I Danced for Hitler!

I Danced For Hitler, the first episode of bonkers Aussie wartime spy series Danger 5, opens with Nazi zeppelins stealing the Eiffel tower as part of a dastardly plot to make a massive monument to celebrate Hitler's birthday. So far, so daft.

We are then introduced to the heroes of the show—secret agents Tucker (Sean James Murphy), Claire (Amanda Simons), Ilsa (Natasa Ristic), Jackson (David Ashby) and Pierre (Aldo Mignone)—who are relaxing in their HQ when they are interrupted by eagle-headed Colonel Chestbridge (Tilman Vogler), who sends them on a mission to find out why the Nazis are stealing national monuments. And, if possible, to kill Hitler (Andreas Sobik). And it only gets sillier from hereon in.

Set in a 1960s interpretation of World War II, this half-hour(ish) show is a weird mish-mash of absurdist humour and trashy action, loaded with deliberately unconvincing special effects and surreal moments designed to appeal to a cult audience; the joke eventually starts to wear a little thin (even at only 25 minutes), but a bevy of sexy women and the occasional truly inspired moment of lunacy makes it fairly easy to stick with (although I'm not sure if I'll be able to handle two seasons of this random nonsense).

Most amusing moment: Hitler lying under a glass-topped coffee table waiting for his sexy captive Claire (if you don't think that's funny, you're obviously not as filthy-minded as I am).

5.5/10 rounded up to 6 for IMDb.

Not quite as laugh out loud funny as the first episode unfortunately, but still charming.

The talking dogs were probably the funniest part along with the wtf moment of the piano playing bear.

That dastardly fuhrer always manages to jump out of a convenient window.

The Danger 5 team shows some cracks in this episode with Ilsa's jealousy and one splitting off to rescue Lady Liberty in preference to Claire.

Relies a bit too heavily on cliches and is a bit lacking in originality in terms of a plot - surprise birthday party etc

I have to applaud the creativity behind this. Having heard about it, I really wanted to like it. I didn't, though. I expected this to be funny. Unfortunately, I just found it to be... odd.