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Things you thought were spoofs but were real

George White

50 Shades of Grey

Similarly, I thought that the Bastard - a 1978 miniseries starring Andrew Stevens as the titular sprog, son of an English nobleman raised in France who goes off to fight in the American Revolution and meets William Shatner as Paul Revere, Tom Bosley as Ben Franklin, among a brilliantly weird cast, from Buddy Ebsen and Keenan Wynn to Kim Cattrall and Olivia Hussey to Alan "Alfred" Napier and Donald Pleasence, but no as my mother assures me, this was a real "event" miniseries...

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Akrasia

This is Spinal Tap

Definitely real.

Sheep Lover

Marty Morrissey's forehead.

[Deleted User]

Real Madrid

MRnotlob606

George Bush apparently.

Wacker The Attacker

Kim Kardashian

Nucular Arms

Jedward

Trent Houseboat

I questioned whether those involved in making American Sniper we actually taking it seriously.

NewCorkLad

Je suis Derek

Sadly he isnt a spoof and takes himself seriously.

[Deleted User]

Ghostwatch. Scared the bejaysus out of me.

conorh91

Renua

It sounds like some British rap group from the 1990s.

Or else a really naff cosmetics line they sell door-to-door?

George White

conorh91 wrote: »

Renua

It sounds like some British rap group from the 1990s.

Or else a really naff cosmetics line they sell door-to-door?

how do you pronounce it? Is it Ren-newa or Renoir?

beertons

Twink.

valoren

Charlie McCreevey announcing the SSIA.

Save 4 euro and the Government will top it up by 1 euro at the end.

Fo sho?

bpmurray

Deleted User wrote: »

Ghostwatch. Scared the bejaysus out of me.

Nope that *was* a spoof.

Korat

Love Ulster parades in Dublin.

Antar Bolaeisk

conorh91 wrote: »

Renua

It sounds like some British rap group from the 1990s.

Or else a really naff cosmetics line they sell door-to-door?

Gruaige Renua

Reboot your hair!

who the fug

The Armstrongs

PandaPoo

King of Kong, still a head scratcher.

sadie06

Really thought Tommy Cooper was spoofing….sadly not.

franer1970

Cillit Bang adverts.

George White

sadie06 wrote: »

Really thought Tommy Cooper was spoofing….sadly not.

Who says he wasn't?

Kevin McCloud

Female ejaculation.

eviltwin

Brendan Kilkenny

George White

eviltwin wrote: »

Brendan Kilkenny

Oh Gawd yes, wasn't he also apparently a male escort who claimed to be "debonair"?

[Deleted User]

bpmurray wrote: »

Nope that *was* a spoof.

Lies. Those pipes were banging by themselves and Parkie got possessed.

...and I may have misinterpreted the thread title.

The_Valeyard

Irish Water

Lovely Bloke

eviltwin wrote: »

Brendan Kilkenny

there used to be a thread on this very website called "Brendan Watch" or something, where people would post updates of where they'd spotted him.

whiskeyman

FAI John Delaney's salary.
Ryan Turbridy's salary.

Mint Aero

N-Dubz

I thought it was a parody group like Rubberbandits or something until I realised it was for real :eek:

shruikan2553

Lorde is actually a singer and iphones bending. I thought it was a joke like microwave charging.