The Wedge

The Wedge is a sketch show which takes place in the non-existent Australian town of Wedgedale. Here we meet a variety of recurring characters, like the farmer, the local sports hero, the two gambling slags and the psycho teenage girl, who's stalking the college's heart throb.

Not much is sacred in this show, so if you're easily offended, steer well clear. On the other hand, if you enjoy shows which take the p**s and satirize things like local news reporting, sportsmen as role models and those awful British "documentaries" about people fighting e.g. fat, this show is for you.

Another plus is the fact that it's Australian - it makes a nice change from the usual US and UK sitcoms and comedy shows.

In my opinion, The Wedge is one of those shows that start off good but starts to run out of ideas for skits. I like The Wedge unlike many other people I have heard about and seen on IMDb. Some of the jokes are lame, eg: A dancing act where a fat lady teaches a dance school. Then there are some good skits, eg: An athlete who is always in trouble with the law; a la Shane Warne, or two Indian telemarketers receiving phone calls about Aussie sayings and having to translate them into simple terms. The Wedge is good if you need a cheap laugh or two but if you want a really funny comedy program, I suggest you avoid this. My advice to haters of The Wedge is "If you don't like it, then don't watch it."

this is possibly the worst television sketch show ever spawned from the loins of the ten network, or any network for that matter. this show perpetuates right-wing neo-uber-conservatism politics at the expense of Australian culture. the show is neither funny, witty, clever or even entertaining. alternatives to this show include suicide, corporeal mortification, or just turning the television off--permanently! avoid like the plague, this show will do more damage.

all the sketches portray the worst of Australian society and then take it to the worst extent, people in Australia are not that screwed up, nor are they ultra-conservative. australians are good people, this show makes us look like total scum!

PS: its also boring as a demtel infomercial

Usually with horrible television shows, you can still understand how some people would enjoy it. This film defies that rule.

If you were a religious person, the fact that this show got optioned for a second season would make you question your faith.

This show is absolutely terrible. It consists of clichéd, stereotyped, "bogan"-like characters. Each sketch (of which there are only about 7) has one punchline (if you could even call it that) and each sketch ends the same way. The exact same jokes doing the exact same characters. How this show stays on air is beyond me.

Watch one episode of this show. That's all you need to know every character (or one dimensional, one joke, repetitive, shallow shell pf a character).

The jokes are lame, exhausted, old, reused, predictable and completely unfunny.

Please cancel this show and blacklist the actors from ever working again.

This show really is dreadful. The writing is banal, the performances are forced (the actors seem somewhat embarrassed) and the humour is so incredible infantile that you'll wonder how it got the green-light in the first place. There's been a lot of awful comedy on Australian television lately, with Peter Helliar and Corinne Grant running amok and lowering all our IQs with their ridiculous banter. This dreck steals the show however. It does not get much worse than The Wedge. What is most grating about this tosh is that they expect to hold on to our attention by showing the exact same gags over and over and over. The fact that this has a prime time spot on channel 10 while Chris Lilley's ingeniously created We Can Be Heroes went by practically unnoticed by the general public is a sad tragedy. Please do not watch this show, if the ratings drop enough maybe channel 10 will put it out of its misery and look for something decent to put on. There is honestly nothing about this program to praise.