There's nothing like Clarke and Dawe. There are satirists but none can compare to the wit of those two. Have a look at the doco on John Clarke by his daughter and you'll appreciate just how revered he was.
Better point out Clarke was born in New Zealand before some pouty NZelader pipes up.. He did, like many of these whiney NZelandes actually live in Australia and earn their money (an actual good wage) in Australia while bellowing about being from over the ditch.
Clarke and Dawe , two of the best ever . The entire household would come to halt each Friday night they came on after the news . Brilliant pair . Nothing since that time has come anywhere near their talent since that time . They took the p… out of government , agencies and society with clarity , no swearing and outright hilarious cynicism . Miss them still .
Yep nothing else like them before or after. They were brilliant. Took the mickey out of all those who need it. So sad to lose them. Miss them still too.
These guys did a show on the Sydney Olympics, in 2000 from the prospective of the organising committee. All I can say it was bloody funny in the best tradition of, Yes Minister!
And it holds up brilliantly - over 20 years later, it's still a highly relevant work of hilarious genius (and they deployed that office mockumentary format *before* Gervais (also brilliantly) did with The Office..)
Nothing like Clarke and Dawe today. The occasional new season of "Utopia" probably comes closest. A legendary comedy show well worth watching that recently ceased production was "Mad as Hell".
For Australian political satire the most recent is "Utopia", but previously there was "The Hollowmen". These are half hour programs aired on ABC, which is the Australian equivalent of the BBC. Clarke and Dawe were usually commenting on a political news story that had happened that week, so although they are funny just as they are, their sketches usually had a hidden knife edge which added extra spice.
@@cweatherfella547Clarke and Dawe started in 89, whereas wiki tells me Bird and Fortune started in 93, though I don't know if they were doing something similar earlier.
Sam Neill like noone has seen before or since! The grave digging scene was just diabolically, painfully funny. Death in Brunswick, Malcolm, Cosi, Road to Nhill, Bran Nu Dae, Crackerjack. Australian cinema at its pathos driven finest.
@@triarb5790 Yep. There are really only very few movies that can be watched over and over again without getting bored with them. Death in Brunswick, Crackerjack, Hercules Returns and Life of Brian get regular reruns around here - and regularly quoted! 😜🤣🤣
In Australia, our national broadcaster, the ABC (like UK's BBC) shows a political/current affairs program each evening after the news called "The 7.30 Report" and these segments by Clarke and Dawe were given at the end of the Friday program each week. They were short pieces of comedy that gave commentary on a news issue of the week. They were very cleverly constructed so that they were still very funny even if you didn't know or remember the particular issue they were referring to. Sadly, John Clarke passed away and these segments are now only available on RUclips. I'm so glad they haven't disappeared. If you want a full taste of Clarke and Dawe humor, watch "The Games" which was a full TV series about the organizing of the Sydney Olympics in 2000. So good.
Clarke and Dawe's satire was recorded every week and broadcast on TV and was a comment on the news of that week. This is why they cover so many different subjects cos they put a mix of politics, the lying and circumlocution that all politicians do, and stuff that was happening in big business. It's always in the form of Dawe asking the questions and Clarke replying. Clarke was so clever that there will never be another like him. They will remain in Australian history forever because of that brilliance. Sammy J replaced them but even he is no longer producing content.
I live in Western Australia, the only reason hubby and l used to put the news on was so we could watch Clarke and Dawe. One time my parents were out visiting from Scotland. When they’d finished their segment my dad commented “your politicians are as bad as ours” He hadn’t realised it was satire 😁
As another commenter suggested, the show Utopia/Dreamland is of a Clarke and Dawe calibre, and some of their colleagues who appeared alongside them are in it. Utopia (Australian TV series) You may remember Clarke and Dawe's production: The Games (Australian TV series).
If you like the wonderful Clarke and Dawe for political satire, you might enjoy "The Hollow Men" and "Utopia" - classic shows which raised a few official government eyebrows asking who might be leaking stories out - that was as f***** hilarious as the show itself.
I'm glad you're reacting to all things Australian; especially some of the clever comedy we've produced over the years. While there are a number of 'foreigners' all reacting to the same sort of stuff (I'm guessing you all have a significantly shared audience), I like yours best because you offer your observations concisely and succinctly, ask some questions and wrap it up; rather than wittering endlessly about the ins and out of a duck's arse as though you're obsessed with the sound of your own voice. And you don't have an annoying accent. That's my roundabout way of saying I like you. Nothing funny, you understand.......
The best political satire on Australian TV these days is Parliamentary Question Time in which a bunch of clowns pretend that they are answering political questions, but generally just disseminate and gaslight.
Parliament Question time (sometimes on instead of Play School) was my 3 year old son's favourite TV program. He didn't laugh so hard at anything else. Men in suits behaving like children and being told off by the speaker really tickled him. His favourite was when they were sent out, because he could relate to 'time out' for kicking off. 😅 To get my son to sit at the table for meals, I would say his favourite quote that he would like to say randomly 'Would the Member of North Sydney please resume his seat!" We got a chuckle out of that for years. Joe Hockey provided my child with more entertainment than The Wiggles, or any other children's entertainment could. For that reason only, I am grateful. But it is a sorry state of government if even a 3 year old thinks Question Time is a huge joke.
Clarke and Dawe only had a short segment once a week on a national current affairs show, so it had to be fast-paced and clever. John Clarke was a master satirist, and Bryan Dawe was great as the straight-laced sidekick.
John Clarke was brilliant. Played the same character on Clarke and Dawe every week. Such a funny man and a real loss. So many of us looked forward to their Friday evening bit.
Please remember that John Clarke was a kiwi (New Zealander) He started life as Trev Dagg a kiwi farmer doing it tough!!! Then he crossed the ditch, moved to Australia, started Clarke & Dawe…… but also did a brilliant comedy series about the 2000 Olympic Games!!!! Unfortunately he died a couple of years ago while out bird 🦅 watching, one of his favourite pastimes!!! And when I say bird watching I mean the ones with feathers 🪶!!! He was 69 years young!!!! RIP JOHN CLARKE 🇳🇿❤
Crossed the ditch and joined Max Gillies, where he reported on Australian Farnarkeling champion Dave Sorensen's international successes. Also co-wrote ANZACS and appeared in six films. Wasn't sitting around with nothing to do prior to joining up with Bran Dawe.
Clarke is sadly missed, they where both in the mocumentary The Games, well worth a watch. Just about anything from Working Dog Productions is great: Frontline, The Hollowmen and Utopia are all great political comedies.
I'm so glad you found these two. The context might be specific to Australian politics, but some of the targets of their satire are universal. I don't know of anyone like them just now. I think they were unique.
Comedy moves on. Yes, they were wonderful. Another totally brilliant Australian comedian and impersonator who I viewed in person in Sydney in the 80's was Max Gillies.
The fun bit about that comedy series was that they ended up finding out the problems with the Sydney Olympic Games before the actual organising committee did. They were actually offered a free sponsor box for the games (for services rendered) and John's reply to the offer was "have you actually watched the show?"
Yes! Norman Gunston was in a class of his own. Many the evening spent laughing (hysterically) at Norman Gunston interviews with unprepared foreign celebrities. Interviewees would sometimes crack up before he had said a word. Just looking at how he presented himself, was enough.
Particularly recommend Gunston's interview of Hugh Hefner and Barbie Benton. The whole interview strung them along, right to the last moment, then he dropped them in it.
Before Clarke became this character, he was "Fred Dagg" in New Zealand, a sheep farmer with his dog. It was such dry humour and very funny. There were thick comic books of Fred Dagg. He was a legend. Then.....the Aussies stole him. 😢 Ah well, you can't have everything and we had him first! Na nah na nah na! He's was a kiwi. 🇳🇿
John Clarke started out as Fred Dagg on ABC radio many decades ago. He played a laconic NZ farmer with the driest wit. Pure gold. I hope there are snippets still available. Nowadays, try anything from Rob Sitch and his fellow artists at the TV series Utopia. You’ll find similar genius there.
I went to NZ before he left for Australia. The students I stayed with all had been watching him. 'Git in behind!' was like a student war cry. It was used in all sorts of situations.
John clarke wrote and appeared in a series about the politics involved when Australia held the olympic games, you watch this. this series was very funny.
Clarke and Daws were superlative. there is nothing to compare to their propless, deadpan delivery of utter brilliance. If the purpose of art is to hold a miror up to society, then these two men defined the word art. I used to enjoy their skteches at the end of The Janna Went Show (whatever it was called back then). Incomperable !
Their show " The Games" with Gina Riley was brilliant . in the final episode they looked more like The Seekers than The Seeker's did Rest in Peace John Clarke , and thanks for coming to Australia
You’re back. Good to see you again. Welcome back.👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🇦🇺 We all seem to think, ‘which do you mean? Are you being clever, talking politics or is it the dictionary meaning. Life in Australia is a verbal conundrum.
Usually they're quite specific with what they're satirising so I don't think it was just a general dig at politicians. I think that one was about John Howard (former Australian PM) introducing the Goods and Services Tax after promising on an election platform that it would "never ever" be introduced
Unfortunately my most favourite episode was then P.M.'s return after his prostate operation only appears on YT as audio only. Still works, but watching John's face was always icing on the cake. Yeah, Bob Hawke's prostate operation was the one that had me spray my drink on that night.
John Clarke was a wonderful KIWI comic who migrated to Ossie Like me he was listening to the GOON SHOW as a kid (I had to make my own radio receiver an earphone "Hikers 1") Clark became Famous for his NZ farm character "Fred Dagg" a sort of Kiwi Worsel Gummidge with a family of boys (all named Trevor) ...these were the times of Monty Python John was a sort oh "Colonial" John Cleese. with many Kiwi slang terms ..."Kick it in the Guts trev " ...for starting the tractor (or the job) sadly he died quite young ..a real human being he also had a dread of flying. We need to realise how foolish we can be John Clarke helped us do this!
Norman Gunstan was another funny Ausie, couldn't shave without cutting himself, He called our NZ PM at the time Piggy Muldoon.to his face, there was a 🤔 pause during the interview, Kiwi's called Muldoon piggy,but an Aus saying and on tele,😅
The closest we have at the moment is ‘Tim Minchin’ he is a pianist/comedian and very intelligent his songs amazes me and whoever hears him, and it’s mostly done to music, sadly John Clark has passed away and still chatting with heavens gate keeper
John Clarke was a Kiwi who 'crossed the ditch' to grow his career, and found a great comedic partnership and tons of material. Must admit there were quite a lot of sheep-type skits in his early years but still worth checking out Fred Dragg... will bring tears to your eyes you'll be laughing so hard! Extremely funny guy
I still have 3 ofJohn Clarke's Fred Dagg Books: Ah Yeah Gidday, The Fred Dagg Scripts, Dagshead Revisited and A Dagg at my Table. Often reread them them
Might I suggest you review Clarke's brilliant series on the build-up to the Sydney Olympic games called 'The Games". especially the 100 meter track debacle.
50 years on and "if it werent for yer gumboots where would ya be you'd be in the hospital or infirmary" from the Gumboot Song is still a kiwi culture Icon ps Fred Dagg was actually from NZ
Shaun Micallef is worth checking out , most recent series was Mad as Hell on ABC. As others mentioned, The Games with these two and Gina Riley was brilliant, a very early mocumentary with the ABC crew following the team trying to run the Olympic development , was in 1998-99 before the Sydney olympics . Uk series 2012 was based on it, and almost as good.
Rewatching these clips can be difficult to contextualise if you aren't Australian, don't follow politics and don't know when the clip came out. Much of their work satired political events in real time so reflected something very recent in Australian politics. And yes, they were brilliant.
Clarke and Dawe were/are unique. The series you've dipped into was usually shown just before the Thursday night ABC news (ABC ~ BBC 1) and satirised the then current news. They also paired up to do two short series called The Games leading up to the Sydney Olympics satirising SOCOG (Sydney Organising Committee for Olympic Games). John Clarke first showed up in Australia (he was a New Zealander as pointed out a lot below) as a character called Fred Dagg who presented a satirical radio show (like a podcast) that was also solid gold. Similar satirical work is produced by Working Dog productions. Check out Utopia (several series now) and before that Hollowmen (a few series) and Frontline (several series). Utopia and Hollowmen are satirical in the same vein as Yes, Minister and are frequently viewed as documentaries of Australian Federal Government. Frontline satirised our commercial current affairs programs. Sammy J has done some excellent short-form political satire - his yoga sessions are very clever and his Parliamentary Playschool is devilish. Sean Miccallef has done some excellent satirical 'news style' shows. Several series of Mad as Hell and a couple of series of Newstopia. He also starred in a sitcom about a Former PM, but that was not so much satirical as parody. You might also like to get in touch with the work of "Roy and HG" - very much sporting commentary satire but outrageously good material usually produced spontaneously while watching live rugby (league) matches. Also have done several Olympics.
My fave was when John posed as the French President, Jacques. Priceless. In terms of political satire nothing compares. British Blackadder was the only thing to come close.
Losing John was a tragedy. The two of them put so many two faced people right in their correct category with so much humour for so long.
John Clarke is another one of those legendary Kiwis that we Aussies claim is one of us just to be annoying.😊
The human pavlova 😂
@@Spinsaweb 😂😂😂
OK for Aussies to claim John Clarke, but never Fred Dagg....he's a KIWI!
Good on ya,the list just keeps growing, Kiwi's don't mind.😊
@@barrykennard1888"Aaah yeah g'day..."
John Clarke (1948-2017) was brilliant and we miss his weekly skewering of our politicians.
RIP John. 7 years ago already
For always. Was a treasure ❤
There's nothing like Clarke and Dawe. There are satirists but none can compare to the wit of those two. Have a look at the doco on John Clarke by his daughter and you'll appreciate just how revered he was.
Well.... there was Bird and Fortune, who basically had the same act.
Righto. I'll try and find that
Australian, Clarke was definitely a New Zealander. The Aussies claim all our best people.
@@ivydickson7596 fortunately he adopted Australia!! His gift for language was a delight.
Better point out Clarke was born in New Zealand before some pouty NZelader pipes up.. He did, like many of these whiney NZelandes actually live in Australia and earn their money (an actual good wage) in Australia while bellowing about being from over the ditch.
Clarke and Dawe , two of the best ever . The entire household would come to halt each Friday night they came on after the news . Brilliant pair . Nothing since that time has come anywhere near their talent since that time . They took the p… out of government , agencies and society with clarity , no swearing and outright hilarious cynicism . Miss them still .
Yep nothing else like them before or after. They were brilliant. Took the mickey out of all those who need it. So sad to lose them. Miss them still too.
I grew up listening to John Clarke, who hailed from New Zealand. A very clever man.
Fred Dagg was a classic.
Hailed from New Zealand by wholly Australian 😃
These guys did a show on the Sydney Olympics, in 2000 from the prospective of the organising committee. All I can say it was bloody funny in the best tradition of, Yes Minister!
The Games
That was very funny! 😂
And it holds up brilliantly - over 20 years later, it's still a highly relevant work of hilarious genius (and they deployed that office mockumentary format *before* Gervais (also brilliantly) did with The Office..)
A brilliant show indeed.
Clarke was the funniest New Zealand comedian we’ve ever had. Smart, clever and could sum up the situation with such wit. Sorely missed.
He was the funniest and most intelligent and brilliant comedian ever I think. Yes a wit. Sorely missed indeed.
He was second best but bloody good
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@@SamO-ik2cm being born in nz makes him a kiwi
The Fred Dagg tapes were genius.
Nothing like Clarke and Dawe today. The occasional new season of "Utopia" probably comes closest. A legendary comedy show well worth watching that recently ceased production was "Mad as Hell".
Love Utopia. Sometimes watching politicians I feeling like I’m watching Utopia live
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I think the pollies use 'Utopia' as training material for the 'up and coming' new members of the party.
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Yes mad as hell was mental Shaun Micallef is an insane wit
Nothing like these two ever.
Such funny blokes.
R.I.P John.
God I Loved these two, they were the highlight of my week. And the Olympic Games series was just so damn funny.
Incendiary Repair... match fixing ....that is priceless😂
Clarke and Dawe were the best, I used to love watching these guys. They are sorely missed.
I found 'the book' of John Clarke & Dawe in the local street library. So nice to read when necessary for sanity.
For Australian political satire the most recent is "Utopia", but previously there was "The Hollowmen". These are half hour programs aired on ABC, which is the Australian equivalent of the BBC. Clarke and Dawe were usually commenting on a political news story that had happened that week, so although they are funny just as they are, their sketches usually had a hidden knife edge which added extra spice.
Bird & Fortune were the english equivalent but earlier
The iraqi war sketch the funniest
I suspect Clarke & Dawe got inspiration from those 2
@@cweatherfella547Clarke and Dawe started in 89, whereas wiki tells me Bird and Fortune started in 93, though I don't know if they were doing something similar earlier.
There's a film called A Death In Brunswick, with Sam Neill and John Clarke and I highly recommend it.
Sam Neill like noone has seen before or since! The grave digging scene was just diabolically, painfully funny. Death in Brunswick, Malcolm, Cosi, Road to Nhill, Bran Nu Dae, Crackerjack. Australian cinema at its pathos driven finest.
@@triarb5790 Yep. There are really only very few movies that can be watched over and over again without getting bored with them. Death in Brunswick, Crackerjack, Hercules Returns and Life of Brian get regular reruns around here - and regularly quoted! 😜🤣🤣
Death in Brunswick is a fabulous film. Very simple, not high budget, but tells a great story.
In Australia, our national broadcaster, the ABC (like UK's BBC) shows a political/current affairs program each evening after the news called "The 7.30 Report" and these segments by Clarke and Dawe were given at the end of the Friday program each week. They were short pieces of comedy that gave commentary on a news issue of the week. They were very cleverly constructed so that they were still very funny even if you didn't know or remember the particular issue they were referring to.
Sadly, John Clarke passed away and these segments are now only available on RUclips. I'm so glad they haven't disappeared.
If you want a full taste of Clarke and Dawe humor, watch "The Games" which was a full TV series about the organizing of the Sydney Olympics in 2000. So good.
Clarke & Dawe and Roy & HG are so uniquely Australian. Can't think of anyone that comes near them these days.
Working Dog would be close as it gets
@@group-music Regardless, he was a great talent. I can see why you Kiwis love him too.🇳🇿🇦🇺
Uniquely Australian, Clarke is more uniquely New Zealand. Fred Dagg was a Kiwi classic.
Clarke and Dawe's satire was recorded every week and broadcast on TV and was a comment on the news of that week. This is why they cover so many different subjects cos they put a mix of politics, the lying and circumlocution that all politicians do, and stuff that was happening in big business. It's always in the form of Dawe asking the questions and Clarke replying. Clarke was so clever that there will never be another like him. They will remain in Australian history forever because of that brilliance.
Sammy J replaced them but even he is no longer producing content.
I'm delighted to find that words have actual meanings :)
I live in Western Australia, the only reason hubby and l used to put the news on was so we could watch Clarke and Dawe. One time my parents were out visiting from Scotland. When they’d finished their segment my dad commented “your politicians are as bad as ours” He hadn’t realised it was satire 😁
As another commenter suggested, the show Utopia/Dreamland is of a Clarke and Dawe calibre, and some of their colleagues who appeared alongside them are in it.
Utopia (Australian TV series)
You may remember Clarke and Dawe's production: The Games (Australian TV series).
If you like the wonderful Clarke and Dawe for political satire, you might enjoy "The Hollow Men" and "Utopia" - classic shows which raised a few official government eyebrows asking who might be leaking stories out - that was as f***** hilarious as the show itself.
Oh how I miss these two!! They were amazing!
I'm glad you're reacting to all things Australian; especially some of the clever comedy we've produced over the years. While there are a number of 'foreigners' all reacting to the same sort of stuff (I'm guessing you all have a significantly shared audience), I like yours best because you offer your observations concisely and succinctly, ask some questions and wrap it up; rather than wittering endlessly about the ins and out of a duck's arse as though you're obsessed with the sound of your own voice. And you don't have an annoying accent. That's my roundabout way of saying I like you. Nothing funny, you understand.......
The best political satire on Australian TV these days is Parliamentary Question Time in which a bunch of clowns pretend that they are answering political questions, but generally just disseminate and gaslight.
True! 😁
I agree !
"dissemble"?
@@flamencoprof 😁 And misdirect!
Parliament Question time (sometimes on instead of Play School) was my 3 year old son's favourite TV program. He didn't laugh so hard at anything else. Men in suits behaving like children and being told off by the speaker really tickled him. His favourite was when they were sent out, because he could relate to 'time out' for kicking off. 😅
To get my son to sit at the table for meals, I would say his favourite quote that he would like to say randomly 'Would the Member of North Sydney please resume his seat!" We got a chuckle out of that for years. Joe Hockey provided my child with more entertainment than The Wiggles, or any other children's entertainment could. For that reason only, I am grateful. But it is a sorry state of government if even a 3 year old thinks Question Time is a huge joke.
Try Pauline Hanson: Please Explain! Animated series.
Yes! They are great, should be shown in schools.
The irony that a politician is responsible for biting social commentary (or rather the clever team she employs).
At the end of the news once a week looked forward to hear what Clarke and Dawe were up to next. So funny. Nothing else comes close
Clarke and Dawe only had a short segment once a week on a national current affairs show, so it had to be fast-paced and clever. John Clarke was a master satirist, and Bryan Dawe was great as the straight-laced sidekick.
What about Frontline where they did a p1ss take of that at the end?
John Clarke was brilliant. Played the same character on Clarke and Dawe every week. Such a funny man and a real loss. So many of us looked forward to their Friday evening bit.
They had a 3 minute a week spot on the ABC every friday, and it was my favourite thing on tv.. Hit me hard the day he died 😔 RIP John 🙏sorely missed
Please remember that John Clarke was a kiwi (New Zealander) He started life as Trev Dagg a kiwi farmer doing it tough!!!
Then he crossed the ditch, moved to Australia, started Clarke & Dawe…… but also did a brilliant comedy series about the 2000 Olympic Games!!!!
Unfortunately he died a couple of years ago while out bird 🦅 watching, one of his favourite pastimes!!!
And when I say bird watching I mean the ones with feathers 🪶!!!
He was 69 years young!!!!
RIP JOHN CLARKE 🇳🇿❤
Fred. Frederick Dagg. His brothers were Trev.
@@andrewh.8403 yep but the six other brothers were also called Trev!!!!👨🎤🇳🇿😎👍🍸😂😂
Crossed the ditch and joined Max Gillies, where he reported on Australian Farnarkeling champion Dave Sorensen's international successes. Also co-wrote ANZACS and appeared in six films. Wasn't sitting around with nothing to do prior to joining up with Bran Dawe.
@@andrewh.8403 That could be true, but fred Dagg had 6 sons, all named Trevor to avoid confusion.
No he was FRED DAGG the family of boys were all TREVS, his wife was "the OLD SHELIA"
Roy & HG are pretty clever. Similar old school Aussie wit and style. 😂
Clarke is sadly missed, they where both in the mocumentary The Games, well worth a watch.
Just about anything from Working Dog Productions is great: Frontline, The Hollowmen and Utopia are all great political comedies.
I'm so glad you found these two. The context might be specific to Australian politics, but some of the targets of their satire are universal.
I don't know of anyone like them just now. I think they were unique.
Comedy moves on. Yes, they were wonderful. Another totally brilliant Australian comedian and impersonator who I viewed in person in Sydney in the 80's was Max Gillies.
Clarke and Daw had a weekly spot on TV - I'd drop whatever I was doing to watch their gems. I miss them heaps. 😟🇦🇺
Fisk is hilariously dry. With Kitty Flannagan
Work your way through the "Olympic Games" that Australian series was a clanger!!!
Yeah that was up there. My favorite moment when someone came up with specially trained bees to form the yellow ring at the opening ceremony.
The fun bit about that comedy series was that they ended up finding out the problems with the Sydney Olympic Games before the actual organising committee did. They were actually offered a free sponsor box for the games (for services rendered) and John's reply to the offer was "have you actually watched the show?"
wasn't it just "The Games"
@@ribbonsofnight Correct. My bad
Apparently there was a British version prior to the London Olympics that basically ripped 'The Games' off.
Have a look At Norman Gunston and his interviews
Norman Gunston never appealed to me. I preferred brilliant Max Gillies, brilliant comic impersonations of politicians and other personalities.
Yes! Norman Gunston was in a class of his own. Many the evening spent laughing (hysterically) at Norman Gunston interviews with unprepared foreign celebrities. Interviewees would sometimes crack up before he had said a word. Just looking at how he presented himself, was enough.
Particularly recommend Gunston's interview of Hugh Hefner and Barbie Benton. The whole interview strung them along, right to the last moment, then he dropped them in it.
Clarke and Dawe have been household favorites in Oz for a long time -- glad to share them with friends outside Australia!
Those blokes were pure magic.
Brilliant and timeless! 😄👍
Probably the nearest in cleverness but a different format would be "Mad As Hell" which recently finished.
Before Clarke became this character, he was "Fred Dagg" in New Zealand, a sheep farmer with his dog. It was such dry humour and very funny. There were thick comic books of Fred Dagg. He was a legend. Then.....the Aussies stole him. 😢
Ah well, you can't have everything and we had him first! Na nah na nah na! He's was a kiwi. 🇳🇿
I am Australian and thought the Fred Dagg stuff was brilliant!!!!!!!
I don't think anyone ever saw the dog. It's existence was only indicated by his cry to it - 'Git in behind!'
The best of New Zealand and Australia working together to bring you great comedy.
Clever, witty and intelligent. So funny, but unlike many comedians, they didn't even swear once....
Many great comics do swear though. Billy Connelly comes to mind.
Brilliant work by amazing guys.
Shaun Micallef is one of the smartest Australian skewerers alive.
Brilliant guys as always. The front fell off will forever be my favourite though 😂
John Clarke started out as Fred Dagg on ABC radio many decades ago. He played a laconic NZ farmer with the driest wit. Pure gold. I hope there are snippets still available. Nowadays, try anything from Rob Sitch and his fellow artists at the TV series Utopia. You’ll find similar genius there.
Fred Dagg on NZ TV stopped the nation! He was amazing! Such a tallent.
I went to NZ before he left for Australia. The students I stayed with all had been watching him. 'Git in behind!' was like a student war cry. It was used in all sorts of situations.
John clarke wrote and appeared in a series about the politics involved when Australia held the olympic games, you watch this. this series was very funny.
Clarke and Daws were superlative. there is nothing to compare to their propless, deadpan delivery of utter brilliance. If the purpose of art is to hold a miror up to society, then these two men defined the word art. I used to enjoy their skteches at the end of The Janna Went Show (whatever it was called back then). Incomperable !
Their show " The Games" with Gina Riley was brilliant . in the final episode they looked more like The Seekers than The Seeker's did Rest in Peace John Clarke , and thanks for coming to Australia
Used to watch them regularly they were both awesome
John Clarke is a NEW ZEALANDER.
That was funny, I am Aussie and I have never seen that one. 😂🤣😂
Man of A thousand faces.
You have to watch Clarke & Dawe Australian 2000 Olympics skits !!😂😂😂
The Juice Media’s RUclips “Honest Government Ads” are brilliant (though less subtle and more hard-hitting)
These guys were unmatchable. So clever, so witty and goddamn I miss them.
If you love Clarke and Dawe as much as I do, you'll love these 3 separate series: Fisk. Utopia & Rosehaven. Start with those!
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You’re back. Good to see you again. Welcome back.👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🇦🇺
We all seem to think, ‘which do you mean? Are you being clever, talking politics or is it the dictionary meaning. Life in Australia is a verbal conundrum.
There's a wealth of classic material from these two,
one a week ?
you'll be busy for years.
Enjoy
Check out clips from The Hollowmen and Utopia for Australian political satire. They're all good.
@ MSTV watch Pauline Hanson's Please explain cartoons. Makes you laugh, but despair at the same time because her points are so true..
Fred Dagg ... John Clark ... always great!
It was very clever and unfortunately accurate.
Usually they're quite specific with what they're satirising so I don't think it was just a general dig at politicians. I think that one was about John Howard (former Australian PM) introducing the Goods and Services Tax after promising on an election platform that it would "never ever" be introduced
One of NZ's great comedian exports to head across the ditch....
You might enjoy Carl Baron. He's an Australian comedian. Not actually on telly, but nails Australia everytime!
RIP John Clarke. Truly a loss for both Australia and New Zealand.
“The Games” is brilliant.
John Clarke, from his Fred Dagg days onwards, was a brilliant wit. Outrageously funny, yet so pertinent. Sadly missed. 🇦🇺
RIP John Clark 😢. No, they were peerless ❤
The comedy TV show "Mad as Hell" does a lot of Australian political satire and is well worth checking out.
Clarke is in the 2002 comedy Crackerjack with Mick Molloy. Mick is bloody hilarious, too!
You have got to watch the PLEASE EXPLAIN cartoons that reveal Australian politics so precisely! There are 3 seasons and they are terrific.
Unfortunately my most favourite episode was then P.M.'s return after his prostate operation only appears on YT as audio only. Still works, but watching John's face was always icing on the cake. Yeah, Bob Hawke's prostate operation was the one that had me spray my drink on that night.
John Clarke isn't actually an Australian - he's a Kiwi (New Zealander). We speak differently to Aussies 🙂
No shit 😂
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True, but he did live and work there long enough to be able to portray their special traits well on TV. He was very skilled at what he did.
John Clarke was a wonderful KIWI comic who migrated to Ossie Like me he was listening to the GOON SHOW as a kid (I had to make my own radio receiver an earphone "Hikers 1") Clark became Famous for his NZ farm character "Fred Dagg" a sort of Kiwi Worsel Gummidge with a family of boys (all named Trevor) ...these were the times of Monty Python John was a sort oh "Colonial" John Cleese. with many Kiwi slang terms ..."Kick it in the Guts trev " ...for starting the tractor (or the job) sadly he died quite young ..a real human being he also had a dread of flying. We need to realise how foolish we can be John Clarke helped us do this!
Rest in Peace John Clark … he was a fantastically funny man …
Norman Gunstan was another funny Ausie, couldn't shave without cutting himself,
He called our NZ PM at the time Piggy Muldoon.to his face, there was a 🤔 pause during the interview, Kiwi's called Muldoon piggy,but an Aus saying and on tele,😅
The closest we have at the moment is ‘Tim Minchin’ he is a pianist/comedian and very intelligent his songs amazes me and whoever hears him, and it’s mostly done to music, sadly John Clark has passed away and still chatting with heavens gate keeper
If only they were around in this day and age I can imagine what they would do. It would be so hilarious
John Clarke was a Kiwi who 'crossed the ditch' to grow his career, and found a great comedic partnership and tons of material. Must admit there were quite a lot of sheep-type skits in his early years but still worth checking out Fred Dragg... will bring tears to your eyes you'll be laughing so hard! Extremely funny guy
I still have 3 ofJohn Clarke's Fred Dagg Books: Ah Yeah Gidday, The Fred Dagg Scripts, Dagshead Revisited and A Dagg at my Table. Often reread them them
Might I suggest you review Clarke's brilliant series on the build-up to the Sydney Olympic games called 'The Games". especially the 100 meter track debacle.
50 years on and "if it werent for yer gumboots where would ya be you'd be in the hospital or infirmary" from the Gumboot Song is still a kiwi culture Icon
ps Fred Dagg was actually from NZ
Shaun Micallef is worth checking out , most recent series was Mad as Hell on ABC. As others mentioned, The Games with these two and Gina Riley was brilliant, a very early mocumentary with the ABC crew following the team trying to run the Olympic development , was in 1998-99 before the Sydney olympics . Uk series 2012 was based on it, and almost as good.
I miss them both. They were the only wits on television in Australia, currently, there are none to compare so I don't have a television.
The Scots and the Aussie’s get each other
Rewatching these clips can be difficult to contextualise if you aren't Australian, don't follow politics and don't know when the clip came out. Much of their work satired political events in real time so reflected something very recent in Australian politics. And yes, they were brilliant.
Clarke and Dawe were/are unique. The series you've dipped into was usually shown just before the Thursday night ABC news (ABC ~ BBC 1) and satirised the then current news. They also paired up to do two short series called The Games leading up to the Sydney Olympics satirising SOCOG (Sydney Organising Committee for Olympic Games). John Clarke first showed up in Australia (he was a New Zealander as pointed out a lot below) as a character called Fred Dagg who presented a satirical radio show (like a podcast) that was also solid gold.
Similar satirical work is produced by Working Dog productions. Check out Utopia (several series now) and before that Hollowmen (a few series) and Frontline (several series). Utopia and Hollowmen are satirical in the same vein as Yes, Minister and are frequently viewed as documentaries of Australian Federal Government. Frontline satirised our commercial current affairs programs.
Sammy J has done some excellent short-form political satire - his yoga sessions are very clever and his Parliamentary Playschool is devilish.
Sean Miccallef has done some excellent satirical 'news style' shows. Several series of Mad as Hell and a couple of series of Newstopia. He also starred in a sitcom about a Former PM, but that was not so much satirical as parody.
You might also like to get in touch with the work of "Roy and HG" - very much sporting commentary satire but outrageously good material usually produced spontaneously while watching live rugby (league) matches. Also have done several Olympics.
Noone on the same level. They were outstanding
My fave was when John posed as the French President, Jacques. Priceless. In terms of political satire nothing compares. British Blackadder was the only thing to come close.
Clarke was a New Zealander and moved to Australia to increase his comedic talent. NZ has too small a population for someone so gifted as Clarke was.
For our non-Antipodean friends, linguistic mischief right from the start.... Lars Torders = Last Orders, at the pub...😂
Their take on the energy market is sadly 100% relevant today. Worth a watch for sure.