Funny with a serious twist

by Eszter Hargittai on July 22, 2007

Chris Uggen posted this video a few days ago:

I added a link to it on my daily links list where Liz Losh saw it and then included it in a blog post “Just Say Know” discussing all sorts of parody videos and sites related to drug use including the artist-created fictional drug Web site Havidol, and this video:

These are some great parodies. Work in the field of health communication looks at the effects of health campaigns, but tends to focus on serious ones. I wonder what type of work may be going on in the domain of parody viral videos online for similar purposes.

{ 4 comments }

1

Lee A. Arnold 07.22.07 at 7:10 pm

I tried to make this one funny, but failed:

Al Gore’s new book, a synopsis in 90 seconds.

2

almostinfamous 07.23.07 at 2:00 am

i dont know if you have seen the Panexa website

3

mq 07.23.07 at 3:36 am

Hey, were the musicians in that second video the Austin Lounge Lizards? In any case, you should probably give credit or a link to who ever did it in your main post. They deserve it.

4

Erik 07.23.07 at 7:49 pm

Surely no drug information satire can be funnier than the genius that is the “Drugs” episode of Brass Eye? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118273/

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