Bargearse

Well, never have I laughed so hard at a TV show before. The Late Show have done it again, and voiced over a show so convincingly, you forget that they're not actually saying what you hear.

Well, I'm off to get a s*&t load of dim sims now, and a bucket of soy sauce with that...

This is the most flatulent fun ever filmed; having seen many of the original "Bluey" episodes which were dubbed in order to create this masterpiece, I believe that this effort improves on - whilst simultaneously parodying - the 1970s Australian cop-show genre. Bargearse, the slovenly, obese star of the show, uses his "Trouser trumpet" to great effect, punctuating the plot with particularly pungent parps. His seemingly endless quest for food confronts the viewer with Bargearse's unique style of culinary cuisine. The corpulent cop also shows us how to add "Extra power" to a police car, and the secret of the "Dutch oven". He is endowed with multiple talents, including his wonderful singing voice, and his ability to consume large quantities of donuts, dim sims, and other staple foodstuffs. The only possible enhancement to this show would be smell-o-vision....

'The Late Show (1992-1993)' remains one of the shining lights of Australian television comedy, and among the highlights of the short- running series were the weekly serials created by overdubbing otherwise forgotten TV shows. First came 'The Olden Days' (constructed from episodes of "Rush (1974-1976)"), in which Governor Frontbottom and Sgt. Olden grappled for control of the mud-fields. Perhaps disappointed by the low incidence of toilet humour in the previous serial, the good folks of the D-Generation (mostly, in this case, Santo Cilauro, Tony Martin and Mick Molloy) decided to spoof "Bluey (1976-1977)," a cop show featuring Lucky Grills as Dt. Sgt. Bluey Hills (or, as you'll come to know him, Sen Sgt Bargearse), an overweight police detective who's always eating something. Once compiled together on the DVD release, 'Bargearse' doesn't form a cohesive storyline in the same way as 'The Olden Days,' but nevertheless every episode creatively and hilariously weaves together otherwise innocuous "Bluey" footage into a string of visual and verbals gags about cop shows clichés, incompetent policemen and bodily functions. Highlights include a dream sequence with chocolate-covered donuts falling from the sky, a late-night stakeout in the McDonalds drive-through, and a lunch-time visit to the racetrack.

Hilarious, but not for those who like their comedy highbrow. Will only really appeal to Australian audiences as foreigner may not understand the jokes (e.g. Christopher Skase stealing Bargearse's pizza, Skase being one of Australia's most wanted fugitives). A masterpiece from some of Australia's best funnymen using footage of the old 70's cop show Bluey, redubbing it with a completely new meaning

WHERE'S ME BLOODY CHIPS?

Great production by the D-Gen team, over and above "The Olden Days" (although I felt the Captain and Tenille could have made a cameo).

Oh for the halcyon days of the Late Show.