The Game of Thrones Parody Offers Up a Boatload of Laughs
Ariel Weber — November 27, 2012 — Pop Culture
References: youtube
The Game of Thrones parody video gives the mythical drama series a revamp with the ‘Game of Thrones as a Seinfeld Sitcom.’
With the laugh track and the well-known Seinfeld theme song playing throughout the clip, the usually stern show is reworked to give the appearance that all of its sexist comments and threatening banter may in fact have a humorous side to it. They may be completely different genres, but the unlikely mash-up somehow works by doing exactly what it is supposed to—offer up some laughs and run along the same theme as Seinfeld as a ‘show about nothing.’
Demonstrating that laugh tracks are in fact effective, the Game of Thrones parody is an enjoyable mash-up of between two starkly different, but equally beloved shows.
With the laugh track and the well-known Seinfeld theme song playing throughout the clip, the usually stern show is reworked to give the appearance that all of its sexist comments and threatening banter may in fact have a humorous side to it. They may be completely different genres, but the unlikely mash-up somehow works by doing exactly what it is supposed to—offer up some laughs and run along the same theme as Seinfeld as a ‘show about nothing.’
Demonstrating that laugh tracks are in fact effective, the Game of Thrones parody is an enjoyable mash-up of between two starkly different, but equally beloved shows.
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