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	John Safran - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		John Safran (born 1972) is an Australian documentarian and media personality, well known for pranks and indelicate handling of controversial issues.
		Safran drove a remote controlled seagull with a cigarette onto the pitch during a match.
		Safran has recently completed hosting a new television show entitled Speaking in Tongues, which takes the form of a talk-show with his collaborator Father Bob Maguire, a Catholic Priest who Safran met during the filming of "John Safran Vs. God" and with whom Safran performs a weekly radio show on Triple J.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Safran (1257 words)

	John Safran vs God - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		John Safran vs God is an 8 part television documentary series by John Safran which was broadcast on the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) of Australia in 2004.
		John travels to Mozambique to lift a curse from the Socceroos at the behest of football legend Johnny Warren.
		Safran had appeared in several radio and television plug spots for the show post-production pre-screening, and only briefly mentioned the exorcism episode as a very intense segment to film.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Safran_vs_God (970 words)

	John Safran Vs God (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		John travels to the UK Shariah court to find out - and he chooses an unlikely Australian rival as his proposed fatwa-ee.
		Next, while travelling in Japan, John is confronted with a koan and attempts to "become nothingness" at a zen Buddhist monastery.
		In the most compelling episode of the series, John Safran is forced to face his demons by Christian exorcist and fundamental preacher, Bob Larson.
	www20.sbs.com.au /johnsafranvsgod/index.php?action=about (542 words)

	Bulletin - John Safran goes back to school (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Safran, a giant in a land of little people, jiggles a tennis ball and wanders through the dimness, mumbling here and there as images of another age gather in his mind.
		Safran was taught the mechanics of sex in this room, nestled between his mother and father, one night in 1984.
		Safran has always moved as though his limbs were elasticised; a Thunderbirds puppet on the fringes of the main crowd.
	bulletin.ninemsn.com.au /bulletin/site/articleIDs/3058DFCE6EB774E0CA25707E00229EBA (1873 words)

	John Vs. God (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		But like his previous effort, John Safran's Musical Jambouree, John Safran Versus God is in many ways primarily about John Safran, a solipsistic journey of discovery cementing his bravura reputation as the enfant terrible of Australian television.
		John Safran Versus God (it could be retitled John Safran's Religious Jamboree) builds on the same themes (and the same grab-bag of tactics) seen since Safran's Race Around the World days, from ambush-journalism to satirically charged reportage, delivered in his trademark whiny rant.
		Safran is front and centre in his universe and the success of the show depends on whether his outre personality amuses or rankles.
	www.geocities.com /Hollywood/Studio/8442/johnvgod.htm (405 words)

	Music Jamboree: Who is John Safran? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		John Safran lied about his age when he was 15 so he could attend a College of Adult Education songwriting workshop.
		John’s shows were pirated and broadcast at university film nights, uploaded on the net and even rented under the counter at video shops.
		John released a remote control seagull, with a cigarette dangling from its mouth, onto the MCG during a match.
	www.musicjamboree.com /body.html?id=281 (411 words)

	The Official John Safran Website
		John and his big red feet are let off with a warning.
		John releases a remote control seagull, with a ciggie dangling from its mouth, onto the Melbourne Cricket Ground during a match.
		John, parodying the reporting-style favoured by A Current Affair, had camped out on Martin's nature strip and doorstopped the man. A frustrated Ray grabbed John by the collar just like...
	www.johnsafran.com /tv.html (548 words)

	sydneyanglicans.net - TV Review: John Safran vs. God – and the winner is ...
		John Safran vs. God is an eight-part examination of mainstream creeds, fringe cults and quasi-religious organisations for SBS.
		This last individual seems to lead John all the way to a personal conversion, but it’s hard to take seriously the affirmations of Australia’s most ingenious prankster – especially when his renewal doesn’t seem to have affected the post-production of the rest of the series.
		John is totally absorbed with evaluating what the various denominations say a person must do to draw near to God, but spends no time considering what God has done.
	www.sydneyanglicans.net /culture/watching/tv_review_john_safran_vs_god_and_the_winner_is (635 words)

	The Spirit of Things: 12 September 2004 - John Safran vs The Spirit of Things
		John Safran has trained to be a monk at a Japanese Zen Buddhist temple, and infiltrated the Freemasons.
		John Safran: We thought, 'everyone thinks like we think, we’ve all moved on, and it’s kind of quaint that people believe in religion, but you know, it’s not really relevant, everyone’s like us aren’t they', but I’ve been all around the world to film the show, and pretty much no-one is like secular Australia.
		John Safran: Yes, Haiti was quite extreme, like not in a religious sense, but obviously as anyone watching the news a few months ago see, it’s always just about to break out in anarchy, so it was quite scary kind of behind the scenes.
	www.abc.net.au /rn/relig/spirit/stories/s1193306.htm (4402 words)

	Sophie Cunningham: Down to Earth & John Safran versus God (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		John Safran versus God makes you (okay, me) grimace and squirm and rush out of the room with your eyes closed before you tip-toe back in (though it is not as if the guy is really in your living room.
		John Safran versus God is the result of hundreds of hours of footage shot on five continents.
		You, John Safran, are a funny and smart guy, but the only spirit you're ever going to get is the holy spirit of the AFL.
	www.sophiecunningham.com /archives/000133.html (622 words)

	Australian Television: John Safran vs God: articles
		As John Safran points out in his excellent new TV series on religion, most atheists are unable to explain why the Big Bang theory is more rational than Genesis and are therefore as guilty of blind faith as the next pigeon sacrificer.
		Safran takes viewers on his quest to find God as he investigates religions and cults throughout the world, participating in their bloody and not so bloody rituals.
		In John Safran’s Music Jamboree, which screened last year on SBS and won two AFI awards, he returned to his strict Jewish school and did an impromptu performance of Footloose after tackling the principal on biblical interpretations used to prevent his students from dancing with the opposite sex.
	www.australiantelevision.net /johnsafranvsgod_articles.html (4492 words)

	DVDActive - Reviews - Video Discs - Music Jamboree, John Safran's (AU - DVD R4)
		John Safran’s films always stood out in some way or another and you could tell this guy was a little different to everyone else.
		Safran usually starts off with a spiel on something to do with the music industry and concocts an “experiment” to test his theory.
		Safran is never over the top with his language, remains surprisingly restrained in terms of laughter during his pranks and skits and doesn’t stoop to personality-bashing without a relevant point.
	www.dvdactive.com /reviews/dvd/music-jamboree-john-safrans.html (1882 words)

	Christmas Day Giggles
		John Safran has somehow snuck up on me as a national icon.
		John Safran is actually more like a Tom Green masquerading as a Michael Moore.
		John bought me the DVD of the whole series for Christmas, and lacking in post-Christmas energy or initiative, we did watch some of it today.
	www.palefella.com /sticky/Dec04/26.html (238 words)

	Sophie Cunningham: John Safran Vs. God & Indira Gandhi: The Killing of Mother India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		According to the American Charismatic Preacher, Bob Larson, John Safran is a breeding ground for the devil and as an exorcist, Larson's the man who can cleanse him.
		The result is that the final episode of John Safran Vs. God (SBS, 9.30 p.m, Monday) becomes the most extraordinary half hour of television you might ever see.
		Inspired by Safran's self referential style I would like to quote my first review of this show: 'You, John Safran, are a funny and smart guy, but the only spirit you're ever going to get is the holy spirit of the AFL.
	www.sophiecunningham.com /archives/000149.html (536 words)

	disinformation \| john safran
		In 1997, Safran secured a place in the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's innovative documentary series Race Around The World, in which he mocked religious authority in Lebanon and bravely revealed the gritty neo-fascist underside of Walt Disney's glitzy themeparks.
		U.S. mirror of the John Safran TV pilots originally shot for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Television Comedy Unit, with information on the disturbing censorship and attempted suppression of this material by network lawyers in Australia.
		In this broadcast radio interview (March 18, 1999), John Safran discusses the internal politics that 'killed off' his ABC comedy series pilots, and the lure of commercial television.
	www.disinfo.com /archive/pages/dossier/id160/pg1 (776 words)

	Music Jamboree: Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The supercharged and funny guy whose TV exploits have included streaking through the streets of Jerusalem and confronting Ray Martin across his garbage bin is back - to share his peculiar passion for the wild, wild world of contemporary music.
		John Safran's Music Jamboree reveals all — the drum, the dirt and the bittersweet memories.
		Here are the classics and forgotten flops, stories of gigs and groupies, guns, drugs, deals and egos and the scams and scandals brought to light by his very own music "mole", not to mention practical advice on how to make it in the savage world of rock 'n' roll.
	www.sbs.com.au /musicjamboree (184 words)

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		It is delivered in part as a satire of supposed news programmes that employ "foot in the door" tabloid journalistic techniques to acquire their unimportant features.
		Safran's criticism is also acheived using plenty of pointed sarcasm including novel tips for overcoming obstacles to film distribution.
		John Safran attempts to question him "ACA style" about his show's unconscionable journalistic practices.
	www.chez.com /folder1/files/english/safran.htm (251 words)

	Socceroos owe it all to one man - and it isn't Hiddink - Football - Sport
		The real reason for Australia's great football victory is some investigative journalism by comic and part-time football fan John Safran, with help from the late Johnny Warren and an African witchdoctor.
		Safran said: "Johnny [Warren] told me that after the first game of that series, some of the players heard about a witchdoctor in Mozambique who said he could sort things out by putting a curse on the Rhodesians.
		The witchdoctor had died, but Safran found another who could channel him by going to the stadium at which the Rhodesia game had been played 35 years earlier.
	www.smh.com.au /news/football/socceroos-owe-it-all-to-one-man--and-it-isnt-hiddink/2005/11/19/1132017026017.html (826 words)

	dBmagazine.com.au
		John Safran has the unique ability to get people talking.
		It's hardly surprising then that Safran himself is able to talk at length and keep it interesting.
		It would be selling 'John Safran Vs God' short to suggest the exorcism was the series high point.
	www.dbmagazine.com.au /345/dv-JohnSafran.shtml (650 words)

	Popcorn Taxi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		John Safran, the supercharged and funny guy whose TV exploits have included streaking through the streets of Jerusalem and confronting Ray Martin across his garbage bin, is back - to share his peculiar passion for the wild, wild world of contemporary music.
		John Safran's Music Jamboree reveals all - the drum, the dirt and the bittersweet memories.
		John Safran's Music Jamboree is a 10 part series that has been commissioned by SBS INDEPENDENT.
	www.popcorntaxi.com.au /Events.asp?Event_ID=63 (409 words)

	triple j's Sunday Night Safran
		John Safran and his guests (including regular Father Bob) talk an amusing mix of religion and politics.
		On Sunday Night Safran this week are special guests: Artistic Director and Lead Violin of the Australian Chamber Orchestra - Richard Tognetti; Author of 'Life at the Bottom: The Worldview That Makes the Underclass' - Thedore Dalrymple; War Artist - Lewis Miller; Documentarian - Kylie Boltin.
		On Sunday Night Safran this week are special guests: Trent Stamp, the president of Charity Navigator; comedienne Barbara Joseph; a film critic and ad executive.
	triplej.net.au /safran/podcast/safran.xml (300 words)

	John Safran vs WTF??? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		John Safran first came onto the small screen when the ABC (Australia's version of the PBS) made a show called Race Around the World (a precursor to Jerry Bruckheimer's Amazing Race).
		In John Safran vs God, he's been up to some weird shit in order to figure out which religion he should convert to (he's jewish).
		John went to Phoenix to meet Bob Larson, an exorcist.
	homepage.mac.com /alexfrix/blogwavestudio/LH20041013231106/LHA20041018210901 (228 words)

	Wanda Harland: Oh John Safran my hero
		John Safran vs God is a documentary series of John's pursuit of religion.
		It is hard to tell how genuine John Safran is, but I look forward to being able to finally discuss it with people.
		Some highlights are when he tries to join the KKK (John is Jewish), John taking peyote, John taking out a fatwah on Rove...
	wandaharland.blogspot.com /2005/07/oh-john-safran-my-hero.html (402 words)

	It probably happened that John Safran has found interesting to read fashionwhore . John Safran considered fashionwhore ...
		It probably happened that John Safran has found interesting to read fashionwhore.
		John Safran considered fashionwhore to be an interesting thing to read.
		In fact, surrealist thinkers have tried with little success to correlate the essence of fashionwhore with the essence of John Safran.
	www.bad-bad-bad.com /actors/Acsy11404.htm (396 words)

	Galaxy: Look to the Right
		Already, Safran’s suggestions to Father Bob that he should try to be less grumpy for future episodes and perhaps give up his smart car for one more befitting a humble Catholic priest, gesture to the frank and hilarious exchanges to come.
		Safran is a friend of Jason, the writer behind the zine Mavis Mackenzie, which was about the adventures, loves and letter writing campaigns of an elderly woman.
		John was very distressed that his pieces weren’t moving as quickly across the board as he hoped.
	galaxyofemptiness.blogspot.com /2005/11/look-to-right.html (2117 words)

	John's gospel - TV & Radio - www.smh.com.au
		Father Bob deflects Safran's attempts to challenge the tenets of Christianity with such no-nonsense comments as "blokes wrote the Bible, not God".
		Safran says he is still struggling with the art of taking talkback calls.
		The Sunday-night timeslot is an ideal opportunity for Safran to explore his interest in religion and spirituality.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2005/02/01/1107228687932.html (420 words)

	sydneyanglicans.net :: View topic - John Safran vs God (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Safran's also been doing Sunday and Saturday arvo's lately on triple j and was talking up the last episode on Saturday, but his comments then seem to be much the same as those in his interview with Rachel Kohn.
		Safran framed this episode totally differently from the other ones, and the impact on the viewer would have been, I would anticipate,quite different from other episodes.
		For example, that Safran could bluff an English Islamic leader to declare a Fatwa on Rove McManus should not be seen as a great win for the anti-Islamic lobby, but merely an interesting data point about one individual and the influence of the media.
	www.sydneyanglicans.net /community/viewtopic.php?p=15492 (1449 words)

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