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Shaun Micallef has returned to our screens in Newstopia on SBS – I caught it for the first time last night. Its great to see him with a show again – he is a comedy god among men.

Last night’s episode wasn’t bad – “Bhutto – the B is silent but she is not”; “John Howard – he’s tough on drugs, but whats he like off them?” . A secret treasure was the collection fake ads strewn between the real ones. Even more so because some of the satirical ones were sending up the real ones that had aired shortly beforehand, hehehe. Some were very well done: “Fanta – thank you Hitler”; “Inspector Herring”, russian cop who is an actual fish, working undercover – “Hey, whats that microphone near his dorsal fin?! He’s wearing a wire!”.

If you missed last night’s episode, it turns out that SBS is providing streamed video of the entire Newstopia episode for seven days. This looks like it is a regular event – each episode is available for seven days after it screens, but isn’t downloadable (d’oh). Still, its pretty nice of them. Although if you believe Shaun, SBS will take your details, provide them to the Chinese government and you will be taken for a long stay in prison because “that’s just the sort of service SBS provides”

Enjoy.