Antony Walters is an Australian actor, film director, and cocreator of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly referred to as "the ABC" , is Australia's national public broadcaster...

 television series Double the Fist

Double the Fist

Double the Fist is an Australian satirical television show which airs on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. It follows the misadventures of four men and their pursuit of "fistworthiness": host Steve Foxx , and his three offsiders; Rod Foxx , Mephisto , and The Womp .The series has also been...

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Walters met his collaborator Craig Anderson

Craig Anderson (actor)

Craig Anderson is an Australian writer and actor best known for his comedic turns in the Australian Feature film Bootmen, the television series Double the Fist, and award winning short films Life in a Datsun, Demon Datsun, Life in a Volkswagen...

 when they were performing absurdist

Absurdism

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 theatre at the University of Western Sydney

University of Western Sydney

The University of Western Sydney, also known as UWS, is a multi-campus university in the Greater Western region of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...

 in the mid-1990s. Bryan Moses, the third member of their team was there at the same time making films. They teamed up on the short film Life in a Datsun, which won best comedy at the 1999 Tropfest

Tropfest

Tropfest is the world's largest short film festival.Tropfest began in 1993 as a screening for 200 people in a cafe in Sydney but has since become the largest platform for short films in the world. Tropfest Australia takes place in February each year in front of a live audience of approximately...

 film festival, where they met Doug Bayne

Doug Bayne

Doug Bayne is known for his exploits in animation, acting and writing. He has been made famous through his work on ABC television, namely Fly TV, Double the Fist and recently with The Chaser's War on Everything and triple j tv....

, another entrant who created casual computer effects. The foursome created Dare TV, a consciously tasteless mock reality show that they sold to Special Broadcasting Service

Special Broadcasting Service

The Special Broadcasting Service is a hybrid-funded Australian public broadcasting radio and television network. The stated purpose of SBS is "to provide multilingual and multicultural radio and television services that inform, educate and entertain all Australians and, in doing so, reflect...

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They then created material for Fly TV

Fly TV

Fly TV was an ABC Television channel available to viewers of digital terrestrial television in Australia. The channel featured programming aimed towards teenagers and young adults. It was launched nationally on 1 November 2001, and aired alongside the children's-oriented ABC Kids Channel, which...

, ABC's digital youth channel, before piloting Double the Fist.