Posts Tagged ‘parody’
Posted by Warren Rojas / Wednesday, July 27th, 2011
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“So long fried rice. Hello fried chicken!”
(I really miss Dave Chapelle).
–Warren
Posted by Warren Rojas / Wednesday, March 9th, 2011
The set up: a new web series, “Foodies,” launched today with an episode examining what happens when the food obsessed are forced to commune with the gastronomically oblivious:
(Video: FreeFoodies)
The punchline:
“You’re not supposed to like this stuff! It’s disgusting!” — DD
The verdict:
Enjoyed the In-N-Out smack down at the end of the clip. We’ll stick around for the next installment …
–Warren
Posted by The Editorial Desk / Monday, May 3rd, 2010
Turns out, not all cooking parody shows are created equal.
Those who’ve trolled the Interweb in search of organic, epicurean-ribbing entertainment are probably very familiar with the current Net-to-mainstream media success story, Food Party.
Now in it’s second season on IFC (new episodes air every Tuesday @ 10 p.m.), Food Party is surrealistic art stirred up in a cardboard kitchen–a psychotropic alternaverse that closely tracks what might have happened if Hunter S. Thompson moved to Sesame Street mid-bender and invited Andy Warhol over to shoot home movies.
Creator/host Thu Tran attempts to weave cooking (or, at least, foodstuffs) into just about every episode, but more often than not focuses on her favorite topic, herself:
(Video: IFC)
I’m a much bigger fan of Gorgeous Tiny Chicken Machine Show, a short-lived spoof of the insanely disjointed Asian variety shows American TV networks now routinely cannibalize for content, complete with terribly aloof host (Kiko), baffled guests–watch sous chef Rick Bowles suffer through what has to be the most traumatic tartare experience on tape–non sequitur segments and overly aggressive wildlife:
(Video: Hulu)
Almost makes getting your ass handed to you by Gordan Ramsay mid-service seem perfectly reasonable.
–Warren
Posted by The Editorial Desk / Thursday, February 4th, 2010
Apart from cleverly lampooning celeb cooking segments, I just really dig the designer trash can in this clip:
(Video: YouTube)
–Warren
Posted by The Editorial Desk / Thursday, January 14th, 2010
Like pop culture parodymeister Tobuscus says: “This game pushes the limits of imagination … backwards!”
(Video: Toby Turner)
But don’t take my word for it.
Mila Kunis openly embraces the inanity of Farmville in the February Esquire:
“All you do is grow wheat. And the you grow blueberries. It’s so monotonous and great at the same time. I’m obsessed.”
–Warren
Posted by The Editorial Desk / Tuesday, December 29th, 2009
The Onion kick starts the “dream cooking” trend with this tongue-in-cheek tutorial:
(Video: Onion News Network)
While keeping up with the chef’s stream-of-unconsciouness instructions is great fun–my favorite caveat: “It seems in the real world that lemon-tomatoes don’t really exist”–do try to keep an eye on the insane “For Best Results” crawl (most clever product placement: “Omelet goes great with a glass of Tide, which reminds you to do your laundry.”)
–Warren
Posted by The Editorial Desk / Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
Jerry Duppa hurts.
The self-proclaimed “preeminent fast food journalist” has, until recently, dedicated himself to passing judgment on the lost children of everyday dining–America’s burgeoning network of on-the-go eateries–from the relative comfort of his trusty Volvo.
But, it would seem he’s carried his penchant for carry-out–that driving force that compels Duppa to gorge on “something that sounds hideous … but has a tinge of ‘I-wonder-what-that-would-taste-like?’ allure to it,” according to director Matt Bardocz–just a bit too far.
Behold the ennui hanging over faux food critic Duppa’s head, presented documentary-style in The Fast Foodie.
Bardocz said he was already kicking around the idea of developing an internet film project when, one day, he caught friend and actor Hannes Phinney (he plays the angst-ridden protagonist with all the bitterness of Lewis Black, sans all the wild gesticulations) ad-libbing some jabs at an Arby’s commercial on the radio.
The eight-part series is their collaborative love-child, an exploration of the gauzy intersection between food and memory (see Duppa’s romantic ruminations about butter burgers, or his plea for more responsible bacon deployment)–or, what’s left of it when reality comes crashing down around you.
The most haunting installment so far would have to be the episode simply titled, “The McRib”:
(Video: FunnyorDie)
While Duppa’s passion for the seasonal sandwich borders on the delusional (“It’s a boneless rib sandwich. It just solves problems!”), the real “meat” of the exchange happens as the joy of snarfing down skeletally-challenged swine dissipates quicker than the chemically-induced euphoria fast food muckraker Morgan Spurlock encountered during his early forays into Super-sized dining.
“I’m trying to provide a sense of humor for the online food contingent,” Bardocz says of the food-as-pathos production.
For now, new episodes of The Fast Foodie will continue debuting every Monday on FoD. And Bardocz hopes to expand Duppa’s growing Facebook following via more telling blog posts and interactive events (including a “Meat N Greet” at the Hollywood In-N-Out Burger tomorrow night).
Meanwhile, Bardocz hopes to develop more multidimensional, food-related programming in the near future, noting that he’s got his sights set on Food Network spin-off, Food2 next.
–Warren
A Paean to the Corner Carryout
Posted by The Editorial Desk / Wednesday, August 5th, 2009
Just a quirky food parody snatched from the dust bin of history:
(Video: YouTube)
–Warren
