just saw news Roves Live offices are now just rubble! millions of dollars damages. all the graphics for next weeks ARIA awards gone. years of work burnt.
bad news
what the?

Hmmm, I wonder if we'll notice on next week's show?

The production house was for Skithouse. I don't think Rove Live would be greatly effected.

Rove studio fire proves costly

07oct04

A FIRE at a building used by Rove McManus's production company is estimated to have caused more than one million dollars worth of damage.

The blaze, which has not been deemed suspicious, started at the two-storey building, on the corner of Mollison and Nicholson Sts, Abbotsford, just before 6pm.
The building, in which the comedy show Skithouse was made, also housed editing equipment and a costume department, Rove McManus manager Kevin Whyte said.

Three people working in the building suffered smoke inhalation in the blace, which fire crews brought under control in an hour, a Metropolitan Fire Brigade spokesman said.

He said one of the workers was taken to hospital.









Part of the front wall of the building collapsed onto the footpath during the fire, damaging parked cars, the spokesman said.

He said firefighters were pleased they were able to contain the fire to the upper floor of the building.

"The damage bill is expected to exceed one million dollars and additional fire crews have been called in to maintain a watching duty on the property throughout the night," the spokesman said.

"Fire investigators will return in the morning but have already deemed the cause as not suspicious."

Maybe the PM is getting revenge :)

I was working with John Safran yesterday Here at Madman Entertainment on his new DVD for John Safran VS God when the fire broke out. So dispite his mock Islamic Fatwa on Rove he WAS in our offices at the time of the fire and not at the scene of the fire.
Spooky coincidence and with all repect to Rove we all got a bit of a chuckle out of it.

(not discounting the seriousness of a fire and potential injury)

omg that john saffran guy is hell funny.

Rove cant be all that bad. hes going to marry a UMINA girl after all!

Rove cant be all that bad. hes going to marry a UMINA girl after all!

are you planning to meet her one day culwulla?

I have been OS for 3 1/2 years, I have no idea who this Rove guy is, other than I remember it being mentioned on here that he hosted the Logies. Is he the new Daryll Summers or something?

Dead on - it was thought at once that his show was hip - but it's turned into a low-budget Hey Hey

If the skitHOUSE set has been burned down that's no big loss...