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Vote 1, Mel & Kochie (& Firthy)
« on: November 08, 2007, 03:58:39 PM »
And you thought choosing between Me-One and Me-Two at the polling booth was going to be hard? Try choosing between each TV station's coverage on election night.

ABC:
Kerry O'Brien (The 7:30 Report)
Tony Jones (Lateline)
Antony Green (election analyst extraordinaire)
Senator Nick Minchin (Liberal finance minister & numbers man)
Julia Gillard (deputy leader of the ALP)

Channel 7
David Koch (Kochie, Sunrise)
Melissa Doyle (Mel, Sunrise)
Mark Riley (7's chief political correspondent)
Chris Bath (newsreader)
Anna Coren (Today Tonight's resident segue expert)  :-o
Joe Hockey (Liberal workplace relations minister and Friend of Sunrise)
Tanya Plibersek (Labor frontbencher)
Peter Beattie (ex-Labor premier of Qld)
Jeff Kennett (ex-Liberal premier of Vic)
Jackie Kelly (retiring Liberal MP)
Barnaby Joyce (Nationals senator)
Andrew O'Keefe (Game show host)  :|

Channel 9
Laurie Oakes (chief political correspondent)
Ray Martin (worm lover)
Helen Coonan (Liberal senator, Communications Minister)
Wayne Swan (Labor Shadow Treasurer)
Robert Ray (Labor powerbroker)
Michael Kroger (Liberal powerbroker)
Peter van Onselen (academic & Howard biographer)
Charles Firth (some guy whose name seems vaguely familiar   :wink:)

Sky News
David Speers (political editor)
Brendan Nelson (Liberal Defence Minister)
Bob Hawke (former Labor PM)
Kim Beazley (former Labor leader)
John Hewson (former Liberal leader)

SBS will have updates and a one-hour special at 9:30pm
Channel Ten will have updates and a one-hour special at 10:00pm
Oh, and Triple J's coverage will be headed by HG Nelson.


The ABC hasn't gone for the comic credentials (obviously not wanting to let the Chaser loose in the official tally room) but nonetheless promises "to make the whole affair as hilarious as [they] can".

Seven's going for the numbers, obviously. Their highlights should be Anna Coren and Andrew O'Keefe - every election coverage needs its resident game show host.

Channel 9 has recruited Charles Firth to be their "comic relief", doing a few "humorous spots" during the evening.


I am overwhelmed by choice. The very idea of Mel & Kochie flapping their gums together on a topic about which they know far too little appalls me. I'm sticking to the ABC, and hoping to fluke a few Firth pieces during the evening.


Sources:
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22721793-5013948,00.html
http://www.throng.com.au/blog/channel-7
http://blogs.abc.net.au/thepollvault/2007/11/no-funny-busine.html

I have already mentioned this in the Manic Times thread but thought it deserved fuller treatment over here.


« Last Edit: November 08, 2007, 05:49:39 PM by Adi »
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Re: Vote 1, Mel & Kochie
« Reply #1 on: November 08, 2007, 03:59:52 PM »
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Re: Vote 1, Mel & Kochie
« Reply #2 on: November 08, 2007, 04:01:47 PM »
Oh channel 7 all the way.
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Re: Vote 1, Mel & Kochie
« Reply #3 on: November 08, 2007, 04:04:00 PM »
Eep, first ACA and now this! I think Charles Firth has sold his soul to channel 9 :-P

But on a serious note, thanks for posting this, I'll know what to watch and when come election day.
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Re: Vote 1, Mel & Kochie
« Reply #4 on: November 08, 2007, 04:06:08 PM »
I probably won't be able to watch any of it anyway.
I will be on a plane.
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Re: Vote 1, Mel & Kochie
« Reply #5 on: November 08, 2007, 04:07:12 PM »
Quote from: Invisible Friend. on November 08, 2007, 04:06:08 PM
I probably won't be able to watch any of it anyway.
I will be on a plane.
 :-(

This is the part where you're supposed to ask someone to YouTube it. All of it.  :lol:
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Re: Vote 1, Mel & Kochie
« Reply #6 on: November 08, 2007, 04:14:56 PM »
Can someone please YouTube it? All of it?  :lol:
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Re: Vote 1, Mel & Kochie
« Reply #7 on: November 08, 2007, 04:27:48 PM »
I'm sure you'll hear the result some where the next day anyway. Or atleast sometime over the next 3 years. Hopefully.
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Re: Vote 1, Mel & Kochie
« Reply #8 on: November 08, 2007, 04:50:53 PM »
Quote from: saraproblem on November 08, 2007, 04:27:48 PM
I'm sure you'll hear the result some where the next day anyway. Or atleast sometime over the next 3 years. Hopefully.
Hopefully, yes. But that's the boring bit. The exciting part will be seeing up to what hijinx our delightful panellists will get during the telecast! Will Mel be able to pronounce the name of NSW Senate candidate Janos Beregszaszi? What will Julia Gillard be wearing? Will Nick Minchin be doing his best Monty Burns impersonation, hoping to take over from Philip Ruddock as most evil member of the Liberal Party? Will Joe Hockey sing for us again? How pissed will Bob Hawke be by the end of the night? Will Andrew O'Keefe ask Walter P. Smythe to explain inflation to us? Will Ray Martin attack Kerry O'Brien with a giant worm? Will Jeff Kennett's hair spontaneously combust under the studio lights? Will Anna Coren be able to construct an elaborate seafood segue between the electorates of Fisher and Cook?

Oh, and I hope Firthy's segments might be mildly amusing too  :-)
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Re: Vote 1, Mel & Kochie (& Firthy)
« Reply #9 on: November 08, 2007, 07:28:12 PM »
I can see it now....

November 24th, election night.

Channel 7, Deal or No Deal studio.

Mel and Koshie standing holding 2 gold cases, next to them is Andrew O'Keefe explaining to the viewer(s) that in just one moment, one of these cases is going to be opened, and inside it will contain the winner of the 2007 election.

And then there'll be a viewer poll JUST as you think they're going to announce the winner, just to keep everyone in suspense, the poll asking views who do you think is holding the new PM suitcase - Mel or Koshie?

Then hours later, the winner will be revealed by opening a suitcase....

Thrilling stuff.
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Re: Vote 1, Mel & Kochie (& Firthy)
« Reply #10 on: November 08, 2007, 08:29:41 PM »
Oh, don't say that, if they hadn't planned to do that already, surely they will now...  :|
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Re: Vote 1, Mel & Kochie (& Firthy)
« Reply #11 on: November 08, 2007, 11:44:06 PM »
Meh to all the personalities...
What I want to know is who will have the wizz-bangiest computer graphics. Because you know, you can't explain a swing without something featuring 3-D red and blue shapes...
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Re: Vote 1, Mel & Kochie
« Reply #12 on: November 09, 2007, 09:53:00 AM »
Quote from: Fashion Zombies! on November 08, 2007, 04:04:00 PM
Eep, first ACA and now this! I think Charles Firth has sold his soul to channel 9 :-P

But on a serious note, thanks for posting this, I'll know what to watch and when come election day.


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Re: Vote 1, Mel & Kochie (& Firthy)
« Reply #13 on: November 09, 2007, 10:23:09 AM »
Quote from: Animated on November 08, 2007, 08:29:41 PM
Oh, don't say that, if they hadn't planned to do that already, surely they will now...  :|

Haha!! Well I hope Ch7 give me credit for giving them the idea on the night then.
Otherwise I'll be forced to take legal action against them all...and the amount I'll be suing for is in Case 19!! Ooh the suspense is killing me.
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Re: Vote 1, Mel & Kochie (& Firthy)
« Reply #14 on: November 09, 2007, 02:41:28 PM »
Quote from: Star_Fish on November 08, 2007, 11:44:06 PM
Meh to all the personalities...
What I want to know is who will have the wizz-bangiest computer graphics. Because you know, you can't explain a swing without something featuring 3-D red and blue shapes...
Well, if 7's Deal or No Deal graphics are anything to go by, the Greens are doing very well (the 4 biggest value cases are green), Labor are doing ok (the other big values are red) and the Liberals have all the small values and the monkey (they're all blue). See, without even knowing it, their graphics are already predicting the outcome!  :lol:
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