‘Kath & Kim’ isn’t funny.

Honestly, I have trouble filing this post under Entertainment because this show is such a long way from entertaining.

Despite the claims of it's many drooling fans, this is a pointless show that lampoons a subculture which doesn't actually exist here.  The cast (part of an incestuous little group of Aussie comics) have been using the same gags about moron middle-Australia for the last 20 years.  The comedy, if you can call it that, is based on such hilarious physical gags like food spilling out of people's mouths as they eat; the protagonist's inability to pronounce the same words she's been mangling for the last couple of decades, or my favourite: overweight middle-aged women showing thong.

This sort of thing gets old extremely quickly, and nothing is done to refresh the content.

It is beyond mindlessly repetitive, and it really saddens me that it has been picked up by a major commercial network, instead of remaining hidden where it belongs, amongst the cheap British imports on ABC.  Brits just love this crap, which is no surprise as they're still trying to top Benny Hill.

Any Americans reading this will be distressed to find that, despite a few setbacks, they may be getting their own version shortly.  I'm not sure you'll be able to appreciate just how awful ours is, unless you do as we've done -- don't just portray the rednecks (like My Name is Earl which is a good show), actually hire them as writers and cast members instead.  That ought to do it.

By stark contrast, this country actually has a lot of outstanding untapped talent in it's stand-up comics, some of whom can be seen on the first show to creatively capitalise on that in Australia:  Thank God You're Here.