Kevin Bloody Wilson - Live Down Under (DVD)

Advantages: great family fun for everyone
Disadvantages: none

.... ** DOWN UNDER SERIES 1.? * Brief rundown of what's on this DVD? * 1... As the Scarecrow flies? When a dodgy antique dealer sells Aunt Sally to the towns museum of Folklore in New Zealand the wooden figure is on her way to the other side of the world?much to Aunt Sally's joy and Worzels horror * 2... The Sleeping Beauty?. The crowman is not happy when he hears of a travelling scarecrow-maker who is meddling with the key ingredients that make scarecrows scary? mangle-worzel * 3... Full Employment? When Worzel steals the drum belonging to the military minded Rooney, (played by Gerald Bryan), and then is involved in a mishap with the postmans motorcycle the crowman is not happy. * 4... Worzels Handicap? Worzel causes chaos on the golf course whilst the Crowman is pre-occupied with another scarecrow. * 5... King... Read review

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Advantages: a brilliant finale full of excellent comedy
Disadvantages: none

...years ago when she happened upon her first DVD? she has not looked back since and I can hear her giggling as she watches this in her room? This series is a brilliant finale to what is a harmless family entertaining show. When Worzel Gummidge first came to the small screen in 1979 he soon became a popular household name for the two years he was on air. So when the makers decided to film a 'Down Under' series they realised that the audience wanted the old format to remain the same? sticking with Pertwee as the lovable but very dim witted scarecrow and Stubbs as the arrogant and rich-man seeking companion?( I feel changing these charactors would have made this 'down under' series fall flat on its face?). Also, staying with the original format, they had introduced a couple of young kids, Manu and Mickey, who know of Worzel and Aunt Sally... Read review

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Advantages: Interesting and witty
Disadvantages: Not Bryson's best book

..., the food is excellent, the beer is cold and the sun nearly always shines. Excerpts from Down Under by Bill Bryson. Copyright © 2001. Reading a history of Australian politics in the twentieth century, I encountered the startling fact that in 1967 the Prime Minister, Harold Holt, was strolling along a beach in Victoria when he plunged into the surf and vanished. No trace of the poor man was ever seen again. This seemed doubly astounding to me - first that Australia could just lose a Prime Minister (I mean, come on) and second that news of this had never reached me. The fact is, of course, we pay shamefully scant attention to our dear cousins Down Under - though not entirely without reason, I suppose. Australia is, after all, mostly empty and a long way away. Australia... Read review

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