I got a call from Dick Smith out of the blue just before christmas. “Dan, I got your number from Andrew Denton, I want to make an ad” Why not? He’s an Australian legend. Sounds like fun. So I wrote the funniest script I thought I could muster on our tiny $10k budget. Then convinced [...]

You may be familiar with my comedy work on television and on stage, but what you may not realise is that being a comedian and working television doesn’t necessarily  pay the bills. So when I can, I try to whore myself out as a writer/director for people with money who want to try and sell you [...]

If you’re in LA November 4th, swing along to the LA Comedy Festival!! Y2Gay will be screening in the Shorts Programme 10 at 4pm at Los Feliz 3 Cinemas 1822 N. Vermont Ave.   (Any Aussie comedians in the vicinity of the screening, if you could represent our little film that’d be great…. if you could do [...]

The poor parrot, lately he’s been out of his cage causing a racket. Alan Jones has been a powerful force in Australian media for a very long time. It’s been said that his influence can make or break Prime Ministers. However lately he seems to be losing that golden touch. Traditional media in all forms is becoming flatter, and [...]

  BOOK TICKETS HERE I’ve decided to cobble together some standup some stories and some videos for my first ever solo show. If you’re a good friend of mine, you are certainly not obliged to come, it’s pretty much the same old dribble you’ve seen for the last few years, compacted in to 50 minutes. [...]

Ove the years I’ve taken loads of shots of comedians behind the scenes on TV and at gigs, festivals and shows all over the world. To celebrate the 2012 comedy season, I’ve instagramed a few of my favourites. I’m thinking of doing an exhibition…. let me know… would you like to see more in the flesh? [...]

In october 2011, I went to Afghanistan on a trip with Forces Entertainment to entertain Aussie tropps in theatre. It was one of the most amazing trips I’ve ever done. The following is a series of web videos I initially made for Fairfax Media. You can read about my trip here on The Punch PART [...]

Thinking ahead 5-10 years to when Gina Rinehart finally sacks a few Fairfax executives, rips up the charter, and installs a sympathetic board, it’s not too hard to imagine the front page of the SMH for that day. I should point out here that I occasionally work worked for Gina Fairfax Media…  Click Image for [...]

Coca-Cola Australia’s “Share A Coke” campaign diversifies its name database to include a whole bunch more names. So Keep a look out if your name is “Obesity” “Decay” “Pollution” “Single Use Plastics” or  ”Diabetes” there is a bottle or can out there with your name on it!  

Back in 1973 a typist, a stenographer and a secretary showed the other smart white girls in the rest of Australia just how fun it was to live and work in Canberra. According to the sticker on the front of the book, this piece of retro gold was saved from obscurity and plucked from the Public [...]