Bounce (Australian TV series)

Bounce, formerly known as Before the Bounce and After the Bounce, is an Australian light entertainment television series focusing on Australian Rules football.[2] The show, currently airing on Fox Footy, takes a children focused comedic look back at the previous week in the Australian Football League. First aired in 2007, the show is currently hosted by former footballers Jason Dunstall and Cameron Mooney and former basketballer Andrew Gaze.

Not to be confused with The Bounce, also an Australian Rules based panel show, which aired in 2010 on the Seven Network.

Bounce
Presented byJason Dunstall (2007–present)
Cameron Mooney (2016–present)
Danny Frawley (2007–2019)
Bernie Vince (2019–present)
Andrew Gaze (2011–present)
Ben Dixon (2021–present)
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons11
No. of episodes350 (as of 23 June 2019)[1]
Production
Executive producerBill Cannon
Running time60 minutes
Release
Original networkFox Sports (2007–2011)
Fox Footy (2012–present)
Original release2007 (2007) –
present

History

Originally called Before the Bounce, the show was broadcast on Friday nights before the opening game of the round. The original hosts were Dunstall, Frawley, journalists Gerard Whateley and Damian Barrett, and former footballer Billy Brownless. In 2011, the show's name changed to After the Bounce and it moved to Sunday nights, normally immediately after the final game of the round. Whateley hosted the show for the final time in 2011, before his other show, AFL 360, was extended to be broadcast four nights per week in 2012 with the launch of the new 24/7 AFL channel Fox Footy. When co-host Damien Fleming left Australia to cover the Australian cricket team's tour of the West Indies in March 2012, he was replaced by Andrew Gaze. For 2014, the show's name was changed again, this time to simply Bounce, and it moved to Wednesday nights at 8.30pm following AFL 360.[3] In 2015, it returned to the Sunday night timeslot following the final game of the round, but retained its title of Bounce. The show also became sponsored by Holden.

Following the 2015 season, Alastair Lynch left the show in order to spend more time with his family. He was due to be replaced by former stand-in presenter Nathan Grima, who had recently announced his retirement from the AFL.[4] However, in February 2016, Grima announced a comeback to football, signing with the Essendon Football Club as a top-up player due to the club's supplements controversy.[5] As such, it was later announced that former footballer Cameron Mooney would join the series, with Barry Hall to also join the series for the 'Yesterday's Heroes' segment.[6] In April 2016, Gaze announced that he would be leaving the show after the show on 24 April 2016 to take up a role as head coach of the Sydney Kings in the National Basketball League. Gaze would remain on the show on a part-time basis, in rotation with other guest panellists including the return of Fleming, former footballers Brian Lake and Robert DiPierdomenico and comedians Julian Schiller and Tegan Higginbotham amongst others. This format would continue in future seasons.

The 350th episode of Bounce aired on 23 June 2019.[1]

On 9 September 2019, Danny Frawley died in a single-car accident. Bounce did not air for the rest of the 2019 season, however a special episode appeared a week later in his memory.

Approaching the 2020 season, it was announced Bounce will return with Dunstall remaining as host, Gaze increasing his presence in the show, with Mooney, Sharni Layton and Bernie Vince resuming their roles as other members on the panel. The Golden Fist Award will be renamed "Spud's Golden Fist" as a continuation of Frawley's legacy.[7][8]

Hosts

Regular Presenters

Former presenters

Temporary presenters

Segments

Current
  • Numerology - Cameron Mooney presents numerical or statistical quirks from the previous weekend.
  • Golden Fist Award - As a protest against most awards being won by midfielders and forwards, Bernie Vince or Ben Dixon (previously Danny Frawley) shows clips of the week's best spoils, and then gives votes for the best defenders of the week. After Frawley died in a single-car accident on 9 September 2019, a Change.org petition was started to make it an official AFL award; it has, as of 12 September 2019, garnered over 62,000 signatures.[9]
  • Clangers - Sponsored by AAMI, Cameron Mooney selects and discusses ruinous actions committed by players during the games of the latest round. The segment was previously presented by Danny Frawley until his death in 2019 and was previously known as Coach Killers until mid-2015 and Don’t Come Monday until 2020.
  • Cut The Crap - Andrew Gaze calls out clichéd press conferences from players or coaches and re-dubs the audio to what he thinks they really should have said. This was previously presented by Danny Frawley until his death in 2019.
  • Turn It Up! - A soapbox-like segment in which Andrew Gaze admonishes the words/actions of people from the past week.
  • Social Life - Bernie Vince or Ben Dixon show social media-based football and non-football clips from the previous week.
  • Chief's Instagram - The crew berates Jason with supposed pictures and videos from his Instagram: @chief_dunstall
  • Yesterday's Heroes - Andrew Gaze and Ben Dixon compete against Cameron Mooney and Jason Dunstall in non-football sports and activities. Barry Hall and Brian Lake competed until they left the show, and Danny Frawley until his death in 2019. This segment was not used in 2020 due to COVID-19 restrictions.
  • Red Rooster Big Roost - Jason Dunstall shows the three panellists a random kick from the round’s action, and then they are tasked with guessing how far they thought the kick travelled. The panellist whose guess is furthest away from the actual distance has to perform a penalty act as punishment, though on some occasions, two panellists (the two furthest guessers) or even all three panellists have been forced to undertake the penalties.
  • Steel Blue Mark of the Week - The panellists each nominate an impressive mark that was taken during the round, and the player who took the best mark (as judged by Jason Dunstall) earns a pair of Steel Blue boots.
  • Top 5 - Jason Dunstall delivers a top 5 relating to one topic.

Golden Fist Award

The winners of the Golden Fist Award are listed below. The annual award is given to the defender that accumulates the most votes from Bernie Vince and Ben Dixon and previously Danny Frawley across the season. The award was sponsored by Cbus from 2013 to 2015 and Mrs Mac's Pies in 2018.

Year Winner/s Club
2012 Ted Richards Sydney Swans
2013 Josh Gibson and Brian Lake Hawthorn FC
2014 Scott Thompson North Melbourne FC
2015 Alex Rance Richmond FC
2016 Alex Rance (2) Richmond FC
2017 Alex Rance (3) Richmond FC
2018 Jeremy McGovern * West Coast Eagles
2019 James Sicily ** Hawthorn FC
2020 Harris Andrews Brisbane Lions
2021 Jake Lever Melbourne FC
2023 Dan Houston Port Adelaide FC

* McGovern was in 2019 declared the winner, despite Harris Andrews being declared the winner on the final show in 2018.

** Sicily was in front when voting ended after Frawley’s death.

Previous
  • Dribble File - Jason Dunstall looks at failed dribble kicks from the latest round.
  • Please Explain - Jason Dunstall is left baffled by off-field events of the week.
  • What Happens Next? - Alastair Lynch plays an excerpt of archival football game footage, and the other three co-hosts have to guess what will happen in it.
  • Lynchy's Time Warp - Alastair Lynch plays tapes from past and present games relating to a single topic.
  • Real Bounce Australia - Danny Frawley, Andrew Gaze, Alastair Lynch and Jason Dunstall take you behind the scenes of the program, in a parody of The Real Housewives franchise.
  • The Flog Files - Jason Dunstall presents events of the week that demonstrate an admirable commitment to general floggery.
  • In This Round - Jason Dunstall looks back at some of the highlights of the round that just ended in past seasons.
  • Bring Your Boots - Cameron Mooney spotlights a player's superior effort and commitment from one of the weekend's games. In later seasons, this has been adapted to feature the best dribble kick of the week, in response to Dunstall's Dribble File.
  • Moon's Beef of the Week - Cameron Mooney discusses things that have irritated him throughout the week. This segment was previously presented by Jason Dunstall.

See also

References
  1. Knox, David (21 June 2019). "The Bounce marks 350 episodes". TV Tonight. Archived from the original on 20 June 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  2. "After the Bounce". Fox Sports (Australia). Retrieved 19 May 2012.
  3. "Fox Footy preview programming begins". Media Spy and The Spy Report. 1 February 2012. Archived from the original on 7 March 2014.
  4. "Nathan Grima joins Fox Footy's Bounce for 2016, former North Melbourne Kangaroo". Fox Sports. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  5. Waterworth, Ben (18 February 2016). "Nathan Grima to Essendon: Bombers confirm retired North Melbourne defender joins club". Fox Sports (Australia). News Corp Australia. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
  6. Knox, David (23 February 2016). "FOX Sports kicks off 2016 season". TV Tonight. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
  7. "Heraldsun.com.au | Subscribe to the Herald Sun for exclusive stories". www.heraldsun.com.au. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  8. Niall, Jake (19 February 2020). "Danny Frawley's show 'Bounce' to go on at Fox Footy". The Age. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  9. Laughton, Max (10 September 2019). "Danny Frawley dead: Petition to make Golden Fist award a Brownlow night honour, Golden Fist award on Bounce, Spud Frawley". Fox Sports. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
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