Trio may refer to:

Musical ensembles and forms

Trio (music), three people performing music in some way

Piano trio (piano, violin, cello)

String trio (violin, viola, cello)

Trio (jazz) (piano, double bass, drums)

Clarinet-violin-piano trio

Power trio (electric guitar, bass guitar, drum kit)

Harmonica trio (chromatic harmonica, bass harmonica, chord harmonica)

The middle section of a piece in ternary form

The third section of a march (music)

Television, film, music, and books

Trio (TV network), a former American cable and satellite television channel owned by NBC Universal

Trio (novel), a 1943 novel by Dorothy Baker

Trio (film), a movie directed by Ken Annakin and Harold French

Trio (TV series), a South Korean television drama produced by the MBC in 2002

"Trio" (Stargate Atlantis), an episode of the television series Stargate Atlantis

Trio (Buffyverse), sixth season antagonists on Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Trio (band), a German pop band who wrote "Da da da"

Trio (Swedish band), an acronym for "The.Rhythm.Is.Odd" a Swedish psychedelic prog band

"Trio" (song), a 1973 instrumental song by King Crimson

The Trio, one incarnation of Trey Anastasio (band)

Trio (album), an album by Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris

Trio II, an album by Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris

The Trio, a live 1961 album featuring a jazz trio led by the Canadian jazz pianist Oscar Peterson

Trio!, a jazz supergroup consisting of Stanley Clarke, Jean-Luc Ponty, and Béla Fleck

Organizations

Trio AB, a Swedish telecommunications company

TRIO (program), a cluster of programs managed by the Department of Education (U.S.)

Trio Corporation, a Japanese company, see Kenwood Electronics

Trio, an Australian company producing durable DVD Players

Trio Presidency of the Council of the EU, triple-shared presidency

Science, technology, and medicine

The S3 Trio 3D Graphics Accelerator

TRIO (gene), a human gene

Trio (formal languages) is a family of languages with three particular closure properties

The Magnetom Trio, a Magnetic Resonance Image Scanner by Siemens AG

Food, beverages, and meals

Trio (cocktail), a cocktail comprising a base spirit, a liqueur, and a creamy liquid

Trio was the name of a chocolate bar made in the UK by Jacob's biscuits for many years .

Peoples and languages

Tiriyó people or Trio people of South America

Tiriyó language

See also

3 (number)

3 (disambiguation)

Tryo

Triad (disambiguation)

Triadic (disambiguation)

Triplet (disambiguation)

Triple (disambiguation)

Third (disambiguation)

Triumvirate

Troika (disambiguation)

Trinity

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Bob Mintzer is a jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger, and big band leader based in Los Angeles, California. Mintzer is a member of the jazz rock band the Yellowjackets.

Discography

With The Yellowjackets

Greenhouse, 1991;

Live Wires, 1992;

Like a River, 1993;

Runferyerlife, 1994;

Collection, 1995;

Dreamland, 1995;

Blue Hats, 1997;

Club Nocturne, 1998;

Priceless Jazz Collection, 1998;

The Best of Yellowjackets, 1999;

Mint Jam, 2002;

Time Squared, 2003;

Peace Round, 2003;

Altered State, 2005;

Twenty Five, 2006

Lifecyle featuring Mike Stern, 2008

Timeline, 2011;

As leader

Incredible Journey, 1985;

Camouflage, 1986;

Spectrum, 1988;

Urban Contours, 1989;

Art of the Big Band, 1991;

Departure, 1993;

Only in New York, 1994;

Techno Pop, 1994;

The First Decade, 1995;

Big Band Trane, 1996;

Live, 1996;

Latin from Manhattan, 1998;

Homage to Count Basie, 2000;

Gently, 2003;

Live at MCG with Special Guest Kurt Elling, 2004

Old School: New Lessons featuring Kurt Elling, 2006

Swing out, 2008

As sideman

Papa Nebo (Atlantic Records, 1971)

Jazz Influence (Nova Bossa Nova, 1997)

New York Voices, A day like this (mcgJazz, 2007)

Save The Planet (with Tohpati Ethnomission, 2010)

External links

Bob Mintzer's Website

Mintzer's Biography on The Yellowjackets' Website

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name	Bobby Broom
background	non_vocal_instrumentalist
birth name	Robert Broom, Jr.
birth date	January 18, 1961
origin	New York, New York, USA
instrument	Guitar
genre	Hard bopPost-bopProgressive jazzSoul-jazzJazz-funk
occupation	Musician
label	Delmark RecordsArista RecordsCriss Cross JazzFantasy RecordsOrigin RecordsDoxy Records
associated acts	Deep Blue Organ TrioSonny RollinsDr. JohnCharles EarlandKenny BurrellKenny Garrett
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Bobby Broom (born January 18, 1961), birthname Robert Broom, Jr., is an American jazz guitarist, composer and educator born and raised in New York City. Broom performs and records with jazz saxophone legend Sonny Rollins as well as his Bobby Broom Trio and the Deep Blue Organ Trio. While versed in the bebop idiom, Broom, like many current artists, draws from a variety of American music forms such as funk, soul, R&B; and the blues to create his style.

Early years

Broom began studying the guitar at age 13, taking lessons in the American Folk music style. A year later, he began studies with jazz guitarist Jimmy Carter in Harlem, where he took weekly lessons for the next two years. His interest in jazz began in earnest at age 15 and as a result he began his research, study and practice of the jazz art.

Broom attended the High School of Music and Art (now known as Laguardia High School of Performing Arts), where he played in the jazz ensemble and received an award for Outstanding Jazz Improvisation during his senior year.

Broom began his career while still in high school, performing at New York clubs with Charlie Parker pianists, Al Haig and Walter Bishop Junior. In 1977 he played at Carnegie Hall in a concert with Sonny Rollins and special guest Donald Byrd.

He went to the Berklee School of Music from 1978–79, then returned to New York in order to pursue his career while attending Long Island University. At this time he began working in New York as guitarist for Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers, Dave Grusin, Hugh Masakela and Tom Browne, eventually landing his own recording contract with GRP Records.

Career

Bobby Broom is becoming increasingly noted for his personal approach to the jazz legacy that influenced him, which includes the groundwork laid by his childhood jazz-guitar heroes, Wes Montgomery, early George Benson and Pat Martino and others such as Kenny Burrell and Grant Green. Broom's career has included work with Max Roach, Stanley Turrentine, Kenny Garrett, Miles Davis, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Charles Earland, Dr. John, Kenny Burrell, Eric Alexander and Ramsey Lewis, among others.

In the mid 1980s Broom relocated to Chicago where he went on to tour and record with many of the aforementioned musicians. In Chicago, he also formed the Bobby Broom Trio in 1990 and the Deep Blue Organ Trio in 1999.

Among Bobby Broom's recordings as a leader is his trio's 2001 release, Stand!, a recording of unlikely interpretations of 60s and 70s pop and soul classics which received praise for staying true to the creative demands of authentic modern jazz. Jambands online magazine writes: "Stand!"'s theme works well for Broom — it adds accessibility to the set without getting in the way of documenting a skilled trio in its natural element. Further examples of Broom's foray into the developing American Song Book can be found on his other recent recordings as well as on recordings by The Deep Blue Organ Trio (see discography).

As an educator, Broom began his work in 1982 for Jackie McLean, Director of African American Music at Studies for the Hartt School of Music at the University of Hartford. Over the years Broom has also been a lecturer/instructor at the American Conservatory of Music (1986–1990), Chicago Musical College — Roosevelt University (1990–1994) and The Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz (1987) and most recently at DePaul University (2002–2008). He currently teaches for the Ravinia Festival Organization — Music In The Schools/Jazz Mentor Community Outreach Program, as well as the Thelonious Monk Institute.

In 2005 Broom joined Sonny Rollins once again as a regular member of his touring band. He performed and recorded with Rollins until the spring of 2010. During this tenure Broom continued to increase his visibility as a leader, producing three recordings under his own name and another with the Deep Blue Organ Trio (their third). His latest trio record and Broom's eighth lead album, released on June 16, 2009, Bobby Broom Plays for Monk explores the music composed and performed by jazz icon, Thelonious Monk. The trio of Broom, bassist Dennis Carroll, and drummer Kobie Watkins "...turns what could have easily been a pedestrian "tribute" record into an inspired, swinging affair", says Jon Regan in Billboard magazine. And Ted Gioia of Jazz.com writes: "Broom shows again that he is one of the most musical guitarists of our times...".

Discography

As leader

Clean Sweep, 1981 GRP/Arista Records

1961, 1993 (Unreleased)

No Hype Blues, 1995 Criss Cross Jazz

Waiting and Waiting, 1997 Criss Cross Jazz

Stand, 2001 Premonition Records

Modern Man, 2001 Delmark Records

Song and Dance, 2007 Origin Records

The Way I Play, 2008 Origin Records

Bobby Broom Plays for Monk, 2009 Origin Records

As sideman

With Sonny Rollins

Sonny, Please, 2006 Doxy Records

Reel Life, 1983 Fantasy Records

No Problem, 1981 Fantasy Records

With Deep Blue Organ Trio

Folk Music, 2007 Origin Records

Goin' To Town — Live at the Green Mill, 2006 Delmark Records CD and DVD

Deep Blue Bruise, 2004 Delmark Records

With David Murray

The Tip, 1994 DIW

Jug-A-Lug, 1994 DIW

With others

Duke Elegant, 2000 Blue Note Records (with Dr. John)

Eric Alexander in Europe, 1995 Criss Cross Jazz

Cubism, 1992 Fresh Sound Records (with Ronnie Cuber)

Third Degree Burn, 1989 Milestone Records (with Charles Earland)

Front Burner, 1988 Milestone Records (with Charles Earland)

Pieces of Blue and The Blues, 1987 Blue Note Records (Kenny Burrell & The Jazz Guitar Band)

Generation, 1986 Blue Note Records (Kenny Burrell & The Jazz Guitar Band, w/ Rodney Jones)

Livin' For The Beat, 1984 Arista Records

Home Again, 1982 Elektra Records (with Stanley Turrentine)

Pied Piper, 1981 GRP/Arista Records (with Dave Valentine)

Love Approach, 1981 GRP/Arista Records (with Tom Browne)

Orange Express, 1981 Sony Japan (with Sadao Watanabe)

Dave Grusin and the GRP All Stars Live in Japan, 1980 GRP/Arista Records

References

External links

Official Bobby Broom web site

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Dave Stryker (born March 30, 1957) is an American jazz guitarist. He has 21 CD’s as a leader to date, and has been a featured sideman with Stanley Turrentine, Jack McDuff, and Kevin Mahogany, among others. Gary Giddins in the Village Voice calls him “one of the most distinctive guitarists to come along in recent years.” He was voted one of the Top Ten Guitarists in the 2001 Critics and Readers poll of Down Beat, and has been elected a Rising Star in the 2004-2007 Downbeat Critics Poll.

Stryker grew up in Omaha, Nebraska, moved to New York City in 1980, and joined organist Jack McDuff’s group, travelling all over the U.S. for two years (1984-85). From 1986 to 1995,and 1998-2000 Stryker played with tenor saxophonist Stanley Turrentine, performing at all the major festivals, concert halls, and clubs throughout the world.

He currently co-leads The Stryker / Slagle Band with saxophonist Steve Slagle as well as his own trio, The Dave Stryker Organ Trio.

Dave is also involved in passing along his experience by teaching both privately and at the Outreach Jazz Workshop in Austria, the Litchfield Jazz Camp, the Aebersold Summer Jazz Workshop, the Jazz Connections Workshop, and The Veneto/New School Jazz Workshop in Italy. His book Dave Stryker’s Jazz Guitar Improvisation Method, is available from Mel Bay Publications.

Discography

First Strike, 1988

"Guitar on Top" 1991

Strike Zone with Steve Slagle, Marc Copland, Ron McClure and Ronnie Burrage, 1990

Passage with Steve Slagle, Joey Calderazzo, Jay Anderson and Adam Nussbaum, 1991

Blue Degrees with Larry Goldings, Rick Margitza and Jeff Hirshfield, 1992

Full Moon with Steve Slagle, Jay Anderson and Jeff Hirshfield, 1993

Stardust with Joey DeFrancesco and Adam Nussbaum, 1994

Nomad with The Bill Warfield Big Band and Randy Brecker and Steve Slagle, 1994

The Greeting with Bruce Barth, Tony Reedus, Scott Colley and Daniel Sadownick, 1995

Blue to the Bone with Brian Lynch, Rich Perry, Conrad Herwig, Bob Parsons, Bruce Barth, Jay Anderson and Billy Drummond, 1996

Big Room with Billy Hart, Rich Perry and Ed Howard, 1996

All The Way with Bill Stewart and Scott Colley, 1997

Blue to the Bone II with Adam Nussbaum, Steve Slagle and Clark Gayton, 1998

Shades of Miles with Billy Hart, Manolo Badrena, Terry Burns, Marc Copland, Larry Goldings, Steve Slagle, Billy Drewes and Brian Lynch, 1998

Changing Times with Steve Slagle, Bill Moring, Tim Horner and Manolo Badrena, 1999

Blue to the Bone III with Jay Anderson, Clark Gayton, Tim Horner, Brian Lynch, Bob Parsons, Steve Slagle and James Williams, 2001

Shade's Beyond with Steve Slagle, David Berkman and Terry Burns, 2004

"Strike up the Band" with Xavier Davis, Andy McKee, Billy Hart 2005

Big City with Ed Howard, Dave Kikoski and Victor Lewis, 2005

Six String Santa, 2005

The Chaser with Jared Gold, Tony Reedus, 2006

"Live at the Jazz Standard" The Stryker / Slagle Band with Steve Slagle, Ed Howard and Victor Lewis, 2005

Latest Outlook The Stryker / Slagle Band with Jay Anderson, Billy Hart, Joe Lovano and Steve Slagle, 2007

"The Scene" The Stryker / Slagle Band with Steve Slagle, Jay Anderson, Joe Lovano and Victor Lewis, 2008

"One for Reedus" with Jared Gold and Steve Williams, 2010

External links

Official site

MySpace site

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name	The Chaser
medium	Print, online, radio, television, stage & Christmas crackers
nationality	Australian
active	1999–present
genre	Satire
subject	Politics
notable work	The Chaser (1999–2005) The Election Chaser (2001)The Chaser Decides (2004 & 2007), CNNNN (2002–2003) Cirque du Chaser (2005) The Chaser's War on Everything (2006–2009) The Chaser's Age of Terror Variety Hour (2008) Yes We Canberra (2010)
website
current members	Charles Firth Andrew Hansen Dominic Knight Chas Licciardello Julian Morrow Craig Reucassel Chris Taylor

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The Chaser are an Australian satirical comedian group, known for their television programmes on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation channel. The group take their name from their production of satirical newspaper, a publication known to challenge conventions of taste. The group's motto is "Striving for Mediocrity in a World of Excellence".

The Chaser

The Chaser's earliest foundations were Charles Firth, Dominic Knight, and Chas Licciardello who went to Sydney Grammar School together and produced a small satirical school magazine entitled The Tiger. Later on, Firth and Knight met Craig Reucassel and Julian Morrow at the University of Sydney. Firth, Knight, Reucassel, Morrow, Licciardello, and later Chaser members Chris Taylor and Andrew Hansen all went to the University of Sydney. Firth, Knight, Reucassel and Morrow began writing for the University of Sydney student newspaper entitled Honi Soit. In 1999 the four members began The Chaser and their first newspaper project entitled The Chaser. The Chaser members are:

Charles Firth. Firth decided in 1999 that the founding members should produce a newspaper, in an attempt not to "grow up". Firth was the main person who got the project underway and was at the helm of the newspaper until its collapse in 2005. Firth appeared in The Chaser's television and radio productions until 2004. In 2005, Firth moved to the United States so his wife could finish her PhD. Firth, however, became The Chaser's American correspondent for the 2006 series of The Chaser's War on Everything and wrote a book titled American Hoax. Firth did some final stunts in America for the 2007 series in late 2006 and early 2007, before returning to Australia and going solo. Firth then began his own satirical newspaper The Manic Times in 2007, which collapsed soon after and now exists online.

Dominic Knight was one of the founding members of the team. He appeared and starred in the 2001 series of The Election Chaser and the 2005 mini series Chaser News Alert. He also performed in the stage shows. He normally writes and does not perform for The Chaser's television shows.

Julian Morrow. He became the executive producer of the television series after Andrew Denton left the role in 2004.

Craig Reucassel was a founding member of the team.

Chas Licciardello, who had attended Sydney Grammar School with Firth and Knight, started to work on The Chaser newspaper in 1999, but did not take any credit for his work. However when the newspaper started to go well, he was happy to put his name to his work. Licciardello refers to himself as a writer and not a performer, which is why he does the ‘edgier’ stunts in the television series. He states that he is not very talented and therefore does “lots of dodgy material”.

Chris Taylor had gone to the University of Sydney but never personally knew the four founding members. He moved to Melbourne under a cadetship with the ABC doing journalism. Taylor approached The Chaser, based in Sydney, and asked if they took contributions and The Chaser accepted them. Taylor spent two years emailing his articles to The Chaser, and then quit his job to do a television series based on the 2001 Australian federal election with The Chaser and became a member of The Chaser. Taylor was the anchor with Reucassel in their television productions CNNNN, The Chaser Decides and The Chaser’s War on Everything and worked as the script editor for the television shows.

Andrew Hansen worked with some of The Chaser members at the University of Sydney while studying literature and history, performing in their early revues. Hansen started working with the online Chaser website in 2000 writing columns for his shITe section, which looked at the worst of the internet. After two years, he was considered for a part in the Chaser’s 2002 television series, for the content on shITe. After The Election Chaser in 2001, The Chaser decided they needed a performer in the team. Hansen then joined in the group in 2002.

The Chaser projects

The Chaser newspaper

The newspaper, first published in 1999, was The Chaser team's first enterprise. The Chaser only had a limited fan base, with the average sales numbers per issue well under 30,000. When their newspaper was shown as a lead story in all major Australian news broadcasts, not only was the headline widely spread, the concept and the popularity of the newspaper leapt dramatically.

Founding contributors to the newspaper include Gregor Stronach, Johanna Featherstone, Sholto Macpherson, Matt Taylor, David Stewart, and Arion McNicoll. Later contributors include Kara Greiner, Richard Cooke, Shane Cubis, and Tim Brunero. Cartoonists Fiona Katauskas and Andrew Weldon drew for the newspaper from its early days.

The Chaser and its writers had its first major controversy when their 21 February 2003 edition published Prime Minister John Howard’s private home number on its front page with the headline "Howard ignores the people. So call him at home on (02) 9922 6189". The release of the number comes after Howard’s attitude to half a million protesters recently marching for peace. Howard’s number was blocked by the afternoon after receiving many calls in the morning and federal police had been to The Chaser headquarters. The Chaser have stated they received the phone number via an SMS message in 2002.

The Chaser have released five annuals based on The Chaser newspaper:

The Chaser Annual 2000: The Little-Read Book

The Chaser Annual 2001: Bradman, The Cremated Years

The Chaser Annual 2002: The War on Error

Embedded with The Chaser: Annual 2003

The Chaser Annual 2004: Intelligence Failures

After six years of publication The Chaser decided that, due to an inability to meet production costs and failing audiences, they would cease publication of the newspaper. The paper, which originally circulated fortnightly, was being released more sporadically and their 91st and final paper was released on 6 February 2005. The Chaser still planned to continue their writing online and to continue to write their annuals.

The Chaser has since released six annuals and a "best of" annual which compiled the best of the five preceding annuals:

The Chaser Annual 2005: By Dan Brown

50 Golden Years of The Chaser - 1955-2005

The Chaser Annual 2006: Burqa's Backyard

The Chaser Annual 2007: The Other Secret

The Chaser Annual 2008: The Little Rudd Book

The Chaser Annual 2009: The Email Eunuch

The Chaser Annual 2010: Eat Pray Vomit

Current writers online are Richard Cooke, Shane Cubis, Dominic Knight, Chas Licciardello, Julian Morrow, and Craig Reucassel with additional material provided by Scott Dooley, Lisa Pryor, David Stewart, Gregor Stronach, and Chris Taylor.

The Chaser on television and radio

After two years of their satirical newspaper, which also included various radio roles, The Chaser had attracted the attention of Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) star Andrew Denton. Denton signed them with ABC and stated "They've got the talent, the work ethic, the fearlessness, the desire". Denton then helped the Chaser to perform their first television program The Election Chaser, on ABC TV, which was to be based on the 2001 Australian federal election and in the format of the national tallyroom. Four episodes were broadcast and the show was nominated for the 2002 Logie for "Most Outstanding Comedy Program". Denton acted as executive producer and script editor for The Election Chaser and would also do so for CNNNN.

The Chaser team have gone on to create other television shows for ABC TV, including the Logie Award winning CNNNN in 2002-3 and The Chaser Decides in 2004. CNNNN was a satire of not only the popular American news networks CNN and Fox News, but also incorporated Australian and world current affairs into the programme. The Election Chaser inspired a similar programme covering the 2004 election, The Chaser Decides. The coverage, as with all the Chaser productions, was satirical, but a different view on the way the election was covered by the local media.

The Chaser Decides returned again in 2007 to cover the 24 November election. It purported to be broadcasting from Australian Electoral Commission's National Tally Room.

In 2004-5, Taylor and Reucassel hosted the Triple J radio drive programme Today Today. In 2005 the rest of the team produced Chaser News Alert (CNA), aired on ABC2. Episodes of this series were only a few minutes long. Between July 2006 and January 2007 Taylor and Reucassel returned to Triple J to host Bloody Sunday, filling the This Sporting Life time slot while Roy & HG were on leave from the station. Chas Licciardello and Knight also did a brief fill in show on Triple M called Chas and Dom from 'The Chaser'.

Cirque du Chaser

In March 2005, The Chaser members, with the exception of Firth but with CNNNN collaborator Rebecca De Unamuno, wrote and performed a stage production for the Sydney Big Laugh Comedy Festival. Cirque du Chaser, the name a parody of Cirque du Soleil, was performed to eight sell-out audiences which performed stand up comedy, sketches, live music, and video satire. The Chaser then took the show on a national tour which was also sold out. Cirque du Chaser gave the team confidence to perform in front of a live audience in their new television show, which would be similar to the stage show. The Chaser filmed a pilot for ABC TV in mid 2005 under the working title Hey, Hey it’s the Chaser.

The Chaser's War on Everything

The Chaser team signed a contract with the ABC to produce 27 half-hour episodes for 2006, which would be based on news reviews, studio monologues and confrontations with politicians, celebrities, and business leaders. The project would be performed in front of a live audience compared with their previous news format television productions and was named The Chaser's War on Everything. The first season of The Chaser's War on Everything premiered on ABC TV on 17 February 2006 at . The series aired late on Friday evenings where it developed a cult following, getting an average national audience of between 591,000 and 821,000 viewers each episode. The last episode of the 2006 season was broadcast on 8 September 2006.

The first thirteen episodes of the first season were released on DVD on 17 August 2006. The release included commentary by The Chaser and the show's crew and included bonus features and unaired scenes. The second DVD for the first season contained the latter thirteen episodes. It was in the same format of the first DVD and was released on 1 November 2006.

The Chaser's War on Everything returned for a second season on Wednesday, 28 March 2007 at 9pm, moving from their Friday night timeslot. It regularly attracted more than a million viewers per episode.

After 20 June episode of season two, the Chaser team suspended the series for ten weeks, so the usual production run time of twenty-six episodes per year did not conclude before the 2007 Australian Federal Election. The second season returned on 5 September 2007.

The Chaser then announced that The Chaser's War On Everything was on hold during 2008, with a new (ten episode) series in 2009 which began airing on Wednesday, 27 May 2009. In 2008, the team (without Chris Taylor, but plus writer Dominic Knight) toured Australia with a stage show, The Chaser's Age of Terror Variety Hour, produced in conjunction with Laughing Stock.

On 29 July 2009, the final episode of The War was broadcast.

The Blow Parade

The Blow Parade is a comedy series performed by Andrew Hansen, Chris Taylor, and Craig Schuftan, originally premiering on the radio station Triple J on 28 April 2010. This 5-part series satirises the music industry, music journalism and syndicated golden-oldie radio shows. Each episode, the host Captain Blow (Hansen) guides listeners through the making of a classic album from yesteryear, from bands that don’t actually exist. The series was written by Chris Taylor, with music by Andrew Hansen, and was produced by Craig Schuftan. It was released on CD and through the iTunes Store Australia with bonus tracks.

Yes We Canberra!

The ABC confirmed reports in July 2010 that The Chaser would return with a new series covering the Australian federal election.

The new programme, entitled Yes We Canberra!, was formally announced on 12 July. The ABC said that the series would air weekly during the election campaign, with a further episode after the election. It purports to be an audience warm-up for the ABC's flagship current affairs program Lateline (which does not actually have a studio audience). After the Election date was announced (21 August), it was revealed that the show will premiere on 28 July. A DVD was released 15 September 2010. The Chaser - Election Collection containing all the election shows was released 2 December 2010.

The Chaser's Royal Wedding Commentary

Originally set to air on 29 April 2011 on ABC2, a Chaser special was to be shown based on the Wedding of Prince William of Wales and Kate Middleton featuring live commentary from the team members. However the ABC were advised by the BBC and APTN to pull the show from being aired. In response to the decision by the ABC, Julian Morrow from the Chaser said, "For a monarchy to be issuing decrees about how the media should cover them seems quite out of keeping with modern democratic times... but I suppose that's exactly what the monarchy is." APTN is a private enterprise. The BBC is a corporation, independent from direct government intervention, with its activities being overseen by the BBC Trust.

The Hamster Wheel

In August 2011 the ABC confirmed a new 8-episode series called The Hamster Wheel to air later in the year. The series will "examine the contemporary media landscape, where everyone from journalists to political fixers is perpetually at risk of spinning out of control".

Public reactions

In July 2006, Licciardello faced charges of "offensive conduct" from the New South Wales Police Force, after turning up at a rugby league football match between the Canterbury Bulldogs and the St George Illawarra Dragons on 14 July 2006 dressed up as a Bulldogs fan and attempting to sell fake knives, knuckledusters and balaclavas for a War on Everything sketch.

In April 2007, a 15 year old boy duped YouTube into deleting all clips posted from The Chaser's War On Everything by claiming to be a representative of the ABC. They were later reinstated.

At the 2007 Logie Awards some of the Chaser team were "manhandled" by Crown Casino security staff on the red carpet before being closely supervised for the rest of the evening.

During Dick Cheney's visit to Australia in 2007, members of The Chaser team were included on the official list of terrorists, anarchists, and protesters deemed to pose a threat to the US Vice-President.

The Chaser team gained notoriety and considerable media attention over "The Eulogy Song", written by Chris Taylor and performed by Andrew Hansen on the 17 October 2007 episode of The Chaser's War On Everything. The song satirised the media's posthumous praise of deceased celebrities, regardless of their behaviour in life, and mentioned among others John Lennon, Peter Brock, Stan Zemanek, Princess Diana, Steve Irwin, Donald Bradman, and Kerry Packer. The song attracted comment from both the media and politicians including Kevin Rudd and John Howard, the latter of whom used reference to the song in remarks during a sketch later aired on the programme.

APEC arrest

Morrow and Licciardello were arrested by NSW Police on 6 September 2007 outside the InterContinental Hotel after driving a fake motorcade through the Sydney central business district and breaching an APEC security zone. The Chaser crew entered a secure area by masquerading as the motorcade of the Canadian delegation to APEC. They were arrested by police after Licciardello emerged from the car dressed as Osama bin Laden, near the hotel where U.S. President George W. Bush was staying. They were subsequently detained, taken to Surry Hills Police Station for questioning and charged with "entering a restricted area without special justification" under the APEC Meeting (Police Powers) Act 2007. Licciardello, Morrow and the nine other production members were released on bail to appear in court on 4 October 2007. If found guilty, they were liable to serve a maximum 6 months imprisonment, or a maximum 2 years imprisonment if they also had possession or control of a prohibited item with no special justification. The Chaser team issued a statement on 6 September that they had been given permission by police officers to enter the restricted area. Under section 37(2)(b) of the legislation a person has special justification to be in an area if "the person is required, authorised or permitted to be in the area by the Commissioner or a police officer". Subsequently, the hearing was adjourned until 5 December 2007 at the request of ABC lawyers. The charges were dropped near the end of April 2008.

The day after the APEC stunt, police questioned Craig Reucassel, Chris Taylor and Dominic Knight and a film crew from the Chaser after they were involved in a second stunt in central Sydney. The three were released by police after being briefly questioned for carrying around black cardboard boxes dressed up as limousines.

The 'Make a Realistic Wish Foundation' skit

On 3 June 2009 episode, Taylor and Hansen were involved in a skit which was set in a terminally ill children's ward of a hospital, which centered around a spokesman (Taylor) portraying himself along with a doctor (Hansen), from the fictional 'Make a Realistic Wish Foundation' (a spoof of the real Make-a-Wish Foundation). The premise of the skit was that if the terminally ill children are only going to live for a few more months before passing away, it is not worth spending money on lavish gifts for them. The one minute long sketch featured Taylor giving one girl a pencil case instead of a trip to Disneyland. Then along the same lines, Hansen gave another girl a stick instead of a meeting with Zac Efron. The skit concluded with Taylor stating "Why go to any trouble, when they're only gonna die anyway". A similar skit had already been performed in sketch titled "A Reasonable Request Foundation" aired on comedy show The Mansion on Foxtel the previous year.

The reaction to the sketch from media commentators was mostly negative. Then-Prime Minister Kevin Rudd stated that The Chaser team "should hang their heads in shame". He went on to say that "I didn't see that but it's been described to me...I actually don't mind The Chaser taking the mickey out of me or any other politician, at any time and any place....But having a go at kids with a terminal illness is really beyond the pale, absolutely beyond the pale." That morning, the Chaser team along with the ABC managing director, Mark Scott, apologised for airing the skit, with Scott stating that "We have unreservedly apologised for airing that skit,...It's very clear today from the reaction that it's caused considerable offence and distress, particularly to parents of children that are seriously ill....I've spoken to Julian Morrow from The Chaser and my understanding is that certainly wasn't the intention of the script, but that's the consequences of it." The ABC will now change their procedures for reviewing episode content which gets broadcast. Scott continued, "We're going to look at those processes ... I mean we all know that The Chaser push the edges and it's a tightrope that we walk, and I suppose there are many, many skits that they've put to air that have offended someone along the way - that's part of the nature of the satirical and black comedy that they do." The skit has also been cut from any further television airings. The ABC announced on Friday that The Chaser's War on Everything will be suspended for 2 weeks. This was relayed via a message by The Chaser on their website, who stated that whilst they disagree with the decision to suspend the show, they apologise for making the skit, acknowledging that it went too far.

ABC's Managing Director announced on 2009-06-10 that the ABC's Head of Comedy, Amanda Duthie, had been removed from her position after a review of the process which led to the skit being broadcast. He was quoted as saying, "The segment should not have been broadcast. We recognise that it caused unnecessary and unreasonable hurt and offence to our viewers and the broader community and we have apologised for this," adding, "This was an error of judgement." Ms Duthie will continue to be responsible for Arts and Entertainment programs.

In 24 June 2009 episode, the Chaser team acknowledged they had made a mistake by broadcasting the skit. Later on in the show, they recreated the skit, but instead of targeting sick kids, they make fun of Kevin Rudd's anger-management issues.

See also

References

External links

The Chaser official website

The Chaser's War on Everything

The Chaser Forum

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