MetaFilter posts tagged with Parody

Stop the bullshit song.

flatluigi — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:28:29 -0800

Metafilter favorite StSanders performs "The Behemothian Potpourri."

But All The While You Hear The Tokusatsu Kaiju Creeping Up Behind

KokuRyu — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:44:56 -0800

Michael Jackson's "Thriller" as performed by Ultraman "kaiju" monsters Takashi Okamura (岡村隆史) of the comedy duo "Ninety-nine" leads the group. A list of Ultraman Kaiju monsters. A few photos from Flickr.

Viruses ninja!

well_balanced — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:33:07 -0800

The many MeFites previously disappointed by not being able to attend the recent and enticingly promoted 10th Annual Gathering of the Juggalos will be delighted to know that a similar opportunity presents itself. (SLYT - moderately NSFW)

Oh Lord, what a videogame

scrutiny — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:44:02 -0800

Mass: We Pray is an exciting new project from Boston based game developer Prayer Works Interactive. Watch the trailer for examples of the 24 different services you and your family can participate in. Don't listen to the sites that claim this is a hoax. Preordering begins today!

What does a man with pie want? More pie.

CheeseDigestsAll — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:34:00 -0800

Imagine an alternate world, where the idea for "The Matrix" had been pitched to Charlie Chaplin. Behold.

A female milk man? That's rich.

Afroblanco — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:31:31 -0800

If there's one thing that MeFites are absolutely universal in loving, it's the TV show Mad Men. Right? Right? Well, here's something that even the haters will enjoy : Milk Men - A Mad Men Parody

How to Worship

Joe in Australia — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:00:09 -0800

An instructional video on correct worship in the Pentacostal church (SLYT).

AAAAAAAHHHH

Astro Zombie — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 12:54:01 -0800

X-Men Origins: Wolverine in 30 Seconds. (SLYT)

Matt Helm

Joe Beese — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:37:37 -0800

Matt Helm is a fictional character created by author Donald Hamilton. He is a U.S. government counter-agent—a man whose primary job is to kill or nullify enemy agents—not a spy or secret agent in the ordinary sense of the term as used in spy thrillers. ... The character appeared in 27 books over a 33-year period beginning in 1960... A movie series was made in the mid-to-late 1960s starring Dean Martin... the series bore no resemblance at all to the character, atmosphere, or themes of Hamilton's original books, nor to the hard-edged action of Bond. One reason was the attitude of the filmmakers that the only way to compete with the Bond films was to parody them. - Wikipedia (links may be mildly NSFW) We reported earlier this year that the messy breakup of Steven Spielberg's DreamWorks and Paramount Pictures may have killed the director's opportunity to bring the swinging, pulp fiction super-spy, Matt Helm, back to the big screen... a source close to the project tells us a new director has his hands on the project — none other than Gary Ross, writer-director of "Pleasantville" and "Seabiscuit"... - The Playlist The first - and by all accounts the best - of the Dean Martin films is The Silencers. It can be viewed in its entirety here. Don't miss the opening credits - featuring Elmer Bernstein's razzmatazz score and a bombshell performance by Cyd Charisse. (previously)

Twilight: The Musical

schroedinger — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 22:23:35 -0800

"One more murder, and he's earned himself a detention." Were the movies, the books, the fan-fiction, and the squealing not enough for you? Then perhaps it is time to see Stephanie Meyers's tour de force parodied in musical form. Previous Twilight posts here and here and here.

Reach out and iPod Touch someone

Blazecock Pileon — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:59:51 -0800

There's an app for everything. Even when there shouldn't be. Additional selected commercial parodies from creator Adam Sacks available here.

What turns on a Kryptonian?

KokuRyu — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:51:26 -0800

Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex But Superman's sex problems are strictly physiological, and quite real. By Larry Niven Here's a panel from the Penthouse comic adaptation (NSFW)

Let's Panic About Babies!

ocherdraco — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:27:34 -0800

Let's Panic About Babies! "Fortunately for everyone in the whole wide world, Alice Bradley and Eden M. Kennedy have created the only website that accurately explains the journey from morning sickness to third-degree tears to keeping that baby alive for a year–or more! LET’S PANIC ABOUT BABIES will serve as a salve to the mystery and degradation of this most female of challenges. Its authors may not have 'science' on their side, but what they do have is far more valuable: a heady mélange of female intuition, sentence-forming know-how, and the achingly vivid memories of their own gestational journeys and unending motherhoods. So join Alice and Eden as they tell you exactly what to think and feel and do on every one of your 2,681 days* of pregnancy. They know everything! * 'Science' would tell you that human gestation is actually, on average, 266 days. This is one of many ways in which science is terribly wrong." Alice and Eden help you make a birth plan:

Dear [primary caregiver], [vaginal expert] and various nurses/assistants whose names I will probably be screaming later on: I am so [random emotion] to have my baby born at [national monument]. I apologize in advance for any [adjective] names I call you during labor, such as [noun] or [adjective] or [adverb] [color] [sex organ]. I did not mean to say that your [family member] is [adjective]. I'm sure it/he/she/they is/are actually quite [euphemism]." ... Please note that I am not in control of my [emotion]. I may [verb] like a [member of the armed forces]. I may start singing songs about the [national holiday]. Anything is possible. If I [verb] things that are [adverb] shocking, or [gesture] you right in your [body part], I already said I was sorry. By reading this birth plan you agree not to press charges or file any lawsuits against me. No backsies.

We will be dropped into world 1-1, dressed as plumbers.

piratebowling — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:36:26 -0800

Inglourious Basterds + Mario = Inglourious Plummers. Side by side comparison, for the curious.

Today your destiny becomes fate!

FatherDagon — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 07:52:54 -0800

In a similar vein to Progress Quest, but (slightly) more interactive, is... Linear RPG. Prior micro-"RPG" post, with other fun ones to try.

Written by you, for you, for free, for money, for us.

not_on_display — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:06:42 -0800

Bigipedia--it's like listening to Wikipedia on the radio--is also available on the web (for those of you whose radios do not support multiple-voice broadcasts).

you feed my appetite in ways i can't explain

one teak forest — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:55:59 -0800

BaO "Eat You Up" A fun and cute parody This parody is a project by Patty Yu (and her many collaborators) of BoA Kwon's Eat You Up.

Parkinson's Law

digaman — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 21:56:20 -0800

Why bureaucracy, like gas, fills up all available space. From the archive of The Economist, 1955 [via ArchiveDigger.]

Huh, so you do.

empath — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:50:30 -0800

You Only Live Once - Happy Belated Flash Friday.

It's Fat Wife!

dersins — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 09:55:54 -0800

Sitcom Idea #2 from the folks at The Blogulator.

Fountains of Wayne Hotline

escabeche — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:41:28 -0800

"Slather the holy hell out of the thing with a semi-ironic Beach Boys vocal pad." What if, every time you got stuck writing your next big power-pop hit, you could just call the Fountains of Wayne hotline to get you over the hump? Country singer Robbie Fulks imagines it, and records it, resulting in the best Fountains of Wayne song Fountains of Wayne never wrote. Meanwhile, the original Fountains of Wayne is no more. (No, not the band.)

"I don't like hiding the body."

pxe2000 — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 10:54:49 -0800

American Apparel's Next Top Model (SLYT, mildly NSFW)

Sedaris. Pizza. Together at last.

mathowie — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:43:47 -0800

David Sedaris delivers a pizza. Pitch-perfect parody at youtube from the comedy group Weak Nights.

Minty, fresh [CENSORED], or your money back!

cheaily — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 23:01:10 -0800

Internet nasties affecting network freshness? Try Censordyne! The latest campaign to shine a light on the Australian Government mandatory internet filtering initiative, supported by GetUp! See also: No Clean Feed and some background to the saga on Wikipedia

"Hey. Whatever you just said was really stupid."

The Whelk — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 08:15:14 -0800

Following in the fine tradition of The Nietzsche Family Circus (previously), Pearls Before Swine, And the Dysfunctional Family Circus, comes Scott Meets Family Circus ( via and self-salvaged from metachat)