Scod, Yon and Gatesy are Tripod – one of the most popular and prolific comedy acts working in Australia today. There are number of facts that are both interesting and informative to know about them:
Fact 1: There are 3 of them.
Scod is the geeky one with the guitar and the glasses.
Gatesy Sings quite well and wants to play guitar.
Yon He’s shorter. He’s weirder. He wants to play guitar but will settle for the trumpet.
Fact 2: They are funny but their songs are also quite nice to listen to.
Fact 3: They have toured together a great deal and have never seen each other nude.
In 2006 Tripod were busy. They released their very first DVD Pod August Night, a brand new Live CD Songs from Self Saucing, a mini album Perfectly Good Songs, toured the nation relentlessly and debuted their live act at the NZ Comedy Festival. Continuing on with the ‘busy’ theme 2007 was another big one. Their brand new live show How to Train
An Attack Dog From Scratch (a made up history of the funny song) premiered at the Adelaide Fringe Festival in March and went onto the Melbourne Comedy Festival in April. The show was also nominated for 4 Green Room Awards, Melbourne’s Premier Arts Awards.
Tripod had a successful return to the New Zealand Comedy Festival in May and returned to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August for the first time in nearly ten years, performing in the delectable Spiegel Garden to sell out houses and rave reviews. Tripod then toured to Brisbane, Adelaide, Sydney,
Perth and Melbourne with their annual Christmas effort, Smaller than Jesus.
Tripod also spent many a Saturday night on your TV screens in 2007, as core cast members for ABC TV’s, variety program, The Sideshow.
Oh, and there were also nominated for the Aria for Best Comedy Album Award for their album, Songs from Self Saucing.
Not bad for a year’s work!
