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Open Slather

January 01, 1970

Open Slather is an Australian sketch comedy television series which first aired on The Comedy Channel on Foxtel on 24 May 2015.[1][2] The 20 episode series is executively produced by Laura Waters and Rick McKenna.[3] After the first ten episodes aired, the series experienced a hiatus while new episodes were in production. Replacing new episodes were 30 minute 'best of' episodes titled Open Slather Reopened.[4] The second block of ten episodes began airing on 6 September,[5] and concluded on 8 November 2015.[6]

Open Slather
GenreSketch comedy
Written bySee: writers
Directed by
  • Natalie Bailey
  • Steven Saussey
  • Iain Pirret
  • Tom Salisbury
Theme music composerJohn Foreman[note 1]
Opening theme"The Revolution Will Be Televised" by Smoove
Ending theme"The Revolution Will Be Televised" by Smoove
ComposerKit Warhurst
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes20 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
  • Laura Waters
  • Rick McKenna
Producers
  • Paul Walton
  • Laura Waters
  • Rick McKenna
CinematographyLászló Baranyai
Running time60 minutes
Production companies
  • Rick McKenna Entertainment
  • Princess Pictures
Original release
NetworkThe Comedy Channel
Release24 May (2015-05-24) –
8 November 2015 (2015-11-08)

On 31 December 2015, it was announced the show had been cancelled.[7]

Cast edit

Guest edit

Special guests edit

Parodied characters edit

Writers edit

  • Holly Austin (episodes 5, 9, 11, 15, 20)
  • Hannah Bath (episodes 3, 8, 10, 17, 19, 20)
  • Jay K. Cagatay (episodes 2, 5, 7, 9, 11)
  • Paul Calleja
  • John Campbell (episodes 1, 3–14, 17–20)
  • Bryan Cockerill (episode 18)
  • Mark Conway (episode 3)
  • Lucas Crandles (episodes 13–17, 19)
  • Stephen Curry (episodes 1–8, 10–18)
  • Des Dowling (episode 7)
  • Marg Downey (episodes 7, 10–13, 15, 16, 19, 20)
  • Dave Eastgate (episodes 17, 18)
  • Ben Gerrard (episodes 4, 8, 17, 18, 20)
  • Happy Hammond (episodes 1–8)
  • Jess Harris (episodes 10–13, 15, 17, 18, 20)
  • Tegan Higginbotham (episodes 2–11, 17–20)
  • Angus Hodge (episode 13)
  • Laura Hughes (episode 3, 8, 9, 11, 15, 19, 20)
  • Rhett Hughes (episodes 3–8, 11–14, 16–20)
  • Shane Jacobson (episodes 1–3, 6–8, 10–12, 16)
  • Dan Knight (episode 8)
  • Demi Lardner (episodes 4, 5, 11, 13, 18)
  • Dave Lawson (episodes 3, 4, 10, 11, 13–18)
  • Ben Lomas (episodes 4–6, 8, 9, 14, 15)
  • Brendan Luno (episodes 1–14, 17)
  • Doug MacLeod (episodes 2–7)
  • Shannon Marinko (episode 6, 9, 10)
  • Cameron Marshall (episodes 2, 6, 9, 12, 14–20)
  • Ray Matsen (episode 8)
  • Zoe McDonald (episodes 8, 9, 11, 14, 18)
  • Maggie McKenna (episodes 1, 2, 4, 11)
  • Lauren Merolli (episodes 11–13, 16)
  • Steve Mitchell (episodes 5, 13)
  • Tony Moclair (episodes 1–7, 11, 13, 15, 18)
  • Nick Musgrove
  • Timothy Nash (episodes 13–17, 19)
  • Dave O'Neil (episodes 1–8, 10–17, 19, 20)
  • Miles O'Neil (episodes 6–9, 12, 13)
  • Mark O'Toole (episodes 1–14, 18)
  • Nick Place (episodes 7, 12, 15)
  • Anita Punton (episodes 1–18)
  • Amanda Reedy (episodes 4, 8, 14, 18–20)
  • Gina Riley (episodes 1–8, 10–12, 14–18)
  • Glenn Robbins (episodes 1, 2, 4–9, 11, 12, 14–17, 19, 20)
  • Peter Rowsthorn (episode 10)
  • Adam Rozenbachs (episodes 1–15, 17, 18, 20)
  • Joel Slack-Smith (episode 14)
  • Ilai Swindells (episodes 7, 11, 15, 19)
  • Magda Szubanski (episodes 1, 7, 11–13, 20)
  • Emily Taheny (episodes 7, 10, 11, 15)
  • Richard Thorp (episodes 17, 18)
  • Nathan Valvo (episode 19)
  • Lory Vecchio (episodes 3, 15, 20)
  • Michael Veitch (episodes 4, 5, 15)
  • Paul Verhoeven (episodes 2, 6)
  • Eric Walsh (episode 8)
  • Michael Ward (episodes 3, 6–9, 11–15)
  • Tom Ward (episode 18, 19)
  • Nick Weller (episodes 4, 5, 7)
  • George H. Xanthis (episodes 3, 7, 9, 19, 20)

Head writers edit

  • Nick Weller (episodes 1–6)
  • Phil Van Bruchem (episodes 1–6)

Episodes edit

No.TitleDirected byOriginal air dateViewers
1"Episode 1"Natalie Bailey and Steven Saussey24 May 2015 (2015-05-24)243,000[10]
We are introduced to Gina Minehart and her view on mining, a MasterChef contestant explodes after a misunderstanding in TV ethics, a new employee's email address is found to be too inappropriate and 60 Minutes reports on asylum seekers.
2"Episode 2"Natalie Bailey and Steven Saussey31 May 2015 (2015-05-31)131,000[11]
3"Episode 3"Natalie Bailey and Steven Saussey7 June 2015 (2015-06-07)123,000[12]
4"Episode 4"Natalie Bailey and Steven Saussey14 June 2015 (2015-06-14)100,000[13]
5"Episode 5"Natalie Bailey and Steven Saussey21 June 2015 (2015-06-21)79,000[14]
6"Episode 6"Natalie Bailey and Steven Saussey28 June 2015 (2015-06-28)79,000[15]
7"Episode 7"Natalie Bailey, Steven Saussey and Iain Pirret5 July 2015 (2015-07-05)67,000[16]
8"Episode 8"Natalie Bailey, Steven Saussey and Iain Pirret12 July 2015 (2015-07-12)56,000[17]
9"Episode 9"Natalie Bailey and Tom Salisbury19 July 2015 (2015-07-19)N/A
10"Episode 10"Natalie Bailey and Tom Salisbury26 July 2015 (2015-07-26)60,000[18]
Hipsters face a crisis, a laundromat owner and an employee disturb their customers and a wife is upset over her husband's illicit photos.
11"Episode 11"Natalie Bailey and Tom Salisbury6 September 2015 (2015-09-06)N/A
12"Episode 12"Natalie Bailey and Tom Salisbury13 September 2015 (2015-09-13)N/A
13"Episode 13"Natalie Bailey and Tom Salisbury20 September 2015 (2015-09-20)N/A
14"Episode 14"Natalie Bailey, Iain Pirret and Tom Salisbury27 September 2015 (2015-09-27)N/A
Liz Hayes interviews "One Direction", a gimp drives Uber and Hillary Clinton debates Donald Trump
15"Episode 15"Natalie Bailey, Iain Pirret and Tom Salisbury4 October 2015 (2015-10-04)N/A
16"Episode 16"Natalie Bailey, Iain Pirret and Tom Salisbury11 October 2015 (2015-10-11)N/A
17"Episode 17"Natalie Bailey, Iain Pirret and Tom Salisbury18 October 2015 (2015-10-18)N/A
18"Episode 18"Natalie Bailey, Iain Pirret and Tom Salisbury25 October 2015 (2015-10-25)N/A
19"Episode 19"Natalie Bailey, Iain Pirret and Tom Salisbury1 November 2015 (2015-11-01)N/A
20"Episode 20"Natalie Bailey, Iain Pirret and Tom Salisbury8 November 2015 (2015-11-08)N/A

Reception edit

Ben Nuetze of Crikey wrote "Open Slather is an apt title for Foxtel's brand new sprawling sketch show...In fact, I don't think I've ever seen a sketch show which is so eclectic and disconnected in terms of style. In moments it wears its politics on its sleeve; in others it sets about satirising Australian society, and it often picks up on the classic parody style of Fast Forward. There's really no singular idea holding all of this together, and the show seems to have no real focus and no clear reason for being...And yet, it's often surprisingly excellent."[19]

David Knox of TV Tonight commented "On the positive side, there were some great laughs to be found in Open Slather....A strong cast of emerging comedians....slipped in with ease alongside Fast Forward veterans in this mix of popular culture, social and political humour. On the less-positive side some of the sketches struggled.....whilst others made me uneasy that they were trying to recapture Fast Forward's magic with a tone stuck in the 80s."[20]

Notes edit

  1. ^ "The Revolution Will Be Televised" by Smoove was used until episode 10. A new theme by John Foreman was used from episode 11 onwards.
  2. ^ Jane Turner appeared as a special guest in "Episode 14", "Episode 15", "Episode 16" and "Episode 17".

References edit

  1. ^ Plant, Simon (4 April 2015). "Beloved Australian comedians and talented newcomers join forces for a new sketch comedy show on TV". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  2. ^ "Open Slather: Australia's biggest names in comedy". Foxtel.
  3. ^ Knox, David (5 April 2015). "Airdate: Open Slather". TV Tonight. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  4. ^ Knox, David (10 August 2015). "Sunday 9 August 2015#Comments". TV Tonight. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  5. ^ Knox, David (19 August 2015). "Returning: Open Slather". TV Tonight. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  6. ^ Knox, David (26 October 2015). "Open Slather drawing to a close". TV Tonight. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  7. ^ "Axed in 2015 | TV Tonight".
  8. ^ a b c Knox, David (19 June 2015). "Sting guest stars in Open Slather". TV Tonight. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  9. ^ Knox, David (10 July 2015). "Open Slather: July 12". TV Tonight. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  10. ^ Knox, David (25 May 2015). "Bumper premiere for Foxtel's Open Slather". TV Tonight. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  11. ^ Knox, David (1 June 2015). "Sunday 31 May 2015". TV Tonight. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  12. ^ Knox, David (9 June 2015). "Sunday 7 June 2015". TV Tonight. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
  13. ^ Knox, David (15 June 2015). "Sunday 14 June 2015". TV Tonight. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
  14. ^ Knox, David (22 June 2015). "Sunday 21 June 2015". TV Tonight. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
  15. ^ Knox, David (29 June 2015). "Sunday 28 June 2015". TV Tonight. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  16. ^ Knox, David (6 July 2015). "Sunday 5 July 2015". TV Tonight. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  17. ^ Knox, David (13 July 2015). "Sunday 12 July 2015". TV Tonight. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  18. ^ Knox, David (27 July 2015). "Sunday 26 July 2015". TV Tonight. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  19. ^ Nuetze, Ben (26 May 2015). "Open Slather review (The Comedy Channel, Foxtel)". Daily Review. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  20. ^ Knox, David (25 May 2015). "Open Slather". TV Tonight. Retrieved 16 June 2015.

External links edit

  • Official website
  • Open Slather at IMDb  

January 01, 1970
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Open Slather is an Australian sketch comedy television series which first aired on The Comedy Channel on Foxtel on 24 May 2015 1 2 The 20 episode series is executively produced by Laura Waters and Rick McKenna 3 After the first ten episodes aired the series experienced a hiatus while new episodes were in production Replacing new episodes were 30 minute best of episodes titled Open Slather Reopened 4 The second block of ten episodes began airing on 6 September 5 and concluded on 8 November 2015 6 Open SlatherGenreSketch comedyWritten bySee writersDirected byNatalie Bailey Steven Saussey Iain Pirret Tom SalisburyTheme music composerJohn Foreman note 1 Opening theme The Revolution Will Be Televised by SmooveEnding theme The Revolution Will Be Televised by SmooveComposerKit WarhurstCountry of originAustraliaOriginal languageEnglishNo of seasons1No of episodes20 list of episodes ProductionExecutive producersLaura Waters Rick McKennaProducersPaul Walton Laura Waters Rick McKennaCinematographyLaszlo BaranyaiRunning time60 minutesProduction companiesRick McKenna Entertainment Princess PicturesOriginal releaseNetworkThe Comedy ChannelRelease24 May 2015 05 24 8 November 2015 2015 11 08 On 31 December 2015 it was announced the show had been cancelled 7 Contents 1 Cast 1 1 Guest 1 2 Special guests 1 3 Parodied characters 2 Writers 2 1 Head writers 3 Episodes 4 Reception 5 Notes 6 References 7 External linksCast editHolly Austin Hannah Bath Shane Jacobson Jay K Cagatay Dave Eastgate Gina Riley Stephen Curry Ben Gerrard Laura Hughes Demi Lardner Magda Szubanski Ben Lomas Marg Downey Miles O Neil Glenn Robbins Ilai Swindells Jane Turner 11 episodes note 2 Emily Taheny Michael Veitch George H Xanthis Guest edit Franklyn Ajaye 1 episode Special guests edit Mark Holden as himself 1 episode Hamish Blake as God 3 episodes 8 Dave Lawson 9 episodes Gerry Connolly as Queen Elizabeth II 1 episode 8 Sting as himself 1 episode 8 Paul Hogan as Cardinal 1 episode 9 Peter Rowsthorn 5 episodes Amy Schumer 1 episode citation needed Bill Hader 1 episode citation needed John Flaus 3 episodes Jane Hall 1 episode Colin Lane 1 episode Eddie Perfect 3 episodes John Wood 2 episodes Ronda Rousey 1 episode Nick Bracks 1 episode Geoff Morrell 3 episodes Christie Whelan Browne 1 episode Parodied characters edit Hannah Bath Mary Crown Princess of Denmark Kirstie Allsop Jay K Cagatay Tony Abbott Ed Sheeran Jon Snow Johnny Depp Redfoo Calum Hood Harry Styles Jesus Russell Brand Julian Assange Hamburglar Steve Baxter Pete Evans Jonathan Ive Marg Downey Helen Clark Ben Gerrard Donatella Versace Gina Riley Liz Hayes Gina Rileyano Anna Wintour Hillary Clinton Magda Szubanski Angela Merkel Gina Rinehart Jane Turner Julie Bishop Grant Denyer George H Xanthis Don DraperWriters editHolly Austin episodes 5 9 11 15 20 Hannah Bath episodes 3 8 10 17 19 20 Jay K Cagatay episodes 2 5 7 9 11 Paul Calleja John Campbell episodes 1 3 14 17 20 Bryan Cockerill episode 18 Mark Conway episode 3 Lucas Crandles episodes 13 17 19 Stephen Curry episodes 1 8 10 18 Des Dowling episode 7 Marg Downey episodes 7 10 13 15 16 19 20 Dave Eastgate episodes 17 18 Ben Gerrard episodes 4 8 17 18 20 Happy Hammond episodes 1 8 Jess Harris episodes 10 13 15 17 18 20 Tegan Higginbotham episodes 2 11 17 20 Angus Hodge episode 13 Laura Hughes episode 3 8 9 11 15 19 20 Rhett Hughes episodes 3 8 11 14 16 20 Shane Jacobson episodes 1 3 6 8 10 12 16 Dan Knight episode 8 Demi Lardner episodes 4 5 11 13 18 Dave Lawson episodes 3 4 10 11 13 18 Ben Lomas episodes 4 6 8 9 14 15 Brendan Luno episodes 1 14 17 Doug MacLeod episodes 2 7 Shannon Marinko episode 6 9 10 Cameron Marshall episodes 2 6 9 12 14 20 Ray Matsen episode 8 Zoe McDonald episodes 8 9 11 14 18 Maggie McKenna episodes 1 2 4 11 Lauren Merolli episodes 11 13 16 Steve Mitchell episodes 5 13 Tony Moclair episodes 1 7 11 13 15 18 Nick Musgrove Timothy Nash episodes 13 17 19 Dave O Neil episodes 1 8 10 17 19 20 Miles O Neil episodes 6 9 12 13 Mark O Toole episodes 1 14 18 Nick Place episodes 7 12 15 Anita Punton episodes 1 18 Amanda Reedy episodes 4 8 14 18 20 Gina Riley episodes 1 8 10 12 14 18 Glenn Robbins episodes 1 2 4 9 11 12 14 17 19 20 Peter Rowsthorn episode 10 Adam Rozenbachs episodes 1 15 17 18 20 Joel Slack Smith episode 14 Ilai Swindells episodes 7 11 15 19 Magda Szubanski episodes 1 7 11 13 20 Emily Taheny episodes 7 10 11 15 Richard Thorp episodes 17 18 Nathan Valvo episode 19 Lory Vecchio episodes 3 15 20 Michael Veitch episodes 4 5 15 Paul Verhoeven episodes 2 6 Eric Walsh episode 8 Michael Ward episodes 3 6 9 11 15 Tom Ward episode 18 19 Nick Weller episodes 4 5 7 George H Xanthis episodes 3 7 9 19 20 Head writers edit Nick Weller episodes 1 6 Phil Van Bruchem episodes 1 6 Episodes editNo TitleDirected byOriginal air dateViewers1 Episode 1 Natalie Bailey and Steven Saussey24 May 2015 2015 05 24 243 000 10 We are introduced to Gina Minehart and her view on mining a MasterChef contestant explodes after a misunderstanding in TV ethics a new employee s email address is found to be too inappropriate and 60 Minutes reports on asylum seekers 2 Episode 2 Natalie Bailey and Steven Saussey31 May 2015 2015 05 31 131 000 11 3 Episode 3 Natalie Bailey and Steven Saussey7 June 2015 2015 06 07 123 000 12 4 Episode 4 Natalie Bailey and Steven Saussey14 June 2015 2015 06 14 100 000 13 5 Episode 5 Natalie Bailey and Steven Saussey21 June 2015 2015 06 21 79 000 14 6 Episode 6 Natalie Bailey and Steven Saussey28 June 2015 2015 06 28 79 000 15 7 Episode 7 Natalie Bailey Steven Saussey and Iain Pirret5 July 2015 2015 07 05 67 000 16 8 Episode 8 Natalie Bailey Steven Saussey and Iain Pirret12 July 2015 2015 07 12 56 000 17 9 Episode 9 Natalie Bailey and Tom Salisbury19 July 2015 2015 07 19 N A 10 Episode 10 Natalie Bailey and Tom Salisbury26 July 2015 2015 07 26 60 000 18 Hipsters face a crisis a laundromat owner and an employee disturb their customers and a wife is upset over her husband s illicit photos 11 Episode 11 Natalie Bailey and Tom Salisbury6 September 2015 2015 09 06 N A 12 Episode 12 Natalie Bailey and Tom Salisbury13 September 2015 2015 09 13 N A 13 Episode 13 Natalie Bailey and Tom Salisbury20 September 2015 2015 09 20 N A 14 Episode 14 Natalie Bailey Iain Pirret and Tom Salisbury27 September 2015 2015 09 27 N ALiz Hayes interviews One Direction a gimp drives Uber and Hillary Clinton debates Donald Trump 15 Episode 15 Natalie Bailey Iain Pirret and Tom Salisbury4 October 2015 2015 10 04 N A 16 Episode 16 Natalie Bailey Iain Pirret and Tom Salisbury11 October 2015 2015 10 11 N A 17 Episode 17 Natalie Bailey Iain Pirret and Tom Salisbury18 October 2015 2015 10 18 N A 18 Episode 18 Natalie Bailey Iain Pirret and Tom Salisbury25 October 2015 2015 10 25 N A 19 Episode 19 Natalie Bailey Iain Pirret and Tom Salisbury1 November 2015 2015 11 01 N A 20 Episode 20 Natalie Bailey Iain Pirret and Tom Salisbury8 November 2015 2015 11 08 N AReception editBen Nuetze of Crikey wrote Open Slather is an apt title for Foxtel s brand new sprawling sketch show In fact I don t think I ve ever seen a sketch show which is so eclectic and disconnected in terms of style In moments it wears its politics on its sleeve in others it sets about satirising Australian society and it often picks up on the classic parody style of Fast Forward There s really no singular idea holding all of this together and the show seems to have no real focus and no clear reason for being And yet it s often surprisingly excellent 19 David Knox of TV Tonight commented On the positive side there were some great laughs to be found in Open Slather A strong cast of emerging comedians slipped in with ease alongside Fast Forward veterans in this mix of popular culture social and political humour On the less positive side some of the sketches struggled whilst others made me uneasy that they were trying to recapture Fast Forward s magic with a tone stuck in the 80s 20 Notes edit The Revolution Will Be Televised by Smoove was used until episode 10 A new theme by John Foreman was used from episode 11 onwards Jane Turner appeared as a special guest in Episode 14 Episode 15 Episode 16 and Episode 17 References edit Plant Simon 4 April 2015 Beloved Australian comedians and talented newcomers join forces for a new sketch comedy show on TV The Daily Telegraph Retrieved 1 May 2015 Open Slather Australia s biggest names in comedy Foxtel Knox David 5 April 2015 Airdate Open Slather TV Tonight Retrieved 1 May 2015 Knox David 10 August 2015 Sunday 9 August 2015 Comments TV Tonight Retrieved 12 August 2015 Knox David 19 August 2015 Returning Open Slather TV Tonight Retrieved 22 August 2015 Knox David 26 October 2015 Open Slather drawing to a close TV Tonight Retrieved 10 November 2015 Axed in 2015 TV Tonight a b c Knox David 19 June 2015 Sting guest stars in Open Slather TV Tonight Retrieved 10 July 2015 Knox David 10 July 2015 Open Slather July 12 TV Tonight Retrieved 10 July 2015 Knox David 25 May 2015 Bumper premiere for Foxtel s Open Slather TV Tonight Retrieved 26 May 2015 Knox David 1 June 2015 Sunday 31 May 2015 TV Tonight Retrieved 1 June 2015 Knox David 9 June 2015 Sunday 7 June 2015 TV Tonight Retrieved 9 June 2015 Knox David 15 June 2015 Sunday 14 June 2015 TV Tonight Retrieved 15 June 2015 Knox David 22 June 2015 Sunday 21 June 2015 TV Tonight Retrieved 22 June 2015 Knox David 29 June 2015 Sunday 28 June 2015 TV Tonight Retrieved 29 June 2015 Knox David 6 July 2015 Sunday 5 July 2015 TV Tonight Retrieved 6 July 2015 Knox David 13 July 2015 Sunday 12 July 2015 TV Tonight Retrieved 13 July 2015 Knox David 27 July 2015 Sunday 26 July 2015 TV Tonight Retrieved 17 July 2015 Nuetze Ben 26 May 2015 Open Slather review The Comedy Channel Foxtel Daily Review Retrieved 16 June 2015 Knox David 25 May 2015 Open Slather TV Tonight Retrieved 16 June 2015 External links editOfficial website Open Slather at IMDb nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Open 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