Comedy TV
The Weekly‘s been at least half a dozen shows over the years, each less successful than the last. So it shouldn’t really be a surprise the spinning contest wheel finally stopped on “year-in-review-but-it’s-a-week”. Not because it’s a good idea: a year-in-review works because 75% of the show is powered by “oh yeah, I remember that”,... Read More »
Fisk was a traditional, going-for-laughs, sitcom but writer, director and star Kitty Flanagan brought something truly unique to the... Read More »
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- April 19, 2021
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- Comments Off on Spicks and Specks – the 12″ Mega Mix
Spicks and Specks is back! Again. And it’s like it never went away. Again. There was nothing particularly broke about the format when it was first retired – the original cast needed a break, the new cast were unloved – and there’s already been a couple of revivals with the old (now current) crew, so... Read More »
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- April 16, 2021
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- Comments Off on Josh’s Gonna Josh
Everything’s Gonna Be Okay returned to Stan last week, and we all know what that means: loads of articles scattered across the internet all valiantly skirting around the fact that Josh Thomas makes television that’s basically just a human version of that fish tank C31 used to broadcast for hours at a time in Melbourne.... Read More »
Wakefield is a new ABC series from Jungle Entertainment, the production company responsible for, amongst other things, Squinters, Sando, The Moodys and Here Come the Habibs. It stars, amongst others, Felicity Ward, Sam Simmons and Mandy “I was in two seasons of Squinters” McElhinney. So it’s a comedy? Fuck no. Comedy in this country faces... Read More »
Fisk is a show worth celebrating. The first episode was high-quality and full of laughs, so was the second, and so was the... Read More »
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- March 31, 2021
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- Comments Off on Vale Hughsey We Have a Problem (2021 edition)
There’s been a lot of talk around the place over the last week or so about Hey Hey it’s Saturday. At a guess, this is how Daryl Somers likes it: even bad publicity – and it’s been all bad – keeps the memory of his most prized achievement alive. But in amongst everybody pointing out... Read More »
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- March 19, 2021
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- Comments Off on The Future of Comedy isn’t Fisk
Okay, so to get the obvious out of the way: Fisk is the best sitcom the ABC has served up in years, and if it’s not a bonafide comedy classic it’s very close to being one. The cast is great, its sense of humour is spot-on, the whole thing is nicely paced and there’s even... Read More »
Why Are You Like This was one of those shows that started out promising and then just ended up a bit of a... Read More »
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- March 15, 2021
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- Comments Off on Vale Aftertaste
You get the sense with programs like Aftertaste that their goal isn’t to make us laugh, or even to entertain... Read More »