Brian Mannix piss-take of the Countdown era will be unveiled at Crown Casino in Melbourne on January 22.
Mannix, a Countdown veteran himself as the lead singer of Uncanny X-Men, has put the show together.“I was watching another show and it seemed to me that a lot of shows were playing popular songs and doing dress-ups,” Brian tells Undercover News. “I thought if you are going to do a show like that you might as well do Countdown. I thought well Molly is pretty funny, so I will get someone who is funny to rip-off Molly. That would be funny. It just evolved from there”.
Michael Veitch plays Countdown host Molly Meldrum. The old voice-over guy Gavin Wood will be heard as the new voice-over guy.
‘I Can’t Believe Its Not Countdown’ will bring back the music of the 70s and 80s, those classic hits that Countdown made famous. Remember The Vapours ‘Turning Japanese’, he hideous garb of Mark Holden with the White Suit and the Carnation, the visual of Skyhooks and the power of Suzi Quatro. It will be all there, even one the Uncanny X-Men hit ‘Everybody Wants To Work”.
Preview shows are on January 20 and 21. The opening night is January 22. The show then runs until February 1.
Watch the interview with Brian Mannix about ‘I Can’t Believe Its Not Countdown’ here:
