The tilted room…
And other Micallefy goodness…
Many of you will not be familiar with the comical antics of Shaun Micallef. I still consider him one of Australia’s most genius - and at the same time - grossly underrated entertainers.
Much of his dry wit and sarcastic humour has gone over the heads of colleagues and friends. They sit there with bewildered looks on their faces while I roll around on the floor barely able to breathe amidst barrages of laughter.
However, not all is lost. The die-hard Micallef fans live on - and the three season Micallef P(r)ogram(me) has made somewhat of a resurgence lately, with special edition DVD box sets accompanied by sketches appearing on some of the more popular blog/video sites.
Case in point was the tilted room sketch. A Micallef favourite, it first appeared on Australian television back in the days of the prime-time ‘Full Frontal’ skit show - along with the bizarre and mind-boggling David McGhan. Complete with regularly incorrect file footage.
And now ladies and gentlemen, would you please welcome the man who makes women go weak at the knees simply with the use of a small hammer, Shaun Micallef!
The tilted room sketch format was taken to a completely new level later on in Series Deux of the Micallef P(r)ogram(me) with the Wine Cellar. And a far more elaborate tilted set.
Mad hatter..
Favourite quotes:
- Tonight’s episode of The Micallef Programme contains high level violence, graphic scenes of torture and Satanism. Enjoy!
- Digital television is made digitally, analogue television is made anally. It certainly would explain the quality of some of our programs!
- If you have any information, any information at all, please contact me as I’m writing an encyclopaedia.
- If you’re like me, it’s possible you’re a clone generated from my stolen DNA. I suggest you turn yourself in for destruction immediately.
- A man who couldn’t say no to a drink….. was how I once described Tommy to a prospective employer.
- Most people are unaware, but there’s really nothing I can do about that.
- Worried about dry skin? Concerned about lines and wrinkles? Then visit a burns unit and get some perspective.
- Well, like an understocked herb salesman, we’ve run out of oregano … sorry, time!
- You’ve written a book which fans will be delighted to learn. Others I suppose will be less enthused.
- And don’t forget, tomorrow is national typewriter day, so buy a ribbon.
- His current album is burning up the charts faster than a pyromaniac working in hospital administration.
- Like a stuttering owl with laryngitis, I couldn’t give two hoots.
- Smoking. It has been found that 25,000 people die each day from smoking related illnesses. But scientists have proved, conclusively, that this number would be halved if divided by two.
- Just like an untalented drummer, we’re out of time.
As David McGhan:
- Light travels at the speed of itself. This means that a single beam of light travelling a distance will arrive at the same time it took to complete the journey, and be there to greet itself.
Well, like a drug crazed interstate truck driver, doped to the eyeballs on amphetamines who uses his rig to crush a clock, I’ve run over time.
Thus ends another entry.
