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patrick wolf Salute You in Your Grave
Age: 30 Gender: Female Posts: 2326 | October 29th, 2007 at 10:04am
they were at the Arias |
hellox Killjoy
Age: 103 Gender: Male Posts: 81 | October 31st, 2007 at 01:09pm I love The Chasers.
Andrew Hanson is adorable :tehe: |
mer von d Thinking Happy Thoughts
Age: 34 Gender: Female Posts: 582 | November 1st, 2007 at 06:23am justxlies:I love The Chasers.
Andrew Hanson is adorable :tehe:
back off... he's mine... grrr just kidding
haha how good was "10% off your son's penis" lololol times 10000000 |
hellox Killjoy
Age: 103 Gender: Male Posts: 81 | November 1st, 2007 at 07:22am mertleturtle666:justxlies:I love The Chasers.
Andrew Hanson is adorable :tehe:
back off... he's mine... grrr just kidding
haha how good was "10% off your son's penis" lololol times 10000000 omg I know lmfao lmfao lmfao
Bruqua's (sp) Backyard lmfao
And Andrew's hair :tehe: |
hellox Killjoy
Age: 103 Gender: Male Posts: 81 | November 1st, 2007 at 07:49am Got this off The Whitlams official website.
"I received The Chaser treatment on Wednesday night. It’s a strange feeling being satirised. On the one hand everyone quotes Wilde and says that being talked about is better than not being talked about – that the attention will fade into some kind of indistinct notoriety as the months roll by. On the other hand satire is really just a civilised form of abuse, and an incoming missile is unsettling just for the fact that someone has gone to all that trouble to annoy you for laughs.
I was out when the show was on, having supper after a great ACO concert. Seated next to me was a person who actually works on The Chaser so I was warned that at that minute I was being satirised in the lounge rooms of Australia. I was not to direct any vitriol at Andrew Hansen the impersonator, a lovely chap, and altogether too sensitive to cope with any criticism. No, the fellow to be careful about was Chris Taylor who had written the lyrics.
I record The Chaser if I go out on Wednesday night. Most of it is usually great. Sometimes there are parts that are a little lame. As I pressed play, I was hoping that the bit on me would fit into the latter category. The piece came on and I must say I really enjoyed it. “Who is this guy,? I’d buy his album,” I thought. Hansen had my rather basic piano style down well, and the vowel sounds and melody were eerily similar to what I hear in my head. But the lyrics?
The point of the song was that I only write about Newtown and continually name-check its streets and landmarks. I was a little bemused. I have only mentioned Newtown once in over 60 songs, on our sixth album last year. Before that you have to go back 8 years where I named 2 pubs in a song about the pokies. And the first 3 albums? Not a single reference. More pointed perhaps would have been the question as to why I so willingly bathed in the cachet of fine old Newtown when I had written so very little about it, and had only lived there for 20 years (not quite enough to be deemed a “local” around these parts). Why were they having a go when they didn’t even have a point? As The Chasers like to say, I decided to do a little research of my own.
There has been one female cast member of The Chaser. It was the very first series, and the actress was an ex-girlfriend of mine. Recently I was sharing a drink with her in London. Apparently she did not make it to the second series after a romance with one Chris Taylor turned pear-shaped. Could it be that as I was still seeing her on a purely social level during the first series that I had unwittingly become embroiled in a matter of the heart? Was a score being settled? I’m not sure.
Bachelors of Australia be warned. When dining with a woman make sure she has not been involved with any presently famous satirists. You may find yourself the butt of a spurious nationally broadcast joke.
Which I suppose is not such a bad thing. It’s good profile.
Tim Freedman" |
sez Bleeding on the Floor
Age: - Gender: - Posts: 1416 | November 1st, 2007 at 09:41am Whaaaat!? How odd. |
littlewindmill Thinking Happy Thoughts
Age: 29 Gender: Female Posts: 520 | November 2nd, 2007 at 12:52pm i HATE Chasers after they did the Emo thing about Gerard, I HATE THEM!! GOD DAMN THEM!!! THEY INSULTED YOU ALL!!! YOU SHOULD BE ANGRY AT THEM |
sez Bleeding on the Floor
Age: - Gender: - Posts: 1416 | November 2nd, 2007 at 01:17pm Umm... it was pretty hilarious, actually. |
Frankie-Oreo Salute You in Your Grave
Age: 32 Gender: Female Posts: 2818 | November 2nd, 2007 at 03:05pm yeah and if you really like mcr then you should see the humour in it
i was pissing my pants laughing at it. |
hellox Killjoy
Age: 103 Gender: Male Posts: 81 | November 2nd, 2007 at 04:18pm Me too. When I first watched it I didn't even see the caption down the bottom saying it was Gerard lmfao
It was really funny. I am able to laugh at myself, I mean, it's funny. Im not gonna stop liking my favourite show just because they were satirsing (is that even a word xD ) one of my favourite bands. |
elliephant Bleeding on the Floor
Age: 34 Gender: Female Posts: 1274 | November 3rd, 2007 at 08:24am Well, they didn't really insult us all, because who says we're all emo? I thought it was hilarious. Even if it did look more like Jared Leto. |
patrick wolf Salute You in Your Grave
Age: 30 Gender: Female Posts: 2326 | November 5th, 2007 at 01:56am ^^ yeah, he didn't really look like Gerard that much anyway
the first time i watched it i thought it was hilarious
and then i downloaded it, and my friend was like "omg, its Gerard"
i wouldn't have even realised
i know im not emo, im not sure about everyone else here, but i didn't find it offensive at all |
AstroZombies Killjoy
Age: 32 Gender: Female Posts: 22 | November 5th, 2007 at 05:23am The Chasers are good cause they are idiots and they do really weird things ha ha... |
asha shake. Devil's Got Your Number
Age: 35 Gender: Female Posts: 36414 | November 7th, 2007 at 08:14am
Missy Higgins just posted a bulletin on MySpace, saying that she is "appearing as a special guest on The Chaser tonight".
I hope they aren't mean to her =[
I love Missy Higgins.
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earth2themorgue Bleeding on the Floor
Age: 33 Gender: Female Posts: 1475 | November 7th, 2007 at 10:41am what emo thing about Gerard? i think i missed something there. |
asha shake. Devil's Got Your Number
Age: 35 Gender: Female Posts: 36414 | November 7th, 2007 at 10:57am
I'm pretty sure I posted the video somewhere, I think it's in this thread.
It was the Emo washing powder thing (fuckingLOL), and the Gerard thing was just his name in the corner.
It was nothing major lol
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earth2themorgue Bleeding on the Floor
Age: 33 Gender: Female Posts: 1475 | November 7th, 2007 at 11:28am oh the washing powder thing. lol yeah i remember that. i didnt see Gerards name anywhere though. |
sez Bleeding on the Floor
Age: - Gender: - Posts: 1416 | November 8th, 2007 at 12:00am Ahahaha, that skit with all the musicians was so good. So much effort for just one skit though!!!
"Sorry... music was the better option" |
misa misa. Shotgun Sinner
Age: 33 Gender: Female Posts: 8241 | November 8th, 2007 at 04:41am hee hee it was so good last night
i loved the life is a musical gangsters. lol.
also the rubbish at the art store was funny
note: i thought the thing about Gerard was hilarious. its good to be able to laugh at yourself. its just a bad stereotype anyway |
Frankie-Oreo Salute You in Your Grave
Age: 32 Gender: Female Posts: 2818 | November 8th, 2007 at 02:07pm the live ipod was so hilarious!
and i loved the modern art thing and ther thunderbirds joke
and joihn howard goiong "bu- uh- um- bu- bu-" funnynessss |