"Shrimp on the barbie" is an often-quoted phrase that originated in a series of television commercials by the Australian Tourism Commission starring Paul Hogan from 1986. The actual quote spoken by Hogan is "I'll slip an extra shrimp on the barbie for you". It has been popularly used along with some variations since to make reference to Australia in popular culture. From the earliest days of the medium, television has been used as a vehicle for advertising in some countries. ... Tourism Australia is a statutory authority of the Government of Australia, with responsibility for tourism marketing within Australia and internationally, as well as research and forecasting of domestic and global tourism trends. ... Paul Hogan starring as Crocodile Dundee. ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... Popular culture, sometimes called pop culture, consists of widespread cultural elements in any given society. ...

"Barbie" is Australian slang for "barbecue," and the phrase often evokes images of a fun social gathering under the sun. However, Australians invariably use the term "prawn" rather than "shrimp." Also very few Australians actually cook "shrimp on the barbie"; rather prawns are usually steamed or pan fried. Since the commercial was commissioned for broadcast in the United States, the changes were probably made to limit confusion. Australian English is the form of the English language used in Australia. ... A barbecue in a public park in Australia A barbecue on a trailer at a block party in Kansas City Pans on the top shelf hold hamburgers and hot dogs that were grilled earlier when the coals were hot. ... Superfamilies Penaeoidea Aristeidae Benthesicymidae Penaeidae Sicyoniidae Solenoceridae Sergestoidea Luciferidae Sergestidae Prawns are shrimp-like crustaceans, belonging to the sub-order Dendrobranchiata [1]. Prawns are distinguished from the superficially similar shrimp by the gill structure which is branching in prawns (hence the name, dendro=tree; branchia=gill), but is lamellar in... Superfamilies Alpheoidea Atyoidea Bresilioidea Campylonotoidea Crangonoidea Galatheacaridoidea Nematocarcinoidea Oplophoroidea Palaemonoidea Pandaloidea Pasiphaeoidea Procaridoidea Processoidea Psalidopodoidea Stylodactyloidea True shrimp are swimming, decapod crustaceans classified in the infraorder Caridea, found widely around the world in both fresh and salt water. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Pop culture references

• The Shrimp on the Barbie is the title of a 1990 film set in Australia, starring Cheech Marin.
• Lloyd Christmas (Jim Carrey) utters the line in the 1994 film Dumb & Dumber when trying to pick up an Austrian woman.
• Marge Simpson says the line in the 2004 The Simpsons episode "Diatribe of a Mad Housewife".
• Lawrence Jamieson (Michael Caine) utters the line in the 1988 film Dirty Rotten Scoundrels when trying to imitate an Australian businessman.
• In the 2005 film The Dukes of Hazzard, a largely incomphrehensible version of the saying is uttered by a smitten Bo Duke (Seann William Scott) upon meeting an Australian woman.
• In a "Pearls Before Swine" strip, Pastis uses the term "throw another shrimp on the barbie" and Pig is shown throwing shrimp at a Barbie doll.
• In the episode "7 Continents for 7 Koopas" of The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3, when Cheatsy Koopa invades Australasia he changes a man into a shrimp and says "We're throwing a shrimp on Barbie!".

The Shrimp on the Barbie is a 1990 comedy film directed by Michael Gottlieb (under the infamous pseudonym Alan Smithee) and starring Cheech Marin. ... Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... James Eugene Carrey (born January 17, 1962) is a two-time Golden Globe Award-winning Canadian-American A-list film actor and comedian. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar). ... Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Dumb & Dumber Dumb And Dumber is a comedy film starring Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels, released in 1994. ... Marjorie Marge Simpson (née Bouvier) is a fictional character featured in the animated television series The Simpsons and is voiced by Julie Kavner. ... shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Simpsons redirects here. ... Diatribe of a Mad Housewife is the tenth episode of The Simpsons fifteenth season, first aired on January 25, 2004. ... Sir Maurice Joseph Micklewhite CBE (born March 14, 1933), known professionally as Michael Caine, is a two-time Academy Award-winning English film actor. ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ... Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is a 1988 comedy film directed by Frank Oz and starring Steve Martin and Michael Caine as the con artists of the title. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Dukes of Hazzard is a film based on the American television series, The Dukes of Hazzard. ... Seann William Scott (born October 3, 1976) is an American actor perhaps best known for portraying Steve Stifler in the American Pie series of teen films. ... Pearls Before Swine is an American comic strip written and illustrated by Stephan Pastis, formerly a lawyer in San Francisco, California. ... Information Occupation See: Barbies careers Family See: List of Barbies friends and family Created by Ruth Handler Barbie is a best-selling fashion doll launched in 1959. ... 7 Continents for 7 Koopas is the twenty-second episode of Super Mario Bros. ... A number of television shows based on the Super Mario Bros. ... The original Koopalings make their debut appearance in Super Mario Bros. ... Australasia Australasia is a term variably used to describe a region of Oceania: Australia, New Zealand, and neighbouring islands in the Pacific Ocean. ...

Media

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References

• Come and Say G’Day!, Travel Marketing Decisions. Retrieved 14 March 2007.