
MUM HAD A KINGSWOOD: TALES FROM THE LIFE AND MIND OF ROSSO
By Tim Ross
When
Rosso left his award-winning, ratings-smashing, hugely popular breakfast radio
show at the end of 2009, we all wondered what he would do next. The answer? He
wrote a book!
And the end result is a very funny book telling
all sorts of tales. There are warm, fuzzy childhood stories growing up in suburban
Melbourne with billycarts and milkbars, indoor sports , first driving experiences
and the family moving to Fiji for 6 months; teenage stories of girls, fires in
dad's workshop, mandarin liqueur, and the awkward years of bad clothes and bad
hair that were the 80s; student tales of share-house madness (and how to get rid
of mice!), being in a pub rock band, mates, more cars and Uni coming off second
best.
And then there's the moment when his stand-up comedy
career took off, and how it led to him entertaining the nation on TV and radio.
Stories from the early days working with Merrick, the rock stars and celebrities
he met (and sometimes offended!): being patted like a Labrador by John Travolta,
fighting about the definition of 'chick flick' with Cameron Diaz; the enthusiastic
Sylvester Stallone; pub crawling with Bryan Brown; swearing at a former Vice President
of the United States; and THAT orange Mambo shirt worn by David Bowie . . .
In
between all these great anecdotes of life there are classic rants and raves, random
ideas and other 'stuff'! A mind dump of information about technology, Nigerian
loan scams, relationships, party games, reality TV show and movie sequel ideas,
how to bring a bit of celebrity into your own life and understanding Gen Y.
ABOUT
THE AUTHOR:
Tim Ross is one of Australia's best known comedians.
He built up an enormous fan base as the Rosso half of Merrick and Rosso through
their ratings-topping show on Triple J and also their sell out live shows. In
2001 he helped launch the Nova network. The Merrick and Rosso breakfast show fast
became Sydney's most popular radio program and then went national for six of its
nine years. On TV Rosso featured on three seasons of the Logie nominated 'Unplanned'
(Nine Network). He also featured in 'The B-Team' (Network Ten) and 'The Merrick
and Rosso Show' (Foxtel) and has made guest appearances on shows such as 'All
Saints', 'Spicks and Specks' and 'Rove Live' as well as hosting 'Uncharted' on
MTV and guest programming 'Rage'. Along the way he's picked up numerous ACRA radio
awards, an Astra, GQ Man of the year award and an ARIA. He is currently a contributor
to Men's Style Australia, Rolling Stone and The (Sydney) Magazine. Rosso lives
in Sydney, in his 1959 Modernist home and is a collector of Mid Century Modern
furniture.
'Mum Had A Kingswood' is available now.