Tim Ross

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This article is about the Australian comedian, design nerd and radio host. For the actor in Wonderland, see Tim Ross (Australian actor).

Timothy Jonathon Ross (aka Rosso) is an Australian comedian, radio host, design enthusiast and television presenter.

Ross began his career performing stand-up comedy as part of the comedy duo Merrick and Rosso with Merrick Watts. More recently he is best known for his passion for architecture and design, presenting the ABC series Streets of Your Town.

Education[]

Ross studied drama and music at RMIT and LaTrobe University, being awarded a Bachelor of Arts. He also briefly studied at the National Institute of Dramatic Arts (NIDA).[1]

Career[]

Stand up[]

Ross began his career in comedy and first came together with Merrick Watts when they teamed up for a one off comedy show in 1996.[2] They had many stand up shows and comedy tours across Australia and appeared at many comedy festivals. They also published the comedy books "Merrick and Rosso, The Book" and "Merrick and Rosso, The Book Volume 2". I Tim Ross fronts comedy band Black Rose, who opened the Vivofit festival in Melbourne and Sydney in 2009.

Radio[]

Ross began his careers with Merrick Watts at Triple J performing a weekly guest spot on the drive-time program on Triple J radio in 1998 as Merrick and Rosso. They became full-time presenters and then in 2001 they moved to newly launched commercial radio station Nova 96.9 for the breakfast radio shift. Co-hosts on the breakfast show included Katrina Blowers, Sami Lukis and Kate Ritchie. Ross left the successful radio program in 2009. At the end of 2011 Ross rejoined breakfast radio, signing for Sydney commercial radio station Mix 106.5 with co-host comedian Claire Hooper.[3]

In December 2012, Mix 106.5 announced that Ross and Hooper would be replaced by a new breakfast show with Sami Lukis and Yumi Stynes in 2013. Tim was appointed drive presenter on the Mix Network with anchor Matt Baseley.

Television[]

The first television series hosted by Merrick and Rosso was Planet Merrick and Rosso (later known as Super Planet Merrick and Rosso) on The Comedy Channel. They had a guest role on top rating Australian drama series All Saints in 2003.[4] In 2003 their television show Merrick and Rosso Unplanned debuted on the Nine Network followed by The B Team on Network Ten in 2005. In 2008, they returned to the Comedy Channel with an original format entitled 'The Merrick & Rosso Show'. In 2009, Ross became a guest entertainment reporter for Nine's Today.[5]

In 2010, he hosted Uncharted, an unsigned band competition series on MTV Australia and became the host of television series Australia Versuson the Seven Network. In 2011, Ross joined Weekend Sunrise as a Weekend All Star replacing Paul Murray. He also hosted the third season of No Leave, No Life.

As of 2012, Ross has been a regular contributor to entertainment and lifestyle website Live4.[6]

In 2016, Ross presented Streets of Your Town, a two part television documentary series about Australian modernist architecture.

Architecture and design[]

Ross's interest in architecture has led to speaking engagements at The 50s and 60s House Symposium (Museum of Sydney), Home Series talks (Government House), Sydney Design Week, and he is an ambassador for Sydney Open. In 2012 Tim became a member of the Creative Services Advisory Committee for Sydney Living Museums. Ross recently spoke at the opening of the London Design Museum, gave the Heritage Council Address in 2018 in Melbourne and was a keynote speaker at the Culture of Lates Symposium in London. In December 2018 he launched the "Home: A Suburban Obsession" exhibition at the State Library of Queensland.[7]

He has written on architecture for various publications including Real Living, Habitus, The Saturday Paper, The Smith Journal and The Guardian. In 2017, Ross launched his second book, The Rumpus Room, capturing nostalgic short stories about life in Australia’s suburbs in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.

Ross's two part series on Australian architecture, Streets of Your Town premiered on ABC TV in November 2016.

Personal life[]

Ross is married to Michelle Glew-Ross[8] and has two sons Bugsy and Bobby.[9][10]

References[]

  1. ^ "From the VC's Desk'". La Trobe University. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  2. ^ "The Official Merrick And Rosso Website". Archived from the original on 11 July 2010. Retrieved 3 July 2010.
  3. ^ "Tim 'Rosso' Ross on Mix 106.5 breakfasts, seedy Aussie pubs and comedy band Black Rose". EFTM – Everything for the man. 15 February 2012.
  4. ^ http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/gallery-0-1225796014543?page=39
  5. ^ http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/sunday-telegraph/tim-ross-signs-on-just-for-today/story-e6frewt9-1225809685754
  6. ^ "Tim Ross". Archived from the original on 27 October 2012. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
  7. ^ Cheng, Linda. "Rare photographic collection of Queensland houses goes on exhibition". Architecture Au. Architecture Media. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  8. ^ http://manly-daily.whereilive.com.au/photos/gallery/launch-of-celebrity-couple-tim-ross-and-his-wife-michelle-glew-ross-bar-par/
  9. ^ Rosso welcomes Bugsy on Twitter, Herald Sun, 7 June 2011.
  10. ^ http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/sydney-confidential/tim-ross-celebrates-arrival-of-second-child-on-australia-day/story-fni0cvc9-1226811398552

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