Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby

Gormsby is the epitome of low-budget, hilarious, bad taste comedy. You can't help but love both the over the top M.E Gormsby but also the unpolished yet rounded performances of the students, particularly ho heppa, alapeppi and afionga. Characters like morton, dasent, leslie and particularly Steve, from guidance, are welcome in any show i watch, anytime. just gold. I pity anyone who cant grasp the subtle but in your face irony of the humour at play here- i think the Australian show 'summer heights high' has taken a character liked ho heppa and dumbed it down to the lowest common denominator. Gormsby is #1 in this genre and although series 2 doesn't live up to the height of the first, i'm happy to sing the praises of 7PWMG til the cows come home.

Absolute Classic!! Accidentally found the first series of this one night after "At the Movies" on abc TV Australia and nearly wet myself laughing. Ended up watching the remainder of the series and then buying the DVD on mail order to see the episodes I missed.

With all the PC and Americanised crime dramas on TV, it's good to see something definitely Australasian on TV that's not afraid to bend the rules and deliver a few laughs at the same time.

Certainly could not be made in the US this stuff .... too much wit .... and sadly not sure us Aussies could either given the way our local television is going.

Hope to see series 2 on Aussie TV soon enough. BRING IT ON

This New Zealand gem of a comedy follows the horrible antics of old, grumpy school-teacher, Mr.Gormsby, as he sets about trying to discipline a classroom of unruly school children in the most unbelievable ways imaginable. The humour sometimes descends into uninspiring childish toilet humour, and it's not immune to getting laughs out of the mentally-challenged, but thanks to a priceless deadpan performance from David McPhail as the title character, this crude, dry and utterly hilarious take on New Zealand school life is wickedly un-PC comedy brilliance. We don't get much New Zealand television here in Australia, but this one's a gem. 8/10

When told about this series, I've got to admit, I was a little skeptical at first that this show could be as funny as everyone was saying it was. I couldn't have been more wrong. The microcosmic world of Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby is extremely well developed, each character, no matter how insignificant they may seem, has their own part to play in amplifying the hilarity of the series.

David McPhail is absolutely outstanding in his role as Mr Gormsby, I will never look at spelling the same way again.

Definitely a series not to be missed, I have not laughed that hard in a long time.

Everything about this show is genius. It's laugh out loud funny, every minute. You'll find yourself watching and rewatching just to remember some of Gormsby's funniest lines so you can repeat them to your friends. But at the same time the characters and their circumstances are well developed and believable. The show frequently comes up with lines and moments that tell us a lot about the world we live in.

You have to have a thick skin and a healthy sense of humour to watch Gormsby. If you're easily offended, don't bother. This is a show for people who love life and love to laugh.

Ten stars.