The Chaser’s War on Everything (ABC TV Australia) it is one of the best comedies being broadcast today. In UK terms it marries the sketch show genre of the Fast Show with the Current Affairs whitty commentary of Have I got news for you.
Testament to its popularity is the loyal uploading of clips just moments after broadcasting on YouTube, which incidentally ABC does allow, idents.tv even has high quality full episodes.
Comparisons have been drawn between the Chaser and The Colbert Report (Comedy Central US). There is certainly a similarity between the Chaser’s Andrew Hansen and Colbert’s Stephen Colbert, as both take care of their appearance, but the Chaser trumps.
I do feel the Chaser overstepped the mark in its use of BDSM nudity in a Circular Quay sketch, Sydney, yes that was bad, and I’m not just demonstrating my extensive knowledge of Sydney’s Streets gleaned from many a happy walk. Another bad sketch was when the Crazy Warehouse Guy went to Church.
But getting back on the forward track if you live in Australia you should watch the Chaser on ABC Wednesdays 9pm Eastern.
Just like GMail in its infancy you cannot just sign up, you must be “invited“.
What is Joost? Joost is a new way of watching TV on the internet. With Joost, you get all the things you love about TV, including a high-quality full-screen picture, hundreds of full-length shows and easy channel-flipping.
Just leave your email address below (hint: put it in the email section so its not published).
At the moment the Joost experience is like watching the TV on a long haul airplane. There is a selection of non-offensive English language programmes; ranging from the filler titles of Guinness World Records (UK Version) and World’s Strongest Man to the educational titles of A Dog’s Life and A Cat’s Life, and cringeworthy why can’t we just get along female programming that reminds me of Secondary School Religion classes. There are also plenty of junky MTV clone “channels”.
What I’d like to see is, of course, is Lost, but I would settle for the “classics” Barnaby Jones, Murder She Wrote, Matlock, The Scarecrow and Mrs King.
I just read on Dave’s Rants that there is a new Irish TV Channel called Channel 6, the name reminds me of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles “April O’Neill, Channel 3 News”, ok a different number, but it reminds me of it nevertheless
I used to deliver letters in a previous job and would often have to do some research on the web to find addresses, so I’m not too impressed by any business that doesn’t have a physical address on their contact page, also the Channel is not available on VHF/UHF.
But these days most households have Cable or Satellite so reception should not be an issue.
There isin’t any news, but the channel is showing Star Trek the Next Generation which makes up for any negatives.
For more information have a look at wikipedia. Continue reading ‘Channel 6′
It sounds unbelieveable but back in the 1960s, and thereabouts, tobacco was actually advertised on TV, and as was the fashion back then adverts were openly spoken about by the characters within the program.
Programes were often named after the product, and the host was a suffix, for example the Lucky Strike Program starring Jack Benny. (Lucky Strike was a brand of cigarettes in the US, you might recall its slogan of Lucky Strike Means Fine Tobacco, or LSMFT)
Well, back to the flintstones, the sponsor was Winston cigarettes and here is the clip
We’re sorry, but users outside the UK cannot access The IT Crowd.
What about those in Ireland, who receive Channel 4 by satellite/cable?
Well perhaps I shouldn’t complain, at least Channel 4 have only blocked a section of their site, because a US TV channel called Shotime has blocked its entire site from non US IP addresses.
Sorry
We at Showtime Online express our apologies; however, these pages are intended for access only from within the United States.
It is perhaps ironic that those who watch the IT Crowd will know how to circumvent the GeoIP problem…
itcrowd.co.nr looks promising but the avi’s are protected by DRM which opens a browser window to channel and asks for a login, bugmenot provides plenty, but this takes too much effort, and makes your IP known to channel4.
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