Jonah Takalua Takes Over London Underground

After the initial reviews suggested that the Brits were not that keen on Chris Lilley’s masterful Summer Heights High, it seems The People have spoken, and perhaps our UK cousins do like the mockumentary series after all!

Reports are filtering in from Old Blighty that have Jonah Takalua’s trademark tag popping up around London. So reporteth Confidential:

Since the hit series has been airing on the BBC, the character’s “di-k-tation” graffiti tag has been spied on a sign in a Tube station on the northern line, while Confidential hears school kids in the Old Dart are repeating the naughty phrases uttered by the unruly teenager.

Excellent work, children of the UK! After all, Jonah was the best thing about Summer Heights High and I hold out hopes that Lilley will create an entire series based on the character for his next project (for the love of god, no more Mr G!).

All this means it’s only fair to remind you that August 10th, 2008 is National Sorry Ranga Day; as the official Facebook group says:

Red-haired people across Australia have been unfavourably compared to orang-utans since Summer Heights High first aired across Australian television screens in 2007. “Ranga’ is now firmly entrenched in the vocabulary of ordinary people all over this country.

So join the Australian nation on Sunday August 10th 2008, and let a Ranga know that you are sorry.

Join up here; it’s the right thing to do.

Defamer Australia says sorry, rangas.