Rob Reacts to... Big Girls Blouse - 1995 Gay Olympics!

[@scattysafari7742]

Magda is actually gay, which makes it even funnier. :-)

[@yoluko4750]

Gina Reilly (Kim) was also in The Games, a comedy about the planning committee for the Sydney 2000 games. Brilliantly funny comedy.

[@silverstitch28]

I was studying philosophy at the time this came out and the way magda took offence is exactly how my lecturers spoke. You had to learn "the lingo" fast to understand it all. I also loved" big girls blouse" and of course "fast forward "before that. Definitely react to the fast forward outtakes and bloopers.

[@elizabethscott7660]

The people who laughed the loudest at this when it aired were my gay friends.

[@bernadettelanders7306]

I’m sending to my gay - ex fiancé lol. Now I’m divorced we are friends again. He broke my heart, but I’ve forgiven him. Back in the 70s many married to hide it. He said he couldn’t do that to me. He’s a wonderful friend. Another funny thing he did, I was talking to his niece on line, and she said, “are u the one and only girlfriend he had, the one he keeps a picture of on his mantle piece?“ I said what lol. She said “yes he brags about the one and only and shows pic to all his gay friends”, he’s a crack up 😂 . Shame in one way he’s gay, a far better man than the one I was married to for 22 years. Oh well, I accept him for who he is, a good man. We nearly moved in together as friends, 2 bathrooms, extra rooms for our own space. But we couldn’t agree on where lol. Didn’t matter, still friends.

[@greghillier5176]

As a bytheway there really is a gay games( The last one being Paris and the next in Hong Kong) very similar to the Olympics. For obvious safety reasons they are not held in Olympic cities or affiliated with the official olympics, but has a strong level of competition(averaging 10,000 competitors) and over 111 countries.

[@garros]

Yes, it was in Sydney in 2002. The big dance parties that were on during it were fantastic!!

[@ryan_r849]

Ahhh the good old days. You definitely wouldn't get that on TV today.

[@anserbauer309]

It wouldn't be funny to most people today. As Rob notes, at the time, it was progressive and novel. 25 years later...... not so much.

[@davidjohnpaul7558]

I think I remember this show...they were not afraid to make fun of anything & anyone 😅😅😅 Not just Kath & Kim, but also Fast Forward

[@PamelaSmithakapossbert]

There used to be the Gay Olympics here in Perth - it featured sports like the handbag toss and the Drag Race.

[@RobReacts1]

haha!

[@rosiesummer2711]

There is a skit from their former comedy show "Fast Forward" where they had a Straight Mardi Gras. This was the early 1990s. Also Kath and Kim originated on Big Girls Blouse.

[@anthonypirera7598]

Thanks I forgot about them and this show was the start of Kath and Kim

[@56music64]

Magda in the Lynne and Carmel skits was hilarious on this show

[@FreewayAngel]

Love these 3 & loved Big Girl's Blouse! There has been a gay olympics since 1982. Every 4 years the Gay Games are played around the world. Sydney hosted them in 2002, 2 years after we hosted the 2000 Olympics 🌈😊🇦🇺🏳️‍🌈

[@julietigermoon9572]

Loved this show

[@celesteklose4903]

This was a brilliant show but very underrated at the time.

[@shenysys]

I used to have a email about Port Adelaide hosting the Olympics.

[@jimr4354]

It wouldn't surprise if Magda Szubanski (the slightly rotund 1) actress wrote this script as she is indeed gay. Good roll off the tongue verse in the fencing comp by Magda. Good 1 getting that 1 in 1 take without bursting out in laughter. Jane Turner and Gina Riley as good as ever.

[@schrader.w.e]

I imagine the pole vault would be alot different to the normal Olympics 😄

[@helenpreisig6617]

This is brilliant! Kath and Kim my god so fantastic!! 👍🥰. Clearly I’m Australian

[@DoctorVadarWho]

Kath and Kim started on Big Girls Blouse

[@melissabarrett9750]

There used to be The Gay Games, which was an offshoot of the Olympics, but with all the same Olympic sports that the regular Olympics had. Then it ceased to exist when gay people were allowed to compete in the regular Olympics.

[@garros]

Rob, you would love Lynne and Carmel, which was on Fast Forward in the '90s. It's a classic and favourite of mine (and many of the other gays lol). Find the Lynne and Carmel Fast Forward playlist (the clips are very short so it's best to do a heap in one video - properly a whole series in about 20 minutes, so perfect I reckon.) Check it out. So funny. Magda, who played the woman taking offence in this video (and is a gay icon and beloved Aussie icon) plays Lynne (I think her last name is Postlethwaite from memory!). Would love to see you react to those.

[@RobReacts1]

I shall add to the list!

[@crazymusicchick]

I said pet I said love I said pet lol yes

[@michaelfink64]

They are very clever. Magda is gay in real life. She is awesome.

[@Dave13185]

Big girls blouse is an old euphemism for gay

[@arconeagain]

Magda grew up in Croydon, Victoria, I used to live there. Right next to Dorset Road. That's right, you've got Manchester and Hull, the list goes on. Kath and Kim is based on a Narre Warren housing estate and shopping plaza. Again, I admit to frequenting this area in regard to family, friends, and just passing through on a fishing trip. I suppose that what I am trying to say is, it is so close to home. Including (self) Sharon's obsession with Shane Warne.

[@PiersDJackson]

Not to explicitly contradict.. however Fountain Lakes doesn't exist... it was, yes, Fountain Gate shopping centre in Narre Warren (South-Eastern Melbourne), but also Patterson Lakes near Cheltenham (also South-Eastern Melbourne), however they also filmed in Caroline Springs (Outer-Western Melbourne), Taylors Lakes (South-Western Melbourne)..... and both Ripponlea and Nunawading...

[@arconeagain]

@@PiersDJackson ah yes, I was a little too keen and went with the moment. I acknowledge this, and knew this anyway. Let's just say same shit different bucket... within Victoria (I understand this is based on US developmental models, and therefore, nation wide here. The paddocks are further conforming).

[@davidareeves]

Ah yes, comedy before society outlawed it. Sadly missed in the PC world of today

[@cassandramcfadyen1988]

This is not very progressive for Australia, Priscilla, queen of the desert was released in 1994 remember :/

[@richardgodber8369]

Look up Lyn and Carmel ....

[@jemxs]

So funny, actually there is a Gay Games!

[@RobReacts1]

No way! haha

[@jemxs]

Yeah seems a bit redundant these days but there was a time it was important.

[@suemontague3151]

Good onya for seeing through the humour, perhaps a lesson for a of us, also just a bit of trivia Kurt Cobain said " If you're a sexist, racist, homophobe or basically an a-hole, don't buy or CD'S I don't care if you like me, I hate you ", he was certainly ahead of the times 😉

[@Dr_KAP]

Just like Elvis Presley refused to play because management didn’t want his black backup singers inside the building

[@suemontague3151]

@@Dr_KAP good on him, even though his music 🎶 isn't what I'd listen to personally he was absolutely brilliant

[@Dr_KAP]

@@suemontague3151 pretty wide repertoire though from rock to soul, blues, ballads.. In the Ghetto is one of my favourites.

[@suemontague3151]

@@Dr_KAP yeah I know, I actually know a lot about music 🎶 and different genre's

[@Dr_KAP]

@@suemontague3151 lol ok .. my point was that he sang every genre so most people find something they like within his repertoire.

[@donfinch862]

Don't get stuff like this on tele anymore.

[@garros]

There's plenty of it out there. It's usually done by gay artists. We're (as in me and the rest of the gays 🍌) the best at taking the piss out of ourselves anyway. lol

[@tammyfinnemore]

These days it would never air, because too many people would take offense at at it, lol

[@anserbauer309]

25 years later, it would just be 'backwards' to make jokes like this. Of course it wouldn't air. It was funny at the time _because_ it was progressive and challenged social norms.

[@kerricappy4890]

Actually I think if it was made now there is no way they would get away with it. It was pretty much of its time really. Political incorrectness was more accepted back then.

[@adanianking]

BRILLIANT!!!

[@Jenny_Ss]

Best comedians ever and yes way before its time they were were allies x

[@MrLocomitive]

Hi Rob. We had a 'Gay Olympics' competition in Perth (at Perth Oval in East perth) that ran for 2 to 3 years from memory. It was in the early 90's. Funny as f**k. They crowned a 'Queen of the Comp.' who paraded around in an open roofed limo. Some of the event had to be seen to rebelieved!!! Very risqué in some parts!

[@shanedorival3177]

They had something similar in Melbourne. My favourite event was throw a handbag at a bigot ha ha ha

[@thisisbillgates]

Can you please watch all of their videos? So good lol

[@monicaking2140]

There is the Gay Games :-)

[@shanedorival3177]

Rob, that’s exactly how it was. I know I lived it. They were definitely pushing the envelope of the time. Love them for it.

[@Wandafulofit]

haha that's gold..!!!! And here's a link to some outtakes kzbin.info/www/bejne/nHjZYambl5uGjKc

[@Sisterfifi]

Search for Gina Riley and Cher

[@leandabee]

Brilliant stuff 👏 👌

[@samanthasmith264]

Jane Turner, Gina Rielly, and Madga (no hope of me being able to spell her last name)... I grew up watching these ladies... soooooooo funny

[@dickwilliam3793]

You butchered Gina's name too

[@linus98765]

I recently discovered Kath & Kim and really loved it. Hope you can react to some episodes.

[@RobReacts1]

We have watched all the episodes! a really funny show!

[@williamborg4974]

Rob, check out 'Hoges - Commonwealth Religious Games' (Paul Hogan Show). The AFL match at the end is a classic.

[@RobReacts1]

That may upset too many people with my Athiest views :D

[@williamborg4974]

@@RobReacts1 when it was broadcast on Channel 9 in 1982, there were no complaints - quite the opposite. These days, what with WOKE, etc. I understand your concern.

[@arconeagain]

This is so good. You could bang on about it all day long and still not explain, in every detail, why.

[@garros]

My favourite Gay Games events are jizzcus and synchronised rimming :)

[@anserbauer309]

I like the Chapel St Triathlon; running up debts, jumping to conclusions and batting for the other team.

[@garros]

@@anserbauer309 The 100m Mince, from this clip, is a classic.

[@anserbauer309]

@@garros Agreed. The original joke was from Julian Clary in 1989.... but as you say, it's a classic.

[@garros]

@@anserbauer309 Ah, Julian Clary, of course. He's a riot. But I was only 10/11 in 1989 and as yet unaware of... well, many things, including Julian! )

[@anserbauer309]

@@garros I was 18 and becoming acutely aware of ..... a much bigger world than the one I grew up in.

[@mattkyne9651]

Look up Kath and Kim the 3 are in it great show

[@RobReacts1]

We have seen all the episodes :)