Matt Tilley

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Matt Tilley
Born March 4, 1969 (1969-03-04) (age 39)
Melbourne, Australia
Occupation Radio presenter
Spouse Suzie Tilley
Children 3

Matthew "Matt" Vernon Thompson Tilley[1] (born March 4, 1969)[2] is an Australian comedian who was born in Melbourne, Australia. He is a presenter on the Melbourne radio station FOX FM where he has worked for the past sixteen years. [3]

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[edit] Biography

Tilley was raised in the Melbourne suburbs of Aspendale and Mt. Eliza. He completed his secondary school education in 1986 at The Peninsula School in Mount Eliza. Tilley finished there in 1986 and a year later, before beginning his career as a stand-up comedian he began studying law for eleven years and obtained his Bachelor of Laws degree from Monash University.[4]

One of his early radio jobs was in the early 90's on the FOX FM Morning Crew, with Grubby and Dee Dee.[5] In the mid-90's he hosted the late night program Vernon All Request Show, under his alias Vernon, on FOX FM. Later, he was half of the Hedgeburners with James O'Neil on Triple M Melbourne which broadcasted Mondays - Fridays from 6pm - 9pm.[6] In 1997 , he began co-hosting the 6am-9am breakfast shift on FOX FM with Tracy Bartram, originally called Tramspotters but then changed to Tracy and Matt in the Morning in 1998.[7] When Tracy left the station in 2003 to work on her solo stage performance "Illegally Blonde", Tilley continued his breakfast shift with two new co-hosts; Jo Stanley and Chris "Benno" Bennett and renamed the show The Matt, Jo and Benno show. In late 2004 , Chris left the show to focus on his stand-up career. From then on the show has been called The Matt and Jo Show. [8]

Matt Tilley is also known as the host of a number of short-lived television shows including The Great Chase which was broadcast on the Nine Network in 2003 and The Fugitive which was broadcast on Network Ten in 2002 .[7] He was also a presenter on the radio host talk show The Chat Room which was broadcast on the Seven Network in March 2003 as well as a comedian on the same network in The Late Report in 1999 . He has also appeared on the game show Bert's Family Feud as a celebrity contestant.[9] He has also been featured as a performer on the Network Ten series Thank God You're Here and most recently co-hosted the failed Nine Network show Surprise Surprise Gotcha.

Matt is married to Suzie Tilley and has a daughter named Gracie and two sons named Oscar and Jack.[10]

[edit] "Gotcha" Calls

In early 2005, The Matt and Jo Show introduced a new segment which aired at 7:50am titled "Matt Tilley's Gotcha Calls".[citation needed] The segment features Tilley receiving a e-mail from a listener suggesting to him a person they know to prank phone call them get them ticked off or release information they would rather keep secret.[citation needed]

Tilley in association with FOX FM released a CD featuring the best "Gotcha" calls from 2005 which was inevitably titled Cereal Pest The album was released in November 2005 and went to number one on the Victorian ARIA Charts and raised over $160,000 AUD for the Mercy Womens Hospital in Heidelberg. [11] The album was also nominated for the Best Comedy Release award at the 2006 ARIA Awards. [12]

The Gotcha Calls continued throughout 2006 and eventually spawned a two disc CD sequel of his Cereal Pest album which was released a year later on October 21, 2006. It reached number one on the Victorian ARIA Charts and number four on the national charts receiving gold certification. It raised over $206,000 for the Royal Women's Hospital in Carlton.

A third double CD Gotcha Call album, titled Three's a Crowd, was released on November 10, 2007. Instead of the profit going to a hospital, FOX FM accepted requests from associations and businesses around Melbourne to receive donations from the proceeds.

[edit] Discography

Cover Album Info
Cereal Pest: The Gotcha Calls
Cereal Pest: Gotcha Calls - The Double Album
Cereal Pest: Gotcha Calls - Three's a Crowd

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Femail.com.au. Femail - Matt Tilley. Retrieved on 2006-11-07.
  2. ^ Reach Out. Reach Out - Matt Tilley. Retrieved on 2006-11-07.
  3. ^ "my family album", Sunday Herald Sun, HWT Limited, 2006-07-09, p. 100.  "...Fox FM breakfast radio co-host with Matt Tilley."
  4. ^ FOX FM (Austereo Pty Ltd). FOX - Matt. Retrieved on 2006-11-07.
  5. ^ EntertainOZ. BIO - Matt Tilley. Retrieved on 2007-08-20.
  6. ^ EntertainOZ. BIO - Matt Tilley. Retrieved on 2007-08-20.
  7. ^ a b The show would go on to be Melbourne's most popular breakfast show for the coming years. ICMI. Matt Tilley - Full Biography. Retrieved on 2006-11-14.
  8. ^ FOX FM (Austereo Pty Ltd). FOX - Matt and Jo. Retrieved on 2007-02-25.
  9. ^ Blueworld Speakers + Entertainers. Blueworld - Matt Tilley. Retrieved on 2006-11-13.
  10. ^ Liberation Records. Matt Tilley - Liberation Records - Digital Music Service. Retrieved on 2006-11-08.
  11. ^ Adams Management. Adams Management - Artists. Retrieved on 2007-01-29.
  12. ^ Herald Sun. ARIA nominations. Retrieved on 2006-09-14.