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Author Topic: Americans love the Chaser boys.  (Read 2468 times)

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Mez

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Americans love the Chaser boys.
« on: January 05, 2009, 01:06:09 AM »

US cable Channel G4 - aimed at males aged 17-24 - will start airing The Chaser's War on Everything, ironically enough, on Australia day.

Available in (they say) 62 million homes across the fair US, G4 is billing them as an "ambush" comedy show.

Prepare for the US invasion.
« Last Edit: January 05, 2009, 01:36:53 AM by Mez »
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Re: Americans love the Chaser boys.
« Reply #1 on: January 05, 2009, 01:34:34 AM »

G4 is billing them as an "ambush" comedy show.

And therefore every complaint about the decline in quality of the show is vindicated.
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Re: Americans love the Chaser boys.
« Reply #2 on: January 05, 2009, 07:25:48 AM »

No kidding, hey Thal?

No, I don't care for this at all.
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Re: Americans love the Chaser boys.
« Reply #3 on: January 05, 2009, 12:26:51 PM »

Good luck to the team, always good to see someone making it.

Equally, they said similar stuff about Rove as well.

And even the Yanks dumped him (so they have SOME taste)

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Re: Americans love the Chaser boys.
« Reply #4 on: January 05, 2009, 12:35:16 PM »

Here is the whole story: Australia's pre-eminent mischief makers, The Chaser comedy crew, have cracked the US TV market.

American cable TV channel G4, available in 62 million homes across the US, has bought the American broadcast rights to The Chaser's War on Everything. The show will make its US debut, ironically enough on Australia day.

The channel targets male viewers aged between 17 and 36 years and will air episodes already shown to Australian audiences.

G4 is billing the series as an “ambush comedy show” and the first episode features the Trojan Horse and Airport Security skits, along with their interview with Hugh Jackman.

Most Americans had their first taste of the Chaser comedy style in September, 2007, when members of the team, including Chas Licciardello who dressed as al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, drove a fake motorcade through the heavily-guarded security zone for the APEC summit in Sydney. The stunt made headlines across the world, including the US where reports on the breach appeared on that night's major TV news bulletins.

From AAP
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Re: Americans love the Chaser boys.
« Reply #5 on: January 05, 2009, 05:39:12 PM »

Targets male viewers? Not according to the audience here.
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Re: Americans love the Chaser boys.
« Reply #6 on: January 05, 2009, 06:03:36 PM »

Australian teenaged girls = American men?   Hmmm...
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Re: Americans love the Chaser boys.
« Reply #7 on: January 05, 2009, 06:06:01 PM »

*dons john deer cap and gains 300 lbs*
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Re: Americans love the Chaser boys.
« Reply #8 on: January 05, 2009, 11:01:01 PM »

Actually, I was thinking a few hunky male American forumsters might squee the local fangirls up a bit...  You know, add to the already indescribable excitement of hanging around here.   :-P
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Re: Americans love the Chaser boys.
« Reply #9 on: January 06, 2009, 06:04:41 AM »

Return of the show will squee 'em up faster.
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Re: Americans love the Chaser boys.
« Reply #10 on: January 27, 2009, 01:36:03 PM »

God I hope we don't get wanky yanks here. Like only the cool ones welcome...The few cool ones.

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Re: Americans love the Chaser boys.
« Reply #11 on: January 29, 2009, 03:22:22 PM »

I'm so glad to have the Chaser's boys are on tv here in the States. Been in the States for close to 6 months and now finally there is something good, funny and AUSTRALIAN on tv :D Trying to get my yanky friends on board with the show but not sure if they will understand the humor that us Australians have :D
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Re: Americans love the Chaser boys.
« Reply #12 on: January 29, 2009, 09:53:52 PM »

Call me an isolationist but good. It's OUR humour...Ours!!! :P

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Re: Americans love the Chaser boys.
« Reply #13 on: January 31, 2009, 09:23:00 PM »

God I hope we don't get wanky yanks here. Like only the cool ones welcome...The few cool ones.

Unfortunately, the few cool ones spend most of their time saying "we're not all like that, the vast majority of Americans are reasonable, intelligent human beings who just all couldn't make it to any election held in the last 50 years".

EDIT:  They might add "except when Obama got voted in", at least until he fucks something up, if he does.
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Re: Americans love the Chaser boys.
« Reply #14 on: February 02, 2009, 07:42:10 PM »

'cool americans' dont exist, they are invariably motherfuckers
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