This Sporting Life (radio Program)
This Sporting Life was a culturally iconic Triple J radio comedy programme, created by award-winning actor-writer-comedians John Doyle and Greig Pickhaver, who performed as their characters Roy and HG. Broadcast from 1986 to 2008, it was one of the longest-running, most popular and most successful radio comedy programmes of the post-television era in Australia. Undoubtedly the longest-running show in Triple J's programming history, it commanded a large and dedicated nationwide audience throughout its 22-year run.
The title This Sporting Life was taken from the novel and 1963 film of the same name.
Read more about This Sporting Life (radio Program): Early Years, Guests and Comedy Segments, Advertising Parodies, The South Coast News, Humour and Terms, This Sporting Life Terminology, Roy Slaven, State of Origin Commentaries, Television, Published Recordings, Recognition At Australian Comedy Awards, Move To Triple M
Famous quotes containing the words sporting and/or life:
“I once heard of a murderer who propped his two victims up against a chess board in sporting attitudes and was able to get as far as Seattle before his crime was discovered.”
—Robert Benchley (1889–1945)
“What is a life or two, Guy! Some people are better off dead. Like your wife and my father, for instance.”
—Raymond Chandler (1888–1959)