Reaction To Roy And HG - The French (Club Buggery)

Reaction To Roy And HG - The French (Club Buggery)
This is my reaction to Roy And HG - The French (Club Buggery)
Recently I have reacted to Roy and HG on their Sydney Olympics 2000 show The Dream and really enjoyed it. I learned they had another TV show called Club Buggery which I am reacting to today and in it they give their opinions on the French.
#australia #comedy #reaction
Original Video - • Roy and H.G - The French

[@retinasoup]

A short video with Roy and HG critiquing Canadian (French) swimmer Benoit Lecomte's swim across the Atlantic ocean: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gnTYY5iNes1gmbM

[@MertAus]

Hey mate. I seen your channel, so much great Roy and HG videos. I just subscribed and hopefully more people will too! Cheers!!

[@grahamyates2490]

I'm pretty sure that the origin of Roy & HG's anger towards France and their Prime Minister at the time, Jacques Chirac, was that they were continuing to test nuclear weapons in the Pacific (a lot closer to Australia than to France) up until 1996.

[@anserbauer309]

Absolutely.... along with the French government's dismissive (some would say 'snooty') response to Australia's protests and travel sanctions over the French bombing of the Rainbow Warrior in Aukland Harbour in 1985. I first travelled to Europe in 1990 and the only country I needed an entry visa for was France.

[@brucejensen3081]

I totally forgot about this.

[@rosifervincent9481]

This wasn’t long after the French had blown up The Rainbow Warrior in Auckland, sinking the ship and murdering a member of the crew.

[@ylass8884]

Remember Rainbow Warrior being blown up in NZ by the French Secrete Service with the loss life and the ship. 2 Bombs detonated

[@stuartwood7252]

"Thanks for what you've done for the Pacific, CLOWN". Pure gold.. Though they didn't touch on the fact that France was one of the largest land mine producers at the time... Don't get me wrong. My best mate married a French lass 20 years ago... "The nicest people you'll ever meet"... For real. Stu. Melbourne

[@juneshannon8074]

As an Aussie I wish to thank you for reviving our old comedy. So nice to be reminded of our larrikin humour especially Roy and HG. In my opinion there hasn’t been anyone before or since who has topped them. Their material stands the test of time. More of Club Buggery please?

[@missmarvelle]

Hi fellow Aussie, this is comedy gold. You don't see comedy like this anymore, it would be banned today with the woke mob.

[@juneshannon8074]

@@missmarvelleI agree with you 100%. My favourite quip of theirs still is “flat bag” from The Dream, lol.

[@Johnnywestoz]

@@juneshannon8074haha yeah the flat bag 🤣hilarious

[@DustyDingoPhotos]

@@missmarvelle Really? Got any actual examples?

[@markanderson3848]

The reason for turning on the French was their doing nuclear bomb tests in the pacific ocean which upset many Australians .

[@gjmob]

And sinking the Rainbow Warrior in Auckland harbour.

[@bobbythorman7421]

@@gjmob Which resulted in a death that I called murder.

[@r.fairlie7186]

I felt sorry for the French in New Caledonia when I went there some years afterwards. They reminded me more of Australians than the French I’ve met in Europe. It must have been a really worrying time for them.

[@pasbert4812]

The Irony being that once again Sheeples in the land of Oz were duped by Media with Agendas , The French tests were over 8000 Km away ,the media frenzy saying with the catch phrase "Not in our backyard ! " and when England detonated over a Dozen Atomic bombs in the Middle of Australia , not a word was said .. Hypocrisy never changes

[@antrimlariot2386]

I remember Chirac saying Australians were extremists over our reaction to him blowing up nuclear bombs in the Pacific!

[@Fuzcapp]

The two girls who were the singers were called The Nissan Cedrics - they were absolutely brilliant.

[@myke49]

Roy started his working life as a teacher. Can you imagine what it must have been like in his class? I would have paid to be there. Mike in Oz

[@oceans9687]

Halarious every day would have been a real trip.

[@genevievemurray7743]

Club buggery was weekly essential viewing.

[@goldreverre]

As an Australian, it's funny to revisit this show. They were everywhere back in the day doing sport commentary. You could turn on the TV with the volume down and listen to them on radio watching the same footage. I think their radio following was bigger than the official commentary.

[@wendyhood1962]

This would probably have been done either when the French were doing nuclear testing in the Pacific or after the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior

[@ESC_Mike]

Def when they were testing in the Pacific.

[@michaelwebster8389]

A long time after rainbow warrior. It must have been more testing.

[@matthewkeating5963]

Remember the Rainbow Warrior.

[@helenesaintclere5639]

Can only be the 1995 tests occurring about two days or a week and two days prior to French Bastille Day on a Saturday coinciding with this club bughery performance . The uproar and mass hysteria started one night with Fiona Wiley for ABC broadcasting Australia wide I think from some place between Canberra and Wodonga. She was the truckies' favourite with her dulcetone voice. About 10 pm she asked her truckies how we could show our outrage to the French . Then next was Peter couchman who took up the issue big time . Before long the ABC were inventing news outta thin air such as a restauranteur tipping all his French wine out in the garden, , sure he did . A doctor in Sydney they found to say something about radiation hazards and no safe levels etc. They got a church cleric from Gipsland to say a few words. Something about Australia's backyard was ranted, however India, Indonesia, aren't considered Australia's backyard. I'm not sure if New Guinea , Solomons , Fiji, New Zealand are considered Australia's backyard . The sovereign countries would probably laugh .

[@kymbo72]

i always loved it how they each have their own camera off to the side that they can turn to at any time and talk straight down it with the other person just sitting there in the background basically just agreeing with everything - hilarious.

[@oziflyer]

Still listen to them on the radio on Saturdays. Genius.

[@PaulDidIt]

Jaques Chirac, once voted in, insisted on resuming nuclear testing in French Polynesia in the South Pacific. It went down like a cold cup of sick and didn't happen.

[@ufo_ninja]

It did happen they went ahead with undersea nuclear weapons tests in 1995 at Moruroa atoll

[@pasbert4812]

Just FYI , France did their testing over 8000km away from Oz at Mururoa Atoll , the USA did their tests 5000km away in the Marshal Islands, and just like the English tests in the middle of Australia , not a bad word spoken ... some things really stay the same eh? Media manipulation and agenda driven politics are the same through the ages,

[@Baldric1600]

there is no more joy than revisiting these comedy legends through another persons eyes. Thank you.

[@SkeletorsSon]

"Buckleys to the power of less" 🤣

[@AndrewJens]

They are still on every week. On the Australian ABC radio station each Saturday at 12 pm (Sydney time) with a two-hour program called _Bludging on the Blindside._

[@MrkBO8]

Do they still call the State of Origin?

[@AndrewJens]

@@MrkBO8 I don't think they do.

[@jvvoid]

@@MrkBO8 No, unfortunately.

[@beaustrickland8919]

I try and catch it every Saturday

[@Mirrorgirl492]

I listen as a podcast, love these guys.

[@johnurquhart4614]

If you want to know the origins of Roy and HG's contempt, google Rainbow Warrior. The behaviour of the French regrading nuclear testing in the Pacific was literally criminal.

[@davejensen7922]

I first heard Roy and HG in the mid 80s and they’re still as brilliant as they were then

[@Autotrope]

Their great strength is that for two fairly intellectual well educated fellows their comedy was able to have such broad appeal to the point they fit in naturally as kind of champions of wider Australia

[@Autotrope]

A strength they shared with John Clarke (of Clarke and Dawe) though I'm not sure how much we can claim Clarke as one of our own

[@SimonSaleh-xm4fj]

My earliest memories of Roy and HG was the Rugby League State of Origin commentary on JJJ Radio. The nicknames of the players are beyond funny. We use to watch the tv visual and Roy and HG audio. Think batted sav...

[@AndyJarman]

The Fridge.

[@AndyJarman]

String theory.

[@letsseeif]

Someone once said. "The French have the Arc De Triumph, but they haven't won anything."

[@rishamohyeddin5712]

Napoleon built it. He won a lot.

[@FionaEm]

Roy was on fire in this one 😅 He and HG ripped into everyone, no matter who they were, without fear or favour. Comedy is much more tame these days.

[@grahamyates2490]

I don't agree that comedy is much more tame. Jimmy Carr and Ricky Gervais are testament to that.

[@cherylcolautti5401]

Problem with comedy these days, is politically correctness and sooks

[@grahamyates2490]

@@cherylcolautti5401 Roy & HG are still doing exactly the same type of irreverent comedy they've always done.

[@JisforJenius]

​@@cherylcolautti5401depends where you look.

[@jayhellyer5406]

Used to watch this show every week, they we're hilarious. They started in the 80's with a sports program on radio, the world needs this sort of thing to return desperately.

[@ArtbyKatina]

What I loved about their show is the directing of the cameras from Roy to HG and how they are always looking down their nose at us. Such Classic Yobbo’s .❤

[@martinmoessmer9527]

There's heaps of club buggery online. They cover everyone, everything and anything. They are aussie legends. Two great blokes who love the bush and are greatly missed from our screens full time.

[@jax993]

love love when you've got Roy & HG on thanx 🤣 a nose and a couple of feet gold

[@chriskostopoulos8142]

Roy and HG are comedy genius's. Dead set legends.

[@gregw6748]

Thank you for reviewing my recommendation!

[@michellewatt4162]

Every Saturday you will get them on abc radio "Bludging on The Blind Side."Bloody brilliant.

[@ianlejeune6012]

Heroes, the both of them. 'Buckleys" - means zero, no chance, comes from the saying "Buckleys and None [sic]" meaning TWO chances at nothing. Buckleys and Nunn used to be an upmarket, popular department store in the CBD of Melbourne in the !950 - 60's - hence the play on words, and, of course, the truncation; because who's got time to say the whole thing - a very popular Australian pastime. R & HG were, initially, on 3JJJ FM radio [This Sporting Life] for a FULL afternoon of cultural/sporting mayhem every Sunday - an unbelievable feat of comic wizardry. Their joint powers of hyperbole and explosive insult are unparalleled - they were then called to the telly, and the rest is history.

[@imaginemyshock8067]

I met Roy after a Club Bug show years ago and told him I was the one who had sent you a calendar that I had created and printed with scenes from the show and sent to him, HG and the Cedrics, so he graciously talked to me outside the ABC studio for about a half hour while his car was waiting for him. It was fantastic as I found that he could suddenly click over into his Roy Slaven persona in an instant and I had an exclusive show of Roy during that half hour doing his manic routine. John behaved exactly as Roy whenever he chose, and without a script. This was a treasure beyond riches and I've never forgotten it.

[@SharonMcauley-h1w]

Awesome

[@davidburnett93]

Miss them greatly. Like all legends, you wish they could live on forever

[@brianglendenning1632]

They are still broadcasting - and available on Spotify

[@davidburnett93]

@@brianglendenning1632 cheers mate. I had no idea. This sporting life was a very memorable part of my younger life

[@margathea7072]

I suggested this!. Good on ya Bluey for giving it a fresh and much needed airing in these totally constipated and fucked up times! Do us all a favour and contact these guys. They've still got agents and do a podcast with them ...go on I dare ye!!!! It might cost you but I bet you could crowd find that in no time.... it would certainly be worth it...

[@ricey542010]

Roy and HGs best work always was their radio show on JJJ which ran for ages up to around 2008....just hilarious and all unscripted. This Sporting Life....They really did have a very unique act. All of their TV shows were great too. Much love and they are still going strong

[@johnskinner3108]

They are still on radio. Saturdays @12 noon - 2pm on the ABC digital radio. If you miss, the podcast is up soon afterwards. All of this years episodes are available. Always best listened to live, or soon after, as the Sporting landscape is always shifting

[@rickyelvis3215]

get on to… flight of the concords… the Aussie~Kiwi rivalry is hilarious and bang on the mark… original and brilliant 🥊

[@Kammitoes]

they did a great one on the poms, and a goody on the kiwi's too I know both of these are on YT.

[@kermittf9896]

Roy & HG are underrated gods of deadpan, overhyped, satirical vernacular gymnastics. ( say that aloud in your best frothing Roy & HG voice!) They’ve Been going since 1986 or 1987,.. with “this Sporting life”,…. ( go the Jays!!!!!) utter brilliance of word play and deliver.

[@timr8657]

Peak political satire from a pair of Aussie legends.

[@tektako]

Imagine how long a show called 'Club Buggery' would last nowadays lol

[@normanmiller]

Roy and HG are legends in Australia and other places, (maybe not in France so much??). But they are much loved

[@robbaskerville253]

I still have my autographed Nissan Cedrics CD. They were lovely to meet in person.

[@michaelh6551]

I picked one up in a charity shop a few months ago for a dollar. I love the punk version of "I don't know how to love him" from Jesus Christ Superstar.

[@davethebrahman9870]

More Roy and HG please!

[@mrmockatoo6786]

I've been a fan of these guys since '92 (a bit late on the scene) when I videotaped the West Coast/Geelong AFL grand final with the Roy-HG commentary overlaid. It was a scream and funny every time I watched it. The other day I found an Australian Story (ABC TV) on the origins of Roy and HG in which they discuss the chemistry and methodology of their act. It's well worth watching if you want to know why so many Aussies love these guys. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rHrTZ6Rpmsmka6c

[@helenesaintclere5639]

There's something of the Barry Humphries style to them . I can imagine them imitating Barry at the very very beginning and it grew .

[@misstracyatkins9874]

Huge Aussie 🇦🇺 fan, loved this during the Sydney 2000 Olympic games, ❤ watched it every night.❤❤❤😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂Best times when in the beginning of the Games the Mascot was "Fatso" - The fat as$€d wombat. Athletes were taken it when they received metals but because it wasn't a official Olympic merchandise they stopped that 😢😮. Fatso was for me the absolute In Roy and Hg style the absolute Mascot of Sydney 2000. ❤❤

[@robynconway1286]

They are complaining because they are against the French nuclear bomb testing in the Pacific Ocean. Too close to their home Australia. Good on you Roy and HG. We love you. 🦘🐨🦜🦋🪸🦈🐋🐊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊

[@N8oRMusic]

We dearly miss Roy and HG

[@oceans9687]

They are simply the best. Aussie comedy rippn it up ya in style. Australiana comedy is halarious and home grown. Nothing else compares in the world. Classic legends.

[@davidlean8674]

Mostly Roy & HG focused on sport. They generally didn't have a go at other countries. But this was related to the French nuclear testing in the Pacific. In an attempt to reduce protests & political awareness, they bombed & sank the Greenpeace ship in Auckland harbour. So the program was in response to recent french govt announcement to renew tests.

[@arthurking2614]

Yes, their work on Triple J and remember the calls on the State of Origin. Priceless!

[@eclecticapoetica]

I loved Rampaging Roy Slaven and H.G. as the hosts of a satirical sports radio show which aired on our Community Radio every weekend 1980s. Brilliant stuff 😂😂😂😂😂

[@susanc4622]

For those who may not know, "buggery" in Australia is slang for 'muck up'.

[@KennyTC63]

Nahh, it means to take it up the arse, just like it means in the rest of the English speaking world - and that is clearly implied in this jibe at the French lol.

[@Steven-p4j]

Roy and HG, what wonderful memories.indeed. I used to watch the AFL grand final with TV sound off and the radio tuned to Triple R, where they would broadcast the football narrative in real time, by watching the same program, and make us laugh.

[@realkangaroocafevietnam]

Absolutely my favourite Aussie comedians.

[@aileenclarke9651]

The straight man watching the stars with Colin Carpenter also played the part of Con the Fruiterer’.

[@MrScotnofriends]

You should have a go of a show called “Have you been paying attention?” A show with guest comedians answering questions about the news cycle. There is usually a sponsors advertisement embedded in the show that the host puts himself into, which is hilarious too.

[@louiseyvette2261]

I loved these guys

[@phantomallen1]

I miss that show, so good. More of it I say.

[@davespears2241]

La petomain was a famous French performer who toured the world playing to royalty and the common people, his act was to play tunes farting true story.

[@gerardlewis-fitzgerald7757]

Le Pétomane had at least one mishap in his act, too.

[@barry7608]

Another gem thanks.

[@AnnQlder]

Love love love Roy and hg

[@marper72]

Yes Club Buggery was awesome! They had Ian Terpy who once dated Olivia Newton John. Terps would sing weekly and get involved in various skits with his sidekick "Dog Rooter" The female vocalists were known as "The Nissan Cedric's" which was a car from the 60's that also featured in the show. Good memories 😂

[@hiramhackenbacker9096]

I listened to their first broadcasts back on Sydney radio in the 80s and loved them ever since. Two other brilliant segments are there Winter Olympic show on the night Steven Bradbury won our first ever gold medal and a couple of segments from The Dream about the NZ team.

[@hoggers7572]

They used to do a four show on JJJ radios on Sundays it was the greatest..I couldn't care less if I saw the most famous celebrities in person but Rampaging Roy lived in my suburb and I was star struck each time.. legends

[@EricaNernie]

Randwick?

[@brianinglis3805]

This Sporting Life was the name of the show. They used to commentate the NRL state of origin games and both AFL & NRL grand finals.

[@hendryjohn1]

Gold, these guys are great 😂

[@Jenifer_R_]

This was a response to the nuclear tests in our backyard.

[@voxac30withstrat]

I'm not a fan of footy in the slightest but whenever these 2 commentated it was fabulous

[@timaustin77x]

Used to watch state of origin, sound down, Roy and HG turned up. It was gold Backdoor Benny Elias 😂

[@suzanneknibb3501]

I think this response due to the Rainbow Warrior incident/bombing. we even stopped eating french mustard for a while

[@laurencetilley9194]

Older Australians have never forgiven the French for their atomic bomb testing in the Pacific or the British for their atomic testing on Australian territories and the mainland.

[@barrybarry5803]

America conducted approximately 1,000 Nuclear Weapons Tests... Atomic Bombs.... Under the Sea Bed, In the Ocean, On the Surface of the Ocean, Under Land Surface, On Land Surface, In the Atmosphere, and, In Space... if that isn't the epitome of arrogance i don't know what is!!!

[@margaretmacdonald358]

It was a commentary after each day of the Sydney Olympics. Club Buggery !! See if you can find any footage of the gymnastics for men and women ..HILARIOUS , They call out each challenge of their routine

[@jackmul9484]

If you enjoy Roy & H.G they have a sports show on ABC radio each Saturday here in Australia. It's called "bludging on the blind side". It's very Rugby League-centric but their particular style of satire is front and centre. They are masters

[@garyspeed8961]

they are still weekly on abc podcasts.. 90min live on Saturdays.. general sports .. on par with the best of british.. Spike and Monty Python and going 30+ years

[@keithdevine8281]

Another Aussie show is Bush Mechanic the origional

[@genevievemurray7743]

Very well read, they picked their subject and guests but never wrote or memorized a script. There were each other’s muse and everything was uttered “off the cuff”. A stand in for either was an impossibility.

[@davespanksalot8413]

I'm pretty sure Greg Pickhaver is dyslexic, which would fit with their modus operandi.

[@JohnDoe-yr4wc]

Good stuff. They also have a hilarious track record of taking the piss out of Greg Norman over the years, particularly on their JJJ radio show back in the day.

[@pasbert4812]

The Irony of the skit which was a popular Murdock Media protest against French Nuclear Testing in the Pacific Ocean 8000 Km away, which Oz Media repeatedly said was "right in our back yard" . Strange that Australia never bothered to say a word out of place when England did over a Dozen Atomic bomb tests in the middle of the Country even getting Australian soldiers to venture out straight after the blast without protective clothing !

[@douglasermedia3390]

Besides radio, Roy & HG have made some hilarious TV shows over the decades, such as: 'Planet Norwich' (filmed live in the UK); 'The Memphis Trousers Half Hour' (named when ex-Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser was found trouser-less in a Memphis hotel); 'The Channel Nine Show' (made by ABC TV to look like a commercial rival broadcaster's product). When they were signed up by the Seven Network, they did 'The Dream' for the 2000 Olympics and several other commentary shows on Seven. Eventually they found their way back to ABC where they now do the weekly Saturday radio podcast/show 'Bludging on the Blindside'.

[@egyptology22]

They used to just talk shit about sport. A mate of theirs who worked for a radio station thought it would be a good idea to have them on. I've listened to them for 30 years now. They've had an influence on my life.

[@studio39media71]

Hey there, please check out their commentary of the gymnastics in the Sydney Olympics. Their terms for the different moves are priceless! Also the commentary for the Greco-Roman wrestling, weightlifting and diving are legendary. Enjoy!! There’s also a good short doc about them from ABC’s Australian Story, that’s worth checking out too! Cheers, Paul

[@Mrc172]

Guy Forget, a nose with feet. 😂😂😂😂😂

[@adamf9546]

One final recommendation from the dream is there commentary on Eric the Eel and his swim trial

[@nickhanlon9331]

They modeled themselves ona rugby league commentator named Rex Mossop.

[@paulhenry5497]

Use to listen to Roy & HG on Triplle J ( JJJ) Man there funny as, as someone with Cancer laughter is a great Medicine.

[@davidwarland2680]

they rip everyone, amazing duo still active. Try Olympics, the sports people loved them, even when they ripped into them, hilarious

[@AussieTVMusic]

The blonde singer used to work at a department store I went to. I always wanted to ask her out but I chickened out several times.

[@gjmob]

Louise Anton.

[@AussieTVMusic]

@@gjmob Yes that's her name.

[@vistotutti6037]

There was just a little animosity felt when the French nuclear bombed the Pacific. Just a little.

[@unoriginalsyn]

I only vaguely remember this show as I was just a kid but it's been fun going down memory lane with your recent videos ❤ when he mentioned Jacques Chirac I realised when this was, the Australian people were very much opposed to the nuclear testing going on at the time and sparked a lot of debate here about nuclear energy. I always remember this as the "Ban the Nukes" protest on Surfers Paradise beach was the first protest I was involved in as a conscientious objector

[@jamesgudgeon4868]

I remember Club Buggerey 6:27

[@sussell4606]

This is when the French were testing nuclear weapons in the Pacific. The nuclear fallout was registering on farms in Australia

[@helenesaintclere5639]

That's unlikely.

[@chrispetritsch1291]

Reminds me a bit of some of Derek 'n Clive's back and forths though not quite as expletive riddled.

[@chrispetritsch1291]

I'm sure we had bumper stickers at the time saying 'Fuck Chiraq!'

[@valerie241]

This was aimed at French nuclear testing in the pacific in the mid 1990s.

[@BassMatt1972]

They do live commentary for Test Cricket. This is where the best stuff is.. As its so slow..

[@leslieberryman7000]

The dream Was a show for the Olympic Games But the Olympic Committee banned them after 2 Olympics for being too popular which was a shame

[@NomadUniverse]

Al Murray's been kickin around longer I think.

[@helenvann3506]

You’re now an honorary Australian 👍

[@danielporter1218]

We can’t have this type of comedy anymore as the PC has gone psycho. Wouldn’t get passed the censors- but would love this back on the tube!

[@Maria-h1q6w]

THE REFERENCE TO SUPERNAUGHT...I LIKE IT BOTH WAYS.... HAHAHAHA .I REALLLY LOVE THE OLD AUSTRALIA..IM GLAD TO HAVE THAT MEMORY 😂❤🎉

[@realkangaroocafevietnam]

Those nuclear tests cost France dearly in fact. A huge naval force came with the nuclear weapons they tested too. Cost a bomb, so to speak.

[@jubejube8915]

Ah Roy & HG, absolute legends, even if you're not into sport! If you're interested in their backstory, this Australian Story ep is good -kzbin.info/www/bejne/rHrTZ6Rpmsmka6c

[@candycanessongs]

This was due to the French doing Nuclear testing at Moruroa Atoll.