The Games was compulsory viewing for most people leading up to the Olympics. It was brilliant, so funny and at times eerily accurate! You may be able to buy the series on DVD.
Glad you showed an extended version of this episode. The whole series is a real hoot, full of buck passing and political doublespeak. And yeah, Utopia is brilliant too.
Really enjoyed this trip down memory lane. Loved The Games at the time and it's still fun. Australia doesn't do as much political satire as the UK but we have a few classic gems like this, thanks!
There was some missing from closer to the beginning of the clip: Clarke: Mr Wilson, do you know who is the current 100 meters all-comers Australian record holder? Wilson: No, can I guess? Clarke: Oh, there's not much point in guessing Mr Wilson. Wilson: Is he an African-American? Clarke: He's not an African-American, no. Wilson: Is he that Canadian from Jamaica? Clarke: No, he's not a Canadian from Jamaica, no. Wilson: I give up. Clarke: The 100 meters record in this country Mr Wilson is currently held by Brian. Wilson: Brian? Brian: Yes. Wilson: (Shaking hands with Brian) Congratulations. Brian: Thank you. Clarke: A new mark, Mr Wilson, set in a blistering session last Wednesday, and I wish you'd been there. We were down there and we had a bet. Wilson: Was this wind assisted? Clarke: No, and we'd had a couple, and in my view Brian's not in quite the nick he was at the same stage as last season. Wilson: So you've measured the track? Clarke: Yeah, we've measured the track Mr Wilson. Wilson: So you know how long the 100 meters track is? Clarke: Yes, we do. Wilson: Okay. Clarke: How long is it, Mr Wilson? Wilson: You know how long it is. Clarke: I want to hear you say it. Wilson: 94 meters. Clarke: 94 meters. 94 meters. Well, we've got a new event, haven't we Mr Wilson? Brian: The 94 meters. Clarke: In fact we've got two new events, haven't we? The 94 meters for men and the 94 meters for women. Brian: Hang on, would that replace the 100 meters or is this a new event, 'cause there'd be a cost element here wouldn't there? Wilson: That would be in place of the 100 meters. Clarke: Why? Wilson: You don't have a 100 meters event. You haven't got a 100 meters track.
Hats off to ya; and you’ve still got a working dvd player. This was the magic bit everyone remembers, perhaps you’ve remembered it by heart. The curiosity remains as to why it was left out by Umbrella.
@@kathyconway5327 I bought the on-line series via Google Play, but it's now available/administrated via TH-cam. I'll put the link to the series in the following post (in case the URL causes the comment to be deleted)…
The TH-cam URL to the (purchasable) series _The Games:_ th-cam.com/users/showSCGmAQWzvFad6WElJkbbyVTQ?sbp=GhoKGFVDR21BUVd6dkZhZDZXRWxKa2JieVZUUQ%253D%253D
Yeah it's hard to stop at one episode, just want to keep going. It's so well done. It's funny how the actors work so well together. The Games has to be close to the best comedy iv'e go, have seen..😅
I worked with someone who was seconded to SOCOG. He said that everyone watched “The Games” and enjoyed it. Except for one guy in the office who was convinced that there was a spy in the office! :) He couldn’t be persuaded that brilliant comedians have imagination and talent enough to make up what’s in the big black box.
If you like The Games and Utopia then you will probably love another political satire called The Hollowmen. All three are fantastic pieces of Australian comedy.
Thank you, I don’t know how I missed this show but glad to get acquainted with it through your channel. Clarke and Dawes are stellar. I feel like this was the precursor to the show Utopia which is fantastic.
Utopia is fantastic. Ep 7 of The Games is hilarious. “”The swimming schedule has been disastrously modified at the last minute. Meanwhile, Gina and John are asked to babysit an IOC member who has turned up dead the day before a major Dinner, while Bryan and Jasmine go to meet President Mandela and Princess Margaret at the airport.”
I loved the Games it coincided with the actual run up to the Olympics. It is totally up your ally and it it is filmed in documentary style with a film crew following them around. Also stars Gina Riley from Big Girls Blouse and Kath and Kim.
The amusing thing is that by the end of the series the production company was hearing about actual real world problems (via leaks) with the Sydney Olympics before the actual officials responsible for it. And they were actually offered a free corporate box at the games for "service to the Sydney Olympics," to which John Dawes replied "Have you actually watched the show?"
I am a costume designer.Many years ago when John was not so well known we worked together on a very, very boring cheap corporate video.Even back then he was so serious about producing a good product he nearly broke his brain & the director's patience/brainstorming & improvising to make it entertaining.I will say @ the same time he wasn't exactly easy to work with.In my career i have found genius perfectionists invariably are not.😉
The Games was wonderful tv and this episode was probably my favourite. Along with Utopia I'd recommend The Hollowmen. Also by Working Dog about political advisors. Brilliant satire
You need to see a show called Bargearse. It was a seventies cop show based in Melbourne that was overdubbed by The De-Generation (Working Dog). There only 2-3 minute shows but there hilarious. It’s up on TH-cam.
The Poms completely ripped off this show with one called Twenty Twelve in the lead up to the London Games. John Clarke went to the BBC suggesting they could do a show like The Games for the London lead up and also showed them videos of episodes of The Games but eventually they turned him down. They then went ahead and made Twenty Twelve and claimed it was an 'original idea'. A-holes.
An interesting byline of this was that "The Games' sought to do a subsequent show on UK TV for the London Olympics, but hit a very thick brick wall. Is it possible that Australians are more comfortable taking the piss out of themselves than the more sensitive British
I liked John Clarke. It's sad to hear he's not around anymore.. I liked the way he discribed the founding of Brisbane i think.. as the Endevour Nudged it's way up the Murray river, cracked me up. Fantastic witt. 100m ain't 100m anymore, am i insane or has19eighti4 become fact. This is funny, im listening to your video, thanks hey! seamless cloth? bastards
10 hrs ago AndrewJens posted the best bit that was edited for some reason. Please give him an emoji response at least because without that bit the skit seems a bit flat. It was a tremendous and very well loved comedy. So much so that Clarke took it to the BBC to make a bid to do similar for the BBC ahead of London 2012. They were given the tapes and they talked thru co writers and casting but didn’t succeed. But the BbC went ahead with a copy of the show called 2012 without any recompense or acknowledgement to Clarke and he tried and failed to sue. Another thing I enjoyed and you may too is that on a rare occasion of an on location filming they passed by a painter who gave them a nod of recognition. Afterwards Clarke approached the painter for a chat and he told him that the reason why he and his mates love his work is because it presents like a secret - between the people who make the show and the people who watch. Seems like rolling paint gives you plenty of space for profundity.
You think this is just comedy but we have a situation here in Melbourne were the Victorian Government has just built a new Railway Station, problem is they built it 10 metres short to take the new trains which will be introduced at some stage ( comedy & real life )
@MSTV Hey man just subscribed to your channel im a aboriginal from aus but just wondering if you would have a look at Malcolm Douglas Australia return to the desert (1979). It would be a experience for you about the aboriginal ways
Loved watching this back in the day. Episode one was a bit of a slog because it was entirely set as a media panel with them answering journalists’ questions. But I loved all the rest of the limited series. Utopia is brilliant too.
They missed out the bit before he admitted that the track was 94 metres - that was about Brian being the fastest runner in Australia for the 100 metres as he tried the track out. It was a brilliant show. Actually the English took the idea and tried it before the Olympics in the UK but I dont think it was as great as the Aussie one
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The Games was compulsory viewing for most people leading up to the Olympics. It was brilliant, so funny and at times eerily accurate! You may be able to buy the series on DVD.
John Clarke, RIP, was a comedy genius. Listen to his Fred Dagg stuff too
Glad you showed an extended version of this episode. The whole series is a real hoot, full of buck passing and political doublespeak. And yeah, Utopia is brilliant too.
Yes yes and yes 👍
Yes i agree too Mr mockatoo
?? Move the FINISH LINE. ha ha ha 😂😂😂
This show was so good I bought the dvd set as soon as it was released.
Really enjoyed this trip down memory lane. Loved The Games at the time and it's still fun. Australia doesn't do as much political satire as the UK but we have a few classic gems like this, thanks!
My family still uses the 'nice man pops a bag over your head' line
Utopia is a brilliant poke at not just politics but office politics.. sometimes too realistic! 😆
Thanks for that reaction. What a great blast from the past.
The 100 metre track story, it’s actually based on a true story I was working on the site when this happened.
Dear Universe
There was some missing from closer to the beginning of the clip:
Clarke: Mr Wilson, do you know who is the current 100 meters all-comers Australian record holder?
Wilson: No, can I guess?
Clarke: Oh, there's not much point in guessing Mr Wilson.
Wilson: Is he an African-American?
Clarke: He's not an African-American, no.
Wilson: Is he that Canadian from Jamaica?
Clarke: No, he's not a Canadian from Jamaica, no.
Wilson: I give up.
Clarke: The 100 meters record in this country Mr Wilson is currently held by Brian.
Wilson: Brian?
Brian: Yes.
Wilson: (Shaking hands with Brian) Congratulations.
Brian: Thank you.
Clarke: A new mark, Mr Wilson, set in a blistering session last Wednesday, and I wish you'd been there. We were down there and we had a bet.
Wilson: Was this wind assisted?
Clarke: No, and we'd had a couple, and in my view Brian's not in quite the nick he was at the same stage as last season.
Wilson: So you've measured the track?
Clarke: Yeah, we've measured the track Mr Wilson.
Wilson: So you know how long the 100 meters track is?
Clarke: Yes, we do.
Wilson: Okay.
Clarke: How long is it, Mr Wilson?
Wilson: You know how long it is.
Clarke: I want to hear you say it.
Wilson: 94 meters.
Clarke: 94 meters. 94 meters. Well, we've got a new event, haven't we Mr Wilson?
Brian: The 94 meters.
Clarke: In fact we've got two new events, haven't we? The 94 meters for men and the 94 meters for women.
Brian: Hang on, would that replace the 100 meters or is this a new event, 'cause there'd be a cost element here wouldn't there?
Wilson: That would be in place of the 100 meters.
Clarke: Why?
Wilson: You don't have a 100 meters event. You haven't got a 100 meters track.
Hats off to ya; and you’ve still got a working dvd player. This was the magic bit everyone remembers, perhaps you’ve remembered it by heart. The curiosity remains as to why it was left out by Umbrella.
This is Jasmine, now she's from the Federal Government, so just BEAR WITH US 😅
@@kathyconway5327 I bought the on-line series via Google Play, but it's now available/administrated via TH-cam. I'll put the link to the series in the following post (in case the URL causes the comment to be deleted)…
The TH-cam URL to the (purchasable) series _The Games:_ th-cam.com/users/showSCGmAQWzvFad6WElJkbbyVTQ?sbp=GhoKGFVDR21BUVd6dkZhZDZXRWxKa2JieVZUUQ%253D%253D
Yeah it's hard to stop at one episode, just want to keep going. It's so well done. It's funny how the actors work so well together. The Games has to be close to the best comedy iv'e go, have seen..😅
I worked with someone who was seconded to SOCOG.
He said that everyone watched “The Games” and enjoyed it.
Except for one guy in the office who was convinced that there was a spy in the office! :)
He couldn’t be persuaded that brilliant comedians have imagination and talent enough to make up what’s in the big black box.
😂
If you like The Games and Utopia then you will probably love another political satire called The Hollowmen. All three are fantastic pieces of Australian comedy.
Thank you, I don’t know how I missed this show but glad to get acquainted with it through your channel. Clarke and Dawes are stellar. I feel like this was the precursor to the show Utopia which is fantastic.
Utopia is fantastic.
Ep 7 of The Games is hilarious.
“”The swimming schedule has been disastrously modified at the last minute. Meanwhile, Gina and John are asked to babysit an IOC member who has turned up dead the day before a major Dinner, while Bryan and Jasmine go to meet President Mandela and Princess Margaret at the airport.”
@@scentials Oh man where can I watch ???
@@LeeLeeHere whereabouts are you.
@@scentials Australia can I watch on Iview?
Glad you found this ❤
I listen to the CD of this
I loved the Games it coincided with the actual run up to the Olympics. It is totally up your ally and it it is filmed in documentary style with a film crew following them around. Also stars Gina Riley from Big Girls Blouse and Kath and Kim.
My husband and I loved this show. Made us look at the REAL Olympics with a slightly suspicious attitude!
The amusing thing is that by the end of the series the production company was hearing about actual real world problems (via leaks) with the Sydney Olympics before the actual officials responsible for it. And they were actually offered a free corporate box at the games for "service to the Sydney Olympics," to which John Dawes replied "Have you actually watched the show?"
Roy and HG are the best thing that was on TV for the games besides the games it self.
Was a great couple of series
Watch the one where they are discussing the opening ceremony!
Death in Brunswick
Terrific movie!
I can only agree. Absolutely fabulous!@@sarahmott8876
The truth is it's so close to truth it's what makes it funny
I am a costume designer.Many years ago when John was not so well known we worked together on a very, very boring cheap corporate video.Even back then he was so serious about producing a good product he nearly broke his brain & the director's patience/brainstorming & improvising to make it entertaining.I will say @ the same time he wasn't exactly easy to work with.In my career i have found genius perfectionists invariably are not.😉
The Games was wonderful tv and this episode was probably my favourite. Along with Utopia I'd recommend The Hollowmen. Also by Working Dog about political advisors. Brilliant satire
You need to see a show called Bargearse. It was a seventies cop show based in Melbourne that was overdubbed by The De-Generation (Working Dog). There only 2-3 minute shows but there hilarious. It’s up on TH-cam.
The Poms completely ripped off this show with one called Twenty Twelve in the lead up to the London Games. John Clarke went to the BBC suggesting they could do a show like The Games for the London lead up and also showed them videos of episodes of The Games but eventually they turned him down. They then went ahead and made Twenty Twelve and claimed it was an 'original idea'. A-holes.
An interesting byline of this was that "The Games' sought to do a subsequent show on UK TV for the London Olympics, but hit a very thick brick wall. Is it possible that Australians are more comfortable taking the piss out of themselves than the more sensitive British
Have you seen Clarke & Doyle ‘The front fell off’ ??? 💪👌🏽Whoops …I see your reviewed it ! Yay
I have just bought the DVD’s
I liked John Clarke. It's sad to hear he's not around anymore.. I liked the way he discribed the founding of Brisbane i think.. as the Endevour Nudged it's way up the Murray river, cracked me up. Fantastic witt.
100m ain't 100m anymore, am i insane or has19eighti4 become fact. This is funny, im listening to your video, thanks hey! seamless cloth? bastards
10 hrs ago AndrewJens posted the best bit that was edited for some reason. Please give him an emoji response at least because without that bit the skit seems a bit flat. It was a tremendous and very well loved comedy. So much so that Clarke took it to the BBC to make a bid to do similar for the BBC ahead of London 2012. They were given the tapes and they talked thru co writers and casting but didn’t succeed. But the BbC went ahead with a copy of the show called 2012 without any recompense or acknowledgement to Clarke and he tried and failed to sue.
Another thing I enjoyed and you may too is that on a rare occasion of an on location filming they passed by a painter who gave them a nod of recognition. Afterwards Clarke approached the painter for a chat and he told him that the reason why he and his mates love his work is because it presents like a secret - between the people who make the show and the people who watch. Seems like rolling paint gives you plenty of space for profundity.
You think this is just comedy but we have a situation here in Melbourne were the Victorian Government has just built a new Railway Station, problem is they built it 10 metres short to take the new trains which will be introduced at some stage ( comedy & real life )
@MSTV Hey man just subscribed to your channel im a aboriginal from aus but just wondering if you would have a look at Malcolm Douglas Australia return to the desert (1979). It would be a experience for you about the aboriginal ways
Loved watching this back in the day. Episode one was a bit of a slog because it was entirely set as a media panel with them answering journalists’ questions. But I loved all the rest of the limited series. Utopia is brilliant too.
PLEASE FIX THE ASPECT RATION OF THE EMBEDDED VIDEO! (the picture is completely squashed)
If you like political satire then Utopia or The Hollow Men are for you.
They missed out the bit before he admitted that the track was 94 metres - that was about Brian being the fastest runner in Australia for the 100 metres as he tried the track out. It was a brilliant show. Actually the English took the idea and tried it before the Olympics in the UK but I dont think it was as great as the Aussie one
I'm already a sub, but just an offer - I have both series on DVD. They are yours if you will react to full episodes. Thanks matey
The British series Twenty Twelve is a ripoff of this show
Boring