"Everything's connected to everything else, is it?" "In economics that is the global fear right at the moment, yes."

"...and he's not even in the banking racket". 🤣

"All facing the window..." These guys crack me up in the small details!

I absolutely love these two guys. Never has there been a more accurate description of the bullshit that goes on in Economic circles. Rest in peace John Clarke - if anyone ever told it the way it is, it was you and your great colleague, Bryan Dawe. I miss your shows.

I wish they'd re-run these on TV, they're still relevant.

Here goes Rumpelstiltskin Once there was a miller who was poor, but who had a beautiful daughter. Now it happened that he had to go and speak to the king, and in order to make himself appear important he said to him, "I have a daughter who can spin straw into gold." The king said to the miller, "That is an art which pleases me well, if your daughter is as clever as you say, bring her to-morrow to my palace, and I will put her to the test." And when the girl was brought to him he took her into a room which was quite full of straw, gave her a spinning-wheel and a reel, and said, "Now set to work, and if by to-morrow morning early you have not spun this straw into gold during the night, you must die." Thereupon he himself locked up the room, and left her in it alone. So there sat the poor miller's daughter, and for the life of her could not tell what to do, she had no idea how straw could be spun into gold, and she grew more and more frightened, until at last she began to weep. But all at once the door opened, and in came a little man, and said, "Good evening, mistress miller, why are you crying so?" "Alas," answered the girl, "I have to spin straw into gold, and I do not know how to do it." "What will you give me," said the manikin, "if I do it for you?" "My necklace," said the girl. The little man took the necklace, seated himself in front of the wheel, and whirr, whirr, whirr, three turns, and the reel was full, then he put another on, and whirr, whirr, whirr, three times round, and the second was full too. And so it went on until the morning, when all the straw was spun, and all the reels were full of gold. < 2 > By daybreak the king was already there, and when he saw the gold he was astonished and delighted, but his heart became only more greedy. He had the miller's daughter taken into another room full of straw, which was much larger, and commanded her to spin that also in one night if she valued her life. The girl knew not how to help herself, and was crying, when the door opened again, and the little man appeared, and said, "What will you give me if I spin that straw into gold for you?" "The ring on my finger," answered the girl. The little man took the ring, again began to turn the wheel, and by morning had spun all the straw into glittering gold. The king rejoiced beyond measure at the sight, but still he had not gold enough, and he had the miller's daughter taken into a still larger room full of straw, and said, "You must spin this, too, in the course of this night, but if you succeed, you shall be my wife." Even if she be a miller's daughter, thought he, I could not find a richer wife in the whole world. When the girl was alone the manikin came again for the third time, and said, "What will you give me if I spin the straw for you this time also?" "I have nothing left that I could give," answered the girl. "Then promise me, if you should become queen, to give me your first child." Who knows whether that will ever happen, thought the miller's daughter, and, not knowing how else to help herself in this strait, she promised the manikin what he wanted, and for that he once more spun the straw into gold. And when the king came in the morning, and found all as he had wished, he took her in marriage, and the pretty miller's daughter became a queen. < 3 > A year after, she brought a beautiful child into the world, and she never gave a thought to the manikin. But suddenly he came into her room, and said, "Now give me what you promised." The queen was horror-struck, and offered the manikin all the riches of the kingdom if he would leave her the child. But the manikin said, "No, something alive is dearer to me than all the treasures in the world." Then the queen began to lament and cry, so that the manikin pitied her. "I will give you three days, time," said he, "if by that time you find out my name, then shall you keep your child." So the queen thought the whole night of all the names that she had ever heard, and she sent a messenger over the country to inquire, far and wide, for any other names that there might be. When the manikin came the next day, she began with Caspar, Melchior, Balthazar, and said all the names she knew, one after another, but to every one the little man said, "That is not my name." On the second day she had inquiries made in the neighborhood as to the names of the people there, and she repeated to the manikin the most uncommon and curious. Perhaps your name is Shortribs, or Sheepshanks, or Laceleg, but he always answered, "That is not my name." On the third day the messenger came back again, and said, "I have not been able to find a single new name, but as I came to a high mountain at the end of the forest, where the fox and the hare bid each other good night, there I saw a little house, and before the house a fire was burning, and round about the fire quite a ridiculous little man was jumping, he hopped upon one leg, and shouted - 'To-day I bake, to-morrow brew, < 4 > the next I'll have the young queen's child. Ha, glad am I that no one knew that Rumpelstiltskin I am styled.'" You may imagine how glad the queen was when she heard the name. And when soon afterwards the little man came in, and asked, "Now, mistress queen, what is my name?" At first she said, "Is your name Conrad?" "No." "Is your name Harry?" "No." "Perhaps your name is Rumpelstiltskin?" "The devil has told you that! The devil has told you that," cried the little man, and in his anger he plunged his right foot so deep into the earth that his whole leg went in, and then in rage he pulled at his left leg so hard with both hands that he tore himself in two.

"Big, industrial strength printers, big like a bofours gun, all facing the window" Underrated line that

Money printer go BRRRRRRRRRR 🖨️💸💸💸

2019 and they are still printing.

RIP John Clarke... Brilliant comedy...

"And everything is connected to everything else, isn't it?" "In economics I'm afraid that is the global fear right at the moment" Almost slipped by unnoticed, what a great line lol

John Clarke was a giant among comedians. The fact that in making us laugh he was not that far from reality among bureaucrats and big business is incedible

I'm actually ashamed that I'd never heard of these two comedy geniuses. WHY?!

John... we will miss you mate.

.....And everything is connected to everything else. In economics, I'm afraid that is the global fear right at the moment. Laughed so hard!!!

rest in peace, John Clarke. Kiwis and Aussies will miss you mate

I miss Clarke & Dawe. Some of the most intelligent comedy in Australian history

"And stand well back" LOL!

Not sure if it’s funny or sad that despite being released so long ago now; their clips seem just as relevant to todays govt, financial and business institutions as they ever were when they first were released!

Thank you for this priceless education on banking system. I didn't have to spend years in school studying economics nor finance. Thank you so much.

Back when a trillion of QE was funny for being so outrageous. Deca... years and years ago!

OMG still so relevant to these current global times. I can stop laughing. The delivery of such 'simple' lines is pure genius.

These guys are pretty good at brightening a shitty situation lol

"I just explained it to a bloke, and he saw right through it." 😁

Didn't realise how much I missed these guys until this video popped up in my feed !!! Bloody legends :)

That's incredible. Best writing ever. Printing of money by lunatic governments not thinking about consequences. They always make it someone else's problem so convenient.

Simply Timeless.

Pull up a chair....I'll tell you a tale

"Big like a bofors gun." XD

OMG THIS IS GOLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The video stopped like two minutes ago and I'm still laughing. I love these guys.

Miss Clarke and Dawe so much. And how relevant it is. Quantitative Easing and how it DIDN'T suit the Coalition, but with the Virus, happened anyway.

One of my favorites.

@walktheworld this is as relevant today as after the gfc. Long live the brutally accurate humor of MrJohnClarke

I am so glad i have just found this site.. i miss this fantastic duo.

MONEY PRINTER GO BRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!

I love these shorts. Great fun.

RIP Mr Clarke. You are sorely missed.

"And stand well back." "Yes you gotta stand well back because they can create a bit of a vacuum while reaching cruising height.." "Where bouts?" "..in the superfund industry very often." C&D Mic drop*

I used to laugh at these guys when I was a little kid. Didn't understand a thing but they way they rally it back and forth to each other is so smooth. All of it still pretty much goes over my head but at least I'm big enough now to pretend I know better.

Oh, the almost immeasurable number of subtle nuances these guys fitted into a two-and-a-half minute video!

Still my favorite. So applicable right now

“Excuse me…Dave?” “This is not going to work…because I just explained it to the bloke; and he saw through it straight away.”

Your videos are funny and brilliant they tell the tale how it is and very simple, loved all of your stuff

I've watched this multiple times, and it is still good

Just never gets old.... And way too close to the truth.

Clarke was **great** in these videos! Very straight-faced and matter-of-fact...... :)

Watching in 2021 more relevant than ever!

March 23 and this is still appropriate. RiP John

Absolutely priceless, these two were without doubt great, sad JC passed, they'd have a field day with current issues.

that "bofors" line, god damn these oldies have done some good shit in their time

These two men were comic geniuses.

I really miss John Clarke. He was so good.

before I even started watching the video, I Googled 'Quantative Easing' - Quantitative easing (QE) is a monetary policy whereby a central bank purchases at scale government bonds or other financial assets in order to inject money into the economy to expand economic activity.

I keep going back to this video when I need a laugh. The best video these comedians ever made, and they made a lot.

This should be very relevant soon enough. Welcome to 2020.

“a test page…” perfect delivery

Relevant today!

This is the best video these two have done so far!

"Printing, where we are going we don't need printing"

These guys are absolutely brilliant!

"Dave this isent goin to work I just explained it and he saw right through it" "Are you a banker " "No" "He's not even in the banking racket "

2024 and still relevant!

As always, VERY well said. This is pretty much everyone's reality with currencies and the banking systems. RIP John Clarke...

... all facing the window.... you alert the banking sector, open the window, and press "copy"! 1:30 so good!

"The process of creating money is so simple it repels the mind."

Ten years later, more relevant than ever. That is satire gold (no printer required)!

Never gets old.

If this isn't the world's best comedy team, then I'm going to stop lending money! :D

"Bit of a lolly-scramble, Brian!"

"No you can't, you're gonna need a BANK of them" hahaha

Who's here Jan 2020?

amazing!

This is the best thing on the ABC...more of these blokes...brilliant.

Genius. Amazing we have the same issues 10 plus years later.

“Pull up a chair. I’ll tell you a tale.” I hope all of John Clarke’s stories started like that.

Just another of our great exports, Trevor.

Classic. Vale John Clarke.

Priceless and sadly missed.

haha - "he's not even in the banking racket"... classic...

Love this skit

9 Years KZfaq? 9 Fu*king years later..! What the F*c* were you thinking not recommending me this?

haha printer goes brrrrrr

He forgot to say "call all your rich friends and have them stand outside the window and also call the media and tell them to blame it all on the poors"

There was a guy on one of the federal reserve boards after the GFC who at every meeting would advise that quantitative easing wasn’t a good idea. It would make the rich richer, and it was very difficult to stop doing it. They replaced him.

These guys are the best!

Quantitative Easing is like using only half a condom now, then later, the other half.

Man this never gets old...and neither does printing pretend 💰

One of their best.

John Clarke... genius. And still relevant

imagine these 2 during covid...

"he's not even in the banking racket"

2021 and still completely relevant.

So I’m still watching this in 23!

We're about to do it again.

Brilliant as always:)

Awesome! Love it!!

this is delightful

Only now understood the “facing the window” line being a reference to the discount window. There’s a certain quality to this deadpan wit that only John Clark could deliver so well. It’s still of the best Australian political satire there is.

i miss these hard hitting honest video's.