Dai Henwood honoured

[Lilith7]

Dai Henwood & others have been honoured in the King's birthday honours list.



https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/5628...recognised

[heisenberg]

pity they couldn’t find a funny NZ comedian

[king1]

there has been plenty of decent comedians from NZ over the years...

[Oh_hunnihunni]

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.

[Lilith7]

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.

And he's managed to  do some good with it, by making it public & encouraging others to get checked.

[Oh_hunnihunni]

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...

[heisenberg]

there has been plenty of decent comedians from NZ over the years...

Apart from Billy T i can’t think of any

[harm_less]

there has been plenty of decent comedians from NZ over the years...

Apart from Billy T i can’t think of any

It would seem you live in a very much darker world than most of us.

[king1]

Mcphail and Gadsby for one, Paul Ego, Rhys Darby, Te Radar, Oscar Knightley, Tape Face. Pamela Stephenson was good in her day...

[king1]

Taika Waititi probaby rates a mention as well, some of his movies are hilarious

[Oh_hunnihunni]

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.

[harm_less]

Mcphail and Gadsby for one, Paul Ego,  Rhys Darby, Te Radar, Oscar Knightley, Tape Face.  Pamela Stephenson was good in her day...

Not to forget John Clarke. One of our funniest and most intelligent comedians, lost to Aussie but still very much enjoyed here.

[Oh_hunnihunni]

Oh yes, the inimitiable Fred Dagg. Loved him.

And not just because my maternal grandmother was a Dagg.

[Olive]

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.

[Lilith7]

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.

[king1]

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...

[Lilith7]

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...

Love that one. And this one,the whale.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILPq3IO6tus

[heisenberg]

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

[king1]

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

lol, each to their own...

[Oh_hunnihunni]

Oscar is pretty funny. Same lack of ego. We New Zealanders do enjoy a bit of self deprecating humour.