Site History and Frequently Asked Questions

Please note that you cannot contact Shaun through this website, as this is a fan managed website (Shaun volunteers information and contacts the site in his own time, but he and his management does not participate in running it).  We also do not forward emails on to him.  If you wish to contact Shaun, please do so via the proper channels, as contacting us will only delay your request:

General inquiries/fan mail or to ask him to appear in your film/TV show/commercial, please write to him via his management agency:

Shaun Micallef c/o BGM
128 Rupert Street, Collingwood Victoria AUSTRALIA 3066.

To request Shaun to speak at or emcee a function, contact Celebrity Speakers (contact information is available on their website).

For feedback regarding his Vega breakfast show, please visit the Vega website.

We know Shaun does enjoy getting feedback from his fans, hearing your opinions, and getting involved in projects, but we are not the avenue to contact him through.  For more information, read our Questions section below.  Thank you!

History

It is no secret that the biggest moneymaking sites on the Internet are porn sites. So it should come as no surprise that this site stands to make not a cent! So why do it, why is it here? Who are these people with this much time on their hands to create this madness? 

Well, it started in August 2003 when Suzanne, aggrieved over the cancellation of 'Micallef Tonight' decided to build a website about Shaun as way of protest, collating every bit of information she could find on the web about him.  Three months later, Larns decided to do the same, and it didn't take long for the two to cross paths and join forces. Ewan emailed Suzanne enthusiastically from the UK, begging to create a UK section of the site or some other feature. He was quickly enlisted as a columnist. Fan support and contributions steadily grew, of which a particularly large number of submissions were coming from Cynthia, who eventually joined the team full time. Stu, through his friendship with Cyn and Suzanne, took on behind the scenes video dubbing duties, and eventually was acknowledged as a full team member. Now, the list of site contributors has grown, and everyone is acknowledged as apart of a fan collective without whom this site would not be possible in the current form. In mid 2005 Cyn (who has been a Micallef fan since the very first days of Roger Explosion) took over prime managerial duties. 

Early in the site's existence, Suzanne requested and was granted permission from Shaun's agent to contact her occasionally for updates regarding Shaun's career. The intention was for the site to provide useful information about Shaun to fans and give them a reason to frequently check back. Several months later, in March 2004, Shaun himself emailed Suzanne (though at first she thought it was a hoax) to compliment the site, and thank everyone for their hard work. 

As it stands now, Shaun is very supportive of the site and shares news about his projects with us, but we are first and foremost a fan-site. Shaun does not tell us how to run the site or what to put on it. We are responsive to what the fans want, and strive to make the site a fun, friendly and interactive place.

Frequently Asked Questions

1. Are you an official site?

Well, define "Official"...if you mean, 'are we employed by Shaun or his management ?', the answer is no. As stated above and in our disclaimer, this site is not affiliated with any agency, organisation, network, government ministry, institution, you name it. We are just a collective of fans who maintain this site from our home computers in our spare time and answer only to ourselves. If you mean 'are we the definitive source of Micallef news and information, with contributions from Shaun and his full endorsement of the site?', then yes. As we have noted, Shaun is supportive of the site, and provides us with updates so the news we present is "official". It really is the best of both worlds, if you ask us. Total creative control AND legitimacy! Cool!

2. Why doesn't Shaun have an Official official site?

Why would he when a few fanatics like us do all this for free?? No headache for Shaun, supreme street cred among Micallef fans for the webmasters ... (and occasional hot chocolate ...)

3. What is Shaun doing these days?

This is always kept up to date on our updates page. That should be the first page you always go to on our site, as we are so ADHD that anytime we hear of news, we post it immediately. We usually give a heads up in the forum about it too. We also love getting news from you guys. If a fan emails us with a piece of news, a Shaun related link, an article, favourite quote, a picture, whatever, we post it immediately and credit the person who sent it in. 

4. How can I contact Shaun?

Postal mail can be addressed to:

Shaun Micallef c/o BGM
128 Rupert Street, Collingwood Victoria AUSTRALIA 3066.

Shaun does not have a public email address.

For professional enquires (such as wanting an interview, wanting to work with or hire Shaun) please go through the appropriate professional channels to make such contacts. You can book Shaun for event compere duties through www.celebrityspeakers.com.au We do not pass on emails making enquiries to Shaun at his request.

5. Will Shaun read my script/sketch/poem/screenplay/grocery list? Can you guys get a message to him for me?

"As refusal often offends....." It is usually pretty standard in the entertainment industry that industry professionals are advised not to accept or read unsolicited material. This is mainly so they do not set themselves up for potential plagiarism lawsuits. Such as in the event that your screenplay has a scene in which a man walks his dog down the street, and then Shaun appears in a film and a dog runs by in the background and you decide to sue because he 'stole' your idea of having a dog in the film....yada yada yada. So typically, you are expected to be represented by an agent, and if you send scripts or sketches to people without agent representation, it is likely your manila envelope will end up unopened in the trash bin. 

Also, we respect that Shaun keeps a full schedule and has kindly volunteered to share information with us to place on the site. We do not wish to take advantage of this goodwill by barraging him with endless requests. So we will not relay personal messages. Feel free to write a fan letter to the address given above - Shaun will most likely enjoy your feedback. 

6. Does Shaun post in/read the forum?

Shaun remarked about the forum :"I pop in most days just to see what's happening...I think it's great that there's a meeting place for like-minded people to pop in and talk about comedy." Whether he posts or not is solely up to him, but he may feel he is interfering if he interjected - particularly when most of the conversation is about him. He has told us he wants people to feel free to express their true opinions, even if they are not favourable of his work. He appreciates the honest feedback. 

7. Will Shaun ever do another series of "The Micallef P(r)ogram(me)"?

At this time, it is not on the books. Shaun, in interviews, has commented he is not particularly interested in doing only "deconstructionist" sketch comedy, and wants to explore working in other formats. But you never know. Whatever upcoming project Shaun has, it will be on our updates page. *Keep your eyes peeled for "Mouse Patrol" on the ABC in 2005* If that is not the answer you wanted to hear, you can always go bitch about it in the forum. (Personally, we applaud Shaun for his courage to not be pigeonholed into one thing his whole creative life...but that's just how we feel.)

8. How can I get copies of "The Micallef P(r)ogram(me)"? (Or "Micallef Tonight", or "Welcher & Welcher"?)

The Micallef P(r)ogram(me) is now available for commercial sale from all good DVD retailers.  All three series have now been released. At the moment, both Welcher and Welcher and Micallef Tonight are in the pipeline to be released on DVD also, we will keep you up to date on what's happening on our Updates page. Shaun, however, does not object to fan trading if what you are after is not commercially available for purchase. Join the Micallef Digital Archive Project - Information available on the DAP page.  Do not offer, ask for, or swap bootlegs of commercially released material, such as "The Incompleat Micallef", or his films. Posts expressing offers to trade illegal copies of such items will be removed from the board and posters may face being banned from the forum.

9. I have a burning sensation in my ear every time I urinate. Should I see a doctor?

Most likely, but try aspirin first. It usually works for everything else. Either that, or stop urinating in your ear.