Review of The Footy Show

This is a very interesting show, I had no idea what it was when my new mates took me to the studio audience in 1995. Sammy Newman and Eddie McGuire keep the footy fan very well entertained. There are several jokes, some crude that would be edited from USA television. Sam is very controversial with his method, he does a very good job making fun of South Australians, naming Adelaide as Moron City. Trevor Marmalade is very funny. I would like to see his stand up act sometime. The show flows well, with interviews of players, coaches and the panel each week. The Footy Show is the first to provide the league teams each week and Eddie provides commentary on the ins and outs and his tip for the game. Sam and the three members of the panel then give a tip. Jeremy Kewley is very good as audience warm up and floor director. Since 1995, I have been to the Footy Show five times and have each of these episodes on VHS video tape at home. The first time I was there, Eddie and Sam spoke to me on camera, then I found out that the Footy Show is the number one rated television program in all of Australia. Who would ever think that, a show about Australian Rules Football. In the early days of the program, there was a five, yes five year waiting list to get tickets for the studio audience. Since 1999, the studio audience capacity has been increased. I have inquired with channel 9 Melbourne about when the Footy Show will be available on television in the USA. Now it is July 2007, and we have no footy available on television here in America, except for some obscure Irish sports channel maybe on satellite. Therefore we still don't have the Footy Show, no AFL games on television here in America that the general public can view. The AFL and Andrew Demetriou need to wake up and market the game internationally. American dollars are waiting to line Australian pockets with the general loss of interest in baseball since the 1994 strike. I want my footy, NOW!