The Elegant Gentleman's Guide to Knife Fighting

2013

The Elegant Gentleman's Guide to Knife Fighting

7.4 | en | Comedy

The Elegant Gentleman's Guide to Knife Fighting aspires to take sketch comedy in a different direction. With longer-form scenes, less traditional material, and surprising cast, it will be at times random, often ridiculous and occasionally surreal.

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Seasons & Episodes

EP6 Episode 6

May. 08,2013

Tit for tat. A man struggles with discrimination in the work place, a sore loser finally gets the rematch he's been waiting for, and a man doesn't understand why women can't seem to get the message that he's taken.

EP5 Episode 5

May. 01,2013

For all the tea in China. A death sentence goes green when an inmate is offered the option to use an alternative energy source for his electrocution. Meanwhile, a terrorist organization has trouble sticking to their plan.

EP4 Episode 4

Apr. 24,2013

A father gets held up on the wrong information when he gets an unfortunate call about his son. Two actors get the audition of a lifetime, a tennis player loses hope in himself, and a party game brings out the worst in its guests.

EP3 Episode 3

Apr. 17,2013

A series of awkward interventions. A rocket scientist makes one too many bad jokes, a zombie actor moonlights as a cleaner, a father has trouble delivering the birds and the bees talk with his son, and an astronaut loses his internet privileges.

EP2 Episode 2

Apr. 10,2013

Everybody's having a bad day. A man struggles to commit to his vows in a less than fairytale wedding. Three men prepare to be the first to walk on the moon, but one gets left out and a television actor struggles to make it through the day.

EP1 Episode 1

Apr. 03,2013

A dinner party gets uncomfortable when an uninvited guest arrives. Meanwhile a father has trouble coming to terms with his daughter's big news. A date turns into a culinary adventure and a woman gets to the bottom of her husband's strange habit.

7.4 | en | Comedy | More Info

Released: 2013-04-03 | Released Producted By: Jungle Entertainment , Country: Australia Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website: http://www.abc.net.au/tv/programs/elegant-gentlemans-guide-to-knife-fighting/

Synopsis

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Cast

Patrick Brammall , Phil Lloyd , Robin McLeavy

Director

Phil Lloyd

Producted By

Jungle Entertainment ,

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Cast

Patrick Brammall

as Various Characters

Call Your Mother Overlord Fun Mom Dinner No Activity No Activity Glitch The Little Death Ruben Guthrie The Moodys

Phil Lloyd

as Various Characters

Sando The Moodys The Elegant Gentleman's Guide to Knife Fighting A Moody Christmas At Home With Julia

Robin McLeavy

as Various Characters

Backtrack Blinky Bill the Movie The Elegant Gentleman's Guide to Knife Fighting Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter Hell on Wheels After the Credits The Loved Ones

Reviews

Rob Stupid to look at, not very practical, but in the end very very funny. Well done Jungleboys. If you don't think it is funny try Friends Monday to Friday on Go. This is the real deal, genuine sketch comedy, which has been missing on Australian TV since Rod Quantrock didn't care who he made fun of. It isn't rocket science, it is comedy and not for everyone which is what makes this so good.There is edge, satire and a reinforcement that Australians are not English or American, they don't care that most of the ABC audience won't either like it or get it and they don't care if they don't get another season. Five stars.

tenlegdragon You know how some comedies like to slowly descend into the insanity of the show? Eg, the way Sunny in Philly goes from bar life to terrorism in around 20 mins? Well, this show is made up of bits, each one about 2 to 5 minutes long, and they start at insane and move up from there. You don't have to wait for the talking dog, the dog is talking from the beginning and he might actually be the straight man for the skit, because that's the level of outrageous, audacious mind-boggling nonsense this is. That's how insane this is. Think about the glory days of snl. And multiply that by about 15.This is perfect. Utterly perfect for anybody who liked Frisky Dingo, Sealab, Wilfred, Sunny, League... that kind of stuff. It's awesome.PLUS - Australian accents. Everybody loves Aussies. What more can you want? This is a guaranteed laugh. You have to check it out. The 3.9 rating is profane. This is 10 star gold. Watch and see. I dare you not to laugh. This was engineered for laughter. If you don't like this, your sense of comedy is broken beyond any hope of redemption or salvage.

danbrophy Television needs a chance to find it's rhythm and creating a sketch comedy show in Australia - especially on a network like ABC where the average viewing age is 40+, creating something that is daring is going to be met with even more criticism. I feel that EGGKF gets better with each episode. By episode two, there was the introduction of darker, more subversive characters - like the children's TV clown with the squeaky voice - that were indicative of where this show could go if given time to grow. In a country that is 1/20 the size of the US, if a large part of the population doesn't tune into something, it's considered a failure and thus, so few television shows have the chance to respond to their audience and mature. The expectation that season 1 episode 1 will be a masterwork is ridiculous.

Cebec Beceb I think this has promise - as with all sketch shows some things worked better than others, but on the whole there were some strong ideas and it was better acted than most sketch shows. I'm giving them credit for trying out some different styles and longer formats, especially seeing as they have a strong cast. I actually liked the tense awfulness of some of the longer set-ups. It also has some nice short links to break things up, and overall could be a really solid show given the people involved. There has only been one episode after all! I guess if you think all sketch shows should stick to some pre-ordained snappy time formula this may not be for you, but I think it is worth sticking with as it's trying to do something a bit different and has an interesting, talented and unorthodox cast/directors for a comedy show. If anything, I hope people watch it so that things that are a little off-centre but generally nicely made actually keep getting a chance!Otherwise we might just be left with a string of pale full frontal imitations and attempts to create catch-cry characters for merchandising rewards...