Whats the best thing to come out of AUSTRALIA

[Buffalo Seagull]

Harold Larwood moved to Australia and lived the rest of his life here.
For Tyrone, Harold Larwood was the English fast bowler who terrorised the Australians during what is now called the 'Bodyline' series.
He was the first to bowl at the batsman and not the stumps and caused big uproar and had death threats, he injured a lot of batsmen and they were s**t scared to face him.
The term ' it's just not cricket ' started to be used.
If you go to your local DVD rental shop you should find it in the TV section, they made a series about it called 'Bodyline', starring Hugo Weaving as the English captain Douglas Jardine.

"Right...which one of you bastards called this bastard a bastard"

 

[Boroseagull]

Good shout. Did you know Carl Williams got murdered in prison a couple of weeks ago?

No I didn't, but will no doubt catch up on next family visit. Unless I can persuade my daughter to post next series to me in Spain. Great series though.

 

[Gerbil]

Best thing to come out of Australia?

I want to come in Holly Valance.

I still can't belive she was shagging Dixon.

 

[withdeanwombat]

Their tv show during the Sydney Olympics was brilliant.

Lived in Milson's Point in the run up to the Olympics,so you must remember Norman Gunstone.Puts most comics to shame,and the attempted interview with Richard Nixon was stupendous.

Loved working with the painty-docks on Garden Island.

Great,great days............though I understand Milson's Point has been gentrified now.

Should anyone want to invite me back and provide accommodation and free fares,I could be available.

 

[Working class pride]

"Right...which one of you bastards called this bastard a bastard"

a geat quote. Dont buy into the ozz whinging wineing myth. Young Harold, and Young Bill (Voce) bowled fast, and they didnt like it . They didnt even bowl leg theory until the third test. Australians, moan and whinge and they talk shite. Even at th third tes the eklla that got hit at adelaide was not hit by lg theory, as they were not bowling leg theory when he got hit. Young Harold and young Bill were too ood and too f***ing quick for them. They think they are the "greatest sporting nation on earth" yeah in their own head because nobody gives a shit about some poxy egg chasing game that nobody else gives a shit about (ozzie rules ) Bunch of f***ing nobody's are the ozzies

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

Lived in Milson's Point in the run up to the Olympics,so you must remember Norman Gunstone.Puts most comics to shame,and the attempted interview with Richard Nixon was stupendous.

Loved working with the painty-docks on Garden Island.

Great,great days............though I understand Milson's Point has been gentrified now.

Should anyone want to invite me back and provide accommodation and free fares,I could be available.

Yeah Norman was one of the best in providing that style of piss take comedy where the victims of his interviews didnt know how to take him.

I think you can get his work on dvd.

I always liked the ones he did with Sally Struthers, Cheech and Chong, Muhammed Ali and Micj Jagger.

And:

To Linda McCartney (when interviewing Paul) - "You don't look Japanese".

Keith Moon ending the interview early by tipping alcohol over Norms head and saying something like "Piss off you Aussie faggot"

Getting up on stage at a Frank Zappa concert and playing harmoica



Ali G and his interviews seems to borrow heavily from Gunston's style of interviewing techniques.

 

[public school boy]

Slim Dusty
Molly Meldrum
Derryn Hinch
Hey Hey it's Saturday

 

[TrickyOne]

Does the thread say "Come out of Aus?", got to be "Pressilla, Queen of the desert", surely! God, I'm bored, how long till the start of the season??

 

[public school boy]

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDlfgA7jfLE&feature=related

 

[Uncle Buck]

Billy Birmingham - man is a legend

Excellent call, anyone that can turn Bill Lawry and Tony Greig into cult heros is a genius.

 

[public school boy]

The Jackson Jive. tribute to Michael Jackson on yoputube. Very funny

 

[Gwylan]

Yeah Norman was one of the best in providing that style of piss take comedy where the victims of his interviews didnt know how to take him.

I think you can get his work on dvd.

I always liked the ones he did with Sally Struthers, Cheech and Chong, Muhammed Ali and Micj Jagger.

And:

To Linda McCartney (when interviewing Paul) - "You don't look Japanese".

Keith Moon ending the interview early by tipping alcohol over Norms head and saying something like "Piss off you Aussie faggot"

Getting up on stage at a Frank Zappa concert and playing harmoica



Ali G and his interviews seems to borrow heavily from Gunston's style of interviewing techniques.

I absolutely love Norman Gunston. He started the whole genre of piss-take interviewers and did it better than anyone.

My favourite was when he did a version of Othello with Edward Woodward and Michelle Dotrice, who to their credit, played along with the joke.

Highly recommended if you can get hold of his stuff.

 

[readingstockport]

If I can't have kylie then I will have Danni instead.

 

[arfer guinness]

AC/DC, without a doubt.

Malcolm and Angus Young and Bon Scott were all born in Scotland but moved to oz in the 60's

 

[Jackthelad]

Melbourne Bitter well nice drink

Tooheys Extra Dry

Found this quite a funny program when I was in Australia It's called Fat Pizza

Has been mentioned but check out Underbelly the first series It's better than the
Sopranos and it's all a true story about Carl Williams and his crew in Melbourne crazy stuff.

 

[skipper734]

Brian Johnson is as Geordie as Alan Shearer.

 

[El Presidente]

Best thing to come out of Australia?

I want to come in Holly Valance.

You would be getting JONNY DIXON's sloppy seconds