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TIL “The Front Fell Off” is from Australian comedy news duo Clarke and Dawe
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wuffah lemmy.world wuffah@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-03-12
(edited) Quote
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=@ClarkeAndDawe/videos

And, they have years of other comedy news skits, including Defence where they discuss aircraftless aircraft carriers. Hoo-rah.
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BlueÆther no.lastname.nz BlueEther@no.lastname.nz
Joined: 2023-06-08
#2 · Quote Reply

and I'd just like to say that Clarke is a New Zealander that had to move across the ditch because NZ is just too small to contain such talent

Look up Fred Dagg:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYvMeT2GC14
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeUzrsjwF4I
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JohnnyEnzyme piefed.social JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-06-11
#3 · Quote Reply

Video doesn't seem to work in the States, even with a VPN, but this one did:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m5qxZm_JqM
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wuffah lemmy.world wuffah@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-03-12
#4 · (edited) Quote Reply
JohnnyEnzyme wrote:
Video doesn't seem to work in the States, even with a VPN, but this one did: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m5qxZm_JqM

Forgot to strip out the arguments at the end of the URL, should work now. Thanks!
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remon ani.social remon@ani.social
Joined: 2024-09-25
#5 · Quote Reply

How the hell can you know the phrase without having seen the clip???
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Wrufieotnak feddit.org Wrufieotnak@feddit.org
Joined: 2024-08-05
#6 · Quote Reply
remon wrote:
How the hell can you know the phrase without having seen the clip???

Memetic osmosis.

Lots of people know 42 is the answer of everything, but don't know it comes from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
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Mark with a Z suppo.fi markz@suppo.fi
Joined: 2025-07-04
#7 · Quote Reply
remon wrote:
How the hell can you know the phrase without having seen the clip???

People in comments section will take any opportunity to repeat lines or make references.

Though at least they don't do this bit as much as the sand quote.
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lime! feddit.nu lime@feddit.nu
Joined: 2024-08-21
#8 · Quote Reply
BlueÆther wrote:
and I'd just like to say that Clarke is a New Zealander that had to move across the ditch because NZ is just too small to contain such talent Look up Fred Dagg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYvMeT2GC14 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeUzrsjwF4I

i'd like to note that's not typical.
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gravitas_deficiency sh.itjust.works gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-20
#9 · Quote Reply
lime! wrote:
i'd like to note that's not typical.

We’ll tow it outside the environment.
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RobotToaster mander.xyz RobotToaster@mander.xyz
Joined: 2023-09-13
#10 · Quote Reply
remon wrote:
How the hell can you know the phrase without having seen the clip???

Rigorous meme engineering standards.
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WhiteOakBayou lemmy.world WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-12
#11 · (edited) Quote Reply
Mark with a Z wrote:
People in comments section will take any opportunity to repeat lines or make references. Though at least they don't do this bit as much as the sand quote.

The star wars one or is there another?
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Onno (VK6FLAB) lemmy.radio vk6flab@lemmy.radio
Joined: 2024-03-04
#12 · Quote Reply
Wrufieotnak wrote:
Memetic osmosis. Lots of people know 42 is the answer of everything, but don't know it comes from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

If you know the answer, do you know the question?
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toynbee piefed.social toynbee@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-09-12
#13 · Quote Reply
Wrufieotnak wrote:
Memetic osmosis. Lots of people know 42 is the answer of everything, but don't know it comes from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

What do you get when you multiply six by nine?
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thenextguy lemmy.world thenextguy@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-09-28
#14 · Quote Reply
toynbee wrote:
What do you get when you multiply six by nine?

How many roads must a man walk down?
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toynbee piefed.social toynbee@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-09-12
#15 · Quote Reply
thenextguy wrote:
How many roads must a man walk down?

Possibly the mice could tell you.
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IWW4 lemmy.zip IWW4@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-07-12
#16 · Quote Reply

TIL I learned about The Front Fell Off.
Holy shit that was hilarious!
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MidsizedSedan lemmy.world MidsizedSedan@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-07-08
#17 · Quote Reply
remon wrote:
How the hell can you know the phrase without having seen the clip???

I always thought Too Many Cooks was just the simple phrase. Not the whole masterpiece of a video.

It is possible to hear part of the joke, without knowing the whole joke.
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wuffah lemmy.world wuffah@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-03-12
#18 · Quote Reply
remon wrote:
How the hell can you know the phrase without having seen the clip???

TIL it was from Clark and Dawe, and that they had many more skits. However, TIDNL about the meme that has been a round for years.
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not_woody_shaw lemmy.world not_woody_shaw@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-13
#19 · Quote Reply

I sometimes wonder if they have any thoughts regarding the internet notoriety of that one particular skit out of so many.
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halloween_spookster lemmy.world halloween_spookster@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-08-20
#20 · Quote Reply
remon wrote:
How the hell can you know the phrase without having seen the clip???

The meme fell off
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themaninblack lemmy.world themaninblack@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-10
#21 · Quote Reply

@SenatorCollins@aussie.zone thanks for coming in
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floquant lemmy.dbzer0.com floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2024-05-31
#22 · Quote Reply
remon wrote:
How the hell can you know the phrase without having seen the clip???

plan 9, lol
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Senator Collins aussie.zone SenatorCollins@aussie.zone
Joined: 2025-02-20
#23 · Quote Reply
themaninblack wrote:
@SenatorCollins@aussie.zone thanks for coming in

It’s a great pleasure. Thank you.
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