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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Olympic movement. Well-known radio personalities for more than a decade in Australia, the two gained an international following during the Sydney Olympic Games with their irreverent nightly television show, "The Dream." Unimpressed with Sydney's official mascots, the boys created their own, Fatso the Fat-Arsed Wombat, which became a runaway success and was carried around the Games by the likes of Billie Jean King. Athletes clamored to be on the show, willing to offer themselves up to ridicule for the chance to appear on must-see TV. If you were in Sydney and you weren't watching...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympics 2010: On to Smiggin Holes! | 2/25/2002 | See Source »

...boyfriend to call me at 4 a.m. so I can get up and finish my paper before going to section. No silly, just deposit your holiday hours in your sleep bank. When the schedule becomes laughably ridiculous and you turn into the droopy-eyed, nocturnal wombat shell of yourself, you can withdraw all the hours you saved up while you were at home living like a normal human being...

Author: By Antoinette C. Nwandu, | Title: Holiday Anti-Stress Survival Kit | 11/26/2001 | See Source »

...would grope and mount each other from behind. The two took jabs at fat judo contestants and openly mocked the New Zealand medal tally (four as of Saturday night). The public lapped it up. After barely a week on the air, the show's mascot, Fatso the Fat-Arsed Wombat, was so popular the I.O.C. requested that athletes stop posing with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Laugh Track | 10/9/2000 | See Source »

...Well, I'm going to crack a last VB and finish packing. I did get the stuffed wombat for Caroline, kangaroos for the twins, and your Coogi sweater. And as I say, I did buy myself that bushman's hat. You'll really like it. Maybe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wrap-up: Letter from Sydney | 10/2/2000 | See Source »

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