The Paul Hogan Show (1973–1984)
8/10
Wish someone would re-air this show!
28 October 2023
I somehow discovered this show as a 12 year old kid in North Carolina in the US in the early 80s. I swear I think it aired on PBS, which also ran Benny Hill episodes at night. Although I remember laughing hysterically and loving the show, I really only remember two actual bits. One was the skits where he and Strop lived in a shack and would make toast by impaling a piece of bread on a nail in the wall and then using a blowtorch on it. The other was one of his monologues where he discussed his first date and kiss at the movies. He took a girl to a Tarzan movie and, following the romantic advice of some friends, basically botched the entire thing until he finally managed to stumble into the kiss. "I thought all me birthdays had come at once!". He told about trying to blow into the girl's ear, but forgot he had popcorn in his mouth and so blew a piece into her ear where it got stuck, and how he waited for a romantic scene to try to kiss her, but the only semi-romantic scene was where Cheetah had to give a drowning Tarzan mouth to mouth. LOL!

I'd love to see this show again somewhere, but I do also fear that it couldn't possibly live up to my memories of it.
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