Been trying to figure out where the Bondi Junction footage is from. Outside 446 and 448 Oxford St, perhaps? The shows look different but the windows on the other side of the street and the building at the end of the street look right. It's also a pedestrian-only street.
The problem with the late show was that it was on late. If it was prime time, the culture would be more comedic. Because most people adopt what is mainstream.
Why do people think the announcement said the winner is Syd-en-ey? Is it because of the Late Show? He didn’t add a syllable he dropped one. He said the winner is Syd-ey. This misconception has taken on a life of its own. Here’s the real thing: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-iAfnvyYVVsE.htmlsi=TqiNwpLVq-d_rTBJ
Did a paper round in the 80's (5AM start, 6 days a week), rockin' a cassette walkman and D-gen would be on 92.3 EON FM .. .. Radio's never come close to being as funny as they were !!
As a Sydneysider, learned Victorian slang from this. I had no idea, when watching cricket from Melbourne, what that chant was you could hear in the background late in the match. Then they did the chant at the end of this sketch. At the time, still wasn’t really sure but a few years later I asked a work colleague (who came from Melbourne and we knew that because she went on and on about the Carlton football club in a bit of an obsessive way. I like and follow my NRL club but it doesn’t dominate my life or conversation, anyway) and she explained that ‘divvy’ van meant a police wagon - or paddy wagon in Sydney as most Sydney siders have an irish convict past. Well there you go, divvy van? Still don’t know why it is called that but…. Also, going home? I don’t think police wagons are a taxi service, you aren’t going home, you are going somewhere else first and then, if you are lucky, you might find your own way home. The chant makes zero sense.
I believe Diviy van is short for Division Van, or police district. The going home is simple, back to jail for repeat offenders so their home.. It's a silly chant really. Back then it was good fun with a few drinks along with shouting taxi when someone breaks a glass. Spilled drink? Well now someone it just making a mess.
Cant believe just how shit this country is since this time, and i thought we were changing back then... but how it is now is just too f'ing scary to think about, knew i should've left to go OS years ago :(
That's just like when The Offspring's Pretty Fly (For A White Guy) got parodied on Network Ten's Totally Full Frontal exactly six years after this, in 1999, when it was about our then-Prime Minister, Mr John Howard.
