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David Lewis

CultBoxed: Week 2

» ‘The party’s arrived…’ Advertising slots during the Super Bowl are the most highly-prized (and expensive) on American TV. This year, a couple of the companies investing in commercials to be shown during the match between the New England Patriots and the New York Giants have produced ads with a cult theme – including Audi, with this slightly dated but funny Twilight parody.

» ‘Oh, good morning, Dean!’ Memes involving a re-voiced Darth Vader rarely fail to amuse. This week, it’s the turn of Kenneth Williams to don the mask, breathe heavily and ask Imperial commanders about the possibilities of gender realignment.

» ‘I’m coming… all the time…’ If you haven’t experienced Cassetteboy’s cutups of Stephen Fry reading JK Rowling’s Harry Potter novels, you’re missing out. Go and search for them in a couple of minutes – but first, enjoy their riotous video edit, ‘Harry Potter and the X-Rated Trailer’…

» ‘Now please stop buggering me!’ For high-quality Doctor Who mash-up magic, Farmergeddon has been the go-to guy since the days when editing videos together was a matter of hooking up two VCRs and pressing pause at the right time. His take on The Five Doctors is indisputably a work of comedy genius.

» ‘The dog is funnier than the Vader kid.’ Back to Super Bowl XLVI for the last of this week’s selections. Volkswagen’s kid-activates-car-with-the-Force ad became a worldwide hit after airing during the 2011 final, and this year, the full-length version of the company’s game day promo contains a coda set in a familiar cantina….

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Rewind: ‘The Tripods’ revisited

Based on the trilogy of novels by John Christopher, The Tripods was set in a dystopian yet quaintly rural future, where the human race is enslaved by giant, three-legged robots from outer space.

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CultBoxed: Week 1

» ‘You’re a beautiful woman… probably.’ Every Doctor Who story from An Unearthly Child in 1963 to last Christmas’s The Doctor, The Widow and the Wardrobe, crammed into ten minutes of Eurythmics-remix-soundtracked glory by the legendary BabelColour…

» ‘Oh, how I’ve missed you, Holmes…’ The trailer for Sherlock Holmes: Book of Shadows re-cut to feature Basil, the Great Mouse Detective and his loyal sidekick, Dawson…

» ‘Your momma’s going on a date…’ When Darth Vader had a nervous breakdown, Akjak was there to capture the full, hilarious extent of his mental collapse…

» ‘What in the name of…?’ Anything involving Nyan Cat is like digital nicotine to us, but how did Captain Kirk and the crew of the USS Enterprise respond to the rainbow-crapping pop tart kitty that pretty much owned the internet in 2011?

» ‘Holy f@#*! What’s that?’ Doctor Who’s tenth anniversary story in 1973 had to be edited for transmission because it was simply too sweary for the kids – or it did if you believe TheTerryThomas…

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