summer heights high but i drink if it has aged badly

[@summer_hb]

part two is coming soon y'all 👀 you'd better click subscribe so you don't miss it

[@jadebel7006]

I think the Jaime spin off n some of his shows were pretty popular in the UK too

[@lawlore]

I'd argue that quite a bit of this isn't really the show aging badly at all. It was written to be deliberately shocking and offensive at the time, and is still shocking now.

[@AllRound_GG]

And also to reflect how schools were at the time.

[@Smakka13420]

Still are, worse even, according to some of my family still in high school; but legit, this show is such an honest reflection of what the Aussie Public High School experience is like; & I’m guessing Ja’ime is a good reflection of the Private High School experience.

[@angelicasmodel]

​@Smakka13420 Jamie is a shockingly accurate depiction of a private school girl. In Private School Girl, there are even a few layers of how messed up the whole environment is for girls.

[@aussiefurbymogwaifan6621]

​@@Smakka13420 ja'mie seems more like a parody of the poplar mean girl character from American high school movies that were poplar during the same era tbh

[@rkaepe]

@@aussiefurbymogwaifan6621 Yeah nah I had a few Ja'mies in my school, TRUST ME they are real, and if you want to laugh about them make sure they never catch wind of you saying it they have minions where you least expect. The whole show was also very relatable as a VIC country Aussie

[@MoistCrumpet]

I think every single Australian public high school had at least one Jonah. His whole existence brings back so many memories from high school.

[@AllRound_GG]

So true!

[@aussiefurbymogwaifan6621]

Ja'mie reminds more of the mean girl characters from American high school movies that came out in the 2000s tbh

[@fatlad69_94]

@@aussiefurbymogwaifan6621no

[@christineokay4435]

Definitely, I couldn’t finish Jonah from Tonga cause of how much it made me cringe from the memories of that one guy in my grade

[@emusaurus]

My highschool was all white

[@megallow1434]

New zealand schools were EXACTLY the same too, ive never seen a show capture people I knew irl so welllll

[@JisooTurtleRabbitt]

Aus and NZ we’re basically the same at this point 😂 anzacs forever ❤

[@Cherrie_whine]

From the U.K. n apart from the uniforms it was the exact same , especially Jam’ie that show was such a staple of my girlhood lmao

[@rayswarnau3868]

The show has aged like a fine wine.

[@maisie1166]

ribena**

[@lukeo5908]

It’s a Wednesday night in 2007. You’ve finished dinner. You switch on the ABC and watch an episode of the Chaser’s War on Everything followed back-to-back with Summer Heights High. On Thursday morning, you and every other kid at school is cracking jokes and repeating lines from last night’s episode. Nostalgia is a hell of a drug, but there was a genuinely awesome sense of community and shared experience around this show that can’t really be replicated in the on-demand streaming era.

[@aussiefurbymogwaifan6621]

"Y2k"

[@liammrpersonal]

can confirm high school is STILL like this

[@papayacatproductions]

To be fair, some jokes were intentionally offensive to show how tone deaf the character was. The "spin around" bit and the "removed the bushes" bit were punching up at the shallow teacher, Christopher Guest style. So, ironically, I kind of give those a pass? Even though they're still awful? I don't know. Not a hill I'm willing to die on ha

[@summer_hb]

@@papayacatproductions yes i agree, i feel like the characters are intentionally written to poke fun at certain kinds of insufferable people haha ill drink every time anyway though 👀

[@3DimensionalMedia]

Yes, this approach has been around since the 1970s with shows (in the UK at least) like Til Death Do US Part) however some people still to this day thought the joke was the racism and not the character (racists and non racists alike). This approach to humour is prob best left in the past as maybe it offends more people than is worth it?

[@nikfiendluvr666]

Also Ja'mie being racist and classist actually fits her character as a stuck up private school girl

[@3DimensionalMedia]

@@nikfiendluvr666 you could argue that yes, this type of comedy seems like the low hanging fruit though, Also leaves the comedian having to defend themselves against 48% of viewers sometimes causing them to come across as arrogant. Just not sure it's worth it unless you really are arrogant and up for taking it.

[@dandeluca5645]

I thought the show was a real documentary when i was young 🤣

[@summer_hb]

it basically is let’s be honest

[@harrietttt]

no cause i had a teacher who was EXACTLY like mr g, always treating the year five play like we were performing on broadway

[@JulietteHelene]

As a ranga this absolutely fucked my life, I can laugh about it now though

[@megallow1434]

@@JulietteHelene lol yes! The show was so popular that even my teachers were making jokes abt putting me in the football goals

[@Pakofever]

We unironically had to watch SHH in year 10 for English class to learn about the structure of comedy. We were a catholic school. I'm Asian. I also bumped into Chris Liley a couple of years ago in Spice alley - kind of a shy dude. Shit is wild man.

[@hy3gs]

I get that it hasn't aged well in a way, but so much of what this is is ironic humor. He's parodying these types (similar to south park) and showing their ridiculousness.

[@Abi-it7vj]

this is the most aussie thing ever love this oml

[@rumenok]

I'm not even australian i am ukrainian but Jamie's Private School girl absolutely changed my life in 2015 when we are with my friends watched it for the first time, till nowadays it's my favourite show, iconic and funny to watch, maybe it's just fits with Eastern European brutal black humor and realities too

[@cloud8627]

the more offensive it is the more accurate it is, so tbh they're just making it accurate to what high school is like in aus

[@levothy]

man this rlly was what aussie high school was like, its good to rewatch these and just feel all the nostalgia 😭😭

[@ChichiNaka]

I’ve worked in Australian high schools since 2016, public schools, private schools, all girls schools, essentially boarding schools for year 9 etc This hasn’t aged poorly, this is still exactly how a portion of every school acts. Sometimes parents will have idealised tiktok views of school in 2024 where teenagers abhor racism, sexism, homophobia, date rape and violence but it’s all exactly the same now. Talking an all girls private school in Melbourne sharing a girls nudes (child pxrn) amongst themselves and calling a 16 year old girl a slut for what her and her boyfriend of over a year do in their spare time when they’re not at school or work. It’s insane.

[@Asher_Te_Knight]

if you do this with Angry Boys you will get alcohol poisoning

[@geoguru32]

As offensive as it might be, this was peak Australian humour, bloody hilarious

[@tarantuIas]

Love ur editing ! you need more views for sure

[@ctrl_alt_z]

People who went around with the speakers in high school are the equivalent of the people who sit on a quiet carriage and watch videos without headphones

[@girlwednesdayi]

ja'mie using her index finger to groom her impeccably straightened fringe = 2007 zeitgeist perfection. also brownface is bad and chris lilley should feel bad.

[@Hagridslefttoee]

As a Kiwi (New Zealander) this show and many of his others were iconic and still get referenced till this day 😭 especially Jonah

[@jessisam3ss]

As someone who graduated in the past few years, I can say that high school is still exactly like how Summer Heights High portrays it (even in private schools)

[@fullsendfantasy]

Elite show then, still elite today (in my opinion)

[@BluemoonAG]

thats some strong Ribena. choc full of blackcurrants

[@bluemi9817]

I love your editing! this was great to count as a rewatch bc i find it hard to watch nowadays lmao

[@ZeitenSchlechte-v5s]

I'm Tongan and his portrayal of what's it like growing up as a Pacific Islander was pretty damn accurate.

[@markalexander3659]

I'm not Australian but know some of his shows enough that when there's an awkward silence - ESPECIALLY when meeting new people - Ja'mie always pops into my head with "I don't wanna be a bitch, but you guys are really boring"

[@LiviTheSwiftie]

as an aussie high school student i can confirm that it is still like this.

[@larswhite4356]

Damn the quality of this video is worth so much more than the amount of views it has

[@BlazedOutSushi]

You are in the algorithm now! Nice upload

[@kiloecholima7336]

I was that loud, disruptive "student" at high school. If you didn't get "easily distracted and distracts others" on your report card, did you even go to school? 😂😂

[@mistywho5697]

If you were ginger in high school when Julia Gillard was prime minister, ranga is definitely slur

[@neonice6137]

still never met a single person actually offended by the shows

[@momomorton647]

always fun to revisit summer heights high, absolute classic. they definitely took it too far for tv these days but a lot of the jokes are satirical, they're making fun of the goofy racism and homophobia of the youth. that's exactly what kids were like in intermediate/high school in nz too. You aren't rooting for the characters, you can tell they are ridiculous. buttt that doesn't extend to the blackface and racial stereotyping idk what bro was cooking with that 💀

[@iSobeyHvK]

Thing is though its a satirical critique, don't have to be a genius to understand that it isn't racist whatsoever. Yeah offensive to those ignorant maybe. But the intentions were pure fun.

[@SpaceFrogee]

seriously though, as a poc myself I don't find this racist because i don't think being racist was the intention behind this, and i think the same of shows that came out during this time, of course not all of them because sometimes you can clearly see the difference, but I wouldn't even classify this show as racist tbh.

[@lmads8023]

Remember watching Ja'mie years ago it was actually on one of the bbc channels in the uk.

[@mathiusashurst235]

I don't know how you popped up in my feed, but I'm glad

[@Hand_Appreciator]

Graduated 2 years ago, high school hadn't changed

[@lucashouse3299]

When I studied teaching we watched a video on bullying and there was a kid that had to be the based on Jonah

[@tilibro3]

I swear Jonah had a chokehold on aussie kids in the mid 2000s.

[@kristheredpanda]

high school is very much still the same, saying this as someone who's currently in Year 9

[@Theunderstandingclamman]

My best friend in high school absolutely loved anything this man did and I was just sitting next to her waiting for Housos to start

[@sourwoman]

I’m glad you can watch his shows on binge now.

[@zonule_]

As a Canadian I can't relate to having a beloved comedian from my home country do blackface. Prime Ministers however...

[@Jarrahjerboa]

This video made my week LOVE you for this, so excited for pt2. your commentary is great

[@shyers__]

We still watch summer heights high today! But the context has changed. We watch it as an example of negative stereotypes, and how these stereotypes can be perpetuated through common place media, like television!

[@Mainroad.Manjis101]

I like that you skulled even when you could have gotten away with not drinking like some other KZbinrs would do if they did the same sort of challenge. I appreciate the quality of the content also, very surprised to see only 585 subscribers

[@lexidiusBS]

That slurping noises is doing numbers for my misophonia mate

[@najtrows]

This randomly showed up in my feed and as a Swede that consumes more and more Aussie content I loved it! I think this show would have been peak in my teens but ofc it never made it's way over here :P We did have similar mistakes in our own country though. Fun video, thanks for making it!

He’s right about the dog. Looks like hydrocephalus, buildup of fluid on/around the brain. Puts lots of pressure on the skull and brain :( not very pleasant but the condition is common in smaller breeds.

[@bbygurl8821]

So jarring that comedy has had to be changed because people are hyper sensitive nowadays -_- love to dress like they’re in the 00s but couldn’t hack actually being a teen in the 00s😂😂

[@pittodrie19831]

Wow I miss his shows. We need another series showing what Mr G is up to these days!

[@ctrl_alt_z]

This is the first video I've seen of yours, but nil I feel like if I met you at a house party we would vibe sm

[@LuckyyBrawl]

honestly however offensive both summer heights high and jonah from tonga are, that shit slaps and you cant deny it even if you dont truly like the content

[@Despair505]

Used to watch this as a kid in latin america, on a channel that passed british and australian shows. My friends and I loved it lmao

[@pheberiddick4540]

I MISS THESE SHOWS they’re funny as fuck and people are too sensitive and ruined it for everyone else , j’amei is everything

[@rkaepe]

FR I legit spent hours trying to find them one day and not even the sketchy sites had any

[@pheberiddick4540]

We literally watched Jonah from Tonga in class at school at the end of the year 🤣 now you can’t even find it anywhere this woke shit ruins everything

[@krulidn]

Why has something that was just as offensive and in there necessarily because it was offensive aged poorly? The point of the character of Jamie is that she is horrible and racist, classist etc. and the show is making fun of her for being like that. As well as the rest of the characters treating her how you'd expect someone like that to be treated. It's a critical treatment of the subject matter within the show. The analysis that "it's racist" is actually therefore even a step lower than the show speaking for itself. It's not the show aging poorly in that case then. The show ages poorly when it uses slurs or a racist stereotype and clearly does not acknowledge or contextualise it, or if it does, makes it clear that the intended context is in fact an acceptable one that reinforces the slur, racist, sexist stereotype or what not.

[@summer_hb]

@@krulidn brother i agree with you it’s just a bit for the video

[@eren-_]

he still does brown face and hes saying slurs for communities he isnt a part of that is racism and homophobia, it aged poorly what even is your point

[@lilytranchida6356]

9:30 just like me fr, i remember be so upset at the most minor disappointments

[@insanity_bass8478]

11:39 ranga is not a slur because ranga’s aren’t people

[@nitac7174]

i was always salty and still am that mr g never got a spin off. i wanted a spin off of him so badly. my music teacher in high school was LITERALLY his twin.

[@vagabond.7485]

Oh, the way I used to binge watch Summer Heights High ... had it on DVD. This video is awesome, thank-you.

[@alyshamcalpine2238]

it makes me laugh because this really is exactly what high school used to be like in australia 😭😭

[@courtburelsy3236]

We watched summer nights high in English class at my private high school to "teach us how socio-economic classes exist" and we had to write a report on what the show was trying to portray. Like I wrote that's its comedic gold and and I got in trouble LMAO.

[@lilytranchida6356]

really shouldn't have watched this at 1am im getting 'nam flashbacks to high school

[@ajax_davis]

not even sure how i got here but ima have a drink too, keep it up!

[@Solipher]

Chris Lilley and Paul Fenech, peak Australian TV.

[@discofeverish]

This went about as well as I thought it would hahah

[@jamessteely]

Well underated channel, this was hilarious. Thank you algorithm

[@Liipii123]

As an Aussie highschooler right now, this is still very accurate 💀

[@stephchew]

this makes me want to watch it again 🤸🏻‍♂️

[@unemployedphilosopher5072]

Eyy congrats on the video blowing up! Great job!

[@sillysdoodoo]

Very excited for part 2! This was a great video idea!! You're kind of like memulous but with a face

[@summer_hb]

@@sillysdoodoo highest compliment ever

[@javis88h]

That Ribena be hitting different

[@keylimecrime]

hair 360 rn mf i was distracted by how good iit looks the whole time

[@summer_hb]

stop i’m blushing

[@lilwill5833]

underated channel

[@rkaepe]

As an Aussie, okay yes some were maybe offensive to people but I feel it's very uh 'Aussie humour' and trust that Aussies also joke about white people (and honestly I can't be mad because it's so funny and done in a joking way not to offend) but I can't talk because I'm very much white looking despite being only a 3rd/4th gen Maori (Even the white genes colonised smh lol), but like Jamie's Private School Girl show was PERFECT even tho he's obviously not a teenage girl it was SO FREAKING RELATABLE, I mean actually all the school shows were cus honestly when I watched with my friend we were like 'Oh that is SO (name)', I just felt that they represented Aussie schools in a way that no one else could, because TRUST teen humour is 80% lowkey racist, 10% highkey racist and 10% sexist. Oh also it the principle rep is so accurate, 'there's a huge bullying problem' *does virtually nothing about it*

[@bodiedalton3701]

Would love more content like this💯 litterally had a teacher in high school called mr g in Perth 😅

[@ashleemay33]

This dude is a legend. People have become so severely sensitive it's embarrassing. This video is excruciating 😂

[@missladyanonymity]

Oooooh. "Ribena."😉 I'm slow🤣🤣

[@charlie-fi2cf]

i love you for this video

[@Amanda-vs2zr]

I mean, fair enough the humour of Chris Liley's work is that it's deliberately offensive, thats its edge. What I think is interesting is that over the past 15 years or so, the general Australian attitude of banter and mateship (which made these shows passable at the time) has been completely stripped down and the ABC wouldn't even FATHOM airing something like this today. While I think the general Australian public still can have a laugh at summer heights high, broadcasters would never greenlight something like this now, which is sad because us Aussies used to pride ourselves on our ability to make and take a joke.

[@AllRound_GG]

23,000+ views! Amazing achievement! These SHH reaction videos are awesome!

[@jumoomartin5377]

Missed an opportunity to call them ‘slur-ps’! Great vid! You just popped up in my recommended. Subscribed 😊

[@plasticoyster8131]

I was in year 9 when summer heights high was being broadcast, still remember to dicktation everywhere. However, recently saw clips from the doco that Chris Lilly “drew inspiration” from and it’s bloody sad how close he mimicked a real boy going through real struggles. Didn’t change enough to make it a unique character and not just an impression. Of a child. Bloody sad and tainted that part of the show for me. Mr G is great tho.

[@QuantumKayos]

As someone who would normally be called woke af by boomers lol, I think this doesn’t feel that offensive because we aren’t laughing at the racism we are laughing at the racist person for example. The jokes are the characters 😂 plus felt so accurate

[@Number1flop]

Literally describes my high school

[@Wesda]

9:42 the privately educated do it more they are just better at getting away with it

[@jevanspiers7979]

wow im glad i found your channel

[@MarcelScherzer]

yeah it would not fly by today standards, mainly because it was really funny.

[@erinnadia0409]

It’s offensive but it will always still make me laugh out loud 😅

[@jackmcbryde1838]

Great editing! Seriously great content 🎉

[@jessferne6152]

I went to a public highschool and i was in special ed it was fucked ,I had multiple jonahs at my highschool im so greatful i graduated highschool, in 2015 tho 😂😂 and i used to love those shows even tho they havent aged that well but i love dark humour if its done well.

[@ElsaMusicVideos]

Hilarious! can't wait for more! :D (meant to write more not me, i must of been half asleep when i wrote the comment lmao)

[@carlymedo3065]

Such a good video please I need more

[@H4NGM4NDVD]

I would be stone cold sober, this show has aged like fine ribena why is crossdressing ok but blackface isnt? (genuine question)

[@happyshipton4449]

Let's get a Gen Xer to review it. Totally different take.

[@Roz390]

7:45 soml in all American public education.

[@hinterlandzaus]

But the thing is…. The show would have 0 representation of any person if the only character Chris Lily can play is a straight white man. And using offensive language and problematic behaviours humanises the characters, the comedy is in the flaws