David Tench

[Jabso]

Even if it is good it won't last long.
If it is funny it will only have a cult following and will be cancelled.

 

[SaintsSupporter]

I'll give it a go, not judging yet.

 

[Baxter Stockman]

Yank garbage. I'll pass.

 

[Stevolution]

Bio:

After an impressive decade-long broadcasting career in the United States, Australia’s David Tench returns home to host Network Ten’s flagship primetime chat show, David Tench Tonight.

It’s a long way from his first media job. A promising full forward with the Murray Steamers football club, David was lured behind the microphone first as a cadet and then as the regular sports reporter on radio 3EC in Echuca, Victoria.

His radio work led to a stint on local television, where he made his mark as Australia’s only angry weatherman. In an interesting twist, Eddie McGuire was Tench’s copy boy at the time. Says Tench, “To this day, whenever I see Eddie I think of a ham sandwich.”

David’s big break came when he was spied by holidaying NBC Today show weatherman Al Roker. Roker introduced Tench to the US, where his Aussie good looks won him the job hosting the syndicated half-hour breakfast show, Surprise! Good Morning!. Every morning for eight years, Tench knocked on the door of a criminal, welfare recipient or major celebrity – in the case of Danny Bonaduce, all three – and interviewed them in their pyjamas.

He became a regular guest on shows ranging from Today to Larry King Live, Donahue MSNBC and The Bold & The Beautiful.

Never shy of being controversial, Tench used these appearances to launch his campaign to have French cuffs renamed freedom cuffs in the wake of the war on terror. A man of action, not just attitude, he now drives a Porsche 911 out of respect for the victims of 9/11.

Outside of television, David is a romantic and a patriot. He didn’t see service in Vietnam, but he did see Miss Saigon 15 times. (He still wakes up screaming “No encore” at 3am.) He has also published poetry under his pen name of Dayvid Tench.

David has two children (Marcelle & Gigi) to his first wife, former French clay-court specialist Yvette Conchon.

David has decided to return to Australian television to “give something back to the industry” that gave him his start.

David Mott, chief programming officer of TEN, says: “We are delighted to have David Tench and his unique brand of hard-hitting light entertainment here at Ten. He’s not just all class. He’s world class.”

- Network Ten

Ok, that explains the American accent... I guess.

That bio actually did more to sell the character and the show for me than those crappy TV promos. I'll be watching out of curiousity and the Andrew Denton factor (I had no idea until I read this) but I still don't think it will last because upon hearing his accent I'm sure a lot of people dismissed as Yank garbage just like Mr. Stockman. Couldn't they at least have given him a Greg Norman-esc accent?

 

[gnomey]

Yank garbage. I'll pass.

Shame its made by Andrew Denton in Sydney.....

 

[-VC-]

Yank garbage. I'll pass.

Hahahahahahaha, you idiot.

 

[JuddyisGod]

Before i read the bio i couldn't understand why he had a yank accent, and i thought that it was just stupid. But now it kind of makes sense and gives me a small glimmer of hope the show might be ok.

 

[Crosby87]

The thing about this is -

Even if it is mildly successful in the short term, it will get stale quickly. (Like Gabbo).

 

[Altum Volantes]

"All the kids in Springfield are S.O.B's"

 

[Altum Volantes]

...Australia’s David Tench returns home to host Network Ten’s flagship primetime chat show, David Tench Tonight...

I'd just like say 'OUCH!' for Rove McManus.

Replaced as top dog at 10 by a computer animation. It was always going to be a chance, but who would have guessed it would happen so soon?

 

[Warwick]

That bio made me want to watch it less. There was not a humerous part in any of it. As someone said, it may have short-term success due to the novelty factor, but it will get stale very quickly.

 

[JUBJUB]

The ads where he's dancing seem to be a rip off of Conan O'Brien

 

[rick James]

I'm beginning to think we've all been hoodwinked, and that this is going to be satirical after reading that bio.

Could actually be funny. Which means it will be cancelled anyway.

 

[NICK THE PIE MAN]

"All the kids in Springfield are S.O.B's"

 

[Monkster]

I'm beginning to think we've all been hoodwinked, and that this is going to be satirical after reading that bio.

Space Ghost Coast To Coast?

 

[Baxter Stockman]

haha oops maybe i should have read thru the thread first ey? ok if its aussie i will give it a shot.

 

[ManWithNoName]

Virtual Tench makes history
By Erin McWhirter
August 14, 2006 12:00am
Article from: AAP

A PIECE of TV history is being made with the creation of animated talk show host David Tench.
Network Ten's David Tench Tonight is the brainchild of Enough Rope presenter Andrew Denton and his production company, Zapruder's Other Films.

While motion capture and digital enhancement technologies have been used by the film industry for nearly a decade, this program is a first for television.

In David Tench Tonight, a virtual cartoon host interviews real people in real time.

Like other talk show hosts, viewers will watch Tench perched behind a desk, interviewing his guests live in a studio.

"That's the world-first about it, guests see him in real time," producer Todd Abbott said.

"It's never been tried before and I imagine it will grab the attention of people around the world.

"Tench is something that is pioneering the way for the future."

Denton's company has partnered with Sydney-based digital production company, Animal Logic, on the project.

The technology used to produce Tench is the same adopted to create creepy Lord of The Rings character, Gollum.

The real personality behind Tench - who will never be revealed - will wear a sensor-suit marking their basic movements, which will make the animated character come across as lifelike as possible.

Abbott said the concept of the program might be hard to grasp.

"It wasn't until I saw the early character work that the penny dropped," he said.

"It's a concept that doesn't bear trying to be explained, it only works if you see it. It sounds far more confusing than what it is."

Denton's love for cartoons sparked Tench's creation and, over 10 months, his company explored the concept for a television program, and developed a detailed back story for Tench's character.

Tench's biography says the Australian-born star recently returned to Australia after a decade in the United States, where he hosted breakfast show Surprise! Good Morning! for eight years.

He has two children, a passion for poetry, and Nine's chief executive Eddie McGuire used to be his copy-kid.

Abbott said Tench's looks were modelled on famous television talk show hosts such as David Letterman, Jay Leno and Bert Newton, as well as radio men Alan Jones and John Laws.

"It was about picking and choosing the features of those talk show hosts we liked and combining it to create David," Abbott said.

So far, he said all guests - starting with tennis champion Patrick Rafter and Killing Heidi band member Ella Hooper - have warmed to the experience.

"The idea of interaction with people who are slightly cartoonistic opens guests up so much more," Abbott said.

"It allows the guest to relax and have fun. He (Tench) is able to be far more honest and so much more real in his questions than a lot of other reporters are able to be. He's also a lot cheekier."

From news.com.au

 

[markstaners]

Show wont last first up Pat Rafter they must want the show to fail Rafter speaks like a 4 year old. He makes me cringe whenever he speaks and is possibly the least funny person in Australia. Rafter is a fraud and a complete fake his not genuine, honestly Rafter could possibly be worse than Mcmanus in regads holding a conversation seriously!

 

[WhyAlwaysMe]

We all saw all the hype Channel 10 created around The Wedge and Yasmins Getting Married and look how they turned out....

I'm expecting this show to flop

 

[piro*]

cant wait to see how shiit it is

 

[JUBJUB]

Ch10 news ran a story on tonights news previewing the show.That means it was either a slow news day or this show really sucks.

 

[Crosby87]

I didn't laugh once.

Even I have a better joke about Naomi.

 

[Total_Juddshanks]

The sad sad attempt at cross promotion on the Ch10 news was (unintentionallly) hilarious. "So there's this current affair show, and the host is not *actually* a real person, but we'll pretend that he is, because thats apparently champagne comedy..."

I almost feel sorry for ch10- they've got another ****ing enormous lemon on their hands, and judging by the desperate attempts at promotion, they know it.

 

[Magpiespower]

Ch10 news ran a story on tonights news previewing the show.That means it was either a slow news day or this show really sucks.

That was pretty ordinary.

Just don't see how it will work - an animated host interviewing real people?

The dynamic between host and guest will lack the spark and spontaneity of the real thing.

Could be very flat with lots of dead air - witness Angela Bishop's plug.

Unless Denton has something up his sleeve...

 

[Harvey Leadpipe]

Talked about how poor this looks last night. My thought was the only way they could make an animated character/host be successful or even appealling was if he was absolutely crass, offensive, over-stepped the boundaries, asked the questions we really wanted the answer to. For example, if interviewing Paris Hilton, ask something along the lines of "so, you have constantly been portrayed across the media as a little mutt. Just how much of the pork sword have you wielded in your brief sl**ty time on earth?", or something like that.

If they maintain the light-hearted fluff, it will be dead before the end of the AFL home and away season.