Punter to Punter

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{{Short description|1980 Australian radio show}}

Punter to Punter is a 1980s Australian radio show{{Citation | last=Kingsbury | first=Damien | title= From punter to punter, to punter, to punter | periodical = The Age | date= 30 October 1981 | url= }} that ran on 3RRR for five years and then on 3XY for three{{Citation | last=Bock | first=Andrew | title= Radio's in a rut, say 'Punters' | periodical = The Age | date= 19 April 1990 | url= }} and was reformed in 1990 on FOX-FM as The Punters.{{Citation | last=Mangan | first=John | title= FOX-FM takes a punt on a comic stayer | periodical = The Age | date= 1 November 1990 | url= }} The main cast was Mitchell Faircloth as Slim Whittle, John Rothfield as Dr. Turf and Tony Rickards as Con Marasco.

The show grew out of a 1980 racing tips segment on a morning sports show that featured Simon Thorpe and Rickards as Vince and Con Marasco. Faircloth joined them and they got their own show{{Citation | last=Browne | first=Ashley | title= Punting with 'Dr Turf' | periodical = The Australian Jewish News | date= 19 August 1988 | url= }} which began in 1981{{Citation | last=Brown | first=Jenny | title= When it comes to punting RRR makes a clean sweep | periodical = The Age | date= 28 October 1982 | url= }} by Thorpe, Rickards and Faircloth, with Rothfield joining as a special guest and soon moving up to being a regular.{{Citation | last=Cockington | first=James | title= What the doctor ordered | periodical = The Age | date= 13 December 1985 | url= }}

Other cast members have included Jason van de Velde as Trevor Marmalade, Tracy Harvey as Tammy Whittle, Graeme Sefton as Young Graeme and David Shephard as Yonny Stone.{{Citation | last=Pascoe | first=Bruce | title= Turf preview with Slim and the boys | periodical = The Age | date= 1 March 1983 | url= }}