Craig Reucassel

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Craig Reucassel on CNNNN
Craig Reucassel on CNNNN

Craig Bruce Reucassel is an Australian television and radio comedian. He is a member of The Chaser team.

He attended Semaphore Park Primary School in Adelaide.[1]

At the University of Sydney in 2000 he competed in the Philip C. Jessup Cup international law mooting competition.[2] He graduated from the Sydney Law School, along with Chaser colleagues Julian Morrow and Dominic Knight.[3]

Reucassel was a founding member of the satirical multi-media group The Chaser team, and has worked to produce a satirical newspaper, as well as television shows on ABC TV including The Election Chaser, CNNNN, The Chaser Decides and The Chaser's War on Everything.[4]

In 2004 and 2005, Reucassel co-hosted the drive-time radio show Today Today on Triple J with fellow CNNNN cast member Chris Taylor.[4][5]. The pair returned with their Sunday afternoon show Bloody Sunday to do relief shifts in mid-2006 and summer 2006-07.

References

  1. ^ Rebekah Devlin, Peter Woods, Carla Caruso and Noami Jellicoe. "Ducking the dark days of childhood", The Advertiser, 2005-06-20.
  2. ^ The Sydney Law School Reports - Volume 1 2000 (PDF). Retrieved on January 9, 2007.
  3. ^ The Sydney Law School Reports - April 2004 Newsletter (PDF). Retrieved on January 9, 2007.
  4. ^ a b Quinn, Ben. "Comedy of terrors", The Newcastle Herald, John Fairfax Holdings Limited, 2005-10-15.
  5. ^ Javes, Sue. "Identity Crisis Chases Sons Of Satire Into Radio Make-or-break", The Sydney Morning Herald, John Fairfax Holdings Limited, 2003-11-08.

External link

The Chaser
Charles Firth - Andrew Hansen - Dominic Knight
Chas Licciardello - Julian Morrow - Craig Reucassel - Chris Taylor
Productions:
The Chaser (newspaper) - The Chaser Annual
The Election Chaser - CNNNN - The Chaser Decides
Cirque du Chaser - Chaser News Alert - The Chaser's War on Everything
Today Today - Bloody Sunday - Chas and Dom