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Andrew Christopher Denton (born 1960) is an Australian television producer, comedian, Gold Logie-nominatedtelevision presenter and former radio host, and was the host of the ABC's weekly television interview program Enough Rope. He is known for his comedy and interviewing technique. He is also responsible for introducing the troupe The Chaser to Australian audiences.
Born 4 May 1960, Denton is the son of Kit Denton, writer and the author of the novel The Breaker, about Australian soldier and folk hero Breaker Morant. He went to Roseville Primary School in Sydney, before attending Blue Mountains Grammar School in Wentworth Falls NSW. In 1977 he attended Guildford Grammar School. He studied media and communications at Mitchell College of Advanced Education (MCAE) in Bathurst NSW for a Bachelor of Arts in Communication - graduated 1982-83. He was involved in the campus radio station, 2MCE. Denton has no recorded entries of undertaking services to the community during his years at primary school or high school or while an undergraduate student.
Stephen Robert "Steve" Irwin (22 February 1962 – 4 September 2006), nicknamed "The Crocodile Hunter", was an Australian wildlife expert, television personality, and conservationist. Irwin achieved worldwide fame from the television series The Crocodile Hunter, an internationally broadcast wildlife documentary series which he co-hosted with his wife Terri. Together, the couple also owned and operated Australia Zoo, founded by Irwin's parents in Beerwah, about 80 kilometres (50 mi) north of the Queensland state capital city of Brisbane. Irwin died on 4 September 2006 after being pierced in the chest by a stingray barb while filming an underwater documentary film titled Ocean's Deadliest. The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society ship MY Steve Irwin was named in his honour.
Irwin was born on his mother's birthday to Lyn and Bob Irwin in Essendon, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria. He moved with his parents as a child to Queensland in 1970, where he attended Landsborough State School and Caloundra State High School. Irwin described his father as a wildlife expert interested in herpetology, while his mother Lyn was a wildlife rehabilitator. After moving to Queensland, Bob and Lyn Irwin started the small Queensland Reptile and Fauna Park, where Steve grew up around crocodiles and other reptiles.
Seinfeld Interview - Enough Rope with Andrew Denton part 1
Denton calls out anti-euthanasia advocate during Q&A;
The Weekly: Andrew Denton Interview
Steve Irwin - Interview by Andrew Denton Pt1
Q&A; - Facing Death
Denton meets Dawkins (1/3)
P!nk - Enough Rope with Andrew Denton 2006
More Than Enough Rope - Cate Blanchett - 2005
Former Ku Klux Klan leader Johnny Lee Clary on Enough Rope with Andrew Denton
Andrew Denton & Miriam Margolyes Interview
Andrew Denton on Everything That's Wrong With Australian Politics
Kevin Bloody Wilson - Enough Rope with Andrew Denton Part 1