Maynard Productions

Promo that ran on 2SER-FM from April 1987 for Radio Stupid. A Saturday morning show that followed Ray Medhurst (of The Rockmelons) music show.

First in a series of interviews with the audience and artists recorded during the Totally 80s tour across Australia in July. Dave Sterry is Real Life who performed Catch Me I’m Falling & Send Me An Angel during the show. He has some great stories to tell. I spoke to him backstage in Perth. You’ll also hear from perhaps the wildest show of the tour in Sydney, as I braved the over excited Totally 80...

I was lucky to interview James Freud a number of times in the 80s and 90s, this tape I found recently was the last radio interview I did with him after the release of his Step Into The Heat album in 1990. Mushroom had spent a record amount on the album, something that James hadn’t intended as you will hear. I asked him to pick any track off the album to play, something I always like to do as often...

Take the red pill AND the blue pill. The Dirty Disbelievers, pulsating through the ether, for those freethinkers looking to explore a world deviating from the normal or the so called common order - a jungle of the aberrant, abnormal and just plain dicey. Maynard has put together such a group, an A Team of B thinkers, a quartet of enquiring minds. The program will bring together Jaimie Leonarder fr...

Maynard is on the set of Tim Ferguson’s new movie Spin Out in Shepparton. Meet the crew, the cast, the dog, and the local police as Maynard talks Utes and circle work. Hear from Tim Ferguson, Morgan Griffin, Xavier Samuel, PiaGrace Moon, Lisa Kowalski, Thomas Blackburn, Travis Jeffery and other members of the cast and crew shooting in Shepparton that cold weekend. Learn great movie and showbiz ter...

Jack The House returned to The Sly Fox hotel in Enmore. Jack The House 4 featured DJ Mark Dynamix, Steve Gordon & Phil Smart bringing you the sounds from 1988 – 1992. The mixed happy crowd that is the trait of Jack The House grooved to some Manchester and Madchester sounds as well as a fair dose of Hip House. Note in the show that Maynard always says “Madchester”, while Mark says “Manchester”. If...

Tim Ferguson is off to tour the UK with the Doug Anthony All Stars, Maynard has just returned from an Australian wide tour with lots of 80s stars. So they have a lot to talk about. They answer your Crankmail and mention Vengaboys and Limahl. This show Tim has some handy hints on how to start a fight while flying and how to deal with with those pesky English hecklers. By the end of Bunga Bunga 31 w...

The beautiful and talented Kim Wilde returns to tour Australia in November 2016 with the always polite Howard Jones. Kim Wilde speaks to us from her lounge room today about her music, her garden and her hair. I remind Kim of the last time we met, which naturally she has no recollection of, but she still has an ironic joy of certain 80s bands as you will hear. She takes some of your questions and g...

Maynard & Tim Ferguson take their Bunga Bunga podcast to Supanova Sydney 2016. They want to see the colour, costumes and FANS that make it a wild day out. AND they tackle that Burning Social Issue; Rebels or Empire?

Bunga Bunga 29 finds Tim Ferguson & Maynard deep in thought and lentil burgers at the Madame Frou Frou cafe. This show has them debating a new national tune while Tim reveals he has no idea who Dita von Teese is. Our Burning Social Issue gets you naked as Tim discovers the historical roots of the Greens party, and won’t let you forget it (hint; lederhosen).

Jeff Duff has been on the Australian and UK music scene causing a stir since the 1970s. Jeff foolishly invited Maynard to visit his funky Elizabeth Bay pad in Sydney to hear first hand, stories from his book This Will Explain Everything. Rude bits aplenty.

In your full spread edition of Bunga Bunga 28, Maynard visits the Doug Anthony All Stars at their Sydney show. It seems the highly bicurious audience has some Crankmail questions for Tim Ferguson. Tim gives away the secret to immortality, but still has time for some strong words of advice for the ABC. But we can safely end the war on terror as we openly accuse a watermelon of kidnapping. We contin...

The Sandman, Steve Abbott is back to let you know where he’s been and maybe where he’s not going. What Happened To Sandman – or How I Became A Birdwatcher. Starts in Canberra May 28 and 29 at Street 2 Theatre. Depending on how Steve and his Director Warren Coleman feel, it may go as far as Taree, maybe even further. Steve is a very engaging performer that you can spend time in a small room with wi...

Bunga Bunga catches Election Fever as Tim Ferguson & Maynard let you in on Tim’s plans for taking over the Federal government. We take your suggestions and give most of them back. Shame some crappy authors you could write better than and tell you how to talk to girls. Bunga Bunga 27 comes out fighting and throws its considerable weight behind The Pirate Party & The Arts Party. No local politicians...

Bunga Bunga 26 comes to you from the Madame Frou Frou Cafe (a real place) as Tim Ferguson recovers from a trip to his dentist (not a real dentist). Maynard needs some gas as we open your Crankmail and teach you the martial art of bread throwing and the best way to set fire to your co-workers.

The charming and diminutive Katy Manning played Whovian companion Jo Grant 1971-1973 with Jon Pertwee as the third Doctor Who. Together they battled Daleks, Autons and giant evil green maggots from Wales. This interview is from Maynard breakfast show 1991. Katy’s favourite line of dialogue was:”look out Doctor! Here comes a big one.” A line that occurred in more than one episode. Katy Manning has...

Chris Dunn was one of the people behind Waterfront Records in Sydney, a legendary record shop and a record label that put out more than 170 releases between 1982 – 1997. The Hard Ons, Tumbleweed & Ratcat were the kind of sound that was favoured by Chris Dunn & Steven Stravakis . Chris has just opened a vinyl record bar, The Edwards Shop in Newcastle West so he can hang out with his Mum more. Enjoy...

It’s Bunga Bunga 25 and Maynard looks kind of appalled as he realises Tim Ferguson will use his gift of a new megaphone for evil, not decency. Bunga Bunga 25 has Tim Ferguson & Maynard battling a new crowd in a new Glebe cafe (Sappho) unused to the ways of Bunga. This show manages to annoy Sherlock, Culture Club & Nirvana fans. We meet Tim’s pharmacist and the two argue about the true identity of...

Harsh new anti-protest laws have passed NSW Parliament that will restrict peaceful protest. Craig Donarski has form in this area and filled Maynard in on what this means and what we can do about it.

Debbie Harry came into the Triple J studios in William St, Kings Cross the night after her Sydney show at Enmore Theatre in March 1990. I was told I only had 5 minutes and I tried to make the most of it with a bemused Ms Harry. It was probably the first time I’d had someone as famous as her actually in the studio, usually they had been on the phone. This was pre recorded to good onto my Triple J B...

Bunga Bunga 24 with Tim Ferguson & Maynard proves once again that cats will save democracy and look cute doing it. But what of Tim’s cat Kitler? What exactly is Kitler plotting in Tim’s Fortress of Arrogance? Maynard has been invited to this frosty yet smelly destination to ask Tim’s opinion of comedy critics, Communists and Melissa Tkautz. Bunga Bunga promises you the dear listener, a white knuck...

The legendary Frank Bennett played Lizottes in Newcastle recently and Maynard was there to capture the swinging’ groove & atmosphere. Along with Pete Porker & Mitch Capone a classy evening was almost had by all. Seeing Frank Bennett in his undies only added to the 1960s vibe of the show. Go see Frank live people.

Bunga Bunga 23 comes to you direct from the Tim Ferguson Fortress of Arrogance, where Maynard & Kitler the cat listen to Tim rant on the most important political happenings from Australia’s history. But more importantly, are Star Wars, Dr Who, Prince or Morrissey really any good? Catch up on the upcoming DAAS and Maynard live shows and discover Tim’s favourite Spice Girl. But just how many of them...

DJ Paul Holden has been working for 36 years as a DJ across Australia. He was behind the Bacchanalia parties during the Dance Party years of 1988-92, which are the sounds that he’ll be playing at Jack The House 3 in May at The Sly Fox in Sydney. Sitting on his rooftop in Sydney, Paul Holden elaborates on what he’ll be playing in his set and what still excites him about being a DJ. And THAT satin t...

Bunga Bunga 22 has Tim Ferguson calling you out for your slacktivism. Maynard tries to warm Tim to the sound of The Thompson Twins & we have a close shave with the Trumpster. Tim Ferguson & Maynard return in Bunga Bunga 22, offering you information and experience that only a lifetime of looking the wrong way can achieve. More fun than a poo, it’s Bunga Bunga 22.