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Category: Humor

Films can be funny, but this is humor about films: parodies, satires, and more.

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Sesame Street parodies the Hobbit, Hunger Games

Posted on Dec 9, 2013Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

Sesame Street's Cookie Monster becomes the hero in Lord of the Crumbs, Hungry Games: Catching Fur, and other movie parodies.

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MST3K Turkey Day

Mystery Science Theater 3000 Turkey Day offerings

Posted on Nov 27, 2013Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

MST3K celebrates its 25th anniversary with a Thanksgiving marathon, RiffTrax and Cinematic Titanic live shows, DVD sets, and more.

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Starship Troopers

RiffTrax Starship Troopers gets my name wrong

Posted on Aug 20, 2013Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

I backed the RiffTrax Kickstarter for Starship Troopers and got my name in the end credit sequence. It didn't work out quite as I expected.

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Even Trekkies need cars & insurance

Posted on May 8, 2013Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

Star Trek celebrities have been long sought after to endorse a variety of products, from William Shatner pitching Priceline and DirectTV to Jonathan Frakes hawking enterprise software. The connection between Star Trek and the product being sold can be tenuous or non-existent, but a savvy director and clever script can nonetheless make the most of…

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Take flight to Middle-Earth with Air New Zealand

Posted on Oct 31, 2012Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

Take flight to Middle Earth with Air New Zealand in this instructional safety video, with cameos by Gollum and Hobbit director Peter Jackson.

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Application to SHIELD

Posted on Sep 26, 2012Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

Graphic designer Adam Levermore wants to work for Joss Whedon on an ABC television series based on SHIELD, the team that assembled Marvel's Avengers.

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Star Trek gets spoofed in John Scalzi's Redshirts

Posted on Jul 7, 2012Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

John Scalzi's novel Redshirts is a meta-parody of Star Trek on par with GalaxyQuest — featuring a theme song by Jonathan Coulton!

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Thomas the Transforming Tank Engine

Posted on Mar 8, 2012Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

What do you get when you mash up Transformers and Thomas the Tank Engine? Trainsformers!

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