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Australians always manage to create some of the most demented comedies I've ever seen, and Around the World in 80 Ways from director Stephen MacLean makes my list of top 10 all-time great comedies.
Wally Davis (Philip Quast), who according to his dad has "gone funny," owns and operates a tour bus and runs a beachfront trailer/cafe shaped like a giant banana. After the trailer is repossessed, Wally heads home with the plan to raid the family savings account, but Mum, Mavis Davis (Diana Davidson) leaves for a long-desired whirlwind world tour dumping Dad, geriatric Roly Davis (Allan Penney) at the Twilight Rest Home as she heads for the airport. Wally's dad suffers from "galloping senility" and has "started boring himself to death" thanks to a treacherous blow delivered by neighbour and former business partner the portly, toupee toting, used car salesman Alex Moffat (Rob Steele).
