Tony Sattler was born on 1947 and is an Australian television writer and producer most famous for his development of the Australian television comedies The Naked Vicar Show and Kingswood Country with writer Gary Reilly.
11 Facts About Tony Sattler
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Tony Sattler met fellow copywriter Gary Reilly and they worked on the production of commercials and jingles in Sydney.
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Reilly and Sattler began to collaborate on writing longer scripts for radio and television.
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Reilly and Tony Sattler created the successful parody radio serial for 2JJ entitled Chuck Chunder and the Space Patrol, which ran for 200 episodes and attracted a cult following on both 2JJ and Radio One.
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Reilly and Tony Sattler met Graham Kennedy in 1977 and they were asked to write a tonight show for him.
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Tony Sattler subsequently asked to feature in one of their radio serials.
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The series won a number of awards and led to Reilly and Tony Sattler continuing to contribute writing for Kennedy in his hosting and variety show appearances.
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Tony Sattler wrote and created a number of television pilots including The Bastards Next Door, Freckle Me Dead, and My Three Wives with Australian dramatist David Mitchell.
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Tony Sattler produced and directed the documentary Graham Kennedy: The King of Television in 2000 and From Vaudeville to Video: a History of Australian Comedy in 2001.
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Tony Sattler staged the NSW Royal Bicentennial Concert and a number of other events.
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Tony Sattler designed the Slim Dusty Museum in Kempsey and the Country Music Museum in Tamworth.