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Tag: parody

Nathan Fielder’s Dumb Starbucks draws a crowd
TV / Uncategorized

Nathan Fielder’s Dumb Starbucks draws a crowd

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyFebruary 11, 20141

That “Dumb Starbucks” that opened last weekend in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles and offered free coffee drinks to customers? That was the …

Sponsor A Comedian
Video

Sponsor A Comedian

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyFebruary 5, 2014

Why go to Kickstarter when you can appeal directly to everyone? Comedian Jarret Berenstein takes it to the next level by making himself a full-fledged …

This Judd Apatow-approved HER parody features the voice of “Seth Rogen” as HIM
Video

This Judd Apatow-approved HER parody features the voice of “Seth Rogen” as HIM

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 27, 20142

There have been more than a few parodies of the great feature film, her, including a very special version that aired on Saturday Night Live …

IFC’s multi-generational miniseries parody, “The Spoils of Babylon”
Reviews / TV / Uncategorized

IFC’s multi-generational miniseries parody, “The Spoils of Babylon”

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 9, 20141

Meeting today’s TV Critics Association in Pasadena, the cast of IFC’s new miniseries spoof, The Spoils of Babylon, seemed both apologetic and triumphant. Tragically triumphant? …

Funny or Die rallies comedy community behind #FreeShez, for U.S. citizen jailed in Dubai for parody video
Video

Funny or Die rallies comedy community behind #FreeShez, for U.S. citizen jailed in Dubai for parody video

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyDecember 11, 2013January 9, 20142

When you or I make a parody video, it may make millions laugh or just sit there online, waiting to find an audience of fans …

Area Woman Mourns Ironic Death: Remembering The Onion’s newspaper days
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Area Woman Mourns Ironic Death: Remembering The Onion’s newspaper days

Nicole E. Rogersby Nicole E. RogersNovember 12, 2013November 12, 2013

Before there was the viral video, before the Internet meme, before the Tweet and ReTweet, the Huffington Post and the Colbert Bump, there was The …

How They Did It: Behind the scenes of the making of SNL’s Wes Anderson horror movie parody trailer
Saturday Night Live

How They Did It: Behind the scenes of the making of SNL’s Wes Anderson horror movie parody trailer

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyNovember 6, 20131

For all the wonder and amazement that goes into the fact that much of Saturday Night Live still happens live on TV on Saturday nights, …

Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson ruin horror movies for Fandango
Movies / Video

Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson ruin horror movies for Fandango

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyOctober 30, 2013October 30, 2013

Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson have made some great comedy movies together (Wedding Crashers) and some forgettable ones (The Internship), too. OK, maybe just those …

Nyima Funk is not ready to be on SNL
Saturday Night Live / Video

Nyima Funk is not ready to be on SNL

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyOctober 17, 2013October 17, 20131

Talk about your NOT ready for primetime players… Nyima Funk, a Second City alum who has appeared on TV in Whose Line Is It Anyway?, …

Lavell Crawford in an imagined Breaking Bad sitcom spinoff, “Huell’s Rules”
TV / Uncategorized / Web series

Lavell Crawford in an imagined Breaking Bad sitcom spinoff, “Huell’s Rules”

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthySeptember 27, 2013

We know Bob Odenkirk’s Breaking Bad character, the lawyer Saul Goodman, will receive a happy ending with a new beginning — both seemingly in the …

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