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Dai Henwood honoured
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02-06-2025, 12:32 PM
Dai Henwood & others have been honoured in the King's birthday honours list.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/5628...recognised
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02-06-2025, 01:30 PM
pity they couldn’t find a funny NZ comedian
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02-06-2025, 01:49 PM
there has been plenty of decent comedians from NZ over the years...
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02-06-2025, 02:44 PM
I think it takes a certain level of courage to deal with a terminal diagnosis and treatment as a tv special. Before that I pretty much ignored him. But that special was a good watch. Authentic.
There's that word again.
02-06-2025, 03:19 PM
(02-06-2025, 02:44 PM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: I think it takes a certain level of courage to deal with a terminal diagnosis and treatment as a tv special. Before that I pretty much ignored him. But that special was a good watch. Authentic. And he's managed to do some good with it, by making it public & encouraging others to get checked.
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)
02-06-2025, 03:46 PM
Education is a benefit of our media age. For better and worse... Just as my Victorian grandfather predicted in his diary, opining on the advent of television...
03-06-2025, 05:58 AM
(02-06-2025, 01:49 PM)king1 Wrote: there has been plenty of decent comedians from NZ over the years... Apart from Billy T i can’t think of any
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03-06-2025, 07:37 AM
03-06-2025, 08:35 AM
Mcphail and Gadsby for one, Paul Ego, Rhys Darby, Te Radar, Oscar Knightley, Tape Face. Pamela Stephenson was good in her day...
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03-06-2025, 08:55 AM
Taika Waititi probaby rates a mention as well, some of his movies are hilarious
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03-06-2025, 09:59 AM
He is right though, Billy T was something special. His name is the first when I think of comedians...
I think it was his lack of ego.
03-06-2025, 10:28 AM
03-06-2025, 11:56 AM
Oh yes, the inimitiable Fred Dagg. Loved him.
And not just because my maternal grandmother was a Dagg.
03-06-2025, 01:32 PM
John Clarke's lasting contribution was Clarke & Dawe, the series of political satires which were so prescient that they come to mind every time I hear a press conference by the present PM or many of his Ministers. Todd McLay's presentation and delivery are a dead ringer for Clarke as PM. The most famous sketch is "The Front Fell Off" but all of them were hilarious.
03-06-2025, 01:56 PM
Yes John Clarke was brilliant. We have no lack of comedians here & they sometimes turn up on that Aussie programme, Thank God You're Here which has just finished. I've seen Urzila Carlson, Guy Montgomery & Mel Bracewell on that so far.
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)
03-06-2025, 02:08 PM
(03-06-2025, 01:32 PM)Olive Wrote: John Clarke's lasting contribution was Clarke & Dawe, the series of political satires which were so prescient that they come to mind every time I hear a press conference by the present PM or many of his Ministers. Todd McLay's presentation and delivery are a dead ringer for Clarke as PM. The most famous sketch is "The Front Fell Off" but all of them were hilarious. Never seen that, thanks for posting... This world would be a perfect place if it wasn't for the people.
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03-06-2025, 03:44 PM
(03-06-2025, 02:08 PM)king1 Wrote:(03-06-2025, 01:32 PM)Olive Wrote: John Clarke's lasting contribution was Clarke & Dawe, the series of political satires which were so prescient that they come to mind every time I hear a press conference by the present PM or many of his Ministers. Todd McLay's presentation and delivery are a dead ringer for Clarke as PM. The most famous sketch is "The Front Fell Off" but all of them were hilarious. Love that one. And this one,the whale. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILPq3IO6tus
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)
03-06-2025, 04:11 PM
(03-06-2025, 08:35 AM)king1 Wrote: Mcphail and Gadsby for one, Paul Ego, Rhys Darby, Te Radar, Oscar Knightley, Tape Face. Pamela Stephenson was good in her day... paul ego rhys darby te radar are about as funny as a burning orphanage
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03-06-2025, 04:52 PM
(03-06-2025, 04:11 PM)heisenberg Wrote:(03-06-2025, 08:35 AM)king1 Wrote: Mcphail and Gadsby for one, Paul Ego, Rhys Darby, Te Radar, Oscar Knightley, Tape Face. Pamela Stephenson was good in her day... lol, each to their own... This world would be a perfect place if it wasn't for the people.
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03-06-2025, 05:19 PM
Oscar is pretty funny. Same lack of ego. We New Zealanders do enjoy a bit of self deprecating humour.
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