Grizzly Man Parodies
Timothy Treadwell (he changed his name to Timothy Treadwell) was a wack-noodle who decided that the best way to make grizzly bear documentaries in Alaska was to live as close as possible with grizzly bears — even going up to them and petting them. Now, I love animals better than I love people (’cause people suck), but I respect animals, too. Bears can be cranky. I respect that. So I stay the hell away from bears, just in case they suddenly get cranky. But ol’ Timmy couldn’t keep his hands off of them.
Not surprisingly, many people predicted that one day a bear would kill him. And, eventually, in 2003, one did. This made a great premise for an award-winning documentary called Grizzly Man by Werner Hertzog.
Timothy Treadwell is old news, but the love keeps going on. If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then there’s a heck of a lot of love left for the lost Timothy Treadwell in the digital files of YouTube.
Granted, you really need to see the documentary in order to get most of the jokes in these paradies. And, since the documentary itself is on YouTube (in ten minute chunks), you really have no excuse not to. But if you’ve seen the flick, then let’s rock and roll. First up — Hedgehog Man.
Wait. No Hedgehog man. That’s the fun of YouTube. You never know when they’re suddenly going to yank a clip.
Okay, let’s try again — Squirrley Man!
Groove to the music in Jellystone Park Man:
And now, Grinnell Man, with varying degrees of failure at imitation:
And the key word is “decapitate”.
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