Watch Shaun Micallef's hilarious acceptance speech for the Silver Logie for Most Outstanding Comedy Program. Courtesy: Nine Network

HE INSULTED his entire industry, parodied the celebrity obsession with back-patting ‘causes’ and found time to eviscerate a generation of reality TV cast-offs — then announced he was refusing to accept his award.

Waleed Aly and Noni Hazelhurst were both brilliant during their much-deserved moments of glory, but you couldn’t go past Shaun Micallef’s speech for straight-faced witty brilliance.

It was Micallef’s third nomination and first win for satirical news roundup Mad As Hell in the Outstanding Comedy Category, and he took to the stage with tongue firmly in cheek.

“It’d obviously be very easy for us all to express our gratitude and thank you for presenting us this award,” he said, “But I think we all know that this is neither the time nor the place for that.”

He went on to give a shout-out to all the world’s endangered animals, while in the same breath insulting everyone in the room.

“Around the world, millions of animals are rare or endangered. Now you might think to yourselves, how rare and endangered can these animals be if there are millions of them? That’s a very good point, and it’s typical of what I’d expect from a room full of backslapping, narcissistic, drug-addled perverts,” he said, to a mixture of laughter and gasps.

Micallef said that he and his cast had planned to boycott the Logies in protest, “but it was [Mad As Hell cast member] Tosh’s first Logies and he really wants to meet Michelle Bridges. He’s obsessed with her.”

So they decided to come to the event, but vowed not to enjoy themselves, “like many of you here this evening who aren’t carpenters, cooks and contest winners.”

“So we cannot accept this Logie — we refuse it. But we will keep the trophy as a symbol of our defiance. Thank you.”

Best. Logies. Speech. Can we have Micallef back to host next year, please?