Punter to Punter
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Punter to Punter is a 1980s Australian radio show[1] that ran on 3RRR for five years and then on 3XY for three[2] and was reformed in 1990 on FOX-FM as The Punters.[3] The main cast was Mitchell Faircloth as Slim Whittle, John Rothfield as Dr. Turf and Tony Rickards as Con Marasco.[2]
The show grew out of a 1980 racing tips segment on a morning sports show that featured Simon Thorpe and Rickards as Vince and Con Marasco. Faircloth joined them and they got their own show[4] which began in 1981[5] by Thorpe, Rickards and Faircloth, with Rothfield joining as a special guest and soon moving up to being a regular.[6]
Other cast members have included Jason van de Velde as Trevor Marmalade, Tracy Harvey as Tammy Whittle, Graeme Sefton as Young Graeme and David Shephard as Yonny Stone.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Kingsbury, Damien (30 October 1981), "From punter to punter, to punter, to punter", The Age
- ^ a b Bock, Andrew (19 April 1990), "Radio's in a rut, say 'Punters'", The Age
- ^ Mangan, John (1 November 1990), "FOX-FM takes a punt on a comic stayer", The Age
- ^ Browne, Ashley (19 August 1988), "Punting with 'Dr Turf'", The Australian Jewish News
- ^ Brown, Jenny (28 October 1982), "When it comes to punting RRR makes a clean sweep", The Age
- ^ Cockington, James (13 December 1985), "What the doctor ordered", The Age
- ^ Pascoe, Bruce (1 March 1983), "Turf preview with Slim and the boys", The Age