Watch more FUNNY compilations from TODAY 👉 https://youtu.be/DZEJUzaKo9w Subscribe 👉 http://9Soci.al/L72O50GjSJY | Aussie hero Daniel McConnell recounts how he helped police catch a vandal in nothing but his jocks. Transcription by request below: Daniel: Ohhh well it's really quite funny I was, I was in bed sleepin' at ahhh 2'o'clock this mornin' me wife comes in and says: "Ohhh the shops been, ahhhh, someone ran into the shop!" And I said "Oooahhhh what!?" So aahhh I jumped outta bed and all I had was me undies on and I've walked out the front and I seen ahhh the car smashed and I seen the bloke walkin' back to the car! And so I've walked outside and I said "Oahhh whatayadoin' mate!? Like, ya can't be leavin' the scene," and he goes "Don't be a hero mate," and I said "I'm not tryna be a hero, but the police are commin'," and he just decided he'd scoot up the road and I just said "Naahh it's not goin' on like that mate." So I jumped in me car and I started chasing him up the road and then he went down a side street and then the police were commin' and I flashed them and sent them off in the direction of him, but MATE, all I had was me jocks on and I was chasin' him up the street and I'm just like "MATE, LIKE!" Reporter: Because you told me this is your mates shop and you didn't want him to get away? Daniel: "Yeah, nah, nah. It's it's well it's me mates mums had this shop for like forty odd years, and ahh, look at it. Look at it! Reporter: It's a mess isn't it? Daniel: Beyond a mess! Oohh well like, words can't explain how it is mate, like. Reporter: Now Daniel you've managed to put some pants on in the meantime. Daniel: Yeah mate hahah. Reporter: That's good to hear. Do you feel like a hero? Daniel: Ohhh, well not really it's just somethin' you gotta do for the community mate. It's like you look after your mates and your mates'll always look after you. Wake up with TODAY Weekdays from 5.30AM / Weekends from 7.00am on Channel Nine. Get more TODAY at: http://www.todayshow.com.au/ Like TODAY on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iwakeupwithtoday/ Follow TODAY on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheTodayShow Follow TODAY on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetodayshow/ #KarlStefanovic #aussiehero #Mate #TodayShowAustralia
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IDK WTF He Said-But I Like The Way He Said It👌
lol this bloke is actually hilarious down in brissy. I’m also from down there but this is GOLD!!
His Birthday???? May 8!!! 😂😂😂😂
His name is Daniel Mate 😂
He seems like a wonderful human being. We need more Mates like him 🤗
"Don't be a hero" "I won't. I'lll be a mate."
Just seeing this in 2026 and I love this guy. I hope life has treated him great! ♥️
I lived in Australia for a year back in 1979. They are by far, the funniest people you will ever meet. Funny in a good way of course.
Why did this take 5 years to get to me?
He seems both like a pretty good guy and also a parody of a quintessential working-class Australian
Mate Max: Beyond Thundermate
Type of you guy you want to be your MATE 👍🫡
My inner Californian did not register how many times he said mate because we say dude just as much so my brain just glossed over it. when I looked in the comments, I was like “ he really said meet that much?”
"Do you feel like a hero?" "Nah" "There you go guys, Daniel, quite the Australian hero here this morning"
I'm Irish and I absolutely love Australians 😊
Supermate - puts on his jocks before saving the world.
This is by far the funniest comment section everr! 😂
I wanna drink a few beers with this guy.
I’m Austrian. I feel Australian. I say MATE now. There is no going back.
I love Aussies so so much for precisely this type of reaction. Have been many times - even dated one for years😊 and it’s just a fantastic place and the people are generally chill and lovely.