Graham Kennedy
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Oct 16, 2026
Tom GleisnerHOST
Talent.
Tom GleisnerHOST
It's the prestigious Graham Kennedy Award.
Tom GleisnerHOST
Are you familiar with Graham's work?
Guy MontgomeryPANELIST
Yeah, he's a huge inspiration to people whose first name starts with G and last name ends with Y.
LisaHOST
... and everyone lined up without their shirts on.
speaker_0UNKNOWN
Graham Kennedy used to come over.
LisaHOST
[laughs] We talk about the first time you did it.
LisaHOST
The first time I ever did it, I was in the green room with Stuart Wagstaff.
Tony McManusHOST
... loved in Sydney and, uh, certainly in Perth, of course.
Steve CollinsGUEST
Well, uh, well, I mean, I worked with the best of the best, and that was Graham Kennedy in Sydney.
Steve CollinsGUEST
Did a series of, uh, radio plays.
Steve CollinsGUEST
Uh, and watching him perform was just remarkable.
George DonikianGUEST
I, I, I st- I still think, though, they were so brilliant that they would find a way to fit into today's audience.
George DonikianGUEST
I mean, Graham Kennedy, uh, people say to me, "Oh, he was, he's always doing the same sort of thing." No, he wasn't.
George DonikianGUEST
Uh, and, um, uh, the people who wrote for Graham, uh, had a pretty fair idea how he wanted to perform.
George DonikianGUEST
But even he would sit down with either John Mangos or Ken Sutcliffe for a couple of hours before they'd go to air, and they would re-jig that script that Mike McCaul Jones had written.
Rob McKnightGUEST
It was impossible.
Rob McKnightGUEST
And in fact, the only reason Channel 9 could get Grahame Kennedy and Don Lane to basically, um, do a se- do a Live cross to each other was by laying coaxial cable between Sydney and Melbourne.
Rob McKnightGUEST
So Packer wanted the networks to be able to talk to each other, and they literally rolled the cable underground, and that's how they first got pictures and were able to send feeds from Sydney to Melbourne.
Rob McKnightGUEST
So there is a bit in that report that doesn't quite make sense.
Garry LyonHOST
No.
Sam PangGUEST
Daryl Somers, Bert Newton, Graham Kennedy.
Garry LyonHOST
Yeah.
Garry LyonHOST
Did you celebrate with Daryl?
Garry LyonHOST
No.
Sam PangGUEST
Daryl Somers, Bert Newton, Graham Kennedy.
Garry LyonHOST
Yeah.
Garry LyonHOST
Did you celebrate with Daryl?
Glenn RobbinsHOST
With
Dave O'NeilHOST
Graeme Kennedy or Shane Ball? No,
John BurgessSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I think it was the latter.
John BurgessSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Hey-ho.
Kevin TraskPANELIST
Nigel Dick was the CEO of GTV Channel Nine in 1959, and, uh, he pulled the punches for Frank Packer.
Kevin TraskPANELIST
Uh, a- and we loved In Melbourne Tonight, and we loved watching Graham Kennedy, but, uh, [laughs] here's Nigel Dick's memories of Graham Kennedy.
speaker_15UNKNOWN
What are your memories of Graham Kennedy?
speaker_13SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I suppose my memories of Graham Kennedy are, they, well, they're numerous.
speaker_13SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
But I suppose he was best known for all the things he did.
speaker_13SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
He was best known for sending up commercials.
Simon OwensHOST
Nigel Dick was the CEO of GTV Channel Nine in 1959, and, uh, he pulled the punches for Frank Packer.
Simon OwensHOST
Uh, a- and we loved In Melbourne Tonight, and we loved watching Graham Kennedy, but, uh, [laughs] here's Nigel Dick's memories of Graham Kennedy.
Simon OwensHOST
What are your memories of Graham Kennedy?
Nigel DickSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I suppose my memories of Graham Kennedy are, they weren't that numerous.
Nigel DickSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
But I suppose he was best known, for all the things he did, he was best known for sending up commercials.
Nigel DickSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And I guess in those early days when I was sales manager, before I became general manager of this, Channel Nine, I guess I spent more time between 8:30 and 9:00 every morning to disgruntled sponsors who would cancel, and then some few days later ring up and rebook.
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