Again, more good comedy from Oz that we never got over here before the days of Youtube. It seems obvious to me know that when you put an Australian or two in front of a camera, it's bound to create good comedy. I went to Australia once, and I can honestly say I never met an Aussie that wasn't fucking hilarious to laugh with or at. Firstly there's the accent; far more extreme than your mate's best impression of Joe Mangle. Then there's the authorities, which allow road signs with jokes in them.
I guess when you find yourself in new world territory where all animals tend to bite, sting or infect you to death, you take your pick of two options. 1) Go down the sea, try not to get attacked by sharks and get pissed or 2) Go into the outback, pick fruit, try not to get bitten by insects, and get pissed. Either way it's gonna be funny. I'll never forget the time a friend and I went on a mountain biking trip in Byron Bay and were introduced to the 'Klu Klux Klan horse'... but that's another story...
...right, that's my mind reorganised, now for the comedy. Only 11 years late but still great: The Castle, a film about an Australian family who live adjacent, juxtaposed, next to an airport never did reach our shores, but there was an American version made. No doubt it was shit, so watch part of the original here, then spend the afternoon trying to memorise the lyrics to the Pugwall theme tune and searching for pictures of Jenny and Marmaloid naked. I didn't do that...i'm too busy being a professional journalist.
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Rule 34: If you are able to imagine the scenario, then it exists in an adult context somewhere on the internet.
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