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| Mark Trevorrow - The Black Cat Cabaret Bar December 2001 |
| After 4 very successful nights in December, Mark Trevorrow, creator of Bob Downe, returns with his response to a request put to him repeatedly over the years - "When are you going to sing as yourself?" - with his debut song set at the Black Cat. At last, a chance to look nice and sing nicely. "Bob's not even invited," says Mark. "Anyway, he'd only bring Bernard King and talk loudly at the bar." However, there may be the odd surprise guest. With musical director John Thorn (pno), Scott Lambie (drms) and Phillip Rex (bass). |
| Mark Trevorrow - The Black Cat Cabaret Bar November 2001 |
| Mark Trevorrow, creator of Bob Downe, finally responds to a request put to him repeatedly over the years - "When are you going to sing as yourself?" - with his debut song set at the Black Cat. At last, a chance to look nice and sing nicely. "Bob's not even invited," says Mark. "Anyway, he'd only bring Bernard King and talk loudly at the bar." However, there may be the odd surprise guest. With musical director John Thorn (pno), Scott Lambie (drms) and Nick Heyward (bass). |
| Fashion Wrap - mediasearch.com.au 11 September 2001 |
| L'Oreal Colour Trophy competition One of the most exciting events on the hairdressing calendar is the L'Oreal Colour Trophy National Finals. Seventeen State finalists from around Australia, along with their models, came together at Melbourne's Crown Showroom for the special event on August 20. The night provided great entertainment, with a wonderful tribute to the impact of hair in showbiz, with particular attention given to icons such as Cher, Madonna, Grease, Pulp Fiction, and the recent Moulin Rouge film. Singer Juno Roxas led the opening production song with the "Hairraising Dancers", before comedian Bob Downe warmed up the crowd with a funny gag routine. Then Jon Stevens and band performed a song before the L'Oreal Managing Director, Dominique Ablondi officially began the night's proceedings. A video presentation of the finalists was presented to the audience before the business of announcing award winners commenced. The winner of the L'Oreal Colour Trophy for 2001 is HAIR MACHINE West Lakes, South Australia. They gathered three awards to win on a countback vote from PETER THOMSEN of The Chelsea, Wollongong, New South Wales. Here is the full list of winners as voted by an international panel of 13 expert judges.
Hair Machine West Lakes, SA
Peter Thomsen of The Chelsea, Wollongong, NSW
Nadina Ciccotti, FMK Artistries, Fairfield Heights, NSW
Chesters Consultant Hairdressers, Subiaco, WA
Zedz Hair & Beauty, Bicton, WA
Mondobassi, Townsville, QLD
The Anthony Mascolo Special Encouragement Awards went to:
The winners of the L'Oreal Next Generation Awards are: |
| Fashion Wrap - mediasearch.com.au 11 September 2001 |
| L'Oreal Colour Trophy
One of the most exciting events on the hairdressing calendar is the L'Oreal Colour Trophy National Finals. Seventeen State finalists from around Australia will come with their models to Melbourne for the special event on August 20 at the Crown Showroom. The night promises so much with the announcement of winners from the International Judges Awards and culminating in the actual Colour Trophy Winner for 2001. Along the way, there will be great entertainment from Jon Stevens, Bob Downe and ex-Bardot member Katie Underwood. |
| The Bob Downe Show - scoop.com.au September 2001 |
| Bob is back and this time it is all about BOB. With the help of Musical Director John Thorn and his three piece Bob Downe Trio, Bob invites you into his lounge where the perversely Australian Sultan of Suburbia will show you the time of your life. In 2000 Bob burst into Perth with a triumphant sold out season of 'Whiter! Brighter!' With the Apple Fresh Dancers, in 2001 it's time to get back to what's important and in a Bob Downe universe we all know who rotates around who.
Venue: Regal Theatre |
| Going to Rio with Bob Downe - Perth Post 1 September 2001 |
| "Hi, this is Mark Trevorrow." It takes a moment or two to remember that this deep, well-modulated voice on the phone belongs to Bob Downe's alter ego, his slightly more stylish and contemporary creator and PR manager. It's only when Mark starts talking about the new show touring to Perth that something of Bob's comfortable, camp persona creeps in: "I just love the fact that four generations enjoy the show; the older ones nudge each other and say 'Ooooh, I love that one'." Sounds just like his Mum, Ida, and Nana Downe. The boy from Murwillumbah has always loved to sing. Robert Xavier Pamplemousse Downe became the Sultan of suburbia when he started hosting a little known show, Good Morning Murwillumbah, an opportunity for the swinging style guru to pass on some of his inimitable tips on hair and clothes. Since then Bob has gone on to perform around Australia and the UK, picking awards along the way. The new millennium has seen Bob win Best Cabaret artist in the 2000 Greenroom awards, with his Million Sellers show, which toured the UK and played in the Sydney Opera House, nominated in the Best Show category. Another of his shows, Whiter, Brighter, which came to Perth last year, won a Melbourne Greenroom award -- "extremely exciting," said Mark... or Bob...it's becoming difficult to tell -- and earlier this year he took Murwillumbah to Manhattan, debuting at New York's Westbeth Theatre. Star-struck Bob intends to be back in New York before the end of the year. In the meantime his very own television show is running on TV1. "Bob is quintessentially a television character," said Mark, switching constantly between talking about Bob in the third person and then saying, with Bob's infectious good humour: "It's scary, it's exciting, it's ambitious; it's exactly what I've always wanted to do." His new stage show -- at least new to Perth audiences -- imaginatively titled The Bob Down Show (starring Bob Downe and featuring the Bob Downe Trio), is based on his 1997 album, Jazzy, which was nominated for an ARIA award. With musical director John Thorn, Bob gets up close and personal with "a song list to die for" -- That Old Black Magic, Fly Me to the Moon, Route 66, Fever, I Go to Rio (the costume for that one beggars imagination...) are just some of those soppy, ol' sentimentals that will give the Prince of Polyester the finest selection of costume changes the petrochemical industry has to offer. "I can't wait to come back to Perth," enthused Mark. "Now that's a town that really knows how to party and I have a permanent stool at Connections with my name on it!" Pure Bob. The Bob Downe Show opens at the Regal Theatre on September 5. |
| Supergirly: Two Faced - The List 9 August 2001 |
| As big, funny, crude and beautiful as ever ...brilliant note perfect divas ... With the possible exception of Bob Downe, no one does this sort of thing better. Paul Dale |
| The Bob Downe Show - Token Management July 2001 |
| Starring Mr. Bob Downe with John Thorn and the Bob Downe Trio In 2000 Bob burst back into Perth with a triumphant sold out season of Whiter! Brighter! with the Apple Fresh Dancers, in 2001 its time to get back to what's important and in a Bob Downe universe we all know who rotates around who. Bob is back and this time it's all about BOB. With the help of Musical Director John Thorn and his three piece Bob Downe Orchestra Bob is taking us all into his lounge, luckily it's a lounge full of hits! Now he's dispensed with those awful dancing children it's your chance to get up close and personal with the soft, sensuous underbelly of the man in beige. Route 66, Fever, Fly Me To The Moon, I Go To Rio- these are all songs for lovers, a fireside romance on the flokati, a gondola trip down memory canal or just a songlist that's begging for a pan-flute tribute. No matter how you stack it up this is the biggest Bob experience yet - live musicians, a song list to die for and the Prince Of Polyester resplendent in the finest wardrobe that the petrochemical industry has to offer. This has been a big year for Mr Bob Downe and his alter-ego Mark Trevorrow. Since he was last in Perth he performed in front of 70,000 people in the domain, debuted in THE BOB DOWNE SHOW on TV1 and sold out four weeks at the Opera House. In April Mark (with Bob) debuted in New York City, the first step in a campaign to take the man who never stops to the city that never sleeps..
The Regal Theatre |
| The Bob Downe Experience - Canberra City News July 2001 |
| The Man who never stops, Australia's King of Sing, Prince of Polyester, Mr Bob Downe is making a comeback to Canberra. For four performances only, Bob Downe with John Thorn and the Bob Down Trio will be hamming it up at the Playhouse. An extravagant stage show that promises more costume changes than a Kylie concert and almost as many hit songs as sequins, The Bob Downe Show is your chance to get up and boogie with Australia's Sultan of Suburbia and let him show you the time of your life. The Bob Downe Show is at The Playhouse from July 11 - 14. For bookings, call Canberra Ticketing on 657 1077. |
| Bob Downe - Canberra CitySearch July 2001 |
| The shiny Prince of Polyester Pop returns to excite you with snake hips, dazzling teeth and a very hefty hairpiece. Bob Downe, Murwillumbah's best bloke chanteuse and poster boy for the orthodontic industry, has been having a good run of late, what with his heavily advertised cable TV shows and successful tours. He even performed at the Sydney Opera House last year. And it's the theatre (Downe's second love, behind daytime TV) where you should face this fabulous cheesy monster, because you really do have to be physically present in order to appreciate his extraordinary ability to strangle a tune with stunning lounge-lizard excess. Australia's best popular music satirist? Probably. Australia's most over-the-top allegedly-male dress sense and wildest wig? Definitely. Downe elevates the tight orange plastic flared jumpsuit to a definitive statement of aesthetic intent. Musical director John Thorn fronts the Bob Downe Trio, no doubt trying desperately to keep up with the all-singing, all-dancing, all-camping dynamo that is Downe.
Canberra Theatre Centre |
| Rove Live - rove.com.au 3 July 2001 |
| We're having an extra-special show in honour of Judith Durham's
birthday and our guests include...
Jessica Simpson - live via satellite from MTV Tokyo |
| The Bob Downe Show - Token Management July 2001 |
| It's been a long time between shows for Canberra's Bobaholics and now the wait is over, Australia's King of Sing has hopped the Capital Shuttle to bring the House Downe! Slipping into the salubrious surrounds of The Playhouse at the Canberra Theatre Centre, this show will be more Ham than Hamlet. For four exclusive performances Bob will tear up the stage at Canberra's most fabulous theatre, that's if we can ever pull him away from the Woden Bowl. With the help of Musical Director John Thorn and his three piece Bob Downe Trio Bob invites you into his lounge, where the perversely Australian Sultan of suburbia will show you the time of your life! This is the biggest Bob experience yet - live musicians, a song list to die for and the Prince of Polyester resplendent in the finest wardrobe the petrochemical industry has to offer - with even more costume changes than a Kylie concert! Route 66, Fever, Yeh! Yeh!, Fly Me To The Moon, I Go To Rio - these are all songs for lovers, a fireside romance on the flokati, a cocktail in the Jet Bar at The Rex, a dance on the deck of the Funship Fairstar. This has been a big year for Bob Downe and his alter-ego Mark Trevorrow. Since he was last in Canberra he's performed in front of 70,000 people in the Sydney Domain for the Olympics Torch Night Concert, debuted in THE BOB DOWNE SHOW on Foxtel's TV1, blitzed the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and sold out four weeks at the Sydney Opera House. In April he debuted in New York City, the first step in a campaign to take the man who never stops to the city that never sleeps.
Canberra Theatre Centre |
| Nova seeks Sydney's hottest Casa-NOVA'S - Australian Radio News June 2001 |
| Popstars eat your heart out, the search is on to find Sydney Casa-NOVAs to become the on-the-street promotional team for Sydney's newest and fastest rising radio station, NOVA 96.9. The self declared king of the Casanovas, the debonair Bob Downe, will be scouring the streets armed with a casting couch and the new NOVA fleet to find the perfect team. He commented, "Of course I am thrilled to be part of the NOVA 96.9 phenomena. After all my years in the entertainment business, I have my casting couch technique down pat - I know the meaning of the words 'why don't you sit down here with me!' " Tara King, Marketing and Promotions Director, NOVA 96.9 told AMT: "The criteria is simple - anyone who is enthusiastic, enjoys people and wants to be part of making radio history is invited to apply. We know that our Casa-NOVA team will have the radio experience of their lives... The first job for the new Casa-NOVA team will be to hit the streets in the soon to be launched 'Come on NOVA' campaign where listeners will have the chance to have a personal visit from the Casa-NOVAs. Casting sessions will be held in a variety of locations around Sydney until Friday May 25. |
| Bob Downe - 720 ABC Perth 16 May 2001 |
| Interviewer: John McNamara
Date of broadcast: Wednesday, 16 May 2001 Former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell has thrown her weight behind British PM Tony Blair as England heads to the polls, but John Howard says he won't be turning to celebrity endorsements to win the next election. He seems to think we don't take political advice from those in the spotlight. However that may all change when he hears what comedian Bob Downe has in store for him... |
| The Bob Downe Show - Westbeth Theatre Center 9 April 2001 |
| FREE FOR WESTBETH E-MAIL SUBSCRIBERS! YOU'RE INVITED TO THE VERY SPECIAL INVITATIONAL PERFORMANCE OF AUSTRALIA'S BOB DOWNE!! April 23, 24, 25 8pm -- Westbeth Theatre Center 151 Bank Street (Between Washington and West) RSVP now to: bobrsvp@hotmail.com Announcing the New York debut of Australia's high-camp Prince of Polyester, BOB DOWNE. Mark your calendar to attend a special showcase of one of Australia's most-loved and enduring comedy creations. The 60-minute performances will be held at the Westbeth Theatre on April 23, 24 & 25 at 8.00pm. London's Observer described BOB DOWNE as "A singing, dancing, grinning, prancing, living Ken doll" and the Independent continued "As he went among them for a gloriously camp version of I Will Survive, the crowd went Wembley-wild". The Sunday Times put it more simply: "Peter Pan on speed". Meanwhile, the Daily Mirror warned "Look out, Dame Edna! Bob Downe is set to steal your comedy crown". And now Bob is packing his collectible Qantas airline bag with a K-Tel record selector full of showstoppers and heading to the Big Apple. Bob's last live tour played to 40,000 Aussie fans in 2000, putting out the SRO sign across the country - including a four-week sell out at the Sydney Opera House. His Sydney Olympic duties included co-hosting the opening ceremony on national radio and emceeing the all-star Torch Welcome Night concert to a crowd of 85,000 in Sydney's Domain. All this and competing, too: "I went for Bronze in the 100-meter 'Run Like a Girl', but I didn't have a hope against Richard Simmons!" says Bob. Bob is currently starring in his own comedy chat TV show in Australia, The Bob Downe Show. The creation of Melbourne-born writer/performer Mark Trevorrow, BOB DOWNE has a huge live following in the UK and is a household name in both countries. He has appeared on every major British TV show from The Royal Variety Performance to Des O'Connor Tonight. His own UK shows have included Bob Downe Under (London Weekend), The Bob Downe Special (ITV) and Bob Downe All Over Britain (BBC UKPlay)
Don't miss it! |
| Flashing in downtown Adelaide - HUSH April 2001 |
| COMEDIAN Bob Downe was doing more than flashing his famous pearly whites while in Adelaide last week. The effervescent personality couldn't resist the fare at Flash Cafe, Hindley St, and was seen on several occasions chomping into a chicken, avocado, mushroom and tomato focaccia. Bob was also partial to the cafe lattes, saying they are the best he's ever tasted.
His latest CD Huge Hits is out now. |
| Goin Downe - Revolver 2 April 2001 |
| When it comes to the greatest songs the world has ever know, Bob Downe is the last person you turn to. That's why his Huge Hits CD is so bad it's good. Gay stereotypes are not an abomination; they're not even a limitation when Bob Downe is in da house. Bob is the impossibly camp 70's misfit with the granite hairdo and a lucrative monopoly on gay humour. While some may whinge that Bob isn't helping the cause, most of urban Australia is accepting of homosexuals and Bob seems to be one of only a few public figures prepared to have some fun with the typecasting that goes on. By personifying...hang on, what is this? Some post-grad's flimsy rationale for Bob Downe? A thesis on the foundations of toilet humour? Puhlease. There is no justifying the lunacy of a man whose new album, (Huge Hits, no less) features original classics like Popcorn, Ring my bell and Knock on Wood. Why should there be? You may find this man a disgrace, a scandal. If nothing else, he is an (hilarious) eyesore. Haha. I just laugh thinking about him. Bob gets his gear from his brother, Mark Downe, and the jokes don't look like they're letting up anytime soon. Like or dislike Bob Downe, he's made repugnance an art from, our own repugnance one might say. Oh no, more analysis. It took three goes to get hold of alter-egotist Mark Trevorrow. He's moving house today, promoting the album in between moving truckloads and performing in New York come Friday. But this is 100% Bob, clean-shaven, immortal and in your face like Bert Newton on acid.
Who's your typical audience these days?
Do you make an effort to find people with worse hair than yourself?
The British love Bob, why is that and how do Americans react?
Bob sounds like a mini-industry.
Will he outlast the dotcom businesses?
The Olympics...
Were the Olympics staged simply to promote Bob Downe?
Any feelings towards the current music climate?
How will your Huge Hits fit into the market?
Is this a timeless collection?
Will Bob ever change- Madonna must reinvent herself to remain popular... |
| Green Room winners - The Age 19 March 2001 |
| Cabaret Best artiste: Bob Downe, Whiter! Brighter!, the Capitol. |
| Annual Green Room Awards - ABC March 2001 |
| The Playhouse Victorian Arts Centre Sunday March 18 Info: 0411 347 506 www.greenroom.org.au A night of star-studded entertainment featuring Bob Downe, Rod Quantock, the stars of Prodigal Son and music theatre nominees Amanda Levy, Mathew Frank and Dean Bryant. The Green Room Awards are a rare opportunity for artists to have their work assessed and applauded by their peers. Awards are given to performing arts practitioners in the categories of Drama, Opera, Dance, Music Theatre, Fringe Theatre and Cabaret. |
| BOB DOWNE HUGE HITS - Sydney Star Observer March 2001 |
| Various artists (Rajon Music Group)
Fresh from co-hosting the Cleo Bachelor of the Year Awards, Australia's grooviest retro throwback Bob Downe emerges with two CDs of trash and big car smashes. Bob starts it off with a stunning version of the immortal classic I Will Survive, which along with Don't You Want Me he sings in stunning style. There are Tupperware moments from The 5th Dimension, War, and some real surf action 60s style from First Class, and if you don't get a smile on your face by the end of it you need a Prozac. On disc two Bob's in the mood again singing Xanadu, followed by another velvet handbag full of hits from Knock On Wood to Love Really Hurts Without You, Rock Your Baby to Dance Dance Dance (Yowsah Yowsah Yowsah). Huge Hits is everything you would expect from a Bob Downe compilation and more more more. |
| ALL BOB DOWNE - Juice March 2001 |
| Mark Trevorrow created the character of Bob Downe in 1984, and has since taken him on to become one of this country's best loved comical figures. That success has transferred overseas too, with Trevorrow taking Bob to the Edinburgh Festival fringe on many occasions and building up a following all over the UK. Bob Downe has become a multimedia personality as well as an international star. He's made many TV appearances, including hosting numerous Mardi Gras broadcasts, and now has his own show -- the wittily titled The Bob Downe Show -- on Foxtel. What's more, his third album, Bob Downe's Huge Hits, is due out in May. Thanks to Bob, Mark Trevorrow has enjoyed a level of success most comics in Australia only dream of. Speaking to Trevorrow at his beautiful apartment in Surry Hills, it is interesting that he has made no effort to impress me. There are half empty wine glasses, unwashed plates and dirty clothes littered around, and Mark is in an old button-up shirt and scruffy pants. He shows me some footage of his TV show, and then we get down to business.
At the dawn of a new millennium, how are both Bob and Mark holding up?
Is he still a very separate identity after 20 odd years?
How was the Mardi Gras this year? Was it nice not to have to host the TV coverage?
Did you think Rove was an appropriate choice?
And what does Bob tell her?
Which brings the question of whose Mardi Gras is it?
This new CD, Bob Downe's Huge Hits, would suggest that you have an amazing record collection.
This is actually your third album.
Is that what counts?
Do you plan more recordings?
You have achieved a very nice flow with the record.
Is there a serious musical side to Mark?
You've just finished filming the first series of The Bob Downe Show for cable TV and you're going to get a second series. You must be pleased.
Anything happening overseas for you?
And is that still nerve-racking? |
| Roving the main drag - Daily Telegraph 1 March 2001 |
| ROVE McManus admits he's got some big, white, shiny shoes to fill. Replacing Bob Downe as Ten's host to the live Mardi Gras coverage is a little daunting, even for the spontaneous Rove.
"I'm whitening my shoes and in search of as much synthetic fibre as I can find to cover my body. Do you know anyone who has a spare tracksuit?" He concedes it's not going to be as difficult as it might have been, because he hosted the Mardi Gras coverage for Fox's Main Event last year. "I remember thinking, 'I don't want to make jokes at anyone else's expense and was a bit wary, but I've since learnt they all like a good laugh." Rove will have an experienced commentary team on hand. Julie McCrossin will be watching Saturday night's parade with him, while the darling of the drag-queen circuit, Vanessa Wagner, will be the reporter on the street. The one problem McManus had last year was sounding repetitious. "There's only so many things you can say about a float. I'm going to arm myself with a thesaurus, so I don't run out of adjectives." While the gay and lesbian community keeps it hush hush as to what floats will be in the parade, Rove has already picked out his favourite. "I've heard there will be a Damir Dokic float with lots of shiny, glittery beards," he says. "But I always look forward to the dykes on bikes -- there's nothing like a pack of lesbians on motor-bikes to kick things off. A group of skinny gay guys on unicycles wouldn't have the same effect." But the most important question is left to last. Whatever is the dashing Mr McManus going to wear? "I don't know, probably some boring heterosexual shirt and a pair of pants with the bum cut out."
Sydney Mardi Gras, Sunday, Ten, 8.30pm. |
| Downe but never out - The Sunday Telegraph 11 February 2001 |
| There are two reactions to the purely satirical character that is Bob Downe. You either absolutely love his ode to all things synthetic, RSL-ey and kitsch. Or you can't bear his highly camp persona of a tragic regional TV Tonight Show host with a bad wig and really silly man-made-fibre clothes. Fortunately, I fall into the former category. I'd bumped into Mark Trevorrow (Bob's alter ego) at that rollicking show Naked Boys Singing!, and he asked me along to The Comedy Store at Fox for the taping of his cable guise, appropriately tagged The Bob Downe Show. So there we were, early on a Monday night, watching Bob do his stuff with special guests Mikey Robbins, Rove McManus, Julia Morris and the aforementioned nude blokes. Of course, Bob's "special guest" (not 'co host' - Bob's ego is too huge to share the spotlight) was there - a fellow clubland type by the name of Coralee Hollow. You would know her as Gina Riley. Simply, I chortled most of the way through the taping - the shows then air on TV1 - before a small gang popped into Bent Street's Arena for a small post show wrap. Mr Downe isn't involved in this year's Channel 10 coverage of the Mardi Gras, but when the Seven network takes over next year, wouldn't it be a hoot to have Roy and HG joined by Bob to headline the coverage. Producers - take note! Bob's collaborator, the Byron Bay-based Larry Buttrose, was at Arena, as were Michelle Trembath-Williams, Tony Murano, Mike Hammond and fiance Jacqueline Saunders, and the svelte Julia Morris The Herve leger-clad comic is a serious hit in Britain, and now spends most of her time in London. But never fear, we haven't lost Julia's sense of humor forever. Like Arnie, she'll be back. Thanks Anthea |
| voyeur February 2001 |
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 Thanks Julianna |
| crimplene queen - Sydney Star Observer 1-7 February 2001 |
| Melbourne-born cabaret star, Mark Trevorrow (born 4/2/59) has the Sun, Mercury and Chiron all grouped together within a closeknit 'stellium' in Aquarius. The basic logo for Aquarius is two wavy lines that symbolise everything new and artificial (the 'www' acronym for the World Wide Web is a literal representation of the Aquarius symbol). As Aquarius is the sign containing more of Trevorrow's planets than any other, it's not surprising that Bob Downe (his super-synthetic alter ego) has been labelled the 'Prince of Crimplene' after that unnatural fabric with a wavy weave. Bob Downe first appeared in the mid-80s when schizoid Mercury crossed Trevorrow's glamorous Venus in Pisces. Mark and Bob's popularity has waxed through comedy festival and small screen performances ever since. Their three Aquarian planets are opposed and ruled by Uranus (the television planet) in Leo (the sign of the performer). As tomorrow-seeking Aquarians with a dash of flashy Pisces and Leo, at least one of them has been known on occasion to remark, "That's so last century." (http://Astroqueer.tripod.com/charts/comedy/mark_trevorrow.html) Sy Sholfield |
| the bob downe show - TV1 |
| Sun 7:30pm, Mon 1:30am & 10:30pm, Sat 5pm Get DOWNE with the Prince of Polyester as he brings his own special brand of humour to a chat show that's filled to the rim with comedy, sing-a-longs and sensational celebrities. The one and only Bob Downe has secured an exclusive deal with TV1 to star in THE BOB DOWNE SHOW! A weekly variety chat show which premiered December 2000, The Bob Downe Show is set at the very exclusive Foxy Lady Bar and Grill - a re-creation of the original in Bob's home town of Murwillumbah. The Bob Downe Show is a thirty-minute mix of groovy music, sketch and interviews. Recent guests have included Kate Fischer, Paul McDermott (below), Amanda Keller, George Negus, Steve Bisley, and even The Wiggles! Whilst the list of star-studded celebrities goes on and on, the accent is always on the King of Kitsch's cheeky, unique brand of comedy and chat. Downe's dazzling musical numbers are a pot pouri of pop, bringing you the best of the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s - true to TV1 form. While Bob is often a one-man-show, but is frequently joined by enchanting guests such as Coralee Hollow (aka Gina Riley) and Marcia Hines! "But only if they're well dressed enough, Bob-style," he warns. Bob's celebrity chats are "hard-hitting, but in the right spirit of fun. Sort of Stan Grant crossed with Ruby Wax meets Mike Walsh. We'll only go as far as they want to - and then perhaps a teeny bit further!" (as evidenced when Steve Bisley showed Bob how to do a strip search!) Bob regularly breaks into one of his myriad colour dance numbers and live advertorials. Bob and his friends will entertain and enthrall audiences with a madcap series of topical segments in "The Conversation Pit", and gently embarrasses audience members at Bob's Barrel or Wheel with terrific prizes to be won! Join Bob Downe only on TV1 for rip-roaring comedy which will leave you bobbing up and Downe in stitches!
Mark Trevorrow - Bob Downe |