Comments on: Gallery: Rove retrospective

By: RichW

RichW — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:27:16 +0000

I think that this is the right time for Australia’s number one host Larry Emdur to step into Rove’s shoes.

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:11:05 +0000

Australia will miss you Rove there will never be a show as good again, thanks for all the years Rove come back again soon

By: John Jackson

John Jackson — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:15:15 +0000

Will miss this show. I really do hope another live variety show comes by as we need one since this has now gone (and still not fully sure on what the plans are with Hey Hey) but whilst I did appreciate what rove brought to TV, looking back I think I did prefer the much more spontaneous and fun things that went on when the show was being done at Global Studios in Nunawading compared to the most recent Rippon Lea ABC studios.

By: Risks

Risks — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:40:28 +0000

In its early days Rove’s format used to be very unpredictable and spontaneous. He’d do stunts such as randomly phoning people while on air and daring them to get to the studio to perform some ridiculous challenge, or live TV cameras would front up at random people’s homes without warning. It took risks such as stunts involving full frontal nudity (volunteers to race the length of a playing field).

But in its later years the show ran to a very fixed format, staid and predictable, and followed very pre-rehearsed scripts despite Rove’s chat being ad-lib.

Once it stopped taking risks, it lost its edge.

Anybody else remember the faked ‘crushed cage of doves’ which used clever editing to make it seem that some birds had been killed live on air? The ‘viewer outrage’ that followed proved that most had been fooled by the stunt.

By: Macarthurblack

Macarthurblack — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:00:20 +0000

Thanks David for a well written retrospective. So many memories. Things like “My Charader” I had completely forgotten about.

By: Wayne

Wayne — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:01:35 +0000

Thank god this is finally over. He has not been funny for at least 5 years now and was only getting worse with every week. it never helped having the douchebags that are Hamish and Andy and Daves Hughes on they have to be the unfunniest people every put on tv and radio in the country. Will not be shedding any tears over this.

Adam Richard Marsland was one of the writers on the show he was found dead after a long bout of depression in 2008.

By: stud muffin

stud muffin — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:42:28 +0000

thanks for all the laughs,
your show will be missed ,
All the best for the future.

By: Adam

Adam — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:35:48 +0000

Who is Richard Marsland???

By: Aimee Eddie

Aimee Eddie — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:03:41 +0000

Thank you Rove for a fantastic show and I hope you come back to television in the near future

By: VMan

VMan — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:34:36 +0000

I’m sure we’ll see him on the 7PM project, like a billion times a week now.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:17:21 +0000

No mention of the late, great Richard Marsland?