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'A hilarious collection of interviews discussing the highs and lows in the public and political life of Australia over the past three decades. Drawn from John Clarke’s and Bryan Dawe’s weekly broadcasts, these timelessly funny scripts will delight readers as they revisit the scandals and stuff-ups of our lifetimes. Politics was never so preposterous. All the old favourites are here: Bob Hawke, Margaret Thatcher, Bob Collins (‘the front fell off’), Paul Keating, Alan Bond, John Howard, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Tony Abbott and Malcolm Turnbull.' (Publication summary)
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Classic Clarke Has Last Laugh
2017
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 30 December 2017; (p. 18)
— Review of A Pleasure to Be Here : The Best of Clarke and Dawe 1989–2017 2017 selected work interview ; Tinkering : The Complete Book of John Clarke 2017 selected work poetry prose essay ; The Tournament 2002 single work novel'What an extraordinary fellow John Clarke was: a comedian who savoured poetry, a political satirist who didn’t do impersonations, a comic genius who was genial. When Clarke died in April, aged 68, while tracking down his beloved birds in the bush, it was apparent he was special to a great swag of people. He was special to people because he was special in himself.' (Introduction)
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Classic Clarke Has Last Laugh
2017
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 30 December 2017; (p. 18)
— Review of A Pleasure to Be Here : The Best of Clarke and Dawe 1989–2017 2017 selected work interview ; Tinkering : The Complete Book of John Clarke 2017 selected work poetry prose essay ; The Tournament 2002 single work novel'What an extraordinary fellow John Clarke was: a comedian who savoured poetry, a political satirist who didn’t do impersonations, a comic genius who was genial. When Clarke died in April, aged 68, while tracking down his beloved birds in the bush, it was apparent he was special to a great swag of people. He was special to people because he was special in himself.' (Introduction)
