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The show is a half-hour, structured as a cross between a current-affairs program and a sketch comedy show. The presenters were given a single editorial instruction: "tell us something we don't know".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://abc.net.au/tv/guide/netw/200909/programs/LE0823H001D30092009T210000.htm|title=''Hungry Beast'' (9:00pm Wednesday, 30 Sep 2009)|publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]|accessdate=23 November 2009}}</ref> |
The show is a half-hour, structured as a cross between a current-affairs program and a sketch comedy show. The presenters were given a single editorial instruction: "tell us something we don't know".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://abc.net.au/tv/guide/netw/200909/programs/LE0823H001D30092009T210000.htm|title=''Hungry Beast'' (9:00pm Wednesday, 30 Sep 2009)|publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]|accessdate=23 November 2009}}</ref> |
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==Marketing== |
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The programme's pre-broadcast publicity included perpetrating a hoax upon several Australian news agencies, along with edits to [[Wikipedia]] articles in support of that hoax. It is produced by [[Andrew Denton]]'s production company [[Zapruder's Other Films Pty Ltd]], and ''Hungry Beast'''s team were the perpetrator of the hoax.<ref name=MediaWatch /><ref name=TheAustralian1 /> |
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The hoax included a fake study and report on urban myths, to show the gullibility of media outlets and their lack of source checking. Two of the characters in the hoax were a Doctor "Carl Varnsen" and the "Levitt Institute". Carl Varnsen has been given a [[legend]], and the fictitious "Levitt Institute" given a WWW presence, only in September 2009.<ref name=MediaWatch /> |
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The report itself,<ref name=Hoax1 group=FurtherReading /> which reads like buzz word generated gibberish, even states on page 5, "These results were completely made up to be fictitious material through a process of modified truth and credibility nodes".<ref name=MediaWatch /> |
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The edits to Wikipedia included editing its [[List of Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich people|''List of Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich people'' article]] on 11 September 2009 (<ref name=Hoax2 group=FurtherReading />) to include a fictitious "Carl Varnsen", claimed to be a "Public intellectual and leading sociologist in Australia". ABC1's ''[[Media Watch (TV program)|Media Watch]]'' programme observed that "Karl Varnsen" is in fact a one-off joke from an episode of ''[[Seinfeld]]''.<ref name=MediaWatch /> |
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The report released by the fictitious Levitt Institute was taken up by [[Australian Associated Press]] (AAP), which was then widely reported in Australian and international media.<ref name=MediaWatch /> News services that carried the AAP report included [[News.com.au]], [[NineMSN]], [[Bigpondnews]], and ''[[WA Today]]''. One radio station in [[Brisbane]] broadcast an interview with a purported "spokesman" from the fictitious Institute.<ref name=TheAustralian1 /><ref name=NineMSN1 /> |
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AAP became aware of the hoax on 28 September 2009. Reporters for the "Strewth" column in ''[[The Australian]]'' telephoned the number given for the Levitt Institute. The call was answered by [[Dan Ilic]] who bluntly told the reporters to "Watch ''Hungry Beast'' 9PM Wednesday. Thank you." and then hung up.<ref name=TheAustralian1 /> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 02:15, 8 March 2010
| Hungry Beast | |
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| Created by | Andrew Denton |
| Presented by | Chris Leben Dan Ilic Marc Fennell Veronica Milsom Kirk Docker Jessicah Mendes Kieran Ricketts Monique Schafter Elmo Keep Daniel Keough |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 10 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Andrew Denton Anita Jacoby |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC1 |
| Release | 30 September 2009 – present |
Hungry Beast (originally Projext NEXT [1]) is an Australian television programme, which airs Wednesday nights on ABC1. Auditions were held in January 2009,[2] with the presenting team announced in September.[3]
Format
The show is a half-hour, structured as a cross between a current-affairs program and a sketch comedy show. The presenters were given a single editorial instruction: "tell us something we don't know".[4]
References
- ^ Knox, David (20 August 2009). "Denton's ABC Project retitled". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
- ^ Knox, David (27 January 2009). "Auditions: Project NEXT". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 27 January 2009.
- ^ Knox, David (10 September 2009). "Hungry Beast team revealed". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 20 September 2009.
- ^ "Hungry Beast (9:00pm Wednesday, 30 Sep 2009)". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 23 November 2009.
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Further reading
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- Paul Kalina (28 September 2009). "Appetite for a fresh take on the world". The Age. Fairfax Digital.
- Graeme Blundell (26 September 2009). "Enough rope?". The Australian. News Limited.
- "WA produces two Hungry Beasts in new Andrew Denton show". PerthNow. The Sunday Times. 17 September 2009.
- Adam Coleman (17 September 2009). "Creating a monster". Inside Film. Intermedia Group Pty.
- The Awl (29 September 2009). "Australians Will Believe Anything". The Awl. theAwl.com.
- Hungry Beast web site