This changed in 1989 when ABC comedy producer Ted Robinson invited them to appear on a new comedy show, "The Big Gig". They became a popular feature on the series and appeared in every episode until 1991. In 1989, the group also released a book entitled "Book", which was a collection of dark short stories. Many of the stories had been written several years prior, even before the three had started performing together, and adopted a markedly different tone to their comedic, largely ad libbed live shows. Ferguson said that they had wanted to write something that people could read and enjoy without having seen DAAS perform. "Book" sold 30,000 copies in England within the first two weeks of publication before being banned when DAAS refused to release an edited version of the book or permit a warning sticker on the cover. The issue was taken to court in the same year, where the ban was overturned.