Satire & Parody Videos Hacker News Recommends — Page 3

music#3873

"Weird Al" Yankovic - Word Crimes (Official 4K Video)

alyankovicVEVO

“I think Weird Al's version is better and more educational than the original”

1 HN recommenders · 2020–2024

comedy#3884

Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard

The Onion

“Two of my favourites”

1 HN recommenders · 2012–2025

comedy#3894

Interview with FFMPEG enthusiast

Kai Lentit

“this is one of the funniest videos i've seen in a while”

1 HN recommenders · 2023–2026

comedy#3897

The Daily Show - Gun Control Whoop-de-doo (ft. John Oliver)

Comedy Central

“you should watch John Oliver's 3 part Daily Show special on gun control.”

1 HN recommenders · 2013–2024

commentary#3905

Corporate Music - How to Compose with no Soul

Tantacrul

“One of the better takes”

1 HN recommenders · 2019–2023

comedy#3909

"Silicon Valley Story" — a Very Short Romantic Comedy by Ted Nelson

TheTedNelson

“they make amusing cameos in the film by Ted Nelson”

1 HN recommenders · 2017–2020

comedy#3950

Adam Ruins Everything - The Real Reason Hospitals Are So Expensive | truTV

truTV

“Adam made an episode explaining medical costs and why it is so high.”

1 HN recommenders · 2017–2025

music#3951

Tom Lehrer - National Brotherhood Week - with intro

The Tom Lehrer Wisdom Channel

“National brotherhood week is a good example”

1 HN recommenders · 2014–2022

comedy#3968

Who reads the papers? - Yes, Prime Minister - BBC comedy

BBC Studios

“news companies are openly biased towards one political party or bias their articles towards their main customer group”

1 HN recommenders · 2010–2025

music#4023

"Weird Al" Yankovic - Mission Statement (Official 4K Video)

alyankovicVEVO

1 HN recommenders · 2017–2026

comedy#4041

Welcome to Life: the singularity, ruined by lawyers

Tom Scott

“will rapidly be looking less and less like satire.”

1 HN recommenders · 2013–2026

comedy#4043

Watch Stephen Colbert at the 2006 White House Corresponde...

CNN

“His whole thing was phenomenal”

1 HN recommenders · 2020–2026

music#4049

Todd Snider - Statistician's Blues

ewecylinder

“eloquently embodied by the misfit troubadour and grunge philosopher Todd Snider in Statistician's Blues”

1 HN recommenders · 2022–2026

news#4099

Bhopal Disaster - BBC - The Yes Men

razorfoundation

“Perhaps my favourite”

1 HN recommenders · 2010–2022

comedy#4113

history of japan

bill wurtz

“He also did a similar video for the history of Japan [0], quite entertaining.”

1 HN recommenders · 2016–2025

comedy#4149

Why 'Idiocracy' Would Actually Be A Utopia

Cracked

1 HN recommenders · 2016–2018

comedy#4189

Brass Eye Episode 07 - Paedogeddon! (Special)

Pol Pot

“You may enjoy Chris Morris in this Brass Eye special”

1 HN recommenders · 2017–2021

comedy#4214

Newscasters Agree: A Christmas Present Or Two Or Ten Edition | CONAN on TBS

Team Coco

“100s of local newscasts are all using the exact same script, even on trivial human interest stories”

1 HN recommenders · 2014–2020

commentary#4222

Organ & Body Donations: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

LastWeekTonight

“John Oliver had a pretty good episode about hospitals, organ donation organisations and even non-profits”

1 HN recommenders · 2024

comedy#4224

Mitchell and Webb: "Are we the baddies?"

CrystalRoseCreations

“this sketch from Mitchell and Webb stayed with me for years.”

1 HN recommenders · 2014–2026

comedy#4268

Dr. Oz and Nutritional Supplements: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

LastWeekTonight

“John Oliver has a good video on it”

1 HN recommenders · 2014–2021

comedy#4292

Yes Prime Minister, Discussing Trident

JBVids000

“one of the UK's best contributions to political education and entertainment”

1 HN recommenders · 2014–2025

comedy#4309

Amazon Echo - SNL

Saturday Night Live

“SNL did a great skit on this”

1 HN recommenders · 2017–2022

music#4338

Find the Longest Path

switchbg

“you can listen to a Billy Joel parody that describes the problem in decidedly less academic terms”

1 HN recommenders · 2021–2026

comedy#4346

0118 999 881 999 119 7253 | The IT Crowd

Channel 4 Entertainment

1 HN recommenders · 2011–2022

comedy#4370

KUNG FURY Official Movie [HD]

LaserUnicorns

“They fit an impressive amount of 80's movie tropes into 30 minutes.”

1 HN recommenders · 2015–2022

commentary#4376

Journalism: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

LastWeekTonight

“John Oliver had a great segment on this”

1 HN recommenders · 2016–2017

comedy#4401

Facebook CIA Project: The Onion News Network

c0pyr1gh7

“I love this The Onion video”

1 HN recommenders · 2012–2023

music#4455

Tom Lehrer - We Will All Go Together When We Go

The Tom Lehrer Wisdom Channel

“Tom Lehrer is indeed a national treasure, and his satire is top shelf.”

1 HN recommenders · 2017–2022

comedy#4456

Lie Witness News - SXSW Edition

Jimmy Kimmel Live

“The article makes a lot more sense after watching it IMO.”

1 HN recommenders · 2014–2022

comedy#4458

Redesign Your Logo (2010 live backing video)

NeilCicieregaMusic

“The corporate PowerPoint visuals just adds so much.”

1 HN recommenders · 2022–2025

music#4487

Complete History Of The Soviet Union, Arranged To The Melody Of Tetris

pigwiththefaceofaboy

“Besides being "meta", it's also clever and kinda catchy.”

1 HN recommenders · 2011–2021

comedy#4608

Tom Lehrer - Who's Next - with intro

The Tom Lehrer Wisdom Channel

“I love his song "Who's Next?", about nuclear war”

1 HN recommenders · 2016–2024

commentary#4645

Homeowners Associations: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

LastWeekTonight

“A fun John Oliver video on how corrupt HOA's are”

1 HN recommenders · 2023–2024

comedy#4676

Adam Ruins Everything - The Sinister Reason Weed is Illegal

truTV

“What I found pretty eye-opening in the sense of "Oh wow, that's so obvious”

1 HN recommenders · 2018–2022

comedy#4686

Dev Deletes Entire Production Database, Chaos Ensues

Kevin Fang

“The reenactment by Kevin Fang is always a good source of comedy on a bad day.”

1 HN recommenders · 2023–2024

comedy#4703

Matematikrevyen 2011: Banach-Tarski

Matematikrevyen

“i feel obliged to point everyone at this Banach-Tarski related video”

1 HN recommenders · 2012–2024

comedy#4707

The Website is Down #1: Sales Guy vs. Web Dude

Josh Weinberg

“Something along similar lines that I really enjoyed was the "Website is Down" series of videos”

1 HN recommenders · 2019–2024

music#4719

Code Monkey

spiffworld

1 HN recommenders · 2020–2021

commentary#4730

Capture the Flag | He Will Not Divide Us

Internet Historian

“The Internet Historian on YouTube has made a series of videos about this”

1 HN recommenders · 2019–2022

comedy#4739

The Power Of Selling Out: Your Customers As Political Capital - Onion Talks - Ep. 9

The Onion

“This Onion talk put it really well”

1 HN recommenders · 2013–2024

comedy#4772

Russian Invasion - Salami Tactics | Yes Prime Minister

British Comedy

“Can't resist posting this classic video from "yes minister”

1 HN recommenders · 2025–2026

comedy#4778

The Simpsons - Worker and Parasite

zio anza

“is absolutely hilarious”

1 HN recommenders · 2022–2026