Oscar Gordon/Nick Franich
Cheap Shots
Oscar Gordon has a degree in Bachelor of Communication Studies and an Advanced Diploma in Digital Television. Oscar has recently created and produced a six-part web series ‘Fruits and Roots with Lola Berry’. Oscar has orchestrated this to be featured on the Boost Juice Website and screened on Boost Juice TVs across Australia. For the last five years, Oscar and Nick have created a weekly flagship drive-time radio show. Oscar has produced, panelled and co-hosted the show, Cheap Shots with Nick Franich. Oscar always aptly handled all production and on-air sound effects. Much time was spent developing supporting audio clips and music that provide a seamless passage between talk, songs and advertisements. Oscar is also a skilled communicator, playing a big part in the pace and variety of the show. Organisation and preparation for shows is also fantastic attribute of Oscar’s. Oscar is currently working with Nick Franich on a documentary “The Line” with the publishing company “One Day Hill”. Oscar is co-directing and is the Production Manager.
Nick Franich is completing a double-degree in Bachelors of law/Education at Monash University. In order to subside the intrinsic boredom and monotony that goes with such course, Nick’s extra-curricular life is as busy as any ! An accomplished performer, Nick has been seen in several shows around Melbourne including the Victorian premier of “Rent” the musical and “Nightmares a Real” (which formed part of the inaugural Melbourne Cabaret Festival at South Melbourne’s “The butterfly Club”) Employment wise, Nick is an accomplished V.C.E English tutor, with 10 permanent weekly students. Nick in interest in almost all areas of the arts, and has a more clandestine interest in politics and current affairs. He is currently in the process of writing a new cabaret entitled “Songs in Bad Taste”. With his previous involvement with Oscar on-air for the last five years, Nick ability to create and execute hundreds of skits and characters helped form the basis of Cheap Shots - for the Comedy Channel. Nick recently made the Top 100 of Australian Idol. Unfortunately, he got the boot in Sydney and although he will have you believe that the rejection didn’t hurt, it really did. Badly.