''Sit Down, Shut Up'' is a short-lived Australian

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broadcast by

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. It ran from 16 February 2001 until 28 June 2001 for a total of 13 episodes. The series followed the staff and students at a dysfunctional fictional

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called Carpen Heights Secondary College, and focused on the life of the teachers in and out of the staff room. A writer for the series claimed that producer/comedian Chris Lilley had borrowed ideas for characters and plots from ''Sit Down, Shut Up'' for his 2007 series '' Summer Heights High''. The ideas Lilley reportedly borrowed included the school's name and aspects of the Mr G character.

Cast

* Marg Downey as Sue Dirkin *

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as Stuart Mill * Jacqueline Brennan as Helen Peters * Christopher Brown as Brent Townsend-Ross *

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as Julia Denholm-Ponsford * Paul Gleeson as Felix Sedgely * Tayler Kane as Stefan Ravazzi * Tim McLoughlan as Chaps * Brendan Reed as Dean Tate * Bernard Curry as Greg Ilyich

American remake

In 2009, an

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remake of the series titled '' Sit Down, Shut Up'' aired on

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, premiering on 19 April 2009. This American version featured the voices of

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, Will Forte,

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, and

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, and

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. It was developed by Mitchell Hurwitz, the creator of ''

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''. Former '' Simpsons'' writer

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acted as

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.New Series From J.J. Abrams and ''Arrested Development'' Alums Go Forward
/ref> The series received lackluster reviews and was pulled from FOX's Sunday night lineup after four episodes. The program aired all of its episodes when FOX put ''Sit Down Shut Up'' on late-night Saturday. ''Sit Down Shut Up'' then aired on

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(in reruns, initially a number of times throughout the day).

References

External links

Australian Television Information Archive
* 2000s Australian television sitcoms Network 10 original programming Australian high school television series Australian workplace comedy television series 2000s high school television series 2000s sitcoms 2000s workplace comedy television series 2001 Australian television series debuts 2001 Australian television series endings Australian English-language television shows Television series about educators Australian television series about teenagers {{Australia-tv-prog-stub