DAAS KAPITAL was an ABC television comedy series aired between 1991 and 1992, and created by the
Doug Anthony Allstars - A
comedy trio consisting of
Paul McDermott,
Tim Ferguson and
Richard Fidler.
Set in 2006 with the Dougs being posted on board a
giant submarine called the
Titanic II, a huge museum of History by the Shitsu Tonka Corporation. The three boys were there to catalogue all of the
artifacts on board
the ship. In the first season, the ship was located under the ocean. In the second season it was shot off - rather accidentally, into space.
Only 14
episodes were made.
Chiefly written by Paul McDermott and included such characters as:
Flacco played by Paul Livingston . Flacco spends most of series one in a box, but in the second series
he comes out and plays various different
characters which prop up "some
mediocre plot line", as he puts it.
Psycho Bob's character is preformed by Michael Petroni. Bob, appears each week, seemingly
haunting Tim. He's Bob, and he's got a problem. He spends his time
trying to kill things, although what it actually is remains a mystery,
but in any case, Bob gets seriously
injured in all the episodes, but
he'll always be back.
Bob Downe is a character played by Mark Trevorrow. Bob Downe is the star of Shitsu Tonka TV. He does everything from selling
things to hosting
game shows and
current affairs shows to doing a 'where
are they now' show.
Khym Lamm plays the Shitsu Tonka newsreader. She gives reports on the state
of the Shitsu Tonka world.
Paul also appears as Troy The
Invincible. Each week, Troy attempts to
demonstrate the
class struggle, which usually ends up with him losing
a body part or setting himself alight but, of course, he is always patched
up by next week because he's invincible... but that's gotta hurt!
Richard plays Uncle Biff Happy in a series of advertisements trying to
sell
insurance for Shitsu Tonka. These ads are always accompanied by a
middle class couple (played by Tim and Richard. Tim's the woman!), who say
how wonderful the insurance is.
There are also a lot of
claymation characters who join in the party.
Thulgore is the boys'
pet thing. He lives a comfortable life in the cargo
hold of the Titanic II, eating the garbage and the occasional unwelcome
visitor to the ship. There is also Ross, a
cockroach who has a special
relationship with Flacco, and then there are some other assorted
cockroaches,
gremlins and
rats aboard.
Taken from http://www.crosswinds.net/~tangawarra/index2.html and
http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/Set/2796/solo.htm