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* AnythingThatMoves: Flacco.
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The boys were well known for their tendency to tell outrageous lies to journalists during interviews, with the aim of getting them published as fact. Which, oftentimes, they were. In one particularly memorable occasion, the band told a British reporter that their namesake, Doug Anthony (in reality a fairly unmemorable Deputy Prime Minister of Australia), was a beloved and dearly departed Prime Minister of Australia who had been assassinated by right wing extremists on November 11, 1975. This choice piece of bullshit made it into ''The Times'', ''The Guardian'' and ''The Independent'' before anyone thought to question its validity. On another occasion, they announced to Australian reporters that they had been cast in the 1989 Batman film and had subsequently become best buds with Jack Nicholson - a lie that made headlines across the country and achieved front-page status on the TV guide of Melbourne's ''Herald Sun''.
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The boys were well known for their tendency to tell outrageous lies to journalists during interviews, with the aim of getting them published as fact. Which, oftentimes, they were. In one particularly memorable occasion, the band told a British reporter that their namesake, Doug Anthony (in reality a fairly unmemorable the Deputy Prime Minister of Australia), Australia, albeit the longest-serving one as of now), was a beloved and dearly departed Prime Minister of Australia who had been assassinated by right wing extremists on November 11, 1975. This choice piece of bullshit made it into ''The Times'', ''The Guardian'' and ''The Independent'' before anyone thought to question its validity. On another occasion, they announced to Australian reporters that they had been cast in the 1989 Batman film and had subsequently become best buds with Jack Nicholson - a lie that made headlines across the country and achieved front-page status on the TV guide of Melbourne's ''Herald Sun''.
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* MeaningfulName: Shitzu Tonka, Tonka toy trucks were advertised as 'tough' and the first name clearly sounds like another word. Which is the logical reply to someone who doesn't like buying from the worldwide monopoly.
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* MeaningfulName: Shitzu Tonka, Tonka. Tonka toy trucks were advertised as 'tough' and the first name clearly "Tonka tough", while Shitzu obviously sounds like another word. Which is "shit". What's the logical reply to someone who doesn't like buying want to buy from the a worldwide monopoly.monopoly? Tough shit.
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* MegaCorp: In the future, the world is ruled by the [[PeaceAndLoveIncorporated Shitsu Tonka Corporation]].
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* MeaningfulName: Shitzu Tonka, Tonka toy trucks were advertised as 'tough' and the first name clearly sounds like another word. Which is the logical reply to someone who doesn't like buying from the worldwide monopoly.
* MeaningfulName: Shitzu Tonka, Tonka toy trucks were advertised as 'tough' and the first name clearly sounds like another word. Which is the logical reply to someone who doesn't like buying from the worldwide monopoly.
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The Doug Anthony All Stars (DAAS) were an Australian musical comedy group who performed together between 1984 and 1994. The band was an acoustic trio comprising Paul [=McDermott=] (of GoodNewsWeek fame) and Tim Ferguson on main vocals and Richard Fidler on backing vocals. They were known for their aggressive, provocative style; their habit of involving (and attacking) audience members and their tendency to go after controversial, topical and taboo subject matter. Each band member adopted distinctive onstage personas, with Paul playing the evil [[JerkAss bastard]] and Tim assuming the part of the ignorant narcissist, while Richard's character was the eternally, cheerfully naive [[ButtMonkey victim]] of the others' cruel jokes.
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The Doug Anthony All Stars (DAAS) were an Australian musical comedy group who performed together between 1984 and 1994. The band was an acoustic trio comprising Paul [=McDermott=] (of GoodNewsWeek ''Series/GoodNewsWeek'' fame) and Tim Ferguson on main vocals and Richard Fidler on backing vocals. They were known for their aggressive, provocative style; their habit of involving (and attacking) audience members and their tendency to go after controversial, topical and taboo subject matter. Each band member adopted distinctive onstage personas, with Paul playing the evil [[JerkAss bastard]] and Tim assuming the part of the ignorant narcissist, while Richard's character was the eternally, cheerfully naive [[ButtMonkey victim]] of the others' cruel jokes.
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->"D.A.A.S - We're the best forget the rest!"
The Doug Anthony All Stars (DAAS) were an Australian musical comedy group who performed together between 1984 and 1994. The band was an acoustic trio comprising Paul [=McDermott=] (of GoodNewsWeek fame) and Tim Ferguson on main vocals and Richard Fidler on backing vocals. They were known for their aggressive, provocative style; their habit of involving (and attacking) audience members and their tendency to go after controversial, topical and taboo subject matter. Each band member adopted distinctive onstage personas, with Paul playing the evil [[JerkAss bastard]] and Tim assuming the part of the ignorant narcissist, while Richard's character was the eternally, cheerfully naive [[ButtMonkey victim]] of the others' cruel jokes.
After a sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe DAAS built up a strong British following, although both their studio album (''DAAS Icon'') and their book (''DAAS Book'') were briefly banned in the UK. A regular role on the popular Australian comedy show ''The Big Gig'' helped them achieve recognition in their home country; they were a weekly feature on the show until 1991, when they left to create their own comedy series, ''DAAS Kapital''. Along the way they also made a number of live comedy albums, two VHS videos and one film, and were inexplicably invited to play at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics where it's said their heartfelt rendition of "I Fuck Dogs" brought the house down.
''DAAS Kapital'' ran for two seasons between 1991 and 1992. Set fifteen years into [[TheFuture the future]], the show takes place in a dystopian world ruled by a global [[MegaCorp government-corporation]] called [[PeaceAndLoveIncorporated Shitsu Tonka]]. Under the universal Common Cents currency and the homogenised culture imposed by the government, the world is no longer troubled by petty nationalism or war and is ostensibly flourishing. History has been declared officially over and, to protect the population from dangerous ideas, Shitsu Tonka has assigned three men to catalogue all the artistic works and historical artefacts of the world... preferably as far away from civilisation as possible. Cast adrift in their submarine-slash-spaceship, the ''Titanic II'', their existence denied by the government, the Doug Anthony All Stars find themselves left to their own lunatic devices. The show was almost universally panned by critics, but developed a loyal fan following.
The boys were well known for their tendency to tell outrageous lies to journalists during interviews, with the aim of getting them published as fact. Which, oftentimes, they were. In one particularly memorable occasion, the band told a British reporter that their namesake, Doug Anthony (in reality a fairly unmemorable Deputy Prime Minister of Australia), was a beloved and dearly departed Prime Minister of Australia who had been assassinated by right wing extremists on November 11, 1975. This choice piece of bullshit made it into ''The Times'', ''The Guardian'' and ''The Independent'' before anyone thought to question its validity. On another occasion, they announced to Australian reporters that they had been cast in the 1989 Batman film and had subsequently become best buds with Jack Nicholson - a lie that made headlines across the country and achieved front-page status on the TV guide of Melbourne's ''Herald Sun''.
They split in 1994, but their lunacy lives on.
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!!Their comedy provides examples of:
* AudienceParticipation: Usually to the deep misfortune of the audience member in question. Paul was prone to stealing shoes and shoving them down his pants. If ever anybody was fool enough to complain about the stench of the boys' never-been-washed costumes, they were tackled and their heads buried under Paul's armpit until they stopped flailing.
* BerserkButton: Don't make Paul do the Joan of Arc song. Really.
* BlackComedy: This is a band that used to sing about necrophilia ("Necro-romancer"), bestiality ("I Fuck Dogs"), their desire to murder Oprah Winfrey ("Oprah"), the Twelve Apostles' drug habit ("Catholic Girls on LSD"), their wish to crawl back inside their mothers' wombs ("Mummy Dearest"), and snogging grandma ("World's Best Kisser"). And that's just for starters.
* ButtMonkey: Richard, the eternal victim.
* CatchPhrase: Richard's teacherly "eyes this way, people!" bit.
-->'''Paul:''' That's a fuckin' gift you've got.
* ComedicSociopathy
* TheCoverChangesTheMeaning: The boys' baritone cover of "I Am Woman" ([[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49mFJRWYhqo here]]) gives the feminist anthem a whole new meaning.
* HypocriticalHumor
* MoodWhiplash: Live At The National Theatre: Violent slapping competition turned garbage throwing and AllStar-carrying event (all involving the audience) suddenly turns into a heartfelt rendition of "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"
-->'''Tim:''' Wake up to yourselves, people, that was rubbish.
* TrouserSpace: Did I mention Paul shoved female audience members' shoes down his pants? Also in Live At The National, Paul shoves an audience member's pants and jacket down his trousers.
* LighterAndSofter: Paul's shtick on ''GoodNewsWeek'' is a toned down version of what he did with DAAS.
* LyricalDissonance: ''I Fuck Dogs'' sounds like a cheesy early sixties love song.
* YouBastard
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!!Their show, ''DAAS Kapital'', provides examples of:
* AllJustADream In one episode.
* AnythingThatMoves: Flacco.
* AxCrazy: Psycho Bob, a psychotic American [[SerialKiller serial killer]] with a fixation on Tim.
* BlackComedyRape: "Don't turn your back on Satan. I learned from that simple mistake."
* BrainInAJar: Saint Peter's brain, in fact. It turns into a DirtyOldMan thanks to Tim and Richard's bad influence.
* BrainlessBeauty: Tim.
* CargoShip: Tim/Stella. It's canon. [[invoked]]
* CatchPhrase: "You hate me!" "Oh, funny man, funny man!" "I could GO for you!" "I'm Bob, and I'll be back." "I got a problem."
* DeathIsCheap: Richard ''explodes'' in the season 1 finale. Fortunately he's all better by the time season 2 rolls around.
* DomesticAbuse: Paul's family.
* DrugsAreBad: They're really really really really really really really...
* EmbarrassingMiddleName
* EvilTwin: Richard's evil Siamese twin Jesse who, subsequent to being murdered by Richard, takes up residence in his brother's brain.
* FracturedFairyTale: The episode "Lust", which is loosely based around ''Cinderella''. Paul and Tim are preparing for the Royal Rhino Misogynists Lodge's [[DancesAndBalls annual ball]], but Richard isn't allowed to go to the ball because he isn't a member of the Lodge. Instead, he has to stay home and do the cleaning... until his Fairy Godfish intervenes!
** Another episode begins with a ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'' parody:
--> "Tim, Tim: you've got no brain. Paul, Paul: you've got no heart. Richard, Richard: you've got no courage... you wimp!"
* IAmAHumanitarian: Wayne Kerr and his pals, Spinner and Paddlefoot. Also, the Allstars themselves at one point.
* IncrediblyLamePun: When Richard dates a mermaid in "Lust", a lot of bad puns ensue: "What are you doing, Rich? You're only a prawn in her game, you'll never kipper. My sole cries for you, Rich, but I won't carp on - look, I'll hum a happy tuna... salmon enchanted evening."
* JackassGenie: Flacco, in the episode "Anger".
* MegaCorp: In the future, the world is ruled by the [[PeaceAndLoveIncorporated Shitsu Tonka Corporation]].
* OneNationUnderCopyright: Try One Globe Under Copyright.
* [[OurPresidentsAreDifferent President Buffoon]]: World leaders [[InvisiblePresident mentioned]] include President Donny Osmond and President {{Shirley MacLaine}} (though both are presumably puppets of Shitsu Tonka).
* ThePope
* ResetButton: Used constantly and shamelessly. Main characters die, are revealed to be exploding robots or secret aliens or were-cockroaches, only to be completely back to normal in the next episode.
* RidingTheBomb
* RunningGag: Lots of them.
* SpaceIsAnOcean: And their spaceship of choice is a submarine!
* StrawmanNewsMedia: The news media, like everything else, is run by the government-corporation Shitsu Tonka. Memorable news announcements include "Another day of global peace where nothing much happens. No war, no inflation, no violence, no rainforest. That's a Shitsu Tonka day." and "As the Titanic bomb ticks towards detonation, Shitsu Tonka suggests those on the western seaboard of China step outside for a good view of the explosion. Shitsu Tonka: bringing you better sunsets."
* VirginSacrifice: Paul threatens Richard with this.
* WeWillAllBeHistoryBuffsInTheFuture: Subverted; the government-corporation Shitsu-Tonka has declared history officially over. All artwork and historical artefacts are therefore regarded as dangerous and have been stored on the submarine/spaceship the ''Titanic II'' for cataloguing by the Doug Anthony All Stars.
* WhyAmITicking: Richard, who in the season 1 finale "Anger" is discovered to be a [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots robot]]-slash-[[TimeBomb time bomb]].
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->"D.A.A.S - We're the best forget the rest!"
The Doug Anthony All Stars (DAAS) were an Australian musical comedy group who performed together between 1984 and 1994. The band was an acoustic trio comprising Paul [=McDermott=] (of GoodNewsWeek fame) and Tim Ferguson on main vocals and Richard Fidler on backing vocals. They were known for their aggressive, provocative style; their habit of involving (and attacking) audience members and their tendency to go after controversial, topical and taboo subject matter. Each band member adopted distinctive onstage personas, with Paul playing the evil [[JerkAss bastard]] and Tim assuming the part of the ignorant narcissist, while Richard's character was the eternally, cheerfully naive [[ButtMonkey victim]] of the others' cruel jokes.
After a sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe DAAS built up a strong British following, although both their studio album (''DAAS Icon'') and their book (''DAAS Book'') were briefly banned in the UK. A regular role on the popular Australian comedy show ''The Big Gig'' helped them achieve recognition in their home country; they were a weekly feature on the show until 1991, when they left to create their own comedy series, ''DAAS Kapital''. Along the way they also made a number of live comedy albums, two VHS videos and one film, and were inexplicably invited to play at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics where it's said their heartfelt rendition of "I Fuck Dogs" brought the house down.
''DAAS Kapital'' ran for two seasons between 1991 and 1992. Set fifteen years into [[TheFuture the future]], the show takes place in a dystopian world ruled by a global [[MegaCorp government-corporation]] called [[PeaceAndLoveIncorporated Shitsu Tonka]]. Under the universal Common Cents currency and the homogenised culture imposed by the government, the world is no longer troubled by petty nationalism or war and is ostensibly flourishing. History has been declared officially over and, to protect the population from dangerous ideas, Shitsu Tonka has assigned three men to catalogue all the artistic works and historical artefacts of the world... preferably as far away from civilisation as possible. Cast adrift in their submarine-slash-spaceship, the ''Titanic II'', their existence denied by the government, the Doug Anthony All Stars find themselves left to their own lunatic devices. The show was almost universally panned by critics, but developed a loyal fan following.
The boys were well known for their tendency to tell outrageous lies to journalists during interviews, with the aim of getting them published as fact. Which, oftentimes, they were. In one particularly memorable occasion, the band told a British reporter that their namesake, Doug Anthony (in reality a fairly unmemorable Deputy Prime Minister of Australia), was a beloved and dearly departed Prime Minister of Australia who had been assassinated by right wing extremists on November 11, 1975. This choice piece of bullshit made it into ''The Times'', ''The Guardian'' and ''The Independent'' before anyone thought to question its validity. On another occasion, they announced to Australian reporters that they had been cast in the 1989 Batman film and had subsequently become best buds with Jack Nicholson - a lie that made headlines across the country and achieved front-page status on the TV guide of Melbourne's ''Herald Sun''.
They split in 1994, but their lunacy lives on.
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!!Their comedy provides examples of:
* AudienceParticipation: Usually to the deep misfortune of the audience member in question. Paul was prone to stealing shoes and shoving them down his pants. If ever anybody was fool enough to complain about the stench of the boys' never-been-washed costumes, they were tackled and their heads buried under Paul's armpit until they stopped flailing.
* BerserkButton: Don't make Paul do the Joan of Arc song. Really.
* BlackComedy: This is a band that used to sing about necrophilia ("Necro-romancer"), bestiality ("I Fuck Dogs"), their desire to murder Oprah Winfrey ("Oprah"), the Twelve Apostles' drug habit ("Catholic Girls on LSD"), their wish to crawl back inside their mothers' wombs ("Mummy Dearest"), and snogging grandma ("World's Best Kisser"). And that's just for starters.
* ButtMonkey: Richard, the eternal victim.
* CatchPhrase: Richard's teacherly "eyes this way, people!" bit.
-->'''Paul:''' That's a fuckin' gift you've got.
* ComedicSociopathy
* TheCoverChangesTheMeaning: The boys' baritone cover of "I Am Woman" ([[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49mFJRWYhqo here]]) gives the feminist anthem a whole new meaning.
* HypocriticalHumor
* MoodWhiplash: Live At The National Theatre: Violent slapping competition turned garbage throwing and AllStar-carrying event (all involving the audience) suddenly turns into a heartfelt rendition of "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"
-->'''Tim:''' Wake up to yourselves, people, that was rubbish.
* TrouserSpace: Did I mention Paul shoved female audience members' shoes down his pants? Also in Live At The National, Paul shoves an audience member's pants and jacket down his trousers.
* LighterAndSofter: Paul's shtick on ''GoodNewsWeek'' is a toned down version of what he did with DAAS.
* LyricalDissonance: ''I Fuck Dogs'' sounds like a cheesy early sixties love song.
* YouBastard
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!!Their show, ''DAAS Kapital'', provides examples of:
* AllJustADream In one episode.
* AnythingThatMoves: Flacco.
* AxCrazy: Psycho Bob, a psychotic American [[SerialKiller serial killer]] with a fixation on Tim.
* BlackComedyRape: "Don't turn your back on Satan. I learned from that simple mistake."
* BrainInAJar: Saint Peter's brain, in fact. It turns into a DirtyOldMan thanks to Tim and Richard's bad influence.
* BrainlessBeauty: Tim.
* CargoShip: Tim/Stella. It's canon. [[invoked]]
* CatchPhrase: "You hate me!" "Oh, funny man, funny man!" "I could GO for you!" "I'm Bob, and I'll be back." "I got a problem."
* DeathIsCheap: Richard ''explodes'' in the season 1 finale. Fortunately he's all better by the time season 2 rolls around.
* DomesticAbuse: Paul's family.
* DrugsAreBad: They're really really really really really really really...
* EmbarrassingMiddleName
* EvilTwin: Richard's evil Siamese twin Jesse who, subsequent to being murdered by Richard, takes up residence in his brother's brain.
* FracturedFairyTale: The episode "Lust", which is loosely based around ''Cinderella''. Paul and Tim are preparing for the Royal Rhino Misogynists Lodge's [[DancesAndBalls annual ball]], but Richard isn't allowed to go to the ball because he isn't a member of the Lodge. Instead, he has to stay home and do the cleaning... until his Fairy Godfish intervenes!
** Another episode begins with a ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'' parody:
--> "Tim, Tim: you've got no brain. Paul, Paul: you've got no heart. Richard, Richard: you've got no courage... you wimp!"
* IAmAHumanitarian: Wayne Kerr and his pals, Spinner and Paddlefoot. Also, the Allstars themselves at one point.
* IncrediblyLamePun: When Richard dates a mermaid in "Lust", a lot of bad puns ensue: "What are you doing, Rich? You're only a prawn in her game, you'll never kipper. My sole cries for you, Rich, but I won't carp on - look, I'll hum a happy tuna... salmon enchanted evening."
* JackassGenie: Flacco, in the episode "Anger".
* MegaCorp: In the future, the world is ruled by the [[PeaceAndLoveIncorporated Shitsu Tonka Corporation]].
* OneNationUnderCopyright: Try One Globe Under Copyright.
* [[OurPresidentsAreDifferent President Buffoon]]: World leaders [[InvisiblePresident mentioned]] include President Donny Osmond and President {{Shirley MacLaine}} (though both are presumably puppets of Shitsu Tonka).
* ThePope
* ResetButton: Used constantly and shamelessly. Main characters die, are revealed to be exploding robots or secret aliens or were-cockroaches, only to be completely back to normal in the next episode.
* RidingTheBomb
* RunningGag: Lots of them.
* SpaceIsAnOcean: And their spaceship of choice is a submarine!
* StrawmanNewsMedia: The news media, like everything else, is run by the government-corporation Shitsu Tonka. Memorable news announcements include "Another day of global peace where nothing much happens. No war, no inflation, no violence, no rainforest. That's a Shitsu Tonka day." and "As the Titanic bomb ticks towards detonation, Shitsu Tonka suggests those on the western seaboard of China step outside for a good view of the explosion. Shitsu Tonka: bringing you better sunsets."
* VirginSacrifice: Paul threatens Richard with this.
* WeWillAllBeHistoryBuffsInTheFuture: Subverted; the government-corporation Shitsu-Tonka has declared history officially over. All artwork and historical artefacts are therefore regarded as dangerous and have been stored on the submarine/spaceship the ''Titanic II'' for cataloguing by the Doug Anthony All Stars.
* WhyAmITicking: Richard, who in the season 1 finale "Anger" is discovered to be a [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots robot]]-slash-[[TimeBomb time bomb]].
