Lawrence Leung’s Choose Your Own Adventure

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Nominated for Best Television Comedy at the 2009 AFI Awards, Lawrence Leung’s “Choose Your Own Adventure” is a 6-part comedy documentary that aired on ABC1 in 2009. It’s a series that asks two questions:

 

“What did you want to be as a kid but never got around to? What if you could do it now?”

 

Lawrence goes on an adventure of a lifetime to attempt to achieve his childhood dreams… it’s poignant, personal and piss funny.

 

 

Can he be a real man in a hardcore pro-wrestling ring? Can he beat the world’s fastest Rubik’s Cube speedsolvers in an underground Fight Club? Can he find MacGyver in Los Angeles? Will he prove he’s cool by breakdancing with Shabba Doo, star of cult classic “Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo”? Can he survive a rap battle on the mean streets of L.A. or rock out live on MTV? And will he find true love with his childhood crush after more than twenty years?

 

Guided by mentors and scrutinised by his loving but concerned parents (Lawrence’s real mum and dad), Lawrence tries to make his naïve dreams come true as an adult. Lawrence’s quest is hair-raising, heart-warming and hilarious.

 

Jedi Census (2006)

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In this very old clip, (young) reporter Lawrence investigates a member of a vilified religious group that the authorities wouldn’t recognise on the last Australian Census.

Puzzleboy

Growing up, Lawrence could solve a Rubik’s Cube in a heartbeat but when it came to girls he had no clue. A true tale of forgotten words, lost letters and puzzling pursuits. Based upon memories and genuine undelivered love letters (more…)

Sucker

Part expose, part confession, part psychology lecture. Lawrence’s deceptively witty one man show ‘SUCKER” is a con artist’s ‘show-and-tell’ about classic street swindles and scams, dodgy father figures and betrayal.

Included are live demonstrations of some classic street scams and card cheating (more…)

News

Some pleasing updates, in the Leung-related universe:

1) ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ has been nominated for an AFI Award for Best TV Comedy. Hooray. The results will be announced at the AFI Awards night in a few weeks. Massive props to the ABC too – all other nominees in this category are shows screened on Aunty.

2) Lawrence won the GQ Magazine Man Of the Year Award for Best Comedic Talent.

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3) Choose Your Adventure’s is current screening on ABC2 again.  Thursday nights, ABC2 11pm.

4) Lawrence has made an appearance on Chelsea Lately. It will air in Australia on Tuesday at 10.30pm AEDST  on Foxtel/Austar.

Choose Your Own Adventure – Complete Series DVD

The 2-Disc DVD of the Complete Series is packed with 269min of goodies:

Hilarious deleted & extended scenes, more mum & dad out-takes, music video & karaoke videos and Lawrence’s “How to Solve the Rubik’s Cube” Tutorial – an epic step-by-step feature that is so long and obsessively detailed it could only fit on a separate disc. You will either fall asleep watching it or end up finally solving your Cube!

DVD is available in shops or BUY DVD Online at ABC Shop

DVD signings (in 2009)

Lawrence is making some in-store appearances at ABC shops around the country if you want him to scribble his name all over your new DVDs:

Friday May 8th, 2009 – 12.30PM ABC Shop QVB Building NSW

Saturday May 9th 2009 – 11AM ABC Shop Brookvale & 2PM ABC Shop Macquarie NSW

Sunday May 10th 2009- 11AM ABC Shop Miranda NSW

Friday 15th May 2009- 1PM ABC Shop Melbourne GPO VIC

Saturday 16th May 2009- 12PM ABC Shop Chadstone VIC

Saturday 30th May 2009- 12PM ABC Shop Indooroopily QLD

We are holding FIGHT CUBE battles at these instores, so if you can solve the Cube, bring it, race Lawrence for the chance to win prizes!

Come say hello!

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SKEPTIC

“Skeptic” was Lawrence’s second solo show in 2003. It traced his longtime fascination with ghosts, psychics, science and scepticism.

Part science/psychology lecture, part boys-own-adventure, Lawrence’s comedic slide show presentation featured highlights of his 2002 ghost hunting exploits (more…)