Mayonnaise. It's the shmaltz of our lives.

March 2, 2009 11:19 PM

The latest Mad Men parody... Meshugene Men. (with cameo by Amy Sedaris)
posted by miss lynnster (6 comments total)

What was the previous Mad Men parody? Was it The Simpsons, SNL, or...
posted by twoleftfeet at 11:30 PM on March 2, 2009

Well, that one actor seems to be trying to develop a career path out of playing the satirical "Don Draper". Here's College Humor's take on it.
posted by fuse theorem at 5:14 AM on March 3, 2009

And then we have the spoof where we look in on the lives of Gaines, DeBartolo, Drucker, Jaffee and Martin as they romp through 1960s New York in their zeppelin, using buzzwords like potrzebie and axolotl.
posted by Spatch at 5:45 AM on March 3, 2009 [1 favorite]

Meh ... Kinda standard American "satire". There's smirks on everyone in those clips. It's pretty self-conscious. It glosses a thin layer of hubris over TV-flavored insecurity. These people are "humor artisans" but they aren't really [i]funny[/i]. Mechanical almost.
posted by krilli at 6:14 AM on March 3, 2009 [1 favorite]

*sigh. Don is still farcholemt.
posted by njbradburn at 7:42 AM on March 3, 2009

I sometimes hate ethnic comedy. It's so narrow-minded, but if it's funny..it's funny and that was funny. Ha! Mayonaise. I can't even spell it.
posted by doctorschlock at 8:05 AM on March 3, 2009