Get Krack!n

Kate McCartney and Kate McLennan clawed their way to national attention largely through the unprecedented word-of-mouth success of their web- based The Katering Show. If this follow-up project is any indication, their ultimate goal in this enterprise was to eventually squander that goodwill through an ill-conceived and unpleasant "satire" of media values.

Even accounting for difficulty in adapting to a half-hour format, the hit-and-miss results of Get Krack!n might be considered charming if the duo hadn't decided to adopt an incessantly preaching tone throughout. In the place of disarming humour, each episode is dominated sour judgments of predictable PC targets, often delivered sneeringly directly to camera. The overall effect is nasty and unredeeming.

This series is super witty, fast paced, dark humored and wonderfully relevant satire of the current times. Both Kates are wonderful in their portrayal of modern breakfast hosts and the juxtaposition of their characters is hilarious. The only negative thing i can think of is other peoples negative reviews of this show on IMDb, it neither warrants them nor deserves those criticisms because ......(its a satire people). Geeeze, lighten up! For everyone else who loves witty, exaggerated, nuanced, fast paced well written Australian humor this is the show for you. And to the Kates, i very much look forward to your future comedic endeavors.

This was on the telly after the show I was watching but I couldn't change the channel cause I lost the remote so I turned the telly off at the wall.

The blonde Kate does not let up with her desperate whine, thankfully offset by the others cool detachment.

Together, they take many sharp shots at all types, right and left. Pitiless in their takedowns.

Gutsy stuff.

After their hilarious skewering of the cooking show in 'The Katering Show' the Kates (McLennan & McCartney) have turned their satirical eyes towards Breakfast TV. More specifically, Breakfast TV hosted by plucky women who "speak for all ladies" and cram their near-misandry feminist ideals down the gullet of their audience.

The Kates are the two hosts of a show so bad it's been given a 3 AM time-slot. They are polar opposites of each other. McLennan is full of vim, vigour, and likely an unhealthy dose of caffeine, with a giant smile on her face at (almost) all times. McCartney is tired, bored, and looks like she wants out of this show as soon as possible. Yet they both endure to create a show, probably just so they can get their pay-cheques. In both their characterization and their dialogue, they portray self-aware, satirically over-the-top versions of themselves, lampooning the falsity of the typical hosts of this kind of show, and they consistently bring up "girl power" ideals at inappropriate moments, much like the shows they're parodying.

Not only is this show funny because of the hosts and the satire, but the actual gags are top-notch absurdist humour. Firstly, the ridiculous obstacle course of a set, the amount of segments they seem to try and cram into each episode, the bizarre guests ranging from normal people with strange jobs to just weird people in general, and the people outside the street view window (once again, at 3 AM). Not to mention the constant goofs from the people behind the camera, from the camera mistakes, to the editing/vision mixing mistakes, graphics, timing, and just generally a crew who has no idea what they're doing, especially their unassuming intern.

This is a show where both the subtleties and the not-so-subtleties work to their advantage. The two Kates know what they're doing in terms of absurd satirical humour. I look forward to watching the rest of the series.