# Mistaking the Real Thing for a Parody **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 30, 2020, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistaking-the-real-thing-for-a-parody/919342 "2020-08-30T00:43:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2021, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistaking-the-real-thing-for-a-parody/919342/61 "2021-02-27T19:47:11Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > First thing I thought of when reading the thread title was the Trumpy Bear commercial. The first few times I saw it I thought it was a joke. I’m still convinced it was created by a bunch of frat boys passing around a bong and trying to top each other with the most ridiculous commercial ever. It’s not? I mean, yes it’s a real product and not a fake SNL commercial, but it played like a gag gift, not something that was actually created by and for Trump fans. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2021, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistaking-the-real-thing-for-a-parody/919342/62 "2021-02-27T21:50:47Z")
Have you not yet seen the stumpy golden statue of Trump at CPAC with its suit upper, American flag shorts lower and flip-flopped feet? Trumpers have a certain . . . aesthetic. Trumpy Bear flew off shelves and almost all of them were not purchased ironically. ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2021, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistaking-the-real-thing-for-a-parody/919342/63 "2021-02-27T22:18:20Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > “For his first miracle, he made a lame man blind.” Yeah, but was the lame man from Venice? Because “How do you make a Venetian blind?” is something I never get tired of. ---
**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:** [February 28, 2021, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistaking-the-real-thing-for-a-parody/919342/64 "2021-02-28T01:54:31Z")
I was watching SNL, and they had a sketch about a incredibly stereotypical rapper. Kept waiting for a punchline. Turns out, it was 50 Cent, who was that week’s musical guest. ---
**Author:** ![Ashtura](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ashtura/32/2963_2.png) [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2021, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistaking-the-real-thing-for-a-parody/919342/65 "2021-03-01T19:46:53Z")
You will never be able to convince me that the Nic Cage _The Wicker Man_ is not a horror parody. Here’s the _real_ commercial for it: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/v_mW8mBzmHo/hqdefault.jpg "The Wicker Man - Comedy Trailer") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_mW8mBzmHo) ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2021, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistaking-the-real-thing-for-a-parody/919342/66 "2021-03-01T20:02:58Z")
> [@DocCathode](#): > > I enjoy collecting religious items that skirt Poe’s law or are show questionable judgement. Do you have this one? (I would personally have gone with “Jew on a Pew”.) > **[Home - Mensch on a Bench](https://themenschonabench.com/)** ---
**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:** [March 1, 2021, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistaking-the-real-thing-for-a-parody/919342/67 "2021-03-01T20:11:20Z")
I was about 20 minutes into **[Startup. com](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Startup.com)** before realizing it wasn’t a Christopher Guest-style mockumentary. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2021, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistaking-the-real-thing-for-a-parody/919342/68 "2021-03-01T20:31:48Z")
I bought my mom the Mensch On A Bench a few years ago. She already had the talking Bubbe doll. This year, I shall buy her the Mitzvah Moose. ---
**Author:** ![Staggerlee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/staggerlee/32/3134_2.png) [@Staggerlee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Staggerlee)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2021, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistaking-the-real-thing-for-a-parody/919342/69 "2021-03-01T21:58:26Z")
When I saw the first scene of Jason Statham vehicle ‘The Meg’, I genuinely expected it to be a movie within the movie - that Statham’s character had fallen into making terribly-acted schlock action films and would be coerced into one last gritty deep sea adventure after his cushy acting roles. Turns out I was overthinking things. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2021, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistaking-the-real-thing-for-a-parody/919342/70 "2021-03-02T04:15:44Z")
But this isn’t even the worst of his vehicles. Its not high art - but its a fun ride. ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2021, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistaking-the-real-thing-for-a-parody/919342/71 "2021-03-02T11:20:32Z")
The first time I saw the Squatty Potty commercial I thought for sure it was an SNLesque parody. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/7D5QWALpJOQ/hqdefault.jpg "Unicorn Poops Ice Cream ~ Funny Commercial =) ~ The Squatty Potty") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7D5QWALpJOQ) ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2021, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistaking-the-real-thing-for-a-parody/919342/72 "2021-03-02T22:07:55Z")
The first (and last) time I read _Rainbox Six_, I thought someone had done a good parody of a Tom Clancy novel. Turns out Clancy had just become a parody of himself. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistaking-the-real-thing-for-a-parody/919342.md?page=3)