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by Matt Goldberg Posted:May 28th, 2009 at 7:41 pm
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Sometimes a parody can play it so straight that folks miss the joke. Hopefully that won’t happen here as Judd Apatow and Jason Schwartzman have absolutely ripped apart touchy-feely sitcoms with a parody called “Yo Teach!” What makes this so vicious is that it’s not parodying one specific show. It’s lampooning an entire genre of television and it’s using a real network, NBC, to do so. It doesn’t help that NBC is hopelessly stuck in fourth place in the ratings and could conceivably do an awful show like this even if it looks like that show was conceived in the 90s.
But the purpose of the parody isn’t just to smack NBC across the jowls. It’s to introduce Schwartzman’s character in “Funny People”, Mark Jackson Taylor. In the film he’s supposed to be kind of a conceited douchebag and I think that comes across pretty clearly here, especially in the EPK material. Hopefully we’ll be getting more of this stuff down the line, especially when it comes to Aziz Ansari’s character “Randy” who apparently brought down the house for “A Night of Funny People” a few months back.
Check out the spot-on awfulness after the jump and click here to see the full website along with the fake EPK. “Funny People” hits theatres on July 31st.
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You left out the best part! – Ernest Thomas from “What’s Happening!” as the principal. Raj FTW!
You left out the best part! – Ernest Thomas from “What’s Happening!” as the principal. Raj FTW!
“Yo Teach” is said to be a parody, yet I wouldn’t mind seeing a show like this played for real. I went to Garfield High, 90% Chicano – and this kind of interaction was common back in the ’60s – although now considered cute and passe. Give me a TV series like “Yo Teach” with Mexican American kids (80%) and a Mexican American or African American teacher and I’ll watch it. In fact, I’ll write it as a screenplay if nobody else does, as I am a script writer.
“Yo Teach” is said to be a parody, yet I wouldn’t mind seeing a show like this played for real. I went to Garfield High, 90% Chicano – and this kind of interaction was common back in the ’60s – although now considered cute and passe. Give me a TV series like “Yo Teach” with Mexican American kids (80%) and a Mexican American or African American teacher and I’ll watch it. In fact, I’ll write it as a screenplay if nobody else does, as I am a script writer.
I actually thought it was funny, looking forward to the movie. I didn't know that Bo was the same Bo as the kid from Youtube. How the hell did he end up working with Judd Apatow?!
I actually thought it was funny, looking forward to the movie. I didn't know that Bo was the same Bo as the kid from Youtube. How the hell did he end up working with Judd Apatow?!