This Week in Comedy is your weekly whip around of what’s funny, frantic, and fermenting in the Australian comedy scene. This podcast is served with a cold beer and absolutely no guarantee of bladder control. You’ll have a laugh and might just learn something.
In Episode 1, co-hosts Morry and Lily officially crack the seal on the podcast. You’ll be introduced to a show that blends comedy history, industry gossip, live gig intel, and barely controlled chaos. Think part comedy news desk, part green room banter, part pub trivia.
Each episode dives into ‘This Week in History’, which revists key moments that shaped comedy and entertainment. It then moves into ‘Import / Export’, tracking which big names are coming into town, who’s leaving, and where you might spot a surprise set during festival season (hint: It’s Jimmy Carr). There’s also ‘New Room, Who Dis?’, spotlighting comedy rooms around Australia, from Melbourne favourites to emerging stages worth the trip. This episode highlights a new paid comedy room in Melbourne, Moon Dog Wild West.
Perth’s comedy scene is next, with an interview with the Comedy Lounge’s John McAllister and his Australian Comedian of the Year competition. John unpacks what it takes to win, why it matters, and how it can launch a career. The show also makes space for ‘Funny in the Moment’. But as you’ll hear, “you had to be there.”
Rounding things out is Tight Five, a short, sharp chat with comedy veteran Bradford Oakes about gigs, wigs, and his other podcasts, Fool Me Twice. Plus Lily enjoys the “sponsored” beer (self funded, for now), as Tasmania’s Albert Pilsner – a personal favourite of Morry’s.
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Links:
Perth’s Comedy Lounge ‘Australian Comedian of the Year Competition’: Click here
Raw Comedy entry: Click here
Jimmy Carr’s schedule: Click here
The Albert Brewery, Albert Pilsner: Click here