I admit that I only lasted 1/2 the way through first episode, but it was so bad that I couldn't watch any more episodes. I am big comedy fan and I thought this would be pretty cool. The promo clips are very good. Unfortunately there is nothing much funny between them in the actual show. I still think the adds they are running look great- but they are not going to convince me to watch the show The jokes are incredibly drawn out, and the drawn-out parts of full of violent and aggressive interactions and language and gratuitous sex. The bulk of the content seems to be sensationalistic rather than comic. In some ways it is like a retelling of the same joke over and over, where the real joke is how long they can spin out what is supposed to be a joke.

You know how some comedies like to slowly descend into the insanity of the show? Eg, the way Sunny in Philly goes from bar life to terrorism in around 20 mins? Well, this show is made up of bits, each one about 2 to 5 minutes long, and they start at insane and move up from there. You don't have to wait for the talking dog, the dog is talking from the beginning and he might actually be the straight man for the skit, because that's the level of outrageous, audacious mind-boggling nonsense this is. That's how insane this is. Think about the glory days of snl. And multiply that by about 15.This is perfect. Utterly perfect for anybody who liked Frisky Dingo, Sealab, Wilfred, Sunny, League... that kind of stuff. It's awesome.PLUS - Australian accents. Everybody loves Aussies. What more can you want? This is a guaranteed laugh. You have to check it out. The 3.9 rating is profane. This is 10 star gold. Watch and see. I dare you not to laugh. This was engineered for laughter. If you don't like this, your sense of comedy is broken beyond any hope of redemption or salvage.

I think this has promise - as with all sketch shows some things worked better than others, but on the whole there were some strong ideas and it was better acted than most sketch shows. I'm giving them credit for trying out some different styles and longer formats, especially seeing as they have a strong cast. I actually liked the tense awfulness of some of the longer set-ups. It also has some nice short links to break things up, and overall could be a really solid show given the people involved. There has only been one episode after all! I guess if you think all sketch shows should stick to some pre-ordained snappy time formula this may not be for you, but I think it is worth sticking with as it's trying to do something a bit different and has an interesting, talented and unorthodox cast/directors for a comedy show. If anything, I hope people watch it so that things that are a little off-centre but generally nicely made actually keep getting a chance!Otherwise we might just be left with a string of pale full frontal imitations and attempts to create catch-cry characters for merchandising rewards...

New sketch comedy shows aren't that common in Australia so it was with great interest that I watched this show, but sadly found it a huge disappointment.The best thing about the show was that the premise behind a lot of the sketches were funny - but then that was completely smothered and killed in the way they were then played out and made.Each sketch for the most part was acted, directed and filmed in the style of a drama. This changed their meaning and feeling completely and made what should have been quick and funny (even absurd) scenes slow, torturous and uncomfortable - for example the Prius driving dinner guest. Most of the sketches looked and felt like they were excerpts out of a drama film - and not comedy sketches at all.There's so much good sketch comedy around from the last 50 or so years - it's not actually rocket science - you think the makers of this show would have done a bit of research. If they were trying to be different just for the sake of it - it's created a flawed product - if they were trying to be different to be funnier - it again hasn't worked. You just have to look at Micallef's Mad As Hell to see there's still a lot of new laughs to be got with in established styles and formats. Reinventing the wheel here has only given us a worse wheel.