PickVidsBest Satire & parody Videos
The 362 Satire & parody videos here were recommended by different people across different months. Choose by who it is for: 2 introductory, 6 intermediate, 354 for a general viewer, and 0 for someone who wants the harder derivation. Most of them are a comedy piece. What they share is that the jokes rely on a shared background in this scene. Channels you will keep seeing include LastWeekTonight, The Onion, Saturday Night Live.
The Real Cost of Cruises | Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj | Netflix
An episode of Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj on the cruise industry.
I just want to serve 5 terabytes.
A short satirical video, originally titled Broccoli Man, in which an engineer who only wants to serve 5 terabytes gets tangled in Google's internal resource and production processes.
They're Made Out of Meat
A short film adaptation of Terry Bisson's story 'They're Made Out of Meat', in which alien explorers discuss with disbelief that humans are sentient beings made of meat.
"Weird Al" Yankovic - Word Crimes (Official 4K Video)
Weird Al Yankovic's 2014 parody of 'Blurred Lines' that scolds common grammar and usage errors, with a kinetic typography video.
Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard
A satirical Onion News Network piece announcing the 'MacBook Wheel', a laptop with no keyboard where users type by spinning and clicking a wheel.
Interview with FFMPEG enthusiast
Kai Lentit's comedy sketch parodying an interview with an FFmpeg enthusiast.
The Daily Show - Gun Control Whoop-de-doo (ft. John Oliver)
A Daily Show segment in which John Oliver examines the argument that gun control does not work, using Australia's experience after the Senate rejected the Manchin-Toomey amendment.
Corporate Music - How to Compose with no Soul
Composer Tantacrul explores how corporatism produces soulless background music, and how some companies use such music in propaganda-style campaigns.
"Silicon Valley Story" — a Very Short Romantic Comedy by Ted Nelson
A short romantic comedy by Ted Nelson about the 'microcircuitry of love', with Doug Engelbart as his father and Stewart Brand as the villainous CEO.
Adam Ruins Everything - The Real Reason Hospitals Are So Expensive | truTV
An Adam Ruins Everything comedy segment on why US hospitals are so expensive, covering opaque price lists, surprise bills and penalties for the uninsured.
Tom Lehrer - National Brotherhood Week - with intro
Tom Lehrer performs his satirical song "National Brotherhood Week" with a spoken intro.
Who reads the papers? - Yes, Prime Minister - BBC comedy
A short clip from the BBC sitcom Yes, Prime Minister in which Jim Hacker explains which kind of person reads which British newspaper.
"Weird Al" Yankovic - Mission Statement (Official 4K Video)
Weird Al's whiteboard-animated music video parodying corporate buzzword culture, from the album Mandatory Fun.
Welcome to Life: the singularity, ruined by lawyers
Tom Scott's three-minute satirical short about a corporate-run, DRM-and-ads-laden afterlife after mind uploading.
Watch Stephen Colbert at the 2006 White House Corresponde...
CNN's clip of Stephen Colbert's 2006 White House Correspondents' Dinner routine, in which he mocks President Bush and the press in character.
Todd Snider - Statistician's Blues
A live 2007 performance of Todd Snider's song 'Statistician's Blues' at the Great American Music Hall.
Bhopal Disaster - BBC - The Yes Men
A clip of the Yes Men posing as a Dow Chemical spokesman on the BBC and announcing compensation for victims of the Bhopal disaster, a hoax on live television.
history of japan
Bill Wurtz's fast, comedic and musical run through the whole history of Japan in nine minutes.
Why 'Idiocracy' Would Actually Be A Utopia
A short Cracked video arguing, tongue in cheek, that the world of the film Idiocracy would actually be a utopia.
Brass Eye Episode 07 - Paedogeddon! (Special)
The Brass Eye special 'Paedogeddon!' by Chris Morris, a black-comedy satire of British media moral panic that duped celebrities and politicians into endorsing nonsense.
Forklift Driver Klaus english subtitles
An English-subtitled version of Staplerfahrer Klaus, a gory dark-comedy German workplace safety film about the dangers of forklifts in warehouses.
Newscasters Agree: A Christmas Present Or Two Or Ten Edition | CONAN on TBS
A Conan segment compiling local news anchors who all read the same scripted copy during the holiday season.
Fauci in the Hall of the Mountain King
A two-minute remix-style video set to Hall of the Mountain King that mocks Anthony Fauci's Covid pandemic statements.
Organ & Body Donations: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
A Last Week Tonight segment on organ and body donation, covering where donations actually go, how donated bodies are used and sold, and problems in organ transplant programs.