What's the frequency Luttsy?

What on earth is going on with Nova breakfast co-host and all 'round funnyman David "Luttsy" Lutteral?





First we read this story:

Radio personality and TV comedian David Lutteral is at a loss to explain why he was bashed and left for dead during a night out in Brisbane's
city centre. Lutteral, known as "Luttsy" in his roles on commercial FM radio in Brisbane and free-to-air television, suffered a fractured skull, broken cheekbone and broken nose after being attacked not far from a nightclub on Sunday night.


Lutteral said he was lucky to be alive, but the incident had made
him think twice about where he next ventured out in Brisbane.
"I guess alcohol plays a large part in a lot of these attacks ... but it's just no excuse,'' he said.

Now Luttsy has withdrawn his complaint:

Media personality David Lutteral has been accused of tarnishing the
reputation of Brisbane's city centre after withdrawing a bashing
complaint.

The Ten Network said the footage showed Lutteral in a "heated
discussion" with a female patron minutes before the attack. It also shows the woman leaving with two male companions and Lutteral following soon after along Charlotte Street, where he was later found bleeding in a gutter.


The television station said it had spoken with a man who claimed he
was involved in the incident, and contacted police to give them his side of the story. He reportedly confessed to punching the comedian once, after Lutteral pursued his group.


Phillip Hogan, who jointly owns Jade Buddha and is chairman of the
Brisbane City Licensee's Association, said he was annoyed the incident had painted a poor picture of a normally safe city.

Now I understand that the good folks of Brisbane are quite reasonably miffed by Luttsy's claim that he has no idea what happened when security footage says otherwise. It is a bit rough that Luttsy has questioned the safety of his home town, quite unfairly it would seem. And it is baffling that Luttsy hadn't made a connection between his earlier "heated discussion" with a young woman and then waking up from a coma in hospital.




However, that said, I won't hear a bad word about him. David Lutteral and his pal Ashley Bradnam were once the highlight of my televisual week when they clocked on as The Fat cadets. At a time when I needed cheering up I could tune in and be guaranteed at least five minutes of pleasure for that day. [Also I always quite fancied him as he reminds me of my good friend Tim.]

I have a vague memory of Luttsy in a kilt threatening to bash his band members while aghast passers-by looked on. Having one half of the cadets quoting Rosemary Margan to footballers while the other stared down the barrel of the camera was brilliant. And tossing around imaginary words and cliches with rugby players was always good telly.

They are probably best remembered for mucking around in racing car driver's Montoya's press conference and causing him to stomp off in a huff.


But today I'll leave you with a little snippet of Lutteral and Bradnam as The Aussie Cadets. They do not disappoint.







Update: Lutteral is now under pressure from Nova bosses to apologise for his behaviour.

MEDIA personality David Lutteral is under pressure from his employers to apologise for his behaviour and for bringing Brisbane's reputation into disrepute.Lutteral, who was assaulted on Sunday night after making advances to a woman, went to ground yesterday as tension grew for him to expound on the embarrassing incident. He was believed to be holed up at his girlfriend Nicole Matthews' place on Brisbane's northside

In related news the tabloids have gone mad for the headline:

Video Killed the Radio Star