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The vaudeville talents of Graham Kennedy, Don Lane and Bert Newton earned popular success during the early years of Australian television.

The variety show Hey Hey It's Saturday screened for three decades.

Among the best loved Australian sitcoms was Mother and Son, about a divorcee who had moved back into the suburban home of his mother-but sketch comedy has been the stalwart of Australian television.

The Comedy Company, in the 1980s, featured the comic talents of Mary-Anne Fahey, Ian McFadyen, Mark Mitchell, Glenn Robbins, Kym Gyngell and others.

Growing out of Melbourne University and The D-Generation came The Late Show ( 1991 – 1993 ), starring the influential talents Santo Cilauro, Tom Gleisner, Jane Kennedy, Tony Martin, Mick Molloy and Rob Sitch ( who later formed Working Dog Productions ); and during the 1980s and 1990s Fast Forward ( Steve Vizard, Magda Szubanski, Marg Downey, Michael Veitch, Peter Moon and others ) and its successor Full Frontal, which launched the career of Eric Bana and featured Shaun Micallef.