Boxcutters (podcast)
Encyclopedia
Boxcutters is an Australian podcast dedicated to the discussion of television
. It is produced weekly, and usually uploaded on a Monday. Shows average around 70 minutes, although there is no set length, and it is recorded at the studios of 3RRR
. It was created by Josh Kinal, Ross McQueen and Brett Cropley, and is currently hosted by Cropley and Kinal with a rotating third panelist of either John Richards
, Courteney Hocking or Dave Lawson. Nelly Thomas
was a host throughout 2010.
Boxcutters was created in 2005 and on 19 October 2009 it celebrated its 200th edition with guest Myf Warhurst
, and congratulatory messages from Margaret Pomeranz
, Peter Hitchener
and Craig McLachlan
. On 6 September 2011 the show presented a 6th birthday special looking at how children are presented on screen http://boxcutters.net/2011/09/06/episode278/.
As well as reporting news, Boxcutters created some in 2008 when they were the first to report that the Nine Network
was closing their European news bureau, a story then picked up by The Australian
and other media outlets. They also reported the death of Eartha Kitt
three weeks before it happened, although this was simply a mistake. They were the profiled in The Age
Green Guide in 2009.
On 12 April 2009, the show was reviewed on episode 68 of Edgy Reviews from That Podcast Show, with the hosts saying "What may be most refreshing about Boxcutters is the focus on television media that includes other countries’ television programs. This is quite the contrast to the saturated market of “TV and Film” podcasts from an all American point of view". On 4 May 2009, Boxcutters was the subject of episode 3 of The Podcraft, with Kinal, Cropley and Richards talking at length to Jade Gulliver.
On 2 December 2009 they were featured on Alan Brough's ABC radio show in a discussion of the best podcasts to listen to, and on 15 July 2010 The Age
newspaper picked Boxcutters as one of the world's best podcasts in a list that also included Stephen Fry
's PODGRAMS, This American Life
and Onion Radio News.
In 2011 they received a Chronos Award for their "Writing Doctor Who" interview with Paul Cornell
and Rob Shearman
http://continuum.org.au/c7/c7/2011-chronos-award-winners/http://boxcutters.net/2010/10/18/ep-246-paul-cornell-robert-shearman-at-aussiecon4/.
So far these have included http://boxcutters.net/2010/10/18/ep-246-paul-cornell-robert-shearman-at-aussiecon4/an interview with Doctor Who writers Paul Cornell
and Rob Shearman
] at Aussiecon 4 on Sunday 5 September 2010, a presentation on teen dramas Degrassi Junior High
and Press Gang
at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image
on 24 February 2011 which included a live skype interview with actor Pat Mastroianni
(Joey Jeremiah
in the Degrassi series), a panel about the lack of Australian science fiction aimed at adults at Continuum 7 on 13 June 2011 and a presentation on The Muppet Show
- also at ACMI - on the 28 July 2011 http://www.acmi.net.au/lis_muppets_backstage.aspx. Most of these events have been later podcasted.
They have also hosted a Eurovision party in 2010 and 2011.
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
. It is produced weekly, and usually uploaded on a Monday. Shows average around 70 minutes, although there is no set length, and it is recorded at the studios of 3RRR
3RRR
3RRR is a popular Australian community radio station, based in Melbourne. It is the largest per capita subscribed radio station in the world....
. It was created by Josh Kinal, Ross McQueen and Brett Cropley, and is currently hosted by Cropley and Kinal with a rotating third panelist of either John Richards
John Richards
John Richards may refer to:*John Richards , Irish judge*John Richards , Bishop of St David's*John Richards , Bishop of Ebbsfleet...
, Courteney Hocking or Dave Lawson. Nelly Thomas
Nelly Thomas
Nelly Thomas is a comedian from Western Australia, now living in Melbourne, Australia. She won the Triple J Raw Comedy competition in 2003 alongside Stephen Sheehan...
was a host throughout 2010.
Boxcutters was created in 2005 and on 19 October 2009 it celebrated its 200th edition with guest Myf Warhurst
Myf Warhurst
Myfanwy "Myf" Warhurst is an Australian radio announcer and television personality, best known for her work at Triple J and on ABC Television's music-themed quiz show Spicks and Specks. Before her career as a radio announcer and TV personality, she was editor-in-chief of Melbourne street press...
, and congratulatory messages from Margaret Pomeranz
Margaret Pomeranz
Margaret Pomeranz AM is an Australian film critic and television personality.-Early life:Pomeranz was born in 1944 in Waverley, a suburb of Sydney, and was educated at the Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney in Croydon, the then newly opened Macquarie University, and the Playwright's Studio at...
, Peter Hitchener
Peter Hitchener
Peter Donald Beauchamp Hitchener is an Australian television presenter. He has been chief news presenter for Melbourne's edition of Nine News since 1998, and prior to that was weekend news presenter.-Career:...
and Craig McLachlan
Craig McLachlan
Craig McLachlan is an Australian actor and singer. He appeared in shows such as Sons and Daughters, Neighbours, Bugs and Home and Away.-Biography:...
. On 6 September 2011 the show presented a 6th birthday special looking at how children are presented on screen http://boxcutters.net/2011/09/06/episode278/.
As well as reporting news, Boxcutters created some in 2008 when they were the first to report that the Nine Network
Nine Network
The Nine Network , is an Australian television network with headquarters based in Willoughby, a suburb located on the North Shore of Sydney. For 50 years since television's inception in Australia, between 1956 and 2006, it was the most watched television network in Australia...
was closing their European news bureau, a story then picked up by The Australian
The Australian
The Australian is a broadsheet newspaper published in Australia from Monday to Saturday each week since 14 July 1964. The editor in chief is Chris Mitchell, the editor is Clive Mathieson and the 'editor-at-large' is Paul Kelly....
and other media outlets. They also reported the death of Eartha Kitt
Eartha Kitt
Eartha Mae Kitt was an American singer, actress, and cabaret star. She was perhaps best known for her highly distinctive singing style and her 1953 hit recordings of "C'est Si Bon" and the enduring Christmas novelty smash "Santa Baby." Orson Welles once called her the "most exciting woman in the...
three weeks before it happened, although this was simply a mistake. They were the profiled in The Age
The Age
The Age is a daily broadsheet newspaper, which has been published in Melbourne, Australia since 1854. Owned and published by Fairfax Media, The Age primarily serves Victoria, but is also available for purchase in Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and border regions of South Australia and...
Green Guide in 2009.
On 12 April 2009, the show was reviewed on episode 68 of Edgy Reviews from That Podcast Show, with the hosts saying "What may be most refreshing about Boxcutters is the focus on television media that includes other countries’ television programs. This is quite the contrast to the saturated market of “TV and Film” podcasts from an all American point of view". On 4 May 2009, Boxcutters was the subject of episode 3 of The Podcraft, with Kinal, Cropley and Richards talking at length to Jade Gulliver.
On 2 December 2009 they were featured on Alan Brough's ABC radio show in a discussion of the best podcasts to listen to, and on 15 July 2010 The Age
The Age
The Age is a daily broadsheet newspaper, which has been published in Melbourne, Australia since 1854. Owned and published by Fairfax Media, The Age primarily serves Victoria, but is also available for purchase in Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and border regions of South Australia and...
newspaper picked Boxcutters as one of the world's best podcasts in a list that also included Stephen Fry
Stephen Fry
Stephen John Fry is an English actor, screenwriter, author, playwright, journalist, poet, comedian, television presenter and film director, and a director of Norwich City Football Club. He first came to attention in the 1981 Cambridge Footlights Revue presentation "The Cellar Tapes", which also...
's PODGRAMS, This American Life
This American Life
This American Life is a weekly hour-long radio program produced by WBEZ and hosted by Ira Glass. It is distributed by Public Radio International on PRI affiliate stations and is also available as a free weekly podcast. Primarily a journalistic non-fiction program, it has also featured essays,...
and Onion Radio News.
In 2011 they received a Chronos Award for their "Writing Doctor Who" interview with Paul Cornell
Paul Cornell
Paul Cornell is a British writer best known for his work in television drama as well as Doctor Who fiction, and as the creator of one of the Doctor's spin-off companions, Bernice Summerfield....
and Rob Shearman
Rob Shearman
Robert Shearman is currently best known as a writer for Doctor Who and for his ongoing association with Jarvis & Ayres Productions which has resulted in six plays for BBC Radio 4 broadcast in the station's regular weekday Afternoon Play slot, and one classic...
http://continuum.org.au/c7/c7/2011-chronos-award-winners/http://boxcutters.net/2010/10/18/ep-246-paul-cornell-robert-shearman-at-aussiecon4/.
Live Events
In 2010 Boxcutters also starting producing "live" events. These have usually involved Josh Kinal and John Richards representing the Boxcutters team.So far these have included http://boxcutters.net/2010/10/18/ep-246-paul-cornell-robert-shearman-at-aussiecon4/an interview with Doctor Who writers Paul Cornell
Paul Cornell
Paul Cornell is a British writer best known for his work in television drama as well as Doctor Who fiction, and as the creator of one of the Doctor's spin-off companions, Bernice Summerfield....
and Rob Shearman
Rob Shearman
Robert Shearman is currently best known as a writer for Doctor Who and for his ongoing association with Jarvis & Ayres Productions which has resulted in six plays for BBC Radio 4 broadcast in the station's regular weekday Afternoon Play slot, and one classic...
] at Aussiecon 4 on Sunday 5 September 2010, a presentation on teen dramas Degrassi Junior High
Degrassi Junior High
Degrassi Junior High is a Canadian CBC Television teen drama series that was produced from 1987-1989 as part of the Degrassi series. The show followed the lives of a group of students attending the titular fictional school...
and Press Gang
Press Gang
Press Gang is a British children's television comedy-drama consisting of forty-three episodes across five series that were broadcast from 1989 to 1993...
at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image
Australian Centre for the Moving Image
The Australian Centre for the Moving Image, or ACMI, is dedicated to the moving image in all its forms. It is located in Federation Square, in Melbourne, Australia, across four levels of the Alfred Deakin Building...
on 24 February 2011 which included a live skype interview with actor Pat Mastroianni
Pat Mastroianni
Pasquale "Pat" Mastroianni is a Canadian actor best known for his role as Joey Jeremiah on the Degrassi series of television shows.- Biography :...
(Joey Jeremiah
Joey Jeremiah
Joseph "Joey" Jeremiah is a fictional character from the Degrassi series portrayed by Pat Mastroianni. His first appearance in the series was as a grade 8 student on Degrassi Junior High. Since his first appearance up to Degrassi High, he has been the main focus character and arguably the most...
in the Degrassi series), a panel about the lack of Australian science fiction aimed at adults at Continuum 7 on 13 June 2011 and a presentation on The Muppet Show
The Muppet Show
The Muppet Show is a British television programme produced by American puppeteer Jim Henson and featuring Muppets. After two pilot episodes were produced in 1974 and 1975, the show premiered on 5 September 1976 and five series were produced until 15 March 1981, lasting 120 episodes...
- also at ACMI - on the 28 July 2011 http://www.acmi.net.au/lis_muppets_backstage.aspx. Most of these events have been later podcasted.
They have also hosted a Eurovision party in 2010 and 2011.
Guests
Boxcutters guests have included:- Kevin ClashKevin ClashKevin Jeffrey Clash is an American puppeteer and voice actor whose characters include Elmo, Baby Sinclair, Clifford, Splinter and Hoots the Owl...
- Leslie Carrara-Rudolph
- Rajendra Roy
- Craig McLachlanCraig McLachlanCraig McLachlan is an Australian actor and singer. He appeared in shows such as Sons and Daughters, Neighbours, Bugs and Home and Away.-Biography:...
- Carol-Lynn ParenteCarol-Lynn ParenteCarol-Lynn Parente is executive producer of Sesame Street, having been promoted to the position in June 2005, and has spent 18 years with the Workshop , rising from Post Production Assistant. She has won multiple Emmy Awards for her work on the show...
- Marieke HardyMarieke HardyMarieke Josephine Hardy is an Australian writer, broadcaster, television producer and former television actress.-Early life and family:...
- Nerida Haycock
- Tim FergusonTim FergusonTimothy Dorcen Langbene "Tim" Ferguson is an Australian comedian and television presenter.- Background :...
- Pete SmithPete SmithPete Smith is the name of:* Pete Smith , Australian radio and television announcer* Pete Smith , Major League Baseball pitcher, 1962–1963...
- Wil AndersonWil AndersonWilliam James "Wil" Anderson is an Australian comedian, writer, performing stand-up, and television and radio presenter and personality.- Early life :...
- Daniel Burt
- Anne-Marie Peard
- Narrelle M. HarrisNarrelle HarrisNarrelle Harris is a Melbourne-based writer. She is the author of "Fly By Night" , "Witch Honour" and its sequel, "Witch Faith" , probably her highest-profile work to date is "The Opposite Of Life"...
- Jess McGuire
- Wilbur WildeWilbur WildeWilbur Wilde is an Australian saxophonist. He rose to prominence with the bands Ol' 55, Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons...
- Ray Punjer
- Jim Schembri
- Ed PhillipsEd PhillipsEd Phillips is an Australian Sydney-based television and radio presenter. He is probably best known for hosting the national game-show Temptation in the mid-2000's.-Career:...
- John SafranJohn SafranJohn Safran is an Australian documentary maker and radio broadcaster, known for combining humour with explorations into religion and other issues...
- Anna Brain
- Josie Parrelli
- Jeff Jenkins
- David KnoxDavid KnoxDavid Knox is the name of:*David Knox , English Conservative Member of Parliament 1970–1997*David Knox , Australian rugby union footballer and coach...
- Brian Nankervis
- Tom ElliotTom ElliotTom Elliot was a Scottish international rugby union player, who played for and the Lions. He was a prop alongside Hugh McLeod, and was described by Bill McLaren as "a tough rugged son of the soil"....
- Matt Govoni
- Gerard McCulloch
- Ryan Shelton
- Janet A. McCleod
- Adam RichardAdam RichardAdam Richard is an Australian comedian, actor and media personality. He stars in the ABC 1 comedy series Outland which begins in 2011.Adam has been a stand-up comedian since 1997. He had a regular gossip segment on Triple J radio in 2002-2003, where he was known as Mister Bitch. He has presented a...
- Corinne GrantCorinne GrantCorinne Grant is an Australian comedian and television presenter.-Career:After briefly studying as a nurse in Wodonga, she embarked upon a career as an actor in Melbourne, obtaining a degree in drama. After graduating, Grant started doing stand-up comedy to overcome her stage-fright. Her first...
- Rob Brearly
- Leo LaporteLeo LaporteLéo Gordon Laporte is an Emmy Award winning, American technology broadcaster, author, and entrepreneur. A former resident of Providence, Rhode Island, he now lives in Petaluma, California with his wife Jennifer and two children, Abby and Henry....
- Justin HamiltonJustin Hamilton (comedian)Justin Hamilton is an Australian comedian, writer and radio host.-Early life:Hamilton grew up in Adelaide, South Australia.-Career:...
- Katrina Mathers
- Marc FennellMarc Fennell- Film reviewing :In 2002, Fennell was a winner of the first AFI Young Film Critics Competition. He then became the film critic and reporter for Sydney radio station FBi Radio from 2003-2006....
- Dan IlicDan IlicDan Ilic is an Australian presenter, comedian and filmmaker. Ilic has been known for his parody work, including videos and Beaconsfield: The Musical, which he authored, and more recently for his work on the show Hungry Beast....
- Alex PappsAlex PappsAlex Papps is an Australian actor and television host, who is best known for his role on soap opera Home and Away and as a host of The Factory...
- Courtney Hocking
- Toby Sullivan
- Nelly Thomas
- Lawrence Mooney
- Scott Brennan
- David Ashton
- Damaris Baker
- Jane BadlerJane BadlerJane Badler is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her role as Diana, the chief antagonist in NBC's science fiction TV series, V, between 1983-85. Badler also appeared in ABC's "reimagined" version of V in 2011, again playing an alien named Diana, who this time is the mother of...
- Yael Bergman
- Adam ZwarAdam ZwarAdam Zwar is a multi award-winning Australian actor, voice artist, and writer. He is best known for co-creating the Australian comedy series Lowdown and Wilfred...
- Rob Buttery
- Dr David Ranson
- Andy Anderson
- Alexandra Tynan
- Lee Zachariah
- Shannon Marinko
- Doug McLeod
- Rod QuantockRod QuantockRod Quantock is an Australian stand-up comedian and writer. He is known for his peculiar style of stand-up comedy, which is often politically driven, as well as being the face of bed retailer Capt'n Snooze for many years...
- Genevieve Lemon
- Peter MoonPeter Moon (comedian)Peter Moon is an Australian comedian, best known for writing and performing in the sketch comedy Fast Forward....
- Brendan Luno
- Peter Lane
- Sue Taylor
- and Sam PangSam PangSam Pang is a Chinese Australian radio and television host, writer and producer.-Career:A former Collingwood Football Club under 19s member, Pang turned to radio hosting at an age of 18 at the urging of his friends to do so. He co-hosted Triple R's Breakfasters program for 5 years.He then began...
External links
- Boxcutters official site
- Boxcutters reviewed on That Podcast Show
- The Boxcutters hosts interviewed on The Podcraft
- ABC radio pick of best podcasts including Boxcutters
- The Age list of recommended podcasts
- The Boxcutters Degrassi/Press Gang night at the Australian Centre For The Moving Image
- Chronos Award winners 2011
- Podcast of Continuum 7 panel
- Boxcutters' Josh Kinal is interviewed by The Age newspaper about the impact of The Muppets