Back of the Y Masterpiece Television
Back Of The Y Masterpiece Television was a cult TV series produced in New Zealand. Featuring such memorable characters as Spanners Watson, Danny Parker, Cindy Cockburn and Randy Campbell, the show glorified stupid stunts and the consumption of copious amounts of alcohol. The Hollywood special episode featured Randy Campbell jumping off the back of the Y in the famous Hollywood sign.
The show consisted of 7 episodes of Back Of The Y Masterpiece Television and The Back Of The Y Goes To Hollywood Special.
In addition to being screened upon New Zealand television, the show has been given airtime on MTV2 in the UK and on Channel V in Australia. They are also responsible for That C*nt Rabbit (an animated TV show for MTV UK), Heck (animated show also for MTV UK) and Balls Of Steel (for Channel 4 UK).
Back Of The Y has also spawned a band featured on the series named "Deja Voodoo".
Back Of The Y then released a second TV series, this time titled "Bogan's Heroes" which was a prison comedy.
They are currently working on a film called The Devil Dared Me To (The Randy Campbell Story). The film is backed by Headstrong Productions which is in association with the New Zealand Film Commission.
Short Films
Vaseline Warriors: Set in an apocalyptic future where all women have been destroyed. The men fight over ripped up porno mags and vaseline.
Bottlestore Galactica: Battlestar Galactica parody. Space pilots Steineken and Heinlager get drunk and fly around.
Releases
- Complete Artswholes - A video cassette no longer available to the general public, this video contains every single second of Artswhole to ever be aired on the television show Space, including that episode that was banned.
- Back of the Y 2002 Annual - A book containing jokes, stories, pictures and comics. Only 10 copies ever made.
- Back of the Y Masterpiece Television Series One (VHS) - A video containing every episode to be played on Channel 2 in 2001, considered to be the best/worst TV show to ever be aired, depending on who you are. But it really was the pinnacle of New Zealand television.
- Back of the Y: the Two DVDs - Contains all seven episodes of series one, the Hollywood special, plus hours of never-before seen footage, Randy Campbell's Celebrity Death Jump, Vaseline Warriors III, the very best of Artswhole, some music videos including Tim Finn, and it's all completely uncensored. Also the chance to get drunk with Matt and Chris when they do the commentaries in the world's first Commentary of the Commentary bonus feature.