Jared from Landline TV just sent me this video and I’m posting it, because can you imagine an easier way to do this job? The premise: Ignoring widespread outcry over the alleged tastelessness of their Chris Farley ad (after the jump), DirecTV has gone ahead and hired more dead celebrities, including Heath Ledger, John F. Kennedy, and Jesus. Wait a second, I found a flaw in this parody. To quote my favorite catchphrase that never really took off, “Jesus is not dead, are you gay?”
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Landline TV’s videos keep getting better, which is nice, because they save me the trouble of expending all my energy on brilliant industry analysis and photoshopping Paula Abdul on top of Mexicans. Anyway, this is their first video since Megan Fox is CGI, and this one’s about the special Homeland Security task force created to deal with an increase in movie quoting caused by the release of Brüno. Haha, stupid frat boys with their beer bongs and their movie quoting. What a bunch of losers. (*looks around*) (*whispers*) Psst, Big Lebowski quotes are still cool, right?
In this video from Landline TV, the visual effects crew on Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen talk about how they created Megan Fox using computer imaging and advanced animatronics.
“It’s weird, because you’re pretending to interact with this impossibly hot woman, but it’s really just Michael Bay describing her to you.”
Little known fact: Michael Bay always speaks into a bullhorn, even in his sleep.
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As if the headline weren’t self-explanatory, here’s a video from Landline TV that imagines what would happen if Where the Wild Things Are director Spike Jonze adapted that other famous children’s book, Everyone Poops. My parents never read me that one. Instead my dad just dragged me to the bathroom every time he laid something particularly long or discolored. Mom too. Me, I just take cell phone pics to send to friends. Thanks, technology.
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This is the latest video from Landline TV contains an important message about not assuming that all Indian people liked Slumdog Millionaire. It’s true, you should never generalize. It’s demeaning and it’s dangerous. Likewise, never assume every hooker has a heart of gold. Trust me, dollars to donuts it’s just blood in there.
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