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Screen cap from promotional trailer
form y separately published work icon Housos series - publisher   film/TV   humour  
Issue Details: First known date: 2011... 2011 Housos
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'Housos tells the not-so-epic stories of Shazza, Dazza, Franky and Kylie - four best mates from down on the block. Sure, they drink away their problems, they might even have frequent domestics but down on the block it's all for one and one for all.

Follow the adventures of the residents of the Sunnyvale Housing Commission in every-town Australia. They battle cops and they scam Centerlink, they even have the occasional threesome and swingers party, but once you're down with the crew in the hood then it's " Sunnyvale for life".' (Source: http://www.sbs.com.au/shows/housos)

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form y separately published work icon Housos : Pregnant Paul Fenech , Australia : SBS Independent , 2011 Z1822705 2011 single work film/TV humour 'Shazza is about to have a baby and Dazza struggles to get her to the hospital. No ambulance will go near Sunnyvale, so Dazza looks at alternative forms of transport — a 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.' (Australian Television Information Archive record) Australia : SBS Independent , 2011
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form y separately published work icon Housos : Green Day Paul Fenech , Australia : SBS Independent , 2011 Z1823680 2011 single work film/TV Australia : SBS Independent , 2011
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form y separately published work icon Housos : Birthday Paul Fenech , Australia : SBS Independent , 2011 Z1832282 2011 single work film/TV Australia : SBS Independent , 2011

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

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      Australia,
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      SBS Independent ,
      2011 .
      image of person or book cover 3752064335770030183.jpg
      Screen cap from promotional trailer
      Extent: 18x30min. episodes; two seriesp.
      Note/s:
      • First aired: 24 October, 2011

Works about this Work

How Tapping into Bogan Pride with Fat Pizza and Housos Helped Paul Fenech Find His Place Sarah Scopelianos , Verica Jokic , 2019 single work column
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , June 2019;

'Paul 'Pauly' Fenech, the man famous for tapping into bogan culture with comedies like Fat Pizza and Housos, is an unlikely television legend.' (Introduction)

Hopefully the Future Is Dark Felicity Castagna , 2019 single work essay
— Appears in: Sydney Review of Books , April 2019; Second City : Essays from Western Sydney 2021;

'Some people say ‘West’ like it is something wrong, like ice-cream that fell in a gutter. I think West is like my brother’s music, too much bass so you end up dancing like your body parts don’t fit together and laughing all at the same time. That’s what West is: shiny cars and loud things, people coming, people going – movement. Those who don’t know any better, they come into the neighbourhood and lock their windows and drive on through, never stopping before they get somewhere else.

'These are the first few lines of my second book The Incredible Here and Now. I can’t say that I like them very much. I don’t think they work. The rhythm is great, some of the images too, but really what blows the whole thing is that it’s too restrictive, too reductive an image of what western Sydney is to be that useful.' (Introduction)

Dazza of Our Lives Sacha Molitorisz , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 3 November 2011; (p. 8)

— Review of Housos Paul Fenech , 2011 series - publisher film/TV
No One is Safe, Not Even the Fools Graeme Blundell , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 31 October 2011; (p. 23)

— Review of Housos Paul Fenech , 2011 series - publisher film/TV
Belly Laughs Graeme Blundell , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 22-23 October 2011; (p. 26-27)

— Review of Housos Paul Fenech , 2011 series - publisher film/TV
This Satirical Parody is Like Reality on Steriods Graeme Blundell , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 24 October 2011; (p. 19)

— Review of Housos Paul Fenech , 2011 series - publisher film/TV
Belly Laughs Graeme Blundell , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 22-23 October 2011; (p. 26-27)

— Review of Housos Paul Fenech , 2011 series - publisher film/TV
No One is Safe, Not Even the Fools Graeme Blundell , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 31 October 2011; (p. 23)

— Review of Housos Paul Fenech , 2011 series - publisher film/TV
Dazza of Our Lives Sacha Molitorisz , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 3 November 2011; (p. 8)

— Review of Housos Paul Fenech , 2011 series - publisher film/TV
Fenech's Housos Series Stirs the Satire Pot Geoff Shearer , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 18 October 2011; (p. 8)
Neighbours are Rough around the Edges but Wildly Funny in Housos Dianne Butler , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 19 October 2011; (p. 03)
Stay in Touch This Week with Controversy in the Suburbs Scott Ellis , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 24 October 2011; (p. 18)
Hopefully the Future Is Dark Felicity Castagna , 2019 single work essay
— Appears in: Sydney Review of Books , April 2019; Second City : Essays from Western Sydney 2021;

'Some people say ‘West’ like it is something wrong, like ice-cream that fell in a gutter. I think West is like my brother’s music, too much bass so you end up dancing like your body parts don’t fit together and laughing all at the same time. That’s what West is: shiny cars and loud things, people coming, people going – movement. Those who don’t know any better, they come into the neighbourhood and lock their windows and drive on through, never stopping before they get somewhere else.

'These are the first few lines of my second book The Incredible Here and Now. I can’t say that I like them very much. I don’t think they work. The rhythm is great, some of the images too, but really what blows the whole thing is that it’s too restrictive, too reductive an image of what western Sydney is to be that useful.' (Introduction)

How Tapping into Bogan Pride with Fat Pizza and Housos Helped Paul Fenech Find His Place Sarah Scopelianos , Verica Jokic , 2019 single work column
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , June 2019;

'Paul 'Pauly' Fenech, the man famous for tapping into bogan culture with comedies like Fat Pizza and Housos, is an unlikely television legend.' (Introduction)

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