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Group Writing: Wait, Is This Guy Real?
The best sorts of parodies and fun are the ones where at first, you think it might be real. As you’re watching for awhile, a few clues start to pop up. I’m thinking about things like the show Fishing with John. Have you never seen Fishing with John? Why not? It’s time you find it and see it. In the first episode where John Lurie goes shark fishing with a friend, it’s a little odd. When I first saw it I thought, well, modern productions by modern musicians, whatever. But with each episode, it got stranger. Tom Waits sticking a live fish in his shorts, well it’s believable. But then Lurie and Willem Dafoe die in the ice fishing wilderness … or so the narrator claims. By that episode, one is already under the impression that the narrator may be unreliable.
So it also was when I first started seeing some of J. P. Sears works. Was this guy for real? Well, no, but he is really funny:
This one hit especially close to home:
I like how it has to have “(Funny)” as part of the title.
Who is your favorite modern (non-musical) parodist or parody show?
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If anyone is wondering why this is my second entry of the day, I went all wrong on the first. I committed to a bit of Merry Mayhem, and then what I was writing turned into something more serious. Thus have I committed to not only make up for the First, but also fill in for the Third, which none had signed up for, and I’ll be doing another later that will be for today.
This may be more of a troll than a parody, but it totally matches your standard about it being hard to tell if he’s serious.
I’m a big fan of J. P. Sears.
And this recent one is EXCELLENT.
Yes!
It works.
@michaelhenry reminded me of another musical parodist:
These shows sound intriguing. I will definitely check them out.
J.P. Sears’ Ultra Spiritual Life series has been reliably unreliable for several years. It is a test of his skill, and ability to hit the mark, that he has had such a long run.
Do your part to share a bit of humor, dry or rich, high or low brow. Stop by and sign up for a day in “A Merry Month.”
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JP Sears is a hoot. Also, dude’s got some serious quads. Good heavens.
Yer sayin’ he didn’t skip leg day?
Just watch that “celebrity” video.
Clearly he did not! :-)
I’m a big fan of J.P. Sears, and at least part of the reason he puts “funny” in the title is that he’s a trained counselor (not sure of his certification, but I believe it’s legit), and sometimes he gives straightforward advice on emotional-health issues.
He’s got to be a skier/cyclist.