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An Australian Panel Game in a somewhat similar vein to the BBC's Have I Got News for You (though with a larger focus on the "quiz" side of things, as the contestants actually score more than five points), Have You Been Paying Attention?, as its intro suggests, tests a group of five comedians/radio personalities on the week's events.Made by Working Dog Productions in 2013 for Network 10 and presented by Tom Gleisner, the show, like similar British shows, also has a pair of regulars in the form of Ed Kavalee and Sam Pang.A New Zealand version of the show began broadcasting in July 2019.
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Contestants were shown a picture of a silver toy which bore an unfortunate resemblance to a dildo and asked to identify what it it was. After much hilarity, Ed finally got around to giving the correct answer:
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Overly Narrow Superlative: Tom once introduced Lloyd Langford as "our favourite jazz-loving Welshman", before admitting it's a very narrow field.
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Verbal Tic: Ed Kavalee greeting Tom Gleisner in response to getting introduced at the start of just about every episode in which he appears, usually with something to the effect of, "Hello Tommy. Hello everyone."
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Sam Pang: [when he thinks that Tom has spent too long talking to guests]: "Can we move on?" Also a Borrowed Catchphrase, used by other contestants.
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His questionable taste in shirts also comes up quite often.
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I Call Him "Mister Happy": Following the death of Paul Orndorff: After wrestling fan Sam Pang talked about how the first WrestleMania featured tag-team match of Mr. Wonderful and "Rowdy" Roddy Piper vs. Hulk Hogan and Mr. T, there was this exchange: Contestants were shown a picture of a silver toy which bore an unfortunate resemblance to a dildo and asked to identify what it it was. After much hilarity, Ed finally got around to giving the correct answer:
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Anne Edmonds' Lethal Chef-level attempts at baking.
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Hayley Sproull also hosted one episode...in which Tom's only "appearance" was during the Once an Episode car ad, bound and gagged in the back of the car. It was lampshaded during this episode if the questions come faster than usual, it's because Tom's not hosting.
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Noodle Incident: During a round of 'What's the Point?'—where the panellists have to identify what product, service or organisation is being advertised from the snippet of an ad played by Tom—Marty Shergold commented:
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Butt-Monkey: Sam Pang, to the point that jokes are made about him even when he's absent from the episode. Tom is far from immune to jokes about his height, age or position as a gameshow host either.
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Do Not Call Me "Paul"
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Do Not Call Me "Paul": After Kanye West announced that he was changing his 'Ye', Sam Pang said that if the name 'Kanye West' was now available, he'd have it. He then refused to answer the next several questions unless Tom addressed him as 'Kanye'.
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Guest Host: Chrissie Swan replaces Tom for episodes he is unavailable to host. Hayley Sproull also hosted one episode...in which Tom's only "appearance" was during the Once an Episode car ad, bound and gagged in the back of the car. It was lampshaded during this episode if the questions come faster than usual, it's because Tom's not hosting.
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Addictive Foreign Soap Opera
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Addictive Foreign Soap Opera: The show introduced a new one-on-one round in 2020 called "Binge This!". In it, contestants are shown an untranslated clip from a foreign language show currently streaming on Netflix, and asks to guess what happens next. The show has included soap operas and dramas from South Korea, India, the Philippines, Mexico and South America. What happens next is usually fascinating and almost never what the contestant has guessed. Events have included a massacre by bandits, ghostly possession, and multiple characters being hit with foodstuffs (usually on a Korean soap opera).
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Marty Sheargold being The Alcoholic and a Dirty Old Man.
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Dark Horse Victory
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Dark Horse Victory: On eight occasions in 150 episodes - the first of which not occurring until the middle of Series 4 - Sam Pang managed to win. Compare that to fellow regular panellist Ed Kavalee, who has been the winner in almost a third of all episodes. Though, despite that, Sam Pang is actually third in number of overall wins.
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Big Entrance: After one of his rare wins, Sam Pang was conspicuously absent at the panel in the following episode. Until, that was, Tom begrudgingly - due to "contractual obligations" - announced him as "Last Week's Winner, Mr. Sam Pang", whereupon he came out from backstage to a musical fanfare, dressed in a tuxedo and drinking a celebratory cocktail.
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Kitty Flanagan being a Crazy Cat Lady or jokes relating to her show on a competing channel, Fisk.
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Not So Above It All: Tom likes to play Team Dad to the contestants by scolding them for off-colour remarks and trying to steer the show back on-rails. He's not immune to making the occasional snarky comment and has a tendency to duck his head to avoid smiling at jokes the contestants make.
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I Can't Believe I'm Saying This
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I Can't Believe I'm Saying This: After Urzila Carlson gives an even more left field answer than usual in "Binge This", Tom responds:
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Hypocritical Humor
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Hypocritical Humor: Whenever Tom makes a Crossing the Line Twice joke, Sam is often the one who scolds or comments on it despite making jokes on the same level or worse.
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Ugly Guy, Hot Wife: Ed Kavalee's wife Tiffiny Hall once appeared as a guest to ask questions. Hayley Sproull was in shock that they were married. (Somewhat lampshaded when Tiffiny says her type is weird guys with big noses.)
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So Unfunny, It's Funny: Anne Edmonds once made a joke about someone pitching an actual shark tank to Shark Tank (the Australian version of Dragons' Den) which fell completely flat. Not content to let the joke die, Anne kept returning the joke throughout the episode; adding additional information to the shark tank pitch, and explaining why it was funny. By the end of the episode, it was hilarious: not because the joke was any funnier, but just because of her sheer doggedness and desperation, and the refusal of anyone else on the show to get drawn into this train wreck. Similarly, in one episode, Peter Helliar kept trying to introduce Lindy Chamberlain as a punchline. The situations got increasingly more absurd that people started laughing after a few attempts.
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Lame Pun Reaction: Tom describes a group of salmon swimming across a road as a school crossing and receives the appropriate responses from Sam and the audience.
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Bottom of the Barrel Joke: When Tom introduced the desperate sounding 'Nobel or Netflix' round, Anne Edmonds asked:
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Waxing Lyrical: Melanie Bracewell responds to a Robbie Williams question with a lyric from his song Angels.
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Catchphrase: Sam Pang: [when he thinks that Tom has spent too long talking to guests]: "Can we move on?" Also a Borrowed Catchphrase, used by other contestants.
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French Maid Outfit: In the episode first broadcast on 24 July 2023, the Running Gag of having Tom inserted into the ad for the sponsor Nissan Pajero had him dressed in a French maid outfit. Needless to say, this piece of Fan Disservice got callbacks from the panel for the rest of the night.
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Pungeon Master: Celia, so much that her highlight reel on her 50th episode was nothing but all the puns she'd made on the show.
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Running Gag: Sam Pang is subject to a few: Jokes based on his Chinese heritage note He's usually the only Asian on the panel, although Lizzy and Aaron have helped to balance that out in recent years. Reactions of surprise whenever he gets a question correct. His questionable taste in shirts also comes up quite often. His stint hosting the unsuccessful quiz show ADbc also comes up frequently. His appearances at the Logies as a representative of the show also get a few mentions; most notably, he was the host of the 2023 Logies. Answering any question regarding the identity of a musician with "The steady hand of Conrad Sewell". Ed Kavalee has made a side career out of participating in promotional ads. This has even come up in quiz questions. Starting in Series 7 / 2019, Tom asking a question about the news story they've just discussed and getting a reply in the form of a clip from a newsreader or journalist somewhere in the world answering the question and ending with "Back to you, Tom" or some variant. Adding to this is the additional running gag of Sam Pang's increasing exasperation with this bit. Many of the recurring guests have their own running gags, including: Glen Robbins' total lack of understanding of modern technology. Mick Molloy being involved in something criminal, or under some sort of court order. Marty Sheargold being The Alcoholic and a Dirty Old Man. Tony Martin usually cops it for having achieved the lowest score of any contestant in the history of the show. And the dated nature of his pop culture references. Lloyd Langford's 'Jazz Cave' (It Makes Just As Much Sense In Context). Kitty Flanagan being a Crazy Cat Lady or jokes relating to her show on a competing channel, Fisk. Anne Edmonds' Lethal Chef-level attempts at baking. Celia Pacquola's increasingly desperate status as a single woman in her late 30s.
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Team Dad
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Team Dad: Tom, naturally, since he's the host. He does have Not So Above It All moments where he makes off-color jokes, though.
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Dog Food Diet
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Dog Food Diet: In the 29 June 2023 episode, Tom's regular self-deprecating insert into sponsor Mitsubishi's ad had him eating a can of dog food. Cue several gags from the panel about the cost of living crisis.
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Celia Pacquola's increasingly desperate status as a single woman in her late 30s.
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