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The Front Fell Off

By grrlscientist on June 13, 2007.

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This wierdly humorous piece by an Australian comedy team, Clarke and Dawe, is something akin to a Monty Python sketch. It is funny despite the subject matter. [2:01]

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These guys, in particular John Clarke (who always plays the politician in dry deadpan style without the slightest attempt to imitate), are national treasures. In Clarke's case, in two countries - he's also a national treasure in his native New Zealand.

If you can, see if you can rent a copy of The Olympics in which he plays the CEO of the Australian Olympic COmmittee in the runup to the Sydney Olympics. It's satire and humour on a Fawlty Towers scale.

By John Wilkins (not verified) on 13 Jun 2007 #permalink

I like the bit about the ship being towed "outside the environment." That sounds like the sort of argument one might very well here from government officials here in the United States these days.

Thanks for posting this video, very funny.

FYI - the hilarious TV series about the Sydney Olympics was titled "The Games". It was from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and was also shown by some PBS stations in the USA.