John Safran's Music Jamboree
John Safran's Music Jamboree was a light-hearted Australian music documentary television series, hosted by John Safran for SBS television. The program was produced by Selin Yaman and directed by Craig Melville, Clayton Jacobson and a number of other directors under the production company Ghost of Your Ex-Boyfriend Productions in association with SBS Independent. It screened in 2002, and consisted of sketches and outlandish public stunts, typical of Safran's work. The series won two Australian Film Institute Awards; "Best Comedy Series" and "Most Innovative Program Concept". SBS followed the series up with the similarly styled John Safran vs. God in 2004.
Cast: John Safran
Season 1
10 episodes
- 1. Episode One1. Opening Titles: Def Leppard 2. Footloose 3. Music Mole: ARIA Awards 4. McDonald's 5. Slipknot 6. World of Instruments: Frenzal Rhomb "Punch in the Face"MCC30minJun 24, 2002
- 2. Episode Two1. Opening Titles: New Kids on the Block 2. Eminem 3. 3AW 4. Music Mole: Zomba 5. Coma 6. World of Instruments: Magic Dirt "Dirty Jeans"MCC30minJul 1, 2002
- 3. Episode Three1. Ozzy 2. Opening Titles : Song that goes "Vziioshp" 3. Fairlight 4. Music Mole: Peter Andre 5. Rage 6. World of Instruments: Mental as Anything "The Nips are Getting Bigger"MCC30minJul 8, 2002
- 4. Episode Four1. Opening Titles: Rage Against the Machine 2. Prince 3. Music Mole: Songwriting Royalties 4. Popstars 5. Joey Fatone 6. World of Instruments: The Titanics "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun"MCC30minJan 15, 2002
- 5. Episode Five1. Opening Titles: A Tribe Called Quest 2. The Rules 3. Disney 4. Music Mole: Payola 5. Classics 6. World of Instruments: TISM "(He'll Never Be An) Ol' Man River"MCC30minJul 22, 2002
- 6. Episode Six1. Opening Titles: The Smiths 2. Scrabble 3. Music Mole: Human Nature 4. Scientology 5. Inpress 6. World of Instruments: Sonic Animation "Evil"MCC30minJul 29, 2002
- 7. Episode Seven1. Opening Titles: Pink Floyd 2. Jew'town 3. Riders 4. Music Mole: Video Clips 5. Van Dyke Parks 6. World of Instruments: Ross Wilson "Eagle Rock"MCC30minAug 5, 2002
- 8. Episode Eight1. Opening Titles: Billy Bragg 2. Get Your Hands Off My Girlfriend 3. Music Mole: Rock Magazines 4. Sony 5. George Harrison 6. World of Instruments: Scandal'us "Me, Myself and I"MCC30minAug 12, 2002
- 9. Episode Nine1. Opening Titles: Sex Pistols 2. Evil Clowns 3. Heavy Metal 4. Music Mole: U2 5. P. Diddy 6. World Of Instruments: 1200 Techniques "Karma"MCC30minAug 19, 2002
- 10. Episode Ten1. Opening Titles: Geto Boys 2. Foo Fighters 3. Rock Eisteddfod 4. Music Mole: World Music 5. The Making of Music JamboreeMCC30minAug 26, 2002
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John Safran's Music Jamboree
John Safran's Music Jamboree was a light-hearted Australian music documentary television series, hosted by John Safran for SBS television. The program was produced by Selin Yaman and directed by Craig Melville, Clayton Jacobson and a number of other directors under the production company Ghost of Your Ex-Boyfriend Productions in association with SBS Independent. It screened in 2002, and consisted of sketches and outlandish public stunts, typical of Safran's work. The series won two Australian Film Institute Awards; "Best Comedy Series" and "Most Innovative Program Concept". SBS followed the series up with the similarly styled John Safran vs. God in 2004.
Creators and cast
- Created by
- John Safran
- Cast
- John Safran
- Studio
- Ghost Pictures, SBS, SBS Independent
