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Kylie’s ability to not take herself too seriously is exemplified beautifully in these two clips from The Comedy Company in 1989. 

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Tony Martin talks about the groundbreaking 1990s radio comedy program Martin/Molloy being inducted into the 2020 Sounds of Australia and preserved at the NFSA.

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Martin/Molloy was a popular, nationally syndicated comedy radio program broadcast to over 50 radio stations between 1995 and 1998.

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During the four years of Martin/Molloy there were two Federal Australian elections, both of which provided seemingly endless comedic content for the duo. 

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Radio and television voice-over artist Pete Smith was involved with the duo on all of their projects beginning with their radio show Bulltwang in 1990. 

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By the end of 1998, Tony Martin and Mick Molloy were exhausted. 

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Sketches on Martin/Molloy often featured highly-specific references to obscure parts of cinema. 

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Although the 'Radio Gladiators' segment was aimed at getting people to call up about the topic of the day, Mick and Tony put a lot of effort into how to introduce the topic – which they referred to

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Martin/Molloy often featured parodies of popular and not-so-popular films, this one belonging solidly in the latter category.

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One of the most memorable series of sketches on the show was 'Tum and Phul', the presenters of a fictitious New Zealand morning radio show.