Skitz

I've always been looking for info about this NZ TV show but have had a hard time finding anything. Here's a little bit about the show....



This popular sketch-based comedy ran to four series, screening on TV3 in 1993, 1995, 1996 and 1997. Aimed at the younger end of the channel's 18-49 target age group, the show became popular with teenagers and some even younger, despite its 9.00pm Friday-night timeslot, and many of the character's catch-phrases could be heard echoing in playgrounds across the country.

The show was presented in a three-part, half-hour format, with a mixture of one-off sketches and regular characters who appeared each week. The characters were developed through test performances in front of live theatre audiences in the pre-production period each year, and of the 30-odd sets of characters so developed, a surprising number survived through more than one series to become favourites with the audience.

Chief among these was the Semisi Family, immigrants from Samoa who lived in a poor suburb of New Zealand's largest city, Auckland. Appearing in all four series of Skitz, a total of over 50 weekly 3-minute segments, Milburn Place was a favourite, particularly among New Zealand's large Polynesian community. Other notorious Skitz characters included:

The very Reverend Phineas O'Diddle and Hori: a liberal Anglican homosexual vicar who harasses and embarasses an extremely heterosexual, rugby loving Maori joker.

Virtual Vern: The virtual reality addict who thinks he is playing a fantasy game, but is actually out in the real world - stark naked apart from his headset.

The Greens: The ultimate sandal-wearing, whale saving, sunflower-seed munching hippie couple, who have trouble coping with the drive-in, throw-away, shrink-wrapped society, and cannot hope to guide their thoroughly modern son through his teenage troubles.

The Flagrante Brothers: A couple of overdressed spivs who give their views on the world live from the comfort of their strip-club lounge, attended by the luscious Cinnamon and the mute barman, Fudge.

Skitz made a brief foray into prime-time with its 1996 series which screened at 7.30pm and included topical sketches based on headline news stories of the week. This experiment did not appear to find favour with regular fans, however, and the later episodes of series three and series four returned to the late Friday timeslot. A Skitz website was launched in 1998.

Best Entertainment Programme
New Zealand Film and Television Awards 1996

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i wish we knew which, if any, of those regular characters were jemaine's....

I was trying to figure out why I don't remember it, and then I realised. We only had TV1 and TV2. Only city kids got TV3. And my town only got a special aerial to allow TV3 in 2000 or so.

I'm no hick, honest :-[

Thanks for the info Ami. It would be cool if we could locate some episodes with Jemaine but that doesn't seem likely.

I've been searching high and low, even for just some pics or something but nothing so far.

I'll be getting a DVD with some Skitz stuff on it soon. I have no idea if Jemaine will be in any of it, but I sure hope so.

I have another Jemaine goodie on the way as well. Well, I hope it's good. It has Jemaine, so there's that.

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Another Jemaine goodie???

*can't wait*

Yeah!! Jemaine goodies....I like Jemaine's goodies...um I mean Jemaine goodies

Wow, way to tease us, can't wait to see whatever it is.

christi wrote:Yeah!! Jemaine goodies....I like Jemaine's goodies...um I mean Jemaine goodies

LMAO!!

Yeah, the Skitz stuff is a bust. No Jemaine unless I missed him. Sorry guys. I tried.

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Thanks anyway, Sam. So was this DVD you received a "
dubbed video dub"
? ;
)

So Nikki actually pointed me in the direction of these gems (yes pun intended) the other day but with all the excitement of the new episode I forgot to post them.



Jemaine is in clips 3 & 4!!!

Amily wrote:So Nikki actually pointed me in the direction of these gems (yes pun intended) the other day but with all the excitement of the new episode I forgot to post them.



Jemaine is in clips 3 & 4!!!

Squee!!! I love seeing him do other characters!

Those were great! I especially like the one where he was a geek. They're both named Dennis, they both are wearing X-Files T-shirts... Brilliant.

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earthintruder wrote:Those were great! I especially like the one where he was a geek. They're both named Dennis, they both are wearing X-Files T-shirts... Brilliant.

" title="" border="0"/> I never noticed the shirts! He mentioned the X-Files in the Amoeba vid too...he just keeps getting cooler and cooler.

I know! I was like, "
Oh my God, he's a geek too!"

Thanks Ami and Nikki those were great. Very nice find and yes Jemaine geek is the best kind of geek (pimples and all).