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Open Slather is an Australian sketch comedy television series which first aired on The Comedy Channel on Foxtel on 24 May 2015.[1][2] The 20 episode series is executively produced by Laura Waters and Rick McKenna.[3] 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.[4] The second block of ten episodes began airing on 6 September,[5] and concluded on 8 November 2015.[6]
Open Slather | |
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Genre | Sketch comedy |
Written by | See: writers |
Directed by |
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Theme music composer | John Foreman[note 1] |
Opening theme | "The Revolution Will Be Televised" by Smoove |
Ending theme | "The Revolution Will Be Televised" by Smoove |
Composer | Kit Warhurst |
Country of origin | Australia |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 20 (list of episodes) |
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Executive producers |
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Producers |
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Cinematography | László Baranyai |
Running time | 60 minutes |
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Original release | |
Network | The Comedy Channel |
Release | 24 May – 8 November 2015 |
On 31 December 2015, it was announced the show had been cancelled.[7]
No. | Title | Directed by | Original air date | Viewers | |
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1 | "Episode 1" | Natalie Bailey and Steven Saussey | 24 May 2015 | 243,000[10] | |
We are introduced to Gina Minehart and her view on mining, a MasterChef contestant explodes after a misunderstanding in TV ethics, a new employee's email address is found to be too inappropriate and 60 Minutes reports on asylum seekers. | |||||
2 | "Episode 2" | Natalie Bailey and Steven Saussey | 31 May 2015 | 131,000[11] | |
3 | "Episode 3" | Natalie Bailey and Steven Saussey | 7 June 2015 | 123,000[12] | |
4 | "Episode 4" | Natalie Bailey and Steven Saussey | 14 June 2015 | 100,000[13] | |
5 | "Episode 5" | Natalie Bailey and Steven Saussey | 21 June 2015 | 79,000[14] | |
6 | "Episode 6" | Natalie Bailey and Steven Saussey | 28 June 2015 | 79,000[15] | |
7 | "Episode 7" | Natalie Bailey, Steven Saussey and Iain Pirret | 5 July 2015 | 67,000[16] | |
8 | "Episode 8" | Natalie Bailey, Steven Saussey and Iain Pirret | 12 July 2015 | 56,000[17] | |
9 | "Episode 9" | Natalie Bailey and Tom Salisbury | 19 July 2015 | N/A | |
10 | "Episode 10" | Natalie Bailey and Tom Salisbury | 26 July 2015 | 60,000[18] | |
Hipsters face a crisis, a laundromat owner and an employee disturb their customers and a wife is upset over her husband's illicit photos. | |||||
11 | "Episode 11" | Natalie Bailey and Tom Salisbury | 6 September 2015 | N/A | |
12 | "Episode 12" | Natalie Bailey and Tom Salisbury | 13 September 2015 | N/A | |
13 | "Episode 13" | Natalie Bailey and Tom Salisbury | 20 September 2015 | N/A | |
14 | "Episode 14" | Natalie Bailey, Iain Pirret and Tom Salisbury | 27 September 2015 | N/A | |
Liz Hayes interviews "One Direction", a gimp drives Uber and Hillary Clinton debates Donald Trump | |||||
15 | "Episode 15" | Natalie Bailey, Iain Pirret and Tom Salisbury | 4 October 2015 | N/A | |
16 | "Episode 16" | Natalie Bailey, Iain Pirret and Tom Salisbury | 11 October 2015 | N/A | |
17 | "Episode 17" | Natalie Bailey, Iain Pirret and Tom Salisbury | 18 October 2015 | N/A | |
18 | "Episode 18" | Natalie Bailey, Iain Pirret and Tom Salisbury | 25 October 2015 | N/A | |
19 | "Episode 19" | Natalie Bailey, Iain Pirret and Tom Salisbury | 1 November 2015 | N/A | |
20 | "Episode 20" | Natalie Bailey, Iain Pirret and Tom Salisbury | 8 November 2015 | N/A |
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."[19]
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."[20]
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