Author: John Beohm

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It may have been a ‘Best Of’ episode, but the Chaser certainly gave us a reason to watch this week. Immigration Minister Amanda Vanstone played the role of bookends to this weeks episode with her intro and outro (edited together above).

The show may not be getting Wedge-esque ratings, but its certainly being watched by some people who matter. Its definitely starting to play the role of an “Australian Daily Show” for our political/media scene.

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In this week’s Chaser they did a hilarious bit that showed off a mock ABC nude calendar, the public’s reaction was priceless, and I was actually really surprised with the quality of the design of the calander (as well as the pictures). I got an email yesterday with this excerpt from the SMH that might imply we could be seeing more of it;

The nude celebrity calendar featured in last week’s episode of The Chaser’s War on Everything could hit bookshops next year. The calendar, which featured the faces of such ABC personalities as Adam Hills, Jennifer Byrne, Andrew Denton and Margaret Pomeranz on nude portraits, was conceived as a TV stunt, but the Chaser team is contemplating publishing it as a real calendar.

The female bodies were supplied by models, but at least three of the male bodies belong to the Chaser team – Chas Licciardello stood in for Andrew Denton, Andrew Hansen for James O’Loughiin (pictured) and Craig Reucassel posed as himself. An insider told The Guide that consensus within the ABC is that Mr December, The 7.30 Report’s Kerry O’Brien, is ‘“the hottest”. His body was provided by an ABC staff member who wishes to remain anonymous.

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In March this year I offered for download an entire episode of the Chaser’s War in response to a Hack story I heard that Australian’s were now the biggest downloaders of TV in the world.

This time though, I’m doing it simply because its the best show on television your not watching at the moment. Its relevant, funny and creatively confrontational. Its in an unfortunate timeslot though, so if you haven’t caught an episode yet, try it…

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The next two weeks are “Best Of’s” but it returns to the ABC at 10.15pm on the 23rd of June with a new episode.

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