A Life In Questions: Wisdom School with Aaron Chen | adult swim

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  • When the legendary interviewer Aaron Chen was 9, he stole a microphone and conducted his first on the street vox-pop. 2000 chinwags and 3000 chats later, the Wisdom School adult learning platform.
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ความคิดเห็น • 542

  • @lancelovecraft5913
    @lancelovecraft5913 3 ปีที่แล้ว +392

    "I don't have girlfriends i just have multiple lovers" classic big ponytail energy right there

    • @basc5026
      @basc5026 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Absolute textbook mate

    • @thijsbergman2424
      @thijsbergman2424 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@basc5026 *prefer having

  • @indahood1108
    @indahood1108 3 ปีที่แล้ว +329

    -Do you ever shake your ponytail?
    -I don't believe in body consciousness.
    No wonder he throws out his mic.

  • @JoshMilch
    @JoshMilch 3 ปีที่แล้ว +403

    Aaron you're a national treasure, Australia is proud of you for making it to Adult Swim

  • @mr.underhill8151
    @mr.underhill8151 3 ปีที่แล้ว +234

    Best interview in history:
    Q: What's this interview about?
    A: What interview?
    Q: This interview. What's it about?
    A: I don't know. You are interviewing so...
    Q: I don't have time.
    A: You don't have time?
    Q: Sorry. Where's this gonna go?
    A: What?
    Q: This. Where's this gonna...
    A: No no, what, where is, where is this gonna go, and so like, where are you going to go, going to telling us this?

    • @lightningdb
      @lightningdb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      so good. i think that last line is "telecast this"

    • @Camperr
      @Camperr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      this needs to be top comment.

    • @RobleViejo
      @RobleViejo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Thats what I call a thinking meltdown. Faced against illogical situation the critical thinking just shuts down.
      Like when I try to talk to girls...

    • @HURT108
      @HURT108 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      'as in like, where are you going to go, going to telecast this?'

    • @tevers94
      @tevers94 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Read this before getting to that part. Thought the roles were reversed lol

  • @stevemosch
    @stevemosch 3 ปีที่แล้ว +574

    The working title for this show was "No Gas, Just Brakes"

    • @sebastianmortimer7072
      @sebastianmortimer7072 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Wdym? Are you saying this is copying all gas no brakes?

    • @damienmackay2210
      @damienmackay2210 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Only similarities is they both hold microphones. Plus Chen has been conducting interviews since he was 9, says it right there in the description

    • @jainfarstrider8754
      @jainfarstrider8754 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      What a collab they would be!

    • @vipset87
      @vipset87 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      can someone explain what "all gas no brakes" means? is it an Australian thing?

    • @OrthodoxRainbow
      @OrthodoxRainbow 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@vipset87 TH-cam channel. Guy goes around interviewing random people in a somewhat similar fashion.

  • @OtterSC2
    @OtterSC2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +239

    Aaron Chen is an Australian national treasure, I hope he gets an adult swim or Netflix series

    • @icubedmusicmachine
      @icubedmusicmachine 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Bring back Aaron Chen Tonight tbh 😤

    • @joelwilcox5424
      @joelwilcox5424 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@icubedmusicmachine gutted they took it off iview

  • @Homerj1117
    @Homerj1117 3 ปีที่แล้ว +116

    Q: you ever shake your pony tail?
    A: na, I don't believe in body consciousness
    Australian all gas no brakes

  • @thefreshserve
    @thefreshserve 3 ปีที่แล้ว +153

    As an Australian who recently got into making vox pops, this is incredibly inspiring and an important reminder of how much better Aaron Chen's hair is than mine

    • @MotormikeyD
      @MotormikeyD 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Far away TV is the future, I hope

  • @adamcharming
    @adamcharming 3 ปีที่แล้ว +277

    Non Australians don’t realise this guy had a talk show called “Aaron Chen tonight” which was Australia’s only talk show. Legit interviewer 10/10 tips and tricks here

    • @imnotkevinbrennan5955
      @imnotkevinbrennan5955 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I remember when it was "John Conway Tonight".

    • @m322_yt
      @m322_yt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@imnotkevinbrennan5955 RIP john horton conway :(

    • @imnotkevinbrennan5955
      @imnotkevinbrennan5955 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@m322_yt He's not dead -- he's just in Perth

    • @IsaacSMILE
      @IsaacSMILE 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Does everyone know him then? Like when he walks over they are like ohhh shiiit it’s youuuuu

    • @adamcharming
      @adamcharming 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@imnotkevinbrennan5955 Yeah man. Those Australian late night wars were tough

  • @abemcg3803
    @abemcg3803 3 ปีที่แล้ว +358

    I just realized this is pretty much a somewhat of a parody of Masterclass

    • @CourtTV.
      @CourtTV. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I noticed the emblem. But now I see what you mean when he's being interviewed.

    • @captainsunburn8510
      @captainsunburn8510 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      bruh, obviously

    • @Marauder1981
      @Marauder1981 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I just realized this is pretty much a somewhat of a parody of a sentence.

  • @chiagoziec7445
    @chiagoziec7445 3 ปีที่แล้ว +410

    They got masterclass for free on TH-cam now?!

    • @Mynameismyumame
      @Mynameismyumame 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Me and my pay wage

    • @gotanygrapes831
      @gotanygrapes831 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Fuck yeah!

    • @unreal9823
      @unreal9823 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You will pay, in your own way.
      Bahaha

    • @quangloc97
      @quangloc97 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      The W is M in reverse.

  • @AmerikasFavoriteLuis
    @AmerikasFavoriteLuis 3 ปีที่แล้ว +196

    This should be an actual show

  • @aolive4294
    @aolive4294 3 ปีที่แล้ว +272

    Would love to see him and Eric Andre in a double interview . 😂👏🏾

    • @FaridShahidinejad
      @FaridShahidinejad 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It would be too chaotic.

    • @GPflashclass
      @GPflashclass 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Or Billy Eichner.

    • @clumsiii
      @clumsiii ปีที่แล้ว

      @@FaridShahidinejad Chaos VS Chaos = calm
      it's the Donbacht Theorem CVC=Ca

  • @sheshd
    @sheshd 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    It's insane how under appreciated Aaron is. Seriously we need a netflix series of the dude post covid just chatting absolute crap. Love it.

  • @verinonrenthar9176
    @verinonrenthar9176 3 ปีที่แล้ว +147

    Laughs, points to diseased horse walking by.

    • @2Dsuperhero
      @2Dsuperhero 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      do u think he was going to the glue factory

    • @HighguyMcfly
      @HighguyMcfly 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      That was so sad!

    • @mammontustado9680
      @mammontustado9680 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      "But, uh, definitely, hair is sooo important."

  • @RealityIsNot
    @RealityIsNot 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    "Tom and Jerry doesn't have lines" - smart woman

  • @mfboom3055
    @mfboom3055 3 ปีที่แล้ว +588

    the 12 people who disliked this are sprogs

    • @topcat5233
      @topcat5233 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@AltraxX shakes head slowly in being tired of everybody putin politics in everything even if its for a meme.

    • @generaftery9351
      @generaftery9351 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Mothersproggers.

    • @madsa1480
      @madsa1480 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      bro u can't call people that anymore

    • @youytubey
      @youytubey 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Sprog means language in Danish

    • @miamivicemastermixer
      @miamivicemastermixer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yeah you really can't say the S-word dude, not cool

  • @trivial3413
    @trivial3413 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    This is fucking amazing. I could watch 12 seasons. It has an Eric Andre vibe of absurdism without making me feel like a crime is being committed. Hilarious and weirdly relaxing.

  • @sreuss5768
    @sreuss5768 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    I’m crying right now I need more of this guy

  • @Aaron-mj9ie
    @Aaron-mj9ie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    This is the perfect level of chaos for me. I feel like Eric Andre is a bit too mean spirited for my tastes.

  • @moonbull3137
    @moonbull3137 3 ปีที่แล้ว +120

    Holy shit! 😂😂😂😂 the whisper interview got me

    • @JamFlexx
      @JamFlexx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      the teen describing his home was so pure

  • @ComicalRealm
    @ComicalRealm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +154

    If there's anything I learned from this video, is that ponytails are powerful and that lip gloss should be banned

    • @janesmith1840
      @janesmith1840 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Also you should always throw away your microphones

  • @jeremymorrow9477
    @jeremymorrow9477 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    He's really good at his job. Thanks, Aaron.

  • @rookymusic6310
    @rookymusic6310 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    This dude is hilarious- used to watch his Australian stand up shows on TH-cam --LOVE this new idea

  • @MrAnperm
    @MrAnperm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    "I come almost every day" - man at the beach

  • @LuckayyAU
    @LuckayyAU 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I didn't expect to find Aaron on Adult Swim, such a w, he's funny af

  • @marczoorob7042
    @marczoorob7042 3 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    “I looked her and said leave the questions for me toots” DEAAD 😂😂😂

  • @lvpdesign
    @lvpdesign 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    I loved this. It's hilarious. I hope they made more.

  • @SilkySkillsUnited
    @SilkySkillsUnited 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    "What do you do to relax?"
    "Crash Bandicoot."

  • @MrBLAA
    @MrBLAA 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    5:18 Get that lady a human friend. Quick.

  • @YackYum
    @YackYum 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I liked it when he threw the microphone into the bin

  • @TheVivienne1990
    @TheVivienne1990 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    can’t believe I have only just seen this. It’s brilliant! The writing and editing are just amazing!!!!

    • @clumsiii
      @clumsiii ปีที่แล้ว

      I've only seen it now, too. A year later - found Aaron bc some new stand up has been released. Way different delivery on stage but he's hilarious. Such a young kid, hopefully we'll be enjoying his art for some time to come

  • @viktoriyarts
    @viktoriyarts 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    2:52 that random mention of Trunks from DBZ lol

  • @Diggy22
    @Diggy22 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    4:38 That was pretty wholesome, actually

  • @waterywaffles
    @waterywaffles 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    “This is a war zone microphone. It is one of the most dangerous types of things.”

  • @joelwilcox5424
    @joelwilcox5424 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    10/10 recommend this guys stand up for those who haven't seen it.

  • @jaslynbrown9431
    @jaslynbrown9431 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Aaron!! you're a genius. Saw you at glebe interviewing people and didn't realise this was gonna be on adult swim congrats man

  • @tiggerhc
    @tiggerhc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Hold the phone. The guy playing Crash Bandicoot in 2020 is my hero.

  • @levinhoooo
    @levinhoooo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Far Away TV is stright out of interdimensional cable XD

  • @ObviouslySteve
    @ObviouslySteve 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    PLEASE give this man a show

  • @afrog2678
    @afrog2678 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    Approved by a frog

  • @EternalVisitor
    @EternalVisitor 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i am commenting this in the middle of the video . this is hands down the best thing i have ever seen in my entire life.

  • @chrisrawson2903
    @chrisrawson2903 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    the 'mod' at the end was my university lecturer

    • @MrAnperm
      @MrAnperm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Did he teach you to ridicule horses?

  • @Seymour101
    @Seymour101 3 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    The love child of Bobby Lee and Theo Von

    • @MotormikeyD
      @MotormikeyD 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      They must be so proud

    • @gregkelly2233
      @gregkelly2233 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Gang gang

    • @Seymour101
      @Seymour101 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@gregkelly2233 BUZZ BUZZ

    • @cobraimploder
      @cobraimploder 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Who ended up on the beaches of Australia like a baby-sized message in a bottle

    • @lucasmaloney3283
      @lucasmaloney3283 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Praise God

  • @lucy9826
    @lucy9826 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I need more! Please make a season of this

  • @sarinroeun6680
    @sarinroeun6680 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The whispering Got me
    Love you Aaron Chen 😂😂😂❤

  • @willsuen1769
    @willsuen1769 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Aaron Chen!!! Check out his standup show at the Melbourne Comedy Fest. Also 1800-Success his web series.

    • @hollyrussell241
      @hollyrussell241 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      And Inside Aaron

    • @AllanInSpace
      @AllanInSpace 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      1800 success is amazing, so glad its on grouse house now

  • @ShelleyDuncan
    @ShelleyDuncan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    11:12 It means a lot that that sound's still playing. This video is top notch.

  • @janesmith1840
    @janesmith1840 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    "Questions is my job"

  • @Elzilcho87
    @Elzilcho87 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Aaron is a modern-day Socrates. Truly a man before his time.

  • @a.b2298
    @a.b2298 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Who needs drugs when you got Aaron Chen. Im tripping out so bad.

  • @Rawi888
    @Rawi888 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Where did the budget for this come from holy moly that was fun

  • @smoke4824
    @smoke4824 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Doesn't get more relaxing than kill bill vol.2

  • @whyishoudini
    @whyishoudini 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This has a very circa 2012 VICE feel and I'm here for it.

  • @MrMoooCow4
    @MrMoooCow4 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    4:58
    -What cartoons?
    Tom & Jerry
    -What's some of your favorite lines?
    Tom & Jerry doesn't have lines.
    -Oh, that's right.
    If that was improved that was genius haha.

  • @cloudycloud7967
    @cloudycloud7967 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you so much Aaron.

  • @justind5242
    @justind5242 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    His sense of humor is a rare art

  • @lobso123
    @lobso123 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    It looks like they found a perfect off season for Rick and Morty. I definitely would watch this and smiling friends, when Rick and morty and the Eric Andre show are in between seasons.

  • @TheDavidchoy
    @TheDavidchoy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is honestly the funniest 6am up all night video ive ever seen

  • @yotaruvegeta
    @yotaruvegeta 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I’m so wisdom now.

  • @amcsdmi
    @amcsdmi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I am dying at this whisper bit

  • @zoltanrudolf
    @zoltanrudolf 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    When he suggested that people make their own microphones out of rocks I spat my food across the room. Aaron Chen is a funny man and Sydney is lucky to have him.

  • @shamandruid5692
    @shamandruid5692 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    need more of the whisper one in my life

  • @ovariantrolley2327
    @ovariantrolley2327 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    "'i have the clarity of mind to ask something long not queried, 'how are me?', the reply, however, is interrupted by the rotors of an air colossus"

  • @nikhilkulkarni1755
    @nikhilkulkarni1755 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    bros budget was spent on the hair and infinite supply of mics

  • @BloBlas123
    @BloBlas123 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    i think the funniest part is when he casually throws the microphone into the trash xD
    i think this guy has a future here

  • @milanandrejic5164
    @milanandrejic5164 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The crippled horse at the end killed me

  • @andyhouston9836
    @andyhouston9836 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I do feel wiser after this. Thanks, Aaron.

  • @mgproductions2007
    @mgproductions2007 5 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    the microphone budget was huge on this one.

  • @joestar4704
    @joestar4704 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "and the ground is... regular"

  • @GrungeRockGod
    @GrungeRockGod 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    5:34 thats a big lol from me

  • @jamesharris2664
    @jamesharris2664 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The whispering. I am dead.

  • @benbejaming
    @benbejaming ปีที่แล้ว

    The part about the mountain really hit with the adult swim aesthetic

  • @YouKnowUAreRight
    @YouKnowUAreRight 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    "I don't believe in body consciousness". Uhh, what?

  • @thekrevolution
    @thekrevolution 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    That mullet brings a tear to my eye, Australia loves you aaron!

  • @cusny01
    @cusny01 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This was all so amazing
    Omg the whispering 😂

  • @shamppoopapi
    @shamppoopapi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I laughed so hard watching this it should be its own show!

  • @bowtie_the_wolf7185
    @bowtie_the_wolf7185 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Guy was like what the hell that was beautiful 🤣 00:56

  • @mgproductions2007
    @mgproductions2007 5 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    most of the budget went to microphones.

  • @Magooch86
    @Magooch86 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Surfer dude gets it

  • @MattAustinonYouTube
    @MattAustinonYouTube 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I've realized that being an Australian barber is equivalent to being a British dentist...

  • @yellowcrocs9000
    @yellowcrocs9000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I too, just prefer to have multiple lovers

    • @P.Subaeruginosa
      @P.Subaeruginosa 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Life is intense isn't it brother?

  • @LincolnWorld
    @LincolnWorld 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This must be why Adult Swim said they don't have any money left in their microphone budget for future shows.

  • @dasociety129113
    @dasociety129113 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    i was laughing so hard the whole time!!!! hes a funny guy!!!!!! this should be a legit show, he was straight up funny the whole 11:33 minutes

  • @7thesage853
    @7thesage853 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is gold. A real sproggin time if you will

    • @virtualmartini
      @virtualmartini 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      **Whispers** looked like gold to me, yeah

  • @SewHealthy8
    @SewHealthy8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love the dream sequence

  • @leeson865
    @leeson865 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    5:32 that dog is majestic AF

  • @lisayuan
    @lisayuan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Congrats Aaron getting on AS!!!

  • @Tony78454
    @Tony78454 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    His face after saying "tall tales" ded

  • @lachlanmcintyre2998
    @lachlanmcintyre2998 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    HAHAHA fuck off this was that funny. Respect for showing Australia Love.

  • @JamFlexx
    @JamFlexx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    4:07
    Chen: do you think you'll tell the truth this interview ?
    Zooms in on lady's forehead, bug emerges

    • @Plethora_of_Paucity
      @Plethora_of_Paucity 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Honestly, how the hell did you spot that?? Are you a bird or something? Honestly?

  • @symbally
    @symbally 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Strangely brilliant!

  • @colterwehmeier7258
    @colterwehmeier7258 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    All my questions answered.... and all my answers questioned....

  • @cleanffs2886
    @cleanffs2886 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I want this guy in a podcast, noooooooooow

  • @Elikano
    @Elikano 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This was legitimately good

  • @mikeyestrada1674
    @mikeyestrada1674 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love this masterclass kind of spoof

  • @huwee600
    @huwee600 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is too good. Good work AAron

  • @ttbr7687
    @ttbr7687 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Repeatedly throwing the microphone into bins caps it off.

  • @子维-u1g
    @子维-u1g 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The start scene is originally from Louis C.K

  • @aprilhuang5669
    @aprilhuang5669 ปีที่แล้ว

    I had to stop watching it halfway at work coz this feast deserves my full attention after work. Feed me more plsssss!