About this season
John Safran's Music Jamboree was a light-hearted Australian music documentary television series, hosted by John Safran for SBS television. The program was produced by Selin Yaman and directed by Craig Melville, Clayton Jacobson and a number of other directors under the production company Ghost of Your Ex-Boyfriend Productions in association with SBS Independent. It screened in 2002, and consisted of sketches and outlandish public stunts, typical of Safran's work. The series won two Australian Film Institute Awards; "Best Comedy Series" and "Most Innovative Program Concept". SBS followed the series up with the similarly styled John Safran vs. God in 2004.
Episodes (10)
1. Episode One
Aired 24 June 2002 • 30 min
1. Opening Titles: Def Leppard 2. Footloose 3. Music Mole: ARIA Awards 4. McDonald's 5. Slipknot 6. World of Instruments: Frenzal Rhomb "Punch in the Face"
2. Episode Two
Aired 1 July 2002 • 30 min
1. Opening Titles: New Kids on the Block 2. Eminem 3. 3AW 4. Music Mole: Zomba 5. Coma 6. World of Instruments: Magic Dirt "Dirty Jeans"
3. Episode Three
Aired 8 July 2002 • 30 min
1. Ozzy 2. Opening Titles : Song that goes "Vziioshp" 3. Fairlight 4. Music Mole: Peter Andre 5. Rage 6. World of Instruments: Mental as Anything "The Nips are Getting Bigger"
4. Episode Four
Aired 15 January 2002 • 30 min
1. Opening Titles: Rage Against the Machine 2. Prince 3. Music Mole: Songwriting Royalties 4. Popstars 5. Joey Fatone 6. World of Instruments: The Titanics "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun"
5. Episode Five
Aired 22 July 2002 • 30 min
1. Opening Titles: A Tribe Called Quest 2. The Rules 3. Disney 4. Music Mole: Payola 5. Classics 6. World of Instruments: TISM "(He'll Never Be An) Ol' Man River"
6. Episode Six
Aired 29 July 2002 • 30 min
1. Opening Titles: The Smiths 2. Scrabble 3. Music Mole: Human Nature 4. Scientology 5. Inpress 6. World of Instruments: Sonic Animation "Evil"
7. Episode Seven
Aired 5 August 2002 • 30 min
1. Opening Titles: Pink Floyd 2. Jew'town 3. Riders 4. Music Mole: Video Clips 5. Van Dyke Parks 6. World of Instruments: Ross Wilson "Eagle Rock"
8. Episode Eight
Aired 12 August 2002 • 30 min
1. Opening Titles: Billy Bragg 2. Get Your Hands Off My Girlfriend 3. Music Mole: Rock Magazines 4. Sony 5. George Harrison 6. World of Instruments: Scandal'us "Me, Myself and I"
9. Episode Nine
Aired 19 August 2002 • 30 min
1. Opening Titles: Sex Pistols 2. Evil Clowns 3. Heavy Metal 4. Music Mole: U2 5. P. Diddy 6. World Of Instruments: 1200 Techniques "Karma"
10. Episode Ten
Aired 26 August 2002 • 30 min
1. Opening Titles: Geto Boys 2. Foo Fighters 3. Rock Eisteddfod 4. Music Mole: World Music 5. The Making of Music Jamboree