NEWS - 05/12/2011 - SHAUN MICALLEF PLAYS EASTY THE SQUID
Well, this is up there with one of the most surreal experiences of my life. I've been a massive fan of Shaun's ever since my first concious memory of him playing David Copperfield on Full Frontal, which must have been more than 15 years ago now. He is the single most influential comedian of my life, so to be standing in a room with him, harnessing his voice for a show we'd written, was so bizarre that it hasn't fully sunk into my frontal lobe 'til this day. His performance was perfec', adding an indefinable father-figure quality to our protagonists' multi-armed friend, Easty.
Shaun's work will be familiar to most Australians, but in case you're out of that loop, he has worked as a writer and/or performer on some of the country's best comedies, including, but not limited to, Jimeoin, Full Frontal, The Micallef Program, Micallef Tonight, Newstopia and most recently as the host of Channel 10's game show, Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation.