Shaun Micallef
Himself - Host
Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell (2012)
Series 5
News satire. A half-hour weekly round-up, branding, inoculation and crutching of all the important news stories of the week. Along with a like-minded Think Tank of reporters and pundits, offering not only reportage and analysis of the week’s events but discussion, argument and dissection of what’s making the world turn every which way.
Released May 25, 2012
Episode 25 min
10+
Genres: Comedy, News, Talk Show
Keywords: tmdb.political-satire, imdb.australian-politics, imdb.australian-society, imdb.comedian-as-tv-host, imdb.news-satire, imdb.arnold-schwarzenegger-impression, imdb.political-analyst + 5 more, imdb.political-satire, imdb.australia, imdb.social-satire, imdb.spoof, imdb.parody-comedy
Production Companies: ITV Studios Australia
Network: ABC TV
S5E1 - Episode 1
Auckland, 1978. A young man with the wind in his hair, also nits, dreams of a better life by winning a dusco duncing competution.
Feb. 11, 2015, midnight
S5E2 - Episode 2
Los Angeles, 2057. The future. A cyber-gigolo accused of post-meditated mind-murder travels back in time to 1958 to try and prevent the invention of the hula hoop.
Feb. 18, 2015, midnight
S5E3 - Episode 3
Oklahoma, 1936. Tom, Ma, Pa, Uncle John and their crippled scientist friend Davros enjoy a hearty meal of dust. "Anyone for seconds?" laughs Tom.
Feb. 25, 2015, midnight
S5E4 - Episode 4
Singapore, 1942, just before the fall of the tiny island state (when it was feeling a bit dizzy). A manticore, a chimera and a basilisk walk into a bar and have a quiet drink - nothing to see here.
March 4, 2015, midnight
S5E5 - Episode 5
Tibet, 1957. The Dalai Lama invites you to go rollerblading. If you accept his invitation, turn to Page 34. If you choose to denounce him as a capitalist roader, turn to Page 132.
March 11, 2015, midnight
S5E6 - Episode 6
A janitor accidentally trapped overnight at New York's Grand Central Station is amazed when the men's public toilets magically come to life (also the urinal cakes, hand dryers, toilet rolls etc.)
March 18, 2015, midnight
S5E7 - Episode 7
Kyoto, 1999. One the eve of National Udon Day, a love octagon develops between a flatulent geisha, a sumo wrestler, a yakuza flautist, a deaf samurai, a pedantic ninja and three other Japanese stereotypes.
March 25, 2015, midnight
S5E8 - Episode 8
You might think you know all about sugar, but how much do you really know about sugar? Tonight, everything you need to know about sugar - and some things you perhaps didn't need to know! About sugar.
April 1, 2015, midnight
S5E9 - Episode 9
Drawing on old Super 8 footage, videotape, still photos, eyewitness accounts and police records, a former marine is able to piece together the final moments before his colonoscopy.
April 8, 2015, midnight
S5E10 - Episode 10
Terry's not like you or me. You see, Terry hears voices in his head. Angry voices. Voices that tell him to kill. (Twist: Terry works in telemarketing and the voices are customers in his headphones.)
April 15, 2015, midnight
Network: ABC TV
Episode Runtime: 25 min.
Season Runtime: 25 min.
Released: May 25, 2012
Last Air Date: Sept. 21, 2022, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-PG / 10+
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