Ross and Terri
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Ross and Terri is a radio show hosted by Ross Noble
and Terri Psiakis
on Australia
n radio station Triple J
. It was initially just a "filler" show over two weeks of the stations summer period in January 2005. The response from the listeners was so great that they returned - this time with much hype from the station - for another two weeks in January 2006.
Antics on the show in 2005 included:
Due to it initially being a filler show, Triple J did not have a webpage for it on their official site. A third party site, http://www.rossandterri.com, was created by two fans (Matt Parker and Simon Wright) at the end of the first week of the show and embraced by the presenters themselves through the show's second week.
and streams of segments of shows, included the 2005 season, were made available.
Events on the show this year included:
The pants were photographed at various places along the way and additions were made to the pants by many people. This additions included attacting bar coasters, business cards and other, more extreme things such as underwear and love letters were added.
The Homecoming Ceremony was held on January 20 and included the pants being returned to Noble, via a ceremory at Federation Square
featuring bagpipes, a towncrier and drums. After Noble returned to the studio with the pants, there was talk of him selling the pants on the internet.
Ross Noble
Ross Markham Noble is an English stand-up comedian, brought up in Cramlington, Northumberland, England.Noble rose to mainstream popularity through making appearances on British television, particularly interviews and on celebrity quiz shows such as Have I Got News for You...
and Terri Psiakis
Terri Psiakis
Terri Psiakis is an Australian comedienne and a presenter on radio and television.-Radio:Psiakis is a Saturday morning presenter on Melbourne radio station Triple M. Previously she was a casual presenter on Triple J, and her appearances most notably included co-presenting the Ross and Terri show...
on Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n radio station Triple J
Triple J
triple j is a nationally networked Australian radio station intended to appeal to listeners between the ages of 18 and 30. The government-funded station is a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation...
. It was initially just a "filler" show over two weeks of the stations summer period in January 2005. The response from the listeners was so great that they returned - this time with much hype from the station - for another two weeks in January 2006.
2005 season
The 2005 season ran from 3 January to 14 January.Antics on the show in 2005 included:
- Borange - word invented by Noble that he intended to introduce into regular conversation. Songs involving the word "borange" were sent in.
- Nanna - Ross and Terri were given a life size cardboard cut-out of an elderly woman by a listener. Listeners were encouraged to print out a copy of it available from the website, affix it to cardboard, and take photos of it in various activities. The final show resulted in a cardboard nanna attached to heliumHeliumHelium is the chemical element with atomic number 2 and an atomic weight of 4.002602, which is represented by the symbol He. It is a colorless, odorless, tasteless, non-toxic, inert, monatomic gas that heads the noble gas group in the periodic table...
balloonBalloonA balloon is an inflatable flexible bag filled with a gas, such as helium, hydrogen, nitrous oxide, oxygen, or air. Modern balloons can be made from materials such as rubber, latex, polychloroprene, or a nylon fabric, while some early balloons were made of dried animal bladders, such as the pig...
s being launched from the carpark beside the ABCAustralian Broadcasting CorporationThe Australian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly referred to as "the ABC" , is Australia's national public broadcaster...
Studio in MelbourneMelbourneMelbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
and travelling as far as WarragulWarragul, VictoriaWarragul is a rural centre with a population of 12,943 people east-southeast of Melbourne in Victoria. Warragul lies between the Strzelecki Ranges to the south and the Mount Baw Baw Plateau of the Great Dividing Range to the north...
.
Due to it initially being a filler show, Triple J did not have a webpage for it on their official site. A third party site, http://www.rossandterri.com, was created by two fans (Matt Parker and Simon Wright) at the end of the first week of the show and embraced by the presenters themselves through the show's second week.
2006 season
The 2006 season ran from 9 January to 20 January. It was heavily advertised on the station for several weeks in advance. Aware of the popularity of the duo, they also received a page on the official Triple J site. PodcastsPodcasting
A podcast is a series of digital media files that are released episodically and often downloaded through web syndication...
and streams of segments of shows, included the 2005 season, were made available.
Events on the show this year included:
- George ForemanGeorge ForemanGeorge Edward Foreman is an American two-time former World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, Olympic gold medalist, ordained Baptist minister, author and successful entrepreneur...
rumour - Noble encouraged people to spread a rumour that George Foreman has no fingerprints. This extended to vandalism of Wikipedia's George Foreman article. - The Band Quiz, in which a listener guesses if band names are real or just made up by Ross. This was extended to include The Horse Quiz, The UK Motorway Service Area Quiz, The Weed Quiz and The Greyhound Quiz.
- Pants Across Australia - Four pairs of Noble's pants were collected from the ABC studio in MelbourneMelbourneMelbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
, and distributed by listeners, with many stops along the way which included:- Northern Pants - to AdelaideAdelaideAdelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...
and DarwinDarwin, Northern TerritoryDarwin is the capital city of the Northern Territory, Australia. Situated on the Timor Sea, Darwin has a population of 127,500, making it by far the largest and most populated city in the sparsely populated Northern Territory, but the least populous of all Australia's capital cities...
and back to Melbourne - Eastern Pants - to SydneySydneySydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
, Byron BayByron Bay, New South WalesByron Bay is a beachside town located in the far-northeastern corner of the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located north of Sydney and south of Brisbane. Cape Byron, a headland adjacent to the town, is the easternmost point of mainland Australia. At the 2006 Census, the town had a...
, BrisbaneBrisbaneBrisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...
, CairnsCairns, QueenslandCairns is a regional city in Far North Queensland, Australia, founded 1876. The city was named after William Wellington Cairns, then-current Governor of Queensland. It was formed to serve miners heading for the Hodgkinson River goldfield, but experienced a decline when an easier route was...
, to GoveGove PeninsulaThe Gove Peninsula is at the northeastern corner of Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory of Australia. The peninsula became strategically important during World War II when an airforce base was constructed at what is now Gove Airport. The peninsula was named after Pilot Officer William Gove, who...
then posted back to Melbourne. - Southern Pants - to LauncestonLaunceston, TasmaniaLaunceston is a city in the north of the state of Tasmania, Australia at the junction of the North Esk and South Esk rivers where they become the Tamar River. Launceston is the second largest city in Tasmania after the state capital Hobart...
, HobartHobartHobart is the state capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Founded in 1804 as a penal colony,Hobart is Australia's second oldest capital city after Sydney. In 2009, the city had a greater area population of approximately 212,019. A resident of Hobart is known as...
then traveling around TasmaniaTasmaniaTasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...
then back to Melbourne - Western Pants - to AdelaideAdelaideAdelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...
, PerthPerth, Western AustraliaPerth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....
, Port HedlandPort Hedland, Western AustraliaPort Hedland is the highest tonnage port in Australia and largest town in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, with a population of approximately 14,000 ....
, back to Perth before returning to Melbourne
- Northern Pants - to Adelaide
The pants were photographed at various places along the way and additions were made to the pants by many people. This additions included attacting bar coasters, business cards and other, more extreme things such as underwear and love letters were added.
The Homecoming Ceremony was held on January 20 and included the pants being returned to Noble, via a ceremory at Federation Square
Federation Square
Federation Square is a civic centre and cultural precinct in the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia....
featuring bagpipes, a towncrier and drums. After Noble returned to the studio with the pants, there was talk of him selling the pants on the internet.