Australian Comedy on Television- Melbourne International Comedy Festival

Australian comedy on television shows- Comedy was represented on Australian television throughout the 1960s and 1970s with In Melbourne Tonight, Sunny Side Up, The Mavis Bramston Show and later The Naked Victor Show and The Paul Hogan Show. The most successful humorous look at life in Australia is Kath and Kim, a cringe-worthy look at life in the Australian suburbs set in Melbourne. Australian Government your connection with the government (2007) Australian comedy. 

THEY'RE annoying, vulgar and chaotic characters. Kath & Kim, the comic creation from Gina Riley and Jane Turner, has succeeded. They've found an audience, more than one million people a week. The mother, Kath, and her daughter, kim, loafing in their suburban ‘townhouse’ are characters the viewer laugh at, rather than with. For example Kim’s exposed g-string or kath’s frightful perm are ‘funny because they’re true,’ Australian Television Information Archieve (2002) Daily telegraph Kath and Kim Joke’s on us.

Australian tradition of "comedy grotesque" that at its best included Barry Humphries' Sir Les Patterson and Dame Edna Everage or Baz Luhrmann's Strictly Ballroom. Kath and kim patronises many of the things- as disparate as fitness fads, glossy magazines or the quest for romance that sustains so many Australians. There’s a stink of the upper and middle classes sneering at those ‘below’ them. Australian Television Information Archieve (2002) Daily telegraph Kath and Kim Joke’s on us.

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this is an episode of Kath and Kim 

Another successful comedy television show is We Can be Heroes which is an international hit comedy series created and written by Chris Lilley. This groundbreaking mockumentary follows the daily lives of five individuals who are among ordinary citizens nominated for the prestigious title of Australian of the Year. As portrayed by Lilley on screen, the five nominees are from different parts of the country and represent the full spectrum of Australian society: young and old, male and female, urban and rural; native and emigrant. ABC television (2005) We Can Be Heroes finding the Australian of the year.

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An Episode of We Can Be Heroes 

Shows such as Kath and Kim and We Can Be Heroes have some Australian slang or colloquial words some are shorter versions of words and some are longer versions of words. Many were expressions already used by migrants who came from the north of England but which have since been adopted as Australian words. Australians also often shorten words, for example football becomes ‘footy’, television becomes ‘telly’ and barbecue, ‘Barbie’. Here are a few more examples of colloquial worlds.

Bloke: a man. Digger: an Australian soldier. G’day: Hello. How are you? Fair go: equitable treatment. This means that what someone achieves in life should be a product of their talents, work and effort rather than an as a result of their birth or favouritism.

Ocker: a boorish, uncouth, chauvinistic Australian/or, alternatively, one who displays qualities considered to be typically Australian such as good humour, helpfulness and resourcefulness. Shout: to buy someone a drink. At a bar or a pub when a group of friends meet, it is usual for each person to ‘shout a round’, meaning buying everybody a drink. Each person takes a turn at buying a ‘round’.

By using some Australian slang on comedy television shows it brings the truth, and entertainment and can usually be funny when used right and it has its unique Australia-ness spin. That Australians appreciate.

Another Popular Television show called Spick and Specks hosted by Adam Hills, one of Australia's favorite comedians, is joined by two team captains, comedian and actor Alan Brough and radio breakfast announcer Myf Warhurst, as well as brave personalities who enjoy having long forgotten embarrassing stories laughed about on national television. Two teams go head to head as they sing, shout and delve deep into the recesses of their collective minds to help earn their team a victory. Whether discussing the lyrical genius of Gilbert and Sullivan, the reasons Ozzy Osbourne wore a dress or just how a musician can choke on a harmonica, no musical genre is overlooked. video clips, album covers, and information you never thought anyone could know the answer to, Spicks and Specks enlightens and entertains - and exposes the world of music like never before. ABC Spick and Specks (2011) About Spick and Specks.

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  Episode of Spicks and Specks , music show comedy special steven K Amos, Doc Brown and David O'Doherty as special guests.

The last television show is called The Project it’s the news led by comic co-hosts Dave Hughes, Charlie Pickering and Carrie Bickmore. The Project is the simplest idea in television for a long time.  Each weekday at 6:00pm, the trio dissects, digest and reconstitute each day’s news. Not afraid to be serious, but not a satirical newscast, it's an earthy, real and fun approach to discussing the news of the day. The Project is a place where people who are genuinely interested in the world around them come together to talk, offering genuine conversation in a space previously crowded by scandal and spin. Ten The Project (2011) About The Project.

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An Episode of The Project 

The Melbourne International Comedy Festival- In 1987 In Melbourne there was a launch to start a Melbourne International Comedy Festival, with 56 events. The festival’s patron was Barry Humphries as the cultural attaché and the guest of- honour was British comic legend Peter Cook. The Melbourne International comedy Festival today hosts over 120 events each year. Visitors to the festival, which total around 350,000 people annually. International guests such as Steven K Amos and many more. Australian Government your connection with the government (2007) Australian comedy. 

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 A clip from the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Axis of Awesome 4 chords live in Melbourne 2009