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Nathan For You Rebrands a Realtor as The Ghost Realtor

July 2, 2014
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comedy central, exorcism, ghost realtor, haunted house, nathan fielder, nathan for you, parody, realty

Last night, Nathan For You premiered its second season and showed us all the power of a Ghost Realtor. Nathan Fielder aimed to make a realtor stand out against the competition by promising to sell houses that are free of ghastly presences.

This is simply amazing. Watch it here.

If You Were Suddenly Cured of Deafness, You Might Be More Than Surprised at What You Hear

July 2, 2014
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deaf, deafness, deer prom, medical breakthrough, parody

John McKeever and Tommy Pope of Deer Prom explore the concept that we all really don’t know how powerful our sense of hearing really is.

Really, we hear every damn thing. Watch, laugh, and realize how much stuff you hear on a daily basis.

Night Night with Ron Funches is a Talk Show That Wastes No Time Whatsoever

June 27, 2014
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andy kindler, clark duke, funny or die, night night, parody, ron funches, talk show

The hilarious Ron Funches doesn’t have time for a full hour talk show. In fact he doesn’t even the patience for a 15 min. talk show. Night Night with Ron Funches at Funny or Die is going for sub 5 minutes.

Watch how Ron does a monologue, guests, and more in less time than you spend at many stoplights.

Emily Heller Drops Shrooms Before Reading Eliza Coupe’s Future

June 24, 2014
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above average, eliza coupe, emily heller, parody, tarot card reading, the future

In the latest episode of Emily Heller’s tarot card “reading” web series The Future at Above Average, Emily takes a little bit of hallucinogenic courage via mushrooms before taking on her latest client, the very funny Eliza Coupe. Unfortunately, one of the last things you want to see on shrooms is tarot cards.

Watch what happens here.

Dave Hill is The (Self-Proclaimed) Sheriff of Prospect Park

June 18, 2014
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dave hill, nyc, parody, prospect park, sheriff, western

Prospect Park in Brooklyn is a wilder place than ever before (possibly). That’s why comedian Dave Hill has taken to his Western wear and horse to patrol the paths full of unassuming pedestrians in order to keep things safe.

Watch Dave Hill: The Sheriff of Prospect Park here.

Superego Wants You To Check Out God’s Crazy Monsters

June 17, 2014
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creationism, museum, nerdist, parody, sunoco, superego, thomas lennon

You’re watching Superego’s animated series at the Nerdist channel, right? It’s pretty fantastic, just like you’d expect from Superego. 

They’re latest episode is no different, with guest Thomas Lennon, as they attempt an ad for the non-Sunoco affliated God’s Crazy Monsters museum. Watch it here.

Weird Al Yankovic’s New Album Mandatory Fun Out on July 15th

June 17, 2014
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comedy album, parody, song parody, weird al yankovic

Weird Al Yankovic’s New Album Mandatory Fun Out on July 15th

It’s been a while, three years in fact, since we last heard a collection of great song parodies from the one and only Weird Al Yankovic. Luckily, we don’t need to wonder when and if there’s another album as he has a new album coming out next month called Mandatory Fun.

There are no track listings as of yet, so it’s all speculation as to what he might be parodying, but we’re excited that the release is only a few weeks away.

John Moe’s Makes a Book Out of Pop Culture Correspondences “Dear Luke, We Need To Talk. Darth”

June 15, 2014
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john moe, parody, star wars, war letters, wits

John Moe’s Makes a Book Out of Pop Culture Correspondences “Dear Luke, We Need To Talk. Darth”

We posted a clip from Wits with John Moe earlier today and, if you liked that, you’ll probably like his book of letters “written” by pop culture’s biggest figures from one to the other, Dear Luke, We Need To Talk. Darth. As the title suggests, there are letters like Darth Vader writing a letter to Luke Skywalker about something important that he wants to tell him.

So, it’s like all those books of war letters, but made perfectly for the pop culture obsessed 21st century and that’s why we think you should give it a read. 

The Onion’s Clickhole Launched Today

June 12, 2014
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buzzfeed, clickbait, clickhole, parody, the onion, upworthy

The Onion’s Clickhole Launched Today

The clickbait parody site by The Onion known as Clickhole officially launched today and it’s as perfectly satirical as you would hope it to be. Listicles, nostalgia, personal quizzes abound there in a way with headlines that The Onion pulls off the best.

Interestingly enough, the parody of clickbait still makes us want to click, which kind of makes it clickbait, but the kind that we feel less guilted into checking out.

Superego and Paul F. Tompkins Find The Lesser “Joes”

June 3, 2014
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gi joe, nerdist, parody, paul f tompkins, superego

Superego takes on a roll call of the G.I. Joes or, rather, a roll call of ones that we weren’t aware of in the latest animated episode over at Nerdist’s YouTube channel.

The wonderful Paul F. Tompkins joins into the half the battle hijinks too. Watch it here.

We Want to See More of Fox ADHD’s Version of Transformers 4

May 27, 2014
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age of extinction, dan van kirk, fox adhd, mark wahlberg, parody, transformers

The release of Transformers: Age of Extinction is coming soon and while that’s sure to make hundreds of millions of dollars at the box office, we’d kind of what to see the Fox ADHD version, just based off of this little clip they made with master Mark Wahlberg impressionist Dan Van Kirk.

If anything, it makes more sense. Watch it here.

College Humor’s All Nighter Imagines George R.R. Martin Writing Comedy Sketches

May 25, 2014
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college humor, game of thrones, george r.r. martin, parody

In absence of Games of Thrones tonight, let College Humor’s All Nighter (a night where they make 10 videos) sketch that envisions George R.R. Martin as a comedy sketch writer fill that void.

In case you’re worried, Martin is still just as vicious in writing sketches. Watch it here.

Get Your Weather From Now on From WeatherFrom.com

May 22, 2014
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parody, weather, weatherfrom

Get Your Weather From Now on From WeatherFrom.com

Remember when David Lynch used to report the weather every day? If you liked that even one iota, you’ll love the “weather reports” from WeatherFrom.com because there’s an old opinionated Jewish woman instead of Lynch giving you tangential feelings about the weather.

Enjoy however much time you’re going to spend on this. We’re guessing a lot.

Hulu’s ‘The Hotwives of Orlando’ Premieres July 15

May 4, 2014
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angela kinsey, casey wilson, hulu, kristeen schaal, orlando, parody, real housewives

Hulu’s ‘The Hotwives of Orlando’ Premieres July 15

The next satirical reality show a la Burning Love seems like it will be Hotwives of Orlando. That’s why we’re happy to hear that it now has a premiere date.

July 15th on Hulu, we’ll get to see Casey Wilson, Kristen Schaal, Angela Kinsey, Andrea Savage, Tymberlee Hill, Danielle Schneider, Joey McIntyre, Stephen Tobolowsky, Weird Al Yankovic, Matt Besser, Jerry Minor, and more parody the Real Housewives franchise so well that it’s almost seems like the real thing.

The Onion Launching Clickhole.com To Stick It to BuzzFeed and Upworthy

April 30, 2014
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buzzfeed, clickhole, parody, the onion, upworthy

The Onion Launching Clickhole.com To Stick It to BuzzFeed and Upworthy

Well, The Onion is laying down a new gauntlet by launching Clickhole.com to make fun of the listicles and aspirational, dramatic headlines that both Buzzfeed and Upworthy have made themselves famous for on the Internet.

Already, there’s a pretty great primer for Clickhole.com right now before it’s launch in June. We’re really curious how or if Buzzfeed and Upworthy will go toe-to-toe with them.

The Midnight Show and Official Comedy Present ‘Action Chefs’

April 21, 2014
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cooking show, midnight show, official comedy, parody

The awesome Midnight Show has partnered with Official Comedy to start a great new web series, Action Chefs. Yes, it’s badass chefs, probably more badass than you’re thinking of.

Watch episodes one and two here and never cook the same way again (i.e. apparently, have a gun on you at all times?).

Conan Prepares His Hair Not Unlike Christian Bale in American Hustle

April 15, 2014
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american hustle, conan o'brien, mtv movie awards, parody

If you’ve ever wondered what goes into Conan O’Brien’s signature pompadour, here’s a little inside the look from this weekend’s MTV Movie Awards that you will show “exactly” how. 

Watch it here.

Watch Trailer for What Might Be a Sports Movie Parody to Remember “Intramural”

April 9, 2014
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britanick, good neighbor, intramural, intramural sports, kate mckinnon, nick rutherford, parody, snl cast, trailer, tribeca

Intramural from Andrew Disney and Bradley Jackson just might be the sports movie parody that we’ve been waiting for. You were waiting for that right? 

Even if you’re not, an ensemble comedy featuring the likes of SNL cast, BriTANick, Good Neighbor, DC Pierson and more playing intramural sports is definitely enticing.

Watch the trailer here before it makes it premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on Apr. 19th.

The Complete Series of Chit Chat with Jake Weisman Is Just One Episode

March 31, 2014
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jake weisman, parody, rory scovel, talk show, web series

Web talk shows have flooded the Internet over the last few years and it’s easy for so many of them to get lost amongst the crowd. One of those lost was Jake Weisman’s Chit Chat, an entire web series that lasted only one episode featuring guest, the hilarious Rory Scovel, and now, has been uncovered.

Give it a watch and maybe you can find out why “there was” only one episode.

Matt Ingebretson Shows Why Vinyl Is Always Better If You’re Pretentious

March 29, 2014
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matt ingebretson, parody, record collecting, vinyl

Matt Ingebretson made this informative video on why you should only buy vinyl and, if you do, why that feeling of superiority only works when you’re in your house looking at your vinyl collection.

Watch it here.

Eugene Mirman Gets a Mini Doc (Whether He Signed Up For It or Not) About Him by Ken Burns

March 28, 2014
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eugene mirman, hampshire college, ken burns, parody

Perhaps tired of being characterized by just his pan and scan of old photos and Americana music in the background, legendary documentarian Ken Burns opted for a new approach when doing a mini documentary on Eugene Mirman.

Watch and enjoy it here.

Wrestlers Still Don’t Take Off Their Mask (Actual and Emotional) During Therapy

March 19, 2014
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midnight show, parody, psychology, therapy, wrestling, wrestling is

Wrestling Is presents a look into the lives of wrestlers outside the ring, specifically in their therapist’s office. Called Ring Psychology, it’s probably what you hope a therapy session would/could/should be like.

Watch Ring Psychology here.

If Google Was a Real Life Office You Had To Go To…

March 19, 2014
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brian huskey, college humor, colton dunn, google, irl, jennie pierson, milana vayntrub, parody, real life

College Humor shows us why we should be glad that we’re asking the non-sentient, sans human body Google all the questions that we ask Google.

Basically, you’d get a real judgmental look from the guy you’re asking 24/7/365. Watch the clip here.

Cobra Commander Makes a NCAA March Madness Bracket

March 18, 2014
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bracketology, cobra commander, college basketball, gi joe, march madness, ncaa, parody

As March Madness is officially here, Fox ADHD took their own spin on it and coupled it with actual madness in the form of Cobra Commander from GI Joe and his attempt to not have his bracket busted. Looks like an evil mastermind can’t even figure this sh*t out.

Watch it here.

Shopping From Home Off Your TV Is More Fun When Asking “Can You Put It Up Your Butt?”

March 11, 2014
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butt stuff, hsn, jc coccoli, michael busch, nacho punch, parody, qvc

Michael Busch, JC Coccoli, and Nacho Punch brings what should be a version of QVC or HSN where all the products are being-stuck-up-your-butt-friendly.

As juvenile as the idea may sound to you, it is undoubtedly way better and funnier than talking about thread count for 15 minutes on live TV. Watch it here.

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