Media Whore Snubs Canberra

Bulldog: I remember seeing DAAS live a number of times in the early days (as well as Tim Ferguson when they did GNW live at the Canberra Theatre) and there were always a couple of digs at Canberra.

I can’t recall condoning Canberra-bashing from any other comedians, let alone anyone else – care to jog our memories or are you making more unfounded assumptions? Not saying you can’t ask the question, but your attitude seems a little militant. Are you a local?

So it appears it is acceptable for (so called) comedians that are (or were) locally based are allowed to take the piss out of Canberra (thinking here along the lines DAAS and others)…. but if they are not local it is unacceptable?

Bulldog: I was going to say… is there a Spellchecker add-in for WordPress? And by the time I had realised I had used the wrong word it was too late to go back and edit the submission.

Tim has probably got alot of great “Knock Knock” and “Chicken that crossed the road” jokes as well. The usual Canberra cheap shot just shows that he isn’t very creative.

Canberra is (and probably always will be) an easy target for idiots who are boring, shallow and wouldn’t know “funny” if it came up behind them and kicked them in the arse.

The bloke’s only claim to fame is starring in a crap TV show that is designed by arseholes for arseholes.

Maybe we should get stickly Tim down to Canberra to show him what the place is really like. Remind him that we are an hour from the coast, two hours from the snow, have some bloody good nightlife for such a small city, shopping as good as the rest of the country, if not better due to the lack of crowds, less pollution, one of the most picturesque cities in the nation and no racial rioting on mass scale. Since when can you drive home from work in Sydney or Melbourne, during peak hour, and be home within an hour…usually.

Yup, me thinks we need to teach him a lesson that he’ll be too drunk to remember.

Canberra jokes are bottom of the barrel… tasmanian jokes however are far more amusing…

Good call lod, I suspect you may be right.

jr – What gave you the impression that I had assumed The Chaser was not a satirical publication?

Furthermore – had you bothered to read the article you may have noted that whilst Tim’s obvious contempt shone through, there were no other derogitory comparisons made about Australia. He was merely spouting the same tired one-liner about something he very clearly knows nothing about. Oh, and if you’re going to try and take the piss out of somebody, check your spelling lest the grammar nazi’s start circling.

Mael – if the above description does nothing to jog your memory then there is little else we can do. Well done to you and Thumper for not having been subjected to this tripe that tries to pass itself off as entertainment.

I don’t claim that post is particularly news-worthy, but it’s been a bit lean over the last couple of weeks so instead of bitching I thought I’d try and help.

Who is Tim Brunero ?

Can’t say I’ve ever heard of him before.

I was under the distinct impression that “The Chaser” is a satirical publication, in which case it is obviously going to have a bit of fun with stereotypes. I seem to recall a certain satirical CNN clone with excess amounts of the letter N which should help to prove that point.

For that reason, I don’t think Tim was in the least bit serious.

I should have said ‘vitriolic’, not ‘vitrious’. Vitrious was just uncalled for.

Nevetheless, Canberra’s not sterile nor soulless. Anybody who thinks it is is just looking for a place to label as such for the purpose of making a comparison or point. Tim Brunero, I don’t hold you in the same contempt that bulldog obviously does, but soulless and sterile Canberra ain’t.
We have just as many NIMBYs as Manly.
We are every bit as self-centred as Sydney or the USA.
We have just as many embittered, disillusioned citizens as anywhere else in the country.
We have just as beautiful an environment as any other town, and far better than any other city.
We have just as many vitrious anti-P.C. warriors as a country town pub.
Our students are just as poor as anyhere else’s.
Our B-grade wanna-be celebrities are just as good as anywhere else’s.
We’ve got the War Memorial. *salutes* Beat that!
We have our own airport that desperately claims to be more than it is.
We attract bogans from all walks of boganhood to the national tyre-vaporising and boob festival, the summernats.
We have our fair share of small, stupid little rivalries and big stupid little rivalries.
We have barbecues with our friends and family, just like anywhere else in Oz.
And it gets incredibly friggin hot here over summer, just like anywhere else in Oz.
And we swear every time we see a Victorian numberplate in our ‘hood, just like anywhere else in Oz.

We may have the misfortune of being the seat of federal parliament, but John Howard lives in Sydney so that eases the pain. Like any other city, a visit here won’t disavow you of your misconceptions – you’d have to live here for a while for that to happen. Canberra’s got just as much of everything that every other Aussie town or city has.

Bulldog: Good to see you know the difference between a Commedy and News site… NOT!

Well, he might have been a little harsh with the second line but imho the Can is maybe a little on the whitebread side. Didn’t we just have a passionate debate about the awarding of the Queanbeyan Showgirl prize and whether loud cars at 3 in the am is a major problem? 🙂

Dear Tim,

Not many hotels and shopping centres have a soul, you have to actually go outside. And no, stepping in and out of the car doesn’t count.