Underplayed Gems

The Money or the Gun

The Money or the Gun poster
Original title
The Money Or The Gun
Genre
comedy television series
Country
Australia
Length
2 seasons, 16 episodes
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This is an Australian comedy talk show from the late 1980s and early 1990s. Host Andrew Denton interviewed people and asked the public questions on the street. Each episode focused on a different big topic like guns or disabilities.

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What happens

The Money or the Gun is an Australian comedy and talk show on the ABC network. It ran from late 1989 to mid-1990, with occasional specials until 1994. It was written by Andrew Denton, Simon Dodd, Bruce Griffiths, and George Dodd, directed by Martin Coombes and produced by Mark Fitzgerald. Each episode was based on a significant theme, with Denton interviewing a number of people as well as conducting vox pops on the street. Significant episodes include "Guns-The Musical" and the award-winning episode on disabilities, "The Year of the Patronising Bastard" (which picked up a United Nations Media Peace Prize). In 1993, a one-off special was called "Topic of Cancer", which talked to teenagers with cancer (while at a CanTeen weekend). In 2003, Denton held a 10-year reunion for the people on the 1993 show, as part of his ABC interview programme Enough Rope. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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