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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