this was never aired, it appears as an extra on one of his dvd's. as for the scheppele corby thing, it was added in later on because obviously back in 1999 no one knew who she was.
@@swaggymcbaggy2178 yeah it's a joke, he's not actually calling us freaks. Jokes are things where people make stuff up for the sake of bringing joy to the world.
@@swaggymcbaggy2178 at swaggymcbaggy2178 we in the transgender community have bigger issues than to police comedy because of hurt feelings. We're made of tougher stuff than that. The rest of society is made fun of for comedy, we just want to be treated the same - not special. So please, laugh at us, we'll laugh at you, and at the end of the day we're all laughing, which is a fun feeling 😄.
1:23 I could almost swear he says "air traffic comptroller", just sort of throws it in there because, well, why would you not if the opportunity presents itself.
I think they added it onto the DVD. It aired long before anyone knew who she was. It might not have even aired, it could be in the deleted scenes section of the DVD, I can't remember.
It's a small population so working actors need to be versatile and capable of switching between TV, film and stage work. We seem a lot of the same faces pop up in different areas all the time. Actors just trying make a living. Also what makes them in demand in Hollywood.
There was a huge controversy over a sketch which was presented as the introduction to a documentary about war hero Weary Dunlop, before the voiceover said he had a secret he had been hiding for his whole life and then a caption was put up - "Weary Dunlop, Transsexual", before a sudden cut to an overworked ABC switchboard operator putting cables into an old fashioned switchboard and telling callers to hold the line... It was part of a series of gags involving a very controversial topic being abruptly cut off by the video of the ABC switchboard operator. Shaun did a radio interview promoting the series where he mentioned this sketch in passing and it blew up...John Howard got involved, it was a big mess and the ABC cut the sketch. I suspect that was meant to lead in (or lead out) of this sketch, so both got cut.
@@danielseaton3504 righhhhht yes it's relevant but it's aged terribly Do you consider yourself a libertarian or the opposite of that? That's what this comes down to.
@@whophd no man I don't give two shits about politics like Americans that are obsessed with them,can't someone not be linked to said party for their own morals and values? I found all sorts funny,and not easily offended,make fun of myself and others,I call a spade a spade it's that simple
Shaun himself would do such a sketch now. His comedy has firm political leanings, he doesn't tend to do sketches just because they’re funny and where every character, including his own, is the butt of the joke.
Very good indeed. That pushed buttons, found G-spots if you will, that I never knew existed. I'm guessing it was felt to be just a bit too 'meta' for broadcast. Now, back to my search for a copy of 'Bliss'.
@@kelp7060 the point being what? Comedians can't do comedy for fear of being "cancelled" or whatever nonsense? Sounds more like a problem of cowardice on the end of many comedians today than anything else, but that's not new either, some of the most widely respected comedians of the past were considered controversial at times. They just did their acts anyway. If you feel like you have something to say in an entertaining way, who cares is some people don't like it? You can't tell a joke and expect the entire planet to laugh along.
@@adoredpariah Yes! Exactly. Or be attack by insane people. Don't forget that one. They can de-funded just like that sometimes. Or maybe you'll have something happen to like Butterfield where you're forced to go to another state for sensitivity training. Yeah, cancelled is a thing that's been proven 100 times over so stop wasting everyone's time pretending it isn't. Many have lost their jobs and have been completely excluded from many industries because of it. Are you the arbiter of morality? Are you the arbiter of awareness? What a silly way to word it. I strongly agree with your last sentence though I don't believe it's that easy right now.
The best jokes in this are the ones that completely ignore the fact that the characters are trans as part of the bit. Calling them a "freakshow" at the end was a bit much though.
I agree that it’s all really just Micallef absurdist humour that just happened to use the transgender discussion as a canvas. The “freakshow” URL after welcoming audience discussion is clearly a joke about the URL creator not getting the memo of the tone. It’s really similar to another Micallef joke where he introduces his new book as one that took him five years to write and cost him his marriage. It’s called Who Farted 2 and features random photographs with the caption “Who Farted?” In summary, there’s no snarkiness here, this segment could have been about anything and had the same tone.
@@alasyon You don't think he's making a point about the broader societal prejudice/ ignorance towards the trans community? Which would have been all the more severe back in the 90s/00s given it wasn't really a mainstream community. Hence the "freakshow" line at the end. I mean I could be wrong, but that's how a interpreted it considering Micallef isn't a bigot.
@@geetuz That actually makes a lot more sense. The modern lens of has me seeing this as something else, but I think you’re right, he’s playing up stereotypes.
Proving forever that satire is the lowest form of wit. A really cheap shot, but nothing one wouldn't expect from a former Insurance Lawyer who has had his fun siding with the wrong team in the class war and is now slumming it being a "master of mirth" on Ita's ABC. What a career trajectory.
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This has aged fantastically 😂
I had no idea, no idea at all that it was the second longest suspension bridge.
My reaction? Befuddlement.
cant do this anymore
Yes you can. Dont be scared of the cry babies.
Of course a DW+ subscriber would say that…
Give me a break, yes you can.
Yes, you can.
In fact this is a really good example of how to do trans inclusive comedy.
Don't be such a fucking edgelord
Some of the most intelligent comedy I've ever seen.
this was never aired, it appears as an extra on one of his dvd's. as for the scheppele corby thing, it was added in later on because obviously back in 1999 no one knew who she was.
I'm transgender and that was so funking funny! 😂😂😂😂😂😂
At least you can take a joke, much respect.
I mean there is some good bits but I don’t think it aged well. Like he called you a freak. Which you aren’t okay.
@@swaggymcbaggy2178 yeah it's a joke, he's not actually calling us freaks. Jokes are things where people make stuff up for the sake of bringing joy to the world.
@@stephen6279 Yeah but this is by putting down a group of already marginalised people. I don't think that's okay.
@@swaggymcbaggy2178 at swaggymcbaggy2178 we in the transgender community have bigger issues than to police comedy because of hurt feelings. We're made of tougher stuff than that. The rest of society is made fun of for comedy, we just want to be treated the same - not special. So please, laugh at us, we'll laugh at you, and at the end of the day we're all laughing, which is a fun feeling 😄.
Shaun Micallef ROCKS!!!
17 years ago and farcical, today factual. 🤪🎉🥴
the sketch is actually more farcical today
Francis Greenslades best performance ever!
The “either” line - gold
HAHAHAHAHAHA.....This is amazing and clearly ahead of its time.
"I have an irrational fear of tapwear"... lmao!
that was what you found funny??? that was the cringe moment for me, lazy comedy writing
@@bradmodd7856What is lazy is your lack of capitalisation and full stops.
Micallef is truely Australia's greatest tv comedian
LOL Francis looks great in sparkly green and big hair.
We need Micallef more than ever
I have a scary feeling he wouldn't be supporting this one. At least publicly.
Best start to a video I've seen.
1:23 I could almost swear he says "air traffic comptroller", just sort of throws it in there because, well, why would you not if the opportunity presents itself.
I was expecting to be horrified, but this was surprisingly subtle and dignified given how old it is.
Fucking Micallef.
Gold.
The funniest skit never to make it to air. The last bit is the best. :-)
I think they added it onto the DVD. It aired long before anyone knew who she was. It might not have even aired, it could be in the deleted scenes section of the DVD, I can't remember.
I noticed that too.
A very clever comedian
What is it about OZ TV that they have such great supporting casts ?
It's a small population so working actors need to be versatile and capable of switching between TV, film and stage work. We seem a lot of the same faces pop up in different areas all the time. Actors just trying make a living. Also what makes them in demand in Hollywood.
Why this skit never made it to air I don't know. Piss funny!
There was a huge controversy over a sketch which was presented as the introduction to a documentary about war hero Weary Dunlop, before the voiceover said he had a secret he had been hiding for his whole life and then a caption was put up - "Weary Dunlop, Transsexual", before a sudden cut to an overworked ABC switchboard operator putting cables into an old fashioned switchboard and telling callers to hold the line...
It was part of a series of gags involving a very controversial topic being abruptly cut off by the video of the ABC switchboard operator.
Shaun did a radio interview promoting the series where he mentioned this sketch in passing and it blew up...John Howard got involved, it was a big mess and the ABC cut the sketch.
I suspect that was meant to lead in (or lead out) of this sketch, so both got cut.
Probably for the best. This has aged terribly.
@@whophd has it?? Never been more relevant
@@danielseaton3504 righhhhht yes it's relevant but it's aged terribly
Do you consider yourself a libertarian or the opposite of that? That's what this comes down to.
@@whophd no man I don't give two shits about politics like Americans that are obsessed with them,can't someone not be linked to said party for their own morals and values? I found all sorts funny,and not easily offended,make fun of myself and others,I call a spade a spade it's that simple
Better times
EXTREMELY WELL DONE, APPEARED MORE SERIOUS, RATHER THAN ACTUAL COMEDY.
SATT.
Define "actual comedy" for those of us that don't know what that is.
You're quite right - it certainly wasn't funny. School concert-level satire, at best.
@@MikeyRB77 DEFINATION NOT REQUIRED BY ME,
JUST GO TO A MIRROR MIKEY !.
SATT.
@@justvisitingterra6459 Why are you shouting?
Frances looks fabulous
LOL - what is that picture on the wall in the background at the end!?! Doesn't look like Sean at all! :D
That transvestite is a legend
Shaun Micallef is really attractive!
Shaun has a personal account @renzo…😂
This would not have gotten aired in 2018!
no one let the woke mob see this, they'll hang shaun micallef now lol
Holy shit, it’s 2023 and things are way out of control 😂
Shaun himself would do such a sketch now. His comedy has firm political leanings, he doesn't tend to do sketches just because they’re funny and where every character, including his own, is the butt of the joke.
omG has it been that long? im so lucky to born in the 70s...
This only seems true, if you don't have a tv...or a computer...or a phone...
No way that Micallef would do this today. He'd hope that activists don't 'rediscover' it.
Whatever you do don't leave a comment so the algorithm shows it to more people!
Very good indeed. That pushed buttons, found G-spots if you will, that I never knew existed. I'm guessing it was felt to be just a bit too 'meta' for broadcast. Now, back to my search for a copy of 'Bliss'.
I'm not a transvestite and I find this funny.
Back when comedians could do comedy. Can't imagine the ABC funding this these days.
And you're the arbiter of comedy I suppose?
@@adoredpariah Way to miss the point.
@@kelp7060 the point being what? Comedians can't do comedy for fear of being "cancelled" or whatever nonsense?
Sounds more like a problem of cowardice on the end of many comedians today than anything else, but that's not new either, some of the most widely respected comedians of the past were considered controversial at times. They just did their acts anyway.
If you feel like you have something to say in an entertaining way, who cares is some people don't like it? You can't tell a joke and expect the entire planet to laugh along.
@@adoredpariah Yes! Exactly. Or be attack by insane people. Don't forget that one. They can de-funded just like that sometimes. Or maybe you'll have something happen to like Butterfield where you're forced to go to another state for sensitivity training. Yeah, cancelled is a thing that's been proven 100 times over so stop wasting everyone's time pretending it isn't. Many have lost their jobs and have been completely excluded from many industries because of it.
Are you the arbiter of morality? Are you the arbiter of awareness? What a silly way to word it.
I strongly agree with your last sentence though I don't believe it's that easy right now.
meanwhile in the distant future in 2024
LOL what the fuck was that intro?!
I need a transvestite to tell me this is OK.
Gold
When was this aired? Did someone else tack the Schapelle Corbys frog thing on or something?
9 years later...and I still want to know this.
I just mainly commented to see if you're still there
@@stuartkeating6508 1998-02
My thoughts exactly. The Micallef Pogram ended in 2001. Schapelle Corby didn't become famous until 2005 or so. Very strange.
IIRC the DVDs for the series were released the in mid 00s, so that might be when it was added, seeing as this was apparently a deleted scene.
you wouldn't be able to do this today. because it'd be a rip-off of this sketch that you'd otherwise be able to do
How did they know about Schapelle Corby before she had even gone to jail?
I think she was arrested at the time of the final series (1999).
@@Electricshrockfair point. Maybe she was sentenced in 2002.. spins me out though. I know the micallef show was a bit random with names.
Back when there was humour in truth.😂😂😂
*how did they ever get Divine to appear*
Necromancy.
@@Tester-sh1mn
obviously 🙄
@@Tester-sh1mn
unless Divine never really died
😉
The best jokes in this are the ones that completely ignore the fact that the characters are trans as part of the bit. Calling them a "freakshow" at the end was a bit much though.
It's a joke
@@LinguisticLifeformActually it’s a comedy sketch with MULTIPLE jokes, can you believe that?
@@Tester-sh1mn well I'm stunned, multiple jokes? Next thing you'll tell me I'm allowed to laugh
@@LinguisticLifeform Boy howdy, do I have news for you!
I agree that it’s all really just Micallef absurdist humour that just happened to use the transgender discussion as a canvas. The “freakshow” URL after welcoming audience discussion is clearly a joke about the URL creator not getting the memo of the tone.
It’s really similar to another Micallef joke where he introduces his new book as one that took him five years to write and cost him his marriage. It’s called Who Farted 2 and features random photographs with the caption “Who Farted?”
In summary, there’s no snarkiness here, this segment could have been about anything and had the same tone.
Prescient.
Hilarious!
Befuddlement
amazing, thumbs up if tom milsom bought u here :)
hahahahaha awesome!!!!
I’m offended! Everybody stop what you’re doing!
A great big middle finger to these confused and I applaud it ... what with all the trans lunacy today
Transvestism and transgender are not new. Read a book once in a while.
Micallef wouldn't be brave enough to do a sketch like this today. XD
Hes brave enough, Its that the ABC's insurance and legal budgets arent big enough!
@@handymanr4729nah hes a sellout
Ahh Shann Micallef... used to enjoy him. Shame about the broadcaster... c_0
Befuddlement 😂
hmmm, not that annoyed they cut this.
They have an irrational fear of tapware
Not woke enough for you
i am not annoyed that you are not annoyed. . .
Now it rightly has more views than most sketches in the inferior third series.
I'm glad you're happy with the surgery
And now Micallef is a woke hack who would apologise for this. Sad.
Yeah a shame. He did some great sketches back in '98 to 2000 that would no way be allowed on air now. #triggerwarning haha
It's a deleted scene for a reason. It wasn't funny twenty three years ago either.
@@thetombuckOK groomer.
@@thetombuck got hearty laughs from me.
@@thetombuckhow do you know it wasn’t funny 23 years ago if it wasn’t aired then?
Aged like milk.
Kind of missing the point if you think he's punching down on the trans community.
This is interesting. What is the point?
@@alasyon You don't think he's making a point about the broader societal prejudice/ ignorance towards the trans community? Which would have been all the more severe back in the 90s/00s given it wasn't really a mainstream community. Hence the "freakshow" line at the end. I mean I could be wrong, but that's how a interpreted it considering Micallef isn't a bigot.
@@geetuz That actually makes a lot more sense. The modern lens of has me seeing this as something else, but I think you’re right, he’s playing up stereotypes.
Excellent
The funny bit is all the recent snowflake comments
I know, wtf 😆
Proving forever that satire is the lowest form of wit. A really cheap shot, but nothing one wouldn't expect from a former Insurance Lawyer who has had his fun siding with the wrong team in the class war and is now slumming it being a "master of mirth" on Ita's ABC. What a career trajectory.