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	Comedy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Comedy is the use of humor in from theater, where it simply referred to a play with a happy ending, in contrast to a tragedy.
		Comedy is the term applied to theatrical dramas the chief object of which are to amuse.
		The word "comedy" is derived from the Greek κωμοιδια, which is a compound either of κωμος (revel) and ωιδος (singer), or of κωμη (village) and ωιδος: it is possible that κωμος itself is derived from κωμη, and originally meant a village revel.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Comedy (870 words)

	Comedy - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Comedy is the use of humor in the performing arts.
		The term originally comes from theater, where it simply referred to a play with a happy ending, in contrast to a tragedy.
		A recognised characteristic of comedy is that it is an intensely personal enjoyment.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Comedy (255 words)

	Brazen Brides, Grotesque Daughters, Treacherous Mothers: Women's Funny Business in Australian cinema from Sweetie to ...
		Film comedy, as a genre of happy endings at the expense of the bride and her mother, would seem to be unpromising territory for women.
		Australian women filmmakers have made an original contribution to international cinema's most recent cycle of romantic comedy by testing the terms by which the 'new romance' educates its heroines into acceptance of a 'happy' ending based on inequality.
		In Bakhtin's utopian view, grotesque comedy defeats the fear of death by combining images of birth and death in the one body, that of the “senile pregnant hags” whose decaying-birthing flesh is “the epitome of incompleteness” (Bakhtin, 25-26).
	www.sensesofcinema.com /contents/02/23/women_funny_oz.html (6066 words)

	Encyclopedia: Delta Goodrem
		In the June of 2003, Goodrem appeared on Channel V, an Australian lifestyle/music cable TV channel, performing a mini-concert of 7 songs from her album (which had already been certified 6x Platinum at the time).
		In February 2004 it was announced Goodrem had won the title role in the Australian comedy film Hating Alison Ashley, the movie based on the novel by Robin Klein, a prominent Australian author.
		Australian English (AuE) is the form of the English language used in Australia.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Delta-Goodrem (5536 words)

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		The rural family of bush comedy is always out of place in the city, although its visits to the city are often triumphs of old fashioned honesty against new fangled deviousness.
		Although it would seem that bush comedy demands a certain kind of melodramatic political speechifying, the practitioners of the genre were canny enough to recognise that a fat old farmer with political ambitions is a funny figure as well.
		Bush comedy, the subjunctive conditional comedy of the always already out of date, is, we are certain these days, a comedy of old fashioned, crude, urban, bourgeois stereotypes of country people.
	www.routt.net /bill/AlwaysAlreadyOutOfDate.htm (5507 words)

	Comedy Article, Comedy Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Alternative comedy - a largely British term relating tocomedians in the ascendant throughout the 1980s and beyond.
		Improvisational comedy - though not confined tostand-up, it is commonly held in high regard on the stand-up circuit.
		Vaudeville - comedy performed in theatres that declined as televisionownership increased.
	www.anoca.org /list/british/comedy.html (307 words)

	Australian Television: Kath & Kim: articles
		Class-based comedy has been a staple of our cultural milieu for decades, as it is has been in Britain.
		One of the golden comedy writing rules is your characters shouldn't learn from their mistakes.
		Her previous creation, the British comedy that didn't leave the living room couch, The Royle Family, was a huge success in England.
	www.australiantelevision.net /kk/articles/kkjokesonus.html (797 words)

	Getting serious about comedy - The Tribal Mind - Entertainment - smh.com.au
		Australian comedy shows are continuously trying to repeat the humour and success of films and TV shows such as 'The Castle', 'Kath and Kim' and are failing dismally because Australians have seen it all before.
		Australian comics seem to still think that schoolboy smut, fart jokes and toilet humour is funny when British and US comics have moved on from that years ago.
		Australian audiences are simply not going to find the same humour from the Comedy Company and Fast Forward funny when presented in the same light.
	www.smh.com.au /news/The-Tribal-Mind/Getting-serious-about-comedy/2005/06/06/1117910232234.html (10406 words)

	Oz Music Project - Australian Music Resource and Webzine
		Melbourne comedy trio, Tripod, are doing for Australian comedy what they Skyhooks did for the Australian music scene in the '70s.
		Not that musical comedy is original but I think our approach to comedy is how you say, 'a breath of fresh air'.
		It is this attitude and approach that has placed Tripod in the 'New Generation of Comedy' bracket with the likes of Merrick and Rosso, Peter Helliar, Corinne Grant, Rove McManus and Wil Anderson (some of whom are now competing with the big guns of Australian comedy at this years Edinburgh Fringe Festival).
	www.ozmusicproject.net /magazine/interview.asp?int=42 (640 words)

	Two Hands --Exaggerated praise for an Australian comedy
		While it casts a certain comic light on the activities of Pando, and his gang, and punctures the media-generated myth that big-time gangsters are complex and intelligent individuals, the comedy, which is not very fl, is formulaic and often banal.
		It is not clear why Jordan felt it necessary to introduce a character whose inane comments, delivered in a gruff voice, contribute nothing to the film, tend to interrupt the comedy and leave the viewer wondering whether the film is a comedy or B-grade horror movie.
		Australian film critics, even more thoughtful ones, have praised the film, claiming it to be a penetrating examination of the "Australian male psyche" and a break with what some claimed was an over abundance of gloomy films about social life.
	www.wsws.org /articles/1999/oct1999/two-o26_prn.shtml (1081 words)

	Australian Comedy Star Promotes New Software
		The Comedy Evaluator Pro software is designed to objectively determine the "funny factor" for live and filmed comedy performances.
		McMaster, a 25 year comedy veteran who has performed for Australia's highest eschelon, is the right person for the position according to the inventor of the software and Baquay Publishing LLC founder, Steve Roye.
		There are two events that occur when a comedy show or performance is presented to an audience: the show or performance happens or the audience reacts.
	www.emediawire.com /releases/2003/11/prweb90783.htm (484 words)

	Comedy - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Comedy is the use of humour in the performing arts.
		Old Time Radio Comedy Favorites (Smithsonian Collection) (Smithsonian Collection)
		The Teacher's Funeral: A Comedy in Three Parts
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /comedy.htm (345 words)

	Oscars Campaign Money Donated To Refugees
		The Australian producer of an Australian comedy film THE BALL, in the ballot for the 2004 Academy Awards best live action short, will donate her entire publicity budget of $10,000 to Amnesty International for refugee assistance.
		It was to highlight, albeit by comedy, the distressing recent refugee events in Australia and the Australian Prime Minister’s conduct.
		THE BALL is an Australian comedy short film that pokes fun at Australian Prime Minister John Howard and his treatment of refugees.
	www.emediawire.com /releases/2003/12/prweb92422.htm (595 words)

	What the cat dragged in
		The final boomer exhibit, Western Australian Dr Ralph Locke was not present at the outback camp, but can be linked to the 11 campers through the auspices of the Spirit of the Earth Medicine Society, a New Age cult/group-of-friends (take your pick) which is registered as a church.
		Far from “Australian governments have been hoping that no one would notice a treaty which has legally bound Australia for more than a quarter of a century”, the point was taken to the High Court in 1993, and there given short shrift.
		Interviewed on this morning’s Seven News, Australian Childhood Foundation chief executive Joe Tucci was adamant that parents should be making their own individual inquiries to prospective schools, child care centres etc. In particular, Tucci said parents should approach who was in charge at the centre, and ask to the institution’s staff-screening policies in writing.
	paulwatson.blogspot.com (15723 words)

	ABC Radio National - Food Program summaries
		WOGFOOD - is an oral history of the contribution made to Australian eating by migrants from the Mediterranean as well as by the sons and daughters of migrants.
		Australian production of canola is about 7% of the world's annual output, but there's room in the market for more and Canada - the original source of canola oil - can't keep up with production.
		AUSTRALIAN OLIVES How difficult is it to convince Australians that olive oil produced lin this country is on a par with that imported from the traditional areas around the Mediterranean.
	www.abc.net.au /rn/science/food/foodsum.htm (12222 words)

	Australian Comedy Show -- 2002 Winter Olympic News from KSL
		Australian Comedy Show -- 2002 Winter Olympic News from KSL
		In Sydney, their show The "Dream" became a huge hit, lampooning all things Olympic with their own wombat mascot, Fatso, aand with hilarious, hushed-toned commentary.
		Their studio holds only 24 credentialed audience members, but those who get in get a rare comedy treat, whether the boys are tiny pitching Smiggin Holes as a bid city for 2010, or having fun and handing over goodies to their favorite target--the IOC.
	2002.ksl.com /news-6565i.php?p=1 (358 words)

	The Australian Comedy Awards
		The Melbourne International Comedy Festival is currently developing the first Australian Comedy Awards to be presented on the 26th of November 2003.The Comedy Festival has for a long time now worked to raise the profile of and celebrate the art of comedy.
		The Australian Comedy Awards will provide an opportunity for achievements in the comic arts across a whole year and across a wide range of media to be recognised annually in a suitably extravagant fashion.
		Any person who has been professionally engaged in a creative manner in the art or business of comedy for a substantial length of time is eligible to register as a voter with The Comedy Academy.
	www.comedyfestival.com.au /austcomedyawards (274 words)

	the west australian - Articles about the west australian
		CNOOC Ltd acquires a stake in the Australian North West Shelf.
		Canberra: The Australian government, the Western Australian government and Telstra team up in a joint initiative, WirelessWest, which aims to deliver......
		Abstract--Samples of the commercially and recreationally important West Australian dhufish (Glaucosoma hebraicum) were obtained from the lower west coast of Australia by a variety of methods.
	www.wordiq.com /article/the+west+australian.html (401 words)

	John Howard: P.M.
		THEN Tony Abbott made a hilarious joke about THAT, saying that we'd be as "dead as a former Liberal leader's political prospects" if we did something wrong, which is ALSO funny, because he quit, but also because he tried to kill himself, so he would've been DEAD.
		All these people have been saying that I should have done something to save her 'cause she's an Australian citizen, but I reckon they're expecting just a bit much.
		So the Australian Loser Party are even bigger losers than they used to be.
	johnhoward.blogspot.com (2364 words)

	Australian Television: Kath & Kim: articles
		Two of the eternal verities of Australian television collapsed in flames on Thursday night: that Aussies won't watch Aussie sitcoms and that only geriatrics watch the ABC.
		Until now, the most watched Australian comedy shown on the ABC was The Games, which cracked 1.59 million viewers for one episode in 2000.
		The most watched Australian sitcom of all time is Hey Dad!, which lasted six years on Seven and peaked at 1.5 million in 1991.
	www.australiantelevision.net /kk/articles/lookatmeratings.html (314 words)

	Lucky Lucky Lucky
		The Australian Fairytale Project by James Adler and Xan Colman, in consultation with Boroondara students A journey through our Australian landscapes to rediscover lost mythologies and find the true Queen of the Lucky Country Games.
		The concept was to directly involve students from the community in the creation and performance of a new piece of Australian theatre.
		A lighthearted reflection on what it really means to be Australian, Lucky Lucky Lucky promises to be a fun night out for young and old.
	www.spraci.com /cgi-bin/event.cgi?x0aus&&&43376 (426 words)

	AUSTEN TAYSHUS :: AUSTRALIAN COMEDY SUPERSTAR
		Austen Tayshus is known from his Australiana CD, and still holds the record for the biggest selling comedy single in Australia, which went double platinum.
		Austen's first live studio album recorded in 1985 at festival records in Sydney has become an Australian comedy classic.
		Both provocative and insightful this record is a must for any comedy fan.
	www.austentayshus.com /merch.htm (198 words)

	Australian Weblogs - Aussie Blogs - Update Tracker - OS
		By this time I’d already been weblogging on and off for almost 2 years, and was frustrated with the small number of Australian weblogs emerging.
		By 2003, I was having similar problems to UserLand in checking the increasing number of Australian weblogs emerging, so in June 2003 at the suggestion of Brendan McKitrick I finally programmed a new bot, ChangesBot, that checks the changes.xml file from Weblogs.com, blo.gs and Blogger.com for updated sites matching the Aussie Blogs database.
		In March 2004, I added the Recent Posts page which aggregates the last post from RSS feed of each blog updated if that blog includes the location of their RSS field a link-rel tag (see here).
	www.anthonyjhicks.com /ajh/abtracker.nsf/updates/OS (1016 words)

	The Tribal Mind - The Tribal Mind - Entertainment - smh.com.au
		Desperate for a smile, so many Australians tuned to the nightly repeats of Frasier that Nine decided to add an hour a week of new episodes - and was rewarded with audiences above 1.3 million in the mainland capitals.
		Comedy Inc had its moments, especially when parodying other TV shows and Missy Higgins, but last week's episode was half an hour of satire padded out to an hour with schoolboy smut.
		Their hopes for a revival in Australian comedy were dashed.
	www.smh.com.au /news/The-Tribal-Mind/The-funny-bones-back/2005/05/30/1117305540458.html (498 words)

	MOSH!! - Australian Comedy Forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		This is an automatically generated thread for the event comedy C'mon Down November the 30th.
		After 3 riotously funny outings, showcasing some of Melbourne’s brightest comedic talent, the 30th of November sees the return of Comedy C’mon down at The Cue.
		This is an automatically generated thread for the event Insomnia Comedy Club - Bev Killick.
	mosh.server101.com (281 words)

	seekBOOKS.com.au, Books From Around The World With Great Prices
		Candid, warm and wickedly funny, noeline brown raises the curtain on her many years as an australian showbiz icon.
		Born into a working class family from sydney's inner west, this queen of australian comedy has done just about all there is to do on australian tv, radio and the theatre stage.
		But her story is much more than tales from the mavis bramston show, the naked vicar, blankety blanks and my name's mcgooley.
	www.seekbooks.com.au /featuredbook1.asp?StoreURL=default_au&bookid=1741146178 (174 words)

	ijokealot.com : List Matches for "australian comedy" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		MonsterMarketplace shopping directory has australian comedy and everything else you’re looking for at one secure online location.
		Findtarget.com delivers the best search results for australian comedy from over 24 top Internet search engines in just one search.
		Read about australian comedy in the free online encyclopedia and dictionary.
	www.ijokealot.com /jokes/australian_comedy/index.html (174 words)

	Comedy Links Directory: Australian Comedy
		Hit comedy of the 2002 Melborne Fringe, starring Emily O'Loughlin and Martin Reilly - two rising stars from the South Australian comedy circuit.
		MOSH Australian Comedy Forums cater to a wide range of comedy tastes, including Good News Week, Doug Anthony All Stars (DAAS), Tripod and more.
		The Pleasant Assassins are an almost unknown Australian cult comedy duo.
	www.comedy-zone.net /links/Australian_Comedy (632 words)

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