Ben Anderson

LATEST ARTICLES ( 46 )

• Is America's Most Realistic Sit-com a Cartoon?

  

  I had two weeks off work recently and much to my wife’s chagrin I spent it watching whole seasons of my favourite sitcoms in a single sitting. Among the miasma... Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Australian TV in 2014: Get Ready for the Joe Dolce Story

  A new year in television brings with it plenty of questions for viewers and executives alike.Who survived the Summer Bay bombing? Has Australia still got talent? Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• How To Make Gravy: Australia’s Only Christmas Carol?

  

  Image courtesy of Grant Cochrane/ FreeDigitalPhotos.netLike its taste in cars and awards show guest presenters, Australia prefers its Christmas carols imported. Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• From Indonesia with Love

  

  Source: Nicholson CartoonsI for one am shocked, SHOCKED, that Australian’s spies might be spying on people.A news story hasn’t shaken me this much since I... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• A Tale of Two Facebooks

  

  I love science. And not just in a passive Brian-Cox-marvelling-at-a-distant-galaxy-way.I want to make love to it in an expletive fashion. So I’m extremely... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• It’s the Little Things

  

  It’s a crowded world we live in. Six billion people crammed in to 30 per cent of the planet’s surface area, minus desolate wastelands like Antarctica and... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Underdogs Gone Overboard

  There are only two times when Australians drop the pretence and openly hope Goliath will crush David.The first is the Commonwealth Games, where we treat... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Political Correctness Gone Mainstream

  

  Bloody PC hippy Source: smh.com.auThe popular view of political correctness is that it is an exclusively left wing phenomenon. Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Look Mum, I Did a Journalism

  As if the prospect of encountering Christopher Pyne on campus didn’t terrify university students enough, this month they awoke to the news there were more peopl... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Costume Dramas

  

  Source: Aimo at Deviant ArtOne of ironies of my life is the older I get, the more costume parties I am invited to. Not a month goes by without someone... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• New Showbags for 2013

  

  Barnett Beetle showbag $2Barnett Beetle chocolates with 90% cocoa for that extra bitter taste.Packet of yummy solar-flavoured Backflips.Novelty chocolate... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• A 16th Century Theatre Critic Reflects on the Industry

  

  Let it be known that in the year of Our Lord 1600 the Muses departed this sceptred isle, never to return.The English no longer possess the art to fashion an... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• The Microparty’s Over

  

  Source: The AustralianIt’s lazy to start with a cliche but this week’s ululations over microparties elected to the Senate is a perfect example of how long a wee... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2013 SOCIETY

• The Pirates Strike Back

  

  Source: latuffcartoons.wordpress.comIn 1908 a group of American companies involved in the nascent motion picture industry, including Thomas Edison’s Edison... Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• A Lesson in Meaghernomics

  In 2007 Western Australia was booming. Tradesmen were driving around in gold-plated utes, a handful of nickel could buy a small island and a two bedroom shack i... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Predictions for the Australian Federal Election

  

  August 9: Despite high media coverage of his plans to clone dinosaurs and rebuild the Titanic, Clive Palmer says he won’t be making anymore policy... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Long Live Queen Isabella I

  

  The birth of a new prince – like glimpsing the lion and unicorn on the masthead of The Age in Melbourne or a traffic jam caused by work on Elizabeth Quay in... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• All the Nuance That’s Fit to Print

  

  Source: www.themonthly.com.auFor me the standout aspect of the interesting times that have beset Australian politics recently was a line in Julia Gillard’s... Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Other Sightings of Osama Bin Laden

  

  “You can make more money with a flop than with a hit.” Source: Al JazeeraOsama Bin Laden was pulled over for speeding in 2005, according to a Pakistani report... Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2013 SOCIETY

• Don’t Call Me Shirley

  Oh my God you GUYS! Did you read that story about how Khalessi from Game of Thrones is growing in popularity as a baby name?! We should totally share that link... Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY