Simon Dodd
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Simon Dodd (born 7 June 1959) is an Australian comedy writer, playwright and feature writer. He received the Australian Writers' Guild AWGIE Awards as part of the writing team behind such successful TV series as Good News Week and The Glass House. His list of credits includes popular Australian comedy TV shows from the late 1980s up until today. In 2014, his Plaything was performed at the Factory Theatre[1] and Sydney Comedy Festival.[2] Dodd wrote for Logies host Andrew Denton in 1999 and 2000. [3]
Dodd has worked with Andrew Denton, Doug Mulray, Paul McDermott, Wil Anderson and Amanda Keller.[4] He was co-writer with Bruce Griffiths on 26 episodes of the animated TV series The Flamin’ Thongs.[5] Simon is also the author of the novel Death By Muttonbird[6] and the stage play Plaything.[7][8]
He has also written features for the Sydney Morning Herald and HQ Magazine, as well as a number of travel pieces for lifestyle magazines. Simon lives in Waverton, New South Wales with his wife, magazine editor Margaret Megard, and their Burmese Blue cat, Mymble.
References
- ^ "Simon Dodd: Plaything". TheMusic.com.au. Retrieved 2014-05-08.
- ^ Plaything by Simon Dodd April 7, 2014 Timout
- ^ Low, Lenny Ann (April 27, 2014). "The art of writing good jokes for the Logies' host". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2014-05-08.
- ^ Page, Emma (2011-09-15). "Laughter's a full-time job". Mosman Daily. Mosman, Australia: Nationwide News Pty. Retrieved 2014-05-09.
- ^ "The Flamin' Thongs - Full Cast & Crew". IMDB.
- ^ Self-published by DBMB Publishing, sold via Lulu. "Death By Muttonbird".
- ^ "Plaything".
- ^ Simon Dodd. ""Plaything" – The accidental auteur". The Big Smoke.
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