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Old 26-07-2007, 03:43 PM   #31
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Never said I was right, just an opinion. Not that I really gave one of the show. :
That post wasn't just aimed at you. I think it is good advice for everyone one here.
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Old 26-07-2007, 04:36 PM   #32
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That post wasn't just aimed at you. I think it is good advice for everyone one here.
Agreed on that point.
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Old 26-07-2007, 05:19 PM   #33
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Originally Posted by Citizen
You're joking right?

The Chaser is awesome. And the things they do are far from stupid 'MTV's Jackass' style stuff, most of what they do actually has a commentary on the current social, political and news climate. Not a subtle commentary but clearly too subtle for you.

Go back to sipping lemon tea and watching A Current Affair, grandma.



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Sorry for having an opinion, I thought thats what we did here.
So in that case I'm going to sit back and watch the news followed by ACA so can one of you put the kettle on and the other one get my slippers, thanks.
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Old 26-07-2007, 05:33 PM   #34
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Was channel surfing last night and caught a bit of Chasers War on Everything. I don't watch this show because it's not my type of humour (stupidity), but I see enough of them on the news when they screw up.

Anyway, last night stupid puts a stocking over his head and thinks it's funny walking into shops pretending to be a normal guy out shopping. Needless to say he scared the crap out of everyone.

One guy locked himself in a cage and called the Police, yeah funny, hah hah.

I wished someone had of pulled out a baseball bat and smacked him, now that would be funny.
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You seriously need to lighten up, if you don't like it don't watch it, simple as that.
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Old 26-07-2007, 05:51 PM   #35
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Thats my point, I was channel surfing, caught this part and then turned it off.
If other people watch it and enjoy it good luck to them, I've never watched it before, I only saw this bit and thought it was stupid to scare people like that just for them to get a laugh.
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Old 26-07-2007, 06:26 PM   #36
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Sorry for having an opinion, I thought thats what we did here.
So in that case I'm going to sit back and watch the news followed by ACA so can one of you put the kettle on and the other one get my slippers, thanks.
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Thank you, I would appreciate that.

Of course you're entitled to your opinion mate, just as I'm entitled to disagree with it

Funny how in your OP you say 'stupidity' is not your type of humour, then not three sentences later you say you'd laugh at seeing someone bashed with a bat. :
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Old 26-07-2007, 06:34 PM   #37
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Thank you, I would appreciate that.

Of course you're entitled to your opinion mate, just as I'm entitled to disagree with it

Funny how in your OP you say 'stupidity' is not your type of humour, then not three sentences later you say you'd laugh at seeing someone bashed with a bat. :

Now thats some classic ownage!
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Old 26-07-2007, 06:38 PM   #38
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The Chaser might get skewed a bit sometimes but there is plenty of hilarious satire to make up for that.

Anybody remember when they put the tollbooth to the entrance of the Maquarie Bank shareholder meeting? classic!
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Old 26-07-2007, 06:59 PM   #39
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Thats my point, I was channel surfing, caught this part and then turned it off.
If other people watch it and enjoy it good luck to them, I've never watched it before, I only saw this bit and thought it was stupid to scare people like that just for them to get a laugh.
Do you even realise that they didn't actually harm anyone? Hell even the guy who ran a few city blocks didn't give a s*** in the end. Lighten up.

Also to anybody who is defending the politicians for copping abuse you need a massive kick up the backside. The majority of these guys (women included) get the easy life and get plenty of our money.
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Old 26-07-2007, 07:08 PM   #40
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I find the chasers hilarious. Something's go too far, but I still find them funny none-the-less. Society's going too politcally correct, and good to see some people willing to test the threshold out and see people's reactions.

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Old 26-07-2007, 07:13 PM   #41
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Thats my point, I was channel surfing, caught this part and then turned it off.
If other people watch it and enjoy it good luck to them, I've never watched it before, I only saw this bit and thought it was stupid to scare people like that just for them to get a laugh.
You though it was stupid, i though it was hilarious. I will continue to watch the show, you won't. Just a difference of opinion, it would be a pretty boring place if everyone though the same
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Old 26-07-2007, 07:20 PM   #42
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I find the chasers hilarious. Something's go too far, but I still find them funny none-the-less. Society's going too politcally correct, and good to see some people willing to test the threshold out and see people's reactions.

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Old 26-07-2007, 07:27 PM   #43
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Old 26-07-2007, 07:36 PM   #44
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Didn't see it, but i think it says something about society that not one person or group of people stood up to this guy Pretending to Rob shops.

If I was in a shop and i guy walked in with a stocking on his head and looked like he was going to rob the place and I was able to safely do something to stop him I would.
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Old 26-07-2007, 08:15 PM   #45
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"moo-ron"? Does milk have an octane rating?
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Old 26-07-2007, 08:18 PM   #46
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CHANGE THE CHANNEL
I agree. I know that the shows not to everyone's taste but for some people the show is great. at least it's different from every other crime show on t.v. I think it's good that there is a show that can poke fun at stuff people take so seriously. I love the show and I've watched those guys every since it was CNNNN. POLITICAL SATIRE ROCKS!
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Old 26-07-2007, 09:02 PM   #47
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Old 26-07-2007, 09:15 PM   #48
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Chaser has a higher quality content then ACA with there backdoor neighbour from hell stories on bums who dont have showers or the idiot who accepted a crap deal from someone else and now realises he is a retard
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Old 26-07-2007, 09:22 PM   #49
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Nup.....I'm with jaydee here.

There's pranking public figures like policiticians and then there's scaring the hell out of innocent people in public and calling it entertainment.

Where was the social commentry on context in this skit?

That people will descriminate against people impersonating an armed robber....wow...

I say they went to far with that one.

Well below their usual standard....well below.
Armed with a stocking!
Personally I would say that chaser's is hilarious some of the time, but I find myself cringing more than laughing.
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Old 26-07-2007, 10:45 PM   #50
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Dammit, This show sounds great - why havnt I ever heard of it!
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Old 27-07-2007, 12:25 AM   #51
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Dammit, This show sounds great - why havnt I ever heard of it!
Just go on you tube and type "chasers war on everything"
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Old 27-07-2007, 07:38 AM   #52
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well six days a week im sitting in a retail store thats considered "high risk" to hold ups. ive got a massive sense of humour but this is not funny. i would hate to see someone walk in with a stocking over his head, and yes, he would have worn a baseball bat here. these blokes i consider idiots but non the less, i find them very entertaining. a cracked skull would have made them reconsider a stunt like that again though!!!
How many "robbers" do you think walk in to rob a place with a full camera crew in tow
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Old 27-07-2007, 08:10 AM   #53
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How many "robbers" do you think walk in to rob a place with a full camera crew in tow
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Obviously from the reaction that people had to looking up and seeing a man with a stocking on his head ..the fact there was a camera crew in tow didn't enter their minds.... :

Your missing the point - the victims of this skit here where innocent people who had the crap scared out of them intentionally in the name of entertainment.

Chaser is great but this was so far below their usual wit....
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Old 27-07-2007, 08:42 AM   #54
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Apparently those clips are staged..
100% correct! Some of the more outrageous stunts, like the stocking over the head one, are set up because the ABC will not let them do it otherwise.

The guys from The Chaser even admitted the fact on TV and radio after being attacked by Today Tonight a few months back. So settle down guys, have a breather, and enjoy the show.
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Old 27-07-2007, 03:59 PM   #55
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Who cares anyway, last time I checked its not illegal to wear a stocking, get over it
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Old 27-07-2007, 05:50 PM   #56
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Its a great show, , but that part was too much......
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Old 28-07-2007, 12:31 AM   #57
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i watch the show all of the time and most of the skits are top shelf[ the suprise spruker,the canterbury bulldogs rape kits etc] but some of their stuff recently has been crap.if i jumped out of a dark doorway and scared your mum [and filmed it] would you think it's funny .i'm all for taking the p!ss out of people who deserve it but not innocent people.
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"moo-ron"? Does milk have an octane rating?
I got my cow feeding on other cow's milk ... she's now doing low 13's.
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'the poxiest war on nothing' makes me cringe every time i'm too lazy to change channels. those try hard 'so called' comedians need to learn respect for people, such as sophia loren.... i mean wtf was that crap? : and why is this 'show' (and i use the term loosely) even on tv, when the glasshouse was 100x funnier/better? i can't wait till that crap gets axed! :
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I have never seen this show but it sounds really hard case.
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I remember one show a few years back with an english guy called Jeremy Beadle,who played pranks-real pranks,not staged-on unsuspecting members of the public.
There was one show that was great.It was at a military airport and Beadle was playing the parking attendant,and instructed this lady to park her little car in the "new" public parking area close to the runway tarmac.Anyway,while she did her thing in the ticketing office, they substituted her car for one that looked exactly the same- and got a military fighter to come out and park about 30 yards from this car-ready for takeoff.
Beadle quickly went and found the lady under the "I think we made a mistake with the parking area..." routine and bought her back just in time to see the fighter blow it's afterburners and singe her little car to a crisp!
Oh -the look on that ladys face!

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