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Dirk Flinthart's (not at all) disillusioned Whimsies

By Dirk Flinthart - posted Sunday, 15 July 2001


http://www.spankoz.net/australian_censorship_proposals_ banned_words.htm

I could go on like this for days. I haven't even touched on the delightful lunacies of Michael Wooldridge, or the sophisticated punk/grunge stylings of Amanda Vanstone, the fabulous fun of Happy Alex Downer and his Two Left Feet... but Little Johnny Eyebrows doesn't have a monopoly on comedy! For example, we mustn't forget new kid on the block (and inspiration to cross-dressers everywhere) Pauline Hanson.

Sadly, Pauline's performance doesn't have the depth and range of Johnny Eyebrows and his Dancing Dummies, but what she does, she does extraordinarily well:

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http://www.gorskys.com.au/articles/hanson-fruitloop.html

http://www.rubix.net.au/~ntwn/pauline/can.html (my personal favourite!); and

http://www.rubix.net.au/~ntwn/pics/tankgirl.gif

Then there's the perpetual wannabes of Australian politics: the Democrats. Their Experimental Revolving Rotating Leadership Selection Device has finally been perfected, and the bottle has come to rest pointing at Natasha Stoat-Despoiler, who has the distinction of being the only politician in the country to have drooling fanboy websites ...

http://www.uq.net.au/~zzjorgo/main_fr.html#credits

I only went there for the Picture Gallery. Woohooo! http://www.uq.net.au/~zzjorgo/pics_fr.html

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And what of Kimba the White Lion and his band of merry renegades? Unfortunately, Labor's comedy skills seem to have dropped away since the halcyon days of "Biggles" Evans and Killer Keating. The Big Guy isn't nearly as upfront with his stunts, and his writers seem to be scrabbling for material...

http://www.yap.com.au/channels/comedy/article/1727.html

Frankly, I think Big Kim is less a comedy act, and more a sort of WWF character. Sod all this "Parliamentary Debate" rubbish. People are bored with it anyway. Kimba should be wearing purple Spandex undies and boots, standing in the middle of the ring roaring outrageous insults at Johnny Eyebrows and belting Peter Costello in the back of the head when he thinks the Whip isn't looking. That's real Prime Minister material!

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Dirk Flinthart is a writer and student who lives in Tasmania.

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