FTA-TV Jonah From Tonga - Chris Lilley

[akkaps]

He's back, with Jonah.
ABC Site link

So apprently they are releasing all the episode on the weekend of the 2nd to 4th of May on iView, then they are going to show it on ABC1 each week from Wednesday 7th May at 9pm

 

[TassieEagle]

Excellent news.

 

[alfy!]

Hope he doesn't stuff this character up, Jonah in SHH was near perfect and I haven't enjoyed anything from Lilley since.

 

[TassieSaint]

Hope he doesn't stuff this character up, Jonah in SHH was near perfect and I haven't enjoyed anything from Lilley since.

Agree with that. Well I've enjoyed bits and pieces, but SHH was his best work by far and every scene with Jonah was quality.

 

[Freo Big Fella]

Really interested to see how this turns out. J'amie was hit and miss (although the conclusion was hilarious), but Jonah is a much more sympathetic character.

Some of his SHH scenes were pretty intense for Australian comedy - thinking of the one where is English teacher loses it and starts bullying him in front of the class.

 

[Vincent Chase]

We Can Be Heroes and SHH were quality.

Everything since then has been horse s**t. I'm not expecting that to change.

 

[Shell]

Some of his SHH scenes were pretty intense for Australian comedy - thinking of the one where is English teacher loses it and starts bullying him in front of the class.

+ the one where the counsellor dragged him out of the classroom after he had been expelled.

Will tune in, but as others have already said, not expecting much.

 

[Percel]

puck you miss.....

 

[Lensen]

lilley's characters are very good when there are multiple of them in the same show and thus they aren't stretched out to cover entire episodes

as ja'mie & i'm sure jonah will see, they can't carry entire shows

 

[Catfish Alley]

Will HBO be picking this one up as well?

 

[Hot Pocket]

Got a distinct whiff of blackface about it.

 

[alfy!]

 

[manboob]

Can't wait!

 

[MC Bad Genius]

I'll give it one episode ... I'm not going to stick around hoping it gets better like I did with Ja'mie.

 

[Jcpdragonx]

Looks terrible, not a single well written joke. I'll still give it a chance.

 

[Kaan]

Just watched the first episode, it has nothing on summer heights high IMO.

They should've brought back the actor for Rocky Takalua (Jonah's dad) also.

 

[akkaps]

Please no spoilers till Sunday night.

 

[akkaps]

Finished all six episodes, it gets better from ep3, drops down slightly in ep5. And ep6 is just a meh ep.

 

[Kyptastic]

Liked it better than Ja'mie and most parts of Angry Boys.

 

[Jcpdragonx]

saw first two eps, garbage. dick jokes aren't funny the 20th time, or second time, or this case, anytime. only funny bit so far was

Spoiler

when the teacher said STFU and smashed the chair against the wall

 

[akkaps]

saw first two eps, garbage. dick jokes aren't funny the 20th time, or second time, or this case, anytime. only funny bit so far was

Spoiler

when the teacher said STFU and smashed the chair against the wall

It gets better, from the next episode.
Also hated the School Captain, what kind of SC swears so much at the year 8's?

 

[southernswannies]

I found it hilarious - leagues better than Ja'mie and a bit better than Angry Boys. Had some great moments with his teacher and adapting to life in later episodes. 8/10 would watch again.

 

[Shell]

It gets better, from the next episode.
Also hated the School Captain, what kind of SC swears so much at the year 8's?

I'm watching it now for the first time.
What kind of teacher swears so much???? At all of them!

 

[Shell]

Trying to force a little kid to eat excrement. Hilarious stuff.


Anyway, how is Jonah still in Australia? Thought his father was going to ship him off to Tonga. -yes I may be reading way too much into SHH-

 

[akkaps]

Trying to force a little kid to eat excrement. Hilarious stuff.


Anyway, how is Jonah still in Australia? Thought his father was going to ship him off to Tonga. -yes I may be reading way too much into SHH-

Did you watch the first episode?