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{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}} {{Use Australian English|date=January 2012}} {{Infobox Radio Show | show_name = Today Today | image = | imagesize = | caption = | other_names = | format = [[Satire]] | runtime = 150 minutes | country = Australia | language = English | home_station = [[Triple J]] | syndicates = | television = | presenter = [[Craig Reucassel]]<br/>[[Chris Taylor (comedian)|Chris Taylor]] | starring = | announcer = | creator = [[The Chaser]] | writer = | director = | producer = | executive_producer = | narrated = | record_location = | first_aired = May 2004 | last_aired = 6 December 2005 | num_series = | num_episodes = | audio_format = | opentheme = | endtheme = | website = [http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/todaytoday/default.htm Official Website] | podcast = }} '''''Today Today''''' was a drivetime radio show on [[Australia]]-wide radio station [[Triple J]], broadcast between 3:00pm and 5:30pm weekdays during 2004 and 2005. The title is a [[parody]] of the Australian current affairs program ''[[Today Tonight]]'' on [[Seven Network|Channel Seven]]. It was hosted by [[The Chaser|Chaser]] members [[Chris Taylor (comedian)|Chris Taylor]] and [[Craig Reucassel]] ("Chris and Craig"). The theme music to the show was the opening riff to the song "[[She Says What She Means]]" by Canadian band [[Sloan (band)|Sloan]] The show combined [[political satire]], comedic discussion of the days events, and talkback from listeners with funny anecdotes on a given topic. Reucassel and Taylor also create satirical skits to play between program segments which lampoon commercial radio stations, current TV shows and topical world events. Other regular segments included the Small Talk Challenge, Two Types of People, Marketing Makeover and Pisslame Puns of the Week. One of the shows recurring segments, 'Coma FM', was a parody of many aspects of Australian commercial radio. These included radio hosts' nicknames, a low-pitched Americanised accent, strange noises (such as the station's callsign), forced laughter at poor jokes, an emphasis on playing new music and not repeating any tracks, segments that play the "greatest hits from the 80s, 90s and mid-90s", large amounts of advertising and competitions β especially those that give away "cold hard cash". 'Coma FM' also mocked the target audience of commercial radio with the use of callers and comments on many controversial issues such as the [[Bali Nine]]. In late 2004, Chris and Craig took six weeks off to rejoin [[The Chaser]] team to produce an election special, ''[[The Chaser Decides]]'', during the [[2004 Australian federal election|2004 federal election]] campaign. The fill in hosts were Jason Whalley and Lindsay McDougall, aka [[Jay and the Doctor]], who went on to become Triple J's breakfast show hosts from 2005 onwards. On 6 December 2005, Chris and Craig broadcast the final ''Today Today'' program, and announced they and the rest of the Chaser team would be back on television in 2006. The show was ''[[The Chaser's War on Everything]]''. The new host for Triple J's drive timeslot was [[Robbie Buck]]. Chris and Craig returned to the airwaves in 2015 as part of [[Triple J|Triple J's]] [[Double J (radio)#Beat The Drum Again: 40 years of Triple J|40th birthday celebrations]] on sister radio station [[Double J (radio)|Double J]].
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