Tony Sattler

Tony Sattler (born 1947) is an Australian television writer and producer best known for his development of the Australian television comedies The Naked Vicar Show and Kingswood Country with writer Gary Reilly.

Early work Tony Sattler worked as a creative director for the advertising agency George Patterson Y&R in Brisbane in 1972. He met fellow copywriter Gary Reilly and they worked on the production of commercials and jingles in Sydney. Reilly and Sattler began to collaborate on writing longer scripts for radio and television. They contributed satirical “anti-ads” to Sydney radio station 2JJ (now Triple J) advertising fictitious products. Reilly and Sattler created the successful parody radio serial for 2JJ entitled Chuck Chunder and the Space Patrol, which ran for 200 episodes and attracted a cult following on both 2JJ and Radio One. They wrote other parody radio serials including The Novels of Fiona Wintergreen which ran for 300 episodes and Doctors and Nurses which ran for 130. They were subsequently asked to write a half-hour sketch comedy series for Radio One (now Radio National) in 1975 which would become The Naked Vicar Show. The success of this program on radio encouraged them to develop a television concept for it in 1976, featuring the same performers Noeline Brown, Ross Higgins, Kevin Golsby and others. When the ABC turned it down, the Seven Network in Sydney took up the option. The Naked Vicar Show ran on radio, television and in theatre between 1975 and 1978. with him as the lead performer. The series won a number of awards and led to Reilly and Sattler continuing to contribute writing for Kennedy in his hosting and variety show appearances. The show ran from 1980 to 1984 and was produced by RS Productions, formed by Reilly and Sattler in 1975.

In 1981, Sattler and Reilly created a sitcom set in a newspaper office, Daily at Dawn which ran for 26 episodes. They also developed a sitcom set in Antarctica, Brass Monkeys, which ran for 13 episodes on the Seven network in 1984. Freckle Me Dead, and My Three Wives with Australian dramatist David Mitchell. Sattler also designed the Slim Dusty Museum in Kempsey and the Country Music Museum in Tamworth.

Personal life Sattler married actor Noeline Brown on 1 August 1976. They live in Sydney and the Southern Highlands of New South Wales.

Awards Sattler won two Logie Awards with Gary Reilly — Best Comedy Kingswood Country 1981 and 1982. Sattler won two Australian Writer's Guild AWGIE Awards with Gary Reilly — Best Comedy (radio) 1979 — You only live once 1980 — Sunday morning fever He and Reilly received the 1997 Australian Writer's Guild Freddie Parsons Award for Lifetime Contribution to Comedy.