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[[File:glasshouse_wideweb__470x342,0.jpg|frame|[[Straight Man|Corinne]], [[Deadpan Snarker|Wil]], and [[That Makes Me Feel Angry|Dave]]: they threw stones, flailed wildly and disappointed their parents.]]
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After ''[[Good News Week]]'' was shipped over to Channel Ten and cancelled in 2000, GNW TV Productions decided to start a new show with a similar format, but rather than play games about the news like [[Good News Week]] did, instead the regulars and guests would just talk about the news.
It's [[Better Than It Sounds]].
''[[The Glass House]]'', which ran on the ABC from 2001 to 2006, was hosted by Wil Anderson, Corinne Grant and Dave Hughes, and every week they invited two guests to join them behind a odd-looking desk to talk about the events of the past week. The guests themselves varied quite wildly, ranging from comedians, musicians and sports stars to scientists and even the occasional politician, and the discussions themselves would often be as diverse, mostly based on headline grabbing oddities of the past week. [[Once an Episode]], Wil would get Dave to pretend to be a person recently in the news (such as a gay penguin) and everyone would "interview" him. The discussions could turn [[Crossing the Line Twice|very controversial]], [[Crowning Moment of Funny|very funny]] or even informative, depending on the guests and the topics.
As the ABC produced a gajillion episodes of it over five years, and most of it dated quite badly, the only DVD release available is a collection of the four best-of specials. Which really sucks. But fear not! The ABC has released the first five seasons (spanning 2001-2002) on the iTunes Store.
Not to be confused with [[The Glass House (film)|the 2001
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* [[All Men Are Perverts]]: When ''Cosmopolitan'' editor Mia Freedman talked about how simple male sexual chemistry is, the women in the audience cheered, and Wil said "I would genuinely get offended at that, but it's true."
* [[Audience Participation]]: Dave would get vox pops from the audience waiting in the ABC foyer seeking their answers for Tonight's Question, which would somehow relate to the persona that he would later adopt for the interview.
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** Wil and Corinne both cop it a fair bit, ''especially'' in the first few seasons.
* [[Call Back]]: The panel would often reference past discussions of note, often to embarrass someone over something inappropriate or strange that they said or did.
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'''Wil:''' ''You sucked it off last time you were on the show!'' }}
* [[Channel Hop]]: After it was announced that the ABC had not renewed the show for 2007, it was rumoured that Channel 10 would pick it up. [[What Could Have Been|It never happened]].
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* [[Disorganized Outline Speech]]: Most (if not all) of Dave's opening monologues.
* [[Early Installment Weirdness]]: The first season seems rather disorganised compared to the rest of the series with a lot of filler segments (Quantum, Eurotrash, That Bastard Santa Claus, Cherish The Children, Dear Glass House, et al.) lasting only one or two episodes and then never seen again.
* [[Exactly What It Says
* [[Friday Night Death Slot]]: Its time slot for most of its lifespan was "sometime late on Friday". This arguably worked to its advantage, as its humour was...not ''edgy'', but certainly not mainstream either. Its Friday-night slot was so ingrained that even when it moved to Wednesdays, it was still repeated late on Friday.
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* [[Fun
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* [[Gag Words]]: Corinne first used the word [[Inherently Funny Words|'wadge']] towards the end of the series.
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'''Wil:''' ''... you were kicked in the popular Channel 10 comedy program?'' }}
** The word then became a running joke for the remainder of the episode, and was sprinkled throughout the subsequent, final episodes of the series.
* [[Grand Finale]]: The Sekken Awards for Eksalince.
* [[Ho Yay]]: Wil and Dave.
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'''Dave:''' ''Well, how do you keep your... slim shape?''
'''Wil:''' ''*laughs* Dave, have you been looking at my arse?''
'''Dave''' ''Wil Anderson does have an arse. Not that I look at it - whatever! Let's move on! But if I did, that would be okay as well! I don't know!'' '''(to Wil)''' ''D'ya wanna get married?'' }}
** The official website used to contain behind the scenes photos with captions provided by the writers of the show. Nearly every one that featured Wil and Dave together would have a little bit of homoerotic subtext.
** They also 'kissed' at Adam Richard's insistence during Dave's interview segment as Winona Ryder in 2002. Wil put his hand over Dave's mouth, but Dave seemed to be getting right into the groping...
* [[Hurricane of Puns]]: Most prevalent in the introductions to each story and in the Trophy segment. One of the best examples comes from the Trophy segment at the end of one 2005 Best-Of special.
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* [[Incredibly Lame Pun]]: Corinne's Wil-pun [[Once an Episode]].
* [[Inherited Illiteracy Title]]: The Enorgrull/Sekken Awards for Eksalince.
* [[Missing Episode]]: The cast and crew begged the ABC not to run an episode scheduled to air a few days after 9/11 when they realised that an opening line of [[Too Soon|"It's been a big week, how about those Wiggles!"]] would be [[Dude, Not Funny|more than a little inappropriate]].
* [[Nice Hat]]: Dave wears an often ridiculous hat as part of his interview segment.
* [[Off the Rails]]: During one MICF episode, comedian Phil Kay hijacked Wil's monologue on robot teddy bears to set up and play a game of table tennis with Dave. [[Hilarity Ensues|Hilarity]] [[Naked People Are Funny|ensues]].
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** When the season was repeated in late 2009/early 2010, the above episodes remained out of order.
* [[Political Correctness Gone Mad]]: Frequently parodied whenever a story on political correctness is discussed.
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* [[Realistic Diction Is Unrealistic]]: Dave's thought processes aren't all that quick: during his interview segment, he will very frequently respond to a question with "Uuuuuuuummmmmmmmmm..."
* [[Recycled Set]]: Most of the set was reused for The Sideshow, while some parts can still be seen every now and then on [[Good News Week]] - both GNW TV productions.
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* [[That Came Out Wrong]]: Someone will usually have one of these [[Once an Episode]].
* [[That Makes Me Feel Angry]]: Pretty much Dave's catch phrase.
* [[The Merch]]: A book and DVD were released, both containing healthy amounts of [[Self
* [[Toilet Humor]]: What starts as intelligent discussion about the news and current events often turns into a stream of dick jokes. Lampshaded in the following exchange from the [[Self
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'''Corinne:''' ''Well, cock jokes, Hughesy. Cock jokes.''
'''Wil:''' ''Well, Hughesy says wit. You say cock jokes. Tom-ay-to, tom-ar-to!'' }}
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