There are a couple of overseas friends I would love to introduce to the Australian written, produced and directed ‘Wilfred’.
It tells the simple tail (spelling is not important here) of Wilfred the dog, a favourite canine pet of (kinda) girl-next-door, Sarah. Sarah meets a nice bloke one day. His name is Adam, and when Sarah takes Adam into her home and he meets Wilfred, the craziest, blackest, most ludicrous chaos ensues.
Adam is the only person who sees Wilfred as a human dressed audaciously as a dog. He has a full, furry suit, floppy ears and a crayoned-in nose that makes him look ridiculous.
However, Wilfred is neither friendly nor enamored with his owner’s new beau. Because Adam is the only one to perceive him human, he chats to Wilfred and their frequent conversations are hilarious, disturbing and quite adult.
It’s definitely an acquired taste and the show can be a little controversial. It’s premise is quite typical — a territorial animal having to cope with something new in its living space — but the manner in which it’s presented is not. You don’t have to be a dog owner or lover to enjoy ‘Wilfred’, but you do need to like your comedy left-of-centre and dark. Wilfred is a grumpy, protective older dog, but he’s not particularly evil. It’s simply that boyfriend Adam is often in his way when he’s full of attitude and mischief.
Jason Gann is extremely clever and oddly believable as Wilfred (yep, a man in a dog suit, lol) and Adam Zwar is wonderful as the boyfriend. Perhaps the humour is too Australian and quirk-central to be a huge hit, but the creative team is to be congratulated for producing something original and unusual (although I’ve only seen first season. Season 2 is airing in Aus).
There’s a good boy.
Language warning for the following ‘Wilfred’ clip:
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2 Responses to It’s Wilfred the Dog, Biatch
LOL! Wilfred is worse than Ed the talking horse, is he not? But this post reminds me to ask after YOUR dog…how goes it?
Wilfred is MUCH ruder than Mr Ed, for sure, Amy. He’s a real bitch at times, and extremely grumpy. Although he can be warm, *g*
Our dog? Goodness. Does Sam need a friend? I reckon Effing and Sam would get along really well! He’s lovely, he’s just very, very, very frantic. Eg; washing off the line, jumping on kids’ friends so that they cry, digging up 100 year old bulbs. *sighs*
Who would want a dog, hon? *hugs*