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tanaya qoispook 🎃 @qoifoog.bsky.social · 1d

Offalseed’s finest - Barabbas Loins. Drawn sometime in early 2020; reposted today apropos of absolutely nothing.

No, I still don’t know why I gave him fancy cowboy boots.

(with apologies to @markhumphries.bsky.social, as always.)

A digital drawing of Barabbas Loins, Member for Offalseed and Minister for Mulch. He’s wearing fancy cowboy boots in addition to his usual blue shirt, beige pants and big hat. Why remains a mystery even five years after the fact.

Procreate on iPad, sometime in early 2020.

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Mark Humphries @markhumphries.bsky.social · 1d

Barabbas to the Future…
Did Barabbas Loins predict the future of Barnaby Joyce?

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Mark Humphries @markhumphries.bsky.social · 1d

Barabbas to the Future…
Did Barabbas Loins predict the future of Barnaby Joyce?

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Mark Humphries @markhumphries.bsky.social · 1d

The final episode of ‘Skase: Fall of a Tycoon’ is out now!

www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

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Matt Fulton @mattfulton.bsky.social · 7d

Highly recommend.
Though he’s skipped the bit about the time Skase tried to steal Bargearse’s capricciosa - we don’t like to talk about that time in life.

Mark Humphries @markhumphries.bsky.social · 7d

‘The Chase for Skase’, the penultimate episode of Skase: Fall of a Tycoon, is out now!
open.spotify.com/episode/2HQA...

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Matt Karger @mattkarger.bsky.social · 7d

This show has been an enjoyable blend of nostalgia and the corporate true crime genre.

Mark Humphries @markhumphries.bsky.social · 7d

‘The Chase for Skase’, the penultimate episode of Skase: Fall of a Tycoon, is out now!
open.spotify.com/episode/2HQA...

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Mark Humphries @markhumphries.bsky.social · 7d

‘The Chase for Skase’, the penultimate episode of Skase: Fall of a Tycoon, is out now!
open.spotify.com/episode/2HQA...

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Mark Humphries @markhumphries.bsky.social · 14d

I’m back hosting Saturday Evenings on ABC local radio around the country. Was thrilled to be joined last night by ‘Back to the Future’ co-creator Bob Gale. Our full conversation here:
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

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Mark Humphries @markhumphries.bsky.social · 16d

@mattfulton.bsky.social

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Mark Humphries @markhumphries.bsky.social · 16d

You have no idea how much editing was required to make it sound coherent. Actually, I reckon you do.

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Mark Humphries @markhumphries.bsky.social · 17d

He was the biggest thing on the footy field.

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Matt Fulton @mattfulton.bsky.social · 17d

Thoroughly enjoying @markhumphries.bsky.social ABC’s Skase podcast.
Especially Warwick Capper literally reminiscing about the 80s.

02 | Building a Mirage

Podcast Episode · ABC Rewind · 26/09/2025 · 36m

podcasts.apple.com

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Rhys 📼 @flemishdog.bsky.social · 26d

We we're long overdue for a Skase overview. Any chance for an Alan Bond and a John Friedrich overview to complete the trifecta of Australian conmen @markhumphries.bsky.social? https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/abc-rewind/abc-rewind-skase-fall-tycoon/105744504

01 | The Confidence Man - ABC listen

Christopher Skase wants to be a corporate cowboy. He’s handsome and elegant, with Hermes ties and flowing locks. His wife Pixie is beautiful, in a 1980s kind of way, with bouffant blonde hair and more diamonds than a high street jeweller. Together they take on the Melbourne business establishment and start building the Qintex empire.

www.abc.net.au

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Kirsti Melville @kirstimelville.bsky.social · Sep 19

Aaaaaand it’s here! Ep 1 of the series our team’s been working on for months - Skase: Fall of a tycoon. You’d’ve been living under a rock if you didn’t know who Pixie and Christopher were in the 1980s. They had it all - fame, money, glitz. Until they didn’t. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

01 | The Confidence Man - ABC listen

Christopher Skase wants to be a corporate cowboy. He’s handsome and elegant, with Hermes ties and flowing locks. His wife Pixie is beautiful, in a 1980s kind of way, with bouffant blonde hair and more...

www.abc.net.au

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MandyCheevers ✒️ @mandycheevers.bsky.social · Sep 19

Listened to Episode 1 of Rewind on Christpher Skase hosted by the excellent @markhumphries.bsky.social it was as great as I was expecting. More Mark Humphries podcasts I say
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr....

01 | The Confidence Man - ABC listen

Christopher Skase wants to be a corporate cowboy. He’s handsome and elegant, with Hermes ties and flowing locks. His wife Pixie is beautiful, in a 1980s kind of way, with bouffant blonde hair and more...

www.abc.net.au

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Mark Humphries @markhumphries.bsky.social · Sep 19

Thanks for listening, Mandy!

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Mark Humphries @markhumphries.bsky.social · Sep 19

Episode 1 of ‘Skase: Fall of a Tycoon’ is out now!

www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

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Mark Humphries @markhumphries.bsky.social · Aug 30

Returning to ABC local radio around the country this evening from 7:30pm AEST. My special guest tonight: four-time Gold Logie winner Lisa McCune.

You can listen here live: www.abc.net.au/listen/live/...

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Tony Martin @tonymartin.bsky.social · Aug 14

I have to give Binge credit for the great @mitchmctaggart.bsky.social and @markhumphries.bsky.social shows, but they appear to be making up for the loss of the HBO content with a record number of Hitler, Mussolini and shark docos.

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Tony Martin @tonymartin.bsky.social · Aug 4

The #SIZZLETOWN mug, as seen in @markhumphries.bsky.social excellent 'SOLD!' doco (on Binge and Foxtel), is back in stock, at sizzletownpodcast.bigcartel.com/product/new-...

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Mark Humphries @markhumphries.bsky.social · Aug 2

Cool!

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Mark Humphries @markhumphries.bsky.social · Aug 2

I’m hosting Talking Pictures on tomorrow’s Insiders and my guest is journalist and Fourth Estate host Tina Quinn.

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Mark Humphries @markhumphries.bsky.social · Jul 28

I forgive you.

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Mark Humphries @markhumphries.bsky.social · Jul 28

Thank you to everyone who’s watched SOLD! And big thanks to everyone who’s contacted me about it; it’s been lovely to read your messages. Now streaming on Binge and Foxtel

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Julian’s Scrawings @scrawlings.bsky.social · Jul 26

"When did the Australian dream go from owning your own home to owning somebody else’s?"

The question speaks volumes, not least of the moral corruption of our politicians, with many of them given over so deeply to this notion of prosperity, when the price is insecurity for others.

Mark Humphries @markhumphries.bsky.social · Jul 25

Our documentary SOLD! is now streaming on BINGE.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Mark Humphries: ‘When did the Australian dream go from owning your own home to owning somebody else’s?’

The TV satirist on the two-tier system of housing in Australia, his journey into comedy, and being held up at knife-point while working at a video store

www.theguardian.com

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