Via The Internet’s Own Gary Farber, we have this video, which reminds me that no matter how hard you try to do an over-the-top spoof of musicals, it still just looks like a musical.
NOTE: Kevin seems to have munged this post, so I had to recreate it; some of the comments here really apply to his “Muslim Strategy” post, now separate on the front page.
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I made it 33 seconds before I ran screaming from my computer.
What in the blue hell was that?
I can’t believe you made it THAT far.
Anyway, there’s apparently some nerdy fanboy internet series called The Guild, and this is a promo for that. What I found amusing about it is that it demonstrates (as Monty Python did many, many years ago) that it’s impossible to overdo it when it comes to spoofing musicals. No matter how over-the-top you go, it still just looks like a musical.
Though, if nothing else, the fight scene at 1:45 is worth a chuckle.
The two comments above this are from a different post that seems to have been deleted but had its comment field migrate here. I’m not sure how or why but I am sure it’s because of Barack Obama and the health care bill.
This video I made it to the 5:31 mark before I ran screaming from my computer.
If you find Ron Ramsey unacceptable in the TN GOV Republican primary race then there’s always Basil Marceaux.
For what it’s worth, and I certainly wouldn’t say either that it’s for everyone, or that there’s any reason to enjoy the video if one isn’t into at least one of it’s several aspects, but it’s a highly detailed parody of Bollywood tropes, with well over fifty specific shots and tropes referenced, as well as at least that many MMORPG references, as well as, of course, many references to the series, which one doesn’t in the least have to be a gamer to enjoy, although, again, humor being purely subjective, certainly won’t be for everyone.
Plus, google “Benny Lava”
My own favorite part is their moving vines behind the fake elephant (which has someone in it) to simulate movement of the elephant.
Argh, I accidentally used an apostrophe in a possesive “its”; I die of shame.
Gary:
You are forgiven — this time! I won’t tell King Dvorkin if you don’t.
