Scott Dooley
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Scott "Dools" Dooley is an Australia
n comedian
and radio announcer best known for his tenure with state-owned national youth network, Triple J
. Since 18 January 2010 and ending 26 August 2011, he has co-hosted Nova 969's breakfast show alongside Merrick Watts
and Ricki-Lee Coulter (replaced by Monty from 2011), to disappointing ratings
.
Dools began his career at Triple J
as a work experience kid. Following an on-air revelation that he had a third nipple
he then went on to be a guest on the Breakfast show with Adam
and Wil
where he starred in the Friday segment, "Are You Smarter Than Dools?". He has hosted the mid-dawn program - a common shift for new announcers - and the "Summer Nights" weeknight program which airs during the summer non-ratings period. On 7 January 2008, he joined Linda Marigliano
to present the afternoon drive program from 3-5:30pm weekdays. Linda left the station on 5 December 2008 leaving Dools as the sole presenter for the drive program, until his eventual departure on 4 December 2009.
In mid-2009, Dools introduced a segment on his show, Annoying Dom Alessio, which consisted predictably of instances devoted to annoying fellow Triple J presenter Dom Alessio. A number of methods were used, including a rubiks cube, a word puzzle and hiding Alessio's car keys. Alessio exacted a degree of revenge on Dools on 3 July 2009 when he posted Scott Dooley's personal mobile phone number on the internet as well as announcing it over the radio.
Dools has also hosted jtv
and appeared in JTV segments. He regularly appeared in the segment, "Throwing Stuff at Robbie Buck", which involved him and segment co-host Linda Marigliano ambushing fellow Triple J host Robbie Buck
, throwing various items at him including a giant plush rabbit, and slapping Robbie across the face with a fish. The items used were usually suggested by a listener or viewer. The segment was later banned by ABC
management.
Scott has hosted a range of different comedy gigs from Sydney's own Mic In Hand, to Australia's Raw Comedy
, and has DJed at Sydney based club "Purple Sneakers". He has also appeared in the DVD, Sydney Underground Comedy. He has also contributed to several Chaser Annuals
, including the most recent, The Other Secret.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n comedian
Comedian
A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience, primarily by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting a fool, as in slapstick, or employing prop comedy...
and radio announcer best known for his tenure with state-owned national youth network, Triple J
Triple J
triple j is a nationally networked Australian radio station intended to appeal to listeners between the ages of 18 and 30. The government-funded station is a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation...
. Since 18 January 2010 and ending 26 August 2011, he has co-hosted Nova 969's breakfast show alongside Merrick Watts
Merrick Watts
Merrick Watts is a Australian comedian, radio host and television presenter. He is best known for performing stand-up comedy and radio works as part of the comedy duo Merrick and Rosso with Tim Ross....
and Ricki-Lee Coulter (replaced by Monty from 2011), to disappointing ratings
Audience measurement
Audience measurement measures how many people are in an audience, usually in relation to radio listenership and television viewership, but also in relation to newspaper and magazine readership and, increasingly, web traffic on websites...
.
Dools began his career at Triple J
Triple J
triple j is a nationally networked Australian radio station intended to appeal to listeners between the ages of 18 and 30. The government-funded station is a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation...
as a work experience kid. Following an on-air revelation that he had a third nipple
Supernumerary nipple
A supernumerary nipple is an additional nipple occurring in mammals, including humans...
he then went on to be a guest on the Breakfast show with Adam
Adam Spencer
Adam Barrington Spencer is an Australian radio presenter, comedian, and media personality. He first came to fame when he won his round of the comedic talent search Raw Comedy in the mid-1990s...
and Wil
Wil Anderson
William James "Wil" Anderson is an Australian comedian, writer, performing stand-up, and television and radio presenter and personality.- Early life :...
where he starred in the Friday segment, "Are You Smarter Than Dools?". He has hosted the mid-dawn program - a common shift for new announcers - and the "Summer Nights" weeknight program which airs during the summer non-ratings period. On 7 January 2008, he joined Linda Marigliano
Linda Marigliano
Linda Marigliano is an Australian radio announcer and musician, best known for her work on FBi Radio and Triple J and playing bass guitar in indie rock band teenagersintokyo.Starting on FBi Radio in 2003, she presented the weekday afternoon shift...
to present the afternoon drive program from 3-5:30pm weekdays. Linda left the station on 5 December 2008 leaving Dools as the sole presenter for the drive program, until his eventual departure on 4 December 2009.
In mid-2009, Dools introduced a segment on his show, Annoying Dom Alessio, which consisted predictably of instances devoted to annoying fellow Triple J presenter Dom Alessio. A number of methods were used, including a rubiks cube, a word puzzle and hiding Alessio's car keys. Alessio exacted a degree of revenge on Dools on 3 July 2009 when he posted Scott Dooley's personal mobile phone number on the internet as well as announcing it over the radio.
Dools has also hosted jtv
Jtv
triple j tv is the name given to a series of Australian television programmes which started broadcast in July 2006 as a television spin-off of national radio broadcaster Triple J. They are broadcast on ABC1 and ABC2 as well as available online...
and appeared in JTV segments. He regularly appeared in the segment, "Throwing Stuff at Robbie Buck", which involved him and segment co-host Linda Marigliano ambushing fellow Triple J host Robbie Buck
Robbie Buck
Robbie Buck is an Australian radio announcer best known for his work at the national youth broadcaster, Triple J...
, throwing various items at him including a giant plush rabbit, and slapping Robbie across the face with a fish. The items used were usually suggested by a listener or viewer. The segment was later banned by ABC
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly referred to as "the ABC" , is Australia's national public broadcaster...
management.
Scott has hosted a range of different comedy gigs from Sydney's own Mic In Hand, to Australia's Raw Comedy
Raw Comedy
Raw Comedy is an Australian competition for emerging stand-up comedians, established in 1996 and held annually since.Heats take place in major Australian cities through January, February and March. State semi-finals and finals are held in the state capitals in March...
, and has DJed at Sydney based club "Purple Sneakers". He has also appeared in the DVD, Sydney Underground Comedy. He has also contributed to several Chaser Annuals
The Chaser
The Chaser are an Australian satirical comedian group, known for their television programmes on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation channel. The group take their name from their production of satirical newspaper, a publication known to challenge conventions of taste...
, including the most recent, The Other Secret.