Roy and HG: The chemistry behind Australia's enduring comedy act | Australian Story

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Rampaging Roy Slaven and HG Nelson have been making Australia laugh for the past 35 years.
But as Australian Story found out, behind their brash alter egos, John Doyle and Greig Pickhaver lead much quieter lives.
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In an intimate and revealing Australian Story, Doyle and Pickhaver drop the masks, revealing how they were shaped by their childhoods, why they rarely socialise with one another and how their act has endured so long.
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@davidmatthews4294 6 месяцев назад

Their most admirable trait is that they never interrupt each other. Gold!

@marktafft7025 7 месяцев назад

What a lovely celebration. They literally changed Australian speech patterns. That 0 -100 vocal escalation into absurdist enthusiasm / outrage is part of who we are now. There is no greater joy than listening to HG shaping a question that will entice Roy into full flight. You can hear the glee in the question, because he’s so looking forward to wherever this will go. 35 years on and they still have me in fits of laughter. “Now Roy, I know you’ve been….” “Roy, talk us through it …” “Roy, you were there …” Then that pause before the deep bass Roy “Yesss HG … “ , when you sit there with a smile knowing this could go absolutely anywhere. The icing on the cake is when one manages to get a snigger out of the other. Sincere thanks gentlemen. And thank you to all involved in creating this video.

@clockworkyokai Месяц назад

What an interesting observation on the vocal pattern thing

@andoletube 2 года назад

"The Dream" during the Sydney 2000 Olympics was the funniest 2 weeks of television I've ever seen.

@kestrel09 2 года назад

I loved one of The Dream instalments for the Winter Olympics. I don’t remember which one, but Katerina Witt visited the show and Roy was smitten. Unusually, he was short of words.

@julian4548 3 месяца назад

One of the things I really missed when we moved back to Auckland from Sydney. Them and John Clarke. Loved them in their hey day and thanks to YT can see them again !

@huss03 5 месяцев назад

My father died in 2000...during the Sydney Olympics. I owe a great debt of thanks to these two guys who were somehow able to still make me smile, chuckle, and laugh out loud during what was generally speaking a very difficult time for me. Watching The Dream every night somehow was a great comfort to me and made me feel "normal again". Thank you Roy and HG!

@aussiemika1 Год назад

I’m 39 and grew up with these two larrikans being unbelievably funny. Just started a new job yesterday and been on the road nearly 30 hours already and happened to come across their podcast. Listen to episode after episode so far and they haven’t lost a touch. Laying in bed at hotel and still looking at them on RU-vid excited for the road tomorrow to binge listen to more of their podcast!! Greatest Australian humor you will ever hear and they been doing it for nearly 40+ years in their own unique style that will never get old. God bless you Roy n HG

@Ulbre 4 года назад

The State of Origin is one of the greatest and most intense sporting moments on the yearly calendar........and Roy & HG took it to a new level altogether.....bloody top duo

@j_One43 3 года назад

I remember growing up as a child in the shire it was difficult to assimilate and understand Australian culture particularly what was a joke and what wasn't. State of origin was one thing that my family did watch and try to understand, I remember one time I was allowed to have a friend stay over late and he said 'oh you should listen to triple J when you watch origin, mute the tv.' From the late 90s til mid 00's I never missed a game because through listening to Roy and HG I understood a big part of Australian culture and humour that I could never learn in school. Sorry for the long post but I just wanted to share my experience and admiration for the duo. 💯 Love these guys.

@barryschwarz 11 месяцев назад

Excellent post, and a good insight into what might help a foreigner learn to enjoy the subtleties of Australian culture. Good on you.

@KevKavanagh 11 месяцев назад

That's lovely, you couldn't have had a better education!

@carolinehaf21 11 месяцев назад

My dad passed in 2010 and these two are so similar to his sense of humour... I watch it to remember him and remember laughter is always needed in life, and these two are the best!

@bev9708 3 года назад

As obsessed as we all were during the Sydney Olympics, with all those powerful memorable moments, the Dream is still what leaps to mind today!! It was absolute joy and those two hours every evening passed too too quickly, as did those two weeks back in 2000!!

@LifeIsLoves 2 года назад

I love these 2 gentlemen so much, I am a truck driver and on my long run I would put their cd’s on and just laugh all the way to my destination, they make my works lighter and just looking forward to going to work and listening to their comedy mindset. I wish to meet them someday and just say thank you, laughters make everything simpler. They will be forever Australia icons.

@MegaGo68 4 года назад

Watching this from the USA but remembering growing up in Australia during the 90s with these two. So amazingly good to see that they are still at it!

@ZIGSVIDS 3 года назад

John Doyle was a teacher at the high school I attended. He was the coolest teacher ever.

@Dug6666666 4 года назад

What a team, pure effortless chemistry. The long drive home after a Sunday mountain bike race listening to HG and Roy was just icing on the cake of a day well spent.

@Dallas-Nyberg 4 года назад

Both are legends of Australian satire...

@rubiconnz1754 Год назад

Wonderful , Roy & H G have provided so much joy for so long Thank You ABC and all outlets that have allowed their stars to shine

@toobspark 4 года назад

Thank U Thank U Thank U ABC - Cracking portrayal of two long standing 'LO-FI' Oz comedy Icons who can magically still pull it off... without ever appearing to try. Love this! May they live happily in laughter for a long long time. (National Living Treasure awards pending Roy?)

@markfrank1449 3 года назад

Roy and HG were appointment listening (and later viewing). I had a hard time explaining to my American friends just how funny they were and their wonderful ironic humour. However, when Steven Colbert starting doing his ironic take on a conservative commentator in the USA 15 or so years after Roy and HG, that was when I could finally get across to them just how brilliant Roy and HG were. In fact, a few of their TSL shows preceding the Olympics where they talked about the world visitors coming to Sydney were works of art...Once I had to pull the car over on Campbell parade in Bondi I was laughing so hard. This line will trigger some fond memories: "We're a nation of right handed wipers." LOL. Great to watch this, thanks for posting. Keep on lads!

@Your.Uncle.AngMoh 4 года назад

Tough to think the "battered sav" and the "hello boys" is 20 years ago. No mention, however, of the indomitable Rooting King. And Doyle isn't a one-trick pony. He wrote the series "Changi".

@rawyld 3 года назад

Oh yeah what a time it was and I wasn't allowed to watch it at the time because I had just turned 9yrs old on the opening ceremony of the Sydney 2000 olympics.

@richardward2469 9 месяцев назад

These two gentlemen are the torvil and Dean of Australian social commentary.Their wisdom,audacity,sheer genius on display every time they flap their lips😉😉😉is sight to behold. Bravo sir’s☯️🦦🎏💖

@juliepatchouli3944 3 года назад

Mr Doyle was a teacher at the high school I went to in Newcastle. I never had him as a teacher but I always heard good things about him.

@standard8888 4 года назад

Absolute Australian Gold!!! Spent my whole life listening to and enjoying the dynamic duo.. From Fredie "Fitler on the roof" on JJJ to the “State of origin Keeper payment" in 2020, and have enjoyed every minute of it.. Even the times I’ve spent searching every year wondering if the Festival of the Boot will have the coverage it deserves from the card table on the side line :) Go you good things!!!

@alisonnicol6343 3 года назад

My first live gig (midnight oil) had Roy and HG doing support. Watched every night of The Games. Love them so much. What an essential part of my life and my own sense of humour ❤️

@jehovahsfitness 3 года назад

Absolute icons. Thank you for doing this.

@mrwhite6717 3 года назад

These two are responsible for some of the greatest TV and radio ever made. Mid to late 90’s was so special. Thank you 😀

@Barrywfa 11 месяцев назад

The Dream is legendary..... the way they work is brilliant I stayed up to watch it all back in the day. I am not much of a sports fan but give me a Roy & HG commentary and Ill watch any sport.

@0IDaveCouch 4 года назад

THE DREAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🇦🇺👍🏻😊

@VirtualR 11 месяцев назад

Very few things make me smile all the way through but this was one of them, love these guys been watching them since I was a kid.

@brettrobinson5129 4 года назад

Bloddy marvellous. I love these guys so much.

@juan21r16 2 месяца назад

Relevant is so true. If I turned on a radio today and heard those two very indistinguishable voices, I wouldn't flinch. It's Roy and HG. It's what they do..

@MotionMcAnixx 2 года назад

I love the footage of the young guys! Been listening to them since '87 - 4 hours of them on JJJ on a Saturday, awesome.

@brickupgrades 4 года назад

Oh Man has it Been 35Years......... HG and Roy you made me the Man I am Today . Fond memories of listening to you two on Triple R then moving to Tripple J . Seeing you two not changing at all after 35 Years in a World that changes like Fashions. I’m Glad I experienced your Talent when I was Young as it’s hard these days to Just Stop and experience Life. l Bow to you Talent and I’m Glad ABC still Exists and Takes a chance with you Style of Comedy....... Thanks for 35 Years and Hopefully another........ Cheers. Mark🇦🇺

@ralsharp6013 3 года назад

I love you Roy and HG. Two of Australia's best sports commentators

@franko69 2 года назад

These two blokes will go down in history as National Living Treasures. May they live a long happy fruitfull life. Don't stop, been listening and watching theses guys since the JJJ days.

@Revheadrev 10 месяцев назад

There has never been anything like Roy and HG, there never will be. I started listening to them in the late 80s, along with King Wally Otto in the sound proof booth, quintessential Australia comedy that almost no one else would (or could) understand. Thank you Greg, thank you John, you’ve provided the soundtrack and comedy of my life - and not just mine but thousands more of my age. I’m eternally grateful. I’ll leave my pants at the door of the Lithgow Bank, and go see Elvis the barber…

@tbonescott4916 4 года назад

My family used to tape there show every week. So so good 😍. The perfect representatives of Aussie men. Political, funny and just funny. I think I love them as much as anyone ❤️. Just the best 😘 THANKS

@ABCNewsIndepth 4 года назад

Thanks for watching! They are comedy legends 👍 - Aust Story

@DaveWhoa 4 года назад

and then you rewound the tape. And then you taped over the tape with the next episode. The good old days

@CovidConQuitTheCensorship 3 года назад

Legends. The dream was hilarious. I was glued to the screen

@seanclark2085 10 месяцев назад

Genius, funniest shows on radio I've ever heard 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🙏🏼

@Waitomo64 11 месяцев назад

I started listening to them in the 1980's on the Jay's.. double J back in those days... on every Sunday kicking the snot out of footy etc... HILARIOUS... I have never stopped but due to having kids and stuff... I am so glad I found all this on RU-vid, whom hates me...!!! because I swear and am rude and obnoxious... how else would a good Kiwi be that has lived most of his life in Sydney and has a Wicked sense of Humour...

@paulwaddy4577 3 года назад

Brilliant. No finer Australian satirists. Their knowledge of all things, especially the irrelevant, is incredible. I hope they go for as long as possible. Thanks John & Greig.

@shaneconnors757 11 месяцев назад

Thank You SO Much,for showing this.....FANTASTIC

@alisonbunting 4 года назад

One of my favourites was the cricket commentary. I think it was Bruce Lee who was "in his nervous 90s", but was actually only on 2 or 3. Anyway, this carried on and he was out for "99". You couldn't write that script. Marvellous.

@davidwilson7857 Год назад

Hilarious, might have been Brett Lee the other kung Fu exponent 😂

@doctorf7501 3 года назад

Just discovered the podcast. More brilliance. Thanks guys

@2roxfox 11 месяцев назад

thank you Roy and HG for everything!

@simontrencher8245 5 месяцев назад

I remember getting out in the garden in the late 80's and turning on the radio to listen to their rugby league report on winners and losers of the upcoming games to be played. Many funny episodes , not to be missed back then ...

@judikingsman6132 9 месяцев назад

Absolutely hilarious 😂 Everything they do is a riot 🎉🎉

@dieseldavetrains8988 9 месяцев назад

Australian legends of sports broadcast, from humble beginnings in radio through to TV well done lads, and John Doyle, you make Lithgow proud! Poor old Nissan Cedrics didn't get a mention, but Fatso The Big Arsed Wombat now that's legendary!👌👌

@justinwebb4128 2 года назад

The funniest people in Australia, it's a travesty they are not on TV anymore even for just 30 minutes a week. Love listening to the podcast of their weekly show

@fordprefect80 11 месяцев назад

John Doyle was a neighbor of mine back in the 70s to early 80s. I remember seeing him in a Young People's Theatre play in Hamilton (Newcastle) and although his role was rather small, I couldn't wait to get home and tell mum that we saw J.D. on stage. John and his wife even had coffee with my parents on their front lawn a couple of years back. Roy and H.G. are Australian comic legends, no doubt about it.

@alicebuttery4866 6 месяцев назад

Roy and HG introduced me to the wonders of - The Double Luuuge

@cameronstone4331 2 месяца назад

National treasures or to put it another way, outstanding Australians :)

@muddymuz7266 3 года назад

Words and phrases I love. Rooting King. Terrific. Each Way Nudger. Squirrel grip. Battered sav. Dutch wink. Flat bag. Trousers. Kicking and screaming over the line. Max VERSTAPPEN. Stomp. Lithgow small arms... I love these jokers. Always have. Always will.

@adam__smith 10 месяцев назад

"It's a joke, Roy" And I loved how they named Hopoate "Stopping (at) all Stations - twoooowooooo!" for the State of Origin.

@nickthefox72 3 года назад

Lots of laughs. I wish they did British tv 😍

@doctorf7501 3 года назад

They do a podcast currently. It’s a bit parochial but give it a go,

@feucht38 Год назад

They did a show on British TV back in the early 00s, called Planet Norwich. I went to a taping they were great.

@pufdadie 8 месяцев назад

I was one of those at sydney Uni in the mid 1980s when I turned on JJ and heard Roy and HG call the RL semis. Couldn;t get our of the car for a leak. Then came the RLgrand final of watching the game and listening to them in a great house party. Cackling with the 'South Coast news. The names...prince of darkness (Mortimer)and Sigsworth (Whats-a-packet-a) and back door Benny. Then the state of origin. Fast forward to living in the USA and listening to their podcast as the only thing to keep you sane and wanting to return to Australia. They will live forever

@michaelofsydney6128 2 года назад

Thanks boys. Got a wide and happy smile here.

@dianehghzn7670 11 месяцев назад

I loved them as all australians did god iam we all miss them terribly never to be repeated hope they all have a great last part of their lives bless you two ❤😂😂😂

@rabidbigdog 2 года назад

The last-lines. OMFG, nearly split myself in half.

@tomderbyshire5795 3 года назад

Brilliant guys. Long may they continue to bombard us with their inventive hilarious rhetoric !

@IDontTalkToCops 11 месяцев назад

Absolutely iconic duo.

@pixelpotato4874 11 месяцев назад

As a Kiwi loved it when they called NZ medal haul "A BRONZE BONANZA"😂😂😂

@Malcom2345 3 месяца назад

It will be a sad day when they stop doing what they do. Thanx boys for the Aussie gold 😂🎉✅

@marka1142 11 месяцев назад

Loved this.

@georgemcnaughton7839 4 года назад

Thank You

@glenchapman3899 11 месяцев назад

Club buggery I had totally forgotten about that show. Never missed an episode

@mrt8058 4 года назад

Brilliant!

@Turbopanner 6 месяцев назад

The Brick with Eyes and Snakey Substances approve this documentarily

@Pleiades55 10 месяцев назад

Ok Roy & HG are true legends & so is Bob Hawke. If only we had someone of Bob Hawks calibre running the country today!

@garymiller3403 4 года назад

Amazing doco.

@sandrarobinson3266 3 года назад

Aussies perfect proof again that if a rule is made that can be broken, we will if it doesn't hurt others in community, we live it Thanks Fatso Roy and HG. Think like the Kwis it is best way to explain why communities have worked to well to beat Covid,

@jaynebuchanan4612 9 дней назад

I miss seeing these guys on TV.

@michaellear6904 2 месяца назад

Legends!

@egyptology22 11 месяцев назад

For me, they are the voice of my youth and the best memories that i have.

@albertchehade9916 3 года назад

I remember these guys from way back when Adam was a boy. I watched their TV show, not much the radio show. Very entertaining.

@andrewbyronloveshire5209 4 года назад

One Melbourne cup commentary - Roy was "riding" a horse in the race, he was so keen on using the whip, he crossed the finish line on a pile of minced meat.... still don't know who won the race that year... not do a dozen friends... laughing too much

@CanadairCL44 4 года назад

"And another 'Hullo Boys'" Genius!

@lakeside8069 3 года назад

How do we vote for these 2 to be National Treasures

@KevKavanagh 11 месяцев назад

No need, they've long been that!

@gerryquinn8925 10 месяцев назад

Funniest duo love them

@steveba50 11 месяцев назад

Gold!!

@diegorenevelasquez 4 года назад

Legends

@Jellybeantiger 3 года назад

Their 2000 olympics show was hilarious “like a cup of hot fat with a hair in it”

@Merlin_Price 10 месяцев назад

I wonder how many people, like myself, only learned that HG and Roy weren't even their real names just now.

@AlanBoddy-fl2qp 11 месяцев назад

Only in Australia😢 These Two would be booed out of town in any intelligent country in the world..........I think they know it too!😢

@gj003f6898 Год назад

They have differing, yet clear, traits of introversion. Lenny Bruce in a radio interview he did to drum up business for an upcoming gig opined those who are introverts were and are more creative than extroverts.

@Socrates0077 4 года назад

stone cold legends

@claire-christmas-august73 2 года назад

long may they rule!

@ThePunter29 4 года назад

They cut it before it got to one of the best bits.

@sopheven 3 года назад

“Happy rugby league”. All I know about rugba league comes from Roy & HG actually.

@DaveWhoa 4 года назад

Hello boys!

@ABCNewsIndepth 4 года назад

Crazy Dave into Battered Sav. Comedy GOLD 👍 - Aust Story

@DaveWhoa 4 года назад

@@ABCNewsIndepth Crazy DATE into the Battered Sav!

@ABCNewsIndepth 4 года назад

DaveOz ahh yes, of course!

@lot6129 11 месяцев назад

HARRY in the HG!!

@jadesmith6823 9 месяцев назад

You won't eclipse the pinnacle of loving Australia, it's sport, it's competitive, piss taking culture. You just can't 🇦🇺

@keeperofwickets1781 Год назад

Love how Pickhaver keeps switching between haitch and aitch (H). Probably doesn't realise he's doing it.....always thought the haitch was part of his HG persona, but....perhaps not.

@BaxterThewall Год назад

Absolutely done consciously... to reel in blokes like you 🤣

@mutualbeard 11 месяцев назад

Hail Roy and HG!!!!

@rhythmandblues_alibi 2 года назад

Hullo boys 😏

@petercameron8832 11 месяцев назад

Of course this type of comedy is illegal now in Danistan Victoria!

@jamescox8402 11 месяцев назад

What they do is about as Australian as you can get.

@queenlindy7663 7 месяцев назад

Gooooooood on you rick i lost my 2 mums drug s i started h when 15 in and out boyz homes stoped 19 hit the coke hard jail was next got out have not had a shot for over 20 years but pot and drink i thought was not as bad last 8 years the i a bit but i sit ere clean writing this for my self once you ve hit h coke and stoped i know how to control other shit for me when i lost my mum from o d i needed some thing to try and fill in that big f c ing hole in my heart and the needle did it until my wonderful son was born today i have 5 wonderfull kids and 1 angle there mum life is hard for all people but puting a needle in your arm makes you chase the demon for love hope any well-being my 3 oldest are all drug free thank god lost my mums partner my god mum when i was 30 i loved her soooooo much to finish off i played back to the wall at her f u van stop but you need something and for me it was love all the best don t touch needles and pipe s your story is good one more thing dreams come true if u truely believe thank u🎉😊😊