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Summer Heights High

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by ottermagic

Has anyone seen this? It's a mock documentary (or mockumentary, if you will) set in an Australian high school. I caught an episode the other day and was expecting it to be awful, as most BBC3 "comedies" are, and was pleasently surprised to discover it is actually quite lol.

Clips plz? http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=sAoATVaCTCo

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=cD_dQDvOpc4&feature=related

ottermagic | 08 Jul '08, 20:40 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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FUCK YOU MEESSS


yeah i like it

the ja'mie character is quite cringey, especially when 'she' goes out with a year 7, it's all sorts of wrong


I hope this gets on terrestrial at a reasonable time

I want everyone to love it.


yeah, i've had it on DVD for a year.

Tremendous show


urgh

i thought this was good but the more i see it the less i think of it.
watched a fair bit whilst in Melbourne, even meeting Chris Lily (the star and director) but some of it really isn't funny, it's their Little Britain only with one idiot rather than two.


I loved last night's episode

"They're not good enough, they've spent their lives not being good enough" referring to special needs children.


It's pretty funny

but the characters are all cliches, especially Ja'mie- essentially Heathers/ Mean Girls in an Aussie accent.

I did like the bit last night when the fat year 7 boy had a bra drawn on him in suntan lotion though.


you should all check out We Can Be Heroes

which is Chris Lilley's other mockumentary from before Summer Heights High. It has 6 characters (2 of whom are brothers, so appear together) competing for Australian Of The Year. Ja'mie is in that too


How could they be anything other than cliches?

They're taking the piss out of those sorts of people, of which there are many in high schools. That's the whole point.


bum

how did I not see this?

It's amazing.


We've had the DVD set since Christmas

It's great. :D





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