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''The Hamster Wheel'' is an Australian satirical news and current affairs show produced and broadcast by Creator/TheABC (the Australian one), starting in 2012 and hosted by comedians Andrew Hansen, Dominic Knight, Chas Licciardello, Julian Morrow, Craig Reucassel, and Chris Taylor, collectively known as Creator/TheChaser.
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''The Hamster Wheel'' is an Australian satirical news and current affairs show produced and broadcast by Creator/TheABC (the Australian one), the Creator/AustralianBroadcastingCorporation, starting in 2012 and hosted by comedians Andrew Hansen, Dominic Knight, Chas Licciardello, Julian Morrow, Craig Reucassel, and Chris Taylor, collectively known as Creator/TheChaser.
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* CuteKitten: Politics ''With Cats'' Somewhat sadly, that's actually probably the best way to teach people about politics now.
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* NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead: Parodied with obituaries of people who are still alive. Including the head of the ABC, the Federal Leader of the Opposition and the ''sitting Prime Minister''. The first few were prefaced by one of the team supposedly discovering an tweet reporting said person's death, and the obituary would be retracted the following week. By the fourth episode of the series, they stopped bothering.
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* NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead: Parodied with obituaries of people who are still alive. Including the head of the ABC, the Federal Leader of the Opposition and the ''sitting Prime Minister''. The first few were prefaced by one of the team supposedly discovering an tweet [[ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated reporting said person's death, death]], and the obituary would be retracted the following week. By the fourth episode of the series, they stopped bothering.
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* StylisticSuck: The Making of Politics With Cats, probably to appease complainers. Averted with the caption at the end, which claimed that "6387 cats were harmed during the making of this series."
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''The Hamster Wheel'' is an Australian satirical news and current affairs show produced and broadcast by Creator/TheABC (the Australian one), starting in 2012 and hosted by comedians Andrew Hansen, Dominic Knight, Chas Licciardello, Julian Morrow, Craig Reucassel, and Chris Taylor, collectively known as The Chaser.
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''The Hamster Wheel'' is an Australian satirical news and current affairs show produced and broadcast by Creator/TheABC (the Australian one), starting in 2012 and hosted by comedians Andrew Hansen, Dominic Knight, Chas Licciardello, Julian Morrow, Craig Reucassel, and Chris Taylor, collectively known as The Chaser.
Creator/TheChaser.
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''The Hamster Wheel'' is an Australian satirical news and current affairs show produced and broadcast by TheABC (the Australian one), starting in 2012 and hosted by comedians Andrew Hansen, Dominic Knight, Chas Licciardello, Julian Morrow, Craig Reucassel, and Chris Taylor, collectively known as The Chaser.
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''The Hamster Wheel'' is an Australian satirical news and current affairs show produced and broadcast by TheABC Creator/TheABC (the Australian one), starting in 2012 and hosted by comedians Andrew Hansen, Dominic Knight, Chas Licciardello, Julian Morrow, Craig Reucassel, and Chris Taylor, collectively known as The Chaser.
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* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fu22yrAC-8E a segment about social media in the media]], an analysis of how internet {{troll}}s are portrayed by the media uses footage from ''Film/{{Troll 2}}'', a movie that, infamously, is actually about goblins and has no trolls in it.
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-->(cue clip from ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britain%27s_Bounciest_Weather Britain's Bounciest Weather]]'', accompanied by the caption, "Yes, this IS a real weather report. We swear."
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-->(cue clip from ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britain%27s_Bounciest_Weather Britain's Bounciest Weather]]'', accompanied by the caption, "Yes, this IS a real weather report. We swear."")
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* NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer: From a segment about weather in the media:
-->'''Alan Wilkie''': Hang on there, why can't we just have a qualfied meteorologist simply explaining the forecast?
-->'''Andrew''': Well you could Alan - or, you could hire a trampolining dwarf!
-->(cue clip from ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britain%27s_Bounciest_Weather Britain's Bounciest Weather]]'', accompanied by the caption, "Yes, this IS a real weather report. We swear."
-->'''Alan Wilkie''': Hang on there, why can't we just have a qualfied meteorologist simply explaining the forecast?
-->'''Andrew''': Well you could Alan - or, you could hire a trampolining dwarf!
-->(cue clip from ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britain%27s_Bounciest_Weather Britain's Bounciest Weather]]'', accompanied by the caption, "Yes, this IS a real weather report. We swear."
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* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fu22yrAC-8E a segment about social media in the media]], an analysis of how internet {{troll}}s are portrayed by the media uses footage from ''Film/{{{Troll 2}}'', a movie that, infamously, is actually about goblins and has no trolls in it.
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* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fu22yrAC-8E a segment about social media in the media]], an analysis of how internet {{troll}}s are portrayed by the media uses footage from ''Film/{{{Troll ''Film/{{Troll 2}}'', a movie that, infamously, is actually about goblins and has no trolls in it.
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* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fu22yrAC-8E a segment about social media in the media]], an analysis of how internet {{troll}}s are portrayed by the media uses footage from ''{{Troll ''Film/{{{Troll 2}}'', a movie that, infamously, is actually about goblins and has no trolls in it.
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* CrowningMomentOfFunny: tarsier comentary on [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHfX5wRVngU "the dignity of the Parliament"]].
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* DudeNotFunny: the team was so nervous that the head of the ABC, Scott Morrow, would take this line over the obituary they aired for him that they spent several days avoiding him.
* ExcuseQuestion
* ExpospeakGag
* FanDisservice
* ExcuseQuestion
* ExpospeakGag
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* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fu22yrAC-8E a segment about social media in the media]], an analysis of how internet {{troll}}s are portrayed by the media uses footage from ''Film/{{Troll2}}'', ''{{Troll 2}}'', a movie that, infamously, is actually about goblins and has no trolls in it.
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* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fu22yrAC-8E a segment about social media in the media]], an analysis of how internet {{troll}}s are portrayed by the media uses footage from ''Film/Troll2'', a movie that, infamously, is actually about goblins and has no trolls in it.
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* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fu22yrAC-8E a segment about social media in the media]], an analysis of how internet {{troll}}s are portrayed by the media uses footage from ''Film/Troll2'', ''Film/{{Troll2}}'', a movie that, infamously, is actually about goblins and has no trolls in it.
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* NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead: Parodied with obituaries of people who are still alive. Including the head of the ABC, the Federal Leader of the Opposition and the ''sitting Prime Minister''.
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* NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead: Parodied with obituaries of people who are still alive. Including the head of the ABC, the Federal Leader of the Opposition and the ''sitting Prime Minister''. The first few were prefaced by one of the team supposedly discovering an tweet reporting said person's death, and the obituary would be retracted the following week. By the fourth episode of the series, they stopped bothering.
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* InstantPlunderJustAddPirates: I call her Julia Gill-''aaard''!
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* RefugeInAudacity: It wouldn't be The Chaser without it.
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''The Hamster Wheel'' is an Australian satirical news and current affairs show produced and broadcast by TheABC (the Australian one), starting in 2012 and hosted by comedians Andrew Hansen, Dominic Knight, Chas Licciardello, Julian Morrow, Craig Reucassel, and Chris Taylor, collectively known as The Chaser.
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!!'''''TheHamsterWheel provides examples of'':
* AxCrazy: Chas.
* ButtMonkey: Current affairs shows (to use the term very loosely) ''Today Tonight'' and ''A Current Affair'' provide endless amounts of material.
* CreditsGag: after some observations on ''The 7:30 Report'' solution to a not-quite-long-enough program.
* CrowningMomentOfFunny: tarsier comentary on [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHfX5wRVngU "the dignity of the Parliament"]].
* DeadpanSnarker: Everyone. All the time.
* DudeNotFunny: the team was so nervous that the head of the ABC, Scott Morrow, would take this line over the obituary they aired for him that they spent several days avoiding him.
* ExcuseQuestion
* ExpospeakGag
* FanDisservice
* GagSub: North Korea mourns.
* GodwinsLaw: referenced whenever someone declares something to be the worst thing ever. Complete with Andrew Hansen in a Hitler costume and a computer-game screen advising how many seconds into the skit the reference took place. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekyvof4KHUw&list=UUuayGfyniMALgXa0aFxErAQ 21 seconds!]]
* HypocriticalHumor: One of the "outrages" in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekyvof4KHUw&list=UUuayGfyniMALgXa0aFxErAQ this clip]] is comedians making [[BlackComedy "inappropriate" jokes]]. After the headline "Craig Reucassel apologises for insulting Bali victims", "+ is a scrawny gap-toothed prick" is added in.
* InstantPlunderJustAddPirates: I call her Julia Gill-''aaard''!
* LargeHam: Chas excels in this.
* NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead: Parodied with obituaries of people who are still alive. Including the head of the ABC, the Federal Leader of the Opposition and the ''sitting Prime Minister''.
* NewsParody
* RefugeInAudacity: It wouldn't be The Chaser without it.
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!!'''''TheHamsterWheel provides examples of'':
* AxCrazy: Chas.
* ButtMonkey: Current affairs shows (to use the term very loosely) ''Today Tonight'' and ''A Current Affair'' provide endless amounts of material.
* CreditsGag: after some observations on ''The 7:30 Report'' solution to a not-quite-long-enough program.
* CrowningMomentOfFunny: tarsier comentary on [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHfX5wRVngU "the dignity of the Parliament"]].
* DeadpanSnarker: Everyone. All the time.
* DudeNotFunny: the team was so nervous that the head of the ABC, Scott Morrow, would take this line over the obituary they aired for him that they spent several days avoiding him.
* ExcuseQuestion
* ExpospeakGag
* FanDisservice
* GagSub: North Korea mourns.
* GodwinsLaw: referenced whenever someone declares something to be the worst thing ever. Complete with Andrew Hansen in a Hitler costume and a computer-game screen advising how many seconds into the skit the reference took place. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekyvof4KHUw&list=UUuayGfyniMALgXa0aFxErAQ 21 seconds!]]
* HypocriticalHumor: One of the "outrages" in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekyvof4KHUw&list=UUuayGfyniMALgXa0aFxErAQ this clip]] is comedians making [[BlackComedy "inappropriate" jokes]]. After the headline "Craig Reucassel apologises for insulting Bali victims", "+ is a scrawny gap-toothed prick" is added in.
* InstantPlunderJustAddPirates: I call her Julia Gill-''aaard''!
* LargeHam: Chas excels in this.
* NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead: Parodied with obituaries of people who are still alive. Including the head of the ABC, the Federal Leader of the Opposition and the ''sitting Prime Minister''.
* NewsParody
* RefugeInAudacity: It wouldn't be The Chaser without it.
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