"Salam Cafe"?

Question

This is an Australian TV comedy program in English, focusing on Muslims. It is shown on SBS [Special Broadcasting Service], a public service channel funded by a mix of taxes and commercials. You can watch an episode here: http://www.sbs.com.au/salamcafe/ This site also gives bios of the folk on the show.

Yes, I said COMEDY: the show has a panel of young people discussing current events in very irreverent style. They mock both Osama Bin Laden and Tom Tancredo (the latter a right-wing former US presidential candidate).

Anyone in the world can email the show: [e-mail]

Have you seen the show? What did you think of it?

Answer 1

(I'm a self confessed SBS tragic, lol).

Nothing tragic about that, now if you were a Ch 7, 9 or 10 fan that would be tragic!

Its a great show!

Answer 2

Yes i caught some of it last night. I was very surprised that they didn't mind making fun of Osama. I thought it would have been a taboo subject.

WTF did i get 4 thumbs down for? I wasn't making a joke i was serious!

Answer 3

Yep, caught it last night (I'm a self confessed SBS tragic, lol).

It was pretty good for a first go, and will no doubt get slicker as time goes by.

The 'panel' discussion (a la 'The Panel') is a good format, useful for discussion and also bringing in guests.

The first guest was interesting, nice to see a big boofy anglo boy wogging up for the night, but he was cool.

I loved 'TamzTube', that was hilarious, how often have we stumbled across that girl on YouTube, lol, she got it to a 't'.

In the future it would be nice to see them tackling some meatier issues, but as first outing, I enjoyed it.

It's younger than my demographic, but it's nice to see the young folk have a go, and I wish them luck at it!

Cheers :-)

Answer 4

Yeah I watched it also and was thoroughly entertained.