SUMMER HEIGHTS HIGH by far the funniest show ever!

pcurls

summer heights high is a show i got into when i was in australia in march 08, i brought home the box sets and made all my friends watch them, most of them agreed that it was one of the funniest things they'd seen, i think more and more people have gotten into it now it was on bbc4 or something like that!

anyone else love jonah, Mr G and Ja'mie as much as i do?!

"thank god you're here, grandma's been raped"

rdow

My name is Jessica, some kids call me a s**t! Funniest song in the world!

There's a paedophile in the school!!!!

rdow

I think J'amie is my fav! have you seen We can be heroes? J'amie is in that too. He obviously likes the school girl outfit haha

pcurls

rdow wrote: »

I think J'amie is my fav! have you seen We can be heroes? J'amie is in that too. He obviously likes the school girl outfit haha

yeah i like we could be heros but prefer SHH. although i think over all the funniest single clip would have to be pat mullins first clip explaining her disability

"thats when i thought to myself, what are you doing with your life pat, yes im disabled but i can roll"

i actually pissed myself at that one!!

i love mr G when he's performing to the kids, slap the butcher and the cat noises he makes whilst crawling on the floor!

i actually met chris lilley on st kilda's beach in melbourne and he was really unassuming and kinda embarrassed when my friends and i started quoting the show. oh and he's straight!!!

TarfHead

pcurls wrote: »

.. by far the funniest show ever

A bit of an exaggeration ? It is funny, but the whole conceit wears thin over the series. Could have been better with less episodes.

pcurls

TarfHead wrote: »

A bit of an exaggeration ? It is funny, but the whole conceit wears thin over the series. Could have been better with less episodes.

there were only 8 episodes. how few do you want in a series??

and out of curiosity what do you think is the funniest thing on tv?

TarfHead

pcurls wrote: »

and out of curiosity what do you think is the funniest thing on tv?

No you're not baiting in me into a 'whose sense of humour is better than whose' slapfest !

I enjoyed the first programme, but was tiring of the whole idea by the 8th. The whole arc could have been tighter and delivered over 5/6 programmes.

yurmothrintites

Just watched the first three episodes there. They are hilarious, it reminds me slightly of peep show with the jokes but it's a brilliant concept that could easily become a very popular show if made into a Irish school adaption set in Dublin with a fee-paying school girl sent to a ordinary secondary school. It would be hilarious if done right.

I was in a fit of laughing at Mr G's musical on the student who had an overdose. Brilliant!

pcurls

yurmothrintites wrote: »

Just watched the first three episodes there. They are hilarious, it reminds me slightly of peep show with the jokes but it's a brilliant concept that could easily become a very popular show if made into a Irish school adaption set in Dublin with a fee-paying school girl sent to a ordinary secondary school. It would be hilarious if done right.

I was in a fit of laughing at Mr G's musical on the student who had an overdose. Brilliant!

funny you should say that i'm doing a mini screen play for college at the moment!

yurmothrintites

yurmothrintites wrote: »

Just watched the first three episodes there. They are hilarious, it reminds me slightly of peep show with the jokes but it's a brilliant concept that could easily become a very popular show if made into a Irish school adaption set in Dublin with a fee-paying school girl sent to a ordinary secondary school. It would be hilarious if done right.

I was in a fit of laughing at Mr G's musical on the student who had an overdose. Brilliant!

So what you want to see over here can basically be described as The Inbetweeners only with Will's gender reversed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xqr8yPipfJ8

pcurls

Deleted User wrote: »

So what you want to see over here can basically be described as The Inbetweeners only with Will's gender reversed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xqr8yPipfJ8

the inbetweeners is set in london, the point yurmothrintites is trying to make is that it'd be interesting to do one set in ireland/dublin.

pcurls

pcurls wrote: »

the inbetweeners is set in london, the point yurmothrintites is trying to make is that it'd be interesting to do one set in ireland/dublin.

No it wouldn't, it would be pretty much the same as the Inbetweeners only with Irish accents. Doing an Irish set version would simply be a redundent remake seeing as the original translates pretty well over here and you can guarantee that it would be superior to any version made for Irish television.

pcurls

Deleted User wrote: »

No it wouldn't, it would be pretty much the same as the Inbetweeners only with Irish accents. Doing an Irish set version would simply be a redundent remake seeing as the original translates pretty well over here and you can guarantee that it would be superior to any version made for Irish television.

are you trying to say that the inbetweeners is the first show to depict a public schoolchild swapping with a private school child?? cause you'd be wrong, hence the thread. and the australian version translates perfect over here too. i think an irish adaptation of summer heights high would be hilarious and very popular hence my college project.

mrsdewinter

pcurls wrote: »

i actually met chris lilley on st kilda's beach in melbourne and he was really unassuming and kinda embarrassed when my friends and i started quoting the show. oh and he's straight!!!

That tallies with anything I've read about him - he seems very down-to-earth and modest, something you don't associate with a fantastic sense of humour. And to answer OP's original question, I love Jonah. The wimpering liberal in me wants to give him a big hug and forgive his 'acting out'... right up until the point where he delivers the ultimate mysoginistic/homophobic/scumbag blow to whichever authority figure has been foolish enough to reach out to him. The final episode, with his final farewell to the school was genius

pcurls

mrsdewinter wrote: »

That tallies with anything I've read about him - he seems very down-to-earth and modest, something you don't associate with a fantastic sense of humour. And to answer OP's original question, I love Jonah. The wimpering liberal in me wants to give him a big hug and forgive his 'acting out'... right up until the point where he delivers the ultimate mysoginistic/homophobic/scumbag blow to whichever authority figure has been foolish enough to reach out to him. The final episode, with his final farewell to the school was genius

did you cry?? its kinda sad!

pcurls

pcurls wrote: »

are you trying to say that the inbetweeners is the first show to depict a public schoolchild swapping with a private school child?? cause you'd be wrong, hence the thread. and the australian version translates perfect over here too. i think an irish adaptation of summer heights high would be hilarious and very popular hence my college project.

I'm not saying that it's a truly original concept or anythign but remaking it in Ireland would be a waste of time. It would be the exact same storylines simply rehashed in a different setting. Should we remake Eastenders next or how about we make Dr. Who but have him touch base in Dublin every few weeks or what about an Irish set version of The Bill.

Are you saying that for a college project you are taking someone else idea and rewriting it in an Irish setting. Now I take it that you are studyign film as I do and I have to say that what you intend to do is a waste of time. Why not come up with an original idea, why remake someone else work. I take it you will be crediting the original work or will you do as so many of my college mates did and simply plagiarise.

pcurls

Deleted User wrote: »

I'm not saying that it's a truly original concept or anythign but remaking it in Ireland would be a waste of time. It would be the exact same storylines simply rehashed in a different setting. Should we remake Eastenders next or how about we make Dr. Who but have him touch base in Dublin every few weeks or what about an Irish set version of The Bill.

Are you saying that for a college project you are taking someone else idea and rewriting it in an Irish setting. Now I take it that you are studyign film as I do and I have to say that what you intend to do is a waste of time. Why not come up with an original idea, why remake someone else work. I take it you will be crediting the original work or will you do as so many of my college mates did and simply plagiarise.

does the american Office ring any bells?? its not completely alien idea to adapt a TV show to your own country.

and the assignment is to adapt your favourite foreign tv show to an irish setting so no its not a waste of time and yes i will be crediting the original work!

pcurls

pcurls wrote: »

does the american Office ring any bells?? its not completely alien idea to adapt a TV show to your own country.

I'm well aware of the adapting of shows, I've seen my fair share most of which never go beyond the pilot stages simply becasue some shows don't translate. The Thick of It being a perfect example, the American version is woeful where as the original remains one of the finest shows ever made.

The American Office is an example of one that worked, it's the exception to the rule. Notice that no American shows are remade for England or Ireland. Well excluding Law and Order UK which is dreadful and given how different the judical systems are renders the whole thing a complete waste of time.

pcurls wrote: »

and the assignment is to adapt your favourite foreign tv show to an irish setting so no its not a waste of time and yes i will be crediting the original work!

Not to bad, you'll forgive the skeptic in me but having sat through a year where people simply copy and pasted others work it's hard to trust. I had to listen to a screenplay about 3 brothers who die during the vietnam war and the government sends out a squad of soldiers to bring back the 4th brother. How the writer of the piece thought he would get away with it is beyond me, though the lecturer liked the idea of it. My idea to have 3 typical brothers squabbling and fighting amongst themselves as a spoof 3 minute piece was called disrespctful to those who died in wars.

pcurls

yeah i see people call their plagerism "creative remodelling" and its beyond annoying. firstly why did they even do a course in film studies just to use others work and secondly how do they get away with it???

yeah the office i guess is the only one that i could think of that worked, other than gameshows which for the record i saw the nigerian version of "dont forget the lyrics" yesterday-GOOD GOD!

i still think you might like my screenplay...:eek:

rdow

When Jonah's dad is brought in after the picture he drew PRICELSS!! Every episode had me cry laughing I dunno how someone can say it drags on!!

It's proper witty comedy which shows some serious talent, better than alot of slap stick cack.

pcurls

rdow wrote: »

When Jonah's dad is brought in after the picture he drew PRICELSS!! Every episode had me cry laughing I dunno how someone can say it drags on!!

It's proper witty comedy which shows some serious talent, better than alot of slap stick cack.

"i want you to stop doing what you're doing"

how did he think up some of this ****?!

I've watched this in NZ. It's the funniest thing I have ever seen - especially "Jonah"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IjDSx5YFR8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_O5U9irS3iA

K4t

It's quality alright. Very similar to the Inbetweeners albeit slightly less crude.

Think it's on RTE at the moment too.

NUTZZ

I see there's a spin-off of this, BBC Three have just started airing it, Ja'mie: Private School Girl.

Continuing the mockumentary style of Lilley's previous series, Ja'mie: Private School Girl follows Ja'mie King, a character who previously appeared in Lilley's series We Can Be Heroes and Summer Heights High, during her final weeks of high school.

It's 6 episodes again, BBC have just aired the second episode tonight at 10PM.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRRPytv_STI