Full Frontal Storytime with Poida (Eric Bana)

Classic sketch from Full Frontal, of one of Eric Bana's most popular characters (Poida) before he was a huge Hollywood star
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[@matthewsteele6666]

A lot of people overseas don't realize before Eric was a serious actor he was a first class comedian...he had some funny characters lol

[@mistersydster]

I was so surprised when I saw him in Funny People being genuinely funny lol. Because all I knew him from was the melodramatic Hulk movie

[@ElectricMahatama]

Narrator: they do

[@dayleclarke4433]

​@@mistersydsteryou've never seen Chopper, one of the best films ever made?

[@LJY08]

"Prof, because he finished year 9" - LOL!!!!!!

[@pt4942]

Poida’s mullet has stood the test of toime.

[@andrewpelechaty7634]

Still brilliant 20-plus years later!

[@mmavideos4287]

Can't believe this is Hector of Troy

[@aceventuraify]

Who would win a fight, Chael Sonnen or Hector?

[@deliver1]

+aceventuraify Poida

[@Mechknight73]

Peter was always a funny man before he went to Hollywood. There's a classic Australian movie called "The Castle" that kind of launched him into Hollywood

[@coralarch]

I must have see The Castle about 500 times; it never grows stale:)

[@PlatinumRatio]

This incredible contrast is the main reason why aliens do not invade us.

[@Laconic-ws4bz]

Long live Poida, a man of consummate integrity and style.

[@arepas9466]

Passiona, minimum chips, and a chiko roll

[@MrBenHaynes]

Heeeeeeey chips and gravy, Aussie Bogan style.

[@Pip-ti9xp]

😂😂

[@pauljordan4452]

@@MrBenHaynes No gravy.

[@MrBenHaynes]

@@pauljordan4452 Fitzy and Wippa did a take on Psy's "Gangnam Style" with Aussie Bogan style. (instead of "Hey, sexy lady", it was "Heeeeey, chips and gravy")

[@frankmcfrank7358]

Farmer's union iced coffee

[@ambadawn81]

i loved this skit back in the 90's. how could you ever forget Poida! all of the fast forward show was really funny stuff.

[@daniel987878]

This is gold. I wonder if Eric Bana ever watches his old stuff on you tube.

[@gunners8487]

That mullet is tops! Classic Bana

[@TheBundychick82]

"POIDA" telling the kids a story while drinking a beer classic he was one of my favourite Eric Bana characters didn't mind him doing glenn ridge or ray martin

[@76robrob]

How hilarious was he hey mate!!

[@wdsa8d]

golden aussie comedy. man, i remember these shows years ago. i watched this sketch back when i was in kindegarten. nice to finish grade 12 with this. :)

[@stevencoates3382]

$1.50 for chips!? Damn I miss the 90s!!!

[@saintessa]

I will always associate Eric Bana and dim sims "A FREEEEEE DIMMY"

[@MrBenHaynes]

That pigeon movement that Poida does with his neck, cracks me up!

[@FamilyGuyKiCkSaSS]

OMG, I work at a reception... a guy just walked into the hotel named Poida (Pojda)... nearly exploded.

[@vaszka44]

"once upon ago like last week" :D

[@kaylajones7558]

Lol hilarious stuff. I miss this stuff from Eric Bana 😂

[@VoyageOne1]

Loved this show when I was 9. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@HeidiJ77]

I'm English and I get the humour. He's brilliant, wish we'd had this show over here. There was lazy, dribbly, dopey, prof... cos 'e finished year 9...

[@bluemrgeniuss]

Yeah the accent and slang is almost like an evolution of a cockney yobbo

[@rustyblades2566]

That's what I love about English people....you guys really get our comedy as we do yours👍🇦🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@ezzahhh]

Yeah absolutely, English humor really mashes well with Aussie humor. Grew up watching all the classic shows from UK as a kid her in Aus.

[@hamjamnspamalot2]

Loved how he says "Passiona, minimal chips and Chiko Rollllllll...." ....that has me in stitches because you can't get any more bogan with that pronounciation. Bana's a first rate comedian and actor.

[@Strarnin]

Thanks for enlightening me - i actually googled bogan to find out what it was, (KZbin is an educational experience!) Never knew Eric Bana did stand up either. Going to watch Chopper tonight to further my awareness of Australian culture :)

[@ambadawn81]

thank you fullfrontalguy for taking the time to upload it.

[@visualkeichick]

Passiona!!! I just died... 😂😂😂 that drink is so good! XD

[@Nautilus1972]

Bana is class. The next gen Paul Hogan. From this to the top of Hollywood's tree. Fair play Eric. I mean chop chop ....

[@76robrob]

Paul Hogan was the first funny aussie guy that made us laugh so hard, and still stands up today .If people take the stick out of their ass!!!!!!! LOL!! Its not meant to be serious!!!

[@nafsiammara]

80 cents worth of chips. Shit you'd barely get one dim sim these days.

[@MrBenHaynes]

Dimmy, in Poida parlance.

[@Pip-ti9xp]

Ahh the memories🤣🤣

[@scalls95]

Poida... wut a top bloke!

[@boozobug]

its POIDA!!!!! havent seen this for years, funny shit

[@user-dk3xe3lg5c]

Poida long live

[@jslasher1]

Bloody oath, very funny, mate. Love it.

[@kevkoala]

Of course they still make Passiona and Chiko Rolls! You can get Chiko Rolls in the freezer section of the supermarket.

[@mrbrenton182]

he's come so far!! can;t belive thats the same dude in Munich and Chop Chop... Eric is the man!

[@bgsam8109]

I'm here for Weekly Planet, and this is amazing!

[@AccordionManiac]

thank you so much for these full frontal videos coz i was only a kid when it was on channel 7 (i think)

[@shambolicentity]

80c worth of chips; those were the days! Great clip; Full Frontal had some great characters.

[@BonAndAxl]

*sigh* I miss Fast Forward/Full Frontal too :-( They don't make gold like this anymore!

[@quizmaster85]

"...a beautiful cass-lay..." Yep, has to be a VERY stereotypical Melbourne accent!

[@76robrob]

As soon as he said that I was cracking up again, remembering how hilarious this was!!

[@McMeevin]

Besghetti on toast

[@bcylee2002]

Classic!! Just love it ~ Poida ~~

[@entropyMUSE]

Fuck. A buck fifty worth of chips. Those were the days. You can't say 'Cheap as chips' any more.

[@Timmydope]

For those who didnt realise Eric was a comedian in the 90s.. watch this.. one of his best characters : Full Frontal Storytime with Poida (Eric Bana)

[@TheTralfaz]

in preparation for his role as Chopper

[@entropious88]

POIDA! What a great character - my favorite Aussie! He can read me a bedtime story anytime! Maybe the Goldie Sheila and the Three Wombats!

[@76robrob]

how great was this!!!

[@MrMercurybullet]

How do you read comics?

[@Tuf32]

used to love full frontal! Eric Bana, average bloke from Western Subs of Melb n now look! Wata Legend

[@thatcoffeewasgood]

awesome

[@reneeleigh4497]

Jeez this bloke has come a lonnnng way. Just saw him in his latest movie today. Gone from a bogan tv actor to massive Hollywood star. Go Eric!!!

[@enijize1234]

He was peaking here. Fuck hollywood fake bullshit.

[@OdinzEinherjar]

im not australian or have never been but i understood every word he said

[@lillies2301]

Sometimes i think we sound like we dont even speak english to some people. Until about two weeks ago while i showed my mum the 2003 hulk movie who thought that it was hilarious how serious and how bad Eric's acting was in the that movie but because i though that he was usually a serious actor my mum showed me this video. I didnt even know he was a comedian and im australian, what does that make me?

[@chunkz1187]

this is why he was so bloody good in chopper!! infact, if u dont watch it but listen to it it kinda sounds like how he played chopper. long like bana!!!!

[@dmarks270]

the best yobbo ever

[@basedxennial6269]

I love basghetti on toast. Snow white was a top bird. Passiona, minimum chip, and chiko rolls aren't bad either.

[@Nautilus1972]

Choppa chop chop ! His finest moment by far. Check him out in 'The Castle' a great Aussie movie and really funny.

[@cathoare8935]

I wish he was still doing comedy

[@pawzy88]

looooooool love it!!!

[@Strarnin]

Will do, I've seen some of the clips of The Castle on here, heard about it through Hamish & Andy - tell him he's dreamin! I want to visit Australia now :)

[@rickparsent9632]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/raXFlJSNo96VsNU ..

[@seashely8]

nearly choked on a lolly laughing at this!

[@KurraMiss]

Faaar out I remember watching this when I was a kid (and loving it) I never made the connection and no way did I ever predict that grown up version of me would think the same bloke was a bit of alright 😅

[@oldschoolmusiclova]

Poida! oroit? Oroit!

[@marioosorio1395]

That was before he did deliver us from evil

[@BuleJugaManusia]

Look at 0:11 --- It's Poida in the audience!!!!

[@SulphideJunction]

Anyone got the 'play school' one where Poida gets the stubby of VB and says 'open wide, its a VB? The bit about skinning cats whilst making fluffy dice was gold!

[@bexsTOOB]

'basghetti' used to always say that as a kid!

[@nicktubara]

Yum. And basghetti is alright too 😛

[@pauljordan4452]

That is indeed a child's mispronunciation. 😊

[@inertiaMS]

this is true, u really need be an aussie to get a lot of this.

[@76robrob]

you sure do mate!!!!!!!!

[@lordoftheharvest1]

It's true

[@emowankinemo]

Who downvoted this and why? Bloody Unaustralian, that is.

[@emmalikesflowers]

Indignant bogans😂

[@PooManchoo2]

Fuck yeah mate. Ther all over tha joint. I see em all tha time at tha pub and tha footy. But not me. I'm from Croydon. I wear flannies and mocasins for comfort, not looks. No worries!

[@annwinslow4505]

Wow I had. I idea he did skits or stand up god he is funny as hell

[@spudbeau]

classic mullet!

[@DylanFoster87]

i miss the old full frontal / shaun Micallef Programme days.

[@buthidae]

Open wide, come inside. It's a VB!

[@surfqld]

He actually reminds me of Russell Gilbert in this clip

[@76robrob]

I loved Eric Bana in Fast forward..He was hilarious! I was just cracking up watching it now too!!

[@TheDonMega12]

"Mirror Mirror in the flat, whos the spunkiest chick in the block of flats." "Not you you you ugly cow!!" lol funny. kinda struggle to understand him at times though lol

[@wezza78]

Haha!! LEGEND!

[@elmoslilbrother97]

Swoyt

[@genejospehreibelt]

does anybody know where i can download these? it would be muchly appreciated!

[@TakiTeam24]

i just randomly looked up poidaaa and this is what came up :P why i looked up poidaaa? i'll never know

[@meganguiney5821]

It's like a whole other language

[@Mechknight73]

It's the accent. Eric Bana's character Poida is an exaggeration of what's known as a Bogan in Australia. Closest US equivalent would be an urban hillbilly.

[@WILLtTHOMPSON2906]

Mechknight73 Steve Irwin?

[@Mechknight73]

Steve Irwin is different again. Hes' from Queensland. Just as American accents vary between north and south, so do those in Australia. People from Northern Australia have an accent similar to Steve Irwin's Those from the south would sound more like Cate Blanchett or Nicole Kidman. However, Bogans would more like Poida. Some would call it a Melbourne accent, albeit a very exaggerated one

[@ianh7525]

@@Mechknight73 Steve Irwin's was more broad whereas the Melbourne-type accents which you alluded to are more cultivated but the general Australian accent is fairly prevalent in Southern and Eastern Australian towns like Melbourne,Sydney and Adelaide. And isn't the broad accent colloquially denoted as a bogan accent?

[@Mechknight73]

@@ianh7525 Not necessarily. Having grown up in a WA Wheatbelt town known to be somewhat of a Bogan enclave (Bogan doesn't necessarily mean "feral" in Western Australia) there are some differences between a country Bogan and a city Bogan. City Bogans tens to speak at a faster pace, for one

[@marioosorio1395]

He was so funny at that time

[@domwatson8332]

Literally only here because of James and Maso from Weekly Planet

[@MorganKydd]

FUCKING my favourite!!!!

[@maniac1075]

btw, Aussies made there own version, but its found in any Chinese restaurant around the world, there just half the size

[@uraniumdeath]

Dragon is an Australian colloquial term for a lady that is not very nice. With their mean tongues, in effect they 'breathe fire' and are feared by people all around. When they happen to pass away, people don't tend to care and often celebrate the departure of the dragon. That is true as well.

[@nomesy81]

i

[@neilo86]

Seven little bogans hahaha

[@EthanJohn1986]

I love him doing comedy then seeing him as Nero

[@glamourchick21]

Somehow, when sexy men play characters who are humorously ignorant of how unsexy they are, it just adds to their appeal. ^^ *loves Eric Bana*

[@TrickBroughton]

My apologies. I guess if you aren't Australian he would be pretty much talking gibberish. This is all fairly common slang for us.

[@uraniumdeath]

No...when he was Chopper, he was using his Poida voice. Poida existed before Chopper: The Movie.

[@76robrob]

long before~!!

[@QuirkyGirl12345]

LOL...... seven little bogans... XD I love the way he says Chiko Roll!! =D 3:14 I keep thinking of Kath and Kim... Sharon: or are they just...defacto? Kim: day-facto, knight-facto.. the fact that they're facto-ing at all, is a dusgusting thought!

[@pauljordan4452]

"It's pretty boring, isn't it?" - almost sounds like Hogan.

[@panzr]

@wonkinson Except for Kiwis...we love this shit too

[@Djembe88]

Here's another translation for any one who needs it. At the Dragon Lady's Fish and Chip shop "And when Snow White dropped in for her usual Passiona, minimum chips and Chiko Roll, the dragon offered her a free Dimmy." Passiona - Cheap passionfruit flavoured softdrink/soda Chips - is hot chips (which i think u should understand) Chiko Roll- Deep Fried roll filled with a mix of who knows what. Bogan delight! Dimmy - Dim Sim

[@jeanchardonnay5627]

I have been looking for the sketch where he goes to the complaint desk at the department store asking for talcum powder-proof andies....I can not find it....I reckon that one beats all his sketches....If someone can help....please...

[@masterred82]

sa-weet

[@Joecbg100]

This was Hulk lol

[@Joecbg100]

Bruce Banner?

[@xfan02]

Poida poida poida....oi oi oi

[@Strarnin]

is Poida meant to be 'Peter' in an Australian accent? or am i totally wrong... :P

[@76robrob]

correct!!!!! not just Australian, but a bogan way of saying Peter!!!

[@aydentheninja877]

Strarnin it's similar to how a Jew from New York would say Peter remember that episode of The Simpsons when homer grew up in the Jewish gettos hey Martin you wanna go play stickball why certainly except it's prenounced couynly

[@etoillees]

omg

[@ljyong21]

Dayum, the accent is think enough to cut through anything. Pretty funny shit right here.