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Hi there I am bezz, I'm 39yo so I was pretty young when it was on t.v but 1 skit (amongst alot) that ill never forget and I reckon is the funniest by a long way is Rob Sitch as Yasser Arafat, now I know it's on the best bits dvd's but only about 20 seconds of it, now I have searched and searched an...

I believe I know the location of two iconic Late Show moments, mainly to do with Wogs. Both are in Melbourne's northern suburbs. Uncle Alberto's house, Villa Del Sol, which featured in Understanding Wogs and the Burke's Backyard bit that was hosted by the D-Generation can be found at 50 Chapman Ave...

Sweet - thank you!

foolhardycousingeorge wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 11, 2019 4:35 pm

Good work. I also noticed Ted Emery, back when he still had a pony tail. Was Rob Sitch's 'dinner party guest' character based on him?

I have a gut feeling you're correct.

Remember the montage played in the final episode when The Late Show wrapped up and they're all crying around the TV watching their own work? Apparently it was a piss-take of Fast Forward legit doing it when they wrapped up. Here's the actual bit from the Fast Forward special. https://youtu.be/1d1s0O...

KellEl wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 27, 2019 7:57 pm

Am I the only one that when in Spotlight or Lincraft stores, I can't help but think, or say, "I'm just a fan of your fabric"?!

No - I've had the odd urge to dress up in a horse suit too.

That's from our Champagne Comedy channel

You can check out what else we've put up there here, if you're interested: https://giphy.com/channel/tlschampagne

Neat - thanks! I'll 'grab a copy"

tommy five-tone wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 13, 2018 4:49 pm

I think Tony was actually doing an impression of Toshiro Mifune, star of Seven Samurai, Yojimbo, Hell in the Pacific, the miniseries Shogun and Steven Spielberg's 1941. I could be wrong, but he is a bit of a film nerd...

Actually - I think you're correct there. Toshiro Mifune it was.

Season 2, Episode 14 of The Late Show. Tony and Mick are "preparing sketches" for the show, and one of them was Tony doing an impression of Noriyuki "Pat" Morita from Happy Days singing the theme song "Sundayy... Mondayyy... HAPPYDAYS! - Tuesdayyy... Wednesday.... HAPPYDAYS!" A small snippet of it m...