Game Changers Radio

2:08 Craig Bruce summarising Tony’s three rules: make it perfect, make it funny and do work you can be proud of

2:47 Discussing the fan base that demanded this podcast happen

3:48 Craig Bruce joking Tony is Australian radio’s Crowded House (meaning not quite Aussie)

4:34 Describing living as a child at sea with his dad listening to the radio

5:16 Growing up listening to Kenny Everett’s Captain Kremmen

5:30 Loving elaborate sound effects (like on The Goon Show)

6:11 Discussing the number of radio signals in NZ

6:50 Explaining his start in radio

9:13 Leaving his fancy ad job to move back to Hamilton in New Zealand to write and produce ads

9:43 Moving to Australia

10:21 Writing comedy for free

11:11 Craig Bruce noting many great broadcasters start writing first

11:43 Explaining his interest was comedy on radio

11:59 Explaining Tom Gleisner’s Joke Meter

12:33 Discussing the amount of time he spends writing

13:11 Craig Bruce remembering out in 1987 at EON FM and the influence of his mentors

14:00 Craig Bruce explaining the two applicants at EON for daily content: Steve Vizard the D-Generation

15:28 Being mentored by Santo Cilauro and Tom Gleisner

15:58 Explaining the culture of the D-Generation (with so many people working on content)

16:39 Flying to Sydney to watch Doug Mulray

17:37 Reminiscing about developing work that they could do live on EON

18:19 Bringing in Peter O’Callaghan (who promptly left) and working with no announcers

19:08 Explaining how Jane Kennedy was the only one 'playing herself' in the team

19:32 Recalling the ratings improving despite the chaos of the style of the radio

20:40 Pitching to The Late Show

21:29 Listening to the 'Five in a row' parody 

22:00 Explaining how the sketches came together for Gudinski for a Christmas CD

23:40 Explaining how the TV advert came about

25:28 Talking about the beginnings of Bulltwang came about

26:31 Explaining how being given three hours of freedom on Sunday nights became the template for Martin/Molloy

28:20 Explaining the Mick Molloy partnership

29:50 Describing the level of work involved to create Martin/Molloy

31:07 Sharing his unexpected favourite thing in radio

31:54 Explaining how sketches are brought together

32:35 Training himself out of being too prepared

33:10 Sounding improvised and the end of comedy being read out

34:00 Creating a show, not a shift

35:06 Craig Bruce noting Kyle Sandilands believes content - not news - comes first

36:02 Listening to Mick Molloy talking about refusing to interview Celine Dion

36:50 Explaining how he would only use interviews to get jokes on air

37:50 Trying to decipher why they were on Fox not Triple M and how it just didn’t work

40:32 Stepping away from a successful program

41:10 Explaining the Get This experience

42:22 Avoiding fake laughs

43:16 Describing how Ed Kavalee came on board

44:29 Describing how three similar people come together

45:20 Getting involved (Richard Marsland and Matt Dower)

45:37 Talking about Matt Dower and sketch production

45:50 Sharing memories of working with Richard Marsland

48:11 Thinking back on Get This

48:51 Understanding the role of research in radio

50:27 Explaining how some content may be enjoyable because of the way you enjoy it

51:30 Craig Bruce sharing quotes from radio talent about 'talentless middle management' and their impact on radio

52:15 Describing how Get This was too successful in gaining the wrong kind of audience

54:24 Discussing ratings

55:59 Ending Get This and remembering to check your contract

58:26 Being on air for six weeks knowing the show was ending

59:07 Divulging the only trouble he has ever had in radio

59:33 Talking about his radio future.