The Chaser’s War on Everything: 2x24

Episode 50

* 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;

o John Edward: Dressing up as the Ghostbusters and confronting Edward with a “bullshit meter”

o 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

o 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

o The Loctite superglue ad where a man is glued to the ceiling by the soles of his shoes

o Novotel commercial featuring wild animals checking into a hotel