Club Veg

Club Veg (formerly called "The Morning After Show" on Triple J) was a popular Australian radio show and comedic partnership consisting of Mal Lees and Vic Davies (1954–2009) on Triple M.

Career

The partnership started when Mal (then the afternoon announcer/music director) & Vic (copywriter) met at 2KA in Penrith. Both were big fans of the Beatles, Monty Python and thinking outside the box – and being told off for it.

They later worked at 2WS writing and producing comedy for Mad Mel but realised by the third day in, that they had a great comedy partnership and they could write better for themselves than for anyone else. Armed with some of those tapes from WS, Mal called Marius Webb at Triple J and introduced him to (what was at the time) a new form of radio comedy. It resulted in them being hired on the spot.

Whilst at Triple J, the boys hosted a theme night at the Tivoli in George Street, Sydney and because their listeners had a habit of referring to them as 'The Vegies' (due to their veg'd-out presenting style) it seemed only appropriate that they call the night at the Tivoli "Club Veg". When their Saturday breakfast show was moved to Drive, "The Morning After Show" name no longer fit and since their listeners were still referring to them as 'Vegies' it seemed an obvious choice to change the name to Club Veg.