David McPhail: From satire to spandex...

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David McPhail: From satire to spandex...

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Comedy legend David McPhail began making New Zealanders laugh in pioneering 1970s sketch show A Week of It, then he and Jon Gadsby moved on to McPhail and Gadsby. The two comedians also had big parts to play in sitcom Letter to Blanchy. Later McPhail starred as the appallingly politically incorrect teacher in Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby. In this ScreenTalk, McPhail talks about: The excitement of filming A Week of It an hour before it aired each week Using satire to prick the ego of former...

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director / actor / writer / comedy / mr gormsby / letter to blanchy / satire / live tv / live television / a week of it / david mcphail / sketch / sketch comedy / television studio / tv studio / ken ellis / tv host / television host / interviews / interviewing / robert muldoon / rob muldoon / satirize / tvnz / mcphail and gadsby / mcphail & gadsby / comedy skits / skits / seven periods with mr gormsby / the amazing extraordinary friends

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