In our weekly interview about objects, the comedian tells us about his mum’s postwar journal, and the fatal mistake that cost him his footy card collection
To create his new show for the Melbourne international comedy festival, Damian Callinan raided his parents’ diaries. His mum’s records of life and love in postwar Melbourne gave the comedian plenty to work with, especially when contrasted with his dad’s retirement journals – which document the tragedy that eventually brought their relationship to an end.
As well as being great material, his mum’s diaries are unsurprisingly a cherished sentimental object for Callinan. Here, he tells us why he’d rush to save those pages in a fire, as well as the story of two other important personal belongings.
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