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'Housos tells the not-so-epic stories of Shazza, Dazza, Franky and Kylie - four best mates from down on the block. Sure, they drink away their problems, they might even have frequent domestics but down on the block it's all for one and one for all.
Follow the adventures of the residents of the Sunnyvale Housing Commission in every-town Australia. They battle cops and they scam Centerlink, they even have the occasional threesome and swingers party, but once you're down with the crew in the hood then it's " Sunnyvale for life".' (Source: http://www.sbs.com.au/shows/housos)
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1.02form y Housos : Pregnant Australia : SBS Independent , 2011 Z1822705 2011 single work film/TV humour 'Shazza is about to have a baby and Dazza struggles to get her to the hospital. No ambulance will go near Sunnyvale, so Dazza looks at alternative forms of transport — a train, taxi, and even a wheelbarrow. Angry bus drivers, closed hospitals and road raging drivers make Shazza's birth the biggest pre-natal drama since the birth of Jesus.' (Australian Television Information Archive record) Australia : SBS Independent , 2011
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1.04form y Housos : Green Day Australia : SBS Independent , 2011 Z1823680 2011 single work film/TV Australia : SBS Independent , 2011
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1.09form y Housos : Birthday Australia : SBS Independent , 2011 Z1832282 2011 single work film/TV Australia : SBS Independent , 2011
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Works about this Work
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How Tapping into Bogan Pride with Fat Pizza and Housos Helped Paul Fenech Find His Place
2019
single work
column
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , June 2019;'Paul 'Pauly' Fenech, the man famous for tapping into bogan culture with comedies like Fat Pizza and Housos, is an unlikely television legend.' (Introduction)
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Hopefully the Future Is Dark
2019
single work
essay
— Appears in: Sydney Review of Books , April 2019;'Some people say ‘West’ like it is something wrong, like ice-cream that fell in a gutter. I think West is like my brother’s music, too much bass so you end up dancing like your body parts don’t fit together and laughing all at the same time. That’s what West is: shiny cars and loud things, people coming, people going – movement. Those who don’t know any better, they come into the neighbourhood and lock their windows and drive on through, never stopping before they get somewhere else.
'These are the first few lines of my second book The Incredible Here and Now. I can’t say that I like them very much. I don’t think they work. The rhythm is great, some of the images too, but really what blows the whole thing is that it’s too restrictive, too reductive an image of what western Sydney is to be that useful.' (Introduction)
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Dazza of Our Lives
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 3 November 2011; (p. 8)
— Review of Housos 2011 series - publisher film/TV -
No One is Safe, Not Even the Fools
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 31 October 2011; (p. 23)
— Review of Housos 2011 series - publisher film/TV -
Belly Laughs
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 22-23 October 2011; (p. 26-27)
— Review of Housos 2011 series - publisher film/TV
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This Satirical Parody is Like Reality on Steriods
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 24 October 2011; (p. 19)
— Review of Housos 2011 series - publisher film/TV -
Belly Laughs
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 22-23 October 2011; (p. 26-27)
— Review of Housos 2011 series - publisher film/TV -
No One is Safe, Not Even the Fools
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 31 October 2011; (p. 23)
— Review of Housos 2011 series - publisher film/TV -
Dazza of Our Lives
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 3 November 2011; (p. 8)
— Review of Housos 2011 series - publisher film/TV -
Fenech's Housos Series Stirs the Satire Pot
2011
single work
column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 18 October 2011; (p. 8) -
Neighbours are Rough around the Edges but Wildly Funny in Housos
2011
single work
column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 19 October 2011; (p. 03) -
Stay in Touch This Week with Controversy in the Suburbs
2011
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 24 October 2011; (p. 18) -
Hopefully the Future Is Dark
2019
single work
essay
— Appears in: Sydney Review of Books , April 2019;'Some people say ‘West’ like it is something wrong, like ice-cream that fell in a gutter. I think West is like my brother’s music, too much bass so you end up dancing like your body parts don’t fit together and laughing all at the same time. That’s what West is: shiny cars and loud things, people coming, people going – movement. Those who don’t know any better, they come into the neighbourhood and lock their windows and drive on through, never stopping before they get somewhere else.
'These are the first few lines of my second book The Incredible Here and Now. I can’t say that I like them very much. I don’t think they work. The rhythm is great, some of the images too, but really what blows the whole thing is that it’s too restrictive, too reductive an image of what western Sydney is to be that useful.' (Introduction)
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How Tapping into Bogan Pride with Fat Pizza and Housos Helped Paul Fenech Find His Place
2019
single work
column
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , June 2019;'Paul 'Pauly' Fenech, the man famous for tapping into bogan culture with comedies like Fat Pizza and Housos, is an unlikely television legend.' (Introduction)