Merrick and Rosso Unplanned (2003)

Genre

talk show

Country

Australia

Length

3 seasons, 23 episodes

Rating

9.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Australian comedians Merrick Watts and Tim Ross host a free-form talk show. They bring guests on stage and sometimes challenge them to perform. In one segment, a comedian does a stand-up routine that pokes fun at Australian public figures and the show invites viewers to call in if they are offended.

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What happens

Merrick and Rosso Unplanned is a free-form talk show hosted by Australian comedians Merrick Watts and Tim Ross, based on the UK talk show Baddiel and Skinner Unplanned. Produced by Granada Australia, the series debuted on the Nine Network on 3 September 2003. The show was the network television debut for the comedy duo. A highlight of the series involved comedian Scott Thomson who was dragged on stage to perform a stand-up comedy routine which poked fun at Australian personalities, in particular Nikki Webster and Democrats politician Natasha Stott-Despoja. A telephone number appeared on screen at the end of the segment for viewers to call who had taken offence at Thomson's material. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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