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Part one of three from this full length television programme.
Part two of three from this full length television programme.
Part three of three from this full length television programme.
Away Laughing - First Episode
Television (Full Length Episode) – 1991
The first episode of this sketch comedy show debuted in May 1991. Most of the skits were tested and filmed in front of a live audience. The large cast includes early appearances by a roll call of emerging talents: Kevin Smith displays his talent for accents, while frustrating a McDonalds lawyer and talking his way through customs; Vicki Walker's character Felicity crushes on Steve Parr; Danny Mulheron's self-satisfied priest Phineas O'Diddle embarrasses Hori Ahipene; and Facial DBX comedians Jon Bridges and David Downs play day-glo clad skateboarders talking digital watches.
...it's amazing what you can do with a Motorhead T-shirt and an Anglia roof rack eh?– Darryl Hoon (David Downs)
Key Cast & Crew
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Acknowledgements
Made with funding from NZ On Air
Tags
- airport
- botman
- botty
- caveman
- cavemen
- coffee
- copyright
- customs
- farmer
- flat
- flatting
- invention
- mcdonalds
- new zealand on air
- nz on air
- old mcdonald
- passport
- pasta
- pastor
- patent
- phineas o'diddle
- pizza
- post
- priest
- pub
- rachel hunter
- sandwich
- scuzzo
- skateboarding
- skater
- skating
- spaghetti
- steve parr
- takeaways
- trivial pursuit
- watties
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