This is truly a very tragic day for Australia. Someone who we fought would be in our lives forever has now left the screen for the last time.
Charles 'Bud' Tingwell really was a one of a kind Aussie character. For several decades he played many roles on radio, television, theatre and film. He has appeared on many Australian made shows including Homicide, The Flying Doctors, Blue Heelers, Round the Twist, All Saints, Neighbours, G.P. and Prisoner: Cell Block H. I could go on about the many shows and films he has appeared in but that could take all week. This just proves what a true inspiration he is to the Australia Television and Film Industries!
But for me, my all time favourite Bud moment has to be when he was on The Castle. The scene where his character gave his speech about the Kerrigan Family and how no one should ever take their home away from them. I still remember that scene after all these years.
Bud is survived by his son Christopher and daughter Virginia, who is also an actress.
Well another year has now passed and it looks like the future is looking bright for Australian drama. This year, the Logies had many drama shows nominated including the two biggest shows Underbelly and Packed to the Rafters. PttR picked up six awards, including the Gold Logie which went to Rebecca Gibney (which was a huge shock as I thought Ian Smith was going to get it).
Underbelly did an amazing job as well by picking up three awards, including Most Outstanding Actor and Actress. Not bad for a show which is still causing headaches for Channel Nine as some of the episodes are still banned for viewing in Victoria.
Home and Away managed to get one award, which went to Todd Lasance for Most Popular Actor. His character Aden Jefferies has been great and this was proven during the show's sexual abuse storyline last year.
Sadly the awards were abit boring when it came to the main host. Gretel Killeen may have been a great host for Big Brother but she failed big time with people commenting on the popular SMS style networking site Twitter, that her hosting skills were in bad taste and the worst anyone has ever seen since Wendy Harmer back in 2002.
For me my all time favourite Logies moment was the Myles Barlow's Review segment, which showed a few stars getting into trickly situations including those At the Movies presenters from the ABC.
Overall next year I would like to someone like Dave Hughes, Shaun Micallef or even the Chaser Boys take charge as that would make for a very interesting evening.
Until next time, lets hope the Logie Awards will finally live up to its name and return to its original roots as a great entertaining awards cermony!!
Sorry it has been so long but I wasn't sure if I was able to continue with my website. Now thanks to the wonderful world that is blogging, I can offer you guys a much easier and stylist place to look around!
Since many other blogs and websites have heaps of great info already, I decided to create a gateway blogging site where you can find the information that you need. All you have to do is click on the right link.
I will also now have a YouTube and Facebook page for people to view clips and comment about their views on Australian Television.
If anyone has any problems, please let me know by posting a comment on this site's FB page!!
Hearing this is enough to shock anyone.....especially when a big television company like Channel Seven forces someone to shut down their fan site because they believe 'it will confuse TV viewers of finding the official website'.
Sadly this has happened to a guy named Michael, who is 18 years old and who is (like myself) a huge fan of Channel Seven's new family drama "Packed to the Rafters"!! Like many before him, Michael create a fan site so that fans could find out everything there was to know about 'the happens of the Rafter family'. Now it seems like he is unable to use the site's domain - http://www.packedtotherafters.com.au as Seven lawyers believe that it could cause confusion for other fans to get access to their official PttR website on Yahoo!7.
Michael told TV Tonight:
“I couldn’t believe they required me to hand over the domain which means shutting down the entire site. I had a feeling that one day they might require me to make it more obvious that it wasn’t the official website. I would get emails from other fans saying how much they loved the show and asked questions, I would always make sure I stated that we weren’t the official website and pointed them in the right direction.”
The site has since been shut down but you can't help feeling sorry for someone who put in months of hard work to create a site for people to enjoy. Since PttR was Channel Seven's #1 show for 2008, they could of found another way to keep its only fan site open.
Seven's other popular show "Home and Away" has four fan sites, which I have discovered in the past have never had this problem.
So please guys find it in your hearts to rethink your decision as we need a PttR fan site!!!!!!
*You can read the rest of the TV Tonight article or find the link to Michael's Packed to the Rafters fan site by clicking on this link.
Please enjoy!!!!!!! In this two parter episode, I talk about: - copyright problems regarding vintage clips on YT - ranting about Aussie TV shows - pay tribute to All Saints star "Mark Priestley" - raving about Aussie drama - my thoughts on what happened to fellow YouTuber "DrLemur"
Here is the first of (hopefully) many videos clips for my vodcast. I have decided to join the world of vlogging in a way of getting more people interested with my website. So here is the first episode:
AUSTRALIAN actor, writer and director Michael Pate has died, aged 88. Pate, who spent seven decades in show business, died of respiratory failure late yesterday at Gosford Hospital, a spokesman for the NSW Central Coast Area Health Service said.
Born in Sydney in 1920, Pate became an international star, appearing in more than 50 feature films.
He also guest-starred in more than 300 television shows in Australia and the US.
Pate began his career in 1938 writing and broadcasting for ABC Radio and producing book and theatre reviews for newspapers and magazines.
He spent almost 20 years in the US, appearing in countless TV shows, including various westerns.
Pate also appeared on other popular shows included Batman, Mission: Impossible, Get Smart and The Man from U.N.C.L.E, and was the first actor to play a slightly altered version of James Bond's CIA counterpart Felix Leiter in the television adaptation of Casino Royale.
He returned to Australia in 1968 to work as an associate producer for the Columbia Pictures adaptation of Norman Lindsay's Age of Consent.
He won two Gold Logies for the Seven Network and produced police series, pilots and variety shows for Australia's three commercial networks.
From 1971, he starred in the TV series Matlock Police and won a Penguin Award for best actor during his four years on the program.
Between 1982-1984 he joined forces with his son Christopher to co-star on stage in Mass Appeal.
The play toured Australia, culminating in a season at the Sydney Opera house.
Family friend Jacqui Bosanac said Pate had been working on a film script before he died and it was likely his son would finish off his father's work.
"Just previous to him going into hospital he was sitting at his computer," Ms Bosanac told the ABC.
"All he did was work ... he was working on a script which hasn't been finished and I think Christopher's going to try and finish it off."
Pate is survived by his wife Felippa Rock and son Christopher, both of whom are actors, and a number of grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Another great actor is gone!!!! With people still coping with Mark Priestley's death, it's a real shock that another actor has died so close to the another one. I offer my condolences to Michael's family & friends and Michael Pate, thanks for all the hard work that you have done for the Australian entertainment industry!
REST IN PEACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Here's a clip of Michael during his time on "Matlock Police":
Jarad McLoughlin is a 'in-training' disability advocate, social/political commentator and blogger. Born in Queensland but moved around until he was thirteen. Currently residing in South Australia.
Diagnosed as autistic at age three and came out as gay at age twenty-six. Besides that he is very loving, efficient and compassionate who hopes to one day help those who need it!
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Friday, May 15, 2009
This is truly a very tragic day for Australia. Someone who we fought would be in our lives forever has now left the screen for the last time.
