Kath and Kim is the worst comedy ever!!
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Jozxyqk — 20 years ago(July 30, 2005 01:09 AM)
Yeh, I agree. It's such a bad, boring, annoying, unfunny program.
What amazes me is that it's so popular and highly acclaimed, yet better comedies are given poorer timeslots and go unnoticed to the general public.
Look at "Double the Fist", one of the best Australian comedies (hell, our dramas aren't that good, so one of the best Aussie TV shows ever), and it was given such a crappy timeslot of 11:30pm Friday nights (this was over a year ago). Despite this, it beat Kath & Kim to win the AFI for Best Australian Comedy.
I hate this show. So, so much.
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Startanew — 20 years ago(July 30, 2005 06:26 AM)
pfft, Kath and Kim is great. And it's SUPPOSED to be 'shallow'. That's just how it is.
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minimcfarlane — 20 years ago(July 31, 2005 03:00 PM)
its only boring and funny to you, people all have different tastes but lets keep this forum for constructive conversation hey? find a film you like and go chat about that. my only andvice to people is to stop replying to pointless threads
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ginarileyfan — 20 years ago(August 01, 2005 03:48 AM)
How can you say all this? Kath & Kim would have to be one of the best Australian TV shows! It is top-notch entertainment! Dont bag it!
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Jozxyqk — 20 years ago(October 17, 2005 05:25 AM)
Top notch?
I guess that an unoriginal, humourless badly made piece of crap can go a long way these days.
First of all, the jokes are pathetic. I watched the first episode and found it VERY hard to sit through.
Gina and Jane just thought "Hey, the Australian public are idiots. We can recycle our last pathetic program 'Big Girl's Blouse', put a lot less effort into it, play ourselves, and convince the ABC, a pack of idiots who only care about money and not quality, that people will watch it.
Now, the story behind "Double the Fist" is better than any pathetic pissweak story the 'writers' of K & K could ever copy off another show.
Their own documentary sums it up perfectly, which is on their personal "Illegal and Unauthorised Volume 2 DVD", which they sold to me yesterday at "Supernova".
These guys were rejected by EVERYONE. No-one believed in them. Only ABC eventually accepted their offer because 2 people in the comedy department realised how great the show was.
The ABC only gave them $125,000 initially for an entire 8 episodes! I reckon Gina and Jane get that much each per episode at least. After scrounging around, the FTO and ABC again upped their budget to $230,000. But even so these guys were using money from their relatives and their own pockets to finance their show. They hardly had enough money left over for food and rent. They were working full time on this show.
ABC gave them the worst timeslot of the week, and it was even against "Big Brother Up Late".
When they went to the AFI awards, they were given one room between 6 people at the local hotel, and whilst Gina and Jane were given their own limo and driven to the red carpet, the DTF boys drove themselves and had to park elsewhere.
The enevitable outcome: Kath & Kim LOST the AFI for best comedy. Why? Because it's chosen by intelligent people in the entertainment industry who judge based on quality rather than popularity. That is why "Double the Fist" was the obvious winner.
Let's compare the two once again:
Kath & Kim:
recycled, cliched, badly writtern and acted, humourless crap that the Australian public seem to lap up.
Double the Fist:
One of the most original, hilarious, well made, over-the-top programs to ever come out of Australia.
Top put it in terms fistworthy people will understand:
Double the Fist: Full Fist
Kath & Kim:
NO FIST!
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my_ordinary_world — 20 years ago(December 10, 2005 02:04 AM)
If ABC only care about money, then why are they not a commercial network?
Are you saying that people only watch Kath & Kim because it's "cool" and "vogue", not because they find it funny? Not because they think it is clever? And not because they can actually think for themselves? Yes, it is lamentable that the DTF crew got shifted like that, but Gina and Jane have been at it since the late 80's - early 90's and have a string of shows under their belt. I really doubt they'd get anything in the 6-digit range, that's preposterous. I've never watched Double The Fist and I admit, some episodes of Kath & Kim can be as unfunny as surgery, but the funny episodes are out of this world, and I must say, I feel sorry that you're so determined to think it is so horrible. Each to their own, I suppose. -
jeff-1250 — 19 years ago(May 10, 2006 03:43 PM)
"The enevitable outcome: Kath & Kim LOST the AFI for best comedy. Why? Because it's chosen by intelligent people in the entertainment industry who judge based on quality rather than popularity."
Have you seen some of the beep taking out the AFI awards? If this is the best oz has to offer then l would suggest closing down the industry downunder, or at least getting rid of these inane awards.
Haven't seen "Double the Fist", is this available on R4 DVD ? A quick check of the ezy would seem to indicate not. Maybe that should indicate something no? Even that puerile pizza rubbish is available to purchase.
Kath and Kim is social satire not out and out comedy, though if you track through the shows some of the one liners being fired off are simply outstanding
The show has found an audience in the older age group both in Australia and surprisingly in Britian. Good to see a non soap opera made down here actually selling overseas.
You are welcome to your own opinion of course, but you aren't likely to win many supporters with your attitude. You do realise there is a huge difference between comedy and social satire right? Clearly the AFI don't!
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nick-1294 — 19 years ago(July 08, 2006 08:32 PM)
You have got to be joking! Double the fist is crap!If you are wondering why DTF had to compete with Big Brother Uplate, it is because it is the worst show ever and NOBODY besides YOU watches it. Kath and Kim rocks!It is funny and clever which is probably why you don't like it. THANK GOD Double the fist is not on anymore. Kath and Kim is one of the best Australian comedy series ever. This conversation is over, O-V-A-H!