Ukraine has elected as its president a comedian with no political experience and not many policies. So what would our comedians do if elected to be the President of New Zealand? Here are their manifestos. Guy Williams Two words: Flag referendum. The last one was a shambles and we need another one! I genuinely think New … Read more
From the Big Save lady, to ASB’s Goldstein, to a very young Taika Waititi selling sweets – these are the TV ads that made James Mustapic the man he is today. Watch Friday’s episode of The Spinoff TV in full here. Thanks to NZ on Air
Each week on The Spinoff TV’s Repressed Memories, James Mustapic delves into NZ pop culture’s graveyard and digs up the bodies. This episode: Shocking deaths, forbidden love, multiple Harry Warners and TK in a fedora – revisiting the glory of Shortland Street in 2009. Watch all the Repressed Memories videos here. The Spinoff TV screens … Read more
In Repressed Memories, James Mustapic delves into NZ pop culture’s graveyard and digs up some bodies. This episode: remembering Dane Rumble, Fast Crew, J. Williams, Evermore and Scribe. Watch all the Repressed Memories videos here. The Spinoff TV screens Fridays at 9.45pm from June 22nd on THREE. Thanks to NZ on Air. The Spinoff’s music … Read more
Please enjoy the final episode (for now) of our online series Repressed Memories, wherein James Mustapic revisits weird local shows from his childhood (click here to watch episode one on Sensing Murder, episode two on Sticky TV and episode three on NZ Idol) When I was in my tween prime, Shortland Street was also in its prime. I … Read more
We sent local Ferndale fanatic James Mustapic along to preview snippets of Shortland Street: The Musical live on stage, because that’s a thing. Big news: there’s a Shortland Street musical in the works and from what I’ve seen of it, it’s iconic. Premiering a rough teaser show as a part of the Auckland Arts Festival, … Read more
James Mustapic introduces our new web series Repressed Memories, and explains why he decided to revisit Sensing Murder for the first harrowing episode. NZ TV shows were such an iconic part of my life when I was younger. I was obsessed: with after school kids TV shows, drama TV shows, and even TV shows about … Read more
James Mustapic of genius Youtube channel Shorty Street Scandal is coming out of retirement to do a live show at The Basement this weekend. He explains why. After almost two years of watching every episode of Shortland Street at least twice a night, and recapping them on Youtube, I took a break. This Saturday 17th … Read more
James Mustapic of Shorty St Scandal presents his annual awards to the good people of Ferndale in 2015. Gather round all ye doctors, nurses, patients and receptionists of Shortland Street, James Mustapic is here to shine a light on the best storylines, characters and moments from Ferndale this year. From Chris Warner’s “playa days” to Murray’s meatballs, … Read more
The Spinoff is proud to present the exceptional music video for ‘Hold Your Hand in Mine Harry Warner’, the debut pop single from Shorty Street Scandal‘s James Mustapic. More from The Spinoff on Shortland Street: – An interview with James Mustapic about creating this Shortland Street-themed musical magic – Interviewing Shortland Street producer Simon Bennett about tonight’s … Read more