Marty Sheargold
Martin "Marty" Sheargold (born 19 June 1971) is an Australian stand-up comedian and radio broadcaster.
Sheargold is currently part of Nova FM's national drive show, Kate, Tim and Marty with Kate Ritchie and Tim Blackwell.
Early life
Sheargold went to school at Daramalan College in Canberra.
Career
Sheargold's first job in radio was replacing Greg Fleet on a breakfast radio show in Adelaide. He appeared as a guest comedian on the RMITV show Under Melbourne Tonight on the 2nd of November, 1995.[1]
Marty has also appeared in Australian TV comedy productions such as The Mick Molloy Show (1999) where he appeared on the 'Bob's Scrapbook' segment. He was also seen on Russell Gilbert Live (2000) and Russell Gilbert Was Here! (2001), and as host, creator and writer on Hahn Ice Headliners (1997–98) on The Comedy Channel.
In 2003, Sheargold appeared in Bad Eggs, The Forest and in Welcher & Welcher as 'The Courier'. He returned to television in 2009 as Paolo in The Librarians.
From 2003 to 2008, Marty was the co-host of Triple M's The Shebang with Fifi Box and later a third host, Paul Murray, which initially aired as a national drive-time show, before moving to the breakfast slot in Sydney from 2007. The show finished in October 2008,[2] with Sheargold being away because of the birth of his first daughter.
In May 2010, Sheargold joined Nova 106.9 replacing Ash Bradnam.
In August 2011, Meshel, Tim and Marty moved to Melbourne and became the national drive show on Nova FM replacing Fitzy & Wippa.
References
- ↑ http://web.aanet.com.au/~vfok/umt/episodes/list95.htm
- ↑ Rock bottom beckons - smh.com.au, 11 August 2008