When 2019 ticked over into 2020, we doubt that Sir Hamish Blake wrote a New Year’s resolution in his little notebook that read:Be a beacon of light and positivity during global pandemic while most of humanity lives in enforced quarantine.

Four months ago that really wasn’t the… vibe.

But alas, it’s April, 2020, and a whole lot of shit went wrong.

Hamish Blake, a comedian, actor and podcast host, has been Australia’s much needed comedic relief during a time that will be remembered for its overuse of the terms ‘unprecedented’ and ‘uncertainty’.

It started with “Mr B’s Daily Curriculum” for his two kids, and peaked last night with Channel Nine’sLego Masters, the biggest series launch of 2020 so far.

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Here are four times Hamish made us laugh during the single weirdest period of our lives.

1. Mr B’s Daily Curriculum

It was mid-March when parents all over the country began coming to terms with the fact they were going to have to do some sort of homeschooling for their kids.

Some put together elaborate schedules. With meal times. And classes. And allocated times for arts and crafts as though their kids weren’t going to be writing on the walls whenever they found the most permanent pen they could get their sticky hands on.

Hamish very helpfully shared his own daily curriculum, with activities such as ‘what’s for lunch?’ and also ‘give up on today’.

2. Zoom For One More

Well.

It’s the single most genius concept of 2020 and I won’t hear a word otherwise.

As soon as everyone jumped on Zoom, Hamish decided to start crashing meetings he wasn’t technically invited to. Some went better than others.

After more than 50 drop-ins, Hamish decided to admit that, yeah, there was a time when he was “removed by the host from the meeting”. It was an online f45 class, and we all know how seriously they take their exercise.

He also got into a tiny little bit of trouble from the Australian Defence Force, after he joined their video conferencing meeting which was definitely meant to be confidential. They no longer use Zoom for security reasons.

It was definitely worth it for the lols though.

3. Made an elaborate egg race

The battle for Easter egg supremacy was a game invented by Hamish that was played by families all over Australia.