- Scott Dooley
Scott Dooley (or "Dools") is an
Australia ncomedian and radio announcer on national youth networkTriple J . On January 7, 2008 Dooley joinedLinda Marigliano to present the afternoon drive shift from 3pm-5.30pm weekdays. He has also hostedjtv .Dooley appeared regularly on
jtv in a segment called "Throwing Stuff at Robbie Buck". The segment involved him ambushing fellow Triple J hostRobbie Buck and throwing a random object at him. This was co-hosted by fellow triple j hostLinda Marigliano and involved the use of various soft toys including a giant rabbit, and slappingRobbie Buck across the face with a fish whilst live on air. The items used were usually suggested by a listener or viewer. This segment was later banned by ABC management.Dools began his career at
Triple J as a work experience kid. He then went on to be a guest on the Breakfast show with Adam & Wil where he starred in the segment, "Are You Smarter Than Dools?". [cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/breakfast/who/|title=Adam & Wil - Who's On When|publisher=Triple J |accessdate=2006-11-12] Dooley's past work on Triple J has included the Mid-dawn shift - a common shift for new announcers - and also "Summer Nights", weeknights during the summer non-ratings period.Dooley has hosted a range of different comedy gigs from Sydney's own "Mic In Hand", to Australia's
Raw Comedy , and has DJ'ed at Sydney based club "Purple Sneakers". [cite web|url=http://www.purplesneakers.net/purple_content.html|title=Purple Sneakers site|accessdate=2006-11-12] . He has also appeared in the DVD, Sydney Underground Comedy. He has also contributed to several Chaser Annuals, in cluding the most recent, 'The Other Secret .'Dools is a supporter of the
Collingwood Football Club in the AFL andMelbourne Victory Football Club in theA-League .Fact|date=February 2007 Famed for his sense of style, Dools' made a valient attempt to bring socks and thongs back into fashion earlier this year to little avail, he also hates bread.External links
* [http://www.myspace.com/scottdooley Scott's Myspace page]
* [http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/dools/blog/ Scott's Triple J Blog]
* [http://www.phpbbserver.com/scottdooley/ Dools Forum]Scott also hates bread. And once dug a hole using a shovel he constructed from stamps to dispose of an un wanted sandwich.
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