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''Get This'' was an Australian Radio show that aired on the Triple M network from 2006 to 2007. It started off as a 1 hour show but was upgraded to 2 hours in 2007. The show was hosted by Tony Martin and Ed Kavalee (with Richard Marsland on the buttons). A guest host came in each day (only for the 2nd hour during '07). Despite the show growing in popularity and increasing [[Ratings]], the show was axed at the end of 2007 making it [[Too Good to Last]].

The show was known for it's regular radio sketches usually of a topical nature concerning things ranging from political issues to parodies of [[Britcom|BritComs]]. Many of which spawned [[Catch Phrase|CatchPhrases]] which often get repeated during discussion on the show or even developing [[Memetic Mutation]] and reoccuring in subsequent sketches and used for quick sound bites that regularly punctuated jokes told by people on the show.

 

 

The end of each show Tony would sign off with a phrase or soundbite from the show that tickled his love rod.

 

* [[The Ahnold]]: Tony's Arnold Schwarzenegger impression would sometimes get a run.

* [[Amusing Injuries]]: Ooh Me Plums!

* [[Ass Shove]]: Richard's alleged [[Unusual Euphemism|flag-waving antics]] are documented in an interview with then-Prime Minister John Howard in Podcast 51.

* [[As You Know]]: "Hi, I'm Richard..."

* [[Bait and Switch]]

* [[Bested At Bowling]]: or at table tennis, as the case turned out to be.

* [[Digging Yourself Deeper]]

* [[Disorganized Outline Speech]]: most things that fell out of Ed's mouth (that weren't half-eaten sandwiches).

* [[Dodgy Toupee]]: At the end of Podcast 96, a whole segment is dedicated to ranking the dodgiest hairpieces in the movie business.

* [[Don't Explain the Joke]]

* [[Ear Worm]]: All of the songs sung (and then repeated ad neusem at Ed and Richard's expense).

**** Your body is a wonderland...

***** Flowers, flowers drifting by the paa-aaane! In mah dreams, so sweet, flowers red, blue and piii-iink!

* [[Executive Meddling]]: The hosts often discussed, on-air, notes and "suggestions" the higher-ups tried to give them.

** An example in Podcast 107 was when the higher-ups at Triple M criticized them for not generating enough "watercooler talk", this only resulted in several sketches involving two blokes standing around discussing an actual water cooler.

* [[Everybody Owns a Ford]]: ...or a Mercedes Benz Vito. Or a Nissan Navara.

* [[Fake Brit]]: One of the funniest parts of Ooh Me Plums (Besides the whole Groin injuries in polite society thing).

* [[Failure Is the Only Option]]

* [[Follow Up Failure]]

* [[Funny Aneurysm Moment]]: In one 2007 show, Richard Marsland makes fun of newsreader Charmaine Dragun's unusual name. Both Marsland and Dragun have since fallen victim to depression and committed suicide.

*** Exactly 12 minutes into Podcast 52, Tony plays the sound of a heavy rain storm and taunts "How do you like that, Brisbane?" Cue the Queensland floods of 2011, where Brisbane was massively devistated.

* [[Grand Finale]]

* [[In a World]]: The Districts Swiftest Indian parodies this.

* [[Insane Proprietor]]: 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.

Tony: You knew what you were getting into when you saw the ad. }}

* [[Memetic Mutation]]:

* Ratings

* [[Quote Mine]]

* [[Saying Sound Effects Out Loud]]: Pfffft! Splunk! Flumph! Or most memorably, [[Accidental Innuendo|WANK!]]

* [[Spiritual Successor]]: ''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.

** And in 2011, Tony and Ed hosted ''[[The Joy Of Sets]]'', with can best be described as ''[[Get This]]'' [[X Meets Y|meets]] ''[[The Soup]]''.

* [[Unusual Euphemism]]

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