The Front Fell Off
Posted by Springer Bell on 9 September 2008 - 5:05pm.
This is very funny.
Enjoy.
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along similar lines
Highly reminiscent, if not indebted to the Beyond the Fringe "Great Train Robbery" sketch - one of the finest moments of British satire. Ever. Fact!
http://www.youtube .com/watch ?v=MUrhdIxTJSA
seems to be non-functioning when embedded so cut, and paste the following, closing the gaps. Or put in beyond the fringe on Youtube and watch the opening "Great Train Robbery" Clip.
Here's the link
I kept expecting...
the interviewer to say "George Parr, you are the director of the oil transportation company..."
John Clarke is a very funny man
Brilliant. Creator of iconic Kiwi character Fred Dagg in 1970s, and he has been doing this kind of satire for years in Australia. Sort of Bird/Fortune-type material.
Interestingly, he often pretends to be a genuine named politician but doesn't make any attempt to mimic their mannerisms or voice because he credits the audience with enough intelligence to be able to cope.
Crikey
Thanks for that. I grew up in NZ but left in 1979, and had no idea what happened to Fred Dagg. I'd seen this clip before and never made the connection.
Altogether now: "If it weren't for your gumboots, where would you be?"
Good as Gold - that's the story
A Fred Dagg DVD compilation has just been released over here. Might be worth a look because I didn't get to NZ until 1999 and people get all misty-eyed when he's mentioned. In a good way.