Single:
Australiana entered the Australian singles chart* on 25 July 1983 and peaked at #1. The spoken-word comedy single was #1 on the Top 100 of 1983.
Writers:
Billy Birmingham, Austen Tayshus
Producers:
Billy Birmingham, Paul Goodwin
Record label of Australian release:
Regular
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Wikipedia:
The spoken-word comedy single Australiana was written by Billy Birmingham (aka The Twelfth Man) and recorded live by Sandy Gutman as “Austen Tayshus” at The Comedy Store, Sydney, in 1983.
The sketch is built on extensive sets of equivocations that form puns relating to Australian place names and icons.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australiana
The sketch:
My mate Boomer rang. Said he was having a few people around for a barbie.
Will Walla be there?
Vegie might come too.
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