Eleven crew from the ABC TV comedy show The Chaser have been detained by police after staging a fake motorcade through Sydney as part of an APEC week stunt.
The team from the satirical TV program The Chaser's War on Everything were in a convoy of three cars and two motorbikes which was reportedly ushered through two checkpoints in Sydney's APEC security "red" zone.
The convoy was pulled over in Macquarie Street on a block adjacent to the InterContinental Hotel, where US President George W Bush is a guest during the APEC summit.
The ABC said Chaser stars Julian Morrow and Chas Licciardello were detained late on Thursday morning following the stunt near the hotel.
Chaser members said they had dressed up a convoy to look like an official Canadian motorcade, on a day during which a number of official motorcades crossed the city.
Southern Cross Broadcasting reported that the convoy carrying the Chaser team passed "through two checkpoints around the hotel before one of The Chaser pranksters jumped out (dressed) as Osama bin Laden".
and when will the US late night shows show excerptswhen will they show this episode?
I thought it was hilarious at first, but on the other hand, the chaser's team could have gotten seriously hurt if those snipers decided to go trigger happy.
After share traders?But doesn't this just go to show that police are amongst the most stupid and incompetent members of our society?
It's just for show. The ramifications of foreign forces killing citizens in an allied country would be absolutely hurrendous.
But doesn't this just go to show that police are amongst the most stupid and incompetent members of our society?
If they can't even police the barrier, why have it at all? Why not just admit our police force are too stupid to enforce anything properly?
Why does this thread make a reference to OPEC which is the "Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries"?
Nah, the original Election Chaser was their best effort.The Chasers war on everything is the best show on Earth!!!
Nah, the original Election Chaser was their best effort.
I see that all involved have now been charged and released on bail!
Unfortunately the authorities didn't have any choice.
PS I guess they were caughtplenty of dicussion , etc - That's why I enjoy reading these posts
report strange behaviour, bags or cases left in public places etc - YOU BET.
people hanging around bridges etc. Sydney will get plenty of TV on this in the next few weeks believe me ( APEC coming up etc)
Make it so that Chaser has a hard job making our various security forces look foolish (although I personally don't know what I'd do if they approached me lol).
PS The only way for the Chaser's NOT to get through these "thin blue lines" is for much thicker lines - more "police state" tactics etc.
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