The Almighty Johnsons - First Episode
Television (Excerpts) – 2011
like a supernatural Outrageous Fortune [...]. If you are determined to add a superpower family to your viewing schedule this year, I would recommend you choose the only show where superheroes might say "Let's go and get coma'd– Deborah Hill Cone in a Herald on Sunday review, 7 February 2011
I think it’s kinda cool that our flat looks the same after a natural disaster as it did before …– Axl (Emmett Skilton)
I'm off to mourn a unique television show that made me laugh, made me cry, made me angry and made me proud.– Writer Mike Kilpatrick after the cancellation of the show was announced, Stuff website, 11 December 2013
...the weird thing is it sold all around the world more than any other thing I've ever been involved with. It's the one that hit a nerve out there, and it is so distinctly New Zealand. The only thing kind of I regret is they wouldn't let me use the title, which was originally The Gods of Norsewood...– Almighty Johnsons co-creator James Griffin, in an extended interview for 2019 TV series Funny As: The Story of NZ Comedy
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