The Chasers war on everything - General

Its an amazing show. Its basically like the australian version of 'balls of steel'. Too bad it ended..... Its a bunch of guys who come from the CNNNN who bought you the famed video, 'Americans are not stupid with subtitles' [b]Segments of the show:[/b] "Firth in the USA" – Firth, now living in the United States, performs a stunt or conducts an interview, with obvious references to USA culture. Stunt examples include meeting Hillary Clinton to offer his services as her presidential intern; a satire of the Lewinsky scandal. "The Fixers" – Seeming to replace "In Other News ...", Morrow and Reucassel examine problems in the community, and present their idea for a fix. This is usually accompanied by a pre-produced item. "The Ad Road-Test" – The team recreate situations shown in television advertisements to see if they would work in real life. Examples include whether male cheerleaders can convince a random person to stop smoking. "Surprise Spruiker" – Hansen plays a shop "spruiker" who attempts to help various institutions having trouble selling a particular item or idea. The stunt usually concludes when he is ordered by security guards to switch off his speakers. Scenes from the Life of the Crazy Warehouse Guy" – Hansen plays a stereotypical announcer from a warehouse television advertisement uses his unique speaking style in everyday situations, such as ordering McDonald's. Hansen originally performed the character that would become the Crazy Warehouse Guy in parodies of frantic rug warehouse commercials. "Mr Ten Questions" – Hansen poses as a journalist at a press conference and, when prompted, proceeds to ask ten questions without letting the interviewee speak until he has read out all ten. Questions can relate to the subject or be completely obscure. "Pursuit Trivia" – Morrow tests the general knowledge of a politician or celebrity by asking a Trivial Pursuit question from a game card in his hand at an interview or press conference. Prominent in the first season though not in the second. "Citizens' Infringement Officer" – Morrow pretends to be an officer and hands out fake fines to people for absurd reasons; such as "wanker" number plates, "low-strung pants", parking inspectors being annoying due to giving out fines themselves, inappropriate babies' names, and wearing clothes (including hats and shoes) at nude beaches. "If Life Were A Musical" – Members of the cast go to the public, targeting a specific person in an everyday life scenario, and behave as though they are in a Broadway-esque musical. The segment is referred to as a "Taylor Hansen Morrow" production, a spoof of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. [b]People on the show[/b] [b]Andrew Hansen:[/b] [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/Andrew_Hansen_%2830_April_2007%29.jpg[/img] Hansen has been a regular writer and performer on The Chaser's War on Everything since the pilot episode. He is particularly known for composing and performing songs on the program. He is also known for his character pieces, which include Scenes from the Life of the Crazy Warehouse Guy, The Surprise Spruiker, Clive the Slightly Too-Loud Commuter, and Mr. Ten Questions. In the second part of the first season and the whole of the second, Andrew sported a different hairstyle every week. He has said that he likes to look entertaining with his clothes and his hair. [b]Chas Licciardello:[/b] [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Chas_Licciardello_%2830_April_2007%29_2.jpg/377px-Chas_Licciardello_%2830_April_2007%29_2.jpg[/img] One of the main guys on the show, he is often seen dressed up as Osama Bin Laden, or other characters. He was also made famous for being dressed as Osama at the Apec summit in 2007. Arguably the most[according to whom?] controversial stunt Licciardello was involved in was the APEC stunt in 2007. Fellow Chaser Julian Morrow claimed that he and Licciardello aimed to get a majority of their members arrested amidst the high security surrounding the APEC Australia 2007 summit in Sydney, adding jokingly that they also aimed to get Licciardello shot. Footage aired on The Chaser's War on Everything on 12 September 2007 showed the fake "motorcade" consisted of two SUVs, a black Holden limousine flying a Canadian flag on the bonnet, four "runners" (one of which was Morrow) carrying hand-held video cameras and two motorcycles. They passed through two security checkpoints without being stopped by police or asked for identification; at one point, the footage showed Morrow offering to present identification to a police officer, however he was waved through without this occurring. The motorcade reached a point 10 metres outside the hotel where U.S. President George W. Bush was staying. Police only realised that the motorcade was a hoax when Licciardello, dressed as Osama bin Laden, voluntarily stepped out of the limousine. Following the incident, Licciardello and Morrow were detained and questioned by NSW Police on 6 September 2007 outside the InterContinental Hotel, and were charged under the APEC Meeting (Police Powers) Act 2007. The charges were dropped in April 2008. They were dropped because his lawyers stated that he was waved through the blockades and he had to do what the police said. [b]Julian Morrow:[/b] [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/Julian_Morrow_at_bookstore_cropped.jpg[/img] Morrow first became known in the Chaser production CNNNN, in which he portrayed the Washington correspondent, always appearing on a plasma screen behind the main news anchors. Morrow has been a regular on The Chaser's War On Everything since the pilot episode. His main field assignments include "Pursuit Trivia", where he poses random Trivial Pursuit questions at press conferences, and as the "Citizens' Infringement Officer". In the latter role, Morrow, while impersonating a parking inspector, hands out fines to unsuspecting passers-by identified as a nuisance to society. These menaces include parking inspectors themselves, people with annoying mobile phone ringtones, parents who give their children bad names, people with personalised "wanker" number plates, people over-proud of their tattoos, people who wear cheesy T-shirts with lame messages and people who wear their pants too low. Another Morrow segment is "Open Mic", in which he goes up to an open mic at a shopping centre, grocery store or pokies club and delivers a 'community service' announcement like 'Please go home' or 'Can we please have a minute's silence?'. [b]Craig Reucassel:[/b] [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/Craig_Reucassel_cropped.jpg[/img] Reucassel was a founding member of the satirical multi-media group The Chaser team, and worked to produce their satirical newspaper, as well as television shows on ABC TV including The Election Chaser, CNNNN, The Chaser Decides and The Chaser's War on Everything. He has been one of the main presenters on The War since the pilot episode. He and his wife Keisha have three children together, and their son Ollie has appeared on some of the sketches on The War. Reucassel was often the one selected to confront former Prime Minister John Howard on his morning walks, most famously in the axe stunt. [b]Chris Taylor:[/b] [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/Chris_Taylor_cropped.jpg[/img] Taylor, who's often referred to as "Tayls" by his colleagues, is one of the main presenters on The Chaser's War on Everything. He is also the program's script editor and principal writer behind many of the show's segments, sketches and songs. One of his more famous stunt, is attempting to divorce with his wife. [b]Charles Firth:[/b] [img]http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2007/06/19/charlesfirth_wideweb__470x311,0.jpg[/img] On CNNNN, broadcast in 2003 and 2004, he played a role as host of the fictional segment "The Firth Factor", parodying journalistic styles used by the American Fox News commentator Bill O'Reilly's prime time show The O'Reilly Factor. By 2006, Firth had moved to the United States. He periodically appears on The Chaser's War on Everything in a segment about American culture entitled "Firth in the USA". This segment serves to highlight American ignorance of Australia and the world in general. His first book, American Hoax, a multi-character (including ad-man Bertrand Newton) journey, was released in November 2006. Some of their work on the show: [b]Porn Road Test[/b] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3ijx9j2vI8[/media] [b]Sporting fans[/b] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2O6XIuF8qnI[/media] [b]The Crazy Warehouse Guy[/b] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEwmEFN_mlU[/media] [b]Haggling Over Price[/b] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6m4mHKvVEc[/media] [b]Flirting with WestBoro[/b] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8cN2pB3MCE[/media] [b]Tipping[/b] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5inlXT2MYg[/media] [b]Ad Road Test:Ford focus[/b] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qP7W6BZ1-Uk[/media] [b]Restaurant Serenade[/b] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSkfN8e0tT8[/media] [b]The Stig[/b] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYjaF_0z5n0[/media] [b]Shrek Items[/b] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57V8BZ2-doI[/media] [b]Trojan Horse[/b] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs3SfNANtig[/media] [b]Recession tips[/b] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-45TYiGzBQ[/media] [b]Bed testing[/b] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfaPY-oq5Jo[/media] [b]LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THE FAMOUS APEC MOTORCADE![/b] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdnAaQ0n5-8[/media]

The best Australian show on the planet, these guys are legends.

I liked the show when they started, but in later seasons (like after they took that break) the show's humour declined rapidly until everything was crappy and unfunny. Yes We Canberra! was pretty good though.

Its normally there political jokes that are funny. and songs.

only show I would get off my computer for

It got boring after all the politicians starting making responses to them and stuff. It was awesome when they would jump on them and they had no idea what to do.

[QUOTE=combine487;25062017]It got boring after all the politicians starting making responses to them and stuff. It was awesome when they would jump on them and they had no idea what to do.[/QUOTE] After that the Pranks of Wooden horses and Grim reapers started.

Don't forget APEC! [editline]01:27PM[/editline] UPDATED THE THREAD caps

Bump?

This show was fantastic. It was kind of weird when everyone knew about them so they couldn't get away with as much, but still great. Fun fact: The Chasers were arrested in Italy for launching a giant balloon with "Pedophiles inside" written on the side over the Vatican. That is true dedication!

BTW, besides Balls of steel, is there any show that is something like this? Where they go out and fuck around.