Paul McDermott will NEVER not be awesome.
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sarrenSo, I don't pay attention to shows, living in Perth, but my mate who loves Paul McDermott as much as me gave me the heads up that he was coming to Perth to do a "serious" show, so I got on that, and last night saw "Paul Sings" at the Astor. First thing my mate asked when I got back was, did Tim turn up for a guest appearance, because they'd travelled to Perth together, Tim's doing a show "Carry a Big Stick". No, he didn't. Never, never go to the early show when it's Paul. I SHOULD KNOW BETTER.
So jealous, but yay for youtube - Paul McDermott AND Tim Ferguson Astor Theatre Perth - the later show.
For any non-Australians still reading this - to my generation, Paul McDermott's pretty much, er, the guy we've laughed at and lusted after our entire adult lives. We imprinted on DAAS at young ages. This was the fourth time I've seen him live. Oh, and relevant to most of our interests, he's always been slashy.
There's a FuckYeahMcDermott tumblr OF COURSE.
Super quick intro -
1984-1994 Doug Anthony Allstars - Paul, Tim and Richard! VERY CRUDE COMEDY.
My fave funny clip - hee, if I were watching for the first time now I'd probably be like O_O - Billy Don't Be A Hero
My fave serious song - DAAS - Throw Your Arms Around Me
1996-2000, 2008-2012 - Good News Week, satirical news game show hosted by a Grown Up Paul McDermott -
Paul would end the show with a song. My fave - Mark Trevorrow & Paul McDermott : Can't Take My Eyes Off You
also great, - with Marcia Hines & Mark Trevorrow - Baby It's Cold Outside
Actual show bits - GNW - Hamish and Andy v. Tom Gleeson
and one of my fave comedians - Adam Hills on the Couch
and here Paul has a rant at the audience
OOH OOH, the entire 1.5 hours of the Good News Week - Final Farewell Tour 2012 is on youtube! I didn't realise. *zooms* (I went to a Comfest recording once - they kept going long after they'd wrapped up the taping. Towards midnight some people started creeping out and Paul and Mikey were like 'where the fuck do you think you're going???' and they were like 'we HAVE to, to catch the last trains!!' I have a crappy memory, so the only other specific thing I remember from the night was near the end Mikey standing at the front of the stage and then ostentatiously bending over and Paul coming up and simulating rogering him. Good times...
News article about them being in Perth Ha, love the quotes in the article "If we'd done the things we did... if YouTube was around in the 80s, we would probably be in jail," he said.
"We did bad, bad things with crowds. And none of it I regret but I am glad there's not a lot of documentary evidence about it.
"I am glad the people didn't have iPhones."
At the show last night Paul was like 'Mate I can see you're filming it - *holds imaginary phone at shoulder height* (puts on diff voice)"Oh, I always carry it like this when it's off" - just film it already, everyone in different parts of the theatre should get together afterwards and edit it properly, so that it doesn't look like it was done by a 15yr old with Parkinsons.'
When he launched into the show with three serious songs, I was like, oh, okay, we're grown ups now, but then he started talking and it all went downhill from there, including a long anecdote about he and Marina Prior were doing the Witches of Eastwick and were excited to meet Paul Stanley from KISS, and how Marina had earlier told him told him how she'd written Stanley's name on her school satchel and Paul told her how he used to rub Stanley's LP all over his body and his pre-pubescent pubes would rise with the static electricity and then when they finally met him, and Marina was talking to him and Paul was off to the side making humping and rubbing gestures while she had to keep a straight face and at the end Paul realised they were being watched by Stanley's manager and girlfriend, so Paul tried to play it off by explaining that it was just what they do in Australia (really overdoing the Okker accent) and when he'd finished explaining the girlfriend said "Really???" and at that point he realised she was Australian too. Um, you probably had to be there. It was funny.
Oh, and then he talked about his pubes now being the real 50 Shades of Grey. Hee.
More a couple more GNW songs - I Was Made For Loving You and here, I don't actually like the main song much but the first few minutes has Richard's appearance and Paul regressing to DAAS-like behaviour -
McDermott, Trevorrow & Holden : I Wanna Make You My Lady
God, there's a million GNW and DAAS clips on youtube. I lose DAYS when I do this!!!!!!!!
So jealous, but yay for youtube - Paul McDermott AND Tim Ferguson Astor Theatre Perth - the later show.
For any non-Australians still reading this - to my generation, Paul McDermott's pretty much, er, the guy we've laughed at and lusted after our entire adult lives. We imprinted on DAAS at young ages. This was the fourth time I've seen him live. Oh, and relevant to most of our interests, he's always been slashy.
There's a FuckYeahMcDermott tumblr OF COURSE.
Super quick intro -
1984-1994 Doug Anthony Allstars - Paul, Tim and Richard! VERY CRUDE COMEDY.
My fave funny clip - hee, if I were watching for the first time now I'd probably be like O_O - Billy Don't Be A Hero
My fave serious song - DAAS - Throw Your Arms Around Me
1996-2000, 2008-2012 - Good News Week, satirical news game show hosted by a Grown Up Paul McDermott -
Paul would end the show with a song. My fave - Mark Trevorrow & Paul McDermott : Can't Take My Eyes Off You
also great, - with Marcia Hines & Mark Trevorrow - Baby It's Cold Outside
Actual show bits - GNW - Hamish and Andy v. Tom Gleeson
and one of my fave comedians - Adam Hills on the Couch
and here Paul has a rant at the audience
OOH OOH, the entire 1.5 hours of the Good News Week - Final Farewell Tour 2012 is on youtube! I didn't realise. *zooms* (I went to a Comfest recording once - they kept going long after they'd wrapped up the taping. Towards midnight some people started creeping out and Paul and Mikey were like 'where the fuck do you think you're going???' and they were like 'we HAVE to, to catch the last trains!!' I have a crappy memory, so the only other specific thing I remember from the night was near the end Mikey standing at the front of the stage and then ostentatiously bending over and Paul coming up and simulating rogering him. Good times...
News article about them being in Perth Ha, love the quotes in the article "If we'd done the things we did... if YouTube was around in the 80s, we would probably be in jail," he said.
"We did bad, bad things with crowds. And none of it I regret but I am glad there's not a lot of documentary evidence about it.
"I am glad the people didn't have iPhones."
At the show last night Paul was like 'Mate I can see you're filming it - *holds imaginary phone at shoulder height* (puts on diff voice)"Oh, I always carry it like this when it's off" - just film it already, everyone in different parts of the theatre should get together afterwards and edit it properly, so that it doesn't look like it was done by a 15yr old with Parkinsons.'
When he launched into the show with three serious songs, I was like, oh, okay, we're grown ups now, but then he started talking and it all went downhill from there, including a long anecdote about he and Marina Prior were doing the Witches of Eastwick and were excited to meet Paul Stanley from KISS, and how Marina had earlier told him told him how she'd written Stanley's name on her school satchel and Paul told her how he used to rub Stanley's LP all over his body and his pre-pubescent pubes would rise with the static electricity and then when they finally met him, and Marina was talking to him and Paul was off to the side making humping and rubbing gestures while she had to keep a straight face and at the end Paul realised they were being watched by Stanley's manager and girlfriend, so Paul tried to play it off by explaining that it was just what they do in Australia (really overdoing the Okker accent) and when he'd finished explaining the girlfriend said "Really???" and at that point he realised she was Australian too. Um, you probably had to be there. It was funny.
Oh, and then he talked about his pubes now being the real 50 Shades of Grey. Hee.
More a couple more GNW songs - I Was Made For Loving You and here, I don't actually like the main song much but the first few minutes has Richard's appearance and Paul regressing to DAAS-like behaviour -
McDermott, Trevorrow & Holden : I Wanna Make You My Lady
God, there's a million GNW and DAAS clips on youtube. I lose DAYS when I do this!!!!!!!!