Friday 30 December 2016

575 The Paul Hogan Show


First  viewed  :  2  November  1982

This  followed  straight  after  Brookside  on  that  first  night  of  Channel  Four.

The  Australian  comic's  show  had  been  running  for  nearly  a  decade  by  this  time  and  I'm  not  sure at   what  point  Channel  Four's  broadcasts  began. It  was  a  sketch-based  show  with  Hogan  playing  a  number  of  recurring  characters  such  as  George  Fungus  and  Leo  Wanker. I  think  it's  safe  to  say  Benny  Hill  was  a  major  influence  on  Paul's  work  with  many  sketches  featuring  leering  men, scantily-clad  lovelies  and  sight  gags.

Although  Paul's  a  likeable  guy  I  never  found  the  show  more  than  moderately  funny  and  I  struggle  to  recall  any  individual  sketch  that  really  cut  the  mustard.

The  Show  ended  in  1984  a  couple  of   years  before  Paul  became  a  mega-star  with  Crocodile  Dundee.

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