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Ed Kavalee's Biography
For a number of years, Ed Kavalee hosted Theatre sports at the University
of Sydney. Before his career on radio with Triple M, Kavalee began working in a
small video store at the age of fourteen for a period of eight and a half
years, and was a panel operator and part of the promotions team with the Triple
M Rock Patrol vehicles, The Black Thunders.
Ed Kavalee is a graduate of Screenwise. Three months before he
graduated, he scored the pilot and a part on the ensemble cast of Working Dog
Productions’ improvised comedy show Thank God You’re Here. He appeared in more
than 20 episodes of the show in 2006 and remained a member of the ensemble cast
in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th series.
In 2006, Ed Kavalee joined with co-host Tony Martin and panel operator
Richard Marsland for the Triple M radio comedy show Get This which featured
comedy sketches, celebrity guests and banter on trivia and current affairs. The
show was a ratings success[4] and soon developed a devoted assembly
of loyal fans including English comedian Ross Noble who commented in an
interview in 2012 that Get This, although off-air for five years, remained his
all-time favourite radio show. But after two years, Austereo made the
controversial decision to axe the program. Despite the protests from fans
and supporters, the show finished in November 2007. In December 2008,
Kavalee and Martin recorded a special tribute podcast dedicated to the memory
of Richard Marsland whose tragic death occurred earlier that month.
In 2008, Ed Kavalee joined The Wrong Way Home with Akmal Saleh and Cal
Wilson on the Nova network. Before Kavalee joined he was a guest co-host while
Wilson took time off for her wedding. In 2009, Kavalee joined Nova 100’s
Hughesy & Kate breakfast show as an anchor, replacing Tim Blackwell who
hosted the Nova Nights show Launchpad with Hayley Pearson.
Ed Kavalee hosted TV Burp on the Seven Network in mid 2009, which was
the Australian TV series that was based on the original version of the UK’s TV
series Harry Hill’s TV Burp. He co-hosted Santo, Sam and Ed’s Cup Fever!
with Santo Cilauro and Sam Pang on SBS TV, which was a light-hearted look at
the 2010 FIFA World Cup, running for the duration of the championships. Ed
Kavalee was reunited with his former co-host on Get This, Tony Martin, for The
Joy of Sets on the Nine Network. This comedy television series, looking at
the elements used to construct television shows, commenced screening on 20
September 2011 in the 9:00 pm Tuesday timeslot on Nine. The eighth and
final episode aired on 8 November 2011. Although initial ratings were
impressive, subsequent figures were disappointing and midway through the
series, it was moved to a later timeslot of 10.30pm.
In December 2011, Ed Kavalee resigned from Nova 100 to focus on TV and
film work. In 2012, he appeared in the Australian film Any Questions for
Ben?directed by Rob Sitch, Kavalee co-hosted Santo, Sam and Ed’s Sports
Fever! on the Seven network, a spin-off from the SBS series in 2010. He was
also a regular guest on the TV show Agony Uncles (ABC-TV).He also worked on the
comedy film Scumbus in which he starred, co-wrote, co-produced and largely
self-funded. The comedy film focusses on a pair of under-achieving policemen
and was shot in only 11 days, featuring a cast of well-known names in
Australian comedy. The film aired on Ch-10 on 10 November 2012, received
positive reviews and was selected for screening at the Los Angeles Comedy
Festival. At the end of 2012, Kavalee was seeking a distributor for his
second feature film entitled Border Protection Squad, the film has been
written, directed and also co-produced by himself and is a comedy that takes a
satirical swipe at TV shows such as Ch-7’s Border Security.
Since January 2014, Ed Kavalee is heard on radio as a co-host on Triple
M Brisbane’s Grill Team breakfast show. In 2015 Ed wishes to pursue his
acting career overseas.