Dave Hughes
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David William "Hughesy" Hughes (born 26 November 1970) is an Australian stand-up comedian
, radio and television presenter. He is currently co-host on the Network Ten
's The Project and Before the Game
as well as the breakfast radio show Hughesy and Kate
.
comedy talk show The Glass House
along with Wil Anderson
and Corinne Grant
. It was axed in 2006 amid political controversy. He is recognisable for his larrikin
personality, drawling Australian accent and deadpan
comedic delivery. His catch cry gig-starter is variations on "Seriously" or "You know what, guys? I'm not happy tonight... " or "I'm angry tonight..." or occasionally, the surprising "I'm happy tonight...".
Hughes has had guest spots on television programs The Fat
, Rove Live, The Panel, and Thank God You're Here
. In the AFL
season he is a part of the Network Ten
Saturday night show Before The Game
alongside Mick Molloy
, Samantha Lane
, Lehmo
and Andrew Maher
. Hughes is noted for being an avid Carlton
supporter. Hughes has also appeared in a series of television commercials for Australian car manufacturer Holden
. Early in his career, he also had a brief appearance in an episode of Neighbours
, playing a creep.
During the 2007 Logie Awards, which he co-hosted with Adam Hills
and Fifi Box
, Hughes referred to radio shock-jock Kyle Sandilands
as a "massive dickhead" to applause and laughter from the audience. Later that year, Sandilands – being interviewed on Enough Rope
with Andrew Denton – said he "hates Dave Hughes" and that "If I saw him I would punch him in the throat". Hughes retorted by releasing an official apology, which said in part that Hughes was "sincerely and deeply sorry that Kyle Sandilands is a massive dickhead" and that "massive dickheads have the same rights as normal people".
Hughes worked on Australian television show Rove in 2007, with a weekly "Hughesy Loses It" segment. In 2008–09 the segment evolved into another segment on Rove, known as 'Help me Hughesy' where he would rant about topic that he needed to express to the viewers of the show most weeks.
On 20 July 2009, Hughes started co-hosting the Channel 10 show 'The 7PM Project
', alongside TV personalities Charlie Pickering
, and Carrie Bickmore
.
" from 6am to 9am on Melbourne's Nova 100
breakfast program on weekdays, with Kate Langbroek
. In the past, he has worked on national radio station Triple M
.
. Some of his performances have been released on CD, such as Dave Hughes: Whatever, and DVDs including "Dave Hughes Live", as well as "Dave Hughes is Handy", Hughes's latest DVD release
, on 31 December 2006. They have a son, Rafferty David (born April 2009) and a daughter, Sadie May (born April 2011).
Stand-up comedy
Stand-up comedy is a comedic art form. Usually, a comedian performs in front of a live audience, speaking directly to them. Their performances are sometimes filmed for later release via DVD, the internet, and television...
, radio and television presenter. He is currently co-host on the Network Ten
Network Ten
Network Ten , is one of Australia's three major commercial television networks. Owned-and-operated stations can be found in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, while affiliates extend the network to cover most of the country...
's The Project and Before the Game
Before the Game
Before The Game is an Australian rules football/comedy television show in Australia on Network Ten. The show is hosted by Andrew Maher, with regular panelists including Mick Molloy, Dave Hughes, Sam Lane, and Lehmo. The format of the show is a light-hearted discussion of issues relating to the...
as well as the breakfast radio show Hughesy and Kate
Hughesy & Kate
Hughesy and Kate is an Australian radio station breakfast show on Nova 100 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is hosted by Australian Comedian and TV Personality Dave Hughes and Australian TV and Radio Personality Kate Langbroek...
.
Television
Hughes co-hosted the ABCAustralian Broadcasting Corporation
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly referred to as "the ABC" , is Australia's national public broadcaster...
comedy talk show The Glass House
The Glass House (TV series)
The Glass House was a half-hour Australian comedy talk show which screened on the ABC from 2001 to 2006.It was hosted by stand-up comedian Wil Anderson, and co-hosted by fellow television and radio comedians Corinne Grant and Dave Hughes...
along with Wil Anderson
Wil Anderson
William James "Wil" Anderson is an Australian comedian, writer, performing stand-up, and television and radio presenter and personality.- Early life :...
and Corinne Grant
Corinne Grant
Corinne 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...
. It was axed in 2006 amid political controversy. He is recognisable for his larrikin
Larrikinism
Larrikinism is the name given to the Australian folk tradition of irreverence, mockery of authority and disregard for rigid norms of propriety. Larrikinism can also be associated with self-deprecating humour.- Etymology :...
personality, drawling Australian accent and deadpan
Deadpan
Deadpan is a form of comic delivery in which humor is presented without a change in emotion or body language, usually speaking in a casual, monotone, solemn, blunt, disgusted or matter-of-fact voice and expressing an unflappably calm, archly insincere or artificially grave demeanor...
comedic delivery. His catch cry gig-starter is variations on "Seriously" or "You know what, guys? I'm not happy tonight... " or "I'm angry tonight..." or occasionally, the surprising "I'm happy tonight...".
Hughes has had guest spots on television programs The Fat
The Fat
The Fat was an Australian sports based talk show television series, broadcast and produced by ABC TV.The series began on 6 March 2000, and ended on 18 November 2003....
, Rove Live, The Panel, and Thank God You're Here
Thank God You're Here
Thank God You're Here is an Australian television improvised comedy program created by Working Dog Productions, which premiered on Network Ten on 5 April 2006, and aired for the first three seasons with Seven for the fourth season...
. In the AFL
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
season he is a part of the Network Ten
Network Ten
Network Ten , is one of Australia's three major commercial television networks. Owned-and-operated stations can be found in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, while affiliates extend the network to cover most of the country...
Saturday night show Before The Game
Before the Game
Before The Game is an Australian rules football/comedy television show in Australia on Network Ten. The show is hosted by Andrew Maher, with regular panelists including Mick Molloy, Dave Hughes, Sam Lane, and Lehmo. The format of the show is a light-hearted discussion of issues relating to the...
alongside Mick Molloy
Mick Molloy
Michael "Mick" Molloy is an Australian comedian, writer and producer who has been active in the fields of radio, television, stand-up and film.-Biography:...
, Samantha Lane
Samantha Lane
Samantha Jane Lane is an Australian television personality, sports reporter and daughter of football journalist and commentator Tim Lane....
, Lehmo
Lehmo
Anthony Lehmann, better known by his nickname Lehmo, is an Australian comedian, radio personality, television personality and movie actor. He is probably best known as co-hosting Before the Game for Channel Ten, and co-hosting Triple M's drive time show with Wil Anderson...
and Andrew Maher
Andrew Maher
Andrew Maher is an Australian journalist and television presenter. He is best known for covering Australian rules football for the Seven and Ten television networks. He has also worked in television and radio....
. Hughes is noted for being an avid Carlton
Carlton Football Club
The Carlton Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club competes in the Australian Football League, and was one of the eight founding members of that competition in 1897...
supporter. Hughes has also appeared in a series of television commercials for Australian car manufacturer Holden
Holden
GM Holden Ltd is an automaker that operates in Australia, based in Port Melbourne, Victoria. The company was founded in 1856 as a saddlery manufacturer. In 1908 it moved into the automotive field, before becoming a subsidiary of the U.S.-based General Motors in 1931...
. Early in his career, he also had a brief appearance in an episode of Neighbours
Neighbours
Neighbours is an Australian television soap opera first broadcast on the Seven Network on 18 March 1985. It was created by TV executive Reg Watson, who proposed the idea of making a show that focused on realistic stories and portrayed adults and teenagers who talk openly and solve their problems...
, playing a creep.
During the 2007 Logie Awards, which he co-hosted with Adam Hills
Adam Hills
Adam Hills is an Australian comedian and television presenter. He has appeared on Australian and British television and is best known for his role hosting the Australian ABC music trivia show Spicks and Specks...
and Fifi Box
Fifi Box
Fifi Box is an Australian radio broadcaster and television personality, formerly hosting The Shebang with Marty Sheargold on Triple M, and presenter on the Seven Network's Sunrise program....
, Hughes referred to radio shock-jock Kyle Sandilands
Kyle Sandilands
Kyle Dalton Sandilands is an Australian radio and TV personality. He is currently the host with Jacqueline Henderson, better known as Jackie O, on the weekday morning radio program The Kyle and Jackie O Show on Sydney radio station 2Day FM, The Kyle and Jackie O Hour of Power which airs on...
as a "massive dickhead" to applause and laughter from the audience. Later that year, Sandilands – being interviewed on Enough Rope
Enough Rope
Enough Rope with Andrew Denton is a television interview show originally broadcast on ABC Television in Australia...
with Andrew Denton – said he "hates Dave Hughes" and that "If I saw him I would punch him in the throat". Hughes retorted by releasing an official apology, which said in part that Hughes was "sincerely and deeply sorry that Kyle Sandilands is a massive dickhead" and that "massive dickheads have the same rights as normal people".
Hughes worked on Australian television show Rove in 2007, with a weekly "Hughesy Loses It" segment. In 2008–09 the segment evolved into another segment on Rove, known as 'Help me Hughesy' where he would rant about topic that he needed to express to the viewers of the show most weeks.
On 20 July 2009, Hughes started co-hosting the Channel 10 show 'The 7PM Project
The 7PM Project
The Project is an Australian talk show television program airing weeknights across Australia on Network Ten. The formerly half hour long show premiered on 20 July 2009, and is hosted by Charlie Pickering, Carrie Bickmore and Dave Hughes, with a rotating daily guest panelist...
', alongside TV personalities Charlie Pickering
Charlie Pickering
Charlie Pickering he grew up in Melbourne, Australia and attended an Independent Anglican Boys' School; Brighton Grammar...
, and Carrie Bickmore
Carrie Bickmore
Carrie Bickmore is an Australian radio news presenter and television presenter. Currently she is a presenter on The Project which airs on weeknights on Network Ten.-Personal life:...
.
Radio
Since 2001, Hughes has co-hosted the breakfast program "Hughesy & KateHughesy & Kate
Hughesy and Kate is an Australian radio station breakfast show on Nova 100 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is hosted by Australian Comedian and TV Personality Dave Hughes and Australian TV and Radio Personality Kate Langbroek...
" from 6am to 9am on Melbourne's Nova 100
Nova 100
Nova 100 is a commercial radio station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, broadcasting on 100.3 MHz. It is in the Melbourne radio market, with the intention of challenging the number one FM Austereo station Fox FM by playing alternative, hip hop, pop & dance music, with a strong lean towards...
breakfast program on weekdays, with Kate Langbroek
Kate Langbroek
Katherine Elizabeth Wilhelmina Beuving Langbroek is an Australian television and radio personality of Jamaican, Jewish and Dutch heritage...
. In the past, he has worked on national radio station Triple M
Triple M
The Triple M Network is an active rock radio network in Australia owned by media company Austereo, who also own the Today Network.- History :...
.
Stand-up comedy
He is a regular performer at the Melbourne International Comedy FestivalMelbourne International Comedy Festival
The Melbourne International Comedy Festival is the third-largest international comedy festival in the world and the largest cultural event in Australia. Established in 1987, it takes place annually in Melbourne over four weeks in April typically opening on or around April Fool's Day...
. Some of his performances have been released on CD, such as Dave Hughes: Whatever, and DVDs including "Dave Hughes Live", as well as "Dave Hughes is Handy", Hughes's latest DVD release
Personal Life
Hughes has not had an alcoholic drink since he was 22. He married Holly Ife, reporter with the Herald SunHerald Sun
The Herald Sun is a morning tabloid newspaper based in Melbourne, Australia. It is published by The Herald and Weekly Times, a subsidiary of News Limited, itself a subsidiary of News Corporation. It is available for purchase throughout Melbourne, Regional Victoria, Tasmania, the Australian Capital...
, on 31 December 2006. They have a son, Rafferty David (born April 2009) and a daughter, Sadie May (born April 2011).