Eye Popping Comedy at The Studio

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You know it's been a big night of comedy when someone's eye pops out. Greg Fleet and Lindsay Webb are back this weekend at the Studio in Gheringhap St, along with Josh Earl, bookings on 5247 1986 or at trybooking.com (search for Greg Fleet and Friends)

Shane Bourne Heads for Geelong

Shane Bourne will join Greg Fleet for his first two Melbourne International Comedy Festival shows in Geelong on April 1st and 2nd.

Shane's hosting the Logies this year, make sure you get down to see the man whose taken on the toughest job in Australian TV.

Joining the two Aussie comedy legends will be former Geelong boy Pete Sharkey and Des Dowling. With tickets just $20 pre-booked it's the Festival's best value show.

Tickets can be booked online at www.trybooking.com/KNA

or by calling 5742 1986.

Nude Runs, Puns and Pads at the Peanut Farm

After a three year hiatus Melbourne's favorite charity cricket game, Batting For The Battlers, returned to St Kilda's famous, and at times infamous, Peanut Farm Oval.

Lining up were many of Melbourne's favorite comedians including, Dave Hughes, Russell Gilbert and Des Dowling, alongside the likes of Wayne Carey, Matthew Richardson, Tottie Goldsmith, Adam Zwar, Sam Pang, Garry Sweet, Rob Taylor and Steve Curry.

The weather gods obliged with perfect cricket weather the game, as usual was a close one.

Highlights of the day, in no particular order.

Gilbo copping a short ball to the chin which actually drew blood, prompting Hughesy to call for a helmet, not for Gilbo but for himself.

The big hitting from Tropfest winner and Balibo star, Damon Gameau.

The middle aged, overweight and rather hairy male streaker who brought the crowd to its feet late in the game with a run down the pavilion wing.

Former Richmond star Matthew Richardson bringing the aforementioned streaker down with a blinding tackle on the nude man's tackle.

The eventual winners were the Veg Out team but the Vineyard combo was hardly disgraced with Wayne Carey, batting without pads if you don't mind, almost stealing the game with some big hitting in the final overs.

No doubt the Vineyard team will return to avenge the loss next year.

The 70's - The Decade that just keeps giving

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One of the best film clips I've seen in years starring Richard Norton and possibly Bob Jones.

The tight high pants, horrendous acting and over the top fight scenes, its got it all. Enjoy

Funny Stuff from Four Young Funny Guys

Not sure what the TV execs were thinking when they passed on this great first up effort from

Melbourne comedians Troy Kinne, Tom Siegert, Monty Franklin and Dave Thornton.

It's clever and funny and has the potential to be a great sketch show. Oh I see, obviously they didn't want it showing up the rest of their line-up. Have a look and decide for yourselves.

Fleety And The Comedy Festival Take On Geelong

The Melbourne International Comedy Festival and, more importantly, Melbourne comedy immortal Greg Fleet are heading for Geelong this year.

Every Friday and Saturday night throughout the Festival, Fleety will host a line-up of Festival and local stars at The Studio, Level 1, 37 Gheringhap St in the CBD.

Over the past eighteen months The Studio has established itself as a world class comedy venue with Australia's best comedians constantly selling out their shows on the last Saturday of every month.

Charlie Pickering, Jeff Green, Glenn Robbins, Dave O'Neil and Denise Scott are just some of the names who've appeared at the studio.

All eight shows are expected to sell out and you can book online at www.trybooking.com/KNA

or call (03) 5247 1986.

Box Hill Almost Goes Up in Flames

Dave O'Neil and friends at the hotter than expected Box Hill gig

Box Hill Cricket Club's Funny Guys comedy night on Saturday night (29-1-11) was a hot one, literally.

The pre-gig BBQ culminated with two women wielding fire extinguishers as they put out the ten foot (alright one foot) flames sending plumes of smoke into the night sky.

With no harm done Melbourne comedians Dave O'Neil, Troy Kinne, Des Dowling and Karl Chandler did what they were hired to do, entertain the packed clubrooms.

Kinne did his usual brilliant job as MC, Chandler's lobbed one liners like hand grenades and Des Dowling discovered the girl up the front's name was Penelope Cleghorn much to everyone's amusement.

Dave O'Neil arrived straight from Dracula's Theatre Restaurant where he was filming a segment for Adam Hill's new ABC Talk show and brought the night home with half an hour of his best.