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Playing out in a kind of fly-on-the-wall mockumentary style, interspersed with snippets and segments from the show, its fast production turn-around meant it could rip-from and parody real-life current affairs, their scandals and attract celebrities like Pat Cash, Pauline Hanson, Merv Hughes and Ian “Molly Meldrum”. Moore even made appearances, within the show, on then-iconic programmes like
Burke’s Backyard and
The AFL Footy Show. Aside from the brilliant writing, from the founding quartet of Sitch, Jane Kennedy, Santo Cilauro and Tom Gleisner, which manages to consistently offer a combination of brilliant one-liners, fabulous conceits, some hilarious physical comedy and pitch-perfect timing,