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Aussie Jokers (2001)

July. 26,2001

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Aussie Jokers

Aussie Jokers looks at how ethnicity and humour in Australia are interrelated, with case studies of nine of Australia's best comedy acts and how they have been inspired by their family heritage.

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Aussie Jokers

2001

Aussie Jokers looks at how ethnicity and humour in Australia are interrelated, with case studies of nine of Australia's best comedy acts and how they have been inspired by their family heritage.

Seasons & Episode

Seasons 1 : 2001

9 Episode

Episode 1 - George Kapiniaris

July. 26,2001

George Kapiniaris

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Outcome

Margo's Got Money Troubles

Formula 1: Drive to Survive

For All Mankind

Monarch: Legacy of Monsters

Your Friends & Neighbors

CODA

The Gorge

Eternity

Episode 2 - Anh Do

August. 02,2001

From his backyard in Yagoona, Anh explains his comedy and the reason his family moved to Australia. He talks about growing up in Sydney's west and what it was like visiting Vietnam.

Episode 3 - Hung Lee

August. 09,2001

We meet Vietnamese-Australian comedian Hung Le and take a tour of Melbourne's art and icons, hang out in Brunswick Street and see bits of Hung's stand-up routine at The Espy.

Episode 4 - Tahir Bilgic

August. 16,2001

George Kapiniaris introduces comedian Tahir Bilgic, as he ponders why there are so few Turkish comedians.

Episode 5 - Happy Ho

August. 23,2001

We meet Happy Ho, a Chinese lesbian doctor who does stand-up comedy on the side. She and her friends, Anne Marie, Sam and Shelley, create a lesbian version of Charlie's Angels and talk about religion, lifestyle, sexual politics and more.

Episode 6 - Joe Avati

August. 30,2001

We meet Joe Avati, an Italian-Australian stand-up comedian, dine with his extended family and watch some of his Italian stand-up bits targeted at the migrant population.

Episode 7 - Terri Psiakis and Nick Godsell

September. 06,2001

A look at the hilarious stand up sets and careers of Australian comedians Terri Psiakis and Nick Godsell.

Episode 8 - Austen Tayshus: Part 1

September. 13,2001

The series travel to Poland to examine the comedic history of Austen Tayshus, best known for the 1983 comedy single Australiana.

Episode 9 - Austen Tayshus: Part 2

September. 20,2001

We meet up again with Sandy Gutman, otherwise known as Austen Tayshus.

Aussie Jokers looks at how ethnicity and humour in Australia are interrelated, with case studies of nine of Australia's best comedy acts and how they have been inspired by their family heritage.