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Season 1

9 episodes · 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.

  1. 1George Kapiniaris

    26 Jul 2001 · 25 min

    George Kapiniaris

  2. 2Anh Do

    02 Aug 2001 · 26 min

    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.

  3. 3Hung Lee

    09 Aug 2001 · 25 min

    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.

  4. 4Tahir Bilgic

    16 Aug 2001 · 26 min

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

  5. 5Happy Ho

    23 Aug 2001 · 25 min

    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.

  6. 6Joe Avati

    30 Aug 2001 · 26 min

    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.

  7. 7Terri Psiakis and Nick Godsell

    06 Sep 2001 · 26 min

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

  8. 8Austen Tayshus: Part 1

    13 Sep 2001 · 26 min

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

  9. 9Austen Tayshus: Part 2

    20 Sep 2001 · 25 min

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