History Series / TheChasersWarOnEverything

* WorstNewsJudgmentEver: After Chas was arrested for selling fake weapons outside a [[UsefulNotes/RugbyLeague Canterbury Bulldogs]] game, he pointed out that this had been the top story on one radio station, followed by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel-Lebanon_2006_War Israel declaring war on Lebanon]].

[[caption-width-right:345:[[BavarianFireDrill This]] will get you into the red zone at APEC]].

''The Chaser's War on Everything'' was an Australian half-hour comedy show produced and broadcast by Creator/TheABC (the Australian one) and hosted by funny-men Andrew Hansen, Chris Taylor, Chas Licciardello, Craig Reucassel and Julian Morrow, collectively referred to as Creator/TheChaser.[[note]]Members of the team not usually mentioned are Dominic Knight (who prefers to remain behind the scene as a writer) and Charles Firth (who went solo in 2007).[[/note]] The show has aired in many countries across the world, from Israel to the UK, Poland to South Korea.

It returned to air in 2009, this time with only ten episodes. Only two episodes in, it caused controversy over a sketch about terminally ill children. This also led to questions about whether it has [[JumpTheShark jumped the shark.]] In case you were wondering, it didn't; they even managed to handle their own shame in a funny (but in no way disrespectful to the victims) way. This turned out to be their last season, for several reasons - among them, they were getting too easily recognised by the public and so, couldn't pull fast ones on them. They spent 2010 touring Australia with ''The Age of Terror Variety Hour''. They also covered the 2010 Australian election with their mini-series ''[[PunnyName Yes We Canberra]].'' This was the first time their election coverage was actually ''watched'' by anybody - the previous years it was held a week before the election was held, and the week after it was over. They covered the 2013 election with ''The Hamster Decides'', a five-episode series which turned out to be just as popular as ''Yes We Canberra''.

* BadassMustache

* CreditsGag

* GagSub: The first season in 2006 did this a lot with videos of Osama Bin Laden.

*** The 9th of November?[[note]]:from an Australian perspective, [[DontExplainTheJoke this is what the date "9/11" looks and sounds like to those unfamiliar with the day itself[[/note]], though Americans don't have that excuse]]

* StronglyWordedLetter: A recurring character in the final season was an angry letter writer continually offended by the show. Ironically, the character debuted in the same episode as the "Make a Realistic Wish Foundation" sketch, but that wasn't the segment he was objecting to.

* ThoseWackyNazis: ''Housefrau Hitler''. No, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7K5y9sL3mU go on]].

* WorstNewsJudgmentEver: After Chas was arrested for selling fake weapons outside a [[UsefulNotes/RugbyLeague Canterbury Bulldogs]] game, he pointed out that this had been the top story on one radio station, followed by Israel declaring war on Lebanon.

The Chaser began as creators of a satirical newspaper, called ''The Chaser'' (not dissimilar to ''Website/TheOnion''). After a slow start, sales skyrocketed when they published then Prime Minister John Howard's phone number. This got the attention of Australian interviewer and TV star Andrew Denton, who got them a spot on the ABC, Australia's government-funded network; the result was ''Series/TheElectionChaser'', a short series covering the 2001 federal election and taking the piss out of everyone involved. They then went on to do the news parody show ''CNNN'' (Chaser Non-stop News Network), mostly mocking Creator/{{CNN}} and Australian current affairs. They followed this with more coverages of elections, a stage show, and then their most famous work: ''The Chaser's War on Everything''.[[note]]Rejected names for the show include ''Hey Hey It's The Chaser'', ''The Age of Terror Variety Hour'', ''Thank Allah It's Friday'' and ''The Chaser is Right''.[[/note]]

* ExcuseQuestion: Parodied in a seqment about interactive late-night TV quiz shows which rely on this to get people to call in.
--> Which I guess leads to the question, "Who are these shows aimed at?" A) Bicycles, B) The Sydney Opera House, or C) Morons?'

* GoneHorriblyRight: The APEC stunt.

* SoundEffectBleep: Used in the Eulogy Song; while they probably could have gotten away with actual swearing, the general opinion was TooSoon. Also, using the sound effect only serves to make the song funnier.

* EmbarrassingTattoo: Chas attempts to make one side of his body look like Daniel Craig and gets a tattoo of a 'Japanese character' on his upper arm. He ends up with a tattoo of HelloKitty.

They planned to return to television in April 2011 to cover [[UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfWindsor the royal wedding of Kate Middleton and Prince William]] - In their own words, it was to be "uninformed and unconstitutional" - but the BBC and the royal family [[SeriousBusiness put a stop to that]] a week before the wedding by amending the licencing terms of the wedding broadcast to prevent usage of the footage in comedy. [[InternetBackdraft No-one was amused.]]

* ClusterFBomb: The end of the fourth ''Yes We Canberra'' episode has this. In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ai4pGsOHKsI song]].

The Chaser began as creators of a satirical newspaper, called ''The Chaser'' (not dissimilar to ''Website/TheOnion''). After a slow start, sales skyrocketed when they published then Prime Minister John Howard's phone number. This got the attention of Australian interviewer and TV star Andrew Denton, who got them a spot on the ABC, Australia's government-funded network; the result was ''The Election Chaser'', a short series covering the 2001 federal election and taking the piss out of everyone involved. They then went on to do the news parody show ''CNNN'' (Chaser Non-stop News Network), mostly mocking Creator/{{CNN}} and Australian current affairs. They followed this with more coverages of elections, a stage show, and then their most famous work: ''The Chaser's War on Everything''.[[note]]Rejected names for the show include ''Hey Hey It's The Chaser'', ''The Age of Terror Variety Hour'', ''Thank Allah It's Friday'' and ''The Chaser is Right''.[[/note]]

* CuteKitten: Politics. ''With Cats.''
** Somewhat sadly, that's actually probably the best way to teach people about politics now.

* ExcuseQuestion: Parodied in a seqment about interactive late-night TV quiz shows.

** Taken further in the election specials in 2007, where Andrew and Chris played voiceover people.

** Also, the "This Person Votes" clips during the election specials.

* StylisticSuck: The Making of Politics With Cats, probably to appease [[FanDumb complainers.]] Averted with the caption at the end, which claimed that "6387 cats were harmed during the making of this series."

[[caption-width-right:345:[[BavarianFireDrill This]] will [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome get you into the red zone at APEC]].]]

''The Chaser's War on Everything'' was an Australian half-hour comedy show produced and broadcast by Creator/TheABC (the Australian one) and hosted by funny-men Andrew Hansen, Chris Taylor, Chas Licciardello, Craig Reucassel and Julian Morrow, collectively referred to as The Chaser.[[note]]Members of the team not usually mentioned are Dominic Knight (who prefers to remain behind the scene as a writer) and Charles Firth (who went solo in 2007).[[/note]] The show has aired in many countries across the world, from Israel to the UK, Poland to South Korea.

It returned to air in 2009, this time with only ten episodes. Only two episodes in, it caused controversy over a sketch about terminally ill children. This also led to questions about whether it has [[JumpTheShark jumped the shark.]] In case you were wondering, it didn't; they even managed to handle their own shame in a funny (but in no way disrespectful to the victims) way. This turned out to be their last season, for several reasons - among them, they were getting too easily recognised by the public and so, couldn't pull fast ones on them. They spent 2010 touring Australia with 'The Age of Terror Variety Hour. They also covered the 2010 Australian election with their mini-series ''[[PunnyName Yes We Canberra]].'' This was the first time their election coverage was actually ''watched'' by anybody - the previous years it was held a week before the election was held, and the week after it was over. They covered the 2013 election with ''The Hamster Decides'', a five-episode series which turned out to be just as popular as ''Yes We Canberra''.

The Chaser began as creators of a satirical newspaper, called ''The Chaser'' (not dissimilar to ''Website/TheOnion''). After a slow start, sales skyrocketed when they published then Prime Minister John Howard's phone number. This got the attention of Australian interviewer and TV star Andrew Denton, who got them a spot on the ABC, Australia's government-funded network; the result was ''The Election Chaser'', a short series covering the 2001 federal election and taking the piss out of everyone involved. They then went on to do the news parody show ''CNNNN'' (Chaser Non-stop News Network), mostly mocking Creator/{{CNN}} and Australian current affairs. They followed this with more coverages of elections, a stage show, and then their most famous work: ''The Chaser's War on Everything''.[[note]]Rejected names for the show include ''Hey Hey It's The Chaser'', ''The Age of Terror Variety Hour'', ''Thank Allah It's Friday'' and ''The Chaser is Right''.[[/note]]

The show was more relaxed than ''CNNNN'', extensively used parody and satire, and they didn't pull any punches either. The Creator/SevenNetwork and the Creator/NineNetwork, both the 'big' commercial stations in Australia, were frequently poked fun at, particularly with regards to their dubious current affairs reporting. They also mock the ABC, which doesn't seem to mind them poking fun at or criticising material produced or transmitted by them. (This is probably because the ABC is entirely government-funded, so there are no sponsors to offend.)

''The Chaser's War on Everything'' was an Australian half-hour comedy show produced and broadcast by TheABC (the Australian one) and hosted by funny-men Andrew Hansen, Chris Taylor, Chas Licciardello, Craig Reucassel and Julian Morrow, collectively referred to as The Chaser.[[note]]Members of the team not usually mentioned are Dominic Knight (who prefers to remain behind the scene as a writer) and Charles Firth (who went solo in 2007).[[/note]] The show has aired in many countries across the world, from Israel to the UK, Poland to South Korea.

* {{Understatement}}: When they take on the notoriously homophobic Westboro Baptist Church, they show a short clip of Fred Phelps, the church's leader, delivering an absolutely vicious and homophobic sermon (which happened three days after September 11th), before saying:

* FootballHooligans: Parodied with one skit which involved selling balaclavas and (fake) knuckledusters in club colors to [[RugbyLeague Canterbury Bulldogs]] fans. This resulted in Chas being arrested.

** Example: The Chasers note how determined folks are in not taking flyers from street peddlers, so one of them tries to had out $5 bills. [[ComicallySmallBribe When nobody takes the money]], they decide to up the ante to a $50 bill. '''Nobody takes it.'''

** The guard at the Army Land Command lets them through, luckily someone else tells them to look inside first, cue guys in faux greek armor.

The Chaser began as creators of a satirical newspaper, called ''The Chaser'' (not dissimilar to ''TheOnion''). After a slow start, sales skyrocketed when they published then Prime Minister John Howard's phone number. This got the attention of Australian interviewer and TV star Andrew Denton, who got them a spot on the ABC, Australia's government-funded network; the result was ''The Election Chaser'', a short series covering the 2001 federal election and taking the piss out of everyone involved. They then went on to do the news parody show ''CNNNN'' (Chaser Non-stop News Network), mostly mocking Creator/{{CNN}} and Australian current affairs. They followed this with more coverages of elections, a stage show, and then their most famous work: ''The Chaser's War on Everything''.[[note]]Rejected names for the show include ''Hey Hey It's The Chaser'', ''The Age of Terror Variety Hour'', ''Thank Allah It's Friday'' and ''The Chaser is Right''.[[/note]]

** Also, a "What Have We Learned From History?" segment which involved the Chasers entering a Polish nightclub dressed as [[{{Lederhosen}} stereotypical Germans]], then dressed as [[NazisWithGnarlyWeapons Wehrmacht/Waffen-SS troopers]], and then Andrew Hansen entered while dressed as '''Hitler himself'''. Complete with swastika armband. He got in. [[note]]The DVDCommentary notes that he was asked to remove the armband, but it got cut from the actual footage.[[/note]]

The show was more relaxed than ''CNNNN'', extensively used parody and satire, and they didn't pull any punches either. The Creator/SevenNetwork and the NineNetwork, both the 'big' commercial stations in Australia, were frequently poked fun at, particularly with regards to their dubious current affairs reporting. They also mock the ABC, which doesn't seem to mind them poking fun at or criticising material produced or transmitted by them. (This is probably because the ABC is entirely government-funded, so there are no sponsors to offend.)

The show was more relaxed than ''CNNNN'', extensively used parody and satire, and they didn't pull any punches either. The SevenNetwork and the NineNetwork, both the 'big' commercial stations in Australia, were frequently poked fun at, particularly with regards to their dubious current affairs reporting. They also mock the ABC, which doesn't seem to mind them poking fun at or criticising material produced or transmitted by them. (This is probably because the ABC is entirely government-funded, so there are no sponsors to offend.)