Labor leadership hopeful Bill Shorten shows his lighter side with appearance in The Hangover parody It's the morning after the end of the party and now they need to put the pieces back together. They need to find Bill. Courtesy Stepmates TV. IT'S not often you see a politician agreeing to be on video while drinking - unless it's Bob Hawke. But Bill Shorten has appeared in a parody video of The Hangover, lifting the lid on the election night where Labor suffered its worst defeat in 100 years. According to the video Shorten was drinking with Melbourne comedians, and members of online comedy quartet Stepmates, Woody Whitelaw and Mark Nicholson. Screengrabs from a YouTube movie called The Labor Party Hangover. Mark Nicholson busts out the champagne as emotions bubble over in The Labor Party Hangover. Mark Nicholson much the worse for wear after election day. The trio begin drinking to "a party we'll never forget" before waking up in the ruins of Shorten's office - complete with pacing chickens and discarded shopping trolleys. Hopping in the Shorten electoral van "Tom" and "Gil" attempt to piece together their night in a frenzied hunt for the Labor leadership hopeful. Balloons and a banana? Must have visited a fruit store. Which a chase scene with a furious "Roy The Fruiterer" appears to confirm. Babies will be used as "bait" - because "politicians love babies" - and engines will be removed from cars but will they ever find Bill? Woody Whitelaw and Mark Nicholson in the Stepmates" Youtube movie The Labor Party Hangover. Bill Shorten gets into a "You're welcome" face-off with Woody Whitelaw. Woody Whitelaw and Mark Nicholson head off in search of Bill Shorten in The Labor Party Hangover. The spoof can only help Shorten whose behind-the-scenes involvement in the two changes of Prime Minister appears to be hindering him in the recent Labor leadership struggle. Recent polls show Anthony Albanese is the preferred candidate to become Labor's federal parliamentary leader with 41 per cent of those polled preferring him over Shorten at 23 per cent and 36 per cent undecided. The Labor Party Hangover could be a good career move for Shorten Source: Supplied