Live and Sweaty
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| genre = Panel show
| creator = Andrew Denton
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| presenter = Andrew Denton (1991–93)
Elle McFeast (1994)
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| country = Australia
| language = English
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| network = ABC Television
| first_aired = {{Start date|df=yes|1991|3|22}}
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Live and Sweaty was an Australian sports television program, broadcast on the ABC from 1991 until 1994. Hosted by Andrew Denton (and later Elle McFeast), the show was part panel-based, part talk show and part comedy, and predated The Footy Show which has a similar format.{{Cite web|url=http://www.insidesport.com.au/is/index?pg=adrenalin&spg=drinks/drinks_andrew_denton.htm|title=A few drinks with Andrew Denton|website=Inside Sport|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716154753/http://www.insidesport.com.au/is/index?pg=adrenalin&spg=drinks%2Fdrinks_andrew_denton.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 July 2011|access-date=17 August 2018}}
''Live and Sweaty'' regulars
Andrew Denton was the show's host, and this was Denton's third series for the ABC (after Blah Blah Blah and The Money or the Gun). Comedian Libbi Gorr (in her Elle McFeast persona) was a roving reporter, panellist and eventual host of the show when Denton left in 1993.{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article127259941|title=The angel said no Elle|date=12 December 1994|work=The Canberra Times|access-date=17 August 2018|pages=40}}
Other regular panel members were actor Lex "The Swine" Marinos (always introduced with a Zorba the Greek style musical theme), Triple J presenter Debbie "Skull of Rust" Spillane,{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article122349934|title=A program for the losing half|last=Wallace|first=Mark|date=1991-03-17|work=Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 – 1995)|access-date=2019-05-15|pages=24}} former NRL player Rex "The Moose" Mossop, and Peter "Crackers" Keenan.{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article127201910|title=Elle goes Swanning around as a draftee|date=15 March 1993|work=Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 – 1995)|access-date=17 August 2018|pages=8|via=Trove}} A sports news segment was presented by ABC sportscaster Karen Tighe.{{cite book |last=Turner |first=Graeme |author2=Stuart Cunningham |title=The Australian TV Book |year=2000 |publisher=Allen & Unwin |location=Sydney |isbn=1-86508-014-4 }}
Notable stunts
In 1992, Denton challenged the Prime Minister of Australia, Paul Keating, to a game of ten-pin bowling. Keating made no comment, but Denton continued to up the ante over the course of the year, protesting outside Parliament House and organising petitions urging the Prime Minister to accept the challenge. Keating eventually relented, not to the game, but appeared in a live interview with Denton.{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article126946889|title=Keating refuses to roll to the right|date=4 October 1992|work=The Canberra Times|access-date=17 August 2018|pages=3|via=Trove}}
In the lead up to the 1992 Summer Olympics, Denton and the rest of the regular cast of the show recorded the song "I Don't Care As Long As We Beat New Zealand" parodying the sporting rivalry between Australia and New Zealand.{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article126936941|title=Denton and team record 'Olumpic' themesong|last=Wallace|first=Mark|date=20 July 1992|work=Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 – 1995)|access-date=17 August 2018|pages=30}} It was released as a single and reached #38 on the Australian charts.{{citation|author=The Australian Record Industry Association Ltd|title=Australian Top 50 Singles – Week Ending 30 August 1992|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|date=1992-08-30}}{{cite web|url=http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?key=267518&cat=s|title=Andrew Denton and the Live & Sweaty Team – I Don't Care As Long As We Beat New Zealand|website=Australian Charts|access-date=9 August 2008}}
Discography
=Singles=
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| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| AUS {{cite book|last=Ryan|first=Gavin|title=Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010|year=2011|publisher=Moonlight Publishing|location=Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia|edition=PDF|page=79}} |
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| scope="row"| "I Don't Care As Long As We Beat New Zealand" (with Andrew Denton) | 1992 | 38 |
Awards and nominations
=ARIA Music Awards=
The ARIA Music Awards are a set of annual ceremonies presented by Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), which recognise excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of the music of Australia. They commenced in 1987.
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See also
{{Portal|Television|Australia}}
References
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