2018 has been something of an unlikely banner year for Terry Crews, as the recent drama surrounding NBC acquisition Brooklyn Nine-Nine—and his willingness to talk openly and in empathetic fashion about an incident of sexual harassment he experienced a few years back—have emphasized how refreshing it is to have an…
If the Idiocracy countdown clock isn’t already a thing that exists, it really should be, because the bag of haggis dipped in Thousand Island currently in possession of our nuclear codes just moved it forward to 11:59:59. You see, in that film, the President of the United States of America is a former pro wrestler, and…
Silicon Valley returns to HBO for its fourth season on April 23, and in advance of the premiere, The New York Times has run a lengthy profile of creator Mike Judge, the man behind other cult mainstays like Beavis And Butt-Head, Office Space, and Idiocracy. Judge has always been a fascinating figure, both for being a…
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When Idiocracy was released in 2006, it didn’t make much of an impact upon the world. In fact, most people didn’t even know it existed. 20th Century Fox had a contractual obligation to release Mike Judge’s follow-up to Office Space, but they pretty much just tucked it away. After being sat on for more than a year, it…
Earlier this summer, we reported that Idiocracy collaborators Etan Cohen and Mike Judge were teaming up to make a series of apt “President Camacho”-themed anti-Trump ads. All they needed was the go ahead from 20th Century Fox, which owns the rights to the disturbingly prescient comedy from 2006. As it turns out, they…
Comparing the current presidential election to Idiocracy has become cliche at this point—as well as depressing, because, well, it’s not wrong. But Etan Cohen still has a free pass to do just that, because he co-wrote the script for the 2006 satire with director Mike Judge. And Cohen and Judge seem determined to undo…
Americans have worried about the extent to which life has imitated the art of Mike Judge’s Idiocracy pretty much since the satire premiered in 2006, which was three years after Jackass’ Steve-O stapled his scrotum to his leg onstage. But with sentient Simpsons gag Donald Trump out there confusing convenience with…
Presidents’ Day has come and gone this year, and with it a multitude of car and mattress sales. But in honor of the day designed to honor all Commanders-In-Chief, let’s take a look at some of the greatest presidents to ever grace the silver screen. This mash-up video by the Huffington Post strings together one long…
In whatever the opposite of an epic fail is, Deadline reports that Fox has ordered an additional eight episodes of its home-video clips show World’s Funniest Fails. The network’s attempt to rival the devastating wit of Tosh.O was originally ordered as a midseason lead-in for the final season of Glee. However, the joy…
Graphic designer Ellen Lampl’s website currently touts her work on Sam Raimi’s Oz The Great And Powerful. That film opened in 2013 on 3,912 screens, made $493 million worldwide, and has since been largely forgotten. However, Lampl also worked on Mike Judge’s dystopian sci-fi comedy Idiocracy, which opened in 2006 on…
