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| 28 March 2007 |
S02E01 |
- Intro Joke; Token Cute Animal - Knut.
- Change of names; Craig - Wil Anderson, Chris - Corinne Grant
- "3 New Viewers" - ABC Bias Police
- Reference to 1 v 100
- Stunt; Craig Reucassel confronting Peter Debnam in speedos and a baseball cap.
- Song - Qantas Advertisement, parody of I Still Call Australia Home
- Stunt; Julian Morrow confronted Marcus Einfeld about his recent issues in court. Then performed stunts to mock the issue.
- Free Hugs Campaign
- The Fixers; The Chaser - Advertising cabbies (fixed) and David Hicks (not fixed).
- Scenes From The Life of the Crazy Warehouse Guy; Church.
- What Have We Learned From Current Affairs This Week?;
- Jodi Power and Mercedes Corby
- Body Language Experts
- Safe with a baby.
- Song; "Goodbye Plastic Face" - Andrew Hansen dedicates a song to Naomi Robson
- Ad/Trailer; Too many Americans on Channel Ten.
- Ad Road Test; Wendy's, A flavour for every state of mind.
- Andrew Hansen's Closing Comment; Craig: "or catch the repeat of the show after Lateline." Andrew: "That's the show hosted by ALP candidates."
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- Change of names - Reference to the axing of The Glass House.
- Scenes From The Life of the Crazy Warehouse Guy was revealed to be a Sketch not a stunt on the DVD commentary track
- The stunt involving Marcus Einfeld was cut from the DVD for legal issues.
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| 4 April 2007 |
S02E02 |
- Intro Joke; Swimmer who should have taken drugs: Grant Hackett.
- Stunt; Malcolm Turnbull's house for Sydney's hour of darkness.
- Stunt; West Coke Eagles.
- Clive The Slightly-Too-Loud Commuter; Calling doctor about his bent penis on a train.
- Citizens' Infringement Officer; Bad tattoos.
- Ad/Trailer; The Biggest Muslim
- Firth in the USA; Punishment T-shirts.
- If Life Were A Musical; Loose and tight pants.
- The Fixers; Hanson and Oldfield (not fixed), British hostages in Iran (fixed), Brian Burke (fixed) and recycled water (Stunt; public taste test of water) (not fixed).
- Pursuit Trivia; Tony Windsor, What is the official language of Easter Island? (Incorrect) (Spanish).
- The News According To Fox; Fair and Balanced, Chuck Norris, clutter screen with useless information and Anna Nicole Smith.
- Stunt; Blind taxi driver.
- Andrew Hansen's Closing Comment; "Please note too that from next week we will be moving to Channel Seven like every other ABC comedy"
- Credits, Pursuit Trivia Continued; "Which lovable Beverly Hillbilly died aged 95 in 2003?" (Incorrect) (Buddy Ebsen).
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| 11 April 2007 |
S02E03 |
- Intro Joke; Bridalwear By Ray's Tent City.
- What Have We Learned From History; Adam and Eve accepted fruit from a serpent.
- Ad/Trailer; 2007 Global Warming Games.
- Firth in the USA; Hillary Clinton Intern.
- Stunt; Sprinkling of Mother Ashes.
- Ad/Trailer; JTV Wolfmother.
- What Have We Learned From Current Affairs This Week?;
- Who To Blame?
- Lesson 16: Humiliation.
- Clive The Slightly-Too-Loud Commuter; Drugs on a Train.
- The Fixers; Chas' Smell (not fixed), Libby Lenton and Bra Boys (Not Fixed).
- Ad Road Test; The Flashbeer commercial for Carlton Draught.
- Credit joke; Chris Taylor's mother is not really dead. Please do not send flowers.
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| 18 April 2007 |
S02E04 |
- Before Show Joke; Pg Version.
- Intro Joke; When in Melbourne The Chaser Team stay at Broughton Hall.
- Stunt; Sunrise(TV) Dawn Service.
- Stunt; Pokies & Live Music.
- Ad/ Trailer; Make up your own mind (McDonald's) (Part 1).
- Stunt; Grim Reaper, Job Applications.
- Surprise Spruiker; Imam Ali ben Abi Taleb Mosque at Lakemba making comments on Sheikh Taj El-Din Hilaly
- What you missed on Cable; Maury Povich + Easter Specials.
- Ad/ Trailer; Make up your own mind (Part 2).
- Song; Pauline Pauline Pauline.
- Citizens' Infringement Officer; Fining people speeding (above the limit) in car parks.
- Ad/ Trailer; Copycat effect.
- Stunt; Buying a Bed.
- Andrew Hansen's Closing Comment; "Or if you're very quick why not check out some clips on YouTube, Before some 15-year-old kid deletes them all."
- Ad/ Trailer; Make up your own mind (McDonald's) (Part 3).
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| 25 April 2007 |
S02E05 |
- Intro Joke; Token Anzac Day picture.
- Change of names; Various Big Brother Australia 2007 housemates.
- Sketch; Chaser Channel Nine pilot, brought to you by Toyota, including:
- Surprise Spruiker; Coles ("totally brilliant supermarket").
- Stunt (Election Wach); John Howard, ("I like Work Choices").
- What We Have Learned From Current Affairs This Week?; "A Current Affair Leads in Exclusives... and General Excellence".
- Stunt; Could Mr Darcy (Pride and Prejudice) pick up a girl?.
- If Life Were A Musical; "I need a hammer".
- Stunt; Dancing with Kerry-Anne.
- Stunt; Putting people on hold.
- Sketch; The Logie Orchestra in normal life.
- Firth in the USA; Famous world landmarks being told they are all in Australia.
- What Have We Learned From Current Affairs This Week?; Segues, Lesson 17: Menaces to Society.
- Ad/Trailer; "Let's Ground JetStar".
- The Fixers; Alan Jones, Graffiti, Immigration, Dolly Magazine.
- Ad/ Trailer; Make up your own mind (McDonald's) (Part 4).
- Andrew Hansen's Closing Comment; "And remember as I always like to say about the show..." (orchestra plays).
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| 2 May 2007 |
S02E06 |
- Intro Joke; Apparent celebrity: Michael Weatherly
- Change of names; Craig - Rove McManus, Chris - John Wood, Chas - Kate Ritchie, Julian - Bert Newton, Andrew - Natalie Blair.
- Stunt; Mark Latham's Ghost.
- Mr. Ten Questions; Jimmy Wales.
- Stunt; Baby admission.
- Song; Gas Guzzlin'.
- Stunt; 3 Minute Angels.
- Scenes From The Life of the Crazy Warehouse Clearance Guy; Tourist photos.
- The News According To Fox;
- Ad/Trailer; Statue Parkinson disease.
- The Fixers; Snoop Dogg, overweight children, Newsagents.
- Ad Road Test; Fantastic Soho's Delites.
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- Change of names: The nominees for the 2007 Gold Logie award.
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| 9 May 2007 |
S02E07 |
- Intro Joke; Special budget analysis: Bindi Irwin
- Intro; 2007 Federal Budget.
- Change of names; Craig - Adam Hills, Chris - Dave Hughes, Julian - Hamish, Chas - Andy, Charles - Fifi Box.
- Stunt; The Logies.
- White powder on red carpet.
- American TV stars here for Australia.
- Stealing a Logie award.
- Work Experience with Richard Wilkins.
- Ad/Trailer; Segway 1000.
- Citizens' Infringement Officer; Pants too low / Underwear too high.
- If Life Were A Musical; "Welcome Back Mrs. Henderson".
- Firth in the USA; Iraq Poll.
- What Have We Learned From Current Affairs This Week?; Segues, ANZAC tributes, War veterans. Lesson 18: Useful Advice; Noisy Sex, Strawberries for whitening teeth, Home-Made Lip Gloss, Pauline Hanson's taxi fare offer.
- Ad/Trailer; Starship Preposterous.
- The Fixers; Qantas takeover, Wages (directed at Priceline and API).
- Ad Road Test; The Lose Yourself in Melbourne tourism campaign.
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- Andrew was absent from the studio links in this episode due to illness.
- Change of names - the presenters of the 2007 Logies.
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| 16 May 2007 |
S02E08 |
- Before Show Joke; Disclaimer stating The War do not reflect their content as much as Bastard Boys but just as biased.
- Intro Joke; Special Guest Fainter: Kellie Sloane
- Change of names; Craig - John Coombes, Chris - Chris Corrigan, Chas - Greg Combet, Julian - Peter Reith, Andrew - Bill Kelty.
- Intro; Australian Cricket Team banned from Zimbabwe.
- Stunt; Following John Howard with a boombox playing his recorded phone message.
- Ad/Trailer; The Shawskank Redemption starring Paris Hilton (parody of The Shawshank Redemption).
- Stunt; Finding Public Address systems in businesses and making announcements.
- Song; I Still Can't Accept What a Knob I Am (parody of I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For).
- What Have We Learned From History; Germany invading Poland in World War II.
- Ad/Trailer; Inside the ACTU boardroom.
- The Fixers; Fairfax (aimed at David Kirk), Taj El-Din Hilaly (for his tape over his mouth comment)
- Nut Job of the Week; Road testing The Secret.
- Ad/Trailer; Crocodile Dundee in Bermuda (parody of the Crocodile Dundee series of films aimed at Paul Hogan's tax evasion).
- Stunt; UN peacekeepers protecting Australia from violence.
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| 23 May 2007 |
S02E09 |
- Intro Joke; Next ALP candidates: B1 & B2.
- Change of Names; Craig - Paul Vautin, Chris - Peter Sterling, Chas - Ray Warren, Andrew - Paul "The Chief" Harragon, Julian - Matthew Johns.
- Stunt; Political donations:
- New South Wales Labor Party - Ku Klux Klan Australia: ACCEPTED;
- New South Wales Liberal Party - Man-Boy Love Association: ACCEPTED;
- Federal Australian Labor Party - al-Qaeda Australia: REJECTED;
- Federal Australian Liberal Party - al-Qaeda Australia: ACCEPTED.
- Surprise Spruiker; Channel Nine headquarters.
- Ad/Trailer; Parody of Kevin Rudd's current TV political campaign.
- Ad/Trailer; Roget's Thesaurus movie trailer.
- Song; I Am Thesaurus (parody of I Am the Walrus).
- The Fixers; Fatwas (for Julian's stunt with Shiekh al-Hilali the previous week); responsible drinking.
- What You Missed on Cable; Maury moment featuring 90-year-old stripper, comparing ABC TV sports with Foxtel sports.
- Ad Road Test; the Australian Seniors Finance ad where seniors use bricks instead of coins and cash.
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- Change of names - commentators for the first game of the State of Origin was being held the night this episode went to air.
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| 30 May 2007 |
S02E10 |
- Intro Joke; The Chaser Team dressed by Amanda Vanstone.
- Change of names; Craig - Matthew, Chris - Mark, Julian - Luke, Chas - John, Andrew - Satan.
- Stunt; Waiters taking away unfinished drinks.
- Stunt; Chas' dog Sonny earning a doctor degree and entering practice.
- Ad/Trailer; Myfbusters (parody of MythBusters).
- If Life Were A Musical; Press conference with The Veronicas.
- Ad/Trailer; Hausfrau Hitler (Parody of Mrs. Doubtfire).
- Stunt; ALP preselection for ABC TV personalities and stuff.
- Ad/Trailer; Australia's Workplace Relations System.
- What Have We Learned From Current Affairs This Week?; Lesson 19: Desperate Angles;
- Ad/Trailer; Big Brother, Big Arseholes. (Parody of the Big Brother "secret" commercials)
- The Fixers; Government annihilation (pressing a large Ctrl-Z model of the keyboard buttons), Coked Up Lawyers (drugs in the law profession).
- Scenes From The Life of the Crazy Warehouse Guy; Surgery.
- Stunt; Spur of the moment In-Store Appearances in random businesses featuring Spiderbait.
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- Change of names - Characters in Christianity
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| 6 June 2007 |
S02E11 |
- Intro Joke; Political Prisoners of the week: Paris Hilton and Aung San Suu Kyi.
- Change of names; Craig - Mick Molloy, Chris - Nikki Osborne, Julian - Akmal Saleh, Chas - Gary Eck, Andrew - Jackie O.
- Intro; Paris Hilton goes to jail; John Howard "Who do you trust?".
- Stunt; Testing the Peel Hotel and Polish club's gaydars with Tinky Winky.
- Mr. Ten Questions; Sophia Loren.
- Stunt; The Licciardello Plan for climate change.
- Ad/Trailer; First Tuesday Porno Club (Parody of First Tuesday Book Club).
- Citizens Infringement Officer; Wacky comedy T-shirts.
- Ad/Trailer; "Thank Allah You're Here" (Parody of Thank God You're Here).
- Firth in the USA; What do Americans remember about 11 September 2001.
- Song: "US Bases, hell why not?" (parody of "US Forces" by Midnight Oil highlighting (former lead singer) Peter Garrett's changes of policy).
- Observation; Different types of footwear hanging on wires above houses have different meanings.
- Stunt: A large group of people gatecrashing a house that is open for inspection and having a party.
- Clive the Slightly-Too-Loud Commuter; Discussing collection of sperm for a sperm bank.
- The Fixers; Malcolm Turnbull, Broadsheet newspapers (which involved reading a newspaper blanket on public transport).
- Ad/Trailer; Lop off a limb for leprosy day.
- Ad Road Test
- Discussed inability to road test the new Tooheys New ad due to not knowing the premise of it.
- Terrain testing footwear at Athlete's Foot.
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- Change of names - The cast of the new Channel Nine satire series The Nation.
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| 13 June 2007 |
S02E12 |
- Intro Joke; Spoiler result for tonights game: NSW 28 QLD 13
- Change of names; Craig - Michael Duffy, Chris - Gerard Henderson, Andrew - Janet Albrechtsen, Julian - Dalai Lama.
- Intro; John Howard praying for rain; Dalai Lama meeting the PM.
- If Life Were A Musical; Waiting for the doctor.
- Ad/Trailer; new directors for The Hobbit: Nick Giannopoulos - The Woggit, Woody Allen, Michael Moore.
- Stunt; Getting revenge on security guards.
- What have We Learned from Current Affairs this week? Anna's Segue of the Week - Dodgy Barcodes to Logies Fashions. Lesson 20: Chaser Stories including the Peter Meakin Booze Bus stunt and report.
- The Fixers; Cloning, which resulted in multiple George Pell's. Julian's Mobile, travelling to Mumbai, India for help.
- Mr. Ten Questions - Megan Gale.
- Porno Clichés - Stunt: Testing Clichés. Test 1: Handyman. Test 2: Pizza Boy. Test 3: Pool Boy.
- End of show joke : No More Material
- Song: The Filler Song performed by Andrew Hansen with the coda "Peter Meakin, what a pisshead!"
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- Change of names - Michael Duffy, Gerard Henderson, and Janet Albrechtsen are Australian columnists. Julian's Name is a reference to Tenzin Gyatso, the current Dalai Lama
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| 20 June 2007 |
S02E13 |
- Intro Joke; Disclaimer: Some of the shots in the opening credits may have been set up.
- Change of names; Craig - Libbi Gorr, Chris - , Julian - Zoe Sheridan, Chas - Mary Moody
- Intro; Today Tonight on The Chaser's fake scenes, James Packer's wedding.
- Stunt; Julian using a mobile billboard to advertise "End Mobile Billboards Now!".
- Clive the Slightly-Too-Loud Commuter; Talking to his doctor about herpes
- Pursuit Trivia; New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark
- According to the Book of Revelation, what is the Number of the Beast? Answer: Six Six Six (did not answer).
- How many states are there in Australia Helen's Answer: Six (correct).
- Stunt; Chas taking part in "Pedestrian rage" instead of Road rage (which involved Chas running around with a car parts attached to his body)
- Stunt; Book fans dressing up as their favourite objects or characters from their books.
- Donna Hay cookbook: Some of her recipes and pieces of food.
- Stephen Hawking book: Pretending to have Lou Gehrig's disease which included sitting in wheelchairs with heads back and to one side.
- The Secret book: Dressing up as a crackpot expert (in white straitjackets).
- If Life Were a Musical; Booking a holiday to India at Flight Centre.
- The Fixers; Packer media empire, treating Adrian McKenzie as the new James Packer. Paul Keating, Julian asking him if he wanted to star in his new musical Kevin Rudd the Musical.
- Ad/Trailer; The new "Battered Sav Supreme" pizza available at Vomino's Pizza (Parody of Domino's Pizza).
- Nut Job of the Week; Richard Cohen trying to turn gay people straight which included Chas and Chris trying it out on a gay man for real.
- Ad/Trailer; The Crazy Warehouse Guy documentary.
- Ad Road Test
- The promo where people make lists on the bus for the Seven Network game show The Rich List.
- The Riva Instant Coffee advertisement where people put on a dance routine using trolleys in a supermarket.
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- Change of names - The co-hosts of the Channel Nine panel talk show The Catch-Up which got axed the previous week.
- For the Pursuit Trivia part of the show, Julian's goal was to get Helen Clark to say the word "sex" with the New Zealander pronunciation of the number "six" although for her answer to the second question she used a very exaggerated pronunciation for the letter "i".
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| 5 September 2007 |
S02E14 |
- Intro Joke; First human to catch horse flu: Matt Shirvington.
- Intro; APEC Summit in Sydney, incorrect White House press releases
- Stunt; New uniforms for APEC leaders
- Stunt; Replacing Australian animals in the zoo
- Stunt; Glorifying APEC security measures (including doing checks on a Melbourne tram and in Hungry Jack's toilets)
- Ad/Trailer; The Horse Flu Handicap horse race at Phlegmington (featured horse flu related names for the horses racing)
- Clive the Slightly-Too-Loud Commuter; Talking to his doctor about his wife lactating apple cider
- Stunt; Sneaking weapons into prison
- Song; APEC protester (parody of "Subterranean Homesick Blues" by Bob Dylan)
- Sketch; Andrew Hansen as a performer on Thank God You're Here
- Ad/Trailer; "Dicko" (Parody of Sicko)
- What Have We Learned From Current Affairs This Week; Lesson 21: Things learned during the break which featured apologising to an actor who was called a pedophile, Matell toys made with lead paint, on board Kitty Hawk, upcoming election stories, J.K. Rowling story rip-off
- Anna Coren's Segue of the Week; Macquarie Bank to Harry Potter
- Ad/Trailer; The new Australian WorkChoices advertisements
- The Fixers; Kevin Rudd (following him around with a stripper), different versions of the "Kevin 07" T-shirts
- Song; "Where's My E?" (about drug use by players in the NRL mainly Andrew Johns and is a parody of "That's My Team" NRL Theme Song
- Conclusion; Fake incorrect White House press releases
- Stunt; Julian driving around Sydney in a tank including crushing a car
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- Change of names - The Chaser's names were left as normal but with "W." added as their middle names except for Andrew, who was listed as W. Andrew W.
- The title cards during the transitions between segments in this episode read The Chaser's W on Everything also in reference to George W. Bush.
- For the closing credits "W." was added as middle name for all of the persons mentioned, too.
- During this episode, half the set was barricaded off by metal and concrete fencing in reference to the tight security in Sydney due to the APEC Summit.
- It was revealed in the Series 2 DVD commentary that the Thank God You're Here segment was staged. The Chaser contacted the producers and they filmed the piece during the filming of a real episode
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| 12 September 2007 |
S02E15 |
- Intro Joke; Special Guest: "Pavarotting"
- Intro; APEC, Dryzabone Jackets, George W. Bush's speech mistakes
- Stunt; Using a fake Canadian Motorcade to transport Chas dressed up as Osama Bin Laden into the APEC restricted zone
- Stunt; Running around the streets of Sydney wearing cardboard Canadian cars
- Intro (continued); Shots of The Chaser standing with world leaders on the steps of the Sydney Opera House
- Stunt; Are RSL's harder to get into than APEC? (Involves attempting to get into RSL's with APEC ID's)
- Stunt; Chas ringing up a talkback radio station posing as someone else complaining about The Chaser
- Intro (continued); Kevin Rudd impressing the Chinese President Hu Jintao with his knowledge of Mandarin (with The Chasers placing fake subtitles on screen)
- Stunt; Public APEC Firework viewing including a firework which spelt out "Screw APEC"
- Ad/Trailer; Network Ten, Seriously Desperate (hits back at Ten's show Californication)
- If Life were a Musical; Andrew, Chris and Chas singing to a university student proclaiming their love for her
- Stunt; Moving house by transporting possessions via a bicycle courier and then a public bus
- Discussion; Using clown doctors when dealing with people putting down their pets and people on death row
- Ad/Trailer; Emo laundry powder (parody of Omo)
- A Message from Osama Bin Laden; Peter Beattie's departure, Chas dressing up as him
- The Fixers
- Horse Flu: Using a pantomime horse in a horse race
- China's Evil President: Getting Chinese officials to pay for bullets beforehand
- Foxtel: Andrew Hansen dressed up as Adolf Hitler storming into Foxtel's offices and complaining about the cancellation of one of his shows
- Pisshead Troops: Getting politicians to skull long plastic pipes full of beer
- Ad/Trailer; Australia Zoo (protecting the Irwin family "species")
- Song; "Stairway to Kevin" (parody of "Stairway to Heaven" by Led Zeppelin)
- End Joke; Giving credit to the other nine people who got arrested for involvement in the fake APEC motorcade
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- Change of names - The Chaser's names were left as normal but with "Bin" added as their middle names in reference to Osama Bin Laden.
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| 19 September 2007 |
S02E16 |
- Intro Joke; Only 27 minutes to go until Summer Heights High
- Change of names; Craig - James Mathison, Chris - Andrew G, Julian - Kyle Sandilands, Chas - Ian "Dicko" Dickson, Andrew - Marcia Hines
- Intro; John Howard's poll results
- Stunt; Redecorating Malcolm Turnbull's office with John Howard posters
- Stunt; Being able to receive free goods and services on your wedding day (which included a free slab of beer, free food, free movie tickets and popcorn, a free jet boat ride, an unreserved table in an upmarket restaurant with a free dessert and a free performance from Kamahl)
- Surprise Spruiker; The Royal Australian Navy Base promoting free breast enlargement procedures
- Firth in the USA; Should Muslims live as second class citizens in the United States?
- Sketch; Movie roles which Hugh Grant tried out for but did not get the part. Included movies such as Jerry Maguire, A Few Good Men and Reservoir Dogs
- Stunt; Adult Shrek merchandise aimed at kids (included products such as cigarettes and ash trays, beer, heroin and vibrators)
- Ad/Trailer; The Comedy Channel's "Fuck-a-thon" (Comedians whose routines are based on saying "fuck" repeatedly) as well as the "Frankston Fest" (Comedians who make bad taste jokes about Frankston)
- Citizens' Infringement Officer; Terrible hair styles
- What Have We Learned From Current Affairs This Week?; Lesson 22: The Supermenace (the top 3 menaces to society, #3: Drugs, #2: Weather, #1: Asians)
- Ad/Trailer; The "JI Extreme" van with built-in terrorist aid features
- Ad Road Test; KFC Mashies (where people play finger soccer with the food in a library followed by playing with all kinds of KFC food in a KFC restaurant)
- End joke; Playing the credits of The New Inventors
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| 26 September 2007 |
S02E17 |
- Intro Joke; Now even more silent - Marcel Marceau
- Change of names; Craig - Milko, Chris - Kate Richie, Julian - Sally, Chas - Don't Go Alf, Andrew - Quitter
- Intro; The Liberal Party of Australia dirt file, assuming John Howard is gay, Kevin Rudd and Alexander Downer talking about tax thresholds including Lateline's "other camera"
- Stunt; Bring Rob Mills down to Tasmania to see if the Tasmanian premier Paul Lennon minds
- Ad/Trailer; Classic Albums - Sounds of the humpback whale
- Open Mic; Upmarket shopping centre, Target, Woolworths, Westfield Group shopping centre
- Stunt; Seeing how many times Chas can complain about his meal at a restaurant and have it taken back
- If Life Were a Musical; Chas singing about having all his hair on his body shaved off and not just his face in a Barber shop
- Ad/Trailer; A Ingmar Bergman directed in-flight safety video, followed up by a review of it by David Stratton and Margaret Pomeranz from At the Movies
- The Lab; This week's category: Cosmetics - featuring various gels and creams (also featuring a scene with Julian dressing up as a primary school student and going to school due to the effects of an anti-ageing cream product)
- Song; "Ass Sol" by Sol Trujillo (directed at his management of Telstra and a parody of the Denis Leary song "Asshole")
- The Fixers
- Mime: A mimed funeral of Marcel Marceau)
- Kevin Rudd Asking him if he can speak Chinese and calling him a smart arse in Mandarin
- Jetstar: Offering passengers safety ticket upgrades, parachutes and helmets
- Andrew Hansen's Closing Comment; Now in the words of Marcel Marceau, Silence
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- Change of names - Changed to names of Home and Away characters including references to cast members leaving the show
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| 3 October 2007 |
S02E18 |
- Intro Joke; On hunger strike for Burma - Isabelle Caro
- Change of names; Craig - Sporty Chaser, Chris - Posh Chaser, Julian - Scary Chaser, Chas - Baby Chaser, Andrew - Sporty-ish Chaser
- Intro; AFL Grand Final celebrations, Australian citizenship test
- Stunt; How many Australian nationals could pass the new citizenship test?
- Stunt; Showing prospective lessees around increasingly unsuitable rooms for rent
- Ad/Trailer; Stynx deodorant
- Stunt; Julian pretending to be an inspector and going around a carpet warehouse sale, putting up signs advertising excessive discounts
- Ad/Trailer; The World's Most Inconvenient Interviews 4
- Discussion; Israel's kosher mobile phone plans
- Ad/Trailer; "Jewcy" Rabbi Phone Chatline
- What Have We Learned From Current Affairs This Week?; Lesson 23: When the Cupboard's Bare. How to dredge up news stories from nowhere including reports on a bingo hall which banned patrons from bringing in dogs, a pony that watches TV, illegal trade in shopping trolleys and a woman who plans to have eleven children
- Anna Coren's Meaningless Gibberish of the Week; Bizarre intro to a report on corporate law
- Ad/Trailer; P&OD Cruises
- Stunt; Trying to scare away tourists from climbing the Sydney Harbour Bridge on the grounds that it is a sacred site for white people
- Song; Newtown (a satire on Tim Freedman)
- The Fixers; John Laws cash for comment disclosures, Burma
- Stunt; Trying to hold a rave in a clothing store
- End joke; Fatboy Slim tour dates
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- Change of names - Reference to the Spice Girls' forthcoming reunion tour
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| 10 October 2007 |
S02E19 |
- Intro Joke; Estimated number of Britney jokes in this episode - 37
- Change of names; Craig - Hugh Laurie, Chris - Robert Sean Leonard, Julian - Jesse Spencer, Chas - Omar Epps, Andrew - Lisa Edelstein
- Intro; New Tasmanian pulp mill, Hillsong controversy
- Stunt; Craig posing as a courier and trying to deliver dangerous or unpleasant items to public buildings, such as live animals and a dummy bomb
- Ad/Trailer; Jeff Buckley - The Ultimate Collection
- Stunt; What is the most minor disability Chas can claim to have in order to get a disabled - only seat on public transport?
- If Life Were a Musical; Applying for a driving license
- Ad/Trailer; Albino Man
- Citizens' Infringement Officer; Standing on the wrong side of an escalator
- Election Watch; The African Immigration Experience
- The Fixers
- Mr. Potato Head: Following a news story earlier in the week where Sydney Airport detained a passenger trying to smuggle drugs inside a Mr. Potato Head figure
- Kerry Packer: Involving his family flouting the hosepipe ban by buying in water from a third - party supplier
- The Homeless: Homeless people wearing a poker machine on their body for people to play then "guilt" them to give the money back because they "stole" from a homeless person
- Ad/Trailer; Four Corners - Special report on hearse drag races
- Ad Road Test
- Uncle Toby's Oat Brits (offering an oat - based breakfast cereal to cafe patrons);
- The Foxtel cable ad where people travel by rolling everywhere
- Andrew Hansen's Closing Comment; "We'll catch you again at Hillsong this Sunday ... oh, what a giveaway!"
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- Change of names - Changed to House cast members
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| 17 October 2007 |
S02E20 |
- Pre-show warning - The show may be offensive to Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders (A common warning on the ABC; in some indigenous cultures, death is taboo)
- Intro Joke; Tonight's episode paid for by the Exclusive Brethren
- Change of names; Craig - Laurie Oakes, Chris - Jim Middleton, Julian - Glenn Milne, Chas - Paul Bongiorno, Andrew - Michelle Grattan
- Intro; John Howard and Kevin Rudd election promises as well as debates and slogans
- Stunt; Craig dressing up as Emmett "Doc" Brown from Back to the Future and offering John Howard the chance to go back in time in a DeLorean and undo some of his decisions
- Ad/Trailer; Hocktober: A radio program based around the antics of Workplace Relations Minister Joe Hockey.
- Open Mic; Railway station, Karaoke at Woolworths
- Stunt; Chas taking naps in public when he is forced to wait for goods and services
- Ad/Trailer; Cats the movie as directed by Ken Loach
- Pursuit Trivia; Joe Hockey
- Election Watch; Aboriginal reconciliation
- Ad/Trailer; Kevin Rudd election ad in which he admits he steals John Howard's ideas
- The Fixers
- Peter Garrett: Trying to get him to re-sing his Midnight Oil songs with a band The Chaser supplied
- Rip-off memorabilia: Stealing items from the North Queensland Cowboys NRL team at the airport
- Skin cancer: Promoting a coffin which has been fitted out as a tanning booth
- Identity theft: Stealing the identity of an ANZ security manager at the identity theft conference.
- Song; "The Eulogy Song", featuring references to deceased celebrities and how they were disliked when they were alive but treated like "top blokes" once they died
- End joke; Radiohead offer
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| 24 October 2007 |
S02E21 |
- Intro Joke; Special guest worm: Richard Pratt
- Change of names; Craig - John Howard, Chris - Kevin Rudd, Julian - Bob Brown, Chas - Mark Vaile, Andrew - Lyn Allison
- Intro; No worm on the show tonight, televised election debate, election soundbites
- Stunt; Dressing up as white rabbits and following John Howard around, holding up signs for election issues such as "AFRICANS" and "ECONOMY" that he could "pull out of a hat" in order to win
- Stunt; Craig parking in the middle of the supermarket while he does his shopping, pretending that the car is a raffle prize for charity
- Ad/Trailer; Liberal Party election ad - If Labour wins, 100% of ACTU officials will be trade union members
- Sketch; Japanese TV
- Sketch; Chris taking showers and washing his car with the water stored inside a pet camel's hump, in order to beat the drought
- Election Watch; Unions
- The Fixers
- Oversize popcorn: Walking into a cinema with oversized boxes of popcorn ranging from 1 - 2m high
- Robert McClelland: Julian interrupting McClelland's speech at the University of Sydney and saying that the floor cannot take any questions today because answers may reflect Labour policy
- If Life Were a Musical; Serenading a woman who lent Andrew an umbrella in the rain
- What Have We Learned From Current Affairs This Week?; Lesson 24: Attitude.
- Anna Coren's Meaningless Gibberish of the Week: Double Standards
- Ad/Trailer; Parody of Kevin Rudd and John Howard's "turning off the TV" election ads on YouTube, where Andrew begins to sing a new verse to "The Eulogy Song" (about David Hookes) but is cut off in the same style as the ads
- Andrew Hansen's Closing Comment; "And remember, up next: the worm decides the outcome of Summer Heights High!"
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- Change of names - Changed to leaders of the major Australian political parties
- During the "rabbit" stunt, John Howard referred to "The Eulogy Song" from the previous episode and said "You blokes are a lot funnier when you pick on somebody who's alive." When the clip ended, Chris promised that The Chaser will never again make fun of anything dead, with the exception of Howard's political career.
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| 31 October 2007 |
S02E22 |
- Intro Joke; Sporting event no one cares about: Boston Red Sox 4, Colorado Rockies 3
- Intro; Family First Party candidate accused of taking pornographic photos of himself, cabinet divisions over Kyoto, Kevin Rudd on Facebook, expulsions from the Labour Party
- Stunt; Showing up at Kevin Rudd's house for a sleepover, saying that as his Facebook friends he should let them stay the night
- Stunt; Pretending to read Peter Costello's mind via "thought bubbles"
- Ad/Trailer; A Convenient Cause
- Stunt; Putting WorkChoices advertising stickers on everything in a supermarket, including the employees
- Sketch; Face of Jesus seen in a toilet bowl
- Stunt; Andrew having conversations while turning his back on the other person, to see if this works as well as it does in soap operas
- Election Watch; The Grey Vote
- Citizens' Infringement Officer; People wearing "apparel" on a nudist beach (such as watches, jewellery and baseball caps)
- Stunt; "The Hassler Challenge" - Dressing up as various street vendors/advertisers, trying to make one passerby stop for all five of them
- The Fixers
- Political advertising: Liberal Party parody of the 1980s AIDS awareness campaign with the Grim Reaper
- Funny church signs: Putting up catchy signs outside mosques and synagogues
- Julia Gillard: Dressing up as Karl Marx and trying to hug her, asking her to "embrace Communism"
- Stunt; "Streaking" fully clothed at nudist events
- Andrew Hansen's Closing Comment; "Just a reminder. If you're over 18 and haven't enrolled to vote yet, bad luck, you're too late, because John Howard changed the rules!"
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- Change of names - The Chaser members' names were translated to Arabic.
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| 7 November 2007 |
S02E23 |
- Intro Joke; Late scratching from this week's show: Charles Firth
- Change of names; Craig - Master O'Reilly, Chris - Purple Moon, Julian - Mahler, Chas - Zipping, Andrew - Mr Ed
- Intro; National Party members going rollerskating, interest rate rise, controversial comments made by Peter Garrett
- Stunt; Barricading the house of Glenn Stevens, governor of the Reserve Bank
- The Soundbite Challenge; New segment where The Chaser counts up how many times a politician has repeated the same word or soundbite in one press conference. 10 uses of the word "jocular" by Peter Garrett.
- Stunt; Telling jokes to Steve Price to find out if he has any sense of humour at all
- Stunt; Dumping various items of junk in a modern art gallery and passing them off as new exhibits
- Ad/Trailer; Bunnings Warehouse 1: Takeover of small businesses
- Stunt; Trying to bribe people on the street to vote for the Labour Party
- Ad/Trailer; Geraldine Doogue emulating Britney Spears
- What You Missed on Cable; Paranormal TV including Dead Famous, Most Haunted and Derek Acorah
- If Life Were a Musical; Gang warfare (à la West Side Story)
- The Fixers
- Media scrums: Addressing a question to Julia Gillard by way of a remote controlled robot
- Union bosses: Going trick-or-treating dressed as union bosses, to see how scary they really are
- Ad/Trailer; Bunnings Warehouse 2: Too busy making commercials to provide any customer service
- Stunt; Andrew dressing as Where's Wally? and checking himself into a lost property office
- Sketch; Chris paying for live musical performances and podcasts on the train, because he does not have an iPod
- Andrew Hansen's Closing Comment; "And as always, I'd like to leave you with a funny quip, but unfortunately our writers have gone on strike."
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- Change of names - Changed to names of horses which raced in the 2007 Melbourne Cup.
- The Intro Joke refers to the collapse of the satirical newspaper The Manic Times, which Charles Firth left The Chaser in order to produce.
- Andrew Hansen's Closing Comment was a reference to the 2007 Writers Guild of America strike.
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| 14 November 2007 |
S02E24 |
- Intro Joke; There's a Supreme Court injunction against this gag
- Change of names; Craig - Defecting to Nine, Chris - Defecting to Seven, Julian - Defecting to Understanding 50 Ads, Chas - Defecting to Ten, Andrew - Defecting to SBS
- Intro; Election campaign launches and slogans, people falling asleep at the sight of John Howard
- Stunt; Craig posing as an outdoor portrait artist and demanding large amounts of money for drawing stick figures of people
- Ad/Trailer; Least Favourite Things
- Open Mic; Qantas terminal
- Stunt; Chas requesting a doggy bag for a very small amount of leftovers in a restaurant
- Clive the Slightly-Too-Loud Commuter; Discussing a plan to murder his mother
- Ad/Trailer; Elizabeth: The Golden Age with Bob Dylan taking Cate Blanchett's role as Elizabeth I of England (a reference to Blanchett playing Dylan in the film I'm Not There)
- Election Watch; The Environment
- The Fixers;
- John Edward: Dressing up as the Ghostbusters and confronting Edward with a "bullshit meter"
- Smoking: Julian pretending to be a terminally ill patient and asking people if they recognize him from the warning pictures on cigarette packets
- What Have We Learned From Current Affairs This Week?; Lesson 25: Hiding bad acting, Lesson 26: Product placement, "Highly dubious reenactment" of the footage The Chaser shot at Today Tonight before being issued with a court injunction
- Anna Coren's Segue of the Week; From the Melbourne Cup to a boy band
- If Life Were a Musical; Craig applying to a talent agent with his terrible singing
- Ad Road Test
- The Loctite superglue ad where a man is glued to the ceiling by the soles of his shoes
- Novotel commercial featuring wild animals checking into a hotel
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- Change of names - Suggesting that each member of the Chaser team will leave ABC TV for a rival television network
- The Intro Joke refers to the Seven Network injunction taken out against The Chaser for footage taken behind the scenes of Today Tonight.
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