The D-Generation

:This article is about the Australian sketch comedy show. For the computer game, see D/Generation.

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Computer game - D/Generation

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The D-Generation was a popular and influential Australian TV sketch comedy show, produced and broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) for two series (1986-1987) and directed by Kris Noble. A third series The D-Generation Goes Commercial aired on Channel 7 (Australia) in 1988 and was directed by Ted Emery. The series was created by a group of Melbourne University students who had gained local notoriety for their stage work, Rob Sitch, Tom Gleisner, Santo Cilauro, Marg Downey, Michael Veitch, Magda Szubanski and the now retired-from-comedy John Harrison. Also part of the original team was Nick Bufalo, who appeared in the unscreened D-Generation pilot, before accepting a long-running role on TV soap A Country Practice. Several of Bufalo's sketches from the pilot (including the famousThunderbirds parody) were incorporated into series one, and Bufalo himself returned for the third series. Actress/comedian Jane Turner and New Zealander Tony Martin joined from series two, and Melbourne Uni Revue stars Mick Molloy and Jason Stephens were added for series three.

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Australian - Sketch comedy - Australian Broadcasting Corporation - 1986 - 1987 - Kris Noble - The D-Generation Goes Commercial - Channel 7 (Australia) - 1988 - Ted Emery - Melbourne University - Rob Sitch - Tom Gleisner - Santo Cilauro - Marg Downey - Michael Veitch - Magda Szubanski - John Harrison - Nick Bufalo - A Country Practice - Thunderbirds - Jane Turner - Tony Martin - Mick Molloy - Jason Stephens

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This show has been noted for its political incorrectness and led to several spinoffs, including Degenocide (1988) and a hugely successful radio breakfast show which ran for five years (1987-1992) on Melbourne's Triple M. The cast of the radio show (Sitch, Gleisner, Martin, Cilauro, Molloy, Stephens and Jane Kennedy) subsequently moved on to the equally popular ABC series The Late Show (1992-1993), which also featured stand-up comic Judith Lucy.

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Political incorrectness - Degenocide - 1988 - 1987 - 1992 - Melbourne - Triple M - Jane Kennedy - The Late Show - 1993 - Judith Lucy

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Four D-Generation cast members (Veitch, Downey, Szubanski and Turner) went on to a similarly-styled and very popular

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sketch comedy series, Fast Forward (1989-1992) on Channel 7 (Australia). A few later made guest appearances on this show's sequel, Full Frontal (1993-1997), which marked the TV debut of actor and comic Eric Bana.

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Fast Forward - 1989 - 1992 - Channel 7 (Australia) - Full Frontal - 1993 - 1997 - Eric Bana

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Fast Forward itself led to the shortlived Channel 7 (Australia) comedy series Big Girls' Blouse (1994), which starred Magda Szubanski, Jane Turner and Gina Riley and it was in this series that the trio debuted the parodic Aussie suburban mother-and-daughter characters who were later the 'stars' of the hit series Kath & Kim (2002-).

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Channel 7 (Australia) - Big Girls' Blouse - 1994 - Gina Riley - Kath & Kim - 2002

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Three of the original D-Generation cast - Rob Sitch, Santo Cilauro and Tom Gleisner, along with Jane Kennedy - are the principals of the successful Australian production company Working Dog Productions, which produced the TV shows Frontline (1994-1997), Funky Squad (1995), A River Somewhere (1997-1998), The Panel (1998-) and All Aussie Adventures (2001-), and the hit feature films The Castle (1997) and The Dish (2000).

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Working Dog Productions - Frontline - 1994 - 1997 - Funky Squad - 1995 - A River Somewhere - 1998 - The Panel - All Aussie Adventures - 2001 - The Castle - The Dish - 2000

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Tony Martin and Mick Molloy have remained a team, with the hit radio show Martin/Molloy (1995-1998), and the movies Tackle Happy (2000), Crackerjack (2002), Bad Eggs (2003) and the upcoming BoyTown.

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Martin/Molloy - 1995 - 1998 - Tackle Happy - 2000 - Crackerjack - 2002 - Bad Eggs - 2003 - BoyTown

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Veitch and Downey recently returned to sketch comedy in the short-lived Let Loose Live (2005), while Bufalo is now a successful TV director who has made several videos and specials with The Wiggles.

Related Topics:
Let Loose Live - The Wiggles

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