Comedy legend David McPhail began making New Zealanders laugh in pioneering 1970s sketch show A Week of It, and then moved on to McPhail & Gadsby with his comedic mate Jon Gadsby. The two comedians also produced and starred in the sitcom Letter to Blanchy. In later years, McPhail starred in the mock documentary The Waimate Conspiracy, and played the appallingly politically incorrect teacher Gormsby in Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby. In 2007 McPhail donned a spandex super hero costume to fight crime in Amazing Extraordinary Friends, directed by his son Matt McPhail. As well as acting, McPhail has written many of the shows he has been involved in. His other writing credits include A Haunting We Will Go, and he has also worked as a comedy director on such shows as The Life and Times of Te Tutu.
In this ScreenTalk interview, McPhail discusses:
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by Ian Mabbitt on 8 February 2010 at 10:00pm
I can’t look at David McPhail without seeing Muldoon ! He has made us laugh (& cry) for so many years, We came to N.Z. in 1973 & he has been part of our life here & along with Billy T James showed us Kiwis could laugh at themselves, an important value for a civilised country. Hope he keeps up the good work!
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