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Spoof Ideas for Next Season


Loved the first season, the only one I didn't love was the Capone episode, but I guess it just fell a little flat for me because it was less ridiculous. If it didn't have recognizable actors and the bit with the condoms I think I probably wouldn't have even noticed if someone told me it was true.

The one thing I'm hoping for next season is that they continue their theme of spoofing real documentaries. Making a Murderer was big recently obviously but that would probably seem really similar to the Thin Blue Line/Eye doesn't lie episode.

Other Docs I think could work:
-Finders Keepers just came out this past year, that's already a crazy story. Could work well for them.
-Dear Zachary is a real nail-biter though I have no idea how they could make that subject matter not depressing without changing the story a lot.
-Something along the lines of An Inconvenient Truth or a Michael Moore piece. Armisen is rather adept on Portlandia at making traditionally liberal things funny.
-Super Size Me? I know people have their problems with Spurlock and a lot of it is suspect. But I think it'd be great to see them do something like this.
-I'd Also like to see them continue with a new fake band to end every season. The 90's Grunge scene would be an era I'd love to see them poke fun at.

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Gimme Shelter is the one I'd most like to see them take on. I don't know who could play Jagger but I can see Hader as a taciturn Charlie Watts.

There's a lesser known documentary called "Super Size She" about a female bodybuilder and it is just screaming for a spoof -- it almost seems like one itself.

Also I loved "Cutie and the Boxer" and I think Hader & Armisen would have a blast playing those two parts.

I wish they'd find an excuse to bring in Will Forte for an episode - I loved his chemistry with Armisen on SNL.

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It is another Errol Morris documentary, but I think Tabloid would be great to spoof.

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Pumping Iron would be great.

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I'd love Another State of Mind, or any of the Decline of Western Civilizations, but I don't know if they'd go for them.

My Amityville Horror, Winnebago Man, Room 237, Gates of Heaven, Crumb, The People Vs. O.J. Simpson, Beyond The Mat would all be great. And I agree on Heavy Metal Parking Lot -- I'd love to see somebody re-create that. The Beaver Trilogy's already been re-created but I wouldn't mind more...

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They've got to do a spoof on Modular synthesis doc called I Dream of Wires.

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