The song that closed the show Farewell Aunty Jack was released as a single in 1974 and spent 3 weeks at number 1! That gives an indication how popular it was back then.
I was compelled to watch this as a child because I honestly believed he would come around and rip my blood arms off if I didn't. I later saw him in a musical "Captain Bloody" c. 1982 live at the Footbridge Theatre, Universita of Sydney
"Or I'll rip your bloody arms off" was a big saying in my household as a kid. I never understood the show but watched every episode as a kid. Not sure I understand it today either but it's part of gen X here is Oz .
Crazy, it was a kids show on afternoon tv with singalong music and not a little aggression! I understood the references to Wollongong, it was covered in soot from the steelworks! It's now a beautiful beachside city with nearby forests and great outdoor lifestyle! 🤗
I watched the 1977 grand final in black and white tv which ended up being a draw. To make out the differences in the teams on black and white tv I just knew to work out which teams had the white shorts and which teams had the dark shorts. As the 1977 Grand Final was a draw between North Melbourne and Collingwood the next weekend they played again it what was called The Grand Final Replay. I remember for the replay match I went to some school friends house to watch it on tv as his Dad had already purchased a colour tv.
I remember watching the test patterns in colour first. The ABC news, The Pink Panther Show, Mannix, Countdown, and this show were the first one's in colour that I remember.
I did Grahame Bond's (Aunty Jack's) makeup for a performance in Mount Gambier about 15 odd years ago. I was stoked, he's a bloody Aussie Legend and a top bloke!
🎶 ..The legendary Aussie singer songwriter Paul Kelly has a hit song 'Everything's turning to White' it is about that murder & fishing trip...have a listen cobber! 👍👍
Aunty Jack show was epic. Brother and I would tune into it every week back in the day, really was made for the university culture here, just dropping the pants and pissing into the wind, upwind of all the parents culture that wanted us to cut our hair and stop being so rebellious. Good times xD We even had the single "farewell Aunty Jack" playing on our record player
We used to love this show as kids and teenagers . You need to hear hear and see the Aunty Jack theme song as well. Also, they were all well-known theatre actors and musicians
The guy playing the pirate with one leg in this is Gary McDonald, famous for playing a character later named Norman Gunston who is famous for his own TV show, The Norman Gunston show and famous for doing interviews with celebrities when they visited Australia, check out his interviews their hilarious.
Norman Gunston actually interviewed Mick Jagger. Mick Jagger also starred in a remake movie of Ned Kelly a famous Australian outlaw. During the filming Mick was accidentally 'shot' and received a hand injury. That is an interesting movie.
They had a lot of jokes about Wollongong - they had a version of "I've been everywhere man" where they sang "Cos “I’ve been everywhere, man I’ve been everywhere, man ‘Cross the deserts bare, man I’ve breathed the mountain air, man Of travel I’ve had my share, man I’ve been everywhere I've been to Wollongong, Wollongong, Wollongong, Wollongong, Wollongong, Wollongong, Wollongong, Dapto"
You need to watch some Aussie Comedies, Kenny, A Mans Gotta Do, Cosi, The Castle, Muriels wedding, Priscella Queen of the Desert, Bran Nue Day, Death in Brunswick, Young Einstein, Or things like; the Dish, Chopper, Strictly Ballroom. Malcolm, The Club, The merger. That should keep you busy
Norman Gunston check out him interviewing Sally Struthers. Guntson would turn up to a lot of press conferences for celebrities and ask some of the craziest questions the Australian press were in on the joke as well.
Aunty Jack was a skit show with mostly recurring characters. Like Kev Kavanagh avant-garde butcher (played by Graham Bond). "Some of you might not understand this peace sign made out of sausages." You mentioned "Wake in Fright". I found that rather disturbing. The scenes in Broken Hill were so real. I could easily imagine myself parked across the street from the action or somewhere in the background in the pub. Characters like that existed where I lived but I only ever interacted with them in passing.
Wake In Fright was directed by a Canadian, Ted Kotcheff, famous as Executive Producer of Dick Wolfs TV series Law And Order. Only an outsider could depict the horror of Australian existence in such a way, mate.
The guys making that show, had to be on some substance. I agree with you, the whole 1970's Aussie movies and tv shows are almost like their own genre all to themselves. I was a little kid then so do remember the Aunty Jack Show and the large guy in the dress used to scare the hell out of me and I remember he had a motorbike. Hearing this as an adult I assume he was born in England by way he spoke. At the end of the show I remember he would say, you need to watch next week, or I will rip your bloody arms off. That was pretty scary to see on your tv as a little kid back then. Ha ha, I am glad I never needed therapy years later to get over it. One of the more bizarre things I seen in mid 70's is the crazy Aussie movie, called, The Cars That Ate Paris. That also scared the shit out of me as a little kid, Other eccentric Aussie 1970's stuff was Alvin Purple movies, and the football art movie called The Great McCarthy. You would have had to have been from Victoria to even understand all the iconic weird shit in that sports movie for the football industry back then. When you see any of this stuff many decades later, you just think to yourself, what were these people smoking in the 1970's....Aussie moves from late 80's and early 90's seem to have grown out of that crazy eccentric 70's genre but the movie Mad Max at the start reminds me a lot of some of the weird art shit that was prevalent in 1970's Aussie shows and movies. The Paul Hogan shows on tv in the late 70's and early 80's was a lot more sane than these other shows from that era. He actually used to have some segment where he talked about all the trends and technology the were new in the 70s and early 80's and did his take on them via skits in funny way. It is a pity he went on the movie path in USA as those movies were not as funny as his shows but guess it was meant to be for American audiences so he and his partners certainly did well with the Crocodile Dundee moves over there and his tourist adds he did too.
Great reaction. If you want to see something funny you should react to Paul Hogan who was working on the Sydney harbour bridge and went on a TV show called new faces. New faces was a competition that everyday people went on to win prizes etc and would often be judged harshly by judges. Paul hogan went on and did comedy and also gave shit to the judges. Due to this performance he was invited on more shows and ended up getting his own comedy skit show called the Paul hogan show and ran for nearly ten yrs. Due to this he wrote a film called “crocodile Dundee” Paul hogan also won a golden globe for his role of mick Dundee Another great Australian that made his name as a comedian before becoming known for his dramatic role is Eric Bana. If you want to react to probably the best or one of the best films ever made is Eric Bana playing “chopper” is the movie chopper ❤
Early Australian humour was very influenced by British and vaudvillian humour, obviously. Canada also has been influenced the same way take Austin Powers/Mike Myers for example. Would not miss Aunty Jack Show or America's Laugh In for that matter. When watching many older British films, unlike America they often, show raw honesty, making them unsettling but also heart renching and real. Example films are Michael Caine's Alfie and James Mason's film Spring and Port Wine. Australia also often produces raw and gritty films with real themes. A couple of standouts are: Warwick Thornton's Samson and Delilah and Toni Collette's film Japenese Story
Rabbit holes. Rabbit holes. Dons Party, The Club and The Odd Angry Shot are 3 more movies to dive into. All starring Graham Kennedy. And thats a whole different rabbot hole.
The song that closed the show Farewell Aunty Jack was released as a single in 1974 and spent 3 weeks at number 1! That gives an indication how popular it was back then.
I was compelled to watch this as a child because I honestly believed he would come around and rip my blood arms off if I didn't.
I later saw him in a musical "Captain Bloody" c. 1982 live at the Footbridge Theatre, Universita of Sydney
Yes, it was definitely University style humour! 😁
"Or I'll rip your bloody arms off" was a big saying in my household as a kid. I never understood the show but watched every episode as a kid. Not sure I understand it today either but it's part of gen X here is Oz .
I grew up in Wollongong, and still live here. I'm 55 now. Aunty Jack was hilarious and stupid at the same time.
Crazy, it was a kids show on afternoon tv with singalong music and not a little aggression! I understood the references to Wollongong, it was covered in soot from the steelworks! It's now a beautiful beachside city with nearby forests and great outdoor lifestyle! 🤗
You would need to be an Australian to comprehend this sort of local humour.
I would NOT say bizarre, I would say Eccentric!!
Hey dub , Thx for delving into Aunty Jack . It was an inventive time for oz comedy shows . Great memories 😊
Woollongong and Illawarra are indigenous peoples' names for places. We have many such names in Australia. 'Aunty Jack' was a comedy series.
Colour TV was introduced to Australia in March 1975.
I watched the 1977 grand final in black and white tv which ended up being a draw. To make out the differences in the teams on black and white tv I just knew to work out which teams had the white shorts and which teams had the dark shorts. As the 1977 Grand Final was a draw between North Melbourne and Collingwood the next weekend they played again it what was called The Grand Final Replay. I remember for the replay match I went to some school friends house to watch it on tv as his Dad had already purchased a colour tv.
I remember watching the test patterns in colour first. The ABC news, The Pink Panther Show, Mannix, Countdown, and this show were the first one's in colour that I remember.
I did Grahame Bond's (Aunty Jack's) makeup for a performance in Mount Gambier about 15 odd years ago. I was stoked, he's a bloody Aussie Legend and a top bloke!
🎶 ..The legendary Aussie singer songwriter Paul Kelly has a hit song 'Everything's turning to White' it is about that murder & fishing trip...have a listen cobber! 👍👍
Sounds like fire.
Mate try watching Kingswood Country. This show will surprise you with what you could get away with on Australian TV
Not the Kingswood.
Aunty Jack show was epic. Brother and I would tune into it every week back in the day, really was made for the university culture here, just dropping the pants and pissing into the wind, upwind of all the parents culture that wanted us to cut our hair and stop being so rebellious. Good times xD We even had the single "farewell Aunty Jack" playing on our record player
We used to love this show as kids and teenagers . You need to hear hear and see the Aunty Jack theme song as well. Also, they were all well-known theatre actors and musicians
th-cam.com/video/1c8XootJfSA/w-d-xo.html
The guy playing the pirate with one leg in this is Gary McDonald, famous for playing a character later named Norman Gunston who is famous for his own TV show, The Norman Gunston show and famous for doing interviews with celebrities when they visited Australia, check out his interviews their hilarious.
Aunty Jack was great!...and the Ending Song was epic (The radio single especially)!
One of the better Aussie movies lately in my opinion is “The Dressmaker”
Norman Gunston actually interviewed Mick Jagger. Mick Jagger also starred in a remake movie of Ned Kelly a famous Australian outlaw. During the filming Mick was accidentally 'shot' and received a hand injury. That is an interesting movie.
Mick Jaggers mum was an Australian from Melbourne.
They had a lot of jokes about Wollongong - they had a version of "I've been everywhere man" where they sang "Cos “I’ve been everywhere, man
I’ve been everywhere, man
‘Cross the deserts bare, man
I’ve breathed the mountain air, man
Of travel I’ve had my share, man
I’ve been everywhere
I've been to Wollongong, Wollongong, Wollongong, Wollongong, Wollongong, Wollongong, Wollongong, Dapto"
I love the closing theme song "Farewell Aunty Jack"
Good on ya WAY.. good pick
You need to watch some Aussie Comedies, Kenny, A Mans Gotta Do, Cosi, The Castle, Muriels wedding, Priscella Queen of the Desert, Bran Nue Day, Death in Brunswick, Young Einstein, Or things like; the Dish, Chopper, Strictly Ballroom. Malcolm, The Club, The merger. That should keep you busy
Norman Gunston check out him interviewing Sally Struthers. Guntson would turn up to a lot of press conferences for celebrities and ask some of the craziest questions the Australian press were in on the joke as well.
Please react to the movie Chopper. Loosely based on a real person. Fantastic movie
Greetings from Wollongong.
You Aussies are so weird. Oh hang on, I’m a born and bred Aussie - I’m as silly as the rest of us lol 😂
The female of the crew is named 'flange desire' 😅😅
America has, "The Room"
Australia has, "Bad boy Bubby" (1993)
Watch at your own risk! Weird doesn't come near the description of this movie.
Aunty Jack was a skit show with mostly recurring characters. Like Kev Kavanagh avant-garde butcher (played by Graham Bond). "Some of you might not understand this peace sign made out of sausages."
You mentioned "Wake in Fright". I found that rather disturbing. The scenes in Broken Hill were so real. I could easily imagine myself parked across the street from the action or somewhere in the background in the pub. Characters like that existed where I lived but I only ever interacted with them in passing.
I’m impressed you’ve seen Jindabyne. Great, powerful movie. Sad but powerful.
Wake In Fright was directed by a Canadian, Ted Kotcheff, famous as Executive Producer of Dick Wolfs TV series Law And Order. Only an outsider could depict the horror of Australian existence in such a way, mate.
The negative of Wake in Fright was lost for many years www.nfsa.gov.au/latest/wake-fright-2009
Watch "Walkabout" made at same time as Wake in fright but totally different much more positive and beautiful.
The guys making that show, had to be on some substance. I agree with you, the whole 1970's Aussie movies and tv shows are almost like their own genre all to themselves. I was a little kid then so do remember the Aunty Jack Show and the large guy in the dress used to scare the hell out of me and I remember he had a motorbike. Hearing this as an adult I assume he was born in England by way he spoke. At the end of the show I remember he would say, you need to watch next week, or I will rip your bloody arms off. That was pretty scary to see on your tv as a little kid back then. Ha ha, I am glad I never needed therapy years later to get over it.
One of the more bizarre things I seen in mid 70's is the crazy Aussie movie, called, The Cars That Ate Paris. That also scared the shit out of me as a little kid,
Other eccentric Aussie 1970's stuff was Alvin Purple movies, and the football art movie called The Great McCarthy. You would have had to have been from Victoria to even understand all the iconic weird shit in that sports movie for the football industry back then. When you see any of this stuff many decades later, you just think to yourself, what were these people smoking in the 1970's....Aussie moves from late 80's and early 90's seem to have grown out of that crazy eccentric 70's genre but the movie Mad Max at the start reminds me a lot of some of the weird art shit that was prevalent in 1970's Aussie shows and movies.
The Paul Hogan shows on tv in the late 70's and early 80's was a lot more sane than these other shows from that era. He actually used to have some segment where he talked about all the trends and technology the were new in the 70s and early 80's and did his take on them via skits in funny way. It is a pity he went on the movie path in USA as those movies were not as funny as his shows but guess it was meant to be for American audiences so he and his partners certainly did well with the Crocodile Dundee moves over there and his tourist adds he did too.
This show is the reason that the ABC (Australia) is sometimes referred to as Aunty . The movie with the body in the river is "Jindabyne ".
No, years before that show
I recommend watching Looking for Alibrandi and Two Hands too
This was actually a time when you had to crawl on your hands and knees to create anything Australian.
The ABC ran with it
Bravo.
I miss Aunty Jack 😅
Do you know what happens when you combine Uncle Sam and Aunty Jack?
An Underarm deodorant that will RIP your bloody arms off.
Wollongong about an hour drive south of Sydney , this was before Mad Max , watch out Aunty Jack will rip your bloody arms off
Great reaction. If you want to see something funny you should react to Paul Hogan who was working on the Sydney harbour bridge and went on a TV show called new faces. New faces was a competition that everyday people went on to win prizes etc and would often be judged harshly by judges. Paul hogan went on and did comedy and also gave shit to the judges. Due to this performance he was invited on more shows and ended up getting his own comedy skit show called the Paul hogan show and ran for nearly ten yrs. Due to this he wrote a film called “crocodile Dundee” Paul hogan also won a golden globe for his role of mick Dundee
Another great Australian that made his name as a comedian before becoming known for his dramatic role is Eric Bana. If you want to react to probably the best or one of the best films ever made is Eric Bana playing “chopper” is the movie chopper ❤
It was a children's show.
Very Wollongong humour
2518 is the post code for Wollongong.
Early Australian humour was very influenced by British and vaudvillian humour, obviously. Canada also has been influenced the same way take Austin Powers/Mike Myers for example. Would not miss Aunty Jack Show or America's Laugh In for that matter. When watching many older British films, unlike America they often, show raw honesty, making them unsettling but also heart renching and real. Example films are Michael Caine's Alfie and James Mason's film Spring and Port Wine. Australia also often produces raw and gritty films with real themes. A couple of standouts are: Warwick Thornton's Samson and Delilah and Toni Collette's film Japenese Story
& now it's time for Norman Gunstun
my mothers name is jackie and like to be called Aunty Jack haha
Watch super wog. I am sure you will love it
Rabbit holes. Rabbit holes. Dons Party, The Club and The Odd Angry Shot are 3 more movies to dive into. All starring Graham Kennedy. And thats a whole different rabbot hole.
Graeme Kennedy and Burt Newton are on the rockspider list "the public are not allowed to see for another 30 years" as well as Bob Hawke.
makes canucks seem a bit tame
blue heelers, Australian TV, th-cam.com/video/96cz1GQL0-M/w-d-xo.html
Pretty sure you got Garry McDonald wrong, he was the third character into the skit
watch "walkabout" movie