Beloved Aussie Songs Soon To Be Movies, Part II
With SPECIAL GUEST
What’s My Scene?
A disillusioned actor (Geoffrey Rush) descends into a maelstrom of alcoholism and finds himself utterly unable to remember what play he’s supposed to be acting in. To the fury of his irascible director (Val Lehman) and coldhearted co-star (Deborah Mailman), he disrupts the premiere of Macbeth by performing the role of Algernon Moncrieff in The Importance of Being Earnest, only to win a Helpmann Award for his fresh take on Shakespeare. At this moment of greatest triumph he is run over by a mine cart and killed.
Down Under (by SPECIAL GUEST SCREENWRITER DAN LIEBKE)
A hell-spawned demon (Steve Bisley) stalks and claims innocents, including a strange lady (Rose Byrne), a six foot four musclebound Brussels bread-vendor (Tony Martin as Arnold Schwarzenegger) and a Mumbai man (Sachin Tendulkar) who do not realise, until too late, that the shapeshifting beast with whom they are speaking comes from 'down under'.
Sadie the Cleaning Lady
A respectable lady (Lynne McGranger) secretly makes a living disposing of corpses for the Mafia. She runs into difficulties when her occupation is discovered by her son (John Farnham), who insists she let him join the family business lest he inform the police (The Seekers)
Friday on My Mind
A disillusioned unemployed harpist (John “Burgo” Burgess) becomes obsessed with Friday, convincing himself that it is the only true day of the week and the other six are merely hallucinations. Despite the efforts of a kindly nun (Georgie Parker), his delusions lead him to the city, where for a time he has fun, but after spending some time with a pretty girl (Delta Goodrem), is robbed and murdered by her.
Evie (Part One)
Evie (Celia Pacquola) waits around for part two to start. After a while she sees no reason not to let her hair hang down.
I’ll Be Gone
A disillusioned milkman (Shane Jacobson) continually tells his family and friends (Melissa George, Vince Colosimo, Deni Hines, Steven Jacobs, Nick Giannopoulos, Elliot Goblet) that some day he will have money, while also insisting that this will be extremely difficult. Eventually they say, “Well go and bloody do it then,” and he goes away.
Theme From Neighbours
A disillusioned actor (Stefan Dennis) reconsiders his reclusive ways when his house is blown up by a disillusioned bombmaker (Ian Smith). He is forced to stay with his neighbours (Ryan Moloney, Margot Robbie), who force him to participate in their violently manipulative psychosexual power games. His zest for life rediscovered, he buys a pub and turns it into an unlicensed brothel, finally realising that good neighbours really do become good friends (the Blakeney Twins)
The Carnival Is Over
An attractive young couple (Craig McLachlan, Nikki Webster) go out for the evening, excited to see the carnival, only to receive some devastating news.
Science Fiction
A disillusioned comic book store proprietor (Tanya Bulmer) refuses to believe that the handsome customer (Simon Baker) who asks her to dinner is not a robot. Eventually he convinces her of his humanity by disembowelling himself, and they are married in a joyous ceremony just before he bleeds out.
It’s A Long Way To The Top
A wandering trembita player (Aaron Pedersen) attempts to fund his dream of opening a school for children wishing to play enormous wind instruments by entering the professional hot dog eating circuit. Here he clashes with the current world champion (Alison Whyte) and her sinister agent (Denise Scott). After a friendly bet between the two results in a tragic skiing accident involving a loveable but naive rookie (Jay Laga’aia), the hero hurls his trembita into the Murrumbidgee River, where it lodges and causes massive flooding. Realising that his destiny is in his own hands, he builds a new trembita out of his grandmother’s old lemon tree and defeats the champ in the world championship final by eating six hundred hot dogs in a peculiarly specific situation wherein expanding his stomach can only be achieved by skilful renditions of folk music. He now has the money to fulfil his dream, but his priorities have changed and he ploughs the money into a Netflix reboot of Bingles instead.
Tomorrow
A disillusioned teenager (Rob “Millsy” Mills) ignores the fact that it’s a wonderful day and lets a local ne’er-do-well (Michala Banas) persuade him to come with her to Coober Pedy, where he contracts giardasis from the tap water and dies in agony.
Never Tear Us Apart
A disillusioned ham salesman (Garry McDonald) glues himself to the prime minister with hilarious results.