Mike mccoll jones biography
- Mike McColl Jones began writing comedy for Graham Kennedy's In Melbourne Tonight in the early 1960s, and for the next 40 years worked continuously at the epicentre of the Australian entertainment industry through the golden age of television, writing for landmark live variety shows that shaped Australian popular.
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- Michael McColl-Jones OAM (12 August 1937 − 11 March 2024) was an Australian television comedy writer.
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- Bib ID:
- 4363666
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- McColl Jones, Mike
- Description:
- Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Publishing, 2008
- xiii, 272 p. : ill. (some col.), ports ; 29 cm. + 1 DVD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
- ISBN:
- 9780522855456
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Vizard, Steve, 1956-
- Copyright:
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The world awoke a far less funny place last week – although, in fairness, we’ve still got his memorial service to go.
Mike McColl Jones, Australia’s most admired, enduring and prodigious writer of comedy for live variety television, has died after a short battle with illness – or, as Mike would have described it, a long battle with dubious canteen food and cantankerous television management.
He would have been 104 this August if he’d lived another 17 years.
Mike McColl Jones began writing comedy for Graham Kennedy’s In Melbourne Tonight in the early 1960s, and for the next 40 years worked continuously at the epicentre of the Australian entertainment industry through the golden age of television, writing for landmark live variety shows that shaped Australian popular culture, including In Melbourne Tonight, The Don Lane Show, The Graham Kennedy Show, Tonight With Bert Newton, The Bert Newton Show, Tonight Live with Steve Vizard – and countless live special-event broadcasts, including 25 Logies and two Royal Command Performances for Queen Elizabeth, and Prince Charle
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And Now Here's... (Audio CD, Unabridged edition)
Mike McColl Jones has heard the words 'And now here's...' 6000 times and each of those 6000 times tonight show hosts such as Graham Kennedy, Don Lane, Bert Newton and Steve Vizard have walked into shot and spoken words written for them by Mike. Few people are more qualified to write this history of Australian Tonight shows. In a career spanning decades, Mike has been a creator of television's funniest moments on-screen and an insider off-screen.
Mike McColl Jones has heard the words 'And now here's...' 6000 times and each of those 6000 times tonight show hosts such as Graham Kennedy, Don Lane, Bert Newton and Steve Vizard have walked into shot and spoken words written for them by Mike. Few people are more qualified to write this history of Australian Tonight shows. In a career spanning decades, Mike has been a creator of television's funniest moments on-screen and an insider off-screen.
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