Is this the most Australian interview ever?
On Thursday morning, the Today show interviewed Brisbane man Daniel McConnell, after he'd given chase to a car which had driven into a nearby shop.
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What followed was a unique witness account, the likes of which Australian television hasn't seen since the chk chk boom girl graced our screens - although this account is actually genuine.
With shoulder length hair, tattooed arms and a Ford singlet, McConnell's honesty and selflessness combined with his ocker accent and authenticity have made him a hit online, with the TODAY show video racking up more than 2 million views in two hours on Facebook.
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"It's really quite funny, I was in bed sleeping at 2 o'clock this morning and my wife comes in and says someone's run into the shop," McConnell said.
"I jumped out of bed, all I had was me undies on and I've walked out the front and I've seen the the car smashed and I saw the bloke walking back to the car and I said 'what are you doing, mate? You can't be leaving the scene.'
"He goes 'don't be a hero, mate.' I said 'I'm not trying to be a hero but the police are coming'."
The alleged offender fled the scene in his car and McConnell gave chase in his. He then managed to send police in the right direction.
But it was his attire which had people talking.
"Mate, all I had was me jocks on and I was chasing him up the street and I'm just like, mate," he said.
McConnell said the fish and chip shop, which was left "beyond a mess" as a result of the accident, is owned by his "mate's mum'.
Karl Stefanovic described McConnell as the "Aussie of the day", while Lisa Wilkinson said "all good superheros wear their jocks on the outside", to which McConnell responded:
"Yeah, but I had nothing on bar me jocks."
While McConnell's enthusiastic account might be attracting attention for his ocker twang, this line struck a chord with viewers:
"It's just something you've got to do for the community. You look after your mates and your mates will look after you."