Live TV election shenanigans; Cold Casey file; Double Danielle

Tally-ho

Dr Mumbo enjoyed spending his Saturday night watching the results flow in for one of the more pointless elections Australia has seen in recent years.

And while the Tasmanian state election may have been an exercise in maintaining the status quo, it was nonetheless a source of TV gold.

There was much to be said for the live TV theatre of using Australia’s last Tally Room as a backdrop. Not least because it meant multiple hours of punditing while the public got up to high jinks in the background.

Sometimes that meant stealing the show by vogueing in the back of the shot…