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ABC1 Videos: Chaser's War

This week in current affairs shows: Part 8

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This weeks lesson: comedy

This has got to be the best show on television at the moment, I don’t know how they do it, but each week is just getting better at The Chaser’s War on Everything.

Don’t let the topic fool you, this was probably the most serious of the “This Week in Current Affairs” they’ve done. This is the most scathing attack they’ve done on A Current Affair and Today Tonight yet. Its funny how pointing out some bad jokes really makes these shows look irrelevant.

Andrew Hansen had a look on his face that really summed it all up, it wasn’t quite pity I don’t think, but you really got the feeling of just how genuinely pathetic these shows are.

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ABC1 Videos: Promos

Music superviser for a day

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“Cry” by James Blunt

One of my dream jobs has been to be the music superviser on a television show (that is, ever since I read an article about it in jmag and realised it was an actual job).

The combination of music and visuals is incredibly cathartic (for me at least) and its one of the aspects of idents that I really love. I often ask people what it is that they “do” with the music they really love, and for me I tend to create scenes in my head that go with them. I like to think I’m creating the soundtrack to a movie that hasn’t been made yet.

So, what does this have to do with the video?

Well, this promo for the ABC’s East Timor drama “Answered by Fire” has no narration, just music. In this case the track is “Cry” by James Blunt. It seemed like an easy video to play around with, so in this case I thought I’d try it with some different songs overlayed.

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“Lay Down” by Melanie Safka

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“The Fighter” by After The Fall

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“For Real” by Okkervil River

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“Four to the Floor” by Starsailor

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“Stupid” by Sarah McLachlan

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ABC1 Videos: Chaser's War

Bonehead Chas

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Chas from The Chaser’s War on Everything trying to see how many times he could get in camera shot at the Logies, really well done.

This has got to be the best Australian comedy on TV at the moment (are there even any others?).

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ABC1 Videos: Chaser's War

American Baguette

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Virginity’s just an existentialist construct.

A little late with getting this one up sorry, hilarious all the same.

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ABC1 Videos: TV

“Yes, they call that journalism..”

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One day after I wrote my previous post where I quoted a snippet of Today Tonight’s Naomi Robson questioning what is and isn’t journalism, the ABC’s Media Watch decided to repeat the piece for us all to enjoy (and for me to record).

Tonight’s Media Watch went on to blast Today Tonight a little more about a miracle fat loss device that turns out wasn’t approved by the FDA, which TT had to apologise for and followed that up by a story the same night about a cosmetic that claimed a little too much that the TGA is now investigating… good work gang, I’m so proud this show gets a primetime slot.

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ABC1 Videos: Chaser's War

“And you call that journalism..”

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Short piece from The Chaser’s War on Everything about the media’s coverage of Beaconsfield.

And you call that journalism..

That line didn’t actually come from this video, but I did see Naomi say it on Today Tonight this week standing out the front of the Beaconsfield Mine responding to an article in Sydney Confidential that she had a luxury trailer. Whether or not its true, she’s hardly one to question what is and isn’t journalism.

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ABC1 Videos: Chaser's War

Surprise Spruiker: Medibank Private

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Usually security picks it up and carries it away

The surprise spruiker hits Medibank Private and doesn’t get the usual treatment.

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ABC1 Videos: Promos

The ABC Brand (David and Margaret in bed finally).

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This sixty second video is a cinema ad for the ABC brand as a whole, it highlights the way that the ABC has infiltrated our national lexicon and generally influenced our culture.

Its more light hearted then the BBC brand pieces (here, here and here), but the ABC is different to the beeb, and I like that they highlighted the creative contribution the ABC has made to Australia.

The video references Playschool, Kath and Kim, Bananas in Pajamas and At The Movies, although I’m not sure what the shower scene is meant to be referencing.

It was made by Sydney agency Host and as always the iPod compatible version is available from the podcast (launches iTunes).

(Thanks for video Mitch)

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ABC1 Videos: Idents

There’s more to.. seasonal idents

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Just some ABC idents I’ve seen lately, the first video seems to be Autumn specific.

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ABC1 Videos: Openings

There’s more to.. the Rose d’Or

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The Rose d’Or from what I’ve read is a kind of “Oscars of Television” and the awards have been given out in Lucerne, Switzerland since 1961. An Australian has never won a golden rose until now.

And not to be out done two prizes were won by Australian’s, and both from the ABC.

Chris Lilley won for best Male Comedy Performance for The Nominees (aka We Can Be Heroes) and the documentary Girl in a Mirror about photographer Carol Jerrems by Kathy Drayton and Helen Bowden won the Arts and Specials Award.

I heard Chris Lilley on the radio today, and like me he hadn’t heard of the award (he didn’t go to Lucerne for the ceremony) although he said that the gravity of the award and the past winners has started to sink in. He also said he’s in pre-production for a new show that he couldn’t talk about for the ABC and did mention that he hopes to do a second season of We Can be Heroes at some point.