Video: And now, an important message from non-celebrities on ObamaCare
posted at 4:43 pm on September 30, 2009 by Allahpundit
I trust that everyone’s familiar with the subject of this parody but I’m going to re-embed it below anyway so you can see for yourself how much care was taken to spoof it shot-by-shot. It’s hard to miss when aiming at a target this big, admittedly, but you’ll still love every second of it. My one regret: That they didn’t wait a day or two in rolling it out so they could add a few gratuitous shots at Polanski’s comrades-in-art/rape.
Meanwhile, Will Ferrell’s comedy collaborator Adam McKay has responded to arguments that he should pony up some of his vast fortune to buy poor people health insurance if he’s that concerned about it by calling them “sub-moronic” and then staying very, very quiet.
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This is amazing!
jhffmn on September 30, 2009 at 4:47 PM
Good stuff.
hawksruleva on September 30, 2009 at 4:47 PM
that was pretty good, the switch from 47 to 30 million was a nice touch.
rob verdi on September 30, 2009 at 4:48 PM
Biden’s addition was also pretty good.
rob verdi on September 30, 2009 at 4:48 PM
Nice.
The Monster on September 30, 2009 at 4:49 PM
I will take Will Ferrell and Adam McKay seriously when they reveal every one of their “funny or die” investors… recently(well sometime in the last year) I remember them getting a huge cash injection and they didn’t reveal who it was… and I thought that I wouldn’t be surprised if it weren’t Soros or one of the Democracy Alliance people pumping cash into them…
ninjapirate on September 30, 2009 at 4:49 PM
I was waiting for this.
Loved it with the “Tell 5 people to vote” one. Love this one, too.
Abby Adams on September 30, 2009 at 4:50 PM
THIS IS GREAT! This needs to go viral!!
deidre on September 30, 2009 at 4:50 PM
Funny!
Terrye on September 30, 2009 at 4:51 PM
Did … Did Will Ferrell just get pwned?
I think he did. I really think he did.
apollyonbob on September 30, 2009 at 4:51 PM
It isn’t cynicism. Mr. McKay has talked the talk, but knows he must be forced to walk the walk. It’s ultimate truth — for him.
I give thousands per year to healthcare charities. The ones I give to don’t do abortions. Now Mr. McKay wants me to “give” (notice the quotes) to an insurance program for both myself and the abortion-seeking woman down the block.
I don’t think so. I can budget and give far better than the government can. The biggest proof is in the bag — because I don’t run a deficit — ever.
unclesmrgol on September 30, 2009 at 4:52 PM
I love this new parody, but I still can’t get myself to watch the original. I’m allergic to self-important celebrities.
pjean on September 30, 2009 at 4:53 PM
PHARMA WHY?!
Abby Adams on September 30, 2009 at 4:54 PM
Will’s video:
Insurance Co. CEOs have the right to their American Dream, just like us: celebrities with multiple homes, cars, and private planes, 500million dollars in private accounts, exotic pets.
80% of America wants ObamaCare–since when, artistic license pulling that figure out of their @ssh@t.
maverick muse on September 30, 2009 at 4:54 PM
AWESOME.
Scrappy on September 30, 2009 at 4:54 PM
Greasy Joe Cameo!
dont taze me bro on September 30, 2009 at 4:54 PM
That was really well done.
exception on September 30, 2009 at 4:54 PM
So the ad right above the comment section is trying to sell something called “MyTouch” and one of the spokes-celebrities in the ad is Whoopi “Rape-Rape” Goldburg.
I guess they are going for the teen market.
18-1 on September 30, 2009 at 4:54 PM
OT
Sarah’s book just pushed to #1 on Amazon.
Sapwolf on September 30, 2009 at 4:55 PM
Henceforth, he shall be known as Joe Biden (who is a Unicorn),
Karl on September 30, 2009 at 4:56 PM
More like PHARMA WHY NOT?!
ThePrez on September 30, 2009 at 4:56 PM
Now that we are awake, we are learning how to fight back. Loved every minute of it. Compelling story at the last link.
d1carter on September 30, 2009 at 4:57 PM
EPIC
CDeb on September 30, 2009 at 4:58 PM
GREAT ad.
stenwin77 on September 30, 2009 at 4:58 PM
BTW, is that Keli Carender?
Abby Adams on September 30, 2009 at 4:58 PM
LOVE IT!!!
VibrioCocci on September 30, 2009 at 4:59 PM
That was sweet! Gotta share.
BTW…I’d love to see you guys push JoeDanMedia, a Rock & Roll Provacatuer that smacks the left around. Everyone here would love the stuff. Soldier, Silent No More & the newest slap at the media, Mainstream Mis-Information.
deedtrader on September 30, 2009 at 5:00 PM
Where did the celebrities get the 80% support the public option stat?
cpaulus on September 30, 2009 at 5:00 PM
Encore Encore almost an assembly line of ads that have struck back. one a day is suffice to say!….
hawkman on September 30, 2009 at 5:00 PM
This is why actors should stay out of politics. They ARE their brand. Start doing stuff like this and you dilute your brand.
WitchDoctor on September 30, 2009 at 5:01 PM
See Geraghty’s take.
Abby Adams on September 30, 2009 at 5:02 PM
Me likey…
Seven Percent Solution on September 30, 2009 at 5:02 PM
This is beautiful.
portlandon on September 30, 2009 at 5:03 PM
I was hoping someone would do that, Good job. Bet its not on Funny or Die website.
Bladerunner1701 on September 30, 2009 at 5:03 PM
Local poll among overpaid celebrities.
the_nile on September 30, 2009 at 5:03 PM
Good comeback.
yoda on September 30, 2009 at 5:04 PM
That was really good. It will take until “80% of the people” who are for…er…against this travesty for the “Smarter-then-thee- actors” to reply to this….
Fuzzlenutter on September 30, 2009 at 5:06 PM
The Screen Actors Guild says its average member earns less than $5,000 a year from acting. Will Ferrell makes as much as $20 million per movie.
Maybe the actors’ union should try out some redistribution of wealth internally before preaching it to the rest of the country.
saint kansas on September 30, 2009 at 5:06 PM
When I see this kind of raw creativity — on our side — I know that we are ultimately going to get past this national nightmare.
Kudos to the writers, actors, director and producer.
Job well done, and give us mo’.
TXUS on September 30, 2009 at 5:07 PM
Excellent post, Allah–thanks.
Whaahoo!!!
lovingmyUSA on September 30, 2009 at 5:07 PM
You just have to know every one of those celebrities has primo top-of-the-line medical insurance, paying big bucks to the insurance companies whose CEO’s make the millions of dollars these worthless sacks of shlt are whining about.
Aren’t these the same morons who spend millions of dollars on plastic surgery and end up looking like Charlie Chan riding in a centrifuge?
Yeah, I want your advice. LOL.
fogw on September 30, 2009 at 5:07 PM
How about a video parody of Barack Obama as Joe Isuzu?
There seems to be a very pronounced disconnect between ObamaCare as the Salesman in Chief pitches it and it’s reality. He just says it’s whatever he thinks will sell the best while seemingly not even bothering to look at the product.
Barack Obama is to Health Care, and a number of other things, what Joe Isuzu was to cars.
Joe Isuzu
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Joe Isuzu was a fictional spokesman used in a series of television advertisements for Isuzu. Created by the Madison Avenue ad agency Della Femina, Travisano, and Partners, the segments aired on American television in 1986-90, reaching their zenith in 1987 after the character was featured during Super Bowl XXI. Played by actor David Leisure, Joe Isuzu was a pathological liar who made outrageous and overinflated claims about Isuzu’s cars. (One commercial even cast him as the Boy who Cried Wolf.) The campaign was resurrected briefly in 1999 and continued until 2001 to promote several cars such as the Isuzu Axiom. Famous quotes:
* “You have my word on it.”
* “If I’m lying, may lightning hit my mother.” (“Good luck, Mom!” appears on screen.)
* “It has more seats than the Astrodome!”
* “Hi, I’m Joe Isuzu and I used my new Isuzu pickup truck to carry a 2,000 pound cheeseburger.”
* “The Isuzu Impulse: faster than a speeding—[catches a bullet in his teeth]—well, you know.”
The character became a fixture in American popular culture.
In 1988 Michael Dukakis, in a debate with George H. W. Bush during that year’s United States presidential election, said, “If Bush keeps it up, he’s going to be the Joe Isuzu of American politics.”In 2009 Sarah Palin, in a facebook entry about Barack Obama said, “If Obama keeps it up, he’s going to be the Joe Isuzu of American politics.”
MB4 on September 30, 2009 at 5:07 PM
Amazing.
A side by side comparison.
Nothing funny at all about Ferrell’s video; in fact, it was rather idiotic.
And the parody was pure genius
ToddonCapeCod on September 30, 2009 at 5:08 PM
The same place liberals get most of their info….they made it up.
xblade on September 30, 2009 at 5:11 PM
These are people who pretend for a living.
fogw on September 30, 2009 at 5:13 PM
Sweet!
Pachyderm on September 30, 2009 at 5:13 PM
Nice!
CP on September 30, 2009 at 5:13 PM
When stupid is the only food source, the menu writes itself.
spmat on September 30, 2009 at 5:14 PM
The liberal movement is toast.
dave_lantos on September 30, 2009 at 5:15 PM
Liberalism is about being liberal with someone else’s money to make yourself feel better.
spmat on September 30, 2009 at 5:18 PM
It’s true. Obama is a Vampyre. I’m convinced of it, because he’s sucked the economic life right out of this country…
AW1 Tim on September 30, 2009 at 5:20 PM
Very nicely done! Inspiring!
dogsoldier on September 30, 2009 at 5:20 PM
Hey Allah, I know you’re preoccupied with The Fat One in the headlines, but here is a new group connected to Glenn Beck that you can criticize and marginalize.
As a mom……
csdeven on September 30, 2009 at 5:22 PM
Biden the unicorn. LOL!
batter on September 30, 2009 at 5:22 PM
and if Jon Stewart wasn’t a hack, this could be that much better with a huge audience.
jp on September 30, 2009 at 5:22 PM
Laughing, still. Clever and profound.
TXUS on September 30, 2009 at 5:25 PM
RNC…pay attention. This is how you do it.
SouthernGent on September 30, 2009 at 5:25 PM
This is how Jesus dealt with the pharisees of his day: Sarcasm and Ridicule.
This is perfect!
jp on September 30, 2009 at 5:26 PM
I’ll believe those actors are for the little guys when they SAG agrees to a salsry cap. 20 million for a movie? and they call wall street crooks!
I’m putting the video on facebook right now!
redshirt on September 30, 2009 at 5:30 PM
argh salsry = salary.
redshirt on September 30, 2009 at 5:30 PM
Dynamite vid!
Gotta forward that one.
Sapwolf on September 30, 2009 at 5:31 PM
I threw out the red challenge flag as soon as I heard that one too. Michael Moore also claiming that number. I’d like to know where it came from.
Graybark on September 30, 2009 at 5:31 PM
very good stuff
Lisa on September 30, 2009 at 5:33 PM
You answered your own question. It came from Mikey Moore! What other proof do you need?
redshirt on September 30, 2009 at 5:35 PM
dang, only 300 views on youtube so far
jp on September 30, 2009 at 5:37 PM
Vampires. lulz
tuffy on September 30, 2009 at 5:40 PM
Let me get this straight.
.
Middle class me paying for other peoples health care = Genius level compassion.
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Stinking Rich Celebs paying for other peoples health care = sub-moronic.
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Tanks fer splainin dat.
ronsfi on September 30, 2009 at 5:41 PM
Perhaps Will Ferrell’s version was underwritten by the NEA—wouldn’t that be rich ;)
Linnea on September 30, 2009 at 5:44 PM
Yeah, boy. They’re probably still trying to figure out the Hannah-James ACORN sting thing.
TXUS on September 30, 2009 at 5:45 PM
Check out a parody using the original Will Ferrell PSA here: Celebrities Required to Release New Version of Their ObamaCare PSA Under Democrat-Supported “Fairness Doctrine” http://optoons.blogspot.com/2009/09/celebrities-required-to-release-new.html
Mervis Winter on September 30, 2009 at 5:47 PM
/Golf Clap…
Ohhh… well played…
Romeo13 on September 30, 2009 at 5:48 PM
Someone said earlier that we just stop supporting these people by shunning their movies/cd’s/books/whatever.
I’m going to do my part: Anyone in the Ferrel promo, anyone who’s defending child rapists, and anyone who shares the opinion that I’m a red-neck hick to dumb to think for myself won’t get another penny from me. Same for their advertisers if they’re on TV.
Screw ‘em. I’m done with them.
Basically what these elite, rich, snobs are saying is, “We think you’re stupid. Please buy my product.”
And we do. Which, I guess, makes them right.
Not no more.
Rod on September 30, 2009 at 5:51 PM
Freedom has a chance!
clorensen on September 30, 2009 at 5:52 PM
very nice…next up: can someone please do a parody of the BP commercials of “random idiots on the street” commercials that they used to play about every 15 minutes.
you know, the one where the woman says (hautly, like J Kerry), well…if they want to drill for oil they should have to do (can’t remember the rest)
no doubt there are sum-moronic people…like the ones who think that oil companies dril for oil is a hobby, fun and games.
sub-moronic indeed
btw…where are the trolls?
r keller on September 30, 2009 at 5:52 PM
I’d just like to thank Twitter for giving me the opportunity to talk to major celebrities like Adam McKay. Did you know he’s a genius?
Jim Treacher on September 30, 2009 at 5:53 PM
I still can’t believe someone who made $20 million off of lost world used the word overpaid.
jhffmn on September 30, 2009 at 5:58 PM
That was good, I liked it.
Speakup on September 30, 2009 at 6:01 PM
Excellent.
If you watch them at the same time you can see mockery in action.
Matushka on September 30, 2009 at 6:02 PM
I was going to say, the only thing missing was the RNC endorsement at the end. These people probably put this together for a few hundred, yet the RNC has millions and what do we get?
Vigilante on September 30, 2009 at 6:06 PM
This thing has Viral legs.
I posted this on my FB 15 minutes ago, already 2 people who never respond to me but are on my friends list have posted it on their page. Not all that political types…
Fox News…GOP….Get this out there!!!!
jp on September 30, 2009 at 6:08 PM
Almost forgot to self-link. It’s really impossible to overestimate Hollywood’s capacity for clueless arrogance.
Jim Treacher on September 30, 2009 at 6:09 PM
dare I say the Conservative movement is “Going Rouge”?
jp on September 30, 2009 at 6:10 PM
Youtube always seems to get stuck in the lower 300′s when something goes viral.
Jim Treacher on September 30, 2009 at 6:11 PM
Since there are no black people in the video, as their are in the other one, this parody is officially RAAAAAACCISSSSSST!
Disregard the well thought out sarcasm and mocking, pay no attention to the actual facts presented.
Move along.
catmman on September 30, 2009 at 6:11 PM
try again later on September 30, 2009 at 6:13 PM
Oh that was fun. The woman at 1:46 was dead on capturing the utter idiocy of the typical Hollywood actress.
CarolynM on September 30, 2009 at 6:16 PM
Isn’t that where most progressive policies come from?
alwaysright43 on September 30, 2009 at 6:27 PM
I wonder if these uber rich people think this govt run health care will not effect them.
Will they be able to just rent out an operating room if they need to have surgery? or will they just buy the chemo drugs and have someone come set up the drip for them?
Do they not realize that the more the govt becomes involved that Drs won’t be able to operate outside of govt regulations?
I know they think they are above the law but they aren’t above the call of death when the body gets so sick and needs help. Unless they are members of congress/senate they will wait just like us small people.
poppieseeds on September 30, 2009 at 6:44 PM
I think this has just the right amount of COWBELL!!!
PappaMac on September 30, 2009 at 6:45 PM
The parody was excellent, but read the highlighted link up there “calling them sub-moronic”. Especially the last part about his grandmother in Canada. Holy crap.
Here: http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/mwilson/2009/09/30/update-director-adam-mckay-strikes-back/
justltl on September 30, 2009 at 6:48 PM
Um, jp, you may want to check your spelling there, unless you think the conservative movement is getting red-faced.
redshirt on September 30, 2009 at 6:50 PM
Those guys are awesome.
Whoever they are, they are braver than the majority of the comedy writers in Hollywood and New York, who are afraid to take on the One.
thebrokenrattle on September 30, 2009 at 6:52 PM
I don’t begrudge celebritards making a lot of money.
More power to them.
But I despise hypocrites.
Such as uber-wealthy celebritards wanting everyone else to give away their money just so the celebritards feel good about themselves. Or the wealthy Dem liberals who donate trivial amounts to charity, but want everyone else to be “patriotic” and do their “fair share”.
The key words there are “everyone else”.
justltl on September 30, 2009 at 6:56 PM
I can’t believe it the amateurs on top, are better than the celebrities. Didn’t Move On Dot Org finance Will Farrell so he couldn’t even pony up the cost for that lame video? That’s sad. Really when will George Soros, ever gets his moneys worth out of these slackers?
Dr Evil on September 30, 2009 at 7:00 PM
“What Adam McKay clearly cares about is that people in his social circles THINK he cares about poor people who need insurance”
That’s the best, most accurate statement EVAR.
p0s3r on September 30, 2009 at 7:01 PM
One of the best ads I’ve seen yet. I’d actually donate to have that played on TV during prime time.
Yakko77 on September 30, 2009 at 7:09 PM
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