Varysblackfyre321 Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 I’ve watched the office, modern family and parks and recs. Oh If anyone could point me to some good ones I’d appreciate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dog-days Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 Try What We Do in the Shadows - comedy vampire doc. It's a film, and has recently been adapted into a TV show. The director, who also plays a lead role in the film, is Taika Waititi of Thor: Ragnarok and Hunt for the Wilderpeople fame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartofice Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 Documentary Now is what you are looking for Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spockydog Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 Metallica: Some Kind of Monster. /thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt b Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 This is Spinaltap, Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, and A Mighty Wind. But I'm sure everyone knew about those already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mexal Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 American Vandal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maithanet Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 Popstar: Never Stop, Never Stopping is a pretty funny mocumentary if you enjoy Andy Samberg/Lonely Island type humor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Week Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 1 hour ago, matt b said: This is Spinaltap, Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, and A Mighty Wind. But I'm sure everyone knew about those already. Netflix has a documentary series called 7 Days Out https://www.netflix.com/title/80207124 -- which is a collection of 1 hour episodes about the lead up to significant events -- the first episode is on the Westminster Dog Show. It is amazing. It feels like a beat for beat remake of Best in Show ... except that it is a real documentary. I thought it was hysterical. I'll also second Documentary Now -- my only quibble is it is MUCH better to watch episodes where you having seen the documentary before. Their satire is so perfect with amazing attention to detail. The Stop Making Sense one was great, but I think DRONEZ is my favorite. Jack Black as Shane Smith is *chef's kiss*. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 American Vandal, What We Do in the Shadows, Best in Show. Also, the original British The Office. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FunFalconryFacts Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 Garth Merenghi's Darkplace is SUPERB, and is perfect for anyone who loves fantasy and sci-fi. It is a British comedy programme from the early 2000s, starring and co-written by Richard Ayoade, about a pompous sci-fi author talking about his great lost series which (he claims) was banned for being too subversive (although the truth is that it was probably just canned for being rubbish). Each episode consists of an episode of the lost series, with the author and cast giving a sort of commentary. It is brilliant, and great fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ran Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 Lots of good ones suggested, especially the Christopher Guest mockumentaries. Borat and Bob Roberts are two more I'd recommend. Maybe I'm Still Here as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red snow Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 2 hours ago, Werthead said: American Vandal, What We Do in the Shadows, Best in Show. Also, the original British The Office. American vandal is the most obvious recent one and What we do in the shadowshas just started as a TV show as well. The BBC has some great mockumentaries going back a long way. Brass Eye and various phases of Alan partridge cross-over into mockumentary. There was also a great mockumentary by Rob Brydon called "director's commentary" which was him doing DVD commentary over video clips where he pretended to be their director Peter de lane. Look around you - was arguably more a spoof tv show but did an excellent job of taking the piss out of 70s/80s science shows. "People like us" was also very good and was about a never seen documentary maker who followed "regular folk" and was very good but largely forgotten as it was out at the same time as "the office" This last one is a cheat as it isn't a mockumentary but LouisTheroux's early work "weird weekends" seems like a parody of his recent work. The comedy is arguably more effective/dark because it's real. For instance this was the format his Jimmy Saville episode was done in - it was disturbing at the time and is probably unwatchable now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leofric Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 7 hours ago, Maithanet said: Popstar: Never Stop, Never Stopping is a pretty funny mocumentary if you enjoy Andy Samberg/Lonely Island type humor. Can also check out his HBO mockumentaries 7 Days in Hell, about the longest tennis match at Wimbledon and Tour de Pharmacy, about doping in cycling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 5 hours ago, red snow said: "People like us" was also very good and was about a never seen documentary maker who followed "regular folk" and was very good but largely forgotten as it was out at the same time as "the office" I think people soured on People Like Us because of star and co-writer Chris Langham, who was arrested and convicted for downloading significant quantities of child porn. That kind of takes the enjoyment out of watching his stuff. I'm not sure if it counts, but if we're counting Brass Eye, we also need to count The Day Today, a fake TV news show which feels by today's standards like an actual news show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6649er Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 Dark Side of the Moon about Kubrick and a faked moon landing is quite good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red snow Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 5 hours ago, Werthead said: I think people soured on People Like Us because of star and co-writer Chris Langham, who was arrested and convicted for downloading significant quantities of child porn. That kind of takes the enjoyment out of watching his stuff. I'm not sure if it counts, but if we're counting Brass Eye, we also need to count The Day Today, a fake TV news show which feels by today's standards like an actual news show. That explains why that show disappeared! I was debating where spoof news shows fall as they do blur between mockumentary and straight forward comedy but the "investigative journalism" in brass eye is luke a documentary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inkdaub Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 22 hours ago, matt b said: This is Spinaltap, Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, and A Mighty Wind. But I'm sure everyone knew about those already. These are the ones I most recommend also. This is Spinal Tap is my favorite comedy of all time if I had to pick just one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varysblackfyre321 Posted March 31, 2019 Author Share Posted March 31, 2019 Ok guys really appreciate the suggestions. They all sound like things worth checking out at least. I tried tuning into the British Office before but I don’t know I just wasn’t feeling it. Anerican Vandal I’ve already watched. Loved it too, Oh and trailer park boys was good up to the 10th season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astromech Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 Man Bites Dog, (C'est arrive pres de chez vous). Belgian crime mockumentary where the filmmakers follow around a serial killer. Dark, but also morbidly funny. ETA: How could I forget to mention CB4?!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paxter Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 Summer Heights High. Puck you miss! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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