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...Rotten Tomatoes Gathers movie reviews from far and wide, and reports box office and other stats; flicks receive a critical average on the 100-point "tomatometer." Movies.com also gets a nod for streaming episodes of "Statler & Waldorf: From the Balcony," an Ebert & Roeper spoof starring those lovable muppet-curmudgeons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 25 Sites We Can't Live Without | 8/3/2006 | See Source »

...least 5% fart jokes. Nothing can force a clip to go viral. It requires an authentic response from a mass audience, and the mainstream is learning to respect that. Soon after their unsanctioned VW spot hit the Net, viral admen Ford and Brooks were hired for a series of spoof political spots for Britain's Channel 4, and they've gone on to work for McDonald's and the Sci Fi Channel Europe, among others. Says Brooks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How To Get Famous in 30 Seconds | 4/16/2006 | See Source »

According to a spoof rap by one freshman—apparently an aspiring musician—blocking “may be hazardous to your health.” Bemoaning the trials of blocking, he raps that “alliances are lined up/hard makin’ your mind up/who you goin’ to give the next three years of your life up.” “Mary J. Blige couldn’t handle all the drama we done,” he swears...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: You’ve been Housed | 3/22/2006 | See Source »

...occurs to you that the idea is mad, you aren't the first. "I thought it was foolish," said director Matthew Warchus. He believed it would be "instantly plausible" to do the Ring as a spoof. "It's such an earnest story, and people are so protective of it." Still, he signed on. Then he and musical supervisor Christopher Nightingale chose to break with the Broadway songwriting style and go for an ethereal, world-music sound. Two sounds, in fact: one from A.R. Rahman, the best-selling composer of Indian musical films; the other from the Finnish group Vrttin?...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gandalf in Greasepaint | 3/19/2006 | See Source »

Subversive is anoverused word in reviews. But when you send out a kid reporter and have her tell a petting-zoo manager, "These animals have it better than most people in the Third World," you've probably earned it. This brilliant kids'-show spoof--which uses puppets, cartoons and live children for absurdist humor and scathing social commentary--may be the most disturbing thing involving kids since, well, many of our actual childhoods...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: 6 Totally Funny TV Series | 3/12/2006 | See Source »

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