i think what they were taking the piss out of was not the sick kids themselves but the way we treat them. you should be able to find it somewhere online. and we've got the prime minister "k-rud" "kevin dudd" kevin rudd up on his high horse saying how disgusted he was at the skit. ****in wankers if you don't like it don't watch it.
they do this all the time though, almost every week after the show aired last year they were on the news for something being offencive. bloody great advertisement for the show though, you couldn't miss it if you wanted to
latininxtc Advanced Member
United States
7,307 posts Joined: Feb, 2006
Posted - 2009/06/05 : 17:26:32
that was pretty funny but this show was on ABC??? wow that is surprising considering that most shows for ABC are considered family oriented
simdog Senior Member
Sweden
457 posts Joined: Dec, 2007
Posted - 2009/06/06 : 00:17:15
abc here has allot of news and childrens programs during the day, then at night they'll have either british comedy, murder mysterys, documenterys, artsy fartsy crap or a bit of good australian comedy. allot of their good shows get poached by the other networks though. they used to have allot of great stuff like fater ted and faulty towers before other networks poached them.
Lilley Advanced Member
Australia
3,740 posts Joined: Jul, 2006
Posted - 2009/06/07 : 07:26:42
yeh. these guys got international spotlight (i think) with their APEC stunt where they took "Osama bin Laden" to bush's hotel during lockdown in sydney
this is one of my personal favourite chaser skit.
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Good effort for trying to get it on Australian TV though. Shame the media saw fit to ban them for two weeks and make it on to SKY news as the leading story!
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Triquatra Moderator
United Kingdom
12,640 posts Joined: Nov, 2003
Posted - 2009/06/12 : 00:43:48
i dont think they are being as controversal as chris morris.
cant beat brass eye though, im a massive fan of his and kevin eldon!
i think i prefered the day today over brass eye though..cant belive how much the Jammmm dvds sell for!
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hmmm thinking about it i dont really think it can be compared to brass eye, brasseye made up and twisted the news in a spoof sense, whereas the chasers more take the real news just say funny things about it..with a few sketches thrown in based around whatever is current in the news - more like The 11 o Clock show (with ian lee) from years back..
Posted - 2009/06/12 : 08:18:45
damn I hate that "the secret" BS, I knew a few people that were into it, basically not friends with them anymore, actually I don't think they have any friends because they constantly tried to convert everyone they met.
choonland Advanced Member
Colombia
1,100 posts Joined: Dec, 2007
Posted - 2009/06/12 : 08:23:15
quote:Originally posted by silver:
damn I hate that "the secret" BS, I knew a few people that were into it, basically not friends with them anymore, actually I don't think they have any friends because they constantly tried to convert everyone they met.
I think its truth, I mean its basically just another way of saying "have faith, and everything will be ok"
Lilley Advanced Member
Australia
3,740 posts Joined: Jul, 2006
Posted - 2009/06/13 : 06:59:33
quote:Originally posted by DjTriquatra:
i dont think they are being as controversal as chris morris.
cant beat brass eye though, im a massive fan of his and kevin eldon!
i think i prefered the day today over brass eye though..cant belive how much the Jammmm dvds sell for!
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hmmm thinking about it i dont really think it can be compared to brass eye, brasseye made up and twisted the news in a spoof sense, whereas the chasers more take the real news just say funny things about it..with a few sketches thrown in based around whatever is current in the news - more like The 11 o Clock show (with ian lee) from years back..
Before they became popular they did a show called CNNNN, imo incorporates most of their best efforts. This show really did spoof the news, but they still thew in their funnies about what was going on. Sadly, there is a lot that did not make it to dvd release, and afaik remains lost. Half the fun of CNNNN was the newsbar. It meant recording the show was a must, watching once to get content, and a second time to read the newsbar
These vids are stuff they did during a show. There would be a main story they would be 'reporting' and have some of these as adds etc. All SFW
Stupid Americans:
The gold in this first vid really starts about the 2-3 min mark.
A Chaser Affair: Piss take of the current affair 'news' shows.
Boggs: A real man's Beer
Esteem: Beauty Products that allow people to love you
Firth Factor: well, watching it speaks for itself really.
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