Whatever Happened to That Guy?
Whatever Happened To That Guy? is an Australian comedy series produced for The Comedy Channel. The series is a self-referential comedy series about the diminishing spotlight of a once-glorious comic, played by Peter Moon.[1]
| Whatever Happened To That Guy? | |
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| Genre | Comedy |
| Written by | Elizabeth Coleman Brendan Luno Doug MacLeod Peter Moon Marilyn Tofler |
| Directed by | Ted Emery |
| Starring | Peter Moon |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Kim Vecera Darren Chau (the Comedy Channel) |
| Producers | Stephen Luby Mark Ruse |
| Cinematography | Andrew Topp |
| Editor | Steven Robinson ASE |
| Running time | 30 minutes (including commercials) |
| Release | |
| Original network | The Comedy Channel |
| Original release | 25 May – 17 July 2009 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Synopsis
Peter Moon, once a comedy icon and star of television sketch comedy Fast Forward and breakfast radio, is now unemployed and facing a feeling of general redundancy and that of having ‘too much time on his hands’. Moon now seeks distraction in many forms such as a crusading consumer, keen bargain hunter; potential entrepreneur, inventor and budding film maker.[2]
The show features some performers playing themselves, and others in broader comedic cameos, including Michael Veitch, Red Symons, John Blackman, Bruce Beresford, Greg McLean, Alyce Platt, Peter Smith and Wilbur Wilde. Moon's own family also appears.
This show could be considered to be the Australian equivalent to Larry David's Curb Your Enthusiasm.
Cast
- Peter Moon - Peter Moon
- Andrea Powell - Andrea Moon
- Paul Ireland - Bruno Stephens
- Benn Welford - Benn
- Tegan Higginbotham - Tegan
- Tony Rickards - Lance Purves
- Jeremy Kewley - Dr Jeremy Kewley
- Maria Theodorakis - Lana Fink
- Luke Lennox - Luke Kewley
Episodes
Season 1 (2009)
- "Sicko" – 25 May 2009
- "How Now Bryan Brown?" – 1 June 2009
- "Fat Pig" – 8 June 2009
- "[Episode 4]" – 15 June 2009
- "Rhonda" – 26 June 2009
- "Charity" – 3 July 2009
- "A Dog Ate My USB Key" – 10 July 2009
- "[Episode 8]" – 17 July 2009