TPWW Forums  

Go Back   TPWW Forums > o f f t o p i c > entertainment forum
Reload this Page The Games
Register Members List

 
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Prev Previous Post   Next Post Next
Old 08-01-2008, 08:58 PM   #1
mitchables
bonjour
 
mitchables's Avatar
 
Posts: 27,814
mitchables makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)mitchables makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)mitchables makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)mitchables makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)mitchables makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)mitchables makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)mitchables makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)mitchables makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)mitchables makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)mitchables makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)mitchables makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)mitchables makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)mitchables makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)
The Games
With the Beijing Olympics mere days away, I felt rather nostalgic and broke out my season 1 DVD of The Games, a brilliant Australian mockumentary about a logistics and PR team working for the organising body of the Sydney Olympics that ran for two seasons in 1998 and 2000.

Had some amazing scenes, too. Stole the summary from Wikipedia 'coz I didn't feel like explaining this:

In one moment, the actor John Howard appeared on a video message intended for overseas release and read an apology to Aboriginal people for crimes committed against them by the Australian government. In the episode, a group of overseas countries threatened to boycott the Games unless the Prime Minister, also named John Howard, gave a public apology to Aboriginal people. The message was accompanied by John Clarke's saying "that's not the Prime Minister," to which Gina Riley replied, "He never said he was. He said he was John Howard."

-------

Hahaha. Yes.

And:





Anyway. Fantastic show.




Quote:
Originally Posted by FakeRazor
Dear Mitch,

If you're holding this letter, you already know. The house has been boarded up. The windows, the doors, everything. We're at the Comfort Inn. Room 112.

I love you,
FakeRazor
mitchables is offline   Reply With Quote
 

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On
Forum Jump


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 12:14 PM.

Forums Home - TPWW - Archive - Top

Powered by vBulletin®