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Compare [[Mockumentary]], [[Little-Known Facts]], [[Fauxtivational Poster]], [[Faux Documentary]]. Contrast: [[Documentary]].

 

== Comic Books ==

* Though the earliest issues of ''[[Mad Magazine|MAD]]'' sold poorly, by 1954 it had [[Follow the Leader|attracted a slew of imitators]] (one of them, ''Panic'', published by EC Comics, MAD's own publisher). ''MAD'' took notice and showed its readers how to make a "typical-type lampoon" of ''[[Julius Caesar]]'', with captions [[Lampshade Hanging|pointing out]] all the clichés routinely used (and in this case exaggerated) in such parodies.

** Also also, there's the little-known record "Teach Yourself Heath."

** Pre-Python, John Cleese starred as the host of a short called "How to Irritate People".

* A good deal of the humor on ''[[Look Around You]]'' involves startlingly unsound or dangerous procedures for science experiments.

 

 

== Tabletop Games ==

 

 

* The main schtick of Mark Erickson's [http://www.youtube.com/user/infinitesolutions Infinite Solutions videos]. They're all played just straight enough that the occasional [[YouTube]] comment will still ask if the Empire State Building really ''does'' offer [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvF_nxXJO5s Firearm Fridays], or correct his assertion that [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brdmnUBAS00 electrical tape conducts electricity].

* ''[http://www.cracked.com/article_14782_so-youve-been-pushed-naked-out-plane.html So You've Been Pushed Naked Out of a Plane]''.

* Destructoid's [http://www.destructoid.com/ten-golden-rules-of-online-gaming-64474.phtml Ten Golden Rules of Online Gaming] teaches you how to be the stereotypical [[Jerkass]] portrayal of the average person playing an online shooter. Accurate, but not something you should aspire to.

** Encyclopedia Dramatica's "tips" on playing ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'' follow a similar route, explaining exactly what ''not'' to do.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJ2_avaK_W4 A Beginner's Guide To Faking Your Death On The Internet] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMFDs-NmeHM A Beginner's Guide To Commuting] are satirical instructional videos for, well, [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Exactly What They Say On The Tin]].

* The 100th episode of ''[[Unskippable]]''.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fUi1EYq6Rs How To Boil Water The EASY Way], a humorous-but-serious account of how autism can affect self-care skills.

* Ryan Higa's "How to Be a Ninja/Gangster/Emo/Nerd" videos.

{{quote|[[Memetic Mutation|"What am the sky? How does eat food?"]]}}

* Video series [[The Japanese Tradition]] usually includes a little bit of fact in each video, but not too much.

** Detailed instructions on how to [[Black Comedy|gather]] [http://everything2.com/title/Pixie+dust#DonJaime pixie dust].

** [http://everything2.com/title/How+To+Become+a+Mighty+Pirate How to become a mighty pirate].

* The ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' episode "Krusty Krab Training Video".

* The ''[[Private Snafu]]'' cartoons prepared by [[Warner Bros]] for the Army-Navy Screen Magazine. A series of training films that show how to behave during wartime by showing how the [[Armed Farces|worst soldier in the army]] gets it wrong.

 

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