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Genevieve is all Front on Planet Earth

It was Genevieve Morris and her hilarious celebrity interview with Ruby Rose who stole the first episode of Ben Elton's new show.

If anybody could be said to have stolen the show at Ben Elton Live from Planet Earth last night it was Genevieve Morris and her hilarious celebrity interview with Ruby Rose.

Morris (Comedy Inc., City Homicide) is arguably best known to viewers for her ‘Barbara from Bankworld’ advertisements. But she has a long history in comedy characters, dating back to her teens, and an extensive career in improvisation.

Last night playing celebrity interviewer ‘Elaine Front’ she had Rose in fits of laughter, questioning everything from being a ‘Celesbian’ to whether she played Johnny Farnham in her DJ sets.

At Docklands Studios last night audiences didn’t know what to expect from Nine’s new comedy show. TV Tonight was there as RocKwiz’s Brian Nankervis worked the crowd as warm-up man.

Ahead of the late start (“Clarkson’s run late,” he joked) Elton encouraged everyone to laugh if they felt in the mood.

“We can’t hear a smile,” he said.

He was especially proud of his ensemble team, some of whom were undertaking their first professional gig.

As the sketches he has written played out, Elton watched on from the sidelines, readying for his next stand-up segment. Just getting the show to run smoothly was one hurdle, making people laugh was the next.

The mood in the venue was on side with the host, but as anyone in the biz knows, at home it can be a different story. Last night Twitter users were savaging the show.

Today Nine execs will get their first look at ratings for the ambitious show.

TV Tonight understands it has a guarantee of four episodes with a possible extension to six.

36 Responses

  1. This woman needs her own show, i found her segments in this show only mildly funny compared to her other material, even her bank ads makes me crack up every time. The show & network are likely stifling her talent because she has to work within their confines.

  2. Would love to see Genevieve have her own show,she is under rated talent.Could just imagine her doing characters on a show same format as( Fast Forward show of the 1980s),With some much doom and gloom in the world we all need good laugh to escape and our networks dont really have anything to offer us viewers,We have amazing talent not being used on tv often enough.

  3. Australia has shown that they like Barbara and Genevieve Morris so when will tv producers and writers realises this. I loved to see her in a starring role.

  4. @Tony H – Build a Bridge and Get Over it.. – Hey Hey Rocked with its Ratings and it has variety, Comedy and Entertainment from Local Bands here in Australia and International. what we saw last night with Ben is a disaster in the making.

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