Tough Love with Mick Molloy

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Tough Love
Genre Comedy
Running time 60 minutes
Country of origin Flag of Australia.svg Australia
Language(s) English
Home station Triple M Melbourne
Syndicates Triple M Sydney
Triple M Brisbane
Triple M Adelaide
Starring Mick Molloy
Robyn Butler
Richard Molloy
Created by Mick Molloy
Original release 2004 – 2006

ToughLove was an Australian comedic radio talk program broadcast from Melbourne through the Triple M network from 12:00PM – 1:00PM AEST in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide.

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Contents

It was hosted by long-time Australian comic, Mick Molloy and co-hosted by Robyn Butler and Mick's brother Richard Molloy aka 'Roo'. Panel operator Rosemary Walton was occasionally heard in the background laughing. In its first year (2004) the show ran for two hours (10:00AM – 12:00PM) and was also co-hosted by comedian/actor Alan Brough. During this time, a regular feature of the show was Robyn's fictional characters, including "Mrs. Yi" and "Rosita", however since the timeslot change, these characters appear to have been dropped. The show finished in 2006 when Mick Molloy decided to leave radio. [1]

Michael Molloy is an Australian comedian, writer, producer, actor, television and radio presenter who has been active in radio, television, stand-up and film. He currently hosts a national drive show on Triple M with Jane Kennedy and the Seven Network's one-hour AFL preview show on Saturday night during the football season.

Robyn Butler Australian actress

Robyn Butler is an Australian writer, actor and producer who is best known for her starring role in the television comedy series The Librarians. Butler hosted a radio program called Tough Love on the Triple M network. She is married to the actor Wayne Hope and together they run the production company Gristmill.

Richard 'Roo' Molloy is the younger brother of Mick Molloy and was the co-host of Tough Love with Mick Molloy radio show on Triple M.

The ToughLove team

Role Name
Host Mick Molloy
Co-Host Robyn Butler
Co-Host Richard Molloy
Panel Operator Rosemary Walton
Sketch Producer Matt Dower

Segments

Regular segments include Bombshells, Stupid Behaviour, Zero Tolerance, The ToughLove Enshitelopedia and Bang Out Of Order.

Promotion

During 2004, as a promotion for the show, the station released a series of billboards in the style of Calvin Klein picturing Mick taking off his underpants adorning the phrase "Turn Me On And Dress Me Down". During September of that year, one of the billboards was auctioned on eBay with all proceeds going to the Lighthouse Foundation. A Melbourne man, Tim Dellar, unwittingly bid for the billboard and "won" the 41 square metre sign.

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Underpants are an undergarment covering the body from the waist or hips to the top of the thighs or knees. In British English the term refers to men's underwear, while in the US the term is gender neutral. The equivalent woman's garment are panties.

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Podcast

Highlights of the show were made available as a weekly podcast downloadable from the Triple M website. Many of their various guests, callers, sketches, and segments were featured. There were a number of special podcasts made available following Mick and Roo's trip to London.

Podcast type of digital media

A podcast or generically netcast, is an episodic series of digital audio or video files which a user can download in order to listen to. It is often available for subscription, so that new episodes are automatically downloaded via web syndication to the user's own local computer, mobile application, or portable media player.

End of ToughLove

At the end of 2006, Mick Molloy decided to leave radio, which meant ToughLove did not return, as noted in a statement released by Triple M that announced the new program lineup for 2007. [1] Tony Martin's Get This was moved from the 9am slot to the midday slot, thus replacing Tough Love. In the statement, Molloy said: "The relentless grind of a one-hour national radio show has finally taken its toll. The midday starts were also brutal, often playing havoc with my sleeping patterns. It's definitely a younger man's game".

Tony Martin (comedian) New Zealand comedian and writer

Anthony Francis Martin is a New Zealand comedian, writer and actor living in Melbourne, who has had a successful TV, radio, stand-up and film career in Australia.

<i>Get This</i>

Get This was an Australian radio comedy show which aired on Triple M and was hosted by Tony Martin and Ed Kavalee, with contributions from panel operator, Richard Marsland. A different guest co-host was featured nearly every day on the show and included music played throughout.

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References

  1. 1 2 http://www.austereo.com.au/corporate/press/2006/triplem_lineup.php