Te Radar – sustaining the laughter
Comedian Te Radar (aka Andrew Lumsden) has made his mark in stand-up comedy, documentaries, and the top-rating popular factual series Off the Radar. His other screen credits include Pulp Comedy, Homegrown, Intrepid Journeys, B & B, and Hidden in the Numbers – a three part documentary series about statistics.
In this ScreenTalk interview, Te Radar discusses:
- The genesis of the name ‘Te Radar’
- Why he thinks Pulp Comedy was one of the most important NZ comedy programmes
- Why it took years for him to appear in an episode of Intrepid Journeys
- His fight for life after being bitten by a scorpion in Mali
- The chaos and fun of the talk show/sitcom B & B
- How Hidden in the Numbers made statistics ‘fun’
- His delight that Off the Radar was a hit with children
- And the state of NZ TV comedy
This video is available on YouTube to embed via a Creative Commons licence.
NZ ON SCREEN 2012