Tony Moclair is an Australian actor, writer and comedian. He has worked on various Australian radio networks, often appearing in character rather than as himself.
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Tony Moclair (aka Tony Kelly), along with Chris Hatzis and Julian Schiller have hosted the long running breakfast program on 3RRR, The Breakfasters.
Guido Hatzis is a Greek-Australian comic character created by Tony Moclair and Julian Schiller and voiced by Moclair. Guido appeared originally in the context of Schiller and Moclair's radio program "Crud" on the Triple M network. Several albums have been released in the name of Guido Hatzis,the first two winning including Do Not Talk Over Me in 1999 (platinum sales, winner of 2001 ARIA for Best Comedy Release) Whatever in 2000 (Platinum sales and winner of 2002 ARIA of Best Comedy Release) and Deported in 2002 (Gold sales) . Most of Hatzis's comedy involves making prank calls that are usually centred on outrageous claims about his looks and abilities. Moclair appropriated the last name "Hatzis" from friend and sometime producer of the "Crud" program, fellow broadcaster and actor Chris Hatzis.
Restoring the Balance is a satirical radio segment that occasionally appears on Australian radio station Triple J, which attempts to display the contrasting political views between the conservative Australian Howard government, and the majority of the Left wing government-funded Triple J radio station. The premise of the show suggests that the station was forced by the ABC board to broadcast a segment of right wing political views in order to restore the balance, as the national broadcaster is often noted for leaning towards Left Wing ideaology and policy. The show was broadcast sporadically on Sunday afternoons during 2004, and a new series started broadcasting on 25 February 2007.
The show features young Liberal Stirling Addison and young National Tom Thomlinson. The pair are played by Julian Schiller and Tony Moclair. They represent the more affluent end of Australian society - Addison from the city, Thomlinson from a farming area. The characters portrayed on the show are extreme in their views, which has resulted in complaints from callers who do not realise the show is a parody.
Stirling Addison returned to Triple J on Sunday evenings to host a new series of Restoring the Balance. As Schiller was still contracted to Nova 919, his place was taken by Richard Marsland playing the role of Family First member Spencer Penrose . Sunday Night Safran, the timeslot's regular show was put on hiatus while John Safran travelled to America. In character, Stirling insisted that this change was instead approved by the ABC board due to the current segment being "too Semitic", and displaying "a lack of traditional right-wing values".
Following Sunday Night Safran's return, Moclair continued to record minute long pieces of Stirling Addison espousing his right wings views of the week's events for Hack and for podcast.
In August 2004 Schiller and Moclair signed on to do breakfast radio at Nova 91.9, a new Adelaide station. In December 2006, after the birth of his first child, he and his wife elected to return to Melbourne,
In October 2007, Triple M launched a new podcast only show hosted by Tony's new character DJ Domm.[1]
The show was cancelled by Triple M after Episode 21 and since April has disappeared from the Triple M Website.
In late 2008, Moclair has been a guest co-host of The Shebang radio program to fill in for Marty Sheargold. In 2009, Moclair was appointed breakfast co-host alongside Eddie McGuire, Luke Darcy and Mieke Buchan on the Hot Breakfast. Previous to the Hot Breakfast commencing, Moclair went worked on the Pete and Myf show following the death of Richard Marsland. Moclair did not appear on air as himself but rather as one of many regular characters such as Tom Cruise, Colin the Taxi Driver and Clem, the show's oldest listener. In addition to this, Moclair wrote sketches for the show. Moclair and Mike Fitzpatrick (broadcaster) presented breakfast replacing Pete and Myf. Moclair left The Hot Breakfast in June 2010.
Along with Rachel Berger, Moclair hosted breakfast on 774 ABC Melbourne over the 07/08 Summer.
Tony is currently a writer on Shaun Micallef's Newstopia on SBS. He has made appearances on the ABC's The Einstein Factor as part of the Brains Trust as well as a contestant on Joker Poker on Channel 10.