John Safran's Music Jamboree(2002)
Overview
John Safran's Music Jamboree was a light-hearted Australian music documentary television series, hosted by John Safran for SBS television. The program was produced by Selin Yaman and directed by Craig Melville, Clayton Jacobson and a number of other directors under the production company Ghost of Your Ex-Boyfriend Productions in association with SBS Independent. It screened in 2002, and consisted of sketches and outlandish public stunts, typical of Safran's work. The series won two Australian Film Institute Awards; "Best Comedy Series" and "Most Innovative Program Concept". SBS followed the series up with the similarly styled John Safran vs. God in 2004. An infamous stunt of the series was sneaking nine friends into an exclusive Melbourne nightclub by dressing them up as the masked American metal band, Slipknot. The producers arranged entry for the impostors by pretending to be an American management company over the phone. Other stunts included disguising himself as well known entertainers such as Ozzy Osbourne and Prince to harass the public, sketch versions of music videos such as Eminem, the creation of Jew Town, a Jewish boy band to compete with Christian pop, and returning to Yeshivah College to pay homage to Kevin Bacon in Footloose. He also details his time in the hip-hop group Raspberry Cordial, and the related incident in which he met the Beastie Boys and the band's former DJ attempted to steal his girlfriend at the time.
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10 episodes • 2002
Season 1
10 episodes • 2002
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Def Leppard | Jul 1, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 2 | New Kids On The Block | Jun 24, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Ozzy Osbourne | Jul 8, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Rage Against The Machine | Jan 15, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 5 | A Tribe Called Quest | Jul 22, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 6 | The Smiths | Jul 29, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Pink Floyd | Aug 5, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Billy Bragg | Aug 12, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Sex Pistols | Aug 19, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Geto Boys | Aug 26, 2002 | 0.0 |
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