The Fat and Sports Tonight

Phil Doyle

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Christ, there's a need for some decent coverage on free to air TV for sports fans. unfortunately we're lumped with Tom Webster and Phil Woods, great at what they do, which is wash dishes, but absolutely criminal in their broadcasting incompetence.
And has anyone caught The Fat on the ABC, what an embarrassing attempt at sports comedy. the Rugby League commentator, Phil Wilkins is about as funny as a dead baby's doll. And as for their attempt to grab a token Swan to satisfy the largest spectator interest sport in the country, well...I give in.
I can't wait for the Western Football League coverage to return to Channel 31, now THAT'S interesting television.
Telly needs something that's not as pie-in-the-face as the Footy Show, and not as pretentious as Talking Bullsh...er...Footy. Something that takes the piss and leaves you thinking. The Poms do it well with the soccer show - Fantasy Football league, a show by barrackers, for barrackers.
But christ, don't expect anything blisteringly unique from australian television.
And those that think the TV rights will be the saviour of the game, including Wayne Jackson and his gang of carpetbaggers, might take note of the 300,000 decline in TV viewers over the last decade.
Yeah, footy on free-to-air telly, it'll always be there...

Won't it?

Phil Doyle.

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Bloodstained Angel

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The Fat has its moments

I find myself laughing at it much more than any "footy Show' style program which is just vaudeville really.

On the Sydney bias thing - no, I can't really see it myself, Rebecca Wilson, Peter Wilkins and Tony Squires are all Sydneysiders, sure, but that is balanced by alot (and I mean alot) of Melbourne people
in the guest spots.

Oh and another thing - in the typical time honoured ABC tradition, the show made on an absolute shoestring of a budget.

The ABC spend about as much on producing The Fat as Eddie the talking Prez spends on lunch.

Don't knock it - its a heap better than anything the Commercial Stations can come up with.

cheers
 

Grave Danger

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I don't know if Mongrel Punt (Ch.31) will return this year. The production quality was poor and the scheduling typically inconsistent, but if this show was produced by say, the ABC (in Melbourne), it could be what you are looking for.

Here's their website address if you want a sample: http://www.mongrelpunt.com/
 

GoEagles

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Anyone know whatever happened to the show 'Sam and the Fatman'? It slipped to a very late timeslot about a month after it was launched and then I never heard anything about it since.
 

Ms.Storm

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The Fat is a sensational sports show, well balanced and covering all sports and ALL footy codes.
Wilkins is fantastic (great r/league caller) and Rebecca is such fun. Turffie is excellent too.
In fact all the guests are of a high standard and generally very funny.
 
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