Graham & Bert OUR GREAT DOUBLE ACT

THERE WILL NEVER BE A DUO LIKE THE COMEDY KINGS

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It’s hard to believe that it has been four years since Bert Newton passed away aged 83, closing a chapter for all Australians who grew up watching him on their screens.

For many, there wasn’t ever a time when Bert wasn’t in our lounge rooms. But one of the most memorable periods of his career was his pairing with Graham Kennedy. Friends and comedy partners for life, no-one made ‘em laugh quite like ‘Moonface’ and ‘Gra-Gra’, the first clown princes of Aussie television.

Both Bert and Graham had honed their craft on Melbourne's radio scene before making the transition to television not long after it was launched in 1956. The following year, Graham was given the reins of a new show called In Melbourne Tonight (or