# Artists who parodied their own work **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 6, 2022, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-who-parodied-their-own-work/957323 "2022-01-06T14:02:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-who-parodied-their-own-work/957323/41 "2022-01-11T18:43:58Z")
Francesco Marciuliano, who took over writing duties for the tepid newspaper comic _Sally Forth_, also has a webcomic, _Medium Large_, which frequently mocks _Sally Forth_ for being a tepid newspaper comic. [![](https://mediumlarge.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/sally-forth-ending.jpg) ](https://mediumlarge.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/sally-forth-ending.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![KMS94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ad7895/32.png) [@KMS94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KMS94)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2022, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-who-parodied-their-own-work/957323/42 "2022-01-12T03:15:11Z")
Does MC Hammer in all his garb wanting you to “stop hammer time” in the Command Strip ads count? I used to giggle at the life-size cardboard cutouts at Staples. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/3IPQ-0oD5o0/hqdefault.jpg "Command™ Brand from 3M Launches New Campaign with MC Hammer") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IPQ-0oD5o0) ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2022, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-who-parodied-their-own-work/957323/43 "2022-01-12T14:13:29Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Not sure if this counts (even though the OP was mine). There are several commercials starring people from James Bond that obviously parody the movies. > > Daniel Craig vs James Bond ad for Heineken > > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHQ6nv6UA7U](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHQ6nv6UA7U) > > Daniel Craig “The Chase” ad for Heineken. Craig spent a lot of time portraying a darker, craggier Bond, but in this he says he played a Roger Moore-style lighter Bond > > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfiQCGGKiWY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfiQCGGKiWY) > > Harold Sakata (Tosh Togo), who played Odd Job in **Goldfinger** appeared in a number of Vicks cough syrup ads as an unnamed martial arts expert who was clearly supposed to be Oddjob > > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXRzZzcGPHI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXRzZzcGPHI) > > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pI0e\_ehUwdE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pI0e_ehUwdE) > > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zNP4o8nRaA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zNP4o8nRaA) James Bond also helped the Queen get to the Olympics. [James Bond and The Queen London 2012 Performance - Bing video](https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=craig+bond+olympics&view=detail&mid=7896C5BADC844707749B7896C5BADC844707749B&FORM=VIRE) ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2022, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-who-parodied-their-own-work/957323/44 "2022-01-12T15:15:46Z")
The Traveling Wilburys were pretty much parodies of themselves. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2022, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-who-parodied-their-own-work/957323/45 "2022-01-12T15:25:19Z")
David Tennant referenced his most famous role in this sketch with Catherine Tate [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/WxB1gB6K-2A/maxresdefault.jpg "David Tennant is Catherine Tate's new English teacher! | Comic Relief - BBC") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxB1gB6K-2A) ---
**Author:** ![veryfrank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/87869e/32.png) [@veryfrank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/veryfrank)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2022, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-who-parodied-their-own-work/957323/46 "2022-01-13T18:49:38Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > Mark Knopfler and Guy Fletcher played on Weird Al’s parody of Money For Nothing. That’s a really exasperating one, because lawyers kind of crapped all over the joke. Al asked permission (pro forma) to parody the song, and Knopfler said sure, and even asked to play on it. The bloody attorneys then insisted that the track be called “Money for Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies\*” because lawyers gotta lawyer. Al and his fans have been rolling our collective eyes at that one ever since. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2022, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-who-parodied-their-own-work/957323/47 "2022-01-13T19:04:58Z")
Jean-Claude Van Damme did a brilliant self parody tv series called Jean-Claude Van Johnson. It’s hilarious and worth a watch. > **[Jean-Claude Van Johnson](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Claude_Van_Johnson)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > Jean-Claude Van Johnson is an American action comedy-drama streaming television series starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and produced by Ridley Scott with his production studio Scott Free Productions and Amazon Studios. It premiered on August 19, 2016. On January 18, 2018, the series was cancelled after one season. > The story centers on retired martial arts and action movie star Jean-Claude Van Damme playing himself. It is revealed that the movie car... ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2022, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-who-parodied-their-own-work/957323/48 "2022-01-13T19:21:32Z")
This might be a long shot, but I think it works. In the show 30 Rock, for those that haven’t seen it, one of the characters (Jenna) had a song she sang parodied by Weird Al. Angry about that, for her next song, she attempted to write one that he couldn’t parody because it was already sounded like a typical Weird Al song ([starts at 3:14 if it isn’t cued up](https://youtu.be/e7IupXGsc9c?t=193)). Weird Al parodied it back into a regular song, [he Normal Al’d it](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4wFviI79VA). ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2022, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-who-parodied-their-own-work/957323/49 "2022-01-14T03:44:36Z")
Elvis - _Heart of Rome_ outtake [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/up5vD2ekwNo/hqdefault.jpg "Elvis -Heart of Rome ( funny version)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=up5vD2ekwNo) ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2022, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-who-parodied-their-own-work/957323/50 "2022-01-14T16:26:23Z")
I don’t know if this counts, but the first thing that came to mind was Pete and Roger doing [_Won’t Get Fooled Again_](https://www.facebook.com/FallonTonight/videos/jimmy-fallon-the-who-the-roots-sing-wont-get-fooled-again-classroom-instruments/373190963539637/) with Jimmy Fallon and The Roots. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2022, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-who-parodied-their-own-work/957323/51 "2022-01-16T14:17:31Z")
This is like the way the oft-noted resemblance between RHCP drummer Chad Smith and actor Will Ferrell led to this hilarious Tonight Show skit: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/0uBOtQOO70Y/maxresdefault.jpg "Will Ferrell and Chad Smith Drum-Off") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uBOtQOO70Y) ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2022, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-who-parodied-their-own-work/957323/52 "2022-01-16T15:09:42Z")
How about Mike Myers playing Mick Jagger (and Ronnie Wood) while Mick Jagger sits next to him playing Keith Richards? [This](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USleHz6FimQ) was the only video I could find (because I didn’t look very hard), but I remember this skit being the talk of the water cooler for quite a while after it aired. ---
**Author:** ![SuperNelson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@SuperNelson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuperNelson)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2022, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-who-parodied-their-own-work/957323/53 "2022-01-16T15:17:12Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > Donald Westlake, under the pseudonym of Richard Stark, wrote grim, gritty, dark thrillers about a criminal who went only by the name of Parker. They were big hits and led to multiple movies. > > Under his real name he wrote light comic caper tales. > > One day he was writing a Parker book and it kept coming out funny. So he wrote it as a parody with a gang of incompetent crooks lead by John Dortmunder. That was such a hit that he dropped the Parker series and wrote about a dozen bestselling Dortmunder novels and led to multiple movies. It gets better: In _Jimmy the Kid_, Andy Kelp convinces Dortmunder to join a kidnapping based on the plot of a Richard Stark book Andy had read about a master criminal named Parker. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2022, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-who-parodied-their-own-work/957323/54 "2022-01-16T18:37:22Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > How about Mike Myers playing Mick Jagger (and Ronnie Wood) while Mick Jagger sits next to him playing Keith Richards? [This](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USleHz6FimQ) was the only video I could find (because I didn’t look very hard), but I remember this skit being the talk of the water cooler for quite a while after it aired. Along these lines, there’s the SNL sketch where Mark McKinney plays Jim Carrey alongside Jim Carrey playing Jimmy Stewart…who starts mocking “Jim Carrey” by breaking into his best Jim Carrey impression. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/0BPL5tT9_2Y/maxresdefault.jpg "The Joe Pesci Show: Jim Carrey annoys Jimmy Stewart - Saturday Night Live") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BPL5tT9_2Y) ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2022, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-who-parodied-their-own-work/957323/55 "2022-01-16T18:53:09Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > In 1967-8 Marvel comics had **Not Brand Ecch** , which ran parodies of their own superheroes (and DC ones, as well), written and drawn by the usual Marvel staff, often the very ones who wrote and drew the original characters. It ran 13 issues There was also “[Earth 8311](https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Earth-8311),” home of Spider-Ham and anthropomorphic animal versions of the entire Marvel Universe. ---
**Author:** ![sciurophobic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2022, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-who-parodied-their-own-work/957323/56 "2022-01-17T05:22:25Z")
Do John’s lyrics before Paul starts the real lyrics at the beginning of the album version of _Get Back_ count? ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2022, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-who-parodied-their-own-work/957323/57 "2022-01-18T06:23:59Z")
Joe Cocker singing ‘Feelin’ Alright’ with John Belushi also being Joe Cocker, > **[Joe Cocker & John Belushi @SNL - Feeling Alright (1976) - video Dailymotion](https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2ryce5)** > > See also: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheGRStars/videos and: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcz5HnNbr3tu2yPrLqBlurQ/videos It’s all kinds of awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2022, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-who-parodied-their-own-work/957323/58 "2022-01-18T15:54:57Z")
That’s just John doing an imitation of Joe, while Joe happened to be there. Joe wasn’t doing anything that, for him, would be considered out of the ordinary or mocking himself. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2022, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-who-parodied-their-own-work/957323/59 "2022-02-02T20:03:27Z")
Just thought of David Crosby as John’s Alcoholics Anonymous sponsor in “The John Larroquette Show”. One episode of which featured Bobcat Goldthwait as a fellow alcoholic who became more “normal” the more he drank. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2022, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-who-parodied-their-own-work/957323/60 "2022-02-03T15:55:56Z")
He also voiced himself as Lionel Hutz’s AA sponsor on “The Simpsons.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-who-parodied-their-own-work/957323.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-who-parodied-their-own-work/957323.md?page=4)