Junk TV

Just repeats from 10yrs ago, less funny this time.

I would rather watch Russel Coight than that other twit Pat Callinan any day.

Lighten up this is a first world problem.

They are all rubbish.......

Fred

your opinion , I have not seen the show for about 10 years but I thought it was funny then.
May be the humour has been lost with time.

Some people NEED to be shown Fred. They can't even get the "wrong things" right! LOL

Fred, it is/was a comedy, a pisstake of the wanna-be's that were doing off-road TV at the time. I must have a warped sense of humour because I thought it was hilarious.

I don't like listening to jazz music, but I don't jump on forums to express my dislike.
Hang on... I just did.......................me bad.
What it boils down to is that I don't watch jazz either. It's a personal choice so I make a personal decision to not watch or listen to it when there is a choice.
Somehow, I just don't think anyone really cares if I like it or not, this ain't Facebook or Twitter where people write all kinds of meaningless crap thinking others care.
As Forrest Gump was often quoted "Funny is what funny does"
Cheers
Ian

What?......I reckon its bloody hilarious and until now, never heard of anyone who didn't?????? Takes all types I guess.

I agree with Steve.....it beats Pat Callinan hands down. LOL

I'm definitely not saying it is,..................but maybe it's a bit close to home.

I'm also pretty sure that at some time or other, particularly in our earlier days of 4wding, most of us came close to imitating Russell. Didn't we??
I know I did similar stupid things many years ago. Sometimes still do too!!!

As someone else posted it is just taking the pyss. Lighten up and enjoy what in earlier times would be called "comedy", before we all became totally PC

Disco.

Couldn't agree less Fred - I thought it a hugely funny parody on the various outback travel programs of the time.
But of course on reflection the humor was primitive and easily became tiresome on subsequent viewings....the scriptwriters needed Glen Robbins as the principal character...a great 'visual' classic comic I'd suggest..........he would have made a $ killing on the comedy theatre circuit in the horse and buggy days. ....and is probably making a killing these days too. As for the comment on the Callinan show.....I saw it once....then dismissed it as rubbish ! (Oops......).....what is the worth of a show that is effectively an advertorial from one end to the other...plugging various commercial interests throughout AND they have commercial breaks....?

Agree 100% Fred. I watched about half of one episode and couldn't take any more.

Yeah, I know it's just a p--s take on the 4WD/camping scene, but I couldn't see anything funny about it.
Just for the record I'm not such a big fan of the Pat Callinan effort either. Mostly just one long advertisement, but I guess he has to make a quid somehow.

Cheers
Pop

I thought Russ had some great quotes, and one that may still resonate loudly for some today…

On the early Australian Explorers’…

“He was presented with a difficult decision: push on into the stretching deserts, or return home to his wife…”

Strewth, not me Mrs Landy, not me…just saying!

Cheers, Baz – The Landy

WOW!

Never thought I would get such a response....
Appreciate all the replies. Enjoyed reading them all
Fred

Fred
You were right with your heading Junk TV I think near all tv is now junk and not worth watching .
repeated over and over after every add break, And far too many add breaks .I for one have switched off.
Far too many other things to do.

I found it funny a decade ago but these days, well it's a repeat you know. The edge has gone off it. Got to fill the programming void with something I suppose and given the amount of lifestyle and outback shows doing the rounds on ONE, Ch31, 7Mate and others, it was only a matter of time.

Conversely, my young bloke (20 yo) and his mates just love it. Of course they don't remember it from 10 years back but now that they've got their 4x4's and are into camping and a bit of outback travel, they think it's a hilarious piss-take.

Now I can't wait for the Leylands original stuff to get a rerun, just for the content and to see how much Australia has changed in 40 years. None of his cutting away to them leaning on the sponsors products. What about good old Malcolm Douglass, Harry Butler and Les Hiddens. Bring back the real stuff ;-)


I'd rather be out there than watching tele anyway.

Fred, time for a trip mate ;-)

Cheers Mick

You guys can knock Pat Callinan but he's the guy with the free vehicles, campers and miles of quality accessories for his and his crews use, seeing a lot of country while the rest of us are stuck at our day jobs. He's probably financially doing very well out of it also. Whose the silly ones? Regards, Michael

I'd rather watch Russell Coight repeats than look at the siliconised coights, "Mae West" breasts and bee stung lips of the Kardashian clan.

Watching Russell Coight cavorting in the Outback has got to be better than watching loud rude American pawn shop owners abuse their customers.

Watching Russell Coight burn his poo tickets and set fire to the bush has got to be better than seeing more Americans (and now a few Canadians) dig through other people's sheds in search of a financial treasure.

And even watching his total ineptitude in all things Australian has got to be better than watching some grossly overweight, potty mouthed repossession agent and her thug friends repo yet another default vehicle.

It is what it is Aussie comedy - piss pulling at its best - it's what makes us different from the rest of the world.

While we're at it bring back Leo Wanker and Sir Les Paterson et al

Cheer

Anthony

probably based on wallaby jack from the late show

I'm the same about contrived "reality" TV - TBL, Survivor Wherever, Bachelor/ette and the zillions of cooking contests for starters. The difference is I DON'T WATCH THEM, so I don't feel the need to burst into print on a forum. If you didn't find the humour, turn off.

My tuppence worth!!

We watch it and have a chuckle. Nothing wrong with that. And we have actually seen movies and read books a second or more times. Amazing what you can learn the second time around.

Some people are still trying to work out what Shakespear wrote. To a lot of "cog wash". Ahhhh ---- Personal opinions and taste or lack there of.

But I wouldn't propose an academy award prize.

Just enjoy it for what it is - a comedy.

Phil