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Russell
Coight's All Aussie Adventures Season One
Russell
Coight's All Aussie Adventure Episode Guide
1. Red Centre Part One
2. Red Centre Part Two
3. Daintree
4. High Country One
5. High Country Two
6. Cooktown
Russell
Coight's All Aussie Adventures Season One
Episodes:
1. Red Centre Part One
2. Red Centre Part Two
3. Daintree
4. High Country One
5. High Country Two
6. Cooktown
Stars:
Glenn
Robbins
Directors:
Tom Gleisner
Writer:
Tom
Gleisner, Glen Robbins, Santo Cilauro
Production
Company: A Big Crack Production
Year:
2001
Summary:
Russell
Coight is arguably Australia’s most experienced
outback adventurer and in this unique video collection
he proves it in some of the most remote and beautiful
parts of the country. Travel with Russell through the
heart of the Red Centre, (‘a land as old as time,
it not older’), to the tip of Cape York, (‘where
there are fewer people per head than just about anywhere
else in the world where there are people’), as
he sets out to explore this magnificent country.
Whether it’s the world heritage-listed Daintree
rain forest or the majestic High Country of south eastern
Australia, Russell’s tackled it - and generally
at high speed. Learn about bush tucker, outback survival,
aboriginal history and off-road driving from a bloke
who’s done it all. So what are we waiting for?
Let’s get crackin’ on another All Aussie
Adventure!
Review by David Griffiths
Relax ladies and gentlemen who have never seen this
program. Russell Coight is not real, he is a figment
of imagination from the Working Dog Production Crew.
‘All Aussie Adventures’ is a hilarious comedy
that parodies the so-called ‘outback experts’
that we Australians have had to endure for years.
There is a little piece of Alby Mangels and Steve Irwin
in Russell Coight, who can simply be described as a
bumbling idiot who knows nothing about the Australian
bush... well apart from how to destroy it.
Although only 6 episodes long, this the first season
seems too long. There are lulls of comedy in some episodes,
with gags that you just simply groan at. But don’t
be discouraged there are times in this series where
the humour is brilliant, although very Australian.
You should watch this if you liked Working Dog Productions’s
previous work with ‘Frontline’ and ‘The
Late Show’.
Extras on DVD/Video: Some good stuff. There are plenty
of gags that found there way onto the editing room’s
floor (some are funnier than the ones in the actual
show). There is also Russell’s interview with
talk-show host Rove MacManus.
Rating: 3/5. Good comedy that wanes occasionally.
1.01
RED CENTRE PART ONE
Review
by David Griffiths
Gst
Stars: Nil
Director: Tom Gleisner
Writer: Tom Gleisner, Glen
Robbins, Santo Cilauro
Summary:
Russell gets the call to attend his ‘mates’
cattle muster and he has to drive across Australia to
get there. On his journey across Australia he shows
us how to find bush tucker that isn’t there, manages
to kill a cow, almost sets fire to himself and manages
to burn his 4WD.
Review:
A funny pilot that will leave anyone outside Australia
thinking... is this guy for real? All up this episode
shows you what you are going to get, a down-to-earth
Aussie comedy.
Stand Out
Moments: Russell getting hooked in the face while fishing
and Russell managing to kill an echidna while showing
us how to protect them.
Rating: 3/5. Australian satire comedy at it’s
best.
1.02 RED CENTRE PART TWO
By
David Griffiths
Gst
Stars:
Nil.
Director: Tom Gleisner
Writer: Tom Gleisner, Glenn
Robbins, Santo Cilauro
Summary:
Russell Coight continues on his way to his mates’
castle muster. On the way he unsuccessfully tries to
pick up a girl from Alice Springs who proves to be a
nightmare for him to travel with. He also tries to help
other drivers an gets bogged himself. There is a touching
moment as Russell scatters the ashes of an old friend.
Review:
The show continues on with an episode that seems to
be aimed directly at another Aussie icon Alby Mangels.
Mangels also used to manage to take beautiful women
on his trips with him, something that Coight manages
here. The problem with this episode is that younger
views that don’t know who Alby Mangels is would
be completely lost by the humour.
Stand Out Moments:
Russell water skiing into a tree and then later on managing
to whip a young boy in the face.
Rating: 3/5. The humour continues on at a steady pace.
1.03 DAINTREE
by
David Griffths
Gst Stars: Nil
Director: Tom Gleisner
Writer: Tom Gleisner, Glenn
Robbins, Santo Cilauro
Summary:
Russell heads to far north Queensland in a bid show
the audience the fragile Daintree Rainforest which is
apparently fun to 4WD through. On the journey he shows
us how to kill bush pig, outrun a bushfire, care for
a wombat and then manages to tag his own penis. He also
introduces us to an endangered wallaby, which he manages
to kill and then tries his hand at crocodile hunting.
Review:
The humour really picks up this episode in a way that
makes the show unpredictably. Just when you’re
expecting him to accidentally kill the wombat he ends
up tagging his penis. Also great to see somebody poking
fun at Steve Irwin, about time somebody did.
Stand Out Moments:
Russell kayaking into rocks and him later on getting
hit by a coconut while he teaches us how to find bush
tucker.
Rating: 3/5. A good episode, but again an episode that
people outside Australia may struggle with the humour
of. The whole Steven Irwin gag would work for overseas
viewers, but the joke about the kayaking Solo man is
lost on anybody that hasn’t seen the ad.
1.04 HIGH COUNTRY PART ONE
By
David Griffiths
Gst Stars: Philip Jenkins,
Justin Meadows, Hayley Roberts
Director: Tom Gleisner
Writer: Tom Gleisner, Glenn
Robbins, Santo Cilauro
Summary:
Russell Coight decides to take three ‘city kids’
up to the High Country, which has been made famous by
the legend of ‘The Man From Snowy River’.
On the trip the kids manage to discover Russell’s
porn stash and introduce him to marijuana. He in return
teaches them how Ned Kelly was hunted down by mounties
and how to blow up a cattleman’s hut.
Review:
This series reaches it’s peaks. A great episode
which makes fun of the Ray Martin’s of this world
who tend to think that city teenagers only roam the
streets committing crimes. Even the small gags in this
episode are downright funny. There are no lulls and
I found myself laughing out loud in some parts.
Stand Out Moments:
Russell shooting a sheep when he mistakes it for a...
fox!
Rating: 4/5. This episode and it’s sequel are
definitely the pick of the season.
1.05 HIGH COUNTRY PART TWO
By David Griffiths
Gst Stars: Philip Jenkins,
Justin Meadows, Hayley Roberts
Director: Tom Gleisner
Writer: Tom Gleisner, Glenn
Robbins, Santo Cilauro
Summary:
Russell Coight continues to show the city teenagers
the High Country. He manages to teach them how to blow
up your car’s engine while lighting a fire. He
then takes them to a pub and also squashes a bandicoot.
Oh yeah... he also teaches them how to shoot a gun.
Review:
Definitely the funniest episode of the season. It is
a laugh-a-minute. Glenn Robbins interacts well with
the teenagers and it shows that he is a genuinely funny
actor. A heap better than Will Ferrell will ever be.
Stand Out Moments: Russell
teaching the kids how to fire a gun only to have them
turn the gun on him and shoot at him.
Rating: 4/5. Pick of the season.
1.06 COOKTOWN
by
David Griffiths
Gst Stars: Joselt Bradley,
Leslie Andrews, Owen Rankine, Jody Rankine, Ralph Ellington,
Peter Fooks, Neville Armstrong, Leonard Tataro, Estelle
Fooks, Brian Campbell, Vikki Campbell, Micheline Campbell,
Lucy Campbell, Steven Simpson, Catherine Cadyre, Sally
Cadyre, Madeline Shins, Clare Scott, Darren Bakker,
Stephanie Bakker, Rebecca McMilliam, Alice Johnstone,
Chris Johnstone, Zoe Brinkley, Ray Brinkley, Adele Clark,
Helen Clark, Ashleigh Robinson, Marie Robinson, Mark
Calvert-Jones, Louise Calvert-Jones, Paddy Calvert-Jones,
James Calvert-Jones, William Calvert-Jones, Andrew Calvert-Jones,
Anthony Moore, Carol Moore, Jamie Andrews, Peter Andrews,
David Andrews, Lisa Davies, Lawson Hubbard, Jennifer
Pollard, Grant Pollard, Jessica Pollard, Hannah Dolling,
Prudence Officer, Rolf Karen, Joy Karen, Janene Easan,
John Easan, Henry Easan, Tracy Joyce, Paul Riley, Don
Cummins, Pamela Cummins, Elke Cummins, Margaret Twycross,
Liam Twycross, Penny Murphy, Liam Bradley, Josette Bradley,
Finton Bradley, Fionnuala Bradley
Director: Tom Gleisner
Writer: Tom Gleisner, Glenn
Robbins, Santo Cilauro
Summary:
Russell Coight travels to Cooktown as he rushes to attend
a relative’s wedding. On the way there he manages
to blow-up an English tourists car and expose him to
a group of school children. He also starts a major bushfire,
demolishes a historic house and goes barramundi fishing
with disastrous results.
Review:
This is the episode that really wanes. The whole fishing
section seems to drag on with very little humour. This
is the episode that should never have been.
Stand Out Moments: Russell
arriving at the wedding and destroying it.
Rating: 2/5. The season could have done without this
episode and all it managed to do was be a sour note
to an otherwise could season one.
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