> I'm not sure what is being referred to here, but "take-off" (noun) is
> a well established comedy term, much older than 25 years old in
> Australia. It basically means a parody, as in "Paul Hogan did a
> take-off of a Rod Stewart performance on The Paul Hogan Show last
> night (30 years ago)."

Sure, a take off is a show premise inspired by a previous show.

This "take off, eh" stupidity is something different. They were not
allowed to say "fuck off, eh" on TV 25 years ago. It was a big joke for a
little while then everyone forgot it. Later some Americans heard something
about it and assumed it was of some cultural importance.

I expect someone will make a Wiki page on the subject. lol