Glutbusters

August 18, 2006

Satire My Arse

So The Chaser have got themselves another headline.

Honestly, what a rubbish prank. So they concocted a couple of names that sound like Al Qaeda and Terrorist and got Virgin to call them over the airport PA. Whoop-dee-fucking-doo.

It doesn't prove anything, doesn't show anything, doesn't reveal anything, doesn't comment on anything. It's not clever, nor is it particularly original. Basically, it is as far from satire as it gets. The extent of the gag is coming up with the names. That's it. The only difference between this and a year nine joke is that these guys have the money to book the tickets and take it a bit further.

If it had have sparked a nationwide security alert, maybe, MAYBE, it would be worth something. I love a good laugh as much as the next person, but this does little but demonstrate that airlines etc aren't as stupid as The Chaser boys would like to think (or hope), and that Chas et al are a pack of media tarts.

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Comments

They're getting a bit desperate, aren't they? I suspect the Chaser boys will look back on 2006 as the year the shark passed irretrievably beneath the wheels of their collective motorbike.

Posted by: Tim at August 18, 2006 09:59 PM

Their excuse is that they have to do one show a week and therefore have to stretch out their material - but, c'mon. Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert manage 2 hours of brilliant satirical TV each week; even the D-Gen were able to manage a couple of year's worth of once-a-week brilliance.

Posted by: MrLefty at August 19, 2006 12:46 PM

Stewart and Colbert - 2 hours EACH.

I think The Chaser need to hire themselves some new writers and get back to actual satire.

Posted by: MrLefty at August 19, 2006 12:47 PM

I thought they were much funnier when they dressed smartly and sat up straight in their chairs.

Posted by: Cloudy at August 21, 2006 09:00 PM

It's not the worst joke in the world and maybe their idea was to get on the news and promote their program. but no, that could never be the case cause now you are all helping them. they know that you all want to say something and bag them but, by doing so, you are helping give them the publicity that these type of gags are aimed at. thanks for being a cog in the wheel.

Posted by: James at September 1, 2006 12:41 PM

I can't imagine that a light slagging on Glutbusters would generate an enormous amount of publicity. I'm not the media kingpin I'd like to think.

Posted by: Peter at September 1, 2006 03:49 PM

I got turned off The Chaser when they filmed a "gag' earlier this year (last year?) by walking into shops with a stocking over their heads.

It's not freakin' funny to terrorise (yes, that's the only word for it) innocent shop worked who think they're about to get a hole blown in their chest.

There was nothing funny or satirical about THAT sketch, either, and it actually got me so angry with them that I haven't watched or read anything by them since. And I never will again.

It's not a joke to give someone very real nightmares about a masked gunman rocking up to their place of work and forevermore filling them with the utmost terror and fear.

Their day is passed.

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