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Club Veg 
Vic Davies (left) and Mal LeesMedium Radio Nationality Australian Years active 1984 - 2002 Genres Comedy, Talk Radio Notable works and roles Triple M Network Club Veg (formerly called "The Morning After Show" on Triple J) was a popular Australian radio show and comedic partnership consisting of Mal Lees and Vic Davies (1954 - 2009) on Triple M.
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Career
The partnership started when Mal (then the Afternoon Announcer/Music Director) & Vic (Copywriter) met at 2KA in Penrith. Both were big fans of the Beatles, Monty Python and thinking outside the box - and being told off for it.
They later worked at 2WS writing and producing comedy for Mad Mel but realised by the third day in, that they had a great comedy partnership and they could write better for themselves than for anyone else. Armed with some of those tapes from WS, Mal called Marius Webb at Triple J and introduced him to (what was at the time) a new form of radio comedy. It resulted in them being hired on the spot.
Whilst at Triple J, the boys hosted a theme night at the Tivoli in George Street, Sydney and because their listeners had a habit of referring to them as 'The Vegies' (due to their veg'd-out presenting style) it seemed only appropriate that they call the night at the Tivoli "Club Veg". When their Saturday breakfast show was moved to Drive, "The Morning After Show" name no longer fit and since their listeners were still referring to them as 'Vegies' it seemed an obvious choice to change the name to Club Veg.
After 18 months, 2SM offered Club Veg the Drive shift and soon after Breakfast, before Triple M Sydney poached them for the Night time show in 1987.
With Club Veg, Triple M then introduced the first FM nightly countdown called the Rock Poll. Together with their FM talkback and comedy format it was a winning combination. It was this period when Club Veg recorded the highest 7pm-10pm results in Australian radio history and on their second stint at Triple M Sydney (1998–1999), Club Veg was the first show to break John Laws’ long reign over the 9am-12Noon slot, beating him twice.
Club Veg is fondly remembered for its numerous song parodies; surprise LIVE SFX; 'Sucked In" calls; responses of being "Not too foul..." when listener's would call in and ask how they were, and (following a successful Drive campaign for an Indian sauce brand) "Pataks" and of course, Mal's nightly sunsets over Sydney.
The show was awarded a 1987 New York Radio Comedy Award and the Australian RAWARD (Radio Award, now known as an ACRA) in 1990 for Best On-Air Team.
The partnership ended in 2002 after their contract was not renewed by Triple M Sydney.[1][2]
Radio Shows
- Triple J - 1984 to 1986
- 2SM - 1986 to 1988 [3]
- Triple M Sydney - 1988 to 1994
- Triple M Perth 1994 - 1994 to 1995
- Triple M Sydney - 1998 to 2002
Discography
- (1988) Members and Guests & Things - featuring "The Yuppie Rap" and "Vinyl Pants"
- (2000) We Suck featuring "The Wanker Song". We Suck received an ARIA nomination for Best Comedy Album
See also
References
- ^ SMH 7 October 2003 "Breaking up is hard to do" retrieved 15 October 2007
- ^ SMH 22 November 2002 "Veggies go off as the Ms try tripling their music" retrieved 15 October 2007
- ^ 2PR FM Sydney Radio: The way it used to be, retrieved 15 October 2007
External links
Categories:- Australian comedy troupes
- Australian radio comedy
- Triple M presenters
- Triple J announcers
- Australian radio personalities
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