OS4 Roadshow for Australia Announced

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cecilia said:

i wish everyone in Australia a good time! wish i could be there.
love those sexy accents! :-D

@cecilia, may I reccomend THESE DVDs? Other Aussies may groan but they can be a good laugh.

Barry Humphries' legendary

THE ADVENTURES OF BARRY McKENZIE
(30th Anniversary Edition)

Stars: Barry Crocker, Barry Humphries, Spike Milligan, Peter Cook, and Dennis Price. Introducing Paul Bertram as Curly.



Long before the "gross-out" comedies Something About Mary, Dumb And Dumber, American Pie, Me, Myself & Irene, Road Trip etc, Bruce Beresford's film of Barry Humphries' PRIVATE EYE comic strip THE ADVENTURES OF BARRY McKENZIE (the world's first gross-out comedy) shocked its financiers, the Australia Government, with its portrayal of Australians as drinking, shagging, vomiting, urinating vulgarians. The British press were equally horrified with the English portrayed as upper class perverts, poofters, lezzas, swindlers, exploiters and idiots.

The Adventures Of Barry McKenzie
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own

Edna's nephew Barry and his chums (including a permanently intoxicated Clive James) have to travel into darkest Transylvania (on Vamp-Air) to rescue his aunt, Dame Edna, whose been mistaken for the Queen by Count Erich Von Plasma, a transylvanian vampire and head of a Stalinist state which has no tourist industry.

In the course of this film there are numerous sight gags and sub plots most of which are either racist, sexist or both. The French and the Poms are the main targets, although a scene involving a van loan of illegal immigrants and a DHSS office would not be tolerated if it were filmed today.

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The really weird thing is - the soundtrack of the movies is uncensored but, the extras on the DVDs which include interviews have their film clips vulgarities 'tooted-out'!

Barry McKenzie Holds His Own, although being in English (sort of) has, as a bit of comedy, Bazza's own words repeated in the English Subtitle! Of course, it doesn't fully match up, but does lend an extra dimention!

One BIG laugh is the portrayal of prospective UK migrants-to-Australia having to undergo Game Show type questioning so that they can prove their worthyness, at Australia House.

Another is Bassa's gaol-break via a centuries-old boat moored underground in a sewer. Since the oars have long since rotted away, he uses his hands and gets to speak the immortal complaint- "Now I'm really up *hit Creek witout a paddle!"

Its interesting to see Edna (Barry Humphries) before Damehood!