Punter to Punter

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Punter to Punter is a 1980s Australian radio show [1] that ran on 3RRR for five years and then on 3XY for three [2] and was reformed in 1990 on FOX-FM as The Punters. [3] The main cast was Mitchell Faircloth as Slim Whittle, John Rothfield as Dr. Turf and Tony Rickards as Con Marasco. [2]

The show grew out of a 1980 racing tips segment on a morning sports show that featured Simon Thorpe and Rickards as Vince and Con Marasco. Faircloth joined them and they got their own show [4] which began in 1981 [5] by Thorpe, Rickards and Faircloth, with Rothfield joining as a special guest and soon moving up to being a regular. [6]

Other cast members have included Jason van de Velde as Trevor Marmalade, Tracy Harvey as Tammy Whittle, Graeme Sefton as Young Graeme and David Shephard as Yonny Stone. [7]

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References

  1. Kingsbury, Damien (30 October 1981), "From punter to punter, to punter, to punter", The Age
  2. 1 2 Bock, Andrew (19 April 1990), "Radio's in a rut, say 'Punters'", The Age
  3. Mangan, John (1 November 1990), "FOX-FM takes a punt on a comic stayer", The Age
  4. Browne, Ashley (19 August 1988), "Punting with 'Dr Turf'", The Australian Jewish News
  5. Brown, Jenny (28 October 1982), "When it comes to punting RRR makes a clean sweep", The Age
  6. Cockington, James (13 December 1985), "What the doctor ordered", The Age
  7. Pascoe, Bruce (1 March 1983), "Turf preview with Slim and the boys", The Age