Line #8 Creator/BillyBirmingham


1	Billy Birmingham is an Australian humourist and sometime sports journalist, most noted for his parodies of Creator/NineNetwork UsefulNotes/{{cricket}} commentary in recordings under ''The Twelfth Man'' name.
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4	!!He has made the following albums of parodying sports commentary:
5	* 1987 - ''Wired World of Sports''
6	* 1990 - ''12th Man Again''
7	* 1992 - ''Still The 12th Man''
8	* 1994 - ''Wired World of Sports II''
9	* 1997 - ''Bill Lawry...This Is Your Life''
10	* 2001 - ''The Final Dig?''
11	* 2006 - ''Boned''
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14	!!And welcome back here to the TVT for this marvellous list of tropes.
15	* AffablyEvil: Max Walker is affable, but willing to commit acts of violence and obscenity in order to get his job back. The real Walker enjoyed this version of himself.
16	* AlliterativeName: Ken Sutcliffe's nickname in-universe is "The Male Model from Mudgee".
17	* AsHimself: Ken Sutcliffe voiced himself on occasion, most notably ''Wired World of Sports II''
18	* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: He loves making {{PunnyName}}s using Australian English phases.
19	* InMyLanguageThatSoundsLike: Those Punny Names sound quite plausable (as some are takes on real names)
20	* InsistentTerminology: "''Canary Yellow?!'' That's Australian Gold my friend, and don't you fuckin' forget it!"
21	* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Birmingham's debut single from '84, ''It's Just Not Cricket'', has not been officially available in its entirety since 2009. Previously it was a bonus track on his debut album, but was replaced with ''Bruce 2000''. The only official release currently available in a 5 minute excerpt from ''The Best of Richie'' (the full length track is over 10 minutes), though there is a vinyl rip of the original single on Youtube
22	* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: When trying to pass himself off as West Indian Michael Holding, Max Walker doesn't bother to alter his voice at all, except for "mun" (man).
23	* ObligatorySwearing: And ''plenty'' of it on his albums.
24	* RippedFromTheHeadlines: As well as inventing wacky shenanigans, Birmingham exaggerates actual incidents in Australian sport, such as Tony Greig losing a key down a large crack in the pitch in Perth (Birmingham has him lose a shoe) and Bruce Reid's constant injuries (he snaps in half in ''Still The 12th Man''). ''Bill Lawry...This is Your Life'' credits Lawry with nailing Richie Benaud's shoes to the floor; while that did happen, the prankster was actually Frank Tyson.
25	* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: At the start of ''Wired World of Sports II'', Max Walker gets a call from Richie Benaud; however, he doesn't believe it's him because Richie has every reason to hate him - and does.
26	-->'''Richie Benaud''': Max, it's Richie Benaud.
27	-->'''Max Walker''': Yeah, right, who is it?
28	-->'''Richie Benaud''': I told you, it's Richie Benaud.
29	-->'''Max Walker''': Nah, fair dinkum, who is it?
30	-->'''Richie Benaud''': Max, shut the fuck up! It's me, you dopey bastard!
31	-->'''Max Walker''': Richie! It is you!
32	* TotallyRadical: Invoked in-universe in ''Boned'' when the commentary team tries an image makeover to appeal to a younger audience and makes cringe-worthy attempts at hip-hop slang. Richie uses the malapropism "homos" instead of "homies" and refers to Andrew G from Channel V as Andrew V from Channel G (and as Andrew points out, he wasn't even working for Channel V anymore at the time).
33	* WealthyYachtOwner: The coverage of a sailing race in ''Wired World of Sports'' is introduced as "a bunch of fat rich pricks in another brewery-sponsored ocean classic."

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