It’s been a big couple of years for broad Australian comedies. Or to put it more accurately, Australian film has often swung between small dramas and attempts to tickle our collective funny-bones. As a result THAT’S NOT MY DOG!, announced today by Transmission Films for an 8 March 2018 release, has a ridiculously large pool of comedians to draw upon.
The film, directed by Dean Murphy (Strange Bedfellows, Charlie & Boots), centres around Shane Jacobson (playing himself) who is throwing a party and invited are the funniest people he knows. The only request: come armed with nothing but the funniest jokes you’ve ever heard.
In what sounds more like a gathering than a movie, it will also feature Australian musicians The Black Sorrows, Russell Morris, Adam Brand, Dan Kelly and the Meltdown, playing their biggest hits live, right throughout the party.
The full cast includes:
Shane Jacobson (Kenny),
Paul Hogan (Crocodile Dundee),
Jimeoin (The Craic),
Steve Vizard (Tonight Live with Steve Vizard),
Michala Banas (Upper Middle Bogan),
Fiona O’Loughlin (Spicks and Specks),
Tim Ferguson (Doug Anthony All Stars),
Lehmo (The Project),
Ed Kavalee (Have You Been Paying Attention?),
Paul Fenech (Fat Pizza),
Marty Fields (Blue Heelers),
Rob Carlton (Paper Giants),
Christie Whelan Browne (The Wrong Girl),
Stephen Hall (Comedy Inc),
Dave Eastgate (Doctor Doctor),
Genevieve Morris (Comedy Inc),
Bev Killick (Busting Out),
Emily Taheny (True Story with Hamish & Andy),
Khaled Khalafalla (Upper Middle Bogan),
Hung Le (The Wog Boy),
Ron Jacobson (Kenny),
Bec Asha (Conan O’Brien),
Ross Daniels (The Wedge),
Lulu McClatchy (House Husbands),
Spud Murphy (Stand Up Comic),
John Foreman (Carols By Candlelight),
Stewart Faichney (Strange Bedfellows) and
Nathaniel Lloyd (The Big I Am).
