Puerile ozzies.

August 19, 2006 8:23 PM

Last call for Mr Al Kyder and Mr Terry Wrist...
posted by marvin (18 comments total)

It really isn't a commentary on airline security like they claim. Security failed because they got a boarding call for a joke name? Not so much. It was a funny joke though.
posted by bob sarabia at 8:45 PM on August 19, 2006

Edie Otts.
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 8:46 PM on August 19, 2006

Paging Mike Hawk!
Paging Mike Hunt!
posted by Balisong at 9:04 PM on August 19, 2006

The nine-year-olds have already won.
posted by stupidsexyFlanders at 9:11 PM on August 19, 2006 [1 favorite]

Keep in mind that these are the same people who once accompanied a story about Michael Jackson's latest plastic surgery with footage of a gorilla being strapped onto a surgical table. One of them recently got arrested trying to smuggle fake weapons in team colours into a rugby match.

More information about the Chaser people here.

Here is their automated complaints form.

And here is my favourite (or here). Their humour is kind of uneven but when it works it works well.
posted by A Thousand Baited Hooks at 9:23 PM on August 19, 2006

That was criminally funny!
posted by owhydididoit at 9:29 PM on August 19, 2006

i like these much better.

sincerely, Makollig Jezvahted
posted by joeblough at 9:49 PM on August 19, 2006

the australians are not serious about the holy war on terror
posted by growabrain at 1:03 AM on August 20, 2006

"In fact, we received over 475 calls alone regarding this man, m'Balz Es-Hari."
posted by odinsdream at 3:04 AM on August 20, 2006

I didn't see any "Australian passengers left stunned".
posted by nthdegx at 3:08 AM on August 20, 2006

the australians are not serious about the holy war on terror

these guys sure are. after the mission was accomplished in iraq, they did a vox pop on american streets:

"so, should we attack syria or north korea next?"

american: "north korea!"

[chaser guy holds up map of world, with australia marked as north korea]

"and can you point out north korea on this map?"

"sure. hey, i never realized it was so much bigger than south korea!" [gestures towards tasmania]
posted by UbuRoivas at 4:39 AM on August 20, 2006

the australians are not serious about the holy war on terror



But CNN is!
posted by dash_slot- at 6:53 AM on August 20, 2006

With that 2.0 it looks like it should be TERRr! 2.0 Beta
posted by TheOnlyCoolTim at 7:46 AM on August 20, 2006

Fear-mongering leads to anti-Arab hysteria on airplanes
posted by homunculus at 9:38 AM on August 20, 2006

I was just introduced to this show by a link to a recent one where one of the guys went to a televised award cermony and tried to get airtime in the background as many times as possible. Pretty funny stuff.
posted by jeffmik at 10:48 AM on August 20, 2006

It really isn't a commentary on airline security like they claim. Security failed because they got a boarding call for a joke name?

It is a security failure. Their point is that you can get a boarding pass for a domestic flight without ever having to show any form of ID. That means that all of the 'do not fly' and other watch lists that are suposedly being kept are a pointless exercise.

Once you have a boarding pass for a domestic flight in Australia you have access to the plane, there are no other identity checks. That's what's scary.
posted by bangalla at 1:45 PM on August 20, 2006

"Their point is that you can get a boarding pass for a domestic flight without ever having to show any form of ID."

The point is they managed to get a laugh for their show at the expense of the airline industry, and good for them. Let's not blow seriousness up their asses.
posted by ZachsMind at 1:51 PM on August 20, 2006

Chaser producer Julian Morrow has promised to give Bart Simpson a shout-out on the credits.
posted by t0astie at 8:48 PM on August 20, 2006