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36 hours ago

Fackham Hall review – Downton Abbey spoof is fast, funny and throwaway ⊕⊕

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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Period drama parody has some decent and often smart gags and benefits from a game cast including Damian Lewis and Thomasin McKenzie

Perhaps it’s the feeling of end times in the air: after years of ina…

53 days ago

‘Almost 30m plays on Spotify!’ When fake bands hit the real-life big time, from Spinal Tap to the Flaming Dildos ⊕

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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

How do you invent a convincing fictional band for your play, film or novel? And what happens if they actually top the charts? The creators of Scott Pilgrim, the Commitments, Stereophonic and more rev…

86 days ago

BRIAN VINER reviews Spinal Tap II: The End Continues: Even with names like McCartney and Elton... Spinal Tap hit a few bum notes in spoof sequel

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a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Not many films are revered quite like This Is Spinal Tap, Rob Reiner's 1984 spoof which is often credited with pioneering the 'mockumentary' genre.

87 days ago

Spinal Tap II: The End Continues review – rockers return for mockusequel of pin-sharp laughs and melancholy

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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Enter the Tapocalypse as Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer and Rob Reiner return in a still-funny, cameo-studded telling of the hapless band’s final gig

Legendary faux rockers Spinal Ta…

3 months ago

‘Our songs last three minutes but they feel like an hour’: the return of Spinal Tap – an exclusive that goes up to 11!

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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Over 40 years since This is Spinal Tap was mistaken for a comedy, its hard-rocking subjects are back in a legally obligated sequel. Our writer heads to smell the glove

Spinal Tap are remembering the o…

4 months ago

The return of the spoof: can comedy’s silliest subgenre make a comeback?

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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

The Naked Gun returns this weekend hoping to relaunch a long-dormant subgenre with Scary Movie, Spinal Tap and Spaceballs sequels to follow

The Naked Gun, a sequel/reboot to the old movie series of th…

Spinal Tap II: The End Continues – first trailer released

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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

The highly anticipated sequel to 1984’s seminal comedy sees the band reunite for a farewell show with appearances from Elton John, Questlove and Paul McCartney

The first trailer for the long-awaited s…

David Kaff, Spinal Tap keyboardist and musician, dies aged 79

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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

The British musician and actor, who played Viv Savage in Rob Reiner’s mockumentary, died in his sleep

David Kaff, the British actor and musician known for playing keyboardist Viv Savage in Rob Reiner’…

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