The Mick Molloy Show
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| The Mick Molloy Show | |
|---|---|
 Mick Molloy hosting his own short-lived television program |
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| Genre | Variety |
| Creator(s) | Mick Molloy |
| Starring | Mick Molloy Tony Martin Bob Franklin Judith Lucy Paul Hester Leigh Paatsch |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Mick Molloy Greg Sitch |
| Running time | 2 hours |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Nine |
| Picture format | PAL (576i) |
| Original run | 10 July 1999 – 28 August 1999 |
The Mick Molloy Show was a television program that appeared on the Nine Network in Australia for just 8 weeks during 1999. The host, Mick Molloy, was a widely acclaimed comedian from The Late Show and Martin/Molloy.
The premise of the show was that some mates would gather together on a pair of couches on a Saturday night. It was a variety show, with comedy, movie reviews and musical performances (featuring acts not normally seen on commercial television). It went for 2 hours per episode. The lead-in shows were the iconic Hey Hey It's Saturday and The Pretender.
At the time the Molloy show was in pre-production, the popular comedy Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me had just been released, featuring the character Mini-me. Molloy had a side kick called Mini Mick, played by Arthur Serevetas (billed, as is often the case, as 'Arthur Penn'). Mini Mick's catch phrase was "Blow it out your arse!"
Assisting Molloy in this live-to-air two hour shambles were his comedy cronies Tony Martin, Judith Lucy, Bob Franklin and Dave O'Neil, bandleader Paul Hester and The Largest Living Things, film critic Leigh Paatsch, Puppetry of the Penis star Simon Morley and Channel Nine stalwart Pete Smith.
Some of the show's guests were Glenn Robbins, Mark Little, Alan Davies, Stephen Curry, Ben Folds Five, Spiderbait, The Don Lane Dancers, Mach Pelican, Colin Hay and Stephen Cummings.
In its short time, the program caused considerable controversy. The very first sketch of the show portrayed Molloy appearing to be drunk, and appearing to urinate on the set with his back to camera. The show was widely panned by critics, and generated many complaints.
The show was originally contracted for 20 episodes, but was taken off air after the 8th. In that time, Molloy was reportedly paid over AUD $1 million.
