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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.]]

{{quote| ''Seriously, I would do this show for free.''<br|'''Wil Anderson''' />}}

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.

''[[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.

Not to be confused with [[The Glass House (film)|the 2001 thillerthriller]] starring [[Leelee Sobieski]], Diane Lane and Stellan Skarsgard.

{{quote| '''Molly:''' ''You know, you're a lot funnier since you've taken off all this fingernail stuff. Why have you gotten rid of that?''<br />

* [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin]]: The Trophy segment, the (very irregular) Create A New Segment For The Glass House Competition, and in the first season only, Other Stuff.

{{quote| '''Wil:''' "It's on late at night, no one's watching."}}

* [[Fun Withwith Acronyms]]: Acronyms often made an appearance, either in the opening vision (The '''S'''cientific '''H'''unting '''A'''nd '''M'''arine '''E'''xpedition, on Japanese whalers), the monologues (The '''F'''ederal '''U'''nited '''C'''ollective '''K'''icking '''O'''ut '''F'''oreign '''F'''ighters, on a possible Australian equivalent of the FBI), or within the discussions themselves.

{{quote| '''Wil:''' ''The Canberra University Netball Team had a rather unfortunate acronym. Spell it at home, kids.''}}

{{quote| '''Corinne (to Lauren Burns):''' ''What about that time you were kicked in the wadge?''<br />

{{quote| '''Wil:''' ''I've never been to a gym, Dave.''<br />

'''Dave:''' ''Well, how do you keep your... slim shape?''<br />

'''Wil:''' ''*laughs* Dave, have you been looking at my arse?''<br />

{{quote| '''Wil: (on a hospital for fish)''' ''There's no limit to what these aquatic angels of mercy can do. They can make a blowfish suck and turn a blue-eye brown. They can spay a catfish. They can lance a lumpfish, transplant a lungfish, even circumcise a jewfish!''}}

* [[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]].

{{quote| '''Wil: (on a re-worded Baa Baa Black Sheep):''' ''Bleat, bleat, creature of non-specific colour and species, have you any home-spun fabric? Yes sir or madam, yes sir or madam, enough to share, but not in a communist way. One is for the titled person of non-specific gender, one is for the other titled person of non-specific gender, and one is for the child of non-specific age, height and gender, who co-exists in harmony with the lane, but not in a gay way. ''}}

* [[The Merch]]: A book and DVD were released, both containing healthy amounts of [[Self -Deprecation]] and [[Biting the Hand Humor]]. The former only had a small print run and is now extremely difficult to find.

* [[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 -Deprecation|'half-arsed']] extras segment from the DVD.

{{quote| '''Dave:''' ''It's a show that relies on its wit.''<br />

'''Corinne:''' ''Well, cock jokes, Hughesy. Cock jokes.''<br />

'''Wil:''' ''Well, Hughesy says wit. You say cock jokes. Tom-ay-to, tom-ar-to!'' }}

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