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    • CommentAuthorBel V
    • CommentTimeNov 30th 2009
     
    What drove you to become interested in outrageous fortune, for me i would have to say it was when they advertised the show way back in season one, the bit where Cheryl find out about Pascalle working at the Champagne Club. I thought hmmm that looks like an interesting show and ive been obsessed with it ever since, i just wish i could find my copy of the West family album.
    • CommentAuthorPukeko
    • CommentTimeNov 30th 2009
     
    to be honest i stumbled across OF by accident midway thru S3 & got hooked straight away & i have no idea why.  i went out & bought S1 & S2 DVDs & watched them before S3 finished.  i love the show because it's original & the characters are far from perfect but completely believable & relateable. 
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    yeah i agree with pukeko,
    i got hooked when my ex neighbour had been watching it and asked me "why the hell dont you watch Outrageous Fortune," so i thought i would give it a try.
    this was way back in season 2 and since i have been an addict
    • CommentAuthorCornelius
    • CommentTimeNov 30th 2009
     
    Awesome thread Annabel!!
    I came home from work around 10 one night and turned on the tv, and there was Wolf stepping out the tongans in the first episode of S2.
    couple of weeks later there was Tyson stomping around in his gang patch.
    Couple of weeks after that was the episode where van wants to buy that stupid little house and i saw them roll down the hill on car doors and vans very kiwi "AYE?!?"
    I though Fuck this looks awesome!!

    So I bought the digital versatile discs.
    • CommentAuthorBel V
    • CommentTimeNov 30th 2009
     

    I thought I'd make it a thread since the other thread that i just read mentioned that there isnt any recent outrageous goss at the moment and it got me thinking
    By the way Cornelius how did you know that my name is actually Annabel..Not to sound like a complete dog but how could Aurora even go out with tyson hes ugly inside and out (old news i know but Tyson was just metioned so yeah shoot me for bringing it up if you want)

    I love that bit where Van and Munter are sitting on Jethro's car doors then they nearly fly down the hill CLASSIC

    • CommentAuthorCornelius
    • CommentTimeNov 30th 2009
     
    Tyson was awesome!! Bring him back, the perfect character!!
    Um Bel V you mentiond your name either in the "facebook" thread on this site or on the official OF Fb fan site? I remember cos I thought Bel V was a cool abbreviation of your real name =) 

    (Disclaimer: Not a stalker)
    • CommentAuthorLOFeShane
    • CommentTimeNov 30th 2009 edited
     

    I came across OF by being the dedicated fan that I am. I heard somehow that Shane was on the show so then I just had to watch it!!! I had never heard of it, had no idea what it was about and had never seen any ads or anything. So I found out what time it was on and then tuned into channel 3 every Tuesday at 9.30 since then. The first episode I saw was the one in S2 where Wolf and his gang are robbing the gangs.
    When the S2 DVD came out I bought it straight away and with it bought the S1 DVD so I could be up to date.
    And over the years I have managed to introduce the show to most of the people I know :) So now everyone knows about it.

    • CommentAuthoralee_rome
    • CommentTimeNov 30th 2009 edited
     
    I was hooked on Outrageous Fortune when season 2 was on and watching it by accident. Ever since I became an OF Addict.
    • CommentAuthorRJ
    • CommentTimeNov 30th 2009
     
    Midway through season three. The episode when Van and Munter got 'back together' lol. And then I kept watching on and off, liking it, but not caring too much until the end of the season, which was awesome.  I then went and bought the first two seasons on dvd, and literally watched it all day every day for the next two months.  Hooked ever since.
    • CommentAuthorBel V
    • CommentTimeNov 30th 2009
     
    Cornelius, i thought of that im just a tad slow on the uptake
    • CommentAuthorJAZZA
    • CommentTimeDec 1st 2009
     
    I watch one episode on channel nine in 2005 or 06 and i didnt know watt it was it was just funny and i came across it on channel ten a few years later got season 1 and 2 on dvd then i founf the wbsite and ive been into it ever since.this is my new acount (previously MUNTER13)
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    I remember reading a bit about it in the tv guide (or might have been in the paper) about a new NZ show and it sounded interesting so I watched it. 

    Love how people see one episode and are hooked :-)

    Such a good show.
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    I remember i was not allowed to watch Outrageous Fortune because oveasly it wasnt age appropriate! So i started wtching the ones my uncle had recorded and i would sneak up at night to watch it, now im allowed to watch it tho i got hoock in series 2 i think but ive watched seires 1 cause i have them all on DVD (if your wondering im only 14! i started watching the show when i was 12!)

    Antonia prebble is the best! (Loretta) SOO ADICTED
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    I got hooked by accident also - I was a huge fan of McLeods Daughters and Aaron Jeffery and saw some clips of OF on youtube, then remembered seeing some of it late one night on our TV3 here in Ireland - loved what I saw (not just of Aaron Jeffery, who it turns out was, in my opinion, not suited as a character in OF) and ordered series 1,2,3,4 and 5 - fabulous writing, brilliant actors = magic 
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    i hated gary savage
    • CommentAuthoralee_rome
    • CommentTimeDec 1st 2009
     
    I can't stand gary savage either.
    • CommentAuthorCornelius
    • CommentTimeDec 1st 2009
     
    I saw an advert for an Australian Cop drama (I think it was called the Strip??) with Aaron Jeffrey as a cop/detective and he suited it perfectly!! It was like he wasn't acting!!
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      CommentAuthorVan_Fish
    • CommentTimeDec 2nd 2009
     
    I started watching after seeing the Christmas episode. But I wasn't allowed to watch it on TV until this season which completely bummed me out.
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    @Cornelius I agree with you, and its called sunshine strip :)

    Pretty much it was Vanfish who drove me to become an OF addict. she seriously has that effect on people. Freaky but good :)

    • CommentAuthorMac
    • CommentTimeDec 2nd 2009
     
    Well I'm a new OF adict! Watched the last ep of season 4 and thought it was pretty good! My sister owned the first two seasons so during the summer hols I borrowed them and after watching season 1 I brought the first 4 seasons! Adicted ever since!!! (Only a year!!! WOW!)
    • CommentAuthorkakapo
    • CommentTimeDec 2nd 2009
     
    I watched Series 4, followed by Season 1 on TV as well. When it finished, I was gutted, so one by one I bought the DVDs and watched them. I didn't know how lucky I was, spending days on end watching episode after episode (also in the holidays!) In a way it was better than having to wait a week after each episode. So I've been an addict for less than a year.
    • CommentAuthorCornelius
    • CommentTimeDec 2nd 2009
     
    Wow kakapo, I thought you had been posting on here since prior to S4??
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    I only just started watching at the beginning of season 5 so I'm a new one also. I got into it because on this random Tuesday way back my mum got home from wherever she went and was like " Ooh Outrageous fortune is on now' and i was like ' huh, i might watch that'. And so i did. And then the next day i came to school and we had p.e first, and i went up to Van_fish and i was like 'Guess what !?' and she was like 'You watched outrageous fortune last night !?' and i was like ' Actually, yes' and then she did this massive rant about how great it was and everything so then i just kept watching it.
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    thats vanfish for yah Wink
    • CommentAuthorBel V
    • CommentTimeDec 3rd 2009
     
    So i take it Van_fish,Munter_Fish and outrageously evil are all school friends?
    • CommentAuthorCornelius
    • CommentTimeDec 3rd 2009
     

    Either that or they just rrrreally get along online..

    • CommentAuthorRJ
    • CommentTimeDec 3rd 2009
     
    Yeah, I'm pretty sure that Van_Fish, Munter_Fish, outrageously evil!!! and ContagiousOutrageous are all school buddies/know each other in real life.
    • CommentAuthoralee_rome
    • CommentTimeDec 3rd 2009
     
    I think they are friends.
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      CommentAuthorVan_Fish
    • CommentTimeDec 3rd 2009
     
    Indeed we are. I seem to get most people into Outrageous. Or just drive them away because I talk about it so much.
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    Pshh. You told me the other day that the only reason your my friend is because i have west auckland connections. So yes, i do know them in real life, and yes, you do drive alot of people away because you talk about it so much.
    • CommentAuthorkakapo
    • CommentTimeDec 3rd 2009
     
    Wow kakapo, I thought you had been posting on here since prior to S4??
    well, I feel flattered, do I sound so knowledgeable, Cornelius? Wink I created my account in April 09. So ever since I've been wondering when the whole OF thing might slow down a bit but it hasn't!
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    good stuff! btw i was into OF way before vanfish!
    season 2, i was 12=D but i wasn't fully this obsessed and vanfish has some what boosted my obsession
    • CommentAuthorBel V
    • CommentTimeDec 4th 2009
     
    20 minutes til it airs in Austraarrrrlia (as Falani calls it )
    • CommentAuthorshibby
    • CommentTimeDec 4th 2009
     

    I do shift work in a retirement village and they were showing the very first episode of series 1 at some odd hour in the morning and i remember thinking this is so awsome and i didn't realise at the time that it was actually the very first ep.. i have been hooked ever since.. i own all series on dvd and now that i go back to the ealry episodes i think wow this is kinda crap acting in places but that just shows how great they have become now.. still love the show...

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    haha retirement village people watching outrageous fortune, holy crap thats hilarious! go oldies!
    • CommentAuthorshibby
    • CommentTimeDec 4th 2009
     
    uuummmmmmmm no... i was watching it while i was on night shift... they were asleep.. but that would be funny..
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    awwww ok, not so funny then.
    • CommentAuthorAgog
    • CommentTimeDec 7th 2009
     
    Been here since the start, both with the show and forum.  What a ride it's been.  OF had a hell of an impact from the beginning; it's been fascinating to watch all the repeats recently and savour the hindsight.
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    every time i watch on episode i realize something that i had previously missed. usually nothing much gets past me but outrageous fortune is just great to watch over and over

    • CommentAuthor_Tool_
    • CommentTimeDec 10th 2009
     
    I first saw the Christmas special, thought nothing of it, then completely forgot about it. Then one night there was nothing else on so I watched the episode in season 4 when Cheryl puts her back out. Again, it thought nothingof it, and forgot about it. Then a few weeks into season 5, with nothing to watch, I started watching and something clicked. I watched it the following week, went and borrowed seasons 1, 2, 3 and 4 from my Aunty. Then I convinced my mum to buy all of the seasons... I've been hooked ever since :)
    • CommentAuthorholz
    • CommentTimeDec 10th 2009
     
    my grandma told me about it half way thru s1 and i have been hooked since. i have all the dvds, both soundtrack and the book. such an awesome show
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    such an awesome Grandma
    • CommentAuthorThefish
    • CommentTimeDec 16th 2009
     
    my aunty was telling my mum about it and i was evsdropping and im like sounds a bit...... well yea so i walked in on my mum watching the first episopde so i sat down i become an addict within the first 10 minutes this was a bout a year ago borrowed 1 and 3 brought 2 4 5 and the book and also the whole of repeat offenders on me ipod

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