'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)
Housos : Pregnant
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
Housos : Green Day
Australia
:
SBS Independent
,
2011
Z1823680
2011
single work
film/TV
Australia
:
SBS Independent
,
2011
Housos : Birthday
Australia
:
SBS Independent
,
2011
Z1832282
2011
single work
film/TV
Australia
:
SBS Independent
,
2011
Housos vs Authority
( dir. Paul Fenech
)
Australia
:
2012
Z1897500
2012
single work
film/TV
humour
'In Housos VS Authority, Franky, Shazza, Dazza and their mates take on every authority possible. Their quest? To sprinkle Shazza's mum's ashes on top of Australia's most famous icon.'
Fat Pizza Vs. Housos
( dir. Paul Fenech
)
Australia
:
SBS Independent
,
2014
8112702
2014
single work
film/TV
humour
'Director/actor Paul Fenech comes back to the big screen with a mash-up of his two TV shows: Fat Pizza and Housos.
'When the Government decides that Housos would only receive a quarter of their pensions in cash in order to keep them from spending them on cigarettes, alcohol and drugs, the Fat Pizza crew sees an opportunity to expand their business. But things don't quite go according to plan, and Houso Shazza (Elle Dawe) decides to lead a revolution against Fat Pizza.
'Meanwhile, Inspector Cox (Gary Who) has an inkling about the shifty business and launches an investigation.' (Publication summary)
'Paul 'Pauly' Fenech, the man famous for tapping into bogan culture with comedies like Fat Pizza and Housos, is an unlikely television legend.' (Introduction)
'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)
'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)
'Paul 'Pauly' Fenech, the man famous for tapping into bogan culture with comedies like Fat Pizza and Housos, is an unlikely television legend.' (Introduction)
