Episode 30 of This Week in Comedy is a milestone episode, and Lily Geddes and Morry Morgan celebrate it by welcoming Australian comedy favourite Hung Le into the studio. The result is an unfiltered, big-hearted conversation that leaps from couch distancing to football loyalties, early mornings and the survival instincts of a performer who has spent 45 years onstage. Hung brings effortless warmth, sharp timing and a seemingly endless supply of stories, while Lily and Morry make sure every tangent gets the attention it deserves.

They talk comedy news, theatre, festivals and the peculiar thrill of being connected to almost everyone in Australian entertainment by one degree of separation. There are reflections on auditions that went nowhere, jobs that arrived when they were least expected, life on cruise ships, and the challenge of keeping material fresh in front of demanding audiences. Hung also shares memories of arriving in Australia as a child, and the colourful mix of music, acting, television and stand-up that has shaped his career.

The beer taste-test for this episode of This Week in Comedy is Slow Lane Brewing’s “Before Dawn”, a Munich Dunkel Dark Lager at 5% ABV. And importantly it gets a great review, both on taste, and the hosts' pet-peeve, size of the can (It's gotta be 375 ml).

A key part of the conversation is Hung Le’s book, The Crappiest Refugee. With characteristic humour and honesty, Hung discusses the personal history behind the title, his family’s journey from Vietnam to Australia, and why finding laughter in difficult experiences has always been central to his work. Lily and Morry recommend the book as a moving, funny and revealing extension of the stories Hung tells onstage.

One of the episode’s highlights is Hung’s connection to Nick Giannopoulos and the enduring cultural footprint of Wog Boy, the movie. He revisits his memorable lines from the film, talks about joining Giannopoulos’s orbit after appearing on New Faces, and recounts the wild touring years of Wogarama. The conversation also examines how Australian comedy, casting and identity have evolved, always through the lens of personal experience rather than a lecture. Along the way, Hung pitches the roles he still wishes he had landed, including a very specific Wog Boy sequel appearance in Mykonos, and an embarrassing experience auditioning for Miss Saigon.

Elsewhere, the trio cover Shaun Micallef’s new game show, Spamalot, comedy roadshows, clown burlesque, a dark lager tasting, Ricky Gervais, Airplane (aka Flying High), and the kind of accidental public comedy that makes the show feel so local. It is a generous, rambunctious episode full of old-school showbiz insight and present-day comedy gossip, with plenty of room for Hung’s generosity and mischief. Whether you know him from stand-up, television, Wog Boy or The Crappiest Refugee, this is a chance to hear a true original in relaxed, hilarious form. Plus, Hung invites aspiring comics to join him at the August Hard Knock Knocks Comedy School course in Melbourne.

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In episode 29 of This Week in Comedy, hosts Lily Geddes and Morry Morgan welcome filmmaker Nick Kozakis, who arrives straight from a Sooshi Mango pre-production meeting, for a lively conversation spanning film, comedy, Australian culture and the strange moments that become stories. Nick discusses his work with Sooshi Mango, music videos, commercials, short films and feature projects. He shares the excitement and pressure of helping expand the group’s comedy world into a feature film, with production scheduled from August through September and a future call-out for extras.

The centrepiece is Dilemma, Nick’s darkly comic short selected for the 2026 St Kilda Film Festival. Written by Duncan Samarsinghe and made with Anthony Littlechild and Nick’s wife Carlia, the film poses a provocative time-travel question: would you kill Hitler as a child? Nick reflects on why the compact, one-day shoot was too good to refuse, and praises performers Jackson Tozer and Eliza Matengu for their chemistry, comic timing and ability to balance a heavy premise with unsettling humour.

Nick also opens up about stunt work, armourers, safety teams, fake blood and practical horror effects. He argues that physical effects give horror a depth that audiences feel more immediately than heavily computer-generated imagery. For emerging filmmakers, he stresses networking, generosity and making concise, contained short films that festival programmers can easily schedule. He credits mentors and peers including the Cairnes brothers of Late Night with the Devil and the Philippou brothers for helping shape his filmmaking path.

The episode’s beer break features Field Trip, a 7% West Coast IPA with grapefruit, pine and “dank resin” notes. Its weed-themed can gives Lily the perfect opening to expand on her cannabis expertise, explaining trichomes, THC-rich resin and why “dank” is a useful descriptor in both beer and marijuana culture. That leads naturally into a cannabis-fuelled Funny in the Moment story involving Lily, her Hilux canopy, a hotbox experiment and a supposedly suspicious stranger who ultimately turns out to be a pole.

Elsewhere, Lily and Morry cover Kyle Sandilands’ settlement with ARN Media, Jackie O’s legal action, Multicultural Arts Victoria’s response to Pauline Hanson, Gold Logie nominees Sam Pang and Julia Morris, and Melbourne’s Defrost Festival. Comedy history brings in Moe Howard, Brian Brown, The Ed Sullivan Show, Garfield and Josh Thomas. The episode closes with Nick teasing an unannounced feature, Dilemma’s festival run in Perth, and the chance for local performers to appear as extras in the upcoming Sooshi Mango movie.

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In episode 28 of This Week in Comedy, hosts Morry Morgan and Lily Geddes welcome comedian Danny McGinlay for a loose, wide-ranging conversation about stand up, sport, television and Australian culture. Danny reflects on writing the Western Bulldogs’ famous AFL banners, especially the 2016 preliminary final line about the club being formed in “blood and boots, not in AFL focus groups.” The group joke that AFL banners might be the peak of Australian culture.

The news section begins with Monty Python’s Spamalot returning to Australian stages, prompting riffs on Eric Idle, John Cleese, punchline suburbs, musical theatre and Danny’s love of The Holy Grail. They also discuss How to Talk Australians, Only Murders in the Building and Aaron Chen’s new Technology tour, with Danny praising Chen’s quiet, hypnotic comic presence after working with him on Fisk and Have You Been Paying Attention (HYBPA).

A major thread is television comedy. Danny talks about his warm-up work while highlighting Sam Pang's behind-the-scenes work as a writer, producer and warm-up figure. Danny praises Pang as generous, hard-working and ruthlessly efficient with jokes, comparing his style to classic roasters like Don Rickles. He also highlights Ed Kavalee and Tom Gleisner’s skill in keeping Have You Been Paying Attention sharp and generous.

The beer review features Love Shack IPA, a 6.8 percent, 375 ml can described as citrusy, tropical, stone-fruity and “subtly boozy,” though the hosts joke that two standard drinks hardly feels subtle. Danny sits out because he has a gig later, explaining that one beer tells his brain the workday is over.

The history segment marks Stan Laurel’s birthday, leading to talk of Laurel and Hardy, silent comedy and Danny’s belief that Buster Keaton was funnier than Charlie Chaplin. Carl Barron, Ross Noble and Flight of the Conchords also get mentioned before Lily’s bizarre fact about daredevil Bobby Leach, Morry’s Bunnings sausage story, and Danny promoting his upcoming recorded comedy specials.

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