Archive for the ‘The Chaser’ tag

Julian Morrow’s Outraged Audiences

In the funniest Andrew Olle Media Lecture so far, The Chaser's executive producer Julian Morrow chastises media outlets who let themselves be bullied by the outrage of the wrong audience.

The Best Stuff On TV This Week

Massage your brain with Werner Herzog, the final Media Watch and a spirited GFC documentary, then mash it with Rock Of Love and Destroyed In Seconds. "Building fall down!"

Working At The ABC Is A Piece Of Cake

News of an impending guide to making cakes in the shape of popular ABC TV children's characters had us thinking… why leave it at the kiddie programming?

The Stupid Question: Has Anyone Shocked Cannibal Corpse?

It took one fan's medical malady to gross out the most notorious and explicitly gory death metal band of all time: Cannibal Corpse.

A Double Take On Parody

The promos for new parody sketch show Double Take have been inducing cold sweats, but co-creator Rick Kalowski tells The Enthusiast that he's not trying to insult our intelligence.

Ten’s New News Comedy Is A Daily Show, Not The Daily Show

Dave Hughes and Charlie Pickering will skewer the daily news on the new Channel Ten show The 7pm Project. Running opposite the ABC Nightly News, should Kerry O'Brien be trembling?

The Tough Question: Can Jason Gann defend The Wedge?

Mark Loves Sharon was as good as The Wedge was bad! Okay, we might be exaggerating. Nothing's that good.

Have You Stopped Beating Your Wife?

How the perils of "acting" led millions of Australians to believe that Oscar Dawson slapped his girlfriend.