Graham kennedy biography

From the late 1950s to the 1970s, Graham Kennedy was the undisputed King of Australian television. His long-running variety show, In Melbourne Tonight (IMT) was one of the highest-rating programs in the history of the industry and was compulsory viewing for a generation of Australians.

He has won more Gold Logies than anyone else, with seven awards to his name.

Graham kennedy biography wikipedia

Kennedy became one of Australia's first big TV stars when he began hosting In Melbourne Tonight in 1957. Throughout the '60s he was a household name and was hailed as Australia's King of Comedy, bringing to the small screen a bawdy, freewheeling vaudeville style, honed by years on radio.

Much has been written about Kennedy's unique style -- his rapier wit, irreverent and subversive attitude, his flawless timing, his freewheeling ability to "wing it", his obsessive perfectionism.

I will not presume to analyse it in any depth here, but there is probably no better summary of his philosophy than this quote from t