School of Thrones: Game of Thrones As A High School Dramedy

By Krystle Drew at 11:52 AM on March 14, 2013

School of Thrones: It's Game of Thrones set in a world where noble families are high school cliques and the highest honor is not the Iron Throne, but being crowned prom king.   read more

Found in: Blogs, Awesome of the Day, Culture

Watch the Latest Installment of Fallon's Downton Sixbey

By Stephanie Sharp at 12:50 PM on February 6, 2013

Complete with plenty of eye-rolling and over-exaggerated British accents, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon has released the latest episode of its Downton Abbey parody, Downton Sixbey....  read more

Found in: TV, News

Watch Sesame Street's Downton Abbey Parody

By Anita George at 6:00 PM on February 4, 2013

Even the muppets have gotten in on the fun. On Friday, Sesame Street published a parody of Downton Abbey on its YouTube channel. Titled, “Upside Downton Abbey” the video at first closely resembles the title sequence of the British drama but then it quickly becomes a funny way to show young children the difference between upside down and right side up perspectives, all the while remaining entertaining for adult fans of Downton Abbey. And who doesn’t like an awesome Maggie Smith muppet? You can watch the video below. ...  read more

Found in: TV, News

Listen to Merry Indie X-Mas, Featuring Fake Bon Iver, Interpol, the xx and More

By Shaina Pearlman at 11:00 AM on December 22, 2012

Sufjan Stevens, Cee Lo and countless others capitalize on fans’ holiday spirit every year by releasing holiday albums. Bear Ceuse guitarist Adam Horne recently joined forces with Animal New York to create something extra special featuring everyone’s favorite bands…sort of. “Joy to the World,” “Silent Night,” “Jingle Bells” and six other Christmas classics are covered by spot-on impressions of Interpol, Beach House, Bon Iver, the xx, Mumford & Sons, Wavves, Gorillaz, Das Racist and the National for the indie-est holiday music compilation ever. The album is streaming in its entirety below and be sure to check out the accompanying holiday...  read more

Found in: Music, News

Zach Braff Spoofs Brad Pitt's Chanel Ad

By Brian Tremml at 11:00 AM on December 9, 2012

Last week Zach Braff stopped by Rove LA for a guest appearance and he left as the new spokesman for a recently released fragrance. Joining Braff on the set was Nicole Richie to promote the release of her latest perfume. Seizing an opportunity to parody Brad Pitt’s hilariously bizarre Chanel ads, Braff launched into his own fragrance advertisement. Performing the spoof live, Braff takes several shots at the star on the way to creating a spot-on parody of the now infamous advertisements. Check out the spoof below. ...  read more

Found in: Blogs, Awesome of the Day

"The Star Wars That I Used to Know" Gotye Parody

By Katie King at 12:00 PM on July 1, 2012

In a startlingly clever parody of Gotye’s “Somebody That I Used To Know,” YouTube collaborators Teddiefilms have asked (along with fans everywhere): whatever happened to the Star Wars that we used to know?...  read more

Found in: Blogs, Awesome of the Day

The Wire: The Musical Parody Features the Show’s Real Actors

By Megan Farokhmanesh at 4:00 PM on June 6, 2012

It’s hard to say if it was an actual love of music or perhaps just boredom that contributed to the appearance of a few of The Wire’s actors in this spoof, but we’ll take it. Funny or Die’s musical parody features four minutes of cameos from Michael K. Williams, Larry Gilliard Jr., Sonja Sohn and even Snoop lookin’ fancy. Fans will recognize notable scenes from the show transformed into songs, such as the catchy number “chess is a metaphor for drug deals!”...  read more

Found in: Blogs, Awesome of the Day

Diablo III Re-imagined as a Woman

By Megan Farokhmanesh at 2:20 PM on May 21, 2012

Diablo III has been a cruel mistress to the nerd world, and fans are well aware. Between game-breaking bugs and persistent error messages, players are finding themselves a little exhausted by the whole situation....  read more

Found in: Blogs, Awesome of the Day

George Lucas Strikes Back

By Bo Moore at 4:52 PM on June 1, 2011

Remember how earth-shatteringly awesome the original Star Wars movies were, and how the prequels were utterly terrible? Yeah, we do too. Finally, though, we have an explanation....  read more

Found in: Blogs, Awesome of the Day

Funny or Die Covers the Royal Couple

By China Reevers at 5:39 PM on April 29, 2011

In the early hours of the morning, thousands of Americans took to their TVs and computers to watch Prince William and his bride, Kate Middleton, join in holy matrimony....  read more

Found in: Blogs, Awesome of the Day