CHILDPROOF: Tony Martin & Geraldine Quinn

Comedy

Winner of Best Comedy at the 2018 Australian Podcast Awards, CHILDPROOF is an unproduced TV sitcom written by Tony Martin and Sarina Rowell. The six episodes were performed live at the 2017 Melbourne Fringe by Tony Martin, Geraldine Quinn, Roz Hammond, Andrew McClelland, Damian Cowell, Cristina Laria, Djovan Caro and Lachy Hulme, with a gaggle of guests, narration by Jay Mueller and audio production by Matt Dower. It concerns those controversial types, the ‘childfree by choice’. They’ve been called ‘selfish’, ‘immature’, ‘unfulfilled’ and even ‘unAustralian’ – by their own families! Out of step with a world that exalts the traditional family unit above all else, Ian and Jennifer are also battling extinction in their workplaces – commercial radio and book publishing. Contains foul language. Not suitable for children.

Location:

United States

Genres:

Comedy

Description:

Winner of Best Comedy at the 2018 Australian Podcast Awards, CHILDPROOF is an unproduced TV sitcom written by Tony Martin and Sarina Rowell. The six episodes were performed live at the 2017 Melbourne Fringe by Tony Martin, Geraldine Quinn, Roz Hammond, Andrew McClelland, Damian Cowell, Cristina Laria, Djovan Caro and Lachy Hulme, with a gaggle of guests, narration by Jay Mueller and audio production by Matt Dower. It concerns those controversial types, the ‘childfree by choice’. They’ve been called ‘selfish’, ‘immature’, ‘unfulfilled’ and even ‘unAustralian’ – by their own families! Out of step with a world that exalts the traditional family unit above all else, Ian and Jennifer are also battling extinction in their workplaces – commercial radio and book publishing. Contains foul language. Not suitable for children.

Language:

English

Website:

https://www.sizzletownpodcast.com/childproof

Episodes

Episode 6 - Baby Fever

6/19/2022

Ian and Jennifer assist with a home birth and, with their jobs in jeopardy, consider a lucrative offer to become surrogate parents.

Duration:00:30:24

Episode 5 - The Cat’s Pajamas

6/19/2022

Ian and Jennifer get a cat and become even more obsessive than the baby-mad parents they so frequently mock.

Duration:00:28:05

Episode 4 - Child Labour

6/19/2022

Ian finds himself competing with the work experience kid, while Jennifer pretends to have a foster child in order to reap the benefits at work.

Duration:00:31:53

Episode 3 - A Long Weekend

6/19/2022

Ian and Jennifer are forced to look after three young children over a long and increasingly disastrous Anzac Day weekend.

Duration:00:31:56

Episode 2 - In the Vichysoisse

6/19/2022

Ian and Jennifer become the public face of ‘child-hating’ after an incident with a screaming child at a restaurant propels them onto the front pages.

Duration:00:27:00

Episode 1 - Bring the Kids

6/19/2022

Ian and Jennifer, a happily childfree couple, don’t fit in at work, where family values are ascendant, or at home, where all their friends are having kids.

Duration:00:26:16