The Chaser

From Encyclopedia Dramatica

The Chaser is an old media team of Australian IRL trolls and Lulz Patriots, who produce a political sketch show called The Chaser's War on Everything, and the now-finished satirical news show CNNNN.

Among many others, they have successfully trolled pretty much every Australian political figure ever, APEC (and, by proxy, George Bush), dead celebrities, DIY superstore chains, Scientology, fundementalist Christians, Scottish standup comedy, the Australian public, mainstream media (especially the shittiest examples of it), and any number of Concerned Mothers.

The Chaser hurt their first high profile butt in 2003, when they published the then-Prime Minister John Howard's home phone number in a newspaper they produced together, so that the mundanes could contact Howard to voice their displeasure at his decision to involve Australia in the Iraq War.

1 The Chaser team
2 Notable Chaser trollings
3 Moar trollings

[edit] The Chaser team

Chris Taylor: Generally seen inspiring Indie singers to write TL;DR rants about him on their band's website [1]. He is also The Chaser's main writer.

Julian Morrow: Generally seen getting arrested by APEC.

Craig Reucassel: Generally seen stalking promenant Australian politicians in speedos.

Chas Licciardello: Generally seen getting super-glued to ceilings, or impersonating Osama bin Laden.

Andrew Hansen: Generally seen having fabulous hair, and singing satirical ditties.

Charles Firth: Generally seen trolling some of the more stupid or crazy citizens of the Greatest Nation on Earth.

Dominic Knight: Generally not seen at all, but writes for The Chaser.

[edit] Notable Chaser trollings

[edit] Trolling APEC for our Lulz

The fake security passes used by The Chaser for their APEC stunt, containing ever-so-subtle clues regarding their authenticity.

In a spectacular display of trolling spirit, The Chasers - disguised as a Canadian motorcade - broke through two security checkpoints around the hotel where George Bush was staying during the 2007 APEC World Leader's summit in Sydney. They got as far as the front of the hotel, when Licciardello stepped out dressed as Osama bin Laden. It was at this point when the APEC security twigged that things weren't quite as they should be, and Morrow and Licciardello were collared by the popos.

Some argue that the fact that The Chasers made a mockery of millions of dollars worth of APEC security - and that they could had have their own security cordons broken through by Bubba if convicted - makes this the finest example of Lulz Patriotism ever seen since Chris Morris's day.

The APEC stunt in full:

BBC news coverage of the stunt.

[edit] Trolling dead people for our Lulz

Last Thursday, The Chaser performed a ditty assassinating the characters of a number of dead celebrities - from Steve Irwin to John Lennon to Princess Diana - which drew plenty of complaints from butthurt aspies, and other such examples of bottom-feeders who shouldn't be watching a show like The Chaser's War on Everything in the first place.

OMG stop being so mean u guis ;_;

[edit] Trolling Rugby hooligans for the lulz

Licciardello got another spanking from Larry Law back in 2006, when he was charged for selling fake knuckledusters and weapons at the game of a rugby team known for having hooligan fans. Much butthurt followed.

[edit] Trolling the tabloid media for our Lulz

The Chaser also tried to raid the offices of Today Tonight, a piece-of-shit tabloid news show, in order to rape their anchor Anna Coren for the lulz. Sadly, they were apprehended by The Man at the doors, and Today Tonight went to the effort of informing the Supreme Court that tabloid journalism is Serious Business that should not be mocked. And thus, they obtained an injunction to stop The Chasers from showing their footage. Here is the Today Tonight's version of events:

Part 1:

Part 2:

Happily, The Chaser found a way around the injunction:

[edit] Trolling airport security for our Lulz

The Chaser once bought two Virgin Blue tickets in the name of "Terry Wrist" and "Al Kyder", to test how secure domestic Australian flights are against terrorists. Virgin Blue later criticised The Chasers for wasting precious taxpayers' money for the sake of "childish humour".