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Arguments aplenty in this week?s instalment as we examine The Chaser’s APEC stunt, look at local hero Chris Lilley’s new production Summer Heights High, go slightly further a field for the New Zealand via New York lunacy of Flight of the Conchords and dissect a doco on the Human Brain. Plus when we get sick […]

Exciting news just at hand STOP James Talia in Australia STOP Brings foreign I Don’t Buy It STOP Adds to discussions of City Homicide and Californication STOP Podcasts are so much better than telegrams, wouldn’t you agree? Get episode 101 here: RSS feed iTunes Direct Download Send us more modern communications STOP

100 episodes – 100 reasons to smile. Big name guests, surprises, enormous givaways… we’ve got none of it. Thats right for ep 100 we just decided to go classic Boxcutters. Three guys eating cake and talking telly. An ep with the lot. One of everything. All our segments are here, including: News, Ratings, a Raywatch […]

?He swore he?d get revenge, even if it took 100 episodes. And here it is, slightly over 99 episodes later and still no revenge. We?re essentially in the clear.? Tonight on Boxcutters? John?s rotting corpse is discovered, but the post mortem answers few questions. There is mystery and intrigue as the gang assess the full […]

Strap yourselves in for a long and spikey one, people. We’ve got Katrina Mathers from The Wedge in to face the hard questions and then we all do the same during the final and controversial Golden Age of Television. There’s also I Don’t Buy It, Quotes and a short chat about Mad Men. Help the […]

This week we talk the talk with our always entertaining international correspondent James Talia. Perfect 10 or wipeout? We look at the mysterious John From Cincinnati. Crap TV focuses on some dodgy gag editing and credits erasing, while Crap Press examines a pointless spoiler. Plus, it’s the return of the Quiz. Win stuff from us. […]

In a huge episode this week we have our resident Doctor of Lost, Justin Hamilton, in to talk about the season finale. We also have some Crap TV, some Crap Press, the second last Golden Age of Television discussion, and a decent helping of Pork as well as the week’s news. Episode 96 is crunchy, […]

Trust us – even if you have only got Dodo broadband this weeks show is worth a quarter of your monthly download. In the Golden Age of Television we look at a couple of ‘the’ shows – namely The Shield and The Wire. There is also double trouble in I Don’t Buy It focusing on […]

Thursday night viewing (including Sea Patrol, The Great Global Warming Swindle and Age of Love) are discussed. Brett does not buy bad Scottish accents, Ross looks at the politics of Raywatch, Josh professes his love for John From Cincinnati. Also, News, Pork and two network shows in Golden Age of Television. That’s all in Boxcutters […]

Big ep. James Talia calls up for a chat and a special Raywatch. We go in depth on ‘Who Killed Channel 9?’. Plus News, Quotes, Pork and other other general good stuff. 93 – made to enjoy. Emotions: RSS feed iTunes Direct Download Thoughts.

Ross is away so Josh and Brett get to play – getting down and dirty with funny-guy and Rove writer, Gerard McCulloch. Golden Age of Television gets all Joss Whedon on yo ass with Buffy and Firefly. There’s a couple of big calls as we have a chat about new variety pilots at 7 and […]

IceTV made its way into the Boxcutters news a lot in the past and this week Marc Edwards from the electronic program guide company comes in to tell us all about EPGs, PVRs and the stoush with Channel 9. In a controversial Golden Age of Television we look at Six Feet Under. Presents abound in […]

Lots of good stuff Lots of News Lots of Jess McGuire (after lots of time with none) Lots of anger over Telstra and Sopranos spoilsports Lots of animated Golden Age of Television A little Sesame Lots of pork Lots of fun Lots of ways: RSS feed iTunes Direct Download Lots of feedback.

A sad farewell to an old friend in Golden Age of Television, an exciting new competition in Pork, we look at new shows including Kick and The Nation, and a dirty farming sequence confuses us in I Don’t Buy It. Plus the regular helping of news in the world of television. For your ears: RSS […]

A day late yes, but choc-full of chocky goodness. This week the man JT, our International Correspondent James Talia joins us live from far away. There are more adventures from the Golden Age of Television. There’s Quotes. And Brett takes us through the weird and wonderful searches that bring people to Boxcutters. Plus heaps of […]

Big name guests! We gottem. (Queen Josie from Chartbusting 80s is in to tell us of her television adventures.) Actual prizes for our listeners! We gottem. (Really, we do. No more joking around about this.) Huge announcements! We gottem. (But I would rather not spoil the surprise.) Also the Golden Age of Television takes a […]

On the big show this week we have the always fabulous Marieke Hardy, spilling it to us mere mortals about what it is like writing television, writing about television and being on television. We look at another dodgy scam trying to lure in people with bad credit history and low I.Q.s in I Don’t Buy […]

In this very special episode of Boxcutters that no parent should miss: Tom Elliot discusses the Nine vs WIN Malachi Crunch Yahoo 7 Lost is mentioned repeatedly for reasons known only to ourselves We discuss the upcoming telemovie The King A quick look at October Rd A new segment looking at this Golden Age of […]

Huge show. Logies wrap, I Don’t Buy Propaganda, Raywatch, Crap TV all top and tailed with News and Pork. Enjoy. Listen: RSS feed iTunes Direct Download Say: send us email

Boxcutters Episode 83 is the extended remix. Brett drops the dope beats in his review of The Sideshow, Ross has the funky col’ fresh rhythm with Ratings and Josh kicks it old school with Big Brother. Also, dropping his needle on the wax this week is James Talia who tells us all about being an […]

It’s Boxcutters Episode 82 SHOW OF MYSTERY!!! What is happening this week? Are there any segments? If so, what? I Don’t Buy It? Crap TV? WHO KNOWS! And what about guests? Maybe there are and maybe there’s not. What about inflamed rhetoric? You will have to listen in to find out. It’s all in Boxcutters […]

HUGE guest in the studio this week, with the voice of television, the one the only MR PETE SMITH!! Fantastic special guest. We delve into just a small sample of his incredible, four decade career. Plus News, Quotes, Raines, good and bad cooking shows, factual inaccuracies, blah, blah, blah but Pete Smith!! Wow. Enjoy: RSS […]

Rove, Quotes (from Australia’s Next Top Model), Footy Classified, I Don’t Buy It (lite) and the Logies are all part of this fantastic milestone episode. Don’t believe us? Check it out for yourself. RSS feed iTunes Direct Download And tell us how much you don’t believe us: send us email

This week featuring brass big band backing!! Epsidoe 79 – So fresh and crispy we had to deliver it a full day early. And what a show. This week we chortle over the new Eddie Izzard comedy The Riches, we reveal who said what to who with Quotes from the upcoming Amazing Race All Stars, […]

Last week is in the past. This week is in the now… or present… or something. More poignant thoughts are discussed in this fantastic episode of Boxcutters. We talk about The Black Donnellys and This American Life as well as throwing out a bunch of criticisms of our Communications Minister. Plus Josh really wants tickets […]

Ah, episode 77. Full of … stuff. Lots to hear, not so much to learn. This week we have a Things You May Have Missed Life On Mars, two, count ’em two I Don’t Buy Its, News, Ratings, Pork and a Raywatch (although frankly I don’t think the Raywatch has leg to stand on). Enjoy […]

News, quotes, The Biggest Loser, a review of the book Prisoner of Trebekistan, some Pork and a monkey in the mail. That and more is what you can expect from episode 76. All gold, no lead. This is the sound: RSS feed iTunes Direct Download Send us the words: send us email

Goldberg, Goldberg, Goldberg… Aaaah, the memories. That’s right – tonight after 74 episodes we FINALLY discuss the wrestling!! So BRING IT!!! It’s Showtime. This week: We lay the smackdown on some craptacular Crap TV nonsense from Channel 7. We reveal a huge Trump secret (an exclusive if you ignore all other media reports). And we […]

Here it finally is. We are back in our usual form. James Talia joins us on the phone from London to talk about the world of a European Correspondent and how Nine have managed to maintain their international edge. There’s some talk of ratings and a review of the Sunday night shows as well as […]

Roll out the barrel…. Hey all – Join us as we leisurely pick our way through the bits and pieces of television whatever for the week. There’s News, so you are informed and update with all TV’s doings. It’s that time of year again so we take a look at the big ratings wars, focusing […]

You asked for a longer show and you got a longer show. 62ish semi-solid minutes of non-stop Boxcutters. We talk about the Superbowl ads (which you can find here), Ross doesn’t buy Pensioners Insurance, Brett finally reviews So noTORIous, and there’s a look back at the Summer of Sport. Of course there’s Pork and the […]

Look out! Bring in the fans! Because things get a little heated in the studio this week. We continue our ongoing local content debate with special guest and prominent local writer Marieke Hardy weighing in. Luckily we couldn’t get rid of her, so Marieke sticks around for a discussion on 24 and the usual helping […]

James Talia joins us on the phone from London to discuss the Big Brother controversy over there. We talk about 1 vs 100 and The Rich List, both starting on air next Monday. There’s an I Don’t Buy It about Australia Day and a whole bunch of news. The sound: RSS feed iTunes Direct Download […]

Hey hey, another fun filled show filled with fun. This week more of your favourites, the stuff you asked for, the stuff you love!! Yes, there is a Crap TV looking at the ACA and the cricket, a slamming of the ridiculous Channel 10 Supernatural download deal that we trumpeted last week, there’s an I […]

Another fun filled ep on the old radi-ola. But for those of you not yet across this radio wave transmitting technology we are putting the show up in the more traditional, old fashioned podcast format too. Lots of fun here. Our special guest: Corinne Grant drops in to give us the inside goss on the […]

It’s Episode 67 – Choc full of fun-o-rama and excitment. Why’s that you ask? Well, just take a look at this. There’s a Crap TV, the return of Raywatch, an I Don’t Buy It, a look at the continued fizzing of The Apprentice, some suggested websites to peruse, News and a tiny serving of Pork […]

We are joined this week by Tom Elliot who talks to us about Channel 9, our Free Trade Agreement with New Zealand, and a whole bunch of fascinatingly interesting stuff about how television works. Also, we talk a little about the Federal Communications Commission in the US and how they’re ruining everything for everybody. Listen […]

It’s that time of year again – Boxcutters Christmas, end of year, review wrap dealie – just don’t mention lists. Who will win? What will be Number 1? And will you thoughts be the same as ours? Much content, some special guests, a few old gags, many ordered items and even some of the year’s […]

Marieke Hardy joins us as we talk about stocking stuffers, another bloody countdown show and all the news we can fit into the time we have. I’d write more but I have to conserve all of my energy for this weekend’s Christmas/New Year Countdown Show (because, if you can’t beat ’em…). Get the excellent episode […]

Great big Episode 64 {aka ep 2 via the waves}. Some News, some Pork, more Crap TV care of Channel 9 and Weeds (or should that be Wds given the amount they are editing), a look at regional tv and James Talia, Boxcutters’ European correspondent in a north bound train, somewhere in England, via a […]

Our first week on radio and… well, WE HAVE A FANTASTIC SHOW. Now with 50% less news, we get a chance to bring more wonderful segments. Brett looks at My Australia in I Don’t Buy It, Josh looks at guest roles in television series and Ross takes a look at a very special Amazing Race. […]

At Boxcutters we’re all about choice. That’s why from next week you will have the option of listening live on the airwaves or via the more traditional podcast. But more of that later. This week we take advantage of the old format and luxuriate in the freedom of being able to take our time. There […]

Channel 10 and CBS, SBS and ads, Channel 9 and The Apprentice, Fall and Autumn, Pork and News and Letters to Boxcutters. This week Marieke Hardy sticks around to keep us company (and ply us with alcohol) for the whole episode. Bless. Suck it up: RSS feed iTunes Direct Download Spit it out: [email protected]

10 big reasons to love this week’s show: Number 10: The best pork in town Number 9: A great quote from The Office (get on board NOW!!) Number 8: The second part of the I Don’t Buy It featuring Jericho’s identity crisis Number 7: All the week’s news Number 6: The first part of the […]

In this week’s episode of Boxcutters: Boxcutters’ special European correspondent, James Talia calls in from the super-secret Boxcutters Fortress of TV Goodness We speculate on the possible reasons why the ABC would decide to drop a well performing show like The Glasshouse Ross‘ friends have all been telling him how full of preservatives he is […]

Another big show… Firstly, it’s back!! After many weeks away Letters To Boxcutters returns, with a very interesting look at that horrible Mentos ad (You know the one – big nipples). Also, we take a look at the new Ch 10/UK co pro Tripping Over. In Fall we examine 30 Rock and Men In Trees […]

In a week of speculation about the future of television in this country, we get Tom Elliot back in to put everything into perspective. We then blow that persepctive away with our discussion of the ABC. In our ongoing look at new shows from the US fall season we get some perspective on Brothers & […]

Hey all This week not one but two, count ’em two big special guests. Our first ever guest Ed Phillips makes his triumphant return to celebrate Temptation’s 300. And Jess McGuire returns (more a correspondent than a guest, but we haven’t seen her for a while) to bring us up to speed on Idol. Plus […]

This is where all the TV news is. Ross talks about another bank ad in I Don’t Buy It. Brett talks about the dodgy dealings of Fox News in Raywatch. Josh gets very angry about Free TV Australia. There’s a discussion of Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip and Heroes in our ongoing look at […]

You wanna know stuff? About TV? Well, you’ve come to right place. On this week’s thrilling installment we solve the mystery of the two version of Rome (Of course we don’t solve why the bbc butchered it, or why Channel 9 showed the bbc version or even why Channel 9 thought it apt to axe […]