Jay and the Doctor

Jay and the Doctor are the on-air names of Australian radio duo Jason Whalley and Lindsay McDougall, on radio station Triple J.

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Australia - Radio - Jason Whalley - Lindsay McDougall - Radio station - Triple J

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Best known as members of punk band Frenzal Rhomb, they performed occasional late-night shifts on Triple J until 2004. They temporarily replaced Chris Taylor and Craig Reucassel for six weeks in late 2004 while The Chaser Decides covered the federal election.

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Punk - Frenzal Rhomb - 2004 - Chris Taylor - Craig Reucassel - Federal election

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On 26 November 2004, Jay and the Doctor were announced as the hosts of the Breakfast Show in 2005. The announcement was highly built up by incumbent hosts Adam & Wil.

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26 November - 2004 - Breakfast Show - 2005 - Adam - Wil

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They can be heard on Triple J from 6am to 9am, weekdays. Some of their on-air antics include the following segments:

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• Happy Monday - Jay and The Doctor try to brighten up Monday mornings by playing an infuriating, song repeatedly. On August 29th 2005, they initiated The Happiest Monday Ever prior to which they encouraged listeners to falsly appear sick in order to take the day off work and spend the morning listening to them broadcast from their bed.
• Dreamweaver- Listeners call up and describe recent dreams to Jason and he interprets them. Jason often parodies Cold reading. He will ask a question and immediately follow the response with "yes, i thought so" or "no, I didn't think so" depending on the answer.
• The Friday F**kwit- Jay and the doctor nominate a person in the news that week who they think deserves particular recognition. To play up the humour, it's not always obvious and the reasoning may be quite strange. The award can not be received twice by the same person, which is unfortunate seeing as the boys played their Russel Crowe card quite early.
• Battalion 666- An increasingly bizzare radio serial about "HMS Beelzebub", a ficticious ship of the Royal Navy staffed entirely of satanists. They also happen to be famous entertainers, inpersonated by Jason and Lindsay and 'quoted celebrities' (Examples include Russel Crowe, Moby and Billy Corgan). The series originated from the story that the Royal Navy would allow practicing satanist crewmembers onboard its ships.
• Space Goat- A serial involving a goat in outer space. Parodies early-era sci-fi radio serials.
• 7:30 Resort- A send-up of typically-biased "on-the-scene" news reporting. This involves head anchor "Jason Jay" Whalley delivering the headlines poolside at a tropical resort, while on-the-scene reporter "Radios" The Doctor becomes involved with the situation in a comic manner.
• Under the weather sessions- A well-known musician will teach Jay and the Doctor how to play one of their songs. Originally this was to play in the background of one of the weather readings, hence the name. But now the weather is often sung by the guest.
 
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