsville (09/08/06)
23. Not Having Kids (04/08/06)
24. Greg Fleet: Delivery Man 2 (01/05/06)
25. Ten A Penny (07/09/06)
26. Musical Finale (16/08/06)
27. Breakfast In Dubbo (From "Lolly Scramble" by Tony Martin)

After all copies of the album were given away as prizes, tracks became available for free download at the Triple M website. [ [http://www.triplem.com.au/melbourne/shows/getthis/features/illegaldownload.html Triple M Melbourne - Get This Illegal Download ] ]

Notable events, episodes and running gags

* 'The Capper Calls' - one of the most popular sketches on the program featured Richard Marsland calling celebrities with edited portions of a Warwick Capper Soundboard, duping them into conversations.

* For a number of weeks when "Get This" started on air, "Prize King" Ed Kavalee awarded prizes to the best callers during the show's "Talkback Mountain" segment. He claimed to have purchased the items from Variety Gift Shops. Callers were often indifferent after having been awarded a prize such as a small dolphin trinket.

* Kavalee's live sketches, usually performed with the assistance of Marsland, usually come across as being very hectic, with Kavalee often forgetting the next part of the sketch and having to be prompted by Marsland. His most famous character is "man with a box of killer bees", who has also appeared with a flock of killer pelicans. He usually threatens the crowd into giving him their "worldly possessions" or they will face the wrath of the killer bees/pelicans. Second to this is his sketches that invariably start with, "I'm Richard," presenting an effeminate, incapable or simply ridiculous commentary on what he assumes Marsland is thinking at that moment.

* It was announced during an early show that during Santo Cilauro's radio career at Triple M he often received mail with misspellings of his name, the most notable being "Snato Ghauro". Cilauro was often referred to as Ghauro on the show.

* Constant references were made to Kavalee's other public forays, including a KFC TV commercial in which Kavalee appeared as a customer with a considerable helmet of hair, and his being mistaken for TV commercial characters, especially the "GE Money Genie" and the "Carpet Court Jester".

* A running gag that Australian TV presenter Karl Stefanovic is not a human, and is in fact a robot.

* Repeated airing of radio personality Rex Hunt soundbites. In 2006 it was a rant in response to his sex scandal regarding his wealth and sexual prowess, in 2007 it has been snippets from a 15 minute rambling spray on AM radio against various "knockers" of Hunt, such as the scallop industry.

* "Satiny Caftan Day" - Martin and Kavalee found a picture of Kamahl wearing a colourful kaftan. From this, they had ordered a set of kaftans and held a "all-kaftan" day when they were delivered on 31 October 2006.

* Discussing (and often being amused by) the Get This-related vandalism on Wikipedia] .

* Greg Fleet came up with the concept of a TV show called "Passiona High" the cast of which would be formed from the "Get This" team. The cast list is featured on the "Get This" page on the Triple M website. The cast of Passiona High includes Kavalee as 'Groundskeeper Gus', continuing his role as Gus on his KFC ads, Marsland as school jock, and a dopey character known as 'Nodge'. Martin plays the captain of the Chess Club, spending every lunchtime at lonely chess club meetings.

* Martin and Kavalee have discussed often that April 2007 be redesignated as "Capril" (aka Cape April), a month where all listeners should wear capes in public, conducting day to day activities. The tagline for the month was: "Are you capable?" [ [http://www.mrock.com.au/shows/get_this/index.php Capril section on Get This website] ] .

* Martin shouting "Oooh me plums!" whenever injured testicles are mentioned on the show.

* Martin gently prodding and persistently bringing up details and discussion of "Meat Pie", an unreleased film that Kavalee starred in and is massively embarrassed about. Due to Martin's petitioning, the official "trailer" can now be found on [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JxXoo1aST8 YouTube] .

* Greg Fleet's running gag "Jumper-pants" (wearing a jumper like you would pants) has even found itself a theme song (Turn your smile into a frown, turn your wardrobe up-side down, JUMPERPANTS!).

* Segue into songs. Martin will often ask Marsland a question, with the answer being the opening lyric of the song.

* The team called the month of August "Borgust" and encouraged listeners to send in photos of themselves dressed (as poorly as possible) like the Borg from Star Trek.

* A number of clips have been played from the New Zealand Police documentary, "Police 10-7", most notably of a drunken man asking, "How come?" in response to a police officer telling him that he has been arrested for disorderly conduct. Another notable quote is another man yelling, "Assault! Assault!", the man pauses, then "You touched me officer, sorry."

* On Thursday 30th August, while 'testing' one of the remote-controlled helicopters that were to be given as prizes for "Borgust", Kavalee accidentally touched the antenna of the remote control to his microphone, receiving a mild electric shock.

* Reference is often made to the fact that Kavalee eats during the segment, after Martin revealed that a ruffling paper noise heard in the background was actually Kavalee unwrapping a sandwich. Sometimes Martin asks Kavalee towards the beginning of the segment what he will be eating that day.

* On Monday 5th of November, support rallys were held outside Triple M studios in both Melbourne and Sydney by fans of the show, in response to the cancellation of the Get This. During and after the show, Tony, Ed and Richard addressed the crowd and several references were made to its presence throughout the show. Fans were also introduced to Matty Dower, and the rest of the production team was acknowledged for its contributions. Newspaper reports placed the crowd numbers at the Melbourne rally at approximately 170 people [ [http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22708042-5012974,00.html Fans don't get Get This axing | Herald Sun ] ] .

* At the same time as the Melbourne rally, a smaller rally calling for the continuation of Get This was held outside the Triple M offices in Sydney. During the show a live cross was made from the Sydney Rally to the studio which outlined the fact that Triple M Sydney had asked security to move the rally on. This would later form the basis of the Key Phrase of the Day, whilst a blog about the Sydney Rally was read out on the show on Tuesday the 6th of November.

* A running joke is often floated about one of Marsland's previous jobs, hosting "The Late Date Show" with Bessie Bardot.

Cancellation of "Get This"

On 15 October 2007, it was announced on-air that "Get This" would be finishing up at the end of 2007, with the final show being aired on November 23. The reason cited was that Triple M would be concentrating on their breakfast shows. [ [http://www.theage.com.au/news/entertainment/martins-get-this-gets-the-chop/2007/10/15/1192300688768.html Martin's Get This gets the chop] - The Age, 16 October 2007] , such as The Shebang in Sydney and a new, multi-million dollar Melbourne-based show presented by Peter Helliar and Myf Warhurst.An article in the Herald Sun Guide Jan 2nd 2008 perpetuated the rumor that Get This was "Axed to make way for Helliar's alleged $1 million plus salary".

Separate to that, in broadcasts aired on 16th and 17th of October 2007, Martin made mention of a petition [ [http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/SaveGetThis Save Triple M's Get This with Tony Martin, Ed Kavalee and Richard Marsland] ] that various listeners of "Get This" had mounted in an attempt to save the program. [ [http://austereo.castmetrix.net/podcast/378302368699141049/1/GETTHISPodcast140October192007.mp3 'Get This' Podcast #140] ]

Several media outlets have published stories regarding the cancellation of the program. The non-renewal of the program was also a surprise considering the ratings that the show was generating. In Melbourne, "Get This" was second in its slot, while the station is fifth overall. In Sydney "Get This" was fifth, Triple M ninth; in Brisbane "Get This" was second, Triple M fourth; and while in Adelaide the program was in third place, while the station lags in sixth place. [ [http://www.theage.com.au/news/entertainment/station-stabs-star-to-save-itself/2007/10/17/1192300866586.html?page=fullpage Station stabs star to save itself] ]

Another article in The Age noted that "In a pattern repeated across the country, figures jumped from about 5 per cent audience share to about 11 per cent during the two-hour program, when it aired from 11am. They fell back to near 6 per cent when the station returned to music." [ [http://www.theage.com.au/news/entertainment/martins-get-this-gets-the-chop/2007/10/15/1192300688768.html Martin's Get This gets the chop] ]

The final show was broadcasted on November 23, 2007. The final sketch depicted Tony, Ed and Richard getting in a bus, replete with Vengaboys' song "We Like to Party" playing, before fading the broadcast out. Excluding this sketch, and the musical montage that preceded it, the final live sentence said on the show was, "and here endeth the sizzle" by Tony Martin. The final words heard were by John Howard: "Oh no, that's not funny at all".

References

External links

* [http://www.triplem.com.au/melbourne/shows/getthis/features/ Archive of Selected Sketches]
* [http://getthis.criticalentropy.com/guests.html A complete list of "Get This" co-hosts]
* [http://getthiswiki.wetpaint.com/ The "Get This" Wiki] - A collection of show-related information and links to archived Podcasts.
* [http://www.myspace.com/getthissongs "Get This" Wikipedia On MySpace] - Fan Made.