Graham kennedy biography
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King - The Life and Comedy of Graham Kennedy - Hardcover
King; the life and comedy of Graham Kennedy
Blundell, Graeme
Published bygd Macmillan, Sydney,
ISBN / ISBN
Used / Hardcover First Edition
Seller:Syber's Books, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Photographic (illustrator). First Edition. VIII, pages, 24 pages of black-and-white photography, illustrated end pages, chapter notes, bibliography, index. Illustrated dust jacket. The author elegantly traces the career of the star from working-class Melbourne, who tilted Australia's television to an alarming, unforgettable vinkel with his style of of disrespectful buffoonery, then mysteriously disappeared into the Southern Highlands of New South Wales. There are handling marks to the front edge of the text block, and the photographic illustrated dust jacket has a inch tear at the bottom right o
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Graham Kennedy
Australian entertainer, comedian and variety performer
For other uses, see Graham Kennedy (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with the Canadian politician Cyril Kennedy.
Graham Kennedy AO | |
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Kennedy (right) on screen with Don Lane (left) | |
| Born | Graham Cyril Kennedy ()15 February Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Died | 25 May () (aged&#;71) Bowral, New South Wales, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
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| Years&#;active | – |
| Notable work | In Melbourne Tonight Blankety Blanks Australia's Funniest Home Videos |
| Television | The Graham Kennedy Show |
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| Awards | Order of Australia, 6 x Gold Logie winner |
Graham Cyril KennedyAO (15 February – 25 May ) was an Australian entertainer, comedian and variety performer, as well as a personality and
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Graham Kennedy AO
Graham Kennedy AO (), entertainer, began his career in Melbourne radio in In he began presenting In Melbourne Tonight on the new medium of television. With Bert Newton as his straight man, he hosted the show for 13 years, earning himself the nickname ‘The King’ of Australian TV. He returned to the small screen with The Graham Kennedy Show in Three years after its debut he was banned from live television after approximating the call of a crow with the sound ‘faaaark’ - although there is now some doubt about whether the segment was transmitted live, as is popularly believed. Over the period he appeared in the ABC drama Power Without Glory and the films Don’s Party, The Odd Angry Shot and The Club; meanwhile, his comedy game show Blankety Blanks () was one of the most popular programs on early evening TV. (Now, even the tracklist for the album Graham Kennedy’s Blankety Blanks appears grotesquely vulgar.) His television career drew to its close in with Graham Kennedy’