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Genre
  
Sketch comedy

Starring
  
See cast

First episode date
  
24 May 2015

Network
  
The Comedy Channel

Number of episodes
  
20

4.8/10
IMDb

Written by
  
See: writers

Theme music composer
  
John Foreman

Final episode date
  
8 November 2015

Number of seasons
  
1

Cast
  
George Harrison Xanthis

Open Slather httpswwwfoxtelcomaucontentdamfoxtelinsid

Directed by
  
Natalie BaileySteven SausseyIain PirretTom Salisbury

Opening theme
  
"The Revolution Will Be Televised" by Smoove

Similar
  
Whose Line Is It Anyway, Fast Forward, Shaun Micallef's Mad as H, No Activity, Pacific Heat

Open Slather is an Australian sketch comedy television series. It first aired on The Comedy Channel on Foxtel on 24 May 2015. The 20 episode series is executively produced by Laura Waters and Rick McKenna. After the first ten episodes aired, the series experienced a hiatus while new episodes were in production. Replacing new episodes were 30 minute 'best of' episodes titled Open Slather Reopened. The second block of ten episodes began airing on 6 September, and concluded on 8 November 2015.

Contents

On 31 December 2015, it was announced the show had been cancelled.

Guest

  • Franklyn Ajaye (1 episode)

    • Parodied characters

  • Hannah Bath — Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark, Kirstie Allsop
  • Jay K. Cagatay — Tony Abbott, Ed Sheeran, Jon Snow, Johnny Depp, Redfoo, Calum Hood, Harry Styles, Jesus, Russell Brand, Julian Assange, Hamburglar, Steve Baxter, Pete Evans, Jonathan Ive
  • Marg Downey — Helen Clark
  • Ben Gerrard — Donatella Versace
  • Gina Riley — Liz Hayes, Gina Rileyano, Anna Wintour, Hillary Clinton
  • Magda Szubanski — Angela Merkel, Gina Minehart
  • Jane Turner - Julie Bishop
  • George H. Xanthis — Don Draper

    • Head writers

  • Nick Weller (episodes 1–6)
  • Phil Van Bruchem (episodes 1–6)

    • Reception

    Ben Nuetze of Crikey wrote "Open Slather is an apt title for Foxtel's brand new sprawling sketch show...In fact, I don't think I've ever seen a sketch show which is so eclectic and disconnected in terms of style. In moments it wears its politics on its sleeve; in others it sets about satirising Australian society, and it often picks up on the classic parody style of Fast Forward. There's really no singular idea holding all of this together, and the show seems to have no real focus and no clear reason for being...And yet, it's often surprisingly excellent."

    David Knox of TV Tonight commented "On the positive side, there were some great laughs to be found in Open Slather....A strong cast of emerging comedians....slipped in with ease alongside Fast Forward veterans in this mix of popular culture, social and political humour. On the less-positive side some of the sketches struggled.....whilst others made me uneasy that they were trying to recapture Fast Forward's magic with a tone stuck in the 80s."

    References

    Open Slather Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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