Danger: Low Brow

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Danger: Low Brow was a comedy show on Melbourne radio station 3RRR [1] from 1985 to 1991, before moving to Triple M and then Fox FM.

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Members and Where Are They Now

The original members of the show were:

The Arriba! Sessions (Album)

This album featured sketches which originated on the show from 1985 to 1989, completely re-recorded and issued in 1989, on cassette only. It included a number of ad parodies, the mock Beatles historical documentary "Do-It-Yourself Beatles", the fabricated movie trailer "Kung Fu Rabbi", and a travesty on English soccer commentary entitled "Big Genital Soccer".[ citation needed ]

Appetite For Arriba! (Album)

An album of sketches originating on the show from 1988 to 1990, re-recorded and released in 1990, on vinyl LP and cassette.[ citation needed ]

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