Frank Herbert heard "shows within shows" and got excited
August 11, 2021 9:06 AM Subscribe
Do you like fake movies and shows that only exist within the fiction of real movies and shows? Then you will enjoy Nestflix, a catalogue of metafictional entertainment from Lynn Fisher.
I was disappointed that they didn't have Mr. Show's "Coupon: The Movie" but then I saw that they have an option to make a suggestion, so then I got undisappointed and suggested it.
Honestly, Mr. Show is a fountain of this kind of stuff, like the pre-taped call-in show.
This project is great. It might be a little sad how many of these I immediately recognize in the main feed.
posted by deadaluspark at 9:31 AM on August 11, 2021 [5 favorites]
Honestly, Mr. Show is a fountain of this kind of stuff, like the pre-taped call-in show.
This project is great. It might be a little sad how many of these I immediately recognize in the main feed.
posted by deadaluspark at 9:31 AM on August 11, 2021 [5 favorites]
The Scary Door! Not disappointed.
posted by mrgoat at 9:32 AM on August 11, 2021 [5 favorites]
posted by mrgoat at 9:32 AM on August 11, 2021 [5 favorites]
As I recall, Body Double had two movies within it, one being a porn movie that is viewed on fast-forward (meaning a bunch of footage had to be shot for a small payoff). I don't recall if either had a title, but they don't seem to be here.
posted by adamrice at 9:38 AM on August 11, 2021 [2 favorites]
posted by adamrice at 9:38 AM on August 11, 2021 [2 favorites]
I love the fake movie trailers from the beginning of Tropic Thunder.
Dr. Sexy, MD, deserves a spot.
Not TV or a movie, but my favorite fake show is Dog Cops from the Hawkeye comics by Matt Fraction and David Aja.
posted by Orlop at 9:40 AM on August 11, 2021 [8 favorites]
Dr. Sexy, MD, deserves a spot.
Not TV or a movie, but my favorite fake show is Dog Cops from the Hawkeye comics by Matt Fraction and David Aja.
posted by Orlop at 9:40 AM on August 11, 2021 [8 favorites]
Not loading for me in multiple browsers... What am I doing wrong?
posted by Rock Steady at 9:41 AM on August 11, 2021
posted by Rock Steady at 9:41 AM on August 11, 2021
Missing "Your Money Or Your Life" from Terry Gilliam's Time Bandits too!
posted by remembrancer at 9:42 AM on August 11, 2021 [4 favorites]
posted by remembrancer at 9:42 AM on August 11, 2021 [4 favorites]
I was going to say that it's odd that only Dr. Sexy got a mention, when the (warning spoilers) Supernatural episode where the stills are from went through a whole range of fake shows with a CSI rip-off, a Japanese game show, a sitcom, and a Knight Rider riff, but I guess it was the one with most characters who weren't Sam or Dean, so it is easier to pull stills from that segment.
Still, I was disappointed that there was no Bud Stuy from (again spoilers) Legends of Tomorrow. That should have been a particularly easy one to summarize, given what they say about the show and its story arc and its production team and its characters.
posted by sardonyx at 9:47 AM on August 11, 2021
Still, I was disappointed that there was no Bud Stuy from (again spoilers) Legends of Tomorrow. That should have been a particularly easy one to summarize, given what they say about the show and its story arc and its production team and its characters.
posted by sardonyx at 9:47 AM on August 11, 2021
Came for the Mutants of 2051 A.D. and was not disappointed.
posted by Ashwagandha at 9:47 AM on August 11, 2021
posted by Ashwagandha at 9:47 AM on August 11, 2021
A little more definition, from the contribution page:
posted by achrise at 9:51 AM on August 11, 2021 [4 favorites]
You might be wondering where is Rochelle, Rochelle from Seinfeld? Or Coming Home in a Body Bag from True Romance? Both iconic in their own way.I suggested Brigsby Bear.
Here’s the criteria for what gets added:
Must be fictional (not characters watching a real film, not a recreation of a real film)
Must show actual footage (not just mentioned in dialogue or seen in a poster)
Not a news or morning show (for now, this might change)
posted by achrise at 9:51 AM on August 11, 2021 [4 favorites]
Less Family Guy and more SCTV would have made for a happier browse, but a pleasing endeavor nonetheless.
posted by gusottertrout at 9:55 AM on August 11, 2021 [5 favorites]
posted by gusottertrout at 9:55 AM on August 11, 2021 [5 favorites]
The site appears to have melted. I plan on wasting an hour on shows and films from 30 Rock alone. So many entries: Milf Island, The Rural Juror, the unaired pilot of Gold Case.
posted by cmfletcher at 9:56 AM on August 11, 2021 [6 favorites]
posted by cmfletcher at 9:56 AM on August 11, 2021 [6 favorites]
It's got the only two I care about. Five stars.
posted by phunniemee at 10:05 AM on August 11, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by phunniemee at 10:05 AM on August 11, 2021 [1 favorite]
Wonder if they'll take fake shows from video games too? I know Alan Wake had some filmed footage of its in-story show Night Springs, for a start.
posted by entity447b at 10:06 AM on August 11, 2021
posted by entity447b at 10:06 AM on August 11, 2021
I can't remember if Jessica Jones had actual show footage of It's Patsy or just backstage/rehearsal.
posted by bgrebs at 10:08 AM on August 11, 2021
posted by bgrebs at 10:08 AM on August 11, 2021
This is cute! Glad to see the Lucas Lee collection included.
I'm used to my beloved Happy Endings never getting any love, but it's a shame they don't have their stupid rom-coms or Baby Justice in there. Will have to see if I can rectify that.
Also missing from Classics is Pirates of Tortuga from My Favorite Year, which is about a '50s Sid Caesar type comedy sketch show that we also see some glimpses of itself, and the clips from Pirates were from an actual Peter O'Toole movie so there's a whole nice multi meta level thing going on there.
posted by kitten kaboodle at 10:09 AM on August 11, 2021 [6 favorites]
I'm used to my beloved Happy Endings never getting any love, but it's a shame they don't have their stupid rom-coms or Baby Justice in there. Will have to see if I can rectify that.
Also missing from Classics is Pirates of Tortuga from My Favorite Year, which is about a '50s Sid Caesar type comedy sketch show that we also see some glimpses of itself, and the clips from Pirates were from an actual Peter O'Toole movie so there's a whole nice multi meta level thing going on there.
posted by kitten kaboodle at 10:09 AM on August 11, 2021 [6 favorites]
Not sure if SCTV would count for this, or if SCTV parodies would count as regular sketches within the show. Nevertheless, here's The Grapes of Mud.
posted by gimonca at 10:12 AM on August 11, 2021 [4 favorites]
posted by gimonca at 10:12 AM on August 11, 2021 [4 favorites]
If it's good enough for the Duchess, it's good enough for me.
posted by bonehead at 10:19 AM on August 11, 2021
posted by bonehead at 10:19 AM on August 11, 2021
I wonder if they just have to avoid "Documentary Now!" entirely? There are so many delightful deep cuts here.
Submitted for inclusion:
- Daddy's Boy (musical)
- Knightboat
- Too Many Cooks
I refuse to explain myself further or at all.
posted by greenland at 10:50 AM on August 11, 2021 [2 favorites]
Submitted for inclusion:
- Daddy's Boy (musical)
- Knightboat
- Too Many Cooks
I refuse to explain myself further or at all.
posted by greenland at 10:50 AM on August 11, 2021 [2 favorites]
Missing "Ow My Balls!" from Idiocracy.
Possibly missing - gameshow from Robocop? (I can't remember it's name... "You bet your life?") The Running Man? (Or, am I confusing/conflating the two?)
posted by rozcakj at 10:53 AM on August 11, 2021 [6 favorites]
Possibly missing - gameshow from Robocop? (I can't remember it's name... "You bet your life?") The Running Man? (Or, am I confusing/conflating the two?)
posted by rozcakj at 10:53 AM on August 11, 2021 [6 favorites]
I really want them to include "Miss Fire" from Letterkenny. They didn't show footage but they included plenty of dialogue--wondering if that would be enough.
posted by dlugoczaj at 11:04 AM on August 11, 2021
posted by dlugoczaj at 11:04 AM on August 11, 2021
I think I've only heard of one or two of these but I totally love this. Great idea, beautifully done. Thanks for introducing me to Lynn Fisher's work, cortex!
posted by kristi at 11:07 AM on August 11, 2021
posted by kristi at 11:07 AM on August 11, 2021
I think it's still missing a few. Just in "Historical Dramas" alone, I'm not seeing:
- The Last Emperor II: Revenge of the Last Emperor
- Anne of Green Gables Goes To War (a.k.a. Anne of Vimy Ridge)
- The Moesian Legion
- Genji Monogatari 2: Genji Goes West
- and Moltke!
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 11:08 AM on August 11, 2021 [2 favorites]
- The Last Emperor II: Revenge of the Last Emperor
- Anne of Green Gables Goes To War (a.k.a. Anne of Vimy Ridge)
- The Moesian Legion
- Genji Monogatari 2: Genji Goes West
- and Moltke!
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 11:08 AM on August 11, 2021 [2 favorites]
up and at them
posted by Occula at 11:10 AM on August 11, 2021 [4 favorites]
posted by Occula at 11:10 AM on August 11, 2021 [4 favorites]
Fun site, but it needs SCTV's "Maudlin's Eleven."
posted by Nat "King" Cole Porter Wagoner at 11:10 AM on August 11, 2021 [3 favorites]
posted by Nat "King" Cole Porter Wagoner at 11:10 AM on August 11, 2021 [3 favorites]
...So... for all of us complainers... You can submit entries, using the "Contribute" link...
Someone needs to do this for metafictional books, magazines and.... products... "Let's Potato Chips"
posted by rozcakj at 11:14 AM on August 11, 2021 [2 favorites]
Someone needs to do this for metafictional books, magazines and.... products... "Let's Potato Chips"
posted by rozcakj at 11:14 AM on August 11, 2021 [2 favorites]
Missed the edit window on my original comment but wanted to add:
We can contribute the ones we think are missing right here.
posted by greenland at 11:15 AM on August 11, 2021 [2 favorites]
We can contribute the ones we think are missing right here.
posted by greenland at 11:15 AM on August 11, 2021 [2 favorites]
I'd hoped to find Time Toilet from Mike Figgis's 2000 movie Timecode, but maybe that just showed a pitch rather than actual footage?
posted by Paul Slade at 11:18 AM on August 11, 2021
posted by Paul Slade at 11:18 AM on August 11, 2021
Perhaps their rules might, however unwisely, disallow SCTV programs themselves, but that still doesn't provide any excuse to ignore shows from the CCCP1 take over of SCTV, with shows like Tibor's Tractor, where Nikita Krushez is reincarnated as a talking tractor to allow him to finish his seven year agricultural plan or What Fits Into Russia with Feliks Dzerzhinsky. Those shows are must adds!
posted by gusottertrout at 11:19 AM on August 11, 2021 [3 favorites]
posted by gusottertrout at 11:19 AM on August 11, 2021 [3 favorites]
The fake Jack Black / Cloris Leachman romance from Season 5 of the Office is very funny and also so tonally jarring to me every time I see it. How is that from the Office and not like 30 Rock?
posted by little onion at 11:24 AM on August 11, 2021 [3 favorites]
posted by little onion at 11:24 AM on August 11, 2021 [3 favorites]
Must show actual footage (not just mentioned in dialogue or seen in a poster)
This accounts for the absence of Who Dat Ninja? and Samurai I Am Awry.
posted by gauche at 11:26 AM on August 11, 2021 [1 favorite]
This accounts for the absence of Who Dat Ninja? and Samurai I Am Awry.
posted by gauche at 11:26 AM on August 11, 2021 [1 favorite]
Hmmm, no Sinnoh Pokémon Hustle or Alolan Detective Laki. I guess they stopped watching Pokémon sometime before the 601st or 956th episodes.
posted by Wobbuffet at 11:28 AM on August 11, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by Wobbuffet at 11:28 AM on August 11, 2021 [1 favorite]
Possibly missing - gameshow from Robocop? (I can't remember it's name... "You bet your life?") The Running Man? (Or, am I confusing/conflating the two?)
It's not my problem (the "I'd buy that for a dollar" guy, I didn't know the name of it either)
posted by photo guy at 11:30 AM on August 11, 2021 [3 favorites]
It's not my problem (the "I'd buy that for a dollar" guy, I didn't know the name of it either)
posted by photo guy at 11:30 AM on August 11, 2021 [3 favorites]
Workplace LOL at seeing Mant.
Haven't thought about Matinee in ages, love that film. now I want to queue that up to watch with Theo Jr. this weekend.
posted by Theophrastus Johnson at 11:31 AM on August 11, 2021 [2 favorites]
Haven't thought about Matinee in ages, love that film. now I want to queue that up to watch with Theo Jr. this weekend.
posted by Theophrastus Johnson at 11:31 AM on August 11, 2021 [2 favorites]
Thanks Photo Guy - and... "It's not my problem" was already in the Nestflix database...
posted by rozcakj at 11:35 AM on August 11, 2021
posted by rozcakj at 11:35 AM on August 11, 2021
Missing "Ow My Balls!" from Idiocracy.
No, it's definitely there.
posted by hanov3r at 11:38 AM on August 11, 2021 [2 favorites]
No, it's definitely there.
posted by hanov3r at 11:38 AM on August 11, 2021 [2 favorites]
I get that, by the rules, The Old Mill doesn't count, but what about the movie being shot in "Living in Oblivion"
posted by thivaia at 11:45 AM on August 11, 2021
posted by thivaia at 11:45 AM on August 11, 2021
I love that “Everybody Loves Hypnotoad” has, in its stills, the house from the establishing shot.
posted by Servo5678 at 11:52 AM on August 11, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by Servo5678 at 11:52 AM on August 11, 2021 [1 favorite]
Must show actual footage (not just mentioned in dialogue or seen in a poster)
Fingers crossed Murderbot gets turned into a show, I'd love to see clips from The Rise And Fall of Sanctuary Moon.
posted by MiltonRandKalman at 12:28 PM on August 11, 2021 [8 favorites]
Fingers crossed Murderbot gets turned into a show, I'd love to see clips from The Rise And Fall of Sanctuary Moon.
posted by MiltonRandKalman at 12:28 PM on August 11, 2021 [8 favorites]
Does Garth Marenghi's Darkplace count as a fictional show or not?
posted by Faint of Butt at 12:47 PM on August 11, 2021 [2 favorites]
posted by Faint of Butt at 12:47 PM on August 11, 2021 [2 favorites]
Not loading for me in multiple browsers... What am I doing wrong?
In case anyone else is getting this, it seems to be a DNS thing? It works if I disable WiFi on my phone.
posted by Rock Steady at 1:15 PM on August 11, 2021
In case anyone else is getting this, it seems to be a DNS thing? It works if I disable WiFi on my phone.
posted by Rock Steady at 1:15 PM on August 11, 2021
Dutifully submitted сфир ет серонж, as any good comrade would do. Endut! Hoch Hech!
posted by Rock Steady at 1:22 PM on August 11, 2021 [6 favorites]
posted by Rock Steady at 1:22 PM on August 11, 2021 [6 favorites]
Suggesting all the missing South Park movies/shows:
Terrence and Phillip: Asses of Fire
Terrence and Phillip: Asses of Fire 2
Russell Crowe: Fighting Around the World
(But, seriously, this is brilliant)
posted by JoeZydeco at 1:22 PM on August 11, 2021 [1 favorite]
Terrence and Phillip: Asses of Fire
Terrence and Phillip: Asses of Fire 2
Russell Crowe: Fighting Around the World
(But, seriously, this is brilliant)
posted by JoeZydeco at 1:22 PM on August 11, 2021 [1 favorite]
Was that gladiator show on the Star Trek TOS episode "Bread and Circuses" given a name?
posted by adamrice at 1:38 PM on August 11, 2021 [2 favorites]
posted by adamrice at 1:38 PM on August 11, 2021 [2 favorites]
(Bah, nevermind, they got the T&P TV show and Russell Crowe)
posted by JoeZydeco at 1:40 PM on August 11, 2021
posted by JoeZydeco at 1:40 PM on August 11, 2021
It's a tribute to Lynn Fisher's skillset that we are seeing all these references to "why don't they add...." or "why don't they have....".
There is no "they". This is the work of a single (albeit talented) person, so yes, please contribute your suggestions but maybe chill on the "there's no excuse for not having" or "I'm disappointed they didn't include..."?
posted by jeremias at 2:20 PM on August 11, 2021 [9 favorites]
There is no "they". This is the work of a single (albeit talented) person, so yes, please contribute your suggestions but maybe chill on the "there's no excuse for not having" or "I'm disappointed they didn't include..."?
posted by jeremias at 2:20 PM on August 11, 2021 [9 favorites]
The site's search feature includes the shows/movies that these things appeared in, so searching for "South Park" gets you all of the various fake SP shows and movies.
Was that gladiator show on the Star Trek TOS episode "Bread and Circuses" given a name?
"Live and direct from City Arena, and in color, we bring you Name the Winner, brought to you tonight by your Jupiter Eight dealers from coast to coast."
posted by hanov3r at 2:30 PM on August 11, 2021 [5 favorites]
Was that gladiator show on the Star Trek TOS episode "Bread and Circuses" given a name?
"Live and direct from City Arena, and in color, we bring you Name the Winner, brought to you tonight by your Jupiter Eight dealers from coast to coast."
posted by hanov3r at 2:30 PM on August 11, 2021 [5 favorites]
If I were to submit "Hobo with a Shotgun" would the site vanish in a puff of logic?
posted by steveminutillo at 2:41 PM on August 11, 2021
posted by steveminutillo at 2:41 PM on August 11, 2021
Glad to see all of the UHF entries. Ghandi II... Conan the Librarian...
posted by kaibutsu at 2:43 PM on August 11, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by kaibutsu at 2:43 PM on August 11, 2021 [1 favorite]
Excellent work, hanov3r. Thanks.
I was thinking of submitting The Disaster Artist, but I then realized it went against the site's intent.
posted by adamrice at 2:57 PM on August 11, 2021
I was thinking of submitting The Disaster Artist, but I then realized it went against the site's intent.
posted by adamrice at 2:57 PM on August 11, 2021
Came for "Wheel of Fish", was not disappointed.
posted by Daily Alice at 3:21 PM on August 11, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by Daily Alice at 3:21 PM on August 11, 2021 [1 favorite]
Needs more Nick Kroll! Dad Academy, PubLIZity... the whole Kroll Show was spinoff of spinoffs of fake shows.
posted by queensissy at 3:31 PM on August 11, 2021
posted by queensissy at 3:31 PM on August 11, 2021
I submitted England's longest running series, Do Shut Up—all seven episodes.
posted by synecdoche at 4:40 PM on August 11, 2021 [3 favorites]
posted by synecdoche at 4:40 PM on August 11, 2021 [3 favorites]
What a brilliant idea! Although I had to submit Crying Breakfast Friends.
posted by gamera at 4:41 PM on August 11, 2021 [2 favorites]
posted by gamera at 4:41 PM on August 11, 2021 [2 favorites]
I am waiting for Galaxy Quest, the TV series. No hurry.
posted by mule98J at 4:54 PM on August 11, 2021 [3 favorites]
posted by mule98J at 4:54 PM on August 11, 2021 [3 favorites]
I tossed in a suggestion for Sand Pirates of the Sahara, the classic adventure film from The Majestic.
posted by JDC8 at 4:54 PM on August 11, 2021
posted by JDC8 at 4:54 PM on August 11, 2021
Seeing Good Will Hunting 2: Hunting Season right at the top filled my heart with warmth. That, and the Lucas Lee collection.
posted by Ghidorah at 5:24 PM on August 11, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by Ghidorah at 5:24 PM on August 11, 2021 [1 favorite]
Oh, nice, suggestions can also be filed on GitHub.
I made one for Coffin Flop.
posted by Pronoiac at 5:26 PM on August 11, 2021 [2 favorites]
I made one for Coffin Flop.
posted by Pronoiac at 5:26 PM on August 11, 2021 [2 favorites]
I was disappointed when I clicked on “Hamlet” and found Last Action Hero. This should be the actual Shakespeare, or at least the Simpsons parody.
posted by madcaptenor at 6:41 PM on August 11, 2021
posted by madcaptenor at 6:41 PM on August 11, 2021
Not all of the Springfield Film Festival is included, most importantly "Man Getting Hit by Football" (including the award-winning George C. Scott version)
Also has The Critic been ingested? That'd be a trove.
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 7:29 PM on August 11, 2021 [1 favorite]
Also has The Critic been ingested? That'd be a trove.
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 7:29 PM on August 11, 2021 [1 favorite]
This seems like a lot of work. So many hours of work.
Missing "Your Money Or Your Life" from Terry Gilliam's Time Bandits too!
They made a sequel to Time Bandits?!
posted by mr_roboto at 7:57 PM on August 11, 2021 [1 favorite]
Missing "Your Money Or Your Life" from Terry Gilliam's Time Bandits too!
They made a sequel to Time Bandits?!
posted by mr_roboto at 7:57 PM on August 11, 2021 [1 favorite]
They should include shows on technology that doesn't exist yet so that we can have Photons Be Free.
posted by Halloween Jack at 7:59 PM on August 11, 2021
posted by Halloween Jack at 7:59 PM on August 11, 2021
In Netflix's Lady Dynamite season 2, Maria Bamford portrays a fictional version of future self on a show entitled Maria Bamford is Nuts!. The show streams on a fictional version of Netflix called "MuskVision".
Sadly, Maria Bamford is Nuts! isn't on Nestflix yet, but I have submitted a request to add it, because if there's one show that a fictional Netflix site featuring shows within shows needs to have, it's a show streaming on a fictional Netflix in an actual Netflix show. I don't think it gets more meta than that, MetaFilter.
posted by tonycpsu at 9:03 PM on August 11, 2021 [4 favorites]
Sadly, Maria Bamford is Nuts! isn't on Nestflix yet, but I have submitted a request to add it, because if there's one show that a fictional Netflix site featuring shows within shows needs to have, it's a show streaming on a fictional Netflix in an actual Netflix show. I don't think it gets more meta than that, MetaFilter.
posted by tonycpsu at 9:03 PM on August 11, 2021 [4 favorites]
If you want the actual Shakespeare, you would want The Mousetrap aka The Murder of Gonzago.
posted by RobotHero at 9:17 PM on August 11, 2021
posted by RobotHero at 9:17 PM on August 11, 2021
In case anyone was looking for a link to the abbreviated McBain saga in order
posted by subaruwrx at 9:50 PM on August 11, 2021 [2 favorites]
posted by subaruwrx at 9:50 PM on August 11, 2021 [2 favorites]
This is gold, Jerry! Gold!
posted by The Underpants Monster at 10:27 PM on August 11, 2021
posted by The Underpants Monster at 10:27 PM on August 11, 2021
Those shows are must adds!
If fake PSAs can be included, I am very partial as well to CCCP1's important information about Uzbeks.
Don't give them money or matches!
posted by Meatbomb at 10:40 PM on August 11, 2021 [3 favorites]
If fake PSAs can be included, I am very partial as well to CCCP1's important information about Uzbeks.
Don't give them money or matches!
posted by Meatbomb at 10:40 PM on August 11, 2021 [3 favorites]
If fake PSAs can be included, I am very partial as well to CCCP1's important information about Uzbeks
That always reminds me of the RC Cola commercial that feels like it took its inspiration from that bit.
posted by gusottertrout at 11:11 PM on August 11, 2021 [1 favorite]
That always reminds me of the RC Cola commercial that feels like it took its inspiration from that bit.
posted by gusottertrout at 11:11 PM on August 11, 2021 [1 favorite]
Anyone know where I can find a complete list of Troy McClure's projects?
posted by Paul Slade at 12:42 AM on August 12, 2021
posted by Paul Slade at 12:42 AM on August 12, 2021
Crying Breakfast Friends
Lil' Butler
Dogcopter
Lonely Blade
Camp Pining Hearts
posted by Foosnark at 5:05 AM on August 12, 2021 [4 favorites]
Lil' Butler
Dogcopter
Lonely Blade
Camp Pining Hearts
posted by Foosnark at 5:05 AM on August 12, 2021 [4 favorites]
Bud Cort! Love it.
posted by Ickster at 6:28 AM on August 12, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by Ickster at 6:28 AM on August 12, 2021 [1 favorite]
Anyone know where I can find a complete list of Troy McClure's projects?
Not a convenient list, but you can search for "you may remember me" on frinkiac.
Edited because I am derp:
https://simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_Troy_McClure_Films
posted by GCU Sweet and Full of Grace at 6:49 AM on August 12, 2021
Not a convenient list, but you can search for "you may remember me" on frinkiac.
Edited because I am derp:
https://simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_Troy_McClure_Films
posted by GCU Sweet and Full of Grace at 6:49 AM on August 12, 2021
there's no real existing show that I want to watch as badly as I want to watch The Rural Juror
posted by taquito sunrise at 7:16 AM on August 12, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by taquito sunrise at 7:16 AM on August 12, 2021 [1 favorite]
I put in a request to add Oh, Crikey! from The Young Ones.
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 8:07 AM on August 12, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 8:07 AM on August 12, 2021 [1 favorite]
Does SCTV count? Because its framing conceit was that it was shows on the Melonville TV station.
posted by adamrice at 8:11 AM on August 12, 2021
posted by adamrice at 8:11 AM on August 12, 2021
Rick and Morty’s Interdimensional Cable is a genre into itself.
Kilgore Trout’s stories in Vonnegut’s books are another favorite.
posted by andreinla at 9:12 AM on August 12, 2021 [1 favorite]
Kilgore Trout’s stories in Vonnegut’s books are another favorite.
posted by andreinla at 9:12 AM on August 12, 2021 [1 favorite]
The See You Next Wednesday porno from An American Werewolf in London.
There's a different See You Next Wednesday (in Feel-Around) in The Kentucky Fried Movie, but you only hear the dialog, you don't see the movie.
posted by kirkaracha at 9:24 AM on August 12, 2021 [1 favorite]
There's a different See You Next Wednesday (in Feel-Around) in The Kentucky Fried Movie, but you only hear the dialog, you don't see the movie.
posted by kirkaracha at 9:24 AM on August 12, 2021 [1 favorite]
See You Next Wednesday is also in The Blues Brothers, Trading Places, and Coming to America.
(Title is from director John Landis's first unproduced screenplay, he puts it in his films as a running gag.)
Not to be confused with the euphemistic 'Tuesday' version.
As in Karen's been a real See You Next Tuesday all week.
C. U. N. you get the idea.
posted by bartleby at 9:53 AM on August 12, 2021 [1 favorite]
(Title is from director John Landis's first unproduced screenplay, he puts it in his films as a running gag.)
Not to be confused with the euphemistic 'Tuesday' version.
As in Karen's been a real See You Next Tuesday all week.
C. U. N. you get the idea.
posted by bartleby at 9:53 AM on August 12, 2021 [1 favorite]
"Submissions temporarily paused" is what I got when I went to submit:
* The Snap
* Finding Wakanda
* Hunting Hydra
* Nova: Eistein Rosen Bridges with Dr. Erik Selvig
* Heart of Iron: The Tony Stark Story
click on the profile pic for a heartwarming message :)
posted by alchemist at 11:56 AM on August 12, 2021 [1 favorite]
* The Snap
* Finding Wakanda
* Hunting Hydra
* Nova: Eistein Rosen Bridges with Dr. Erik Selvig
* Heart of Iron: The Tony Stark Story
click on the profile pic for a heartwarming message :)
posted by alchemist at 11:56 AM on August 12, 2021 [1 favorite]
Keep the change you filthy animal.
posted by ihaveyourfoot at 1:55 PM on August 12, 2021 [2 favorites]
posted by ihaveyourfoot at 1:55 PM on August 12, 2021 [2 favorites]
Galaxy Quest is there now. So, are there any double-nested shows or movies? Show-in-a-show-in-a show?
posted by TreeRooster at 2:21 PM on August 12, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by TreeRooster at 2:21 PM on August 12, 2021 [1 favorite]
In Martian Successor Nadesico, characters regularly watch Gekiganger III. In the clip show episode of Nadesico, the characters in Gekiganger III watch the Nadesico series.
posted by RobotHero at 2:30 PM on August 12, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by RobotHero at 2:30 PM on August 12, 2021 [1 favorite]
The BBC Radio 4 soap opera The Archers once had a storyline which established its characters listened to a real BBC Radio 4 show called The Food Programme. It follows that the rest of BBC Radio 4's schedule must have been available to them as well - including The Archers itself, which they'd hear inexplicably broadcasting 15 minutes a day of their own lives.
It's at that point that a casual show-within-a-show reference morphs into a psychological horror movie. No wonder Kate drinks so much.
posted by Paul Slade at 3:13 PM on August 12, 2021 [1 favorite]
It's at that point that a casual show-within-a-show reference morphs into a psychological horror movie. No wonder Kate drinks so much.
posted by Paul Slade at 3:13 PM on August 12, 2021 [1 favorite]
Paste Magazine interviewed Lynn Fisher. She managed to put this together in two months!
posted by Pronoiac at 4:41 PM on August 12, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by Pronoiac at 4:41 PM on August 12, 2021 [1 favorite]
You're all trying to make me like family guy. I'll admit, some of theirs are really clever.
But, it needs more holodeck programs.
posted by eotvos at 8:31 AM on August 13, 2021
But, it needs more holodeck programs.
posted by eotvos at 8:31 AM on August 13, 2021
Hoping to submit Punch Teacher when it opens back up
posted by Jon_Evil at 11:51 AM on August 13, 2021
posted by Jon_Evil at 11:51 AM on August 13, 2021
I hope shows within a show that is itself a parody would qualify, because I'd submit a few from The Day Today...
A selection of groundbreaking programs from previous decades on BBC2, including:
Hanging From Studio B12 -- Great Britain's last televised hanging in 1953 (with Jonny Stoppard on piano)
Frampton Row -- the popular 1960s serial, famous for being the first to use swear words
The Pool: A Day in the Life of a Swimming Pool -- a documentary series about a public swimming pool
The Bureau -- a soap opera set in a high class bureau de change
The Office -- a documentary about management training at a pharmaceutical company
posted by theory at 8:16 PM on August 13, 2021
A selection of groundbreaking programs from previous decades on BBC2, including:
Hanging From Studio B12 -- Great Britain's last televised hanging in 1953 (with Jonny Stoppard on piano)
Frampton Row -- the popular 1960s serial, famous for being the first to use swear words
The Pool: A Day in the Life of a Swimming Pool -- a documentary series about a public swimming pool
The Bureau -- a soap opera set in a high class bureau de change
The Office -- a documentary about management training at a pharmaceutical company
posted by theory at 8:16 PM on August 13, 2021
Well conceived and well done. I added Nathan for You's "The Web" from his efforts to help a LA souvenir shop by "casting" random tourists as extras whose scenes involved buying crappy merchandise. To legitimize the fraud, he put on a film festival and stocked the category with terrible shorts so that "The Web" would win.
AV Club has a good writeup.
posted by bbrown at 12:09 AM on August 14, 2021
AV Club has a good writeup.
posted by bbrown at 12:09 AM on August 14, 2021
Seinfeld is a TV show in the universe of Curb Your Enthusiasm, which would put movies like Sack Lunch and The Chunnel into a matryoshka doll of metareality.
posted by The Underpants Monster at 7:46 AM on August 14, 2021
posted by The Underpants Monster at 7:46 AM on August 14, 2021
Looking up some of these on Youtube, almost always there are comments like, "wish they made this a real show!"
Though apparently they made an episode of Crying Breakfast Friends as Steven doing a reaction video.
posted by RobotHero at 11:54 AM on August 14, 2021
Though apparently they made an episode of Crying Breakfast Friends as Steven doing a reaction video.
posted by RobotHero at 11:54 AM on August 14, 2021
I want something similar for fake musicals, so I can share my love of Elephant! (The Tall Guy) to fans of Springtime for Hitler.
posted by cheshyre at 3:34 PM on August 14, 2021
posted by cheshyre at 3:34 PM on August 14, 2021
I'm just sorry Monkey Tennis never got got beyond the pitch stage.
posted by Paul Slade at 11:20 PM on August 14, 2021
posted by Paul Slade at 11:20 PM on August 14, 2021
"Submissions temporarily paused" is what I got when I went to submit:
* The Snap
* Finding Wakanda
* Hunting Hydra
* Nova: Eistein Rosen Bridges with Dr. Erik Selvig
* Heart of Iron: The Tony Stark Story
Those would all be rejected. One of the submission rules is must show actual footage.
posted by Pendragon at 5:53 AM on August 15, 2021
> Sadly, Maria Bamford is Nuts! isn't on Nestflix yet
All is right with the world. Or, at least, the world inside the world.
posted by tonycpsu at 6:12 AM on August 19, 2021
All is right with the world. Or, at least, the world inside the world.
posted by tonycpsu at 6:12 AM on August 19, 2021
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