Category: Australian

  • Hey Hey It’s Saturday
    Hey Hey It’s Saturday

    For nearly thirty years a show ran in Australia called Hey Hey It’s Saturday. It began life as segments connecting cartoons on Saturday mornings, but soon grew and dropped the cartoons. In the mid 1980s the show, which had a following among adults because of its double entendre comedy, moved to prime time. Here’s an…

  • Board Games Rule
    Board Games Rule

    Well, actually, board game rules. I like that they have tiles from Catan, Monopoly money, and Uno cards on the table. What else can you spot?

  • Abbott Speak
    Abbott Speak

    The timing on this is audacious. Mad As Hell let’s us know the man.

  • What’s The Opposite Of A Tim Tam?
    What’s The Opposite Of A Tim Tam?

    This week’s episode of setisoppO follows shortly. In it, we work out the opposite of a Tim Tam, the opposite of a furball (yummy), and the opposite of a padlock. This got me wondering how they advertise Tim Tams in Australia. I really like this conceit actually, and it’s been used for ages. Certainly better…

  • Advertising Beans
    Advertising Beans

    Here’s a collection of adverts featuring Mr Bean, some British, some from overseas. Here’s the English language version of that one.

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  • Proctology: A Bottom Examination
    Proctology: A Bottom Examination

    For a long time now I’ve been wanting to write an old-fashioned programme guide. One you can hold in your hand and thumb through, make notes on, spill coffee on. So I did. Proctology: A Bottom Examination is my deep dive into Bottom, the hit BBC Two sitcom starring Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson. That’s…

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  • Re-Casting Keanu
    Re-Casting Keanu

    Keanu Reeves is 56. That makes him eight years older than Clive Dunn was when he was first cast in Dad’s Army. But don’t panic, Clive Dunn was always playing much older characters than his own age. Keanu Reeves is 56. That makes him seven years older than Stephanie Cole was when she was first…

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