Andrew Fyfe

Andrew Fyfe

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name = Andrew Fyfe


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birth_place = Melbourne, Australia
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Andrew Fyfe (born 12 May 1966, Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian cartoonist and satirist.

He is best known as the cartoonist who for 17 years drew the on air live cartoons on Australia's longest running variety show, "Hey Hey It's Saturday": he would instantly satirize situations that occurred live on air with lightning quick cartoons drawn with his "pen cam".

Andrew has drawn in front of celebrities including Sophia Loren, Tony Bennet, Samuel L. Jackson, Clint Eastwood, Leslie Nielsen, Cliff Richard and Patrick Swayze.

In 1993-94 he hosted his own children's game show "Guess What?" with Alison Brahe (93) and Jaquie Rindt (94). On the show two panels of children had to decipher the answers to Andrew's picture puzzles.

Andrew's work was also seen on Network Nine's top rating "The Footy Show" between 1994 and 2004 where he produced an animated segment satirizing the news of the week.His political satiric animation has also appeared on "A Current Affair". Andrew has worked with many of Australia's top publications including Mad Magazine and TV Week; he has featured in advertising campaigns for Cadburys, Pilot Pens & Schweppes.

Between 2004 and 2005 he produced a series of animated shorts entitled "Survive Alive" for Foxtel's The Comedy Channel. Since 2005 he has been working as political editorial cartoonist for The Sunday Telegraph and mX newspapers.


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