Footy Show star who disappeared from TV screens makes a shock comeback - and he looks VERY different
Marmalade - whose actual name is Jason van de Velde - stars in a recently posted Instagram clip which also features Kick it Forward trio Josh Garlepp, Harry Fitzgerald and Giorgio Savini.
In the clip, Garlepp can be seen calling 'taxi', after one his mates drops a pint of beer onto the pub floor.
Garleep, the former sports journalist turned podcast sensation, fails to evoke a reaction from his mates when he utters 'taxi' multiple times, indicating his friend is drunk.
Then seemingly out of nowhere, Marmalade appears in a taxi uniform and asks: 'Taxi for Josh?'
The clip continues with Marmalade arguing with Fitzgerald about the price of a fare to nearby Fitzroy, before launching into a tirade about how ' Uber has destroyed transport in this country.'
Marmalade, 63, first rose to prominence on radio before becoming a regular on Channel 9's iconic Hey Hey It's Saturday from 1991 to 1999.
He first appeared on Nine's AFL Footy Show in 1994 as a comedian until his contract wasn't renewed beyond 2008.
The shock exit hurt the stand up star, who later told News Corp he hadn't watched the show in years following his axing.
'It was the end of an era,' he said.
'I (often) have people come up to me saying 'we don't watch it anymore' or 'we miss you on the show. That's nice of them.'
Marmalade - whose brutal jokes about Collingwood supporters are unforgettable - later turned his attention to the Statesmen of Comedy program on Foxtel.
The 15-episode series saw Marmalade chat with a panel of three comedians, discussing where stand-ups get their material to what works - and what doesn't - in the cut-throat industry.
Statesmen of Comedy was backed by Eddie McGuire's production unit, McGuire Media.
Marmalade is also a keynote speaker, where he isn't short of offers when it comes to MC duties at sporting lunches across Victoria.
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