So what would happen if David Fincher’s upcoming film The Social Network was actually about the founders of YouTube rather than Facebook? Then it would look something like Jeff Loveness’ super melodramatic (and rather hilarious) parody trailer. And, it probably goes without saying, there would be more sneezing pandas.
The Old Spice Guy viral advertising campaign has solidified itself as one of the most successful and beloved ways a company has tricked consumers into buying their product in a long time. Things got so crazy in fact that last week he was forced to retire. So it’s not hard to believe that meme-chasers have been parodying the Old Spice Guy like crazy, just hoping to achieve a little bit of internet fame and glory themselves — with mixed results. Click through to view 10 of the worst Old Spice Guy parodies on the internet, and be sure to think twice before making your own.
There tends to be quite a bit of overlap between the video gamers and internet media fans. And that’s why we’re living in a golden age of video game-themed viral clips, with new additions to this genre constantly surfacing. To commemorate the latest meme (and one of the greatest) of this geek canon, Stop Motion Sticky Note Mario, we have collected the ten best video game-inspired viral videos. If we forgot your favorite, make sure to tell us in the comments.
You’ve done it! You’ve taken that shoddy rancher with a responsibly small footprint and updated it with double-paned windows, LEED-certified cladding, a sod roof that recycles water runoff, and a tasteful smattering of Eames chairs and DWR Tools for Living. Next stop: page 64-67 of Dwell! But sometimes being profiled in the leading eco-friendly shelter porn publication* (printed on recycled paper with soy-based ink) isn’t enough to cure the homeowner blues. Some of these people look straight up depressed. Others, well, maybe we’re just projecting. That’s where Unhappy Hipsters comes in. Taking unintentionally hilarious images from back issues of Dwell and adding pithy commentary turns the mag’s tagline from “At Home in the Modern World” to “In Hell in the Modern World.” See for yourself after the jump, plus a fill-in-the-caption contest.
Lady Gaga is a polarizing force. Both because you either love her or hate her and also because she is possibly made out of metal or some kind of magnetic space item. Due to the popularity of her tricked-out, crazy lady videos, it was inevitable that a million and one parodies would pop up on the internet. Well, pop up they have, taking every imaginable angle and ranging from extremely low-budget to whatever passes for high quality on YouTube these days.
We think her videos already verge on the parodic and referential, if not on purpose then definitely in practice, but there’s always one more step to take into the depths of the absurd. And remember, imitation is the highest form of flattery. After the jump, peep our guide to creating the perfect Lady Gaga parody video, and watch our favorite spoofs of the moment.
Remember the kid’s book Goodnight Moon? So many of us have fond memories of being lulled to sleep by this comforting classic.
“In the great green room
there was a telephone
and a red balloon
and a picture of —
the cow jumping over the Moon” - Goodnight Moon
Well, brace yourself, because comedians Bruce Worden and Clare Cross have parodied the old favorite and the result is warped. Goodnight Keith Moon — not to be confused with the fantastic biography from Moon’s chaffeur, Full Moon — gives us new-found gems to fall asleep to (and have awful, cold-sweat inducing nightmares about, of course). A sampling? “And two broken sticks/and a pile of sick.” Ah, poetry.
The Weddings & Celebrations section of the New York Times may sometimes seem like a parody of itself (“The bride, 26, was until recently a second-grade teacher at Fancy Schmancy Prep School…”), and this old joke finally reaches its apotheosis in sketch comedy group Kasper Hauser’s new parody, Weddings of the Times. The book is a collection of fake wedding announcements that look and read remarkably like the ones in the Sunday paper. Their humor is so subtle, in fact, that if you lose your context for a second, you might forget you’re reading a parody. (And it gets even freakier when you check out the videos that go along with the book.) Read More »
Every once in a while, you get an email that just, well, makes your day. Thanks to a coworker, our entire office had their days made, simultaneously. You see, we had all been given the gift of Lambuel. The creation of something called Objective Ministries, Lambuel is a playful lamb that teaches kids about the evils of coffee, and the glories of a heaven that includes dinosaurs and Lil Jon. Wait, what?
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