Original question by @Justathroughdaway@lemmy.world
Ask any Australian/New Zealander who grew up in the late 2000s or early 2010s what they’re favourite show was and they’ll probably say something by Chris Lilley. In particular Summer Highs High or Jonah From Tonga. I used to love watching these shows when I was younger and Lilley is such a great actor. To this day there still quoted in schools all over NZ and Australia.
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I was surprised Yu Yu Hakusho wasn’t as popular around the world as I thought.
Not exactly only in my country, but I was talking to some people a while back and realized something, there’s a TV show that absolutely everyone in Spanish speaking countries (and Brazil) knows of, and has watched over and over again, it’s so ubiquitous to us that the closest comparison in terms of how known it is that I can think of would be The Simpsons. However the show never broke the language barrier (except, like I mentioned, to Brazil where it was translated to Portuguese). So imagine going somewhere and realizing you can’t make Simpsons references because these people have never heard of the Simpsons. By this point I think every Spanish speaking person knows what show I’m talking about, but for non-spanish speaking people the name of the show is El Chavo del 8 (which translates to “The boy from the 8th” as in the boy that lives on number 8, the implicit joke is that he’s so poor he doesn’t even have a name, which sort of got ruined by translation because in Brazil he’s named Chaves)
Around the twist.
Still remember the theme tune.
I run into an Australian about once a year in Montreal and suddenly launching into singing that song within the first minute is the fastest way possible to make a new friend.
For some reason every once in a while a random Spanish show becomes insanely popular in Finland. Years back it was Los Serranos, a (soapy) comedy about a blended family, and now it’s La Promesa, a historical soap opera about wealthy family who owns a mansions and their servants.
I heard about how good Chris Lilley was so I tried watching that high school one, but I found nothing funny about his schtick. I might have just been to old for it. I thought The Comedy Company was pretty funny when I was a kid, but that’s pretty unfunny when I watch it now as well.
Ask the Leyland Brothers
Does anybody like the Red Green Show outside of Canada?
How about Kids in the Hall? Best ever Canadian show by far.
Corner gas, Schitt’s Creek, also quite good Canadian tv
Aussie here that’s watched all of Corner Gas a couple of times, due to a recommendation from a Canadian friend. No-one else here has heard of it though. Big fan.
Along those lines, Kim’s Convenience! Except the last season when the writers gave up or something
watched both growing up.
I didn’t get the red or green in the show but I had a black and white bunny TV that only got PBS.
I cobbled it together with hangers, aluminum foil, and tape. after all if the women don’t find me handsome…
Seinfeld
Never seen it, but I hear it’s schtick is that all the characters are horrid.
It’s like if the It’s Always Sunny characters took more effort to pretend they were good people, but silently ruin the lives of everyone around them.
I actually enjoyed it if only because it can give some context on how people justify some of the absolutely insane things they do. Very much a slow burn.
