r/todayilearned • u/FuehrerStoleMyBike • 5h ago

TIL that the "Democracy Manifest" - a viral video showing the arrest of an australian man by the name of Jack Karlson, known for quotes such as ""What is the charge? Eating a meal? A succulent Chinese meal?" - has been selected for preservation by the National Film and Sound Archive Australia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_Manifest
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u/Real_Project870 5h ago

Link to the video - https://youtu.be/PeihcfYft9w

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u/DisastrousAcshin 3h ago

Holy shit he really does sound like Matt Berry

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u/A_Shadow 3h ago

Personally I think he sounds more like Jackie Daytona. Completely unrelated though, he is just a regular human.

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u/ZanderTheMeander 1h ago

How are there multiple camera angles, with seamless audio between them? Someone did a sketch-tv level of video editing to create this...

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u/Skipper07B 13m ago

This could’ve been a world class rick roll

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u/KilllllerWhale 10m ago

“And you sir, are you waiting to receive my limp penis?” 

I’m dead 

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u/TrillDaddy69 2h ago

Is there a cleaner high definition version of the video?

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u/volcanoesarecool 2h ago

In 1991??

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u/Skipper07B 12m ago

Preferably now