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Entertainment Insider

Entertainment Insider

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Step beyond the velvet rope and into the heart of showbiz with Entertainment Insider. Hosted by Jon Olb, an entertainment veteran with decades behind the camera, this series takes you behind the scenes of the industry through candid, unfiltered conversations with the people who live it.

From household names to the creative forces behind the curtain, these generous guests share personal stories, career highs and lows, and the untold truths the audience never gets to see. Think This Is Your Life meets Inside the Actors Studio—but looser, warmer, and packed with moments that surprise even industry insiders.

As entertainment undergoes its biggest transformation in decades, Entertainment Insider won’t promise all the answers—but it will introduce you to the legends and trailblazers shaping its future. Whether they’re from stage or screen, music or quiz shows, you’ll hear the real stories that make this world so captivating.

🎙️ Unseen. Unfiltered. Unmissable.

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Episodes
  • Anthony Watt 1 - kid's tv, Stingers, Something Stupid, Hamish and Andy
    Aug 24 2025

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    Anthony Watt is the Executive Producer of Spicks and Specks. His career includes projects such as Full Frontal, Hamish & Andy, The Big Backyard Quiz, Sleuth 101, The Weakest Link and Comedy Inc. In part one, hear about his career start with Double Dare, writing children's series, dealing with writer's block, attempting to write for Stingers, Something Stupid with Gina, Jane, Magda and Marg, that feeling when your show is axed, the Hamish and Andy show and the aftermath.

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    36 mins
  • Tim Ferguson 2 - Don't Forget Your Toothbrush, Unreal TV, Shock Jock, Spin Out...and MS.
    Aug 17 2025

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    More from legend of Australian Comedy - Tim Ferguson. Yes, in part 2 you will hear about his Multiple Sclerosis, but as he says, it is the least interesting thing about him. You've heard about the Doug Anthony AllStars on The Big Gig and DAAS Kapital, and plenty more like Funky Squad in part one. Now one of the best shows of its time, Don't Forget Your Toothbrush will be remembered, along with Shock Jock, Unreal TV, movies like Spin Out, the stage and his teaching. Tim's views on comedy will make you think!

    #daas #timferguson #funkysquad

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    41 mins
  • Tim Ferguson 1 - DAAS, DAAS Kapital, Funky Squad, teaching, comedy today
    Aug 10 2025

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    Tim Ferguson is a legend of Australian Comedy. And as he says, his Multiple Sclerosis is the least interesting thing about him. Hear about his amazing career including the Doug Anthony AllStars on The Big Gig and DAAS Kapital, and everything from Funky Squad and Don't Forget Your Toothbrush to Shock Jock, Unreal TV, movies like Spin Out, the stage, his teaching...and yes the wheelchair. Tim has strong views on comedy that will make you sit up and take notice.

    #daas #timferguson #funkysquad

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    33 mins
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