Plot Summary:

Dickos much-hyped new talk show Can of Worms premiered last night in a long, -very long- debut on TEN.Australia, we need to talk, he promised.But while there was conversation, and a hint of debate, there was a rush for punchlines. At almost every point, guests Craig Reucassel, George McEncroe and Jason Akermanis, were delivering gags to the questions Is it offensive to call someone a bogan? and Is it ok to spy on your kids online?For the most part, the heavily-edited show lurched from one gag to another seemingly at the expense of debate and insight. As a show that had promised revealing truths this was unfortunate.The core of the show, debating social questions, is a valid premise and television has done this since as far back as the 1960s with Beauty and the Beast. Geoffrey Robertsons Hypotheticals did it particularly well during the 1980s.