# Is this ad for an Australian tech college real or is it from an Australian sitcom? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 18, 2012, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-ad-for-an-australian-tech-college-real-or-is-it-from-an-australian-sitcom/613211 "2012-02-18T01:24:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2012, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-ad-for-an-australian-tech-college-real-or-is-it-from-an-australian-sitcom/613211/1 "2012-02-18T01:24:08Z")
**Warning- some bleeped bad language and some cartoonish blood & gore** [Ad for Central Institute of Technology/Perth](http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=4Am7oKBD3PU) The YouTube blip seems legit but if so it’s an ad like no other, which makes me wonder if it’s a parody by an Australian comedy show. Does anybody recognize the characters/actors as being from an Australian TV show? ETA: I should have said Australian _comedy show_ rather than _sitcom_ since it’s a lot more like a sketch. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2012, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-ad-for-an-australian-tech-college-real-or-is-it-from-an-australian-sitcom/613211/2 "2012-02-18T01:43:07Z")
That is awesome 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2012, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-ad-for-an-australian-tech-college-real-or-is-it-from-an-australian-sitcom/613211/3 "2012-02-18T01:57:44Z")
If you actually look at the information under the youtube video, it’s got a link to Henry & Aaron’s webpage, where video is featured again with the following reviews: “All hail the new kings of Perth comedy.” X-PRESS MAGAZINE “Strange, awesome, pants-wettingly funny new Aussie comedy.” ZOO WEEKLY “The gags are sharp. It’s edgy, but accessible.” TIM FERGUSON They are a comedy duo. It appears that they’ve created the ad for the Uni as part of their comedy shorts, whether it’s actually in use or not I don’t know. I’m not in Perth. ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2012, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-ad-for-an-australian-tech-college-real-or-is-it-from-an-australian-sitcom/613211/4 "2012-02-18T02:02:54Z")
It’s never been on television that I’ve seen, and I wouldn’t expect it to have been done with that in mind. My guess is that it’s the work of some students there. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2012, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-ad-for-an-australian-tech-college-real-or-is-it-from-an-australian-sitcom/613211/5 "2012-02-18T02:03:15Z")
Fantastic. [All you need to know](http://www.fti.asn.au/news/1406). > [@](#): > > Head of Marketing at CIT, Kenley Gordon, gave the boys free reign to do whatever they liked, so long as it promoted learning in the city. The result is certainly not your average tertiary education commercial and definitely not for the squeamish. > > “Free reign isn’t supposed to mean dismembered limbs. If there’s a next time, I’ll stay on set till the final scene wraps.” said [Head of Marketing] Gordon. I’m sure Gordon is actually being very clever. I’d imagine it’s supremely effective. It’s certainly gone viral, as this thread shows. ---
**Author:** ![JKilez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@JKilez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKilez)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2012, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-ad-for-an-australian-tech-college-real-or-is-it-from-an-australian-sitcom/613211/6 "2012-02-18T05:03:45Z")
Hilarious–I did not see that coming. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2012, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-ad-for-an-australian-tech-college-real-or-is-it-from-an-australian-sitcom/613211/7 "2012-02-18T06:02:21Z")
> [@JKilez](#): > > Hilarious–I did not see that coming. Word for word exactly what I wrote when I first watched it on Facebook.