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28 May 2016

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Free Malaysia Today

Harith and Tony put a price tag on everything in funny ad

PETALING JAYA: Comedian Harith Iskandar and AirAsia boss Tony Fernandes appear in a humorous advertisement for the premiere of talk show “Obviously Harith Iskander” where the two are seen charging each other over every simple request the other makes.

Published on YouTube on May 25, the humorous 4.38-minute long clip begins with Harith explaining how Fernandes had asked him for a ride into town from the airport.

“I’m like…what a cheapskate! Anytime he needs help, he gives me a call,” Harith exclaims, saying he was going to tell Fernandes this to his face.

When Fernandes does sit in the car and requests music from a CD, not the radio, Harith quips, “Ah, ok that will be an extra charge”, after which supers appears onscreen saying: “Add Now Value Pack Music: CD + Extra Charge.”

When Fernandes asks for the air-conditioning to be made cooler, he is told there’s a double charge if the temperature is at 15°C and a triple charge if it’s anything cooler.

Looking annoyed and puzzled, Fernandes asks, “Where do you get these charges from?” to which Harith answers: “It’s a business concept. I’m thinking, you know, when someone gets in my car, I just charge them. I don’t know where it came from.”

Catching on, Fernandes plays along saying being charged for everything, even siting in the backseat, sounded “familiar” and was a “smart” idea although he could not remember where he heard the idea from originally.

Harith then introduces his talk show “Obviously Harith Iskandar” and asks if the budget airline boss would agree to being his first guest, to which Fernandes replies, “Yeah, I’d love to man, yeah!”

However when they begin discussing how many topics they will talk about and the duration of the interview, Fernandes turns the tables on Harith, informing him of all the “extra charges” it will entail.

“Above four topics, there will be a charge, ok?” Looking shocked and somewhat dismayed, Harith also learns that he will be charged if Fernandes is required to make jokes, smile, or talk for one hour as opposed to 35 minutes as he did for a Microsoft Chat event that earned him RM150,000. Meanwhile supers appears saying: Add Now Value Pack Humour + Extra Charge.”
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http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2016/05/27/harith-and-tony-put-a-price-tag-on-everything-in-funny-ad/

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Star

Saturday, 28 May 2016 | MYT 1:54 PM

Harith and Tony Fernandes joke about ‘extra charges’ in video promoting comedian’s new show

by p. divakaran

PETALING JAYA: Comedian Harith Iskander and AirAsia chief executive officer Tan Sri Tony Fernandes can be seen joking about “extra charges” in a hilarious viral video to promote the premiere of new talk show “Obviously Harith Iskander”.

The four-and-a-half minute video starts off with Harith waiting to pick Fernandes up at Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 (KLIA2) in his car.

“I’m here to pick up Tony Fernandes. He called me up earlier to say that he needed a lift to town … and I’m like … what a cheapskate! Anytime he needs help he gives me a call,” jokes Harith just before Fernandes hops in his car.

As they drive away from the airport, Harith starts putting “extra charges” on everything, from turning on music, to changing the temperature on the air-conditioning, and even the price of sitting in the back seat of the vehicle.

“Where do you get these charges from?” asks Fernandes to which Harith responds, “I don’t know. It’s this business concept. I’m thinking … you know … every time someone gets in my car, whatever they want I just charge them. Don’t know where it came from.”

http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2016/05/28/harith-tony-fernandes-video-new-show/

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