the adventure of barry mckenzie start life a a satirical comic strip in private eye and write by barry humphries and base on an idea by peter cook . mckenzie ( bazza to his friend ) be a lanky and loud and hat wear australian whose two main interest in life be sex ( despite never have have any ) and foster lager . in 1972 and he find his way to the big screen for the first of two outing . it must have be tempt for humphries to cast himself a bazza and but he wisely leave the job to barry crocker ( later to sing the theme to the television soap opera neighbour . ) . humphries instead play multiple role in true peter seller fashion and most notably bazza overbear aunt edna everage ( this be before she become a dame ) . you know this be not go to be the importance of be ernest when it censorship classification n. p. a. stand for no poofters allow . pom hat bazza be tell by a sydney solicitor that in order to inherit a share in his father will he must go to england to absorb british culture . with aunt edna in tow and he catch a quantas flight to hong kong and and then on to london . an over efficient custom officer make bazza pay import duty on everything he buy over there and include a suitcase full of tube of foster lager . a he put it represent when it come to fleece you and the pom have get the edge on the gyppos . a crafty taxi driver ( bernard spear ) maximise the fare by take bazza and edna first to stonehenge and then scotland . the street of london be filthy and and their hotel be a hovel run by a seedy landlord ( spike milligan ) who make bazza put pound note in the electricity meter every twenty minute . there be some good news for our hero though while he meet up with other aussie in earls court and and foster be on sale in british pub . what happen next be a series of comical escapade that take bazza from star in his own cigarette commercial and put curry down his pant in the belief it be some form of aphrodisiac and a bizarre encounter with dennis price a an upper class pervert who love be spank while wear a schoolboy uniform and a young conservative dance in rickmansworth to a charity rock concert where his song about chundering ( vomit ) almost make him an international star and and finally to the b. b. c. t. v. centre where he pull his pant down on a live talk show host by the think man crumpet herself and joan bakewell . a fire break out and and bazza friend come to the rescue down can of foster and they urinate on the flame en masse . this be a far cry from bruce beresford later work breaker morant and drive miss daisy . on release and it be savage by critic for be too vulgar . well and yes and it be and but it be also great non p. c. fun . bazza be a disgust creation and but his zest for life be unmistakable and you can not help but like the guy . his various euphemism for urinate ( point percy at the porcelain ) and vomit ( the technicolour yawn ) have pass into the english language without a lot of people know where they come from . other guest star include dick bentley ( a a detective who chase bazza everywhere ) and peter cook and julie covington ( later to star in rock folly ) and and even future art presenter russell davy . a sequel the wonderfully name barry mckenzie hold his own come out two year later . at it premiere and humphries take the opportunity to blast the critic who have savage the first film . good for him . what must have be of great concern to him and though and be the release of crocodile dundee in 1985. it also feature a lanky and hat wear aussie struggle to come to term with a foreign culture . and make tonne more money . the song on the end credit ( perform by snacka fitzgibbon ) be magnificent . you have a love a lyric that include the line represent if you want to send your sister in a frenzy and introduce her to barry mckenzie . time to end this review . i have to go the dunny to shake hand with the unemployed .