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Comedy Television Series
A list of comedy television series by country of origin. Argentina Argentinan Comedies Australia Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina * '' Viza za budućnost'' Brazil Canada China *'' Miracle Star'' *'' Number One Surprise'' Chile * Once Comida (2016) * 31 Minutos (2003–2005, 2014) * Hostal Morrison (2011–2013) Colombia * Los Comediantes de la noche (2010–2013, 2017) * Sabados Felices (1972–present) * '' The Unremarkable Juanquini'' (2020–2021) * Pecados Capitales (2002–2004) * '' The Road to Love'' (2019) * El Man es Germán (2010–2019) * Dejemonos de Vainas (1984–1998) * Te quiero Pecas (1984–1998) * Dejémonos de Vargas (2022–2023) * Profesor Super O (2006–) * Voz Populi TV (2016–2020, 2023) * Around the world in 80 laughts (2018–) * La posada (1988–1992) * Casados con hijos (2004–2006) * Don Chinche (1982–1989) * El show de Jimmy (1971–1993) * Quac (1995–1997) * Ordoñese de la Risa (1995–2009) * Los Reencauchados (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sketch Comedy
Sketch comedy comprises a series of short, amusing scenes or vignettes, called "sketches" or, "skits", commonly between one and ten minutes long, performed by a group of comic actors or comedians. While the form developed and became popular in music hall in Britain and vaudeville in North America, today it is used widely in variety shows, as well as in late night talk shows and even some sitcoms. While sketch comedy is now associated mostly with adult entertainment, certain children's television series such have used it, too. The sketches may be improvised live by the performers, developed through improvisation before public performance, or scripted and rehearsed in advance like a play. History Sketch comedy has its origins in music hall and vaudeville, where many brief humorous acts were strung together to form a larger programme. In the 1890s, music hall impresario Fred Karno developed a form of sketch comedy without dialogue, and in 1904 he produced a sketch called ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Satire
Satire is a genre of the visual, literary, and performing arts, usually in the form of fiction and less frequently non-fiction, in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, often with the intent of exposing or shaming the perceived flaws of individuals, corporations, government, or society itself into improvement. Although satire is usually meant to be humorous, its greater purpose is often constructive social criticism, using wit to draw attention to both particular and wider issues in society. Satire may also poke fun at popular themes in art and film. A prominent feature of satire is strong irony or sarcasm—"in satire, irony is militant", according to literary critic Northrop Frye— but parody, burlesque, exaggeration, juxtaposition, comparison, analogy, and double entendre are all frequently used in satirical speech and writing. This "militant" irony or sarcasm often professes to approve of (or at least accept as natural) th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Games (Australian TV)
''The Games'' was an Australian mockumentary television series about the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. The series was originally broadcast on the ABC and had two seasons of 13 episodes each, the first in 1998 and the second in 2000. ''The Games'' starred satirists John Clarke and Bryan Dawe along with Australian comedian Gina Riley and actor Nicholas Bell. It was written by John Clarke and Ross Stevenson. The series centred on the Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (SOCOG) and satirized corruption and cronyism in the Olympic movement, bureaucratic ineptness in the New South Wales public service, and unethical behavior within politics and the media. An unusual feature of the show was that the characters shared the same name as the actors who played them, to enhance the illusion of a documentary on the Sydney Games. Cast John Clarke played the "Head of Administration & Logistics", an undefined but important subsection of SOCOG. Clarke was apparently a for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Funky Squad
''Funky Squad'' was a short-lived 1995 Australian comedy television series which satirised 1970s-era U.S. police television dramas, such as ''The Mod Squad''. Only seven half-hour episodes were produced, which were broadcast on the ABC. Real television commercials from the 1970s were shown during the program's "commercial breaks". The show featured four "funky" undercover detectives: undetectable as police, given their "hipness". The conclusion of each episode was deliberately designed to be incredibly predictable: usually the perpetrator of the crime under investigation could be identified within the first few minutes of the episode. Before the television series, ''Funky Squad'' originally aired as a series of episodes on radio station Triple M. Rob Sitch, who played Grant, was replaced by Tim Ferguson when the series went to television. Characters In a metafictional setting, the characters were played by "actors" whose "names" were displayed in the opening credits of the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Full Frontal (Australian TV Series)
''Full Frontal'' is an Australian sketch comedy series that ran on the Seven Network from 1993 to 1997. It launched the television careers of Eric Bana, Shaun Micallef, Kitty Flanagan, Julia Morris, Daina Reid and Denise Scott. In 1998 a spin-off of the show moved to Network Ten under the name ''Totally Full Frontal'', losing most of the original cast in the process; it finished in 1999. Since 2008 till approx 2010, re-runs were screening on The Comedy Channel as part of the channel's "Aussie Gold" block of locally made, classic comedy programming. History The series began screening shortly after the similar sketch comedy program '' Fast Forward'' (from which ''Full Frontal'' derived) ended. ''Full Frontal'' retained the same general format of ''Fast Forward''. It was formatted in a way such as to create the effect of someone continuously channel surfing; after the punchline of each sketch, it would abruptly switch to the next as if the viewer had switched channels. Howe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frontline (Australian TV Series)
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Father, Dear Father
''Father, Dear Father'' is a British television sitcom produced by Thames Television for ITV from 1968 to 1973 starring Patrick Cargill. It was subsequently made into a spin-off film of the same title released in 1973. An Australian sequel series of the same name (though usually referred to as ''Father, Dear Father in Australia'' to distinguish it from the UK original) followed in 1978. The same year a West German adaptation '' Oh, This Father'' starring Willy Millowitsch began, lasting until 1981. Premise The original series focused on divorced British novelist Patrick Glover (Patrick Cargill) and his daughters, Karen (Ann Holloway) and Anna ( Natasha Pyne), a couple of lively girls in their teens. The family lives in Hampstead, London. Another member of the household is the girls' Nanny ( Noel Dyson). As well as having to deal with his progeny, Patrick also faces frequent hassles with his ex-wife Barbara ( Ursula Howells) and her current husband Bill Mossman (played by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fast Forward (Australian TV Series)
''Fast Forward'' was Australia's highest-rating and most critically awarded commercial television sketch comedy show, broadcast for 90 one-hour episodes from 12 April 1989 to 26 November 1992. The show was produced by Steve Vizard, who was also the executive producer, writer, and performer, and starred Jane Turner, Gina Riley, Magda Szubanski (the three of whom went on to star in '' Kath & Kim''), Marg Downey, Michael Veitch, Peter Moon, Alan Pentland, Steve Blackburn, Geoff Brooks, Ernie Dingo, the '' Rubbery Figures'' satirical puppets, and numerous guests and supporting stars, such as Gerry Connolly and Bryan Dawe.''The Unofficial Fast Forward Guide'' ''Fast Forward'' was succeeded by the related series '' Full Frontal'', and subsequently ''Totally Full Frontal'', which were broadcast from 1993 to 1999. ''Full Frontal'' had a different main cast, but many of the ''Fast Forward'' cast guest-starred. ''Fast Forward'' was directed by Ted Emery. From its second series o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Double The Fist
''Double the Fist'' is an Australian satirical television show which aired on ABC Television from 2004 to 2008. It follows the misadventures of four men and their pursuit of "fist-worthiness": host Steve Foxx ( Craig Anderson), and his three offsiders; Rod Foxx (Bryan Moses), Mephisto (Doug Bayne), and The Womp ( Tony Walters). The series has also been broadcast in the United Kingdom ( Ftn), Canada ( BBCK), Spain (Buzz), New Zealand ( TV2) and Brazil. Synopsis The show parodies many things about popular culture, primarily being a spoof of shows such as '' Jackass''; whereas they perform stunts designed to injure and/or humiliate an individual, the ''Fist'' team do things that would kill them. Such as jumping off cliffs, being hit by trucks, getting shot in the head, etc. These dangerous stunts and outlandish actions are usually achieved with the use of computer-generated imagery. One of the most innovative and noteworthy features of ''Double the Fist'' is its extensive and imagin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doctor Down Under
''Doctor Down Under'' is a 1979 13-episode Australian television comedy series. It was the sixth of seven series in an otherwise British TV franchise that began with ''Doctor in the House'' and was inspired by the "Doctor" books by Richard Gordon. The series follows directly from its predecessor '' Doctor on the Go'', and was commissioned by the Seven Network in association with the Paul Dainty organization based on the popularity in Australia of the previous five series in the franchise. Albert Moran, ''Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series'', AFTRS 1993 p 149 Writers for the ''Doctor Down Under'' episodes were Bernard McKenna, Jon Watkins, and Bernie Sharp. The episodes were directed by William G. Stewart and John Eastway; all episodes were produced by Stewart. Plot Dr Duncan Waring and Dr Dick Stuart-Clark relocate to Australia after losing their positions at St. Swithin's hospital in London. They take up positions at St. Barnabas hospital in Sydney, where they wr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dingo Principle
''The Dingo Principle'' is an Australian satirical comedy series created by Patrick Cook and Phillip Scott which was produced and broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) in 1987. Cast * Jonathan Biggins * Patrick Cook * Drew Forsythe * Geoff Kelso * Antonia Murphy * Phillip Scott * Deni Gordon Production Only ten episodes were made and shown in a late night time-slot. Cook, Scott, and Kelso had also written and performed in an earlier satirical program, ''The Gillies Report'', but Cook stressed that the only similarities between the shows was that they "were both about current affairs and were both on the ABC". The program was recorded in front of a live audience on Saturday nights, and broadcast on Monday nights. Controversy The program is remembered for causing several diplomatic incidents. On 20 April 1987, the program performed a mock interview with the Ayatollah Khomeini, resulting in two Australian diplomats being expelled from Tehran and threats ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
