Club Veg
| Other names | The Morning After Show |
|---|---|
| Genre | Comedy, talk radio |
| Country | Australia |
| Home station | Triple J, 2SM, Triple M Network |
| Hosted by | Vic Davies, Mal Lees |
| Created by | Vic Davies, Mal Lees |
| Written by | Vic Davies, Mal Lees |
| Air dates | 1984 to 2002 |
Club Veg (initially called The Morning After Show on Triple J) was an Australian radio show created and presented by the comedic duo of Vic Davies and Mal Lees on Triple J (1984–86) and later on Triple M (1988–2002). A typical show featured "song parodies and comic sketches." The duo also released two albums, Members and Guests & Things (1988) and We Suck (2000). Each was nominated for an ARIA Award for Best Comedy Release in the relevant years. The show was cancelled at the end of 2002 and the duo split. In mid-2009 Davies was diagnosed with lung cancer and died of the disease on 7 November 2009, aged 55.
The duo started working together when Vic Davies (copywriter) and Mal Lees (then the afternoon announcer, music director) met at radio station, 2KA, Katoomba in the mid-1970s. Both were fans of the Beatles, Monty Python and thinking outside the box – and being told off for it. They then worked at 2WS, Sydney; writing and producing comedy for Mad Mel but realised that they had a great comedy partnership and could write better for themselves than for others. Armed with some tapes from 2WS, Lees called Marius Webb at Triple J and introduced Webb to a new form of radio comedy. It resulted in them being hired – they started with The Morning After Show in 1984.
While at Triple J, the duo also hosted a theme night at the Tivoli in George Street, Sydney and because their listeners referred to them as "The Vegies" (due to their zany, mock-vegetative presenting style) they called the nights, Club Veg. When their Saturday breakfast show was moved to drive time, The Morning After Show, name no longer fit and, as their listeners still referred to "The Vegies", they changed its name to Club Veg.
The duo parodied a number of people including radio presenter, John Laws, and Jack Jones (who sang the Love Boat theme). After 18 months rival station, 2SM, offered the Club Veg team the drive shift and soon after the breakfast slot, before Triple M Sydney poached them for the night time show late in 1987.
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