A stranger on a train broke his brain, so he made a comedy special. Chaos ensues.
Peter Helliar has cemented himself as one of Australia's favourite comedians. He's the creator and star of Network Ten's How To Stay Married and brings the laughs to The Project four days a week. Pete has performed stand-up for over twenty five years and makes the difficult business of being funny look dead easy. A stranger on a train said to Pete recently that "everything you believe is true and the rest is bullshit... and vice versa". Yep, the world is loopy. We should talk about it.
Writing
Tight Aussie observational bits that land with surgical precision.
Director
Catherine Vanderwolf
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Helliar's twenty-five years in stand-up shows in his timing; he can stretch a pause until it becomes its own punchline.
This special captures a specific post-2020 Australian comedy wave: exhausted, domestic, finding humor in collective disorientation.
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