Austen Tayshus - Australiana (Official Uncensored Version)
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- Performed by Austen Tayshus (aka Sandy Gutman) and written by Billy Birmingham (The 12th Man), "Australiana" was an Aria #1 Single in 1983 for eight weeks.
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I was lucky enough to be a teenager in the 80's and I remember this single well (almost to the point of being able to recite it word-for-word) ...
... and nearly 36 years later it still holds up as being the best 80's Aussie spoken-word comedy single.
I was well out of my teens by this time and I'm still in stitches.
He rehearsed it at monash around 87’ when my mum went! I’m a monash student now and the acts aren’t that good lol
yep good aussie comedy never dies, just like good australian bands and singers even when they do die they live on in video and music R..I.P Bon Scott forever remembered
I too was a teen in the 80's, I haven't heard this in 30 years, still no it word for word. And I still find it funny...
Gold. Vince Sorrenti cameo. And Christoffer Graves. The 'Starter' from the Aussie movie classic Running on Empty also in it.
Just brilliant. Takes me back to the eighties. I remember the day I first heard this on a tape. Heard Kevin Bloody Wilson the same day. Was a pretty good damn day.
So clever. Underrated for sure. This should be historic Australian literature.
It is classic Aust literature! Gold. Check The Bushwackers Marijuana Australiana & Marijuana Australiana Rehashed.
Feel like the Dalai Lama!
This is classic Aust literature. Gold. Check out The Bushwackers Marijuana Australiana & Marijuana Australiana Rehashed.
@@brianallen8588 thank God for Billy Birmingham
Got Your Nose
(Baby Giggling)
(Man pretends to takes the baby's nose)
Man: Got your nose!
(Baby giggles in interest)
Officer: (kicks down door) Look out! He's got a nose!
(the officer fires his gun)
Title Sequence
(Title theme plays)
(static)
My Tie is Evil
Man 1: You gotta help me man! My tie is evil and it's gonna kill meeee!
(Man 2 backs away suspiciously)
Man 1: Please don't hurt me...
Tie: (Sinister laugh)
(static)
Hello, Parking Meter
Man: Hello, parking meter!
Parking Meter: Hello!
(Man becomes surprised.)
(static)
Smell My Flower
Man 1: Heh. Hey guy. Hey. smell my flower.
Man 2: (guy sniffs flower) Mmmmmmm.
(A monster comes out of Man 1's torso)
Man 2: LOL!
(static)
Pointless Button
(A Man presses a button labeled as the "Pointless Button")
Man: Hmm.
(static)
Level Up
Guy: Hey man. (gets punched in the face) Aw! What the hell is wrong with you?!
Announcer: Level Up!
(static)
Tree Powers
Woman: Somebody help me! I'm being robbed!
Hero: I'll save you! Tree powers, Activate!
(The hero transforms into a detailed pencil sketch of a tree.)
(static)
Die Potato
Potato killer: Die potato.
Potato: Noooooo-
(RIP Potato)
(static)
Cake Murder
Man: Mmmm. Yum.
(cuts the cake)
Cake: AAAAAAHHHH!!!! Why would you do this?! I have a wife and family!
Man: NOOOOOOO!!
Cake: Aahh!! The pain! It's unbearable!
Man: What have I done?!
Cake: Aahhh!! Tell my children I love them!
Cupcakes: DADDY!!
Cake: Aagghhh! (cake falls on the side of table)
Man: NOOOOOOO!!!
Cupcakes: NOOOOOOO!!!
(RIP Cake)
Ending Credits
(ending credits play)
Gay (Part 1)
Man 1: Hey. You know who's gay? You.
(Man 2 stabs Man 1 with a knife)
Man 1: Aw, come on!
Ending Credits
(credits continue)
This brings back memories. We used to repeat this at school.
What an absolutely brilliant piece of writing, must have taken him a while to come up with this. This set will live forever.
Jamie W Written by Billy Birmingham. Fantastic bit of Aussie humour
Marvellous joke that!
Marvellous joke that!
From the 'States' I Have only a very few caught terms here, but you can tell the Audience just loved that Someone put All or So Many popular terms Together So Brilliantly! Cheers Mates'🍺😀👍
Haha nice to see an American appreciating the Aussie humor/culture. 😊 👍
no offence mate but reading your comment is like watching someone's mother quoting phrases like 'yolo' and 'omfgrofl'
Only aussies will understand this classic
yes
Yep OZZIE OZZIE OZZIE
And a few kiwi's
and kiwis
The ultimate Aussie comedy classic XD
Still as clever and funny as it was in 1983!
Aussie living in the UK. This makes me laugh and homesick at the same time. Miss my county's humor 😔😊
Unfortunately it's no longer the Australia you remember. Try saying anything not approved like this stuff and you'll be attacked and canceled by the woke locusts.
Housing crisis now you aren’t missing out on much this place is turning into an unliveable shithole just stay there and be happy
yeah but you don't miss the cost of living in Oz, it's out of this world, as is the crime.
You don't live here you aren't feeling the pressure from housing you clearly have enough money to go off and live abroad in one of the most expensive countries in the world so bugger off with "my country" not your country now you aren't living here
First saw this in 1983, pissed myself then and still as good now!
Steady Eddie Austen Tayshus what a great era in comedy, when you reflect back it's world class comedy in today's terms, brilliant entertainment.
"Where can Marsu pee, Al?" Never has there been nor will there ever be a better line...
She can go outback with the fellas, she's probably seen a cockatoo 😏
You're selling yourself short there Billy - it was the highest selling Australian single of the 1980s!
It was the No. 1 single in Australia in 1983 for eight weeks, seven of them consecutive.
The single (which was only available on 12") was banned in Victoria for a week, due to the B-side "The Comedy Commando". This led to a gap between the record's first number one placing (15 August) and its seven-week run at the number one spot (5 September - 17 October).
You are correct. :-)
@@RoughJustice2k18 i heard it was 13 weeks and the highest selling single in Australia ever
Classic! I laughed so much. Only an Aussie would get it all on the first listen. It's so clever!
Nearly 40 years has passed and I'm still loving it!
He’s already tried to mount Isa!
gold just bloody good
This should've been played for the Fire Relief !!
There are 3 possible reasons as to why it wasn't played during the fire relief. First reason is the innuendos. Second reason (and probably biggest factor) is that Austen Tayshus is unpopular amongst entertainment circles in Australia. Third reason, is that due to copyright obstacles, the song might not have been able to be played if Austen Tayshus himself refused to perform.
I thought of a line that works so well with the delivery : "We had a barbie to go to, so we took our jerseys that Wee Waa and headed off. There, I heard Lizzie II's visiting, and I asked me mate "when'll the Queanbeyan?"
Even after all this time it still bloody awesome!
I remember when this first came out in the early 80's, what a classic.
Legendary. I had never seen the film clip before. Love the thought that was put into it all.
absolute classic and never been repeated
gold!!
+cathy castleton technically it was.........i havent really got any proof, but did a send up version about the yarra valley a few years ago
+cathy castleton There is also a version on some car ad a while back now. New lyrics and all.
yes, I remember the car ad one.
nevertheless, "yarra valley-ana" was also gold.
@@dougieboxell6505 pretty sure there was a similar one about my hometown too (newcastle NSW).
@@RandyTwang that's pretty cool, mate
So good to still be able to find an original version 'uncut'. Best ever, so clever!
I bought the completely uncensored version on record when it first was released - hilarious!!
If your a true Aussie, you just gotta love it. Should be part of the immigration program!
Yes, recite this and you're in!
Agree
Still great after all all these years.
And a sheer classic it remains 👍footyana is just as brilliant!🇭🇲
You're a genius Billy
He only got better too
For all you non-Aussies, the skit is all about the Aussie locations and animals
Josh Gardiner Australian animals, locations, or things. The point is, this was a bit of fun at Australian cultures expense. Not every Australian is like this in real life, at least I am not and don't know anybody who is.
Josh Gardiner
Christian Ali
I was exactly like the people in the clip, not Austen Tayshus of course, but in 70's we were off the planet. So OK yes we are NO LONGER like this, you're right I guess. No more pulling bongs like at EVERY party or rock concert reeked of pot, police turned a blind eye. Shame really.
@@KevinHallSurfing You've been going to the wrong concerts and parties then.
@@SolarisOrion1 Haha ... obviously! But at my age 67 I admit going to parties is rare. 🤔😆
It Never gets old, 😎
I emigrated from Wales to Western Australia back in 1986, and when i first heard this in either 1987 or 1988, i pissed myself all the way through... i understood everything... classic Aussie humour...
i love listening to this video because I can understand every reference being an Australian myself, I have even sent the link to some Aussie friends who instantly replied with lol and LOL all my Aussie friends and even friends overseas love this video
I was nine when this came out.
The billabong reference is so much funnier now!
Classic Billy Birmingham!!! Great work Bill!
Got Your Nose
(Baby Giggling)
(Man pretends to takes the baby's nose)
Man: Got your nose!
(Baby giggles in interest)
Officer: (kicks down door) Look out! He's got a nose!
(the officer fires his gun)
Title Sequence
(Title theme plays)
(static)
My Tie is Evil
Man 1: You gotta help me man! My tie is evil and it's gonna kill meeee!
(Man 2 backs away suspiciously)
Man 1: Please don't hurt me...
Tie: (Sinister laugh)
(static)
Hello, Parking Meter
Man: Hello, parking meter!
Parking Meter: Hello!
(Man becomes surprised.)
(static)
Smell My Flower
Man 1: Heh. Hey guy. Hey. smell my flower.
Man 2: (guy sniffs flower) Mmmmmmm.
(A monster comes out of Man 1's torso)
Man 2: LOL!
(static)
Pointless Button
(A Man presses a button labeled as the "Pointless Button")
Man: Hmm.
(static)
Level Up
Guy: Hey man. (gets punched in the face) Aw! What the hell is wrong with you?!
Announcer: Level Up!
(static)
Tree Powers
Woman: Somebody help me! I'm being robbed!
Hero: I'll save you! Tree powers, Activate!
(The hero transforms into a detailed pencil sketch of a tree.)
(static)
Die Potato
Potato killer: Die potato.
Potato: Noooooo-
(RIP Potato)
(static)
Cake Murder
Man: Mmmm. Yum.
(cuts the cake)
Cake: AAAAAAHHHH!!!! Why would you do this?! I have a wife and family!
Man: NOOOOOOO!!
Cake: Aahh!! The pain! It's unbearable!
Man: What have I done?!
Cake: Aahhh!! Tell my children I love them!
Cupcakes: DADDY!!
Cake: Aagghhh! (cake falls on the side of table)
Man: NOOOOOOO!!!
Cupcakes: NOOOOOOO!!!
(RIP Cake)
Ending Credits
(ending credits play)
Gay (Part 1)
Man 1: Hey. You know who's gay? You.
(Man 2 stabs Man 1 with a knife)
Man 1: Aw, come on!
Ending Credits
(credits continue)
@@timsmith5361 Billy wrote it
Comments a couple of years ago, this should be national treasure !
I bought this when it first came out. Used to listen to it a lot.
I saw him in a footy club in Melbourne in the early 80s,bloody brilliant.
God this is good. Still hilarious in 2017
... and still hilarious in 2020.
... although because of context ... not getting as many laughs as it should, granted.
I don't think there's any doubt this is the best Australian spoken-word comedy single of the 1980s. Not that the competition wasn't stiff.
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Unlike a cockatoo
I saw Austen Tayshus at Newcastle Leagues Club back in 2010. Absolutely hilarious. And he's pretty damn tall as well. Poking fun at the audience is part of the act as well
It did get cut during the joint scene after it appeared on Hey Hey it’s Saturday
Heard this as a little boy, turning 50 this Year, Ya can't help but fn piss ya self every time ya hear it, Aussie Aussie Aussie, oy oy oy, on ya Austin.
Modern "Australians" wouldn't know what the hell was talking about. The country is not the same as it was then.
Had a great idea to play this to my American wife. What was i thinking?!
Had similar trouble with my Indonesian GF (now fiancé)!
You were thinking “Learn Aussie culture with a great Aussie video
Might see how my Singaporean wife warms to it, .... you know as she did to me! Mate pass the bucket
They'll stop you every 2 seconds to ask what the word means... Trust me, not worth it hahs
@MrMonkeyInk Mate! What a challenge - but there's hope . . . The words are spelled out here for her to learn :- genius.com/Austen-tayshus-australiana-lyrics
Haha classic. I'm only 28 but I still reckon this pretty much perfectly sums up Australia in any generation.
Also loved the Vince cameo he was one of my favourite comedians as a kid.
Maravilloso 👏 👏, saludos desde Argentina 🇦🇷 ♥️
Still bloody funny after all these years. 👍🏿😍
Genius.
Bloody right. I remember it coming out way back. Everybody was listening or telling someone else about it.
Boomerang,Kookaburra, Wallaby, Vegemite, Goanna, Dingos, Nullarbor, Platypus, Wangaratta, Koala,Marsupial, Outback, Cockatoo, Fair Dinkum, Ta, Eureka Stockade, Threadbo,Newcombe, Wombat, Eucalyptus, Darwin, Great Barrier Reefer, Blue Moutains, Tally Hobart, Billabong, Lord Howe, Didgeridoo, Bass Strait, Gum Leaves, Jackarandah, Mount Iva, Australiana. I know I'm missing some of them, but it's basically a play on words using mainly Geographic locations in Australia, historical references and animals. I first heard it before my Oz trip in 2006 and could at the time only identify about 3 words. The more you become familiar with the place, the more you can pick up. I always seem to find something new each time I listen, and I never tire of this piece. I met Sandy at the Melbourne Comedy Fest that year. His routine, frankly was awful, but he did do a small segment of Australiana which was great. He did not write the material. The original delivery he renders here is fabulous.
its hobart,,tallyhos are papers u roll a ciggy or joint with =) so,, tally ho bart,,but its hobart that is the reference =) if you like this then try footyana its just as clever =)
FYI: Mt Isa. Eucumbene; Threadbo *and* Perisher. Etc. You missed a few!
Eugene Benjamin, Wattle, Coolabah, Waratah, Riverina, Kosciuszko, Lake Eyre, Eucumbene, Perisher, Tenterfield, Merino (spinning a bit of a yarn), Adelaide, Noosa Heads, Launceston, Hayman (islands) to name a few more
Eugene Benjamin Queensland and Towoomba also
Such a classic, thanks !
love it since the first time i heard it
Always a classic and never forgotten!
Beautiful
great show love it
Work of art
Aus day 2019
...now and forever
Lol any non Aussies understand this? I'm Aussie born and when ever I need a laugh I watch this.
@Zoe Finlayson Heh! It's a work in progress for this escaped Pom, every time I 'get' a new pun, I'm laughing too hard to get the next one. Utterly brilliant. My Aussie education in the UK was thanks to Bazza McKenzie cartoons, Dame Edna, Clive James and hundreds of blokes in pubs around Earls Court, London.
Wow, this takes me back to when Triple M Brisbane would play this! I remember all the troops were gathered to help this guy when he ran out of money. ❤ Back when Australiana was cool.
Australia Day 2022
Still the best
as a born and breed aussie i never get tired of Austen Tayshus Australiana ,though why it was censored i dont get because it mentions the barrier reefer ? lol
I used to think this was hilarious but now I just think it's very creative.
Happy Australia Day people.
"Great, Barry, a reefer!" is my absolute favorite
Love it
Got Your Nose
(Baby Giggling)
(Man pretends to takes the baby's nose)
Man: Got your nose!
(Baby giggles in interest)
Officer: (kicks down door) Look out! He's got a nose!
(the officer fires his gun)
Title Sequence
(Title theme plays)
(static)
My Tie is Evil
Man 1: You gotta help me man! My tie is evil and it's gonna kill meeee!
(Man 2 backs away suspiciously)
Man 1: Please don't hurt me...
Tie: (Sinister laugh)
(static)
Hello, Parking Meter
Man: Hello, parking meter!
Parking Meter: Hello!
(Man becomes surprised.)
(static)
Smell My Flower
Man 1: Heh. Hey guy. Hey. smell my flower.
Man 2: (guy sniffs flower) Mmmmmmm.
(A monster comes out of Man 1's torso)
Man 2: LOL!
(static)
Pointless Button
(A Man presses a button labeled as the "Pointless Button")
Man: Hmm.
(static)
Level Up
Guy: Hey man. (gets punched in the face) Aw! What the hell is wrong with you?!
Announcer: Level Up!
(static)
Tree Powers
Woman: Somebody help me! I'm being robbed!
Hero: I'll save you! Tree powers, Activate!
(The hero transforms into a detailed pencil sketch of a tree.)
(static)
Die Potato
Potato killer: Die potato.
Potato: Noooooo-
(RIP Potato)
(static)
Cake Murder
Man: Mmmm. Yum.
(cuts the cake)
Cake: AAAAAAHHHH!!!! Why would you do this?! I have a wife and family!
Man: NOOOOOOO!!
Cake: Aahh!! The pain! It's unbearable!
Man: What have I done?!
Cake: Aahhh!! Tell my children I love them!
Cupcakes: DADDY!!
Cake: Aagghhh! (cake falls on the side of table)
Man: NOOOOOOO!!!
Cupcakes: NOOOOOOO!!!
(RIP Cake)
Ending Credits
(ending credits play)
Gay (Part 1)
Man 1: Hey. You know who's gay? You.
(Man 2 stabs Man 1 with a knife)
Man 1: Aw, come on!
Ending Credits
(credits continue)
Classic
Here 2019 ! 😂😂😂😂🖐️🖐️
F*cking genius!! Where are they, today???
Brilliant! I remember this from way back then. Does he say “why Ella” (Whyalla)? I suppose there’s too many suitable Aussie place names and phrases to include them all. Hilarious! 🪃
The braids on the cat LMAOO
I understand it.
I am a pommel.
Listening in UK
Never realised how many puns this had until now.
nearly every line
One of the best, how good is Australia?
Vegemite come too - i will never forget those three iconic words
Interesting. This made no impact in NZ at the time but it's very clever and Billy is a genius. The 12th Man tapes were huge in NZ. And everywhere in the cricketing world.
So hilarious very talented script!
Nice one, Sandy!
What about Billy?
lmao..... how much can a koala bear.....
Koalas are marsupials, NOT bears. Cheers, from Australia.
veganath
It all started from that phrase,
How much can a Koala bear.
Was written by Billy Birmingham.
Absolute fuckin genius
FARKKKK YES.
Oh yeah. In my youth baby, in my youth.
Trouble is I can't remember it.
Musta been there, nup.
I was like 8 when I first heard this and there were so many puns I didn't get lmao.
Tongue in cheek humour, Texas probably wouldn't believe Brooklyn Bridge.
Boomer - is that actor Kristoffer Greaves? 0.20 in the audience, 0.40 & 3.52 as Boomer & 4.03 in the audience. Kristoffer was in Mad Max 2 as the disabled mechanic's offsider and in Running On Empty as the Starter - he wore the leg braces.
Where are the subtitles! I need them! I desperately need them!
"I said mmmmm mmmmm mmmmm mmmmm maybe I'll have some!!!" 😂😂🤣😂😂🤣
*maybe it'll have to.
@@katzrantz "Maybe I'll hafta!" (Have To)
@@Certifiable no.
Life imitating art. The first time I heard this was as I arrived at a party. They could have made this video at that party, but the cop was a drugs D.
Australian humour at its best 😅
2k19but still 😂
Ahahahah 🔥🔥🔥
👍
Austen Tayshus came to present at my dad's 60th and completely flopped, very funny 👍
I had a perm like that in the 80s. It looked nice then. In retrospect, no no no .
Cameo appearance by Vince Sorrenti.
“As a matter of fact mate he’s a cop.
I said ‘you’re joking mate a cop? I’m getting outta here! Let’s go Anna.”
Best bit 👌
I'm from US, and don't get it. Could you explain it to me?
@@AFanOfCinema
Cop = police officer
Goanna = large Australian monitor lizard
jasdre28 I'm still confused. How are those two things different from each other? 🙃
@@AFanOfCinema I think the joke is simply that he said "go Anna", which sounds like the name of the lizard. The whole skit is about using Australian plant, animal, and place names in puns.
jasdre28 Dude, I was trying to make a joke about a cop being a cold-blooded lizard.
Edit: It's actually my fault on this one. I should've used a bit more thought on how to execute the joke better.
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