Cracker by Damian Christie

I'm glad you grabbed the street art - there's been a bunch of great banksy-like stencil work round town in the past few years (and then there's the banana-slugs which my daughter informs me are really giraffes)

All the best for tonight, Damian -- I'm sure you will navigate the turbid seas of geek-speak and political blatheration in high style. :)

Lovely photos, bonnechance for tonight.

I only learned what an autocue looked like yesterday

Yeah, right ... next you'll be telling us you had no idea what women really used 'facial massagers' for...

You did great.

You did great.

He did.

At the risk of laying it on a bit thick (I told Damian so afterwards), coming into a two-hour live show as your TV host debut is really hard. Pulling it off at three days' notice, doubly so. Well done that man.

At the risk of laying it on a bit thick (I told Damian so afterwards), coming into a two-hour live show as your TV host debut is really hard. Pulling it off at three days' notice, doubly so. Well done that man.

Indeed - only caught the first hour (the computer decided not to play nice) but Damian did a bloody good jobs. And at the risk of sounding like I'm trying to give you and Fran O'Sullivan a bi-curious rim job, the panel didn't do a half bad job of trying to keep a little reality in the room. :)

Indeed - only caught the first hour...

Yeah - what was with the focus on bras for the second hour?
[hey - I didn't get a bite on the other thread :-) ]

Yeah - what was with the focus on bras for the second hour?

I didn't get it there, I don't get it here :) Was there a programme about bras on TVNZ 7 between 10-11? We were kinda, um, busy.

And thanks guys, I actually had heaps of fun, it wasn't half as nerve-wracking as I thought it might be. And the politicians were all remarkably well behaved, shutting up when I asked them to, which was good of them. I thought it made for entertaining, if slightly geeky, television.

I thought the pan shot straight to you Damian was rather clever , just as Rodney Hide mentioned Sean Plunkett.:)

I didn't get it there, I don't get it here :) Was there a programme about bras on TVNZ 7 between 10-11?

Yes.

My point being a brickbat to TVNZ7. Internets, sure, but why not air the whole thing on TV?

Is it going to added it to ondemand or U tube?
Or may be repeated in full on TVNZ7?

Is it going to added it to ondemand or U tube?
Or may be repeated in full on TVNZ7?

The first hour only is repeated on TVNZ 7 at 12.10pm today and tomorrow at 10.10pm.

I can't see anything that says the whole thing will be available online (the second hour was slightly more relaxed, and worth seeing) but I'll see if I can find out.

The lively audience and the respectful banter between the politicians is what I'd like to see in all election debates. Not holding my breath.