20-812: Pete Smith may refer to: Pete Smith (announcer) (born 1939), Australian radio and television announcer Pete Smith (basketball) (born 1947), former basketball player Pete Smith (baseball, born 1940) , Major League Baseball pitcher, 1962–1963 Pete Smith (baseball, born 1966) , Major League Baseball pitcher, 1987–1998 Pete Smith (film producer) (1892–1979), film producer and narrator Pete Smith (actor) (1958–2022), New Zealand actor Pete Smith (cyclist) (1944–2021), British Olympic cyclist Pete Smith (speedway rider, born 1942) , British speedway rider Pete Smith (speedway rider, born 1957) , British speedway rider See also [ edit ] Peter Smith (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
40-645: A giant cannon when aeroplanes are available?") and insulting the contestants. He has played a similar role on Micallef's game show Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation . Smith has collaborated regularly with Australian comedians Tony Martin and Mick Molloy , beginning as the announcer for the Martin/Molloy radio programme on the Austero Network . Smith further contributed to the duo's individual radio programmes (Martin's Get This and Molloy's Tough Love ) and appeared in their films Crackerjack (as
60-692: A passerby) and Bad Eggs (as a police officer). From 2018, Smith has made guest appearances in Martin's current podcast Sizzletown , and as of 2023 has joined Martin and Djovan Caro in a new podcast called From the Hideout . Smith has performed in cabaret with Tony Martin , Mick Molloy and Judith Lucy and released two nostalgic double CDs, Pete Smith Specialties: The Great British Dance Bands Of The Thirties and Pete Smith Specialties: The Great British Dance Bands Of The Forties , containing his favourite popular music featuring classic British dance bands of
80-517: A position at the Melbourne Nine Network station GTV-9. There he did continuity announcements and appeared on Graham Kennedy 's light entertainment TV program In Melbourne Tonight (IMT), for which he presented commercials, appeared in comedy sketches and, on several occasions, acted as compere . From the middle of the 1960s, following Bert Newton 's transfer to a rival network, Smith took over as chief staff announcer at GTV-9,
100-538: A position he would retain for around 40 years. During his time at GTV-9, Smith has also been seen as on-camera host for numerous specials, as well as working for a period in the seventies as a GTV-9 newsreader. He was also associated for many years with Bert Newton on the long running New Faces talent show and on Newton's night-time variety program. During the late 1970s, Smith also hosted his own Tonight Show on NWS-9 in Adelaide, South Australia . In 1979, Smith
120-528: A promotion for the show, the station released a series of billboards in the style of Calvin Klein picturing Mick taking off his underpants adorning the phrase "Turn Me On And Dress Me Down". During September of that year, one of the billboards was auctioned on eBay with all proceeds going to the Lighthouse Foundation. A Melbourne man, Tim Dellar , unwittingly bid for the billboard and "won"
140-448: A statement released by Triple M that announced the new program lineup for 2007. Tony Martin's Get This was moved from the 9am slot to the midday slot, thus replacing Tough Love. In the statement, Molloy said: "The relentless grind of a one-hour national radio show has finally taken its toll. The midday starts were also brutal, often playing havoc with my sleeping patterns. It's definitely a younger man's game". This article about
160-423: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Pete Smith (announcer) Peter Philip Smith OAM (born 29 May 1939) is a retired Australian radio announcer and television voice-over artist . He is primarily known for his work with GTV-9 Melbourne as their chief staff announcer, including being the announcer on the nationally screened quiz show Sale of
180-715: The 1930s and 1940s. Smith is currently chairman and patron of the GTV Foundation. He is also a life ambassador for Australia Day . Tough Love with Mick Molloy ToughLove was an Australian comedic radio talk program broadcast from Melbourne through the Triple M network from 12:00PM – 1:00PM AEST in Melbourne, Sydney , Brisbane and Adelaide . It was hosted by long-time Australian comic, Mick Molloy and co-hosted by Robyn Butler and Mick's brother Richard Molloy aka 'Roo'. Panel operator Rosemary Walton
200-468: The 41 square metre sign. Highlights of the show were made available as a weekly podcast downloadable from the Triple M website. Many of their various guests, callers, sketches, and segments were featured. There were a number of special podcasts made available following Mick and Roo's trip to London. At the end of 2006, Mick Molloy decided to leave radio, which meant ToughLove did not return, as noted in
220-475: The Century for 21 years. Smith was born in Melbourne, Victoria, and educated at Wesley College, Melbourne . During his school years, Smith constructed a makeshift radio station from his parents' house narrowcast over bell wire. Smith and Philip Brady would narrowcast their own show to peoples' homes titled "Brudy's Hideout" on Sunday afternoons. Tape recordings of the show were distributed to people as far as
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#1732797856235240-554: The United States. Smith has often joked that "Brudy's Hideout" was "the world's first podcast". Upon leaving school, Smith joined the Australian Broadcasting Corporation as a messenger boy before progressing through the ranks to an announcer on the home service and Radio Australia . On radio in the 1960s, Smith worked with radio station 3AK as a "good guy" and on The Greater 3UZ as it
260-404: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pete_Smith&oldid=1253357309 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
280-517: The show usually finished with the phrase "Pete Smith speaking". He went on to become the spokesman for Australian retailer Copperart , appearing in numerous commercials during the 1980s and 1990s. In the early 1990s, Smith made several appearances on The Late Show on ABC-TV, having formed an association with some members of the creators of the show, The D-Generation , when they filmed several ultimately rejected pilot episodes of programs at GTV-9. One of Smith's notable performances on The Late Show
300-467: The show's broadcast (except for one episode in September 2007 to introduce a contestant, which included an on-camera appearance). In 2007, he was the announcer for Mick Molloy's short-lived The Nation . In 2011 he was the guest on the seventh episode of Tony Martin's comedy program The Joy of Sets . Smith went back to TV in 2019, as he voiced Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation . During the 1990s he
320-475: Was awarded the Douglas Wilkie Medal for doing the least for Australian rules football in the fairest manner. Staying with GTV-9, Smith was involved with Ernie Sigley and Denise Drysdale on their weekday morning program Ernie & Denise . From 1980, Smith became the announcer for the quiz program Sale of the Century for 21 years until its ending in 2001. His announcement at the end of
340-453: Was known during the 1970s. Since this time, he has made guest appearances on comedy-based radio programs, notably the works of Tony Martin and Mick Molloy including Martin/Molloy , Get This and Tough Love . As television was introduced into Australia, Smith performed the role of announcer and host for the weekly ABV-2 television program Sports View Hit Parade , broadcast on Saturday afternoons. On 11 April 1964, Smith took up
360-598: Was occasionally heard in the background laughing. In its first year (2004) the show ran for two hours (10:00AM – 12:00PM) and was also co-hosted by comedian/actor Alan Brough . During this time, a regular feature of the show was Robyn's fictional characters, including "Mrs. Yi" and "Rosita", however since the timeslot change, these characters appear to have been dropped. The show finished in 2006 when Mick Molloy decided to leave radio. Regular segments include Bombshells , Stupid Behaviour , Zero Tolerance , The ToughLove Enshitelopedia and Bang Out Of Order . During 2004, as
380-495: Was performing the Aerosmith song " Dude Looks Like A Lady ". He also made a guest appearance during the mid-1990s on the current affairs spoof Frontline , also created by former members of The D-Generation and made at ABV-2 . Smith's later roles with GTV-9 were warming up and giving announcements to the studio audience for Bert's Family Feud and a Sale of the Century revival, Temptation , although he did not appear on
400-557: Was the announcer for television advertisements for the Australian homewares chain Copperart , and had a small stint on the ill-fated GTV-9 variety show Micallef Tonight parodying his usual announcer work, announcing joke prizes for their game show segment (describing an ugly couch as "a welcome subtraction from any living-room" and guests' choice to fly by aeroplane with the question "why risk death by ballooning or being fired from
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