26 posts tagged “spoof”

Found via Jason Cutler’s Facebook, one of the funniest videos I have ever seen on YouTube. Sure, the cut of Helvetica is not quite right and the typesetting is a bit on the tight side compared to the original Magnum, PI opening, but it still shows amazing attention to detail. And the sequences that the creator chose are perfect.

My good friend on Vox, M., mentioned Kevin Spacey did some more impersonations when he hosted Saturday Night Live, as different actors auditioning for Star Wars. I have found the clip, and it is hilarious. Spacey does Christopher Walken again:

I quite liked the 1970s’ look to this sketch, too. Shows the attention to detail Lorne Michaels’ crew paid.

One of my favourite Benny Hill sketches—probably because I was a fan of The New Avengers, which was still on telly when this parody aired. Watch out for Jackie Wright as Mike Gambit! (This was originally preceded by a TV awards’ announcement, where Patrick Macnee wins best actor over Tiddles the Wonder Cat.)

Fabio Rex Too on Flickr has the right idea about swine ’flu:

   I think the internet population is realizing what a crock some of the swine ’flu reports are, especially the idea about vaccination. The image sums it up in a “so 2009” way. (Image licensed under Creative Commons 2·0 attribution licence.)

Found via Angie Blue Moon’s Vox, this is hilarious! Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, Joanna Lumley, Sienna Miller, Philip Glenister and Alan Carr star in a spoof of Mamma Mia! for Comic Relief 2009.

What if Star Wars were made in the 1950s (and presumably in colour) and Saul Bass did the titles? A student worked on the following and I loved it.

   Another YouTuber responded with a parody of a parody, taking aim at the ‘remastered’ version:

This was a lot funnier when I was seven, and our school showed it at Films (back in the day when we went to the hall to watch 16 mm film the school had probably borrowed or hired from some educational institution). Still, top marks for the Wookie Monster. Apparently, the voiceover is from the same guy who did the real Star Wars’ ones.

Some of the stuff we watch at the office.

We need a break from all this political talk. “Hat tip” to my friend Tanya. The idea: don’t you wish pop videos just said what was happening on the screen?