Mondo Thingo was an Australian pop culture television show which aired for 37 episodes on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 2004.
| Mondo Thingo | |
|---|---|
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| Presented by | Amanda Keller |
| Theme music composer | Michael Lira |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 37 |
| Original release | |
| Release | 11 February – 11 November 2004 |
The show was presented by Amanda Keller, with regular appearances by Steve Cannane and Robbie Buck (from the ABC's Triple J radio station). The series irreverently covered elements of popular culture, including movies, music, internet, fashion and marketing – or in Keller's words, "the soft underbelly of pop culture".[1]
The program was generally well received by viewers, but critical opinion was somewhat polarised: a Sydney Morning Herald team compiling the newspaper's 2004 "Couch Potato" Awards was divided between those who found the program annoying, and those who found it well-written and entertaining.[2] Some critics also decried that several of the ABC's arts programs were axed to make way for broader, more populist material such as Mondo Thingo.[3]
References
edit- ^ Beck, Chris: Keller confides, The Age, 5 August 2004.
- ^ Mash Hits, The Sydney Morning Herald, 13 December 2004.
- ^ Gibson, Joel: Cultural cringe: ABC accused of failing its charter, The Sydney Morning Herald, 5 April 2004.
External links
edit- Mondo Thingo website Retrieved 19 September 2007
- Mondo Thingo at IMDb