Classify "Wog" Australian Comedians

[Herodotus97]

Nick Giannopoulos
https://scontent-sjc3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/285187684_557540192402222_1301931076114547463_n.jp g?_nc_cat=107&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=a2f6c7&_nc_ohc=fd7CnooB7UQAX-_AD_2&_nc_ht=scontent-sjc3-1.xx&oh=00_AfD4luyDvQPNMJgixpXY7U9aN2TVdOablnjEP0uwJUU0 AQ&oe=65136EF8


Nicholas Giannopoulos (born 1 July 1963) is a Greek Australian stand-up comedian, stage, TV and film actor and film director. He is best known for his comedy stage show Wogs Out of Work alongside George Kapiniaris, the television sitcom Acropolis Now and The Wog Boy film series and has been described as "Australia's leading exponent of "wog" humour".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Giannopoulos

Simon Palomares

https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ed39c4_f4b90c1fa5974b72aa536bb1468dc28e~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_573,h_537,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/ed39c4_f4b90c1fa5974b72aa536bb1468dc28e~mv2.jpg


Simon Palomares is a German-born Australian comedian and actor of Spanish descent. He is best known for his character as cafe manager Ricardo "Ricky" Martinez in Acropolis Now. Palomares was one of the creators and stars of the Wogs Out of Work[2] comedy stage show, which later evolved into the Acropolis Now TV series. He has performed comedy shows in the United States, Canada, Spain and Argentina where he performs stand-up in Spanish. More recently, Palomares has toured Australia in a combination cooking program and stand-up comedy show called Palomares Cooks Calamares.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Palomares

George Kapiniaris

https://greekcitytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/GK.png


George Kapiniaris is an Australian stage, television and film actor and comedian. He is of Greek descent and is best known for his role in popular sitcom Acropolis Now and composed the series' theme song. Kapiniaris appeared in the stage show Wogs Out of Work with Nick Giannopoulos, in the 1980s. In 2007, he joined forces with fellow comedians Joe Avati, Nish Selvadurai and Simon Palomares for a national tour Il Dago. In late 2012, he played in the Australian stage version of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Kapiniaris

Mary Coustas

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Mary_Coustas_2012.jpg/800px-Mary_Coustas_2012.jpg


Mary Coustas (born 16 September 1964) is an Australian actress, comedian and television personality and writer. Originally from Melbourne, Coustas often performs as the character "Effie", a stereotypical second-generation Greek Australian prone to malapropisms. She completed a Bachelor of Arts at Deakin University in Melbourne, majoring in performing arts and sub-majoring in journalism. Coustas' initial claim to fame was in the comedy stage show Wogs Out of Work alongside Nick Giannopoulos, George Kapiniaris and Simon Palomares. In 2019, Coustas joined the Shooshi Mango boys and Giannopoulos on stage in a show named Fifty Shades of Ethnic.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Coustas

[Valenman]

Supposedly the majority of white Australians are of Welsh and Irish descent and until the 1960s they practically did not mix with native Australians.

[Grace O'Malley]

Supposedly the majority of white Australians are of Welsh and Irish descent and until the 1960s they practically did not mix with native Australians.

English, then Irish, then Scots and many other Europeans such as Italians, Germans, Greek, Dutch, Polish, Maltese and Croatians before the Welsh. Out of all Isles diasporas the Welsh have the least amount of immigrants.

[Valenman]

English, then Irish, then Scots and many other Europeans such as Italians, Germans, Greek, Dutch, Polish, Maltese and Croatians before the Welsh. Out of all Isles diasporas the Welsh have the least amount of immigrants.

Ok To be honest, I understand more about the history of Europe than Australia,But as far as I know, in Australia there were quite a few Welsh immigrants. For example, one of the states in Australia is called New South Wales.

[Grace O'Malley]

Ok To be honest, I understand more about the history of Europe than Australia,But as far as I know, in Australia there were quite a few Welsh immigrants. For example, one of the states in Australia is called New South Wales.

Yes it is but that doesn't mean there are more Welsh. :) It was Captain Cook that named it New South Wales. The 2021 Census figures gives those figures.

https://i.imgur.com/i4nCJlc.png

[Creoda]

Ok To be honest, I understand more about the history of Europe than Australia,But as far as I know, in Australia there were quite a few Welsh immigrants. For example, one of the states in Australia is called New South Wales.
That was named that for some unknown reason by Captain Cook (from Yorkshire), probably as an homage to the Prince of Wales.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxKnFckhzUs&ab_channel=GiopSaus

There were more Cornish migrants to Australia than Welsh.

[Valenman]

Yes it is but that doesn't mean there are more Welsh. :) It was Captain Cook that named it New South Wales. The 2021 Census figures gives those figures.

https://i.imgur.com/i4nCJlc.png

Lol almost the same as Spaniards, I didn't know that in Australia there are 130,000 Spaniards

[Creoda]

The only somewhat funny one is Santo Cilauro (Italian), but that's because he generally steers away from 'wog humour'.
https://img.celebritynetworthwiki.org/thumbs/162274_santo-cilauro/162274_santo-cilauro_1.jpeg

[Daco Celtic]

The only somewhat funny one is Santo Cilauro (Italian), but that's because he generally steers away from 'wog humour'.


What are some examples of top-notch Australian comedians or comic actors? I know Jim Jefferies but he is...meh. Paul Hogan is a bit dated.

[Creoda]

What are some examples of top-notch Australian comedians or comic actors? I know Jim Jefferies but he is...meh. Paul Hogan is a bit dated.Everyone's taste is different, but some people I've found amusing over the years are Shaun Micallef, Lano and Woodley, Barry Humphries, Tom Gleeson, Tripod, Dave Hughes, Mick Molloy....others who've done some decent things include John Clarke, Kym Gyngell, Glenn Robbins, Cilauro, Jane Turner, Gina Riley, Magda Szubanski, Rob Sitch, Jimeoin, Tony Martin, Bob Franklin, Garry McDonald...

On the subject of wog comedians, Eric Bana was a big comedian in Australia (on Full Frontal) before he became famous in Hollywood, but I didn't think he was very funny.

[Odelia]

1. Very woggy looking indeed, looks fucking Armenian or Iranian! Anatolid to Cappadocian med. Possibly a Greek of Anatolian descent
2. Err not that woggy looking, fits within French and Swiss Italian. Regular alpine.
3. Cute and cuddly. Alpinized dinaro med.
4. Looks like Paula Abdul. Syrian Jew looking. Hair is clearly pretty curly as I can see from her roots. Another Greek of Anatolian descent, and she may as well could have distant Semitic Aramean as these people have been around that area in the past. Anatolid.


The only somewhat funny one is Santo Cilauro (Italian), but that's because he generally steers away from 'wog humour'.
https://img.celebritynetworthwiki.org/thumbs/162274_santo-cilauro/162274_santo-cilauro_1.jpeg
He looks very Celtic.

[Herodotus97]

English, then Irish, then Scots and many other Europeans such as Italians, Germans, Greek, Dutch, Polish, Maltese and Croatians before the Welsh. Out of all Isles diasporas the Welsh have the least amount of immigrants.

How representative would you say these four are phenotypically of Southern Euros in Australia?

[Grace O'Malley]

How representative would you say these four are phenotypically of Southern Euros in Australia?

They are fairly representative although there are more Italians. Italian Australians are quite common. Melbourne has a lot of Greeks more so than the West.

[Grace O'Malley]

1. Very woggy looking indeed, looks fucking Armenian or Iranian! Anatolid to Cappadocian med. Possibly a Greek of Anatolian descent
2. Err not that woggy looking, fits within French and Swiss Italian. Regular alpine.
3. Cute and cuddly. Alpinized dinaro med.
4. Looks like Paula Abdul. Syrian Jew looking. Hair is clearly pretty curly as I can see from her roots. Another Greek of Anatolian descent, and she may as well could have distant Semitic Aramean as these people have been around that area in the past. Anatolid.


He looks very Celtic.

Santo does not look Celtic (not really sure what that is anyway?). :) Also Mary Coustas looks Greek. Her hair isn't that curly that's just a character she plays.

https://cdn1.neoskosmos.com/uploads/sites/2/2015/03/Mary-Coutsas.jpg


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mr9k2msGroU

[Daco Celtic]

Everyone's taste is different, but some people I've found amusing over the years are Shaun Micallef, Lano and Woodley, Barry Humphries, Tom Gleeson, Tripod, Dave Hughes, Mick Molloy....others who've done some decent things include John Clarke, Kym Gyngell, Glenn Robbins, Cilauro, Jane Turner, Gina Riley, Magda Szubanski, Rob Sitch, Jimeoin, Tony Martin, Bob Franklin, Garry McDonald...

On the subject of wog comedians, Eric Bana was a big comedian in Australia (on Full Frontal) before he became famous in Hollywood, but I didn't think he was very funny.

I went ahead and looked at some of these comedians on YouTube. All are pretty witty and similar to American comedians but maybe a touch more dry. It's all pretty representative of Australia's halfway point between English and American culture.

[Creoda]

I went ahead and looked at some of these comedians on YouTube. All are pretty witty and similar to American comedians but maybe a touch more dry. It's all pretty representative of Australia's halfway point between English and American culture.
Although Lano and Woodley are classic slapstick as well as witty. Their TV show from the late 90s was brilliant (filmed a few minutes walk from where my brother lives).

The most famous Australian ethnic sitcom in the 80s/90s was Acropolis Now, but that show was bloody awful from what I've seen of it. Effie and Nick Giannopoulos got their fame from it. Pizza/Fat Pizza was the ethnic sitcom of the 00s, but I never watched it.

The Australian version of All in the Family in the 70s/80s was Kingswood Country, which was pretty lame but has its politically incorrect charm. The main character would always say 'watch it, wog!' to the smartarse Italian character :icon_lol: