Wil Anderson
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William James Anderson 31 January 1974 Sale, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation | Comedian, writer, presenter, podcaster |
William James "Wil" Anderson (born 31 January 1974) is an Australian comedian, writer, presenter, and podcaster.
Anderson was born in Sale, Victoria and grew up on a dairy farm near Heyfield, Victoria. He attended Gippsland Grammar School in Sale. He later went on to study journalism at the University of Canberra, graduating top of his course.
Anderson started his career in newspaper journalism, before venturing into stand-up comedy. In his early career, Anderson made numerous appearances on Good News Week, on both the original and revamped version. On 19 June 1996, Anderson appeared as the guest comedian on the RMITV Show Under Melbourne Tonight and appeared with RMITV again on the Under Melbourne Tonight spin-off What's Goin' On There? on 3 June 1998.
From 2000 to 2004, Anderson co-hosted the triple j breakfast radio show with Adam Spencer.
Between 2001 and 2006 Anderson hosted comedy talk-show The Glass House, broadcast on ABC. The show saw him working with Corinne Grant and Dave Hughes. In November 2006 the show was cancelled amid media speculation that the cancellation was made due to pressure from the Howard government. Howard responded with, "I do not tell the ABC what programs it should run. I respect the independence of the ABC." In 2007, Anderson was nominated for the "Most Popular Presenter" award at the Logies for his role on the show.
Anderson was the subject of controversy after he made jokes about the late father of Australian Idol finalist Shannon Noll at the 2006 Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
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