Awesome Parodies

Like HowToBasic, Alantutorial is a channel to avoid when looking for help on YouTube. This dude mocks other YouTubers who make instructional videos despite being unprepared if not outright unqualified to give tips.

Plot twist: these are a real family’s Christmas mornings over the past decade. The video was posted as a disguised cry for help by the boy, whose deranged parents make him play pretend everyday. Directed by M. Night Shyamalan.

It’s not that they want to spoil the joy of the season, but the American Civil Liberties Union has an important reminder: Yes, Virginia, there is an NSA. And they’re coming for you. They probably already did.

(NSFW) Nintendo declared 2013 to be the Year of Luigi, but the big N wouldn’t promote this song even if made you buy a Wii U. Luigi’s Ballad is a hilariously juvenile song from Starbomb, the band of Egoraptor and Ninja Sex Party.

Netflix goes above and beyond the call of duty by making a trailer – and a behind the scenes video – for one of its most senseless shows, Fireplace for your Home. Orange is the New Black? House of Cards? Pshhh. Place of Fire yo!

If you’re sick of seeing all the perfect people in the perfect television ads this season, take a break and check out this sarcastic spoof of a popular mall jewelry store commercial. Then go out and finish your shopping.

Sorry Channing Tatum, but a virtual Chuck Norris is enough to shut your copycat down. Visual effects studio DelovDigital imagines how JCVD’s viral commercial would’ve turned out it Volvo got Chuck to do it.

(NSFW: Language) The Dark Knight returns to desecrate classic Christmas movies, including It’s a Wonderful Life and Home Alone. You can watch the full episode where this skit appeared on Pistol Shrimps’ website.

Whoever handles the English press releases of the North Korean government has a tenuous but vicious grasp of the language. Boing Boing set up a template so you can condemn anyone DPRK-style. Death to thrice-cursed traitors!

So you’ve got an old car to sell. Sure, its Blue Book value stinks, but you might stand a better chance getting top dollar if you put together a fancy commercial for it, like this guy did with his 1996 Nissan Maxima. Craigslist listing here.

Now and then we click a dead or broken hyperlink, which leads us to the infamous Error 404. The Association for Computing Machinery’s web server really takes it hard if it can’t find what you’re looking for.

(NSFW) Bobby Moynihan and the Saturday Night Live cast gamely depict a real nightmare before Christmas, starring the reviled celebrity chef Guy Fieri and his motley crew, the worst that TV has to offer.

(NSFW) With Google+ currently looking like yet another failed experiment, CollegeHumor decided it was time to go back to an old sketch that we truly and deeply hope stays as a joke. Because Mountain View has all of us by our balls.

Long before he ruined the reputation of ESPN, Ron Burgundy was both idolized and justifiably feared by CNN anchors. Wolf Blitzer, Anderson Cooper and Chris Cuomo spoke with Funny or Die about the legendary anchorman.

This classic training video for entrepreneurs contains invaluable gems, such as the hard truth that nothing can help you if you’re not born to for the job. Hmmm. Anyway, just remember: AUATSCI. A hilarious ad for Grasshopper.

BatDad finds out if the rules of the road apply to him, tries to seduce JEN! with a Pez and even takes off his mask in the latest compilation of Blake Wilson’s alter ego. BatKid has a bright future. A dark future?