Airdate: Live from Planet Earth
Ben Elton doesn't plan a talk or variety show, but a combination of live, scripted sketches and stand-up comedy.
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Ben Elton’s Live From Planet Earth, will debut on Tuesday, February 8th on Nine.
The Melbourne-made show isn’t a talk show or variety show, but a combination of live, scripted sketches and stand-up comedy, with guests written into sketches, playing themselves or a character.
Sounds very Saturday Night Live, but being live that could be an awful lot of sets and logistics to co-ordinate (as Let Loose Live remembers).
The ensemble cast includes Genevieve Morris, Paul McCarthy, Veronica Milsom, Olivia Stambouliah, Shareena Clanton, Lyall Brooks, Kate McLennan, Emma Leonard and Michelle Davison.
Of the celebrity guests, Elton tells the Sunday Telegraph, “It won’t be a conventional interview. They’ll either have a role in a sketch or play themselves.
“Of course, we’ll give them a plug, but they’ll have to muck in with the rest of us and be prepared to be cheeked.”
NB: While the Sunday Telegraph notes a 9pm start for the show, current Nine programming indicates a Top Gear special to run from 8 – 9:30pm.
Source: Daily Telegraph
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15 Responses
I’m a bit excited to see this…surely with Ben Elton at the helm it’ll be a bit of fun.
If the preview ads are anything to go by, this show will suck. It doesn’t look funny at all.
3 weeks for me…
Good on Nine for taking a chance on variety but I am with everyone else. 2 weeks.
P.S. Bring back Micallef Tonight!! 😉
Does this remind you of Peter Moon’s live comedy/variety show ‘Let Loose Live’?
@Mia – no only McCarthy and Genevieve Morris were on ‘Comedy Inc’.
@Woody – what’s wrong with McCarthy? He’s an awesome impersonator – his Rudd, Howard, Kochie, etc. are definitive.
Sounds like it’s rushed and lacks direction.
You’d be right-most of the ensemble cvast have appeared on Comedy Inc in the past.
Genevieve Morris is “Barb the bank manager”?
at least two of them did Mia (Geneieve and Paul)
Can’t wait to see this, I love Barbara the bank manager and she’s in it!
Most of the ensemble cast worked together on Comedy Inc. didn’t they?
i reckon it will be a flop but then again i could be wrong
I give this 2 weeks…
As for TG UK the Middle East Special was 75 minutes long on the BBC back in December so will it be cut back to 60 minutes here or with they have only 15 minutes of ads in it’s 90 min time slot?
This show will be lucky to last two weeks
Paul McCarthy?
Some of my interest just died.