Anyone For Tennis?
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Anyone for Tennis? | |
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| Also known as | AFT? |
| Origin | Melbourne,Australia |
| Genres | Comedy Musical comedy Sketch comedy |
| Years active | 2005–2012 |
| Members | Andrew (Doody) Doodson (vocals, guitar) Jason English-Rees (guitar, vocals) |
Anyone for Tennis?was a two-man Australianmusical comedyband,[1]writing team and performance duo. Before splitting up in 2012, the two created musical comedy, video sketches, and stand-up comedy routines.
History[edit]
Anyone for Tennis? (Andrew (Doody) Doodson & Jason English-Rees) formed in 2005 while studying advertising atRMIT UniversityinMelbourne.After working in the Melbourne advertising industry together for just over 3 years and winning an MADC[2]award the creative team downed pens and pads and began as a full-time comedy duo in 2006. They played around the Australian comedy scene for a while but it was not until 2007 when they made it through to the national final of theRaw Comedy Award,[3]a nationwide open mic competition, that they started to get widely recognized on the mainstream comedy scene.
Anyone for Tennis? performed shows in theMelbourne International Comedy Festival,[4]recorded an EP 'Acey Deucey' and released numerous YouTube clips including 'Let's get Famous',[5]a parody of the famousOK Gotreadmill video. Anyone for Tennis recorded their first and only full-length album in June 2011 titled "Prepare to be tuned" which is a live recording of the 2011 Melbourne and Edinburgh Comedy Festival show of the same name.
As a writing team Andrew Doodson and Jason English-Rees contributed material to numerous Melbourne publications such as Melbourne street pressBeat Magazine,[6]and wrote comedy sketches forChannel 31comedy variety programmePlanet Nerdin which they also appeared.[citation needed]
Live shows[edit]
| Year | Show Details |
|---|---|
| 2007 | RAW Comedy National Final – Melbourne International Comedy Festival[7] |
| 2008 | Take Your Time– Melbourne International Comedy Festival[8] |
| 2009 | CUTTHROAT– Melbourne International Comedy Festival,[9]Melbourne Fringe Festival[10] |
| Music, Mirth & Mayhem, Mirabel – Kids Benefit– Melbourne International Comedy Festival | |
| 2010 | Abacus Birdcage Gramophone Lamp– Melbourne International Comedy Festival[11] |
| 2011 | Prepare To Be Tuned– Melbourne International Comedy Festival,[12]Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Melbourne Fringe Festival[13] |
| Anyone For Tennis?at the Butterfly Club[14] | |
| The Polyphonic Comic Frolic– Melbourne Fringe Festival[15] |
Musical releases[edit]
- Very PE (Single)(2005)
- Coincidentally Ramsey Street (single)(2006)
- Bad Morning (single)(2008)
- Acey Deucey! EP(2008)
- Five Pence ('Five Cent', Aus' Title) (single)(2009)
- Marg (single)(2008)
- My Future Wife (Single)(2010)
References[edit]
- ^"Anyone for Tennis? – the Groggy Squirrel".Archived fromthe originalon 24 September 2009.Retrieved2010-01-23.
- ^"Archived copy"(PDF).Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 9 October 2009.Retrieved2010-01-23.
{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^"Raw Comedy National Final 2007 – Australian Comedy Review".Archived fromthe originalon 3 March 2011.Retrieved2010-01-23.
- ^"Cutthroat: The Story of Two Guys Who Stuck their Necks Out | Melbourne International Comedy Festival – 1–26 April 2009".Archived fromthe originalon 9 May 2009.Retrieved2010-01-21.
- ^"Anyone for Tennis? – the Groggy Squirrel".Archived fromthe originalon 5 May 2009.Retrieved2010-01-23.
- ^Comics in the Doghouse, Beat Magazine, Issue 1200, Page 28
- ^"Raw Comedy National Final 2007 – Australian Comedy Review".Archived fromthe originalon 3 March 2011.Retrieved2010-01-23.
- ^"Comedy Festival Season 2008 – Show – Anyone for Tennis? – Take Your Time".Archived fromthe originalon 4 April 2009.Retrieved2010-01-23.
- ^"Cutthroat: The Story of Two Guys Who Stuck their Necks Out | Melbourne International Comedy Festival – 1–26 April 2009".Archived fromthe originalon 9 May 2009.Retrieved2010-01-21.
- ^"Fringe Festival | Anyone for Tennis? In Cutthroat | Melbourne Fringe Festival 2009".Archived fromthe originalon 13 October 2009.Retrieved23 January2010.
- ^"Anyone for Tennis? – Abacus Birdcage Gramophone Lamp | Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2010".Archived fromthe originalon 19 April 2010.Retrieved2010-04-29.
- ^"Anyone for Tennis? – Prepare to be Tuned | Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2011".Archived fromthe originalon 12 April 2011.Retrieved2011-11-24.
- ^http:// melbournefringe.au/fringe-festival/show/anyone-for-tennis-prepare-to-be-tuned[permanent dead link]
- ^"Butterfly before we fly!".5 July 2011.Retrieved24 November2011.
- ^"The music comedy event of the year is here!".25 September 2011.Retrieved24 November2011.