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4->''This isn't going to air, is it?''
5-->-- '''Tony Martin''', repeatedly.
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7''Get This'' was an Australian radio show that aired on the Triple M network from 2006 to 2007. It was hosted by Tony Martin and Ed Kavalee, with Richard Marsland on the buttons, Katie Dimond and later Cecelia Ramsdale on the phones, Matt Dower on the pots and pans, and Nikki Hamilton producing; additionally, each episode featured a guest host. It ran for an hour in its first year and two hours in the second year, at various weekday timeslots, until being cancelled at the end of 2007 despite a steady increase in ratings and popularity.
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9The show was known for the strong chemistry between the regulars, the nerdy tangents on cult films and Australian comedy, and the sketches that ranged from Tony's well-produced bits about politics and BritComs to Ed's shambolic productions such as "Donkey Courtroom" and "Man With a Box of Killer Bees". Many of the clips and sketches spawned {{CatchPhrase}}s and {{MemeticMutation}}s that were referenced frequently, both in the show and by the fanbase.
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11''Get This'' also put out a regular {{podcast}} containing sketches (at least the ones that didn't contain copyrighted material) or discussed topics from previous shows. Tony would often put in over time to get the podcasts coming out on a semi regular basis along with ringtones created from popular sound bites and individual sketches for download from the website.
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13[[RunningGag The end of each show Tony would sign off with a phrase or soundbite from the show that tickled his engorged man-brute.]]
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15!!This program provides examples of:
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17* TheAhnold: Tony's Arnold Schwarzenegger impression would sometimes get a run.
18* AnyoneRememberPogs: Tony regularly invoked this trope, but Ed actually [[ILoveTheExties broached the subject of Pogs]] once.
19* AmusingInjuries: Ooh Me Plums!
20* ApologisesALot: One of Richard's defining traits, occasionally lampshaded by his co-hosts and various guests. From Podcast 46:
21-->'''Frank Woodley''': ''[breaking into laughter]'' ...Richard's apologising for [[SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud "boing"]]-ing me! I think [[ItMakesSenseInContext if I tell a joke about having an innie penis]] you can do whatever you want!
22-->'''Alan Brough''': Oh, I'm Richard if you don't mind!
23-->'''Ed''': Yeah, sorry for being Richard!
24* AssShove: Richard's alleged [[UnusualEuphemism flag-waving antics]] are documented in an interview with then-Prime Minister John Howard in Podcast 51.
25-->'''Richard''': Well, I'm patriotic on the inside and the outside...If you could all be upstanding when I enter the room, as well...
26* AsYouKnow: "Hi, I'm Richard..."
27* AwfulBritishSexComedy: a favourite topic, especially when Ross Noble would pop by.
28* BaitAndSwitch
29* BestedAtBowling: or at table tennis, as the case turned out to be for Ed after the much vaunted on-air table tennis tournament.
30* BitingTheHandHumor: Tony, Ed, and Richard would often make fun of Triple M's music library, particularly the heavy repetition of songs.
31** In 2006 it was anything by Nickleback, and James Blunt's Wiseman; in 2007 Hinder and Mika were the the targets of much vitriol.
32* BottomOfTheBarrelJoke: Towards the end of the show's tenure, Fridays were taglined "all jokes must go!", with Tony insisting that all the really bad jokes should be saved for Friday, after the week was over and they had run out of all other material.
33* BreathlessNonSequitur: Tony's very, very good at these.
34* BrickJoke: After watching the finale of ''Series/TheSopranos'', Tony, Ed and Richard vowed that the final episode of ''Get This'' would end the exact same way. Sure enough, later that year...
35* BrokenRecord
36* CannotTellAJoke: Ed can tell jokes, but many of his own sketches were [[DidntThinkThisThrough derailed by his lack of organisation and planning]], and turned out being funnier in 'ruined' form than if they had gone according to plan.
37* CatchPhrase: Oh, so many.
38** The show takes it's name from Tony's habit of linking anecdotes with the phrase "But get this!"
39** [[PunctuatedForEmphasis "Have. A listen. To this."]] Ed and Richard often [[BorrowedCatchPhrase borrowed]] this one.
40* CarMeetsHouse: Get This would always be on the lookout for stories about cars being driven into houses, so long as no-one was injured.
41* ChainOfCorrections
42* ChekhovsBoomerang: The film ''Film/{{Boytown}}'', in a bizarre real life version of this trope. It was a huge part of the show's beginning, as Tony and Ed first met during the filming, and many of the early and the most frequently recurring guest hosts were either stars of the film on to promote it, or friends that Tony and Ed made during the production. More than a year later, the film -- more specifically, ''the special features on the film's DVD'' -- created a massive rift between Tony and Mick Molloy, his longtime collaborator and the film's co-writer/producer. [[labelnote:Context]]Tony was hired to make ''[=BoyTown=] Confidential'' a {{Mockumentary}} on the eponymous BoyBand for the DVD, but the Molloys cancelled the project, claiming it was due to a lack of post-production funding. [[https://web.archive.org/web/20090529161647/http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,22051878-5012964,00.html When Tony stated that he would have been willing to fund it himself]], it led to speculation that the real reason it was cancelled was to prevent it from upstaging ''[=BoyTown=]'' itself. Tony and Mick have not worked together since.
43* ComebackTomorrow
44* ConvenienceStoreGiftShopping: Some of the earliest Talkback Mountain prizes were purchased from what Ed called a 'variety gift emporium' (in reality, a two-dollar store).
45* DeadAir: Certainly not usually a problem, but referred to and played with. Tony speculated what Triple M's current emergency broadcast song was (claiming it used to be The Eagle's "Take it Easy") that would kick in after a period of on-air silence.
46* DiggingYourselfDeeper
47* DisorganizedOutlineSpeech: most things that fell out of Ed's mouth (that weren't half-eaten sandwiches).
48* DistractedByTheSexy
49* DodgyToupee: At the end of Podcast 96, a whole segment is dedicated to ranking the dodgiest hairpieces in the movie business.
50-->'''Tony''': [[Creator/JohnTravolta Travolta]], most suspicious hair. [[Creator/NicolasCage Cage]], second most suspicious.
51-->'''Ed''': But Cage's is pretty funny. You know, it's getting to the point where it's "hehehe..."
52-->'''Tony''': And he'll often just wear a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Mokbel Mokbel]] for a whole movie. ''Film/NationalTreasure'', what was going on there?
53* DontExplainTheJoke
54* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: When the show started, it had a different panel operator who never spoke, and there wasn't the huge database of funny memes that Tony and Ed would call on.
55** An example in Podcast 107 was when the higher-ups at Triple M criticized them for not generating enough "watercooler talk"; Tony and Ed [[BitingTheHandHumor responded with several sketches]] [[VisualPun involving two blokes standing around discussing an actual water cooler]].
56* EverybodyOwnsAFord: ...or a Mercedes Benz Vito. Or a Nissan Navara.
57* FailureIsTheOnlyOption
58* GrandFinale: In which many of the previous co-hosts returned, Matty D finally made an appearance, Tony and Ed finally got their wish of having Shaun Micallef on the show[[labelnote:More info...]]Micallef wasn't allowed to appear on ''Get This'' while he was working for rival network Vega FM, but his final show went to air on the same day as the ''Get This'' finale, so when Micallef finished his last broadcast for Vega, he simply walked over to the Triple M studios.[[/labelnote]], and producer Nikki Hamilton called in from the maternity ward minutes after giving birth.
59** DeadlyDistantFinale: A tragically true example. The podcast was re-released in 2008 with a new final episode, the Richard Marsland Lives Podcast, in which Tony and Ed replayed some of recently-deceased Richard's greatest jokes and sketches and gave a very heartfelt tribute to the late Ricky M.
60* HehHehYouSaidX
61* InAWorld: The Districts Swiftest Indian parodies this.
62* InsaneProprietor: A semi-regular topic of discussion on the show. And Track 2 of ''Illegal Download'' discusses the inherent problems in dealing with someone insane enough to deliver such brain snapping bargains.
63-->'''Salesman''': See this lovely Mitsubishi?\
64'''Customer''': Er, that's a pony.\
65'''Salesman''': You knew what you were getting into when you saw the ad.
66* IWasYoungAndNeededTheMoney: Ed's exact excuse when confronted with the skeleton in his closet, [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443757/ ''Meat Pie'']].
67* MelodramaticPause
68* NeverSayThatAgain: That first Rex Hunt clip in 2006. The Triple M monkey, Barry. Upskirting and downblousing. And anything that would conjur up the opening bars of Toto's 'Africa'.
69* PerfectlyCromulentWord: Ed's 'elephantile'.
70* ThePromise
71* QuoteMine
72* Ratings
73* RecapEpisode: Often the episode after a time slot change will be filled with explanations of why people are suddenly yelling "Assault! Assault!" on air.
74* SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud: Pfffft! Splunk! Flumph! Or most memorably, [[AccidentalInnuendo WANK!]]
75* SpiritualSuccessor: ''Get This'' has one in the form of Nova FM's ''Summer Lovin' Podcast'', which started in mid-December 2010 and is hosted by Tony and Ed, with Matt Dower producing.
76** And in 2011, Tony and Ed hosted ''TheJoyOfSets'', with can best be described as ''Get This'' [[JustForFun/XMeetsY meets]] ''Series/TheSoup''.
77* StationIdent
78* ThatCameOutWrong: Richard Marsland accidentally called a Heinz brand's of baked beans [[AccidentalInnuendo Indian Muncher]] instead of Indian Snatcher.
79* ThatWasNotADream: Usually Ed and often Tony, reflecting on another sketch-gone-horribly-wrong.
80TheTapeKnewYouWouldSayThat: One sketch played with this as they discussed whose parts were pre-recorded who was live and then when Ed went off script became a discussion about the off script part of the sketch.
81* TheTeaser
82* UnusualEuphemism
83* WildMassGuessing: The trio constantly floated their theory that breakfast TV presenter Karl Stefanovic was a robot.
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85->''This is dizzy stuff, folks.''

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