Don't Rain On My Parody!

I just love parodies. If a piece of comedy can effectively and simultaneously make fun of and pay homage to original and well-beloved source material, then I'm a happy camper. Sorry if that sentence was funky, it's late. Here is a great parody that I recently discovered. Yes, I've watched it multiple times :-)

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

I also really love spoofs, especially when the spoof is expressed in a
medium different from the original source material. Here's the first
part of a spoof that the Musical Theatre kids at the University of
Michigan put together. I've only watched about the first seven parts. I'll
finish the entire thing at some point. My favorite moment is one

particular character's entrance at the beginning of Act I, Part ii.

And now, just to honor the title of my post, here's the incomparable

Barbra Streisand at her finest (I apologize for the commentary, but the

behind the scenes footage is kind of interesting--click here for a

cleaner version):

Enjoy!

--Christian

P.S. I'm just learning how to embed videos, and I don't know how to
shrink the dimensions of the Web Site Story video to fit the width of my
blog. You can see it more clearly here. I hope you like it!