Shrimp on the barbie — is an often quoted phrase that originated in a series of television advertisements by the Australian Tourism Commission starring Paul Hogan from 1984 through to 1990.cite journal | last = Baker | first = Bill | authorlink = | coauthors = and… … Wikipedia
Barbie (disambiguation) — The word Barbie can mean: *Barbie Doll*Klaus Barbie SS (Schutzstaffel) and Gestapo officer and war criminal, called the butcher of Lyon *Slang term for barbiturate *Australian English slang for barbecue, as in the misquote, Throw another shrimp… … Wikipedia
Shrimp — For other uses, see Shrimp (disambiguation). Shrimp Temporal range: Lower Jurassic–Recent … Wikipedia
barbie — n Australian a barbecue. A common term since the late 1960s, now spreading via Australian TV soap operas to Britain where it has been adopted by yuppies in particular. ► Australia was full of easy going charac ters like Paul Hogan, who spent the… … Contemporary slang
So where the bloody hell are you? — is a AU$180 million advertising campaign launched in 2006 by Tourism Australia created by the Sydney office of the London advertising agency M C Saatchi.The advertisements feature Australians preparing for visitors to their country. It begins in… … Wikipedia
Culture of the 1980s — In the 1980s culture around the world became more homogenized the Eighties in America is similar to the Eighties in Europe and Asia.*In the early 1980s, the first generation of computer graphics in arcade games produced the popular Space Invaders … Wikipedia
1990s in film — The decade of the 1990s in film involved many significant films. NOTOC Contents 1 Events 2 List of films: # A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z.EventsThousands of full length films were produced during the 1990s.Many films were… … Wikipedia
Alan Smithee film — the pseudonym used by directors who refuse to put their name on a film and want to disassociate themselves, usually when they believe their control or vision has been co opted by the studio (i.e., the film could have been recut, mutilated and… … Glossary of cinematic terms
List of QI episodes (B series) — infobox tvseason season name = QI Series B caption = The front cover of the QI series B DVD, featuring Stephen Fry (left) and Alan Davies (right). dvd release date = 17 March, 2008 country = UK network = BBC first aired = 8 October, 2004 last… … Wikipedia
Prawn — For other uses, see Prawn (disambiguation). Dendrobranchiata Temporal range: Famennian–Recent … Wikipedia
