Oil Tanker disaster in Australia

[Rowan]

This has probably already been posted somewhere but this morning was the first time I had seen it so I thought I would post it (possibly for the second time).

A bit of background, on August 19th 2007, an oil tanker off the coast of Australia split in two, dumping 20,000 tons of crude oil..
Senator Collins, a member of the Australian Parliament, appeared on a TV news program to reassure the Australian public.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RyiyesMX9s

[Marineboy]

that cannot be real, but still

[Sisterstiffticket]

I love the Aussies. Any other country and I waould say that was a Monty Python type sketch but with the Aussies...you just never know!

Brill thanks.

[Crazy-Horse]

that cannot be real, but still

John Clarke (aka Fred Dagg) a New Zealand comedian who has lived in Australia for a number of years. Wikipedia describes these mock interviews as

"In 1989, along with collaborator Bryan Dawe, Clarke introduced weekly mock interviews to television, on the Nine Network current affairs programme A Current Affair (the interviews debuted on ABC radio). Clarke would take on the persona of a politician or prominent figure, though never attempting to imitate the voice of the subject as in traditional mimicry, and be interviewed by Dawe. The pair continued to do mock interviews for the programme until 1997, satirising a range of figures including Paul Keating, Alexander Downer and Alan Bond. After a break, the pair reappeared on ABC TV's The 7.30 Report in a similar format. The interviews have been compiled into books and CD releases. "Great Interviews of the 20th Century" won the ARIA Award for 'Best Australian Comedy Album' in 1991. "The Annual Report" won the same award in 1992 and "Secret Men's Business" was nominated in 1997."

[Crazy-Horse]

Bryan Dawe interviews President George W Bush on the world situation about a month ago.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tj3jDRIDSZ4


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