Charlie Pickering (Affirmative) 1st Speaker - The 29th Annual Great Debate 2018

#CharliePickering performing at The 29th Annual Great Debate: That We Must Go To Mars. Recorded at the 2018 Melbourne International Comedy Festival on Saturday 7 April at Melbourne Town Hall.
Moderated by Magda Szubanski.
For the affirmative: Charlie Pickering (Team Captain), Urzila Carlson and Phil Wang.
For the negative: Sammy J (Team Captain), Dulcé Sloan and Rich Hall.
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[@heidikarinen563]

This debate about to go or not to go MUST be the most important debate in the history of the whole of the humandkind.

[@Pienaartjie]

3:22 - That laugh!! Hahahaha, in stitches!

[@camerontenardi229]

4:56 I lost it 😂

[@adiposeNarnian]

This was actually a little motivational...

[@MsNanceePants]

I really appreciate how this had very few laugh out loud moments and yet was genuinely delightful the whole way through. He's a seriously good public speaker!

[@vandayshataylor777]

“ no I want to go to Bali on holiday”... rofl 🤣

[@knwh172]

This is PART 2 (For those confused like me, lol - I've created a playlist though with them in order!)

[@micarose4301]

oh heck, thanks!

[@CassandraErnst]

Thanks!

[@AliVissuetti]

this was inspirational....when do we leave?

[@joshuagarnett7089]

His joke about one small step for 'man' was great, people with selective humour are frustrating

[@wlhol9]

it wasn't funny because everyone has heard that joke a hundred times already.

[@Myrdwin]

7:02 I know of a Doctor who would disagree...

[@philevans6395]

I have heard the Neil Armstrong dinner party joke wonder who stole it from whom

[@yasminemohammed5242]

Phil Evans me too but i don’t remember whos joke it is

[@kristofferjames21]

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[@belcher2484]

Ricky Gervais I think, he also made the “a man” joke too.

[@anthea5442]

Yeah but the sun don't move... the earth moves...

[@florianpip14]

Anthea everything moves

[@maryrosekent8223]

Captain Barbossa There’s call for rudeness.

[@scottlang7271]

The ending is interesting....

[@GuessWhooou]

It was going good but the ending is a flop

[@kachi2782]

I try to be woke Magda ! Hahahahahaha !

[@dylans_omens]

9:39 is that Isaac Butterfield?

[@shawnwalker8831]

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[@kaantekin-sari5967]

Charlie... Your speech sucks!

[@chrisredfield3240]

I'm not convinced we went to the moon. Still think that's made up.

[@shawnwalker8831]

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[@shawnwalker8831]

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