Open Slather

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Open Slather
Genre Sketch comedy
Written bySee: writers
Directed by
  • Natalie Bailey
  • Steven Saussey
  • Iain Pirret
  • Tom Salisbury
Theme music composer John Foreman [note 1]
Opening theme"The Revolution Will Be Televised" by Smoove
Ending theme"The Revolution Will Be Televised" by Smoove
ComposerKit Warhurst
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes20 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
  • Laura Waters
  • Rick McKenna
Producers
  • Paul Walton
  • Laura Waters
  • Rick McKenna
CinematographyLászló Baranyai
Running time60 minutes
Production companies
  • Rick McKenna Entertainment
  • Princess Pictures
Original release
Network The Comedy Channel
Release24 May (2015-05-24) –
8 November 2015 (2015-11-08)

Open Slather is an Australian sketch comedy television series which first aired on The Comedy Channel on Foxtel on 24 May 2015. [1] [2] The 20 episode series is executively produced by Laura Waters and Rick McKenna. [3] After the first ten episodes aired, the series experienced a hiatus while new episodes were in production. Replacing new episodes were 30 minute 'best of' episodes titled Open Slather Reopened. [4] The second block of ten episodes began airing on 6 September, [5] and concluded on 8 November 2015. [6]

Contents

On 31 December 2015, it was announced the show had been cancelled. [7]

Cast

Guest

Special guests

Parodied characters

Writers

Head writers

Episodes

No.TitleDirected byOriginal air dateViewers
1"Episode 1"Natalie Bailey and Steven Saussey24 May 2015 (2015-05-24)243,000 [10]
We are introduced to Gina Minehart and her view on mining, a MasterChef contestant explodes after a misunderstanding in TV ethics, a new employee's email address is found to be too inappropriate and 60 Minutes reports on asylum seekers.
2"Episode 2"Natalie Bailey and Steven Saussey31 May 2015 (2015-05-31)131,000 [11]
3"Episode 3"Natalie Bailey and Steven Saussey7 June 2015 (2015-06-07)123,000 [12]
4"Episode 4"Natalie Bailey and Steven Saussey14 June 2015 (2015-06-14)100,000 [13]
5"Episode 5"Natalie Bailey and Steven Saussey21 June 2015 (2015-06-21)79,000 [14]
6"Episode 6"Natalie Bailey and Steven Saussey28 June 2015 (2015-06-28)79,000 [15]
7"Episode 7"Natalie Bailey, Steven Saussey and Iain Pirret5 July 2015 (2015-07-05)67,000 [16]
8"Episode 8"Natalie Bailey, Steven Saussey and Iain Pirret12 July 2015 (2015-07-12)56,000 [17]
9"Episode 9"Natalie Bailey and Tom Salisbury19 July 2015 (2015-07-19)N/A
10"Episode 10"Natalie Bailey and Tom Salisbury26 July 2015 (2015-07-26)60,000 [18]
Hipsters face a crisis, a laundromat owner and an employee disturb their customers and a wife is upset over her husband's illicit photos.
11"Episode 11"Natalie Bailey and Tom Salisbury6 September 2015 (2015-09-06)N/A
12"Episode 12"Natalie Bailey and Tom Salisbury13 September 2015 (2015-09-13)N/A
13"Episode 13"Natalie Bailey and Tom Salisbury20 September 2015 (2015-09-20)N/A
14"Episode 14"Natalie Bailey, Iain Pirret and Tom Salisbury27 September 2015 (2015-09-27)N/A
Liz Hayes interviews "One Direction", a gimp drives Uber and Hillary Clinton debates Donald Trump
15"Episode 15"Natalie Bailey, Iain Pirret and Tom Salisbury4 October 2015 (2015-10-04)N/A
16"Episode 16"Natalie Bailey, Iain Pirret and Tom Salisbury11 October 2015 (2015-10-11)N/A
17"Episode 17"Natalie Bailey, Iain Pirret and Tom Salisbury18 October 2015 (2015-10-18)N/A
18"Episode 18"Natalie Bailey, Iain Pirret and Tom Salisbury25 October 2015 (2015-10-25)N/A
19"Episode 19"Natalie Bailey, Iain Pirret and Tom Salisbury1 November 2015 (2015-11-01)N/A
20"Episode 20"Natalie Bailey, Iain Pirret and Tom Salisbury8 November 2015 (2015-11-08)N/A

Reception

Ben Nuetze of Crikey wrote "Open Slather is an apt title for Foxtel's brand new sprawling sketch show...In fact, I don't think I've ever seen a sketch show which is so eclectic and disconnected in terms of style. In moments it wears its politics on its sleeve; in others it sets about satirising Australian society, and it often picks up on the classic parody style of Fast Forward . There's really no singular idea holding all of this together, and the show seems to have no real focus and no clear reason for being...And yet, it's often surprisingly excellent." [19]

David Knox of TV Tonight commented "On the positive side, there were some great laughs to be found in Open Slather....A strong cast of emerging comedians....slipped in with ease alongside Fast Forward veterans in this mix of popular culture, social and political humour. On the less-positive side some of the sketches struggled.....whilst others made me uneasy that they were trying to recapture Fast Forward's magic with a tone stuck in the 80s." [20]

Notes

  1. ↑ "The Revolution Will Be Televised" by Smoove was used until episode 10. A new theme by John Foreman was used from episode 11 onwards.
  2. ↑ Jane Turner appeared as a special guest in "Episode 14", "Episode 15", "Episode 16" and "Episode 17".

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References

  1. ↑ Plant, Simon (4 April 2015). "Beloved Australian comedians and talented newcomers join forces for a new sketch comedy show on TV". The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  2. ↑ "Open Slather: Australia's biggest names in comedy". Foxtel.
  3. ↑ Knox, David (5 April 2015). "Airdate: Open Slather". TV Tonight . Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  4. ↑ Knox, David (10 August 2015). "Sunday 9 August 2015#Comments". TV Tonight . Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  5. ↑ Knox, David (19 August 2015). "Returning: Open Slather". TV Tonight . Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  6. ↑ Knox, David (26 October 2015). "Open Slather drawing to a close". TV Tonight . Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  7. ↑ "Axed in 2015 | TV Tonight".
  8. 1 2 3 Knox, David (19 June 2015). "Sting guest stars in Open Slather". TV Tonight . Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  9. ↑ Knox, David (10 July 2015). "Open Slather: July 12". TV Tonight . Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  10. ↑ Knox, David (25 May 2015). "Bumper premiere for Foxtel's Open Slather". TV Tonight . Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  11. ↑ Knox, David (1 June 2015). "Sunday 31 May 2015". TV Tonight . Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  12. ↑ Knox, David (9 June 2015). "Sunday 7 June 2015". TV Tonight . Retrieved 9 June 2015.
  13. ↑ Knox, David (15 June 2015). "Sunday 14 June 2015". TV Tonight . Retrieved 15 June 2015.
  14. ↑ Knox, David (22 June 2015). "Sunday 21 June 2015". TV Tonight . Retrieved 22 June 2015.
  15. ↑ Knox, David (29 June 2015). "Sunday 28 June 2015". TV Tonight . Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  16. ↑ Knox, David (6 July 2015). "Sunday 5 July 2015". TV Tonight . Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  17. ↑ Knox, David (13 July 2015). "Sunday 12 July 2015". TV Tonight . Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  18. ↑ Knox, David (27 July 2015). "Sunday 26 July 2015". TV Tonight . Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  19. ↑ Nuetze, Ben (26 May 2015). "Open Slather review (The Comedy Channel, Foxtel)". Daily Review. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  20. ↑ Knox, David (25 May 2015). "Open Slather". TV Tonight . Retrieved 16 June 2015.
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