Honest Government Ads | 5 Year Birthday Special!
Dear Patrons
The Honest Government Ads just turned FIVE years old!
To mark this special occasion, I asked Ellen and Zoë to make a special birthday video - and I’m proud to share it with you all today.
This is their work, their writing and quirky humour and most importantly, their voices! And great part of the Honest Government Ads' success is due to these two legends so I thought it would be fitting to let them loose on the Juice Media.
I hope you enjoy it! Make sure to watch to the end for the credits section which features many of our friends, Patrons, collaborators and contributors over the years. (This is my absolute favourite bit). Thank you to everyone who sent us videos to include in the video.
Many people contribute to making the Honest Government Ads - experts, activist, thinkers and friends who generously share their knowledge and help me write the best possible scripts; researchers; animators and computer-problem solvers; legal advisors; translators; encouragers and providers of emotional support - but none of it would be possible without the regular collective support we receive from our Patrons, which keeps The Juice Media independent from outside influence and financially self-sustaining.
Which is why this video is dedicated to you - our Patrons. We hope you enjoy it.
It’s been an honour and a privilege to impersonate shit governments and bullshit policies; and with your continued support we look forward to slaying shitfuckery for at least another 5 years.
💛 Giordano & team
Comments (98)
I can not thank you enough for all you do. Love it
Love your work! Your Special convinced me to finally get off my ass and support you through Patreon. Best wishes from Canada!
Posted on FB - I love you guys! It would be nice to have a future history that would recognise the Cultural Phenomenon that HGA became . . too bad about The World's Last Mass Extinction (for humans at least . . ).
That was excellent. Thanks for all you do
Loved it -- best to the entire team !! A bit of history about US War party – by Dave Lindorff Aug 4, 2020 ( ThisCantBeHappening.net ) Unsung Heroes of Los Alamos: Rethinking Manhattan Project Spies and the Cold War https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/08/04/unsung-heroes-of-los-alamos-rethinking-manhattan-project-spies-and-the-cold-war/ • Plans for 300 nuclear bombs on USSR, with minimum 15-20M dead (these estimates were before “nuclear winter” effect was identified) • US spies are unsung heroes that prevented another US crime of our millennia
Question: is Australien a lien that the black fellas have put over Austra to pay the outstanding and ongoing debt/s?
I just had a little cry. Thank you Juice.
Aww *hugs* Thank you Kim
Thank you, thank you, thank you guys - for all that you do. You restore faith in the integrity, humanity and decency of my fellow Aussies at a time when it feels SO LACKING. After laughing my head off at the 5-year anniversary video (all those clips of everyone expressing my own frustrations at the shitfuckery we constantly endure from wankers in Canberra) I have gotten off my backside and signed up as a Patreon, like I should have done long ago. Keep it up please, we need you.
Thanks so much for supporting our work LJC welcome aboard!!
Keep up the fantastic work guys! That's five years of putting the shitfuckery on the limelight! ...and greetings from Finland. :)
Thank you Kalle!
Congratulations on five years! Great work on the ads. This anniversary piece was so nutty it was brilliant! I love the charm of the group.
Thanks Kevin! :P
THANKS for all your hard work & keep up the shitfuckery mates!
You're very welcome, thanks for the support Harley!
hmmm needs more cowbell... no seriously - just PERFACT! [;-{)
Happy Anniversary. Posting all the Patreons names without their addresses is sound government policy. God bless you all and your work.
Indeed!
BrianSmashing docufuckery! I had to watch it over two goes. The first time around, I was demolished by the antics at the climbing wall, aka ‘wailing’ wall. Everyone in the house rushed to see what the hoot was. Many hours later and in a better composure, I returned to the vid and thoroughly enjoyed everyone’s contribution. Brilliant work. I look forward to being in your Patreon team to counter the Government’s slickfuckery and clutzfuckery on climate and energy, which, aside from the laughs we can make, is destroying us. You are a spark of hope.
Hahaha! Thank you Brian and Karen! XX
Congrats on making it to five years! Thank you very much for your Honest Government Ads over that time. I loved the two finger typing and keyboard smashing Giordano. Also, it was both awesome and disconcerting to see Lucy doing the voiceover for Ellen and Zoe. I'm kicking myself for not recording a line from your videos. "We're in the process of transitioning to authoritarianism" may be one of my favourites. I'm looking forward to seeing what you do next.
Thank you Lewis - send us that line when we do the next montage, hopefully sooner than later! (We enjoyed it so much so we're keen to dop it again, this time with a bit more notice for everyone!)
This right here made me want to be a patron never to late to join I guess :)
same!
Keep up the great work! I think a good amount of your terms are going to enter the wider lexicon, which is amazing. Here's to many more years.
Thanks Michael, let's hope so!
Hearty Congratulations to you all @ TJM... 5 amazing years of "putting the N back in cuts" & other associated Shitfuckery - with "approximately fuck all" as a personal favourite tag line! Cheers Guys, -Mark-
Thanks Mark! <3
What a romp, you zany team of fully fledged human beings, calling out inhumanity and environmental lunacy in this potentially wondrous world overpopulated by a race of misguided morons seeking growth at any price, have taken us on with you. Thank you 💃🏻😊 Bravo and heartfelt congratulations on your first 5 years. May your messages reach wider and become even louder and funnier and more wounding and see hearts and minds changed and people stand up, like you to save the world for decency and fairness xxxxxooo 😍🐥❤️👌
Thanks for the beautiful message Sandra! And for your support! 😍🐥❤️👌
Yay! I just signed up. Made me smile, take care stay safe and keep up the good work
Yay welcome aboard :) Thank you
This is brilliant and hilarious. 😄 Loved this behind the scenes with everyone! Never been happier to Patreonise you 😊 Keep speaking truth to power! 💙
So glad you enjoyed it Bern, thank you so much for Patronising us lol 😄
Happy anniversary to the best ads makers ever! And thank you for all the hard work, honesty and research you share
Thank you Sonia! <3
Thank you for all your funny and informative ads and podcasts! Happy Anniversary!
Thanks Marika! <3
Thank you so much for all the hard work. This is a beautiful gift to us Patreon's I have tears streaming down my face. How funny that every quote I was going to send in (a bit of a procrastination problem for me) was represented by someone. You always hit the mark, surpass the mark, and always a delight. Some of the heartiest laughter of my last 3.5 years has been from your work. You make light out of darlrkness. Thank you!
You are so welcome JCM! Thanks for this beautiful comment! We are blessed to have such awesome supporters backing us up :)
Such a joy to watch this, thank you for making it and all the others. Congratulations on 5 years of brilliant satire!
Thank you Karen so glad you enjoyed it!
Very, very Happy Birthday, and thank the goddess for you guys!!!!❤️ ❤️ 🐿
Thanks Susan!
Glad to be part of the translation crew.
Me too, thanks Andrew!
Yay!!! Nice once Ellen & Zoë (and Lucy!!) That was awesome!!
...and Giordano ;) ... you're alright I guess!
What a team! Serving Australia to Australians with a dialogue in need of no translation. Simply brilliant, shine on. 👌🏽
Thank you ❤️
I AM SO UNBELIEVEABLY EXCITED AND HAPPY TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT HGA. I don't usually shout via the internet but wanted to give you all a huge shoutout. What a marvellous behind the scences peak at the amazing "Life of HGAs". Particularly also love the make up team and the catering team effort. KEEP THEM HGAs COMING!!! Yeee Haaa (as we like to say when hooning around in our EVs up here in the deep north....). Plus wearing the official* T-shirt attracts interest!
Thanks so much E, we're so stoked that we have such eager supporters it makes it all worthwhile! XX
Supporting your fantastic work makes me feel a little proud 😊. Keep it up ❤️
We're proud to have you support Volker ❤️
I already feel COOL AND NORMAL just from watching. Here's to another 5. Even if we shouldn't have to, it's AMAZING what you do and do so well. It's the "Tom Baker Doctor" of satire! The "real" "government" always make it such an easy target by their contra-common sense legislation... which ya (un) lovingly call OUT! It's fatcat inequality AKA shitfuckery!! Thanks for keeping it real, relevant, Python/Comic Strip funny and COOL AND NORMAL!!! (You're all dolls, berserkers, and bloody talented, bananas). London (and "THE London") approves. Greatly. Effing ART!!! Thanks muchly, Darlings, all of you! (Now... "Does anybody know you're here?"). I am so warmed by your work, and taking it to the streets and shops of Mel was a massive treat. Some of us are stuck in the Motherland with crap weather. GO U.K! YEAH BABY, YEAH! Love and best wishes also from, Lis, Tony, Me Ma (the REAL Mister Jolly!) and Sir Ian McKellen. XOXO (and FUCK Boris! And Scomo!) "Here's a hundred quid. Take out Nicholas Parsons."
Haha thanks Darren :)
Well done guys. You are the best
Thanks Rob X
Congrats I've really enjoyed every add you've made
Thanks Phill!
Congrats, Juice, you're a ray of light in a very dark world. You give fresh air to smarter generations battling for breath in an atmosphere of choking pedator capitalism bullshit.
Cheers Phil!
You guys rock! Thank you for saying it just as it is. And for the great writing and great acting - definitely two Oscars and a couple of Emmys. Looking forward to when the dictionary recognises the word "Shitfuckery".
Haha thanks Steb, I'll let Ellen and Zoe know! ❤️
Love the ‘novelty’ and of course the shitfuckery - keep up the amazing, awesome, absolutely indispensable work! 👏🏼♥️
We will! Thank you so much Shari ❤️
You are great! Keep up the shitfuckery!
We sure will thanks Gerald! ❤️
So good! Absolute gold. Thank you! :-)
❤️ Thanks Col!
Brilliant!
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Weeping tears of laughter over this celebratory video! Beats weeping over the shitfuckery that has given rise to this superb satire. Thank you!!!!!!!!
Sure does! Thank you so much Gabi ❤️
What a great vid, celebrating 5 fantastic years! Thanks for doing what you do, and congrats to the whole team! 🎉
Thank you for all the longterm support Anthony! ❤️❤️
Love you guys. Great work! Here’s to another 5 years of honesty about the shitfuckery
Love ya too Dirk - thanks so much for all your support and website management - ps. just sent you an email x
Love it - you guys n girls rock!!
Thanks Stephen ❤️
That was awesome fun, delighted to see some 'celebrity' appearances in there too! It's been a very short but incredibly productive five years and I can honestly say that not one of your videos has missed the mark, always entertaining, always brutally on point. You have a great little team there, I'm proud to be one of your supporters. Wishing you all the best for the next five years!
Aww thank you so much Peter! Your support and regular feedback has been so appreciated! <3 G
So good to have you in the world, team, thank you from the bottom of my heart. Count on my continuing Pateron support.
Thanks so much Alan! It means a lot <3
I get excited every time you release a new honest government ad. Most of them aren’t even satire, it’s like we can hear what the the government is thinking...
Fantastic work you good people. You’re all welcome over at our pub - the Pig’s Arms - home of the famous virtual Trotters Ale.
That sounds rather lovely thank you!
Commented in Twitter and YouTube —and already the snotty snarkers retorted. Hahaha! This was a wonderful 5-year birthday gift for us fans. Thank you, Zoë and Ellen for putting in all this overtime. Your Honest Gov't ads are worth every penny of my meager donation.
Thankyou Mark, we're so glad you enjoyed it - truly grateful for your and everyone's support (it all adds up!)
Happy Birthday!
Thank you Ewan!
Great video and congrats on 5 years of amazing work!
thanks for your fantastic efforts, to the whole team
Thanks Daniel!
LOVE IT!
I really want a "Putting the 'N' in 'Cuts'" t-shirt.
Make that two!
