Comments on: ‘Kinder, gentler’ Chaser.

By: RichoTB

RichoTB — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 07:39:57 +0000

I noticed the “smallTALK” spelling was a little dig at Nine’s oddly titled series as of late (TODAY, homeMADE, THIS afternoon, etc). Its good to have these guys back.

By: SuperCobra

SuperCobra — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 07:25:56 +0000

The Ray Martin “smallTalk” sketch was awesome. Just goes to show that with a little planning and good writing you can do a lot without having to go for shock and stunts.

By: effdee

effdee — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 06:49:48 +0000

RichoTB
I didn’t say it was a “massive” drop as you claim, I simply said it ‘dropped’, read posts properly and get your facts straight before posting …

By: RichoTB

RichoTB — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 05:43:07 +0000

Warmdue, try youtube, the episodes are usually uploaded in full on there (type chaser’s war on everything 2009)

And you should get your head checked, effdee. TCWoE got 11,000 viewers less than Spicks and Specks, that is great retention and not a ‘massive drop’ as you eagerly claim it to be. A massive drop would be SVU losing 1.1 million of its lead-in last night.

And I agree with Dodge and Julie, great ep last night. While some of the more tasteless sketches (Oscar Bait, InBrady bunch) in previous weeks were hilarious, last night’s show was just as good without resorting to content for shock value. The background nodding segment was genius.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 05:14:44 +0000

A hilarious return, and the hysteria caused by the previous episode gave them plenty of fodder.

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 04:20:44 +0000

This was their funniest this year (k so its only 3eps in, but still), definately in the top 5 that i can recall.

@effdee: err, what are you talking about it dropped 10,000 which barely registers. Today tonight dropped 200,000 from the 7 news, and then H&A dropped 300,000 after that, so you can hardly say anything bad about S&S vs chaser ratings (and it was the 10th of the night which is pretty good considering TGYH didnt get in the top 10).

By: Benno

Benno — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 04:15:15 +0000

effdee, you’re totally right. An 11k drop is terrible retention…

By: Julie

Julie — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 02:36:57 +0000

Great show! The Chaser Team were back to doing what they do best – satrical humour that is witty and doesn’t go down the tasteless (i.e. toilet) humour track.

By: Dodge

Dodge — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 02:02:37 +0000

Hilarious episode last night. A welcome comeback

And yeah, Massive drop from Spicks & Specks

By: Ladadue

Ladadue — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:55:06 +0000

Though it was an a decent episode last night, still none of the classic segments that made them famous but was a still enjoyable.

Though i must say, they have used the same clip of an elderly woman with a confused look on her face in all 3 episodes now.

By: effdee

effdee — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:45:24 +0000

An unfunny bunch of dweebs! and last night they proved it yet again!
And the audience dropped when Spicks and Specks finished…..hilarious

By: Matthew R

Matthew R — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:57:22 +0000

Kinder, gentler, more mediocre. Way to stifle creative freedom, ABC.

By: Peter

Peter — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:42:06 +0000

Well, it was funny, so who cares whether it was ‘sanitised’ or not?

By: Tony

Tony — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:41:11 +0000

Hilarious! Welcome back, boys.

By: wamdue

wamdue — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:03:52 +0000

and now I (in the UK) am unable to watch it on the ABC website, like I used to be able to.

Its not like BBC4 shows any signs of showing the new series.

It feels more like The Chasers War on Me