Lolly Scramble
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Lolly Scramble: A Memoir of Little Consequence, published in 2005, is collection of autobiographical essays by New Zealand-Australian comedian Tony Martin
. A second volume, A Nest of Occasionals
, appeared in 2009.
The people mentioned in the book are not referred to by their real names.
South Primary.
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run by a Swiss-German husband and Samoan wife.
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, Space Invaders
, Donkey Kong
, and GoldenEye 007.
Tony Martin (comedian)
Tony Francis Martin is a comedian and writer from Te Kuiti, New Zealand who has had a successful TV, radio, stand-up and film career in Australia.- Career :...
. A second volume, A Nest of Occasionals
A Nest of Occasionals
A Nest of Occasionals , published in 2009, is collection of autobiographical essays by New Zealand-Australian comedian Tony Martin. It is a follow up to his first book Lolly Scramble...
, appeared in 2009.
The people mentioned in the book are not referred to by their real names.
Something Of Dreams
A New Zealand TV show shoots a scene in the neighbourhood of Martin's friend from ThamesThames, New Zealand
Thames is a town at the southwestern end of the Coromandel Peninsula in New Zealand's North Island. It is located on the Firth of Thames close to the mouth of the Waihou River. The town is the seat of the Thames-Coromandel District Council....
South Primary.
Mono
Martin and his friend befriend a peer whose religion forbids board games, television and movies, who is rumoured to possess only one testicle.Longnecks
14-year-old Martin discusses 18 year old Donna, who he has a crush on, with her 29 year old boyfriend, and later attempts to engage her in conversation.No Tarzan, Mind
An account of Martin's time in the advertising industry, starting at the bottom rung, and learning kerningKerning
In typography, kerning is the process of adjusting the spacing between characters in a proportional font, usually to achieve a visually pleasing result. Kerning is the adjustment of the space between individual letter forms vs. tracking which is the uniform adjustment of spacing applied over a...
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The Yeti
Martin's experience at an Auckland boarding houseBoarding house
A boarding house, is a house in which lodgers rent one or more rooms for one or more nights, and sometimes for extended periods of weeks, months and years. The common parts of the house are maintained, and some services, such as laundry and cleaning, may be supplied. They normally provide "bed...
run by a Swiss-German husband and Samoan wife.
The Doctor is Out
Martin's experience of visiting various Chiropractors to cure recurring back pain.The Notary Public
Martin and his wife require legal forms to be signed by the "notary publicNotary public
A notary public in the common law world is a public officer constituted by law to serve the public in non-contentious matters usually concerned with estates, deeds, powers-of-attorney, and foreign and international business...
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Donkey Shines
Martin's experience with video game addiction, including PongPong
Pong is one of the earliest arcade video games, and is a tennis sports game featuring simple two-dimensional graphics. While other arcade video games such as Computer Space came before it, Pong was one of the first video games to reach mainstream popularity...
, Space Invaders
Space Invaders
is an arcade video game designed by Tomohiro Nishikado, and released in 1978. It was originally manufactured and sold by Taito in Japan, and was later licensed for production in the United States by the Midway division of Bally. Space Invaders is one of the earliest shooting games and the aim is to...
, Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong
is a fictional gorilla in the Donkey Kong and Mario series. He is roughly twice the size of a normal gorilla, weighing approximately 800 pounds. Donkey Kong first appeared in Nintendo's popular 1981 video game of the same name. Since then he has appeared in over 20 games in his own series, as well...
, and GoldenEye 007.