You’re a real Aussie when

[Pcdunn]

What skip didn't know weren't worth knowing, a national hero.

I don't know if it was inspired by "Lassie" or my favorite animal show, "Flipper", but the concept was similar.

[GUT]

I don't know if it was inspired by "Lassie" or my favorite animal show, "Flipper", but the concept was similar.

Flipper started in US in '64 but not in Aus till about '68, Skip started in '67 so I suspect both were probably inspired by Lassie, but the Aussies were given some incentive by the success of Flip.

[martin wilson]

Hi all.

The BBC comedy series Goodness Gracious Me had their own version called Skipinder the Bush Kangaroo. I should probably explain that it was written and performed by British descendants of Asian immigrants.
Meanwhile the English summer didn't really start until the first Test and a much loved Australian voice said "morning everyone".
And of course back in the 80's the pop charts were dominated by Kylie and Jason. And Neighbours is I think still going, dunno about Home and Away.
And the Paul Hogan show, Kath and Kim and two idiots who presented a kind of sports show, can't remember their names. Funny though.
Which makes me curious, is the cultural exchange mutual? i.e, are there any British people who are or were very famous in Australia?
All the best.

[GUT]

Hi all.

The BBC comedy series Goodness Gracious Me had their own version called Skipinder the Bush Kangaroo. I should probably explain that it was written and performed by British descendants of Asian immigrants.
Meanwhile the English summer didn't really start until the first Test and a much loved Australian voice said "morning everyone".
And of course back in the 80's the pop charts were dominated by Kylie and Jason. And Neighbours is I think still going, dunno about Home and Away.
And the Paul Hogan show, Kath and Kim and two idiots who presented a kind of sports show, can't remember their names. Funny though.
Which makes me curious, is the cultural exchange mutual? i.e, are there any British people who are or were very famous in Australia?
All the best.

I presume you mean Roy and HG especially during the Olympics?

Plenty of POMS made it big down under.

Monty Python
Two Ronnies
Tony Hancock
Parkinson
to name just a few

Lately Little Britain.

[martin wilson]

That's the fellas, thanks. On the early days of Channel 5 iirc.
Oddly we have a couple of, I presume comedians, flogging Fosters Lager. One ad is set in 1888 and features a bloke tasting it and saying 'you little ripper'. Go figure.
All the best.

[GUT]

That's the fellas, thanks. On the early days of Channel 5 iirc.
Oddly we have a couple of, I presume comedians, flogging Fosters Lager. One ad is set in 1888 and features a bloke tasting it and saying 'you little ripper'. Go figure.
All the best.

Yeah seen the ripper ad.

Don't know anyone who drinks Fosters but.

[Mayerling]

I presume you mean Roy and HG especially during the Olympics?

Plenty of POMS made it big down under.

Monty Python
Two Ronnies
Tony Hancock
Parkinson
to name just a few

Lately Little Britain.

Poor Tony Hancock actually committed suicide in Australia, feeling his career was at an end.

Not the first to do that. In 1895 an acting couple, Mr. Arthur Dacre (formerly Arthur James) and his wife Ms Amy Roselle, had been touring the colonies with dwindling box office. Literally without any financial resources left, on 17 November 1895 Dacre shot his wife to death and then cut his throat in a hotel in Sydney.

Jeff

Sorry about that "u" in Qantas.

[AlanG]

you live in St Kilda

[martin wilson]

Hi all

I knew Hancock committed suicide, didn't know it was in Australia. Not entirely sure that the comment 'feeling his career was at an end.' is all that flattering to Oz. Not meant that way I'm sure.
I've passed the statue/sheet metal cut out of him in Old Square Birmingham a good few times. great talent, and perhaps his satire on the pretensions of the art world in The Rebel holds a particular appeal to Australians.
Other Aussies in Pomland include Natalie Bennett, leader of the Green Party, in the interests of international relations I should point out that she increased the Green share of the vote to just over a million.
All the best.

[Mayerling]

Hi all

I knew Hancock committed suicide, didn't know it was in Australia. Not entirely sure that the comment 'feeling his career was at an end.' is all that flattering to Oz. Not meant that way I'm sure.
I've passed the statue/sheet metal cut out of him in Old Square Birmingham a good few times. great talent, and perhaps his satire on the pretensions of the art world in The Rebel holds a particular appeal to Australians.
Other Aussies in Pomland include Natalie Bennett, leader of the Green Party, in the interests of international relations I should point out that she increased the Green share of the vote to just over a million.
All the best.

Actually it wasn't a knock at Oz. Rather Hancock was deeply troubled in the years 1964-67 (I think that's his last year) by how he seemed out of touch with his old audience and fan base. Nothing about where he was playing at the time.

Jeff

[GUT]

you live in St Kilda

Does anyone actually live in St Kilda???

[Robert]

I think Hancock was always yearning to say something more fundamental or philosophical, but without his writers Galton and Simpson, and without the backup of Sid James et al, he was reduced to doing Long John Silver impressions which was the kind of stuff he was doing before he was famous. Don't get me wrong, I think he was a great comic actor, but you have to know your limitations.

[AlanG]

Does anyone actually live in St Kilda???

yeah me!

[GUT]

yeah me!

It's probably not your fault.

[AlanG]

It's probably not your fault.

Your not a bushie are ya?