Hercules Returns is a screen adaptation of the popular Australian live comedy show Double Take, conceived and performed by Des Mangan with Sally Patience. The Double Take show, which began in Sydney in 1986, is part of the "dub parody" genre, in which ostensibly serious films are deliberately re-voiced in a satirical or spoof manner. Well-known examples of this genre include the 1960s Jay Ward TV series Fractured Flickers and Woody Allen's What's Up, Tiger Lily?
Hercules Returns is a screen adaptation of the well-known Australian live comedy show Double Take, created and performed by Des Mangan along with Sally Patience. The Double Take program, which started in Sydney in 1986, belongs to the "dub parody" category, where supposedly serious films are intentionally re-voiced in a humorous or ironic manner. Famous examples of this genre include the 1960s Jay Ward TV series Fractured Flickers and Woody Allen's What's Up, Tiger Lily?