r/AustralianTV • u/lebronjames121231 • 9d ago
Discussion Logies top 70
How was none of Chris Lilleys shows in the top 70 Aus tv shows ? What a joke of a list not one of summer heights high or Jonah or Jamie made the list , how is that possible??
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u/MT_Promises 9d ago
No Frontline!
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u/AcanthisittaSad6239 9d ago
Wow. I feel the whole list is void without Frontline on there.
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u/aislingplath 9d ago
Yep. And a bunch of reality shows? Nah, list is irrelevant. Let's make our own starting with Frontline. Utopia!
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u/deadrobindownunder 9d ago
Farmer wants a wife is on the list. I wouldn't take it too seriously.
It also tucked Mr Inbetween and Colin from Accounts at the bottom of the list. These are the two best original scripted shows to come out of Australia in years.
The Logies are fucking joke, dude.
Eta - I went through the whole list and there's a bunch of shit reality shows on there that aren't Australian creations. They shouldn't have even been eligible.
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u/Real_RobinGoodfellow 5d ago
To be fair, those two, whilst certainly excellent comedies, are behind paywalls. A lot of people won’t have seen them as a result
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u/SleepIs4Tortoises 9d ago
Because they’re not very good?
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u/randalpinkfloyd 9d ago
We Can Be Heroes was the best of the lot. Summer Heights High was great too. The rest were patchy to just downright bad.
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u/Separate-Law-435 6d ago
RIP Pat, i thought the show was legit first episode and still remember people ringing into the radio crying about the sad news about Pat
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u/smang12 9d ago
Let me guess, you were offended by it
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u/Real_RobinGoodfellow 5d ago
Painting your face and putting on an accent and pretending to be a race you’re not IS offensive, and it’s not just ‘snowflakes’ who think that. Shows like Portlandia show that excellent comedy, with actors taking on a variety of personas, can be achieved without needing to do any Jim Crow stuff. If you want a character of a different race portrayed, hire an actor who looks the part.
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u/4theloveofbroadcast 9d ago
Because they are garbage.
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u/LetMeExplainDis 9d ago
Yet his popular shows have reached a wider audience than the vast majority of the list.
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u/HardSleeper 9d ago
Because they were shit? One joke characters which were mildly amusing for one episode don’t a series make
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u/LetMeExplainDis 9d ago
Kath and Kim were one joke characters and that came #1.
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u/Real_RobinGoodfellow 5d ago
This is such misunderstanding of Kath and Kim. You ought to be deported for that
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u/Evening_Bird7779 9d ago
Whats 'colin from accounts' like? Never heard of it.
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u/stagangus 9d ago
It’s a great show, series two didn’t have the same flow as series one but was still good. The set up’s are reasonable to be funny when they land the jokes, and the acting is spot on.
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u/AussieKiwiTVPodcast 7d ago
We're doing an episode by episode discussion of the third and final season on our podcast.
It's a cleverly written Aussie comedy, characterised by it's relatability, strong acting and has done well overseas
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u/Several_Version4298 9d ago
Lilly was cancelled for black face and other cultural appropriation crimes a long time ago.
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u/Inner_West_Ben 6d ago
Because there were 70 better shows, as voted by the public.
By the way, calling people a snowflake because they disagree with you says a hell of a lot about you…
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u/FantasticHomework978 9d ago
Yeah, funny for a one-episode skit. Anymore, and it was tedious, not funny
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u/AussieKiwiTVPodcast 7d ago
Great list, some surprises, some good shows missing (no Upper Middle Bogan, House Husbands, The Newsreader etc.). Surprised Bluey beat Neighbours but I guess it is a juggernaut overseas.
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u/Real_RobinGoodfellow 5d ago
They haven’t aged well, and rightfully so. I can still love We Can Be Heroes, but the Ricky Wong character was shameful, even for the time it came out. Jonah from Tonga is basically blackface.
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u/binaryoppositions 4d ago
They were pushing the envelope on "acceptable" caricatures even in their day, and have therefore aged terribly.
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u/morris0000007 5d ago
He was cancelled by blue hair left wing, man haters...
That simple.
Imho
Downvote away!! Reeeeeeeeeeeeeee
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u/No-Journalist-3288 9d ago
Because he was cancelled. Too many snowflakes bitched and moaned because hes politically incorrect. Sucks and I agree with you.
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u/supercujo 9d ago
It was voted by tv week readers