Airdate: Sammy J and Randy in Ricketts Lane

If you missed their iview binge, Sammy J and Randy in Ricketts Lane will air, as promised on broadcast television.

The six-part musical comedy series will air on ABC TV from October 14 at 9.30pm.

ABC will be looking closely to see how ratings are affected after offering the full series online for an extended period, as the first to do so.

A musical comedy about two mismatched housemates from the acclaimed comedic duo, Sammy J and Randy – Sammy J is a hopeless, down-and-out lawyer who, six years into his legal career, is yet to win a case. And Randy is a cheating, gambling, drinking divorcee who also happens to be a purple puppet.

Loud, bright, catchy, filthy, pun-filled, twisted and bursting with heart, Sammy J & Randy in Ricketts Lane is what happens when good, old-fashioned story-telling crashes headlong into an acclaimed, award-winning comedy duo.

“In recent years, Australian television comedy has undergone something of a revolution. Production values have increased exponentially; narratives are watertight and a fiercely intelligent vein of satire and social commentary permeates every work. It’s a tribute to the state of the industry at large that so many of the ground breaking shows being produced – both here and abroad – are in the comedy category. But where are the fart jokes…, we asked ourselves? And what happened to good, old-fashioned shoddy storylines, where narrative cohesion takes a back seat, budget restraints are painfully apparent, and characters are free to piss themselves on screen? And precisely when did kicking a puppet in the nuts stop being funny and start being “low-brow”? We hope you enjoy our series. It should never have been made” said Sammy J and Randy.

Sammy J and Randy in Ricketts Lane also stars Nathan Lovejoy (This is Littleton, At Home with Julia), Georgia Chara (Wentworth, Home and Away) and Samantha Healy (Mrs Biggs, McLeod’s Daughters) and, in his debut role, an alpaca named Kerry.

Merging comedy, music and puppetry, Sammy J and Randy have played to sold-out audiences in Australia and internationally. In 2010 Sammy J and Randy won Australia’s most coveted comedy award, The Barry, for their one-man/one-puppet show, Sammy J & Randy in Ricketts Lane. In 2011, they wowed audiences around the globe with Sammy J & Randy in Bin Night, then again in 2012, with the third show in their trilogy, The Inheritance. They are without question two of the most sought after comics in Australia today.

Combining catchy songs with chaotic tomfoolery and outbursts of filth, these two adorable characters have an uncanny knack of charming the pants off everyone they meet. 

Wednesday October 14 at 9.30pm on ABC.