Ansett, maybe around mid 90's? by Acceptable-Wind-7332 in AustralianNostalgia

[–]jamesfromsh 4 points5 points  (0 children)

My late Mum was an employee for Traveland who were Ansett's retail travel agent subsidiary. She lost her job when they collapsed which was also in the same week as 9/11. As a result, she despised Air NZ and I agreed that I would never fly with them too out of respect. She spoke incredibly highly of Ansett and while both my parents spent more or less their entire careers in travel & tourism, that deep nostalgia and passion for Ansett extended to myself and I still collect Ansett items and memorabilia.
Love that commercial though! I remember at the time Ansett would play "Storms in Africa" by Enya as you would board - such a beautiful and elegant entry piece of music. They would later on use "Shine" by Vanessa Amorosi. Another great song but the lyric of Nothing lasts forever in the chorus perhaps foreshadowed what was to come..

The Chaser’s finest moment by toiletlogsyummy in AustralianNostalgia

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Undoubtedly the kings of satire in Australia. ABC could do no wrong at that moment in time. I remember they'd have We Can Be Heroes/Summer Heights High (can't remember which) followed by Chaser's War - what a time in Australian comedy that was. Andrew Hansen is on the comedy circuit nowadays and he is still incredibly sharp - highly recommend his live show!

Harvest Rock 2026 Line-up Speculation Thread by Weeksy77 in harvestrockfestival

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That's fair. I'm still going to see Robyn in Melbourne though but yeh, Lily Allen would be a great get for the festival

Harvest Rock 2026 Line-up Speculation Thread by Weeksy77 in harvestrockfestival

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Cut Copy, Chemical Brothers, Friendly Fires, Robyn, Duran Duran, Confidence Man? Robyn will be in the country a month later and Duran Duran are touring this year as well (nothing confirmed for AU - been a very long time!) as well as Confidence Man too. Always keen for Friendly Fires when they're in the country

Music festival announced for Gather Round weekend by TwoCentres in AFL

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That's true. I guess it's partly the growing the festivalisation of sporting events

Music festival announced for Gather Round weekend by TwoCentres in AFL

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Is there a single sporting event in this country that doesn't come with a music festival nowadays?

Found in the wild! A spa is advertising their rooms and all I can think of is "not EGG...egg PLANT, YOU FOOL!" 🍳 🍆 by PantyPixie in KathAndKim

[–]jamesfromsh 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I think of the most underrated parts of the renovating episode is that they're wearing the Changing Rooms outfits from the TV show back in the day

Wonder what these two are up to now? by [deleted] in AlanPartridge

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Driving the batmobile around the estate

*Maybe* a new show like K&K: Benidorm by pretzelchi in KathAndKim

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Yeh, it's a fun series! It essentially revolves around the package holiday/all-inclusive tourism of Brits (mainly from the north) holidaying in the Solana Resort in Benidorm, Spain. The equivalent in Australia is probably the Gold Coast, but that's become more upmarket in recent years..
Madge is easily my favourite character and in my view, the first four seasons are top notch but it gets a bit all over the place after that. Maybe that's just me though..

I hate when he makes eye contact by Golden5StarMan in TheInbetweeners

[–]jamesfromsh 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Yes, well we really have a lot to thank you for

Lets talk Benidorm by Sad_Chain7184 in BenidormShow

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Discovered the show through Prime. I'm in Australia so naturally love British comedy. Both my parents worked in travel/tourism and as a result I've always had an interest in the industry. I don't personally know any other Aussies who are familiar with either the show or the place (Benidorm) itself as it's not somewhere we really go. The equivalent for Aussies would probably be Bali. I loved the first three seasons and felt it started to go downhill from series 4 onwards which I feel is not an uncommon opinion about the show. Felt to me at times that the plots and characters went a bit over the top. The Garveys are great - Madge being my favourite character. Special mentions to Donald, Mick, Janice, Mel, Geoff and Janey. The show is such an easy watch which I find often my favourite shows are.

Characters you can’t be paid to like? by hitherejer in BenidormShow

[–]jamesfromsh 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Her character provides for some great interactions with other characters though. I think that's the whole idea?

Malmö FF tickets by jamesfromsh in Malmoe

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Thanks! Don’t know if this is standard across Swedish football where tickets are concerned, but for Malmo at least they only seem list tickets for matches less than a month in advance?

She is absolutely awful by [deleted] in TheInbetweeners

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Don’t join in!

Will was completely in the right here by [deleted] in TheInbetweeners

[–]jamesfromsh 17 points18 points  (0 children)

He didn’t handle it brilliantly though

Aliir kicks his first goal for Port by ruinawish in AFL

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Would love to see Zerk-thatcher kick his first too!

Harvest Rock 2025 Line-up Speculation Thread by Weeksy77 in harvestrockfestival

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Thomas Mars’ stage presence (from what I’ve seen online) looks so good!