A stranger to Australian shores in the 1990s might be forgiven for thinking that the the country could only support one comedy writing group.
And they'd be about right.
From the sophmoric beginnings as the D-Generation at the beginning of the decade to acclaimed TV and filmakers (The Castle, The Dish) of Working Dog productions at the end of the decade, a core group of members flowed through the humour factory turning out interesting one-off series like Funky Squad (1995).
Screening on the ABC, the series played out like an old Aaron Spelling series with laboured jokes and all. Amongst the most interesting part of the seven episode series is that it contained its own ad breaks featuring genuine TVCs of the late 1960s/early 1970s.
The period jokes continued with the publishing of The Funky Squad Annual. Although a quintessential English tradition, the Annual, released either for summer or Christmas, was filled with short stories, comics and puzzles to last the youngster through to the next TV season.
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