Scott Dooley

Template:Reimprove Scott "Dools" Dooley is an Australian comedian and radio announcer best known for his tenure with state-owned national youth network, Triple J. From January 18th, 2010, he will co-host Nova 969's breakfast show alongside Merrick Watts and Ricki-Lee Coulter.

Dools began his career at Triple J as a work experience kid. Following an on-air revelation that he had a third nipple he then went on to be a guest on the Breakfast show with Adam and Wil where he starred in the segment, "Are You Smarter Than Dools?". He has hosted the mid-dawn program - a common shift for new announcers - and the "Summer Nights" weeknight program which airs during the summer non-ratings period. On January 7th, 2008, he joined Linda Marigliano to present the afternoon drive program from 3-5:30pm weekdays. Linda left the station on December 5th, 2008 leaving Dools as the sole presenter for the drive program, until his eventual departure on December 4th, 2009.

In mid-2009, Dools introduced a segment on his show, Annoying Dom Alessio, which consisted predictably of instances devoted to annoying fellow Triple J presenter Dom Alessio. A number of methods were used, including a rubix cube, a word puzzle and hiding Alessio's car keys. Alessio exacted a degree of revenge on Dools on July 3rd, 2009 when he posted Scott Dooley's personal mobile phone number on the internet as well as announcing it over the radio. Following this rather bizarre effort from Alessio, Scott had his third nipple pierced in protest against what he noted as "Dom taking it one step too far". He also commented that "It's all fun and games until somebody pierces a nipple and gets 150 prank phone calls between midnight and 2am on a Monday morning".

Dools has also hosted jtv and appeared in JTV segments. He regularly appeared in the segment, "Throwing Stuff at Robbie Buck", which involved him and segment co-host Linda Marigliano ambushing fellow Triple J host Robbie Buck, throwing various items at him including a giant plush rabbit, and slapping Robbie across the face with a fish. The items used were usually suggested by a listener or viewer. The segment was later banned by ABC management.

On December 2nd, 2009, Dools announced his departure from Triple J, informing his on-air audience, "I promised I wouldn't be here after I was thirty, and I turn thirty next year". He also noted that remaining at Triple J would neglect others of the opportunity he was afforded at the station.

Scott has hosted a range of different comedy gigs from Sydney's own Mic In Hand, to Australia's Raw Comedy, and has DJed at Sydney based club "Purple Sneakers". He has also appeared in the DVD, Sydney Underground Comedy. He has also contributed to several Chaser Annuals, including the most recent, The Other Secret.

External links

• Scott's MySpace page
• Scott's Triple J Blog