It's episode 3 of This Week in Comedy and hosts Lily Geddes and Morry Morgan aren't in the Rubber Chicken studios. But that doesn't stop them riffing on crime, public transport lines, shopping centres, and the increasingly common appearance of machetes in local news.

The conversation moves into Australian comedy news with the announcement of the Brisbane Comedy Festival for 2026. With strong attendance figures from the previous year, the festival is framed as a major stop on the national comedy circuit, landing immediately after the Melbourne Comedy Festival. It turns out that while the lineup, which includes Denise Scott, Melanie Bracewell, Ray O’Leary, and Tom Cashman, is of top comedians, it might also be a little Kiwi-heavy for Lily's mum.

Up and coming comedian Elouise Eftos and her show Australia’s First Attractive Comedian show then takes centre stage. Lily highlights the satire, and the irony that a few female comedians couldn't take the joke. Were they the usual suspects? Probably. You'll have to listen.

The episode’s history segment looks back to 1963, when British theatre critic Kenneth Tynan intentionally dropped the first F-bomb on live television, causing public outrage and political fallout that now feels almost quaint. This leads into a trivia discussion about Fawlty Towers, revealing that Basil Fawlty was based on a real hotel owner, Donald Sinclair, whose rudeness toward guests and Monty Python cast members directly inspired the character.

And in the 'whip-around' segment Morry chats with Sydney comedian and producer Seizure Kaiser, who offers insight into Sydney’s comedy scene, paid rooms, touring acts, and his Comedy on Edge venues. The episode closes with a call to embrace being “funny in the moment,” finding small opportunities for humour in everyday life as a way to push back against an increasingly bleak world.

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