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Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/even-the-blogosphere-has-turned-against-satire/ AS Australians, we have a reputation for our offbeat sense of humour. But is the joke now on us? Or are we just losing our sense of humour, or more to the point, the art of satire? Humour - or rather the lack of it ­ has occupied more bloggers’ bytes on news sites over the past fortnight than any other topic. Asked by news reporters for their view, everyone, right up to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, seems to have an opinion about what’s funny and what’s not. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tory Shepherd) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/even-the-blogosphere-has-turned-against-satire/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/even-the-blogosphere-has-turned-against-satire/#item322 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:45:28 +0000 Why are they still referred to as the Chaser “boys”? They’re grown men, and they probably have a few more grey hairs after the events of the past week. Perhaps the idiom has something to do with the phrase “jobs for the boys”? It certainly seems like it. They’ve kept theirs. The person hit hardest by their Make A Realistic Wish sketch, which the ABC says should not have been broadcast, is a woman named Amanda Duthie. As The Australian reports today: Before yesterday, Ms Duthie was one of the ABC’s most powerful executives—today her once dazzling career prospects are in limbo. ABC managing director Mark Scott announced Ms Duthie had been removed as the head of ABC TV comedy following the airing last week of the sketch on The Chaser’s War on Everything that satirised the granting of wishes to terminally ill children through the “Make-a-Realistic-Wish Foundation”. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/chaser-girl-sacked.-chaser-boys-get-to-party-on/ Why are they still referred to as the Chaser “boys”? They’re grown men, and they probably have a few more grey hairs after the events of the past week. Perhaps the idiom has something to do with the phrase “jobs for the boys”? It certainly seems like it. They’ve kept theirs. The person hit hardest by their Make A Realistic Wish sketch, which the ABC says should not have been broadcast, is a woman named Amanda Duthie. As The Australian reports today: Before yesterday, Ms Duthie was one of the ABC’s most powerful executives—today her once dazzling career prospects are in limbo. ABC managing director Mark Scott announced Ms Duthie had been removed as the head of ABC TV comedy following the airing last week of the sketch on The Chaser’s War on Everything that satirised the granting of wishes to terminally ill children through the “Make-a-Realistic-Wish Foundation”. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tory Shepherd) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/chaser-girl-sacked.-chaser-boys-get-to-party-on/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/chaser-girl-sacked.-chaser-boys-get-to-party-on/#item300 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:45:28 +0000 Why are they still referred to as the Chaser “boys”? They’re grown men, and they probably have a few more grey hairs after the events of the past week. Perhaps the idiom has something to do with the phrase “jobs for the boys”? It certainly seems like it. They’ve kept theirs. The person hit hardest by their Make A Realistic Wish sketch, which the ABC says should not have been broadcast, is a woman named Amanda Duthie. As The Australian reports today: Before yesterday, Ms Duthie was one of the ABC’s most powerful executives—today her once dazzling career prospects are in limbo. ABC managing director Mark Scott announced Ms Duthie had been removed as the head of ABC TV comedy following the airing last week of the sketch on The Chaser’s War on Everything that satirised the granting of wishes to terminally ill children through the “Make-a-Realistic-Wish Foundation”. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/thanks-kev-but-ill-decide-if-im-disgusted-or-not/ I wasn’t upset when Princess Diana died. I didn’t know her, never met her, thought she seemed like a bit of a dill. Sad for her family but that’s life isn’t it. One day it’s all going to end. Hopefully not naked in a cupboard in Bangkok like David Carradine but you just don’t know. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tory Shepherd) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/thanks-kev-but-ill-decide-if-im-disgusted-or-not/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/thanks-kev-but-ill-decide-if-im-disgusted-or-not/#item243 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:45:28 +0000 Why are they still referred to as the Chaser “boys”? They’re grown men, and they probably have a few more grey hairs after the events of the past week. Perhaps the idiom has something to do with the phrase “jobs for the boys”? It certainly seems like it. They’ve kept theirs. The person hit hardest by their Make A Realistic Wish sketch, which the ABC says should not have been broadcast, is a woman named Amanda Duthie. As The Australian reports today: Before yesterday, Ms Duthie was one of the ABC’s most powerful executives—today her once dazzling career prospects are in limbo. ABC managing director Mark Scott announced Ms Duthie had been removed as the head of ABC TV comedy following the airing last week of the sketch on The Chaser’s War on Everything that satirised the granting of wishes to terminally ill children through the “Make-a-Realistic-Wish Foundation”.