Showing posts with label spoof. Show all posts
Showing posts with label spoof. Show all posts

Saturday, 6 October 2012

Video: Hipster Disney Princess musical goes viral


A parody video that has gone viral on YouTube is a spoof on Disney princesses, including the Little Mermaid, Belle, Snow White and Cinderella, singing about organic food, vinyl, and poetry against a backdrop of the city of New York.
The musical has received over half a million views in just 5 days... read more and watch video.

Sunday, 19 August 2012

Spoof Video: Curiosity — 'We're NASA and we know it'


NASA's Curiosity rover landed successfully on Mars on August 5. Now a spoof music video about it has been released, giving a musical tribute to NASA and the hardworking scientists and engineers, who "brought a little bit of Earth to Mars."
Set to the tune of "I'm Sexy and I Know It" by LMFAO, David Hudson and the guys had access to NASA gear, and added in clips from the original NASA video on the successful landing of Curiosity... read more and watch video.

Monday, 30 July 2012

London 2012: Spoof video — Granny in Olympic missile accident


While most Londoners take it very seriously, having surface-to-air missiles on their roofs, one Londoner has made a video about a grandmother having an accident with a missile.

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Monday, 23 April 2012

Borat turns Kazakhstan into a desired travel destination


While leaders in Kazakhstan were initially upset at the spoof movie, 'Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan', it seems the exposure has helped the tourism industry in the country.
In 2006 when the satirical film was released, there was an uproar. While the Kazakh Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not ban the movie outright, they did request the film's distributors not to release it in their country.
British comedian of Jewish origin Sacha Baron Cohen released the "mockumentary" and also plays the lead.
The story revolves around a fictitious Kazakh television star, Borat Sagdiyev, who travels to the U.S. in an attempt to improve the image of his home country abroad. He tells people that he is making a documentary on behalf of the imaginary Kazakh Ministry of Information. Many people interviewed in the movie believed he was the real deal.... read full article.