Housos
| Housos | |
|---|---|
 The cast of Housos | |
| Genre | Comedy |
| Created by | Paul Fenech |
| Written by | Paul Fenech |
| Directed by | Paul Fenech |
| Starring | Paul Fenech Tahir Bilgic Rob Shehadie Jason "Jabba" Davis Amanda Keller Ian Turpie Angry Anderson Melissa Tkautz Elle Dawe Kiri-Leigh Schmitt Ashur Simon Maret Archer Twinstar Stunts Andy McPhee Kev Taumata Anthony Salame Vanessa Davis |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 9 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | SBS One |
| Release | 24 October 2011 – present |
| Related | |
| Pizza, Swift and Shift Couriers | |
Housos is an Australian comedy television series created by Paul Fenech for SBS, that screens on SBS One. The series is a satirical parody of low income Australian residents of fictional suburb Sunnyvale, who are living in Housing Commission public housing. On November 1, 2012, a film based on the series was released in Australian cinemas, titled Housos vs. Authority. On September 10, 2012, SBS announced that Housos will return for a second season, which is expected to air in 2013.
Cast
The cast of Housos features many actors from Fenech's previous programmes, Pizza and Swift and Shift Couriers.[1]
- Elle Dawe as Shazza Jones
- Jason "Jabba" Davis as Dazza Smith, Shazza's De-Facto
- Paul Fenech as Franky Falzoni, Dazza's Best Friend
- Kiri-Leigh Schmitt as Kylie Harfoot, Franky's De-Facto who was killed before the events of Housos vs Authority (Season 1)
- Kev Taumata as Kevin Takamata, Franky & Dazza's Friend
- Vanessa Davis as Vanessa Talawahoo, Kevin's De-Facto
- Ian Turpie as Wazza Jones, Shazza's Dad / Narrator of the Show (Season 1)
- Sabeena Manalis as Sabeena, Franky's cousin
- Crystal Sullivan as Crystal, Kylie's Sister & Franky's On-Again Off-Again Girlfriend
- Amanda Keller as Christina Rees, Sunnyvale Mayor
- Melissa Tkautz as Cheree, Franky's Ex De-Facto
- Andrew Ausage as Junior, Cheree's Samoan De-Facto
- Angry Anderson as Angry the Bikie, Leader of the Hunterz Bikie Gang
- Davey Cooper as Johnno, Angry's Dwarf-Sized Brother
- Maret Archer as Beryl, Dazza's Mum
- Stuart Rawe as Reg, Beryl's mentally disabled De-Facto
- Ashur Simon as Abdul, Sunnyvale Assassins Member
- Tahir Bilgic as Habib, Sunnyvale Assassins Member
- Rob Shehadie as Rocky, Sunnyvale Assassins Member
- Ara Natarian as Ara, Sunnyvale Assassins Member
- Mohammed Hammoud as Mo, Sunnyvale Assassins Member
- Nicole Sharrock as Hayley, Franky's De-facto / Barmaid who is also in the Housos vs Authority Movie
- John Mangos as himself (appearing as a news presenter)
Series overview
| Series | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Series premiere | Series finale | |||
| 1 | 9 | 24 October 2011 | 19 December 2011 | |
Episode list
| No. | Title | Original air date | |
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| 1 | "Disability" | 24 October 2011 | |
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The Housos scheme to get on the disability pension. Shazza and Kylie have a girl's night out. Franky buys a car instead of stealing one and much to the shock of everyone in Sunnyvale Beryl attempts pole dancing. | |||
| 2 | "Pregnant" | 31 October 2011 | |
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Shazza is about to give birth but she can't get an ambulance. Dazza tries to get her to the hospital by train, taxi and even... a wheelbarrow. Angry bus drivers, closed hospitals and road raging drivers make Shazza's birth the biggest pre-natal drama since the birth of Jesus. | |||
| 3 | "Melbourne" | 7 November 2011 | |
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Franky wins a chopper in a tough man competitions but he and Kylie break up after an argument about the colour of his prize. Not thinking clearly Franky takes a road trip to Melbourne to visit his brother, Dino. Swinger parties, Crystal, old grudges and dodgy relatives from Melbourne make this the Houso road trip from hell | |||
| 4 | "Green Day" | 14 November 2011 | |
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Franky, Kev and Dazza all need money to keep their de factos off their backs; Dazza tries car jacking while Kev and Franky join Habib in a dodgy insulation scheme. In a strange twist of fate the apartment that's being insulated is the Mayor of Sunnyvale's. The not-so-environmentally friendly episode of Housos. | |||
| 5 | "Thailand Part One" | 21 November 2011 | |
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Wazza owes money to the bikies and Dazza needs bail money. Shazza decides to help them by making money working for the bikies, her first job? Delivering a boogie board full of illegal steroids to Asia. | |||
| 6 | "Thailand Part Two" | 28 November 2011 | |
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The Housos are in Asia trying to sumuggle illegal steroids inside a boogie board. Before they can deliver the goods they are captured by jungle terrorists and are held for ransom. Can the Housos get home to Sunnyvale? | |||
| 7 | "Foxtel" | 5 December 2011 | |
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The Sunnyvale Assassins are selling dodgy pay TV boxes, Shazza and Kylie want one desperately so they force Dazza and Franky to get jobs. After a string of failed money making attempts the Housos find out how hard real work can be. Franky decides he would sell his cousin to get hold of free Foxtel, and so he does. | |||
| 8 | "Uncle Doug" | 12 December 2011 | |
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Franky desperately needs a jumping castle for his son's, Anarchy, first birthday. He doesn't know where to steal one so he asks Dazza's Uncle Doug (Andy McPhee). Doug is fresh out of jail after 29 years. Stolen cop cars and x-rated jumping castles make this a Houso party you don't want to miss. | |||
| 9 | "Birthday" | 19 December 2011 | |
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It's Dazza's birthday and everybody helps out in their own way. Shazza steals a pie cake, Franky steals a fire truck and while stealing a council car the Housos discover documents showing the Mayor wants to move the community into the bush so she can build townhouses. Is this the end of the Sunnyvale Housos? | |||
Controversy
Housos came under fire from a number of western Sydney residents, who had called on SBS not to put the series on air. A petition which was initiated by residents on a housing commission property received thousands of signatures, and the efforts gained support from local politicians. Mount Druitt MP Richard Amery presented the petition in Parliament in late April 2011. Housos was also at the centre of a controversy in February 2011 thanks to an erroneous attack by the Nine Network's A Current Affair, which initially claimed that the series was "reality TV". Nine Network later said that the mistake originated from an 18-year-old woman working at ninemsn. SBS was also forced to defend the show by stating that the series was not receiving funding from the government, and it was instead being funded by the network's own revenue raising activities.[2]
Awards and nominations
- 2011: Comedy – Situation or Narrative ("Pregnant", nominated)
Filming location
Most of filming took place in the suburbs of Smithfield, New South Wales, Chatswood and Ermington, New South Wales.
See also
References
- ^ "Housos on Facebook". Retrieved 8 May 2011.
- ^ "The Spy Report - Residents call for banning of Housos on SBS". The Spy Report. 8 May 2011. Retrieved 8 May 2011.