Just heard on
Triple M on the way home that
The Chaser's WAR on Everything's back on the ABC! (Actually, it came back on air last week, but didn't realise it until today.) It's the best news satire show on Australian FTA ever. The pranks, the parodies, the video snippets, the witty remarks, everything. In fact I think it's the only one because the commercial networks are too afraid of legal worries to do anything similar.
It's on at 9pm Wednesdays on ABC, with the episode available for download for
free after at
their site (although it's apparently an Australian only link - can't tell whether they enforce that or not). It's good the ABC tries someone out like this, without encumberances. Then again, I guess they don't have commercial interests to worry about.
For those who don't know who they are, check it out tonight - it's a funny half-hour show, no ads. You'll either love it or hate it, but you won't know until you check it out.
If you're familar with tech news and
digg, you probably would have seen the prank they did at a Dell store in Sydney about their exploding batteries. Unfortunately, the ABC reported it as a copyright violation and the video's not on youtube anymore... Other pranks of there's are on youtube though, just search for
chaser.
P.S.
Wil Anderson's on Triple M now! Awesome funny guy, drive time, 4-6pm. Not a big fan of Triple M's music so I haven't remembered to switch over yet, but from his past gigs on The Glasshouse (which got axed by the ABC
), it should be a great show, especially when you're extremely frustrated in traffic. Podcasted as well of course.