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Revision as of 05:53, 20 December 2009 by 206.252.250.207 (talk)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Merrickghjdfgj and Rosso are an [[Australiaffghe fgduo began in stand up ghghomedyfgg spot on the drive-tfghfghfdgime program on Triple hRitchie has co-hosted the shohfgw. In 2009, previouhfgs h-hbreakfast show. Kate Ritchie also announced her departure from the show. Watts plans to continue on radio. Ross's departure ends an 11 year radio partnership h radio show as a duo on Nova 969. It was a tearful affair during which tributes were paid to them by some of Australia's finest comedians including Peter Helliar and Judith Lucy and celebrities such as Tom Williams and Ray Hadley. Snippets of the duo's h Planet Merrick and Rosso (later known as Super Planet Merrick and Rosso) on The Chmfghedyfdg Channel. In 2003 their television show [[Merricfghk hseries The B Team on Network Ten. On 7 July 2007 they presented at Live Earth. hfgh Merrick dgalso apgpeared in the comedy series The Hollowmen and Thank God Youhfghfghhfg're Here. In 2008, the duo starred in a new comedy series, The Merrick & Rosso Show on The Comedy Channel. He has also appeared as Marty Johnstone, a New Zealand drug dealer who was originally the leader of the Mr Asia drug syndicate in the hit series Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities.
Tim Ross fronts comedy band Black Rose who opened the V festival in Melbourne and Sydney in 2009. He also hosts Uncharted, an unsigned band competition series on MTV. He also is in prehdfghf production for the new Adam Sandler film Kangaroo Man.
The Merrick & Rosso Show
In 2008, Merrick and Rosso returned to Australia's Comedy Channel with an original format entitghfghfgled 'The Merrick & Rosso Show'. A mixture of sketches, stunts and parodies, often featuring the guest star, it quickly became the highest rating show in the channel's fifteen year history. Guests throughout the first season were Ray Martin, Brendan Cowell, Kate Ritchie, The Veronicas, Stephen Curry, Ian Thorpe, Ryan 'Fitzy' Fitzgerald, Peter Helliar, Hugh Jackman, Dicko and Judith Lucy.
One popular sketch that picked up a following on YouTube and FunnyorDie was 'The Almost Transformers' which featured the stars disguised as a fridge and a washindghfgghfghg machine for the purpose of terrifying shoppers. Another stunt incluhfded adopting an entire village in PNG (a popular trend amongst Hollywood celebrities) and renaming it Merrick & Rosso Land, distributing hhhgh== Podcast == Apart from the official Nova 96.9 breakfast show podcast, Merrick & Rosso also recorded their own podcast Original Pirate Material on a daily basis. Their podcast is a mix of email reading, uncensored material and prank calls. The last Original Pirate Material podcast was published on 15 November 2006.