Parody News
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Emmy-nominated comedian Randy Rainbow pokes fun at politician Rudy Giuliani in his latest YouTube ABBA parody "GIULIANI! (Here He Goes Again)."
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Toronto -
Charles Dickens’ works are so often viewed as boring, stuffy and antiquated these days, many don’t realize that his contemporaries actually saw him as a master of high and low comedy. Old Boz himself might even have enjoyed “Twist Your Dickens”.
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Digital Journal went along to this impressively-sized venue in north London, next to the famous Wembley Stadium, to "feel the steel."
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Toronto -
Ravi Jain may be one of Toronto’s hottest theatre directors, but he hasn’t forgotten his clowning roots. That’s clear from “The 39 Steps”, in which he turns the classic Alfred Hitchcock film into a crazily entertaining screwball free-for-all.
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Parma -
An Ohio man may face criminal charges that accuse him of creating a Facebook account that parodies the Parma Police Department's official page.
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Toronto -
The most unintentionally ironic moment in “Full House: The Musical!” comes when Tanner patriarch Danny (Perez Hilton) throws wanna-be comic Uncle Joey’s (Seth Blum) catchphrase right back at him in song: “Cut it out! / You’re just not funny.”
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Toronto -
I've missed several chances to see “Potted Potter”; besides its previous Toronto run in 2012, the world-touring revue has been in London and New York at times when I happened to be in those cities. Despite the new cast, it was worth the wait.
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American travel blogger, Turner Barr, decided six years ago to travel the world while performing 80 unusual jobs. His latest was in Modena, Italy, where he learned how to make the traditional balsamic vinegar, which inspired him to make a funny video.
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Toronto -
'What We Do In the Shadows' was a big hit at this year's Toronto International Film Festival. Its co-creator, 'Flight of the Conchords' star Jemaine Clement, says naturalism played a vital part in making the movie.
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Fans of the 'Mass Effect' trilogy received a special treat over the weekend as 'Honest Game Trailers' decided to take a few humorous jabs at the iconic space opera.
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Twenty-two years after beginning his famous parodies of popular music, "Weird Al" Yankovic has hit number one on the charts. A look at why this entertainer has, at age 54, entered the limelight.
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‘They Came Together’ is a clever parody of the romantic comedy featuring Paul Rudd and Amy Poehler as a couple who experience all the typical ups and downs generally prescribed by the genre.
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Kiev -
A business card brandished by pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine as proof that a deadly attack on their checkpoint was the work of ultra-nationalists quickly became an object of derision on the Internet.
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The Church of Flying Spaghetti Monster is now accepted as an official religion in Poland after a 2013 ruling was overturned on Tuesday.
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A popular gun YouTuber decided recently to feed peanut butter to his Glock model 33, poking fun at the growing popularity of gun torture test videos involving food.
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If you haven't found Justin Bieber's music video for "All That Matters" all that interesting, fear not — for Bart Baker brings you a version you can't watch without a reaction (either love or hate!).
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This is just what you need as a backing to your holiday celebrations. Apologies for the corny cliche, but "Fireplace For Your Home" will warm the cockles of your heart. You can even enjoy the "making of" right here on Digital Journal.
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Saturday Night Live has always been cutting edge funny. From the popular NBC show's hosts to its regular cast members, the show is on target; it makes people laugh.
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Every year at Christmas, Spaniards are treated to the popular "El Gordo" (the fat one) lottery, where everyone hopes to win millions in the big prize. This year's ad for the lottery was a bit "kitsch," so someone just had to do a parody.
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Jimmy Fallon is told he has only six months left with Late Night... so he does the only thing he can think of. He starts selling bad jokes on the street, [bitch.] What follows is a pretty funny parody of "Breaking Bad."
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While Canadian Astronaut, Chris Hadfield, was on the International Space Station, he kept us all both amused and educated with his many interesting videos. Now he is back on Earth, he has a copycat on Twitter.
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Toronto -
“Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead” is a play in danger of becoming overly familiar, another “modern classic” ruined by time and too many revivals. It takes an energetic cast and vision to make Tom Stoppard's great tragicomedy seem new again.
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Assaria -
If you thought all the parodies that could be done to Psy's "Gangman Style" had been done, think again and watch the latest video to go viral.
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The video, "Spartan High School Style," that parodies Psy's "Gangnam Style," has been universally acclaimed the worst video ever in the history of the Internet after having received l million views and over 20,000 dislikes on YouTube.
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The presidential debates have always provided a myriad of material for late night talk show hosts and comedians, fodder for opposing campaigns, and now social media memes, more than providing an insight into the plans a candidate has for the country.
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This parody video explores the concept of 'legitimate rape', as quoted by U.S. Republican Congressman Todd Akin, as a method of birth control. It tells ladies how they can prevent pregnancy using the concept.
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Both candidates for US President are the subjects of duelling music videos released this past week as supporters for both camps step up the political rhetoric, while trying to capture the attention of voters.
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Two college graduates have created a parody of a Gotye's song, "Somebody ThaT I Used To Know". Both had been Obama supporters, but seem to have left the dwindling crowd.
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The conservative group RightChange, released a video Tuesday set to the theme of the Dos Equis ad and uses satire to criticize Obama. In place of the beer ad's "The Most Interesting Man in the World," we have Obama, "The Most Arrogant Man in the World."
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Anyone who has seen the movie Borat, might remember his parody version of the Kazakhstan national anthem. Well the Kazakhstan shooting team was rather taken by surprise when it played for them in Kuwait.
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'What We Do in the Shadows' vamps Viago (Taika Waititi), Deacon (Jonathan Brugh), Vladislav (Jemaine Clement), and Petyr (Ben Fransham) integrate nocturnal habits with the more quotidian aspects of sharing a flat. GAT
Gangman Style parody entiled Farmer Style Screen Capture
Facebook Parenting: For Troubled Teens parody. YouTube screen grab
Fake tweet sent by parody of Piers Morgan. Screen capture
Parody pharmaceutical ad recommending legitimate rape as the ultimate method of birth control. Video screen capture
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford parodied on 'Saturday Night Live' by Bobby Moynihan NBC / SNL
Sean Ireland paroding "Hadfield at Home" YouTube
Italian parody of Van Damme's epic split video. YouTube
The Doctor Games Brad Hansen / Visual Spice Productions
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