Spoof Idents

[reworP wehttaM]

April Fools is upon us; our Marios are dead, Teletubbies are investing in Bitcoin, and in honor of this hell of a day, I wanna know some of your favorite spoof idents, official or unofficial

My favs are probably the Ben Elton BBC balloons:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7rMkt3H_FA

[Colorband]

Of course, a thread dedicated to spoof idents would be incomplete without mention of the Hamlet Channel 4 advert.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FegmPKnARuo

Yes, it may have sold you throat cancer, but has anyone ever sold you throat cancer by getting Lambie-Nairn (RIP) and Co. to riff on their own design?

[reworP wehttaM]

Now that's determination to your craft

...well, not Lambie Nairn's craft, but Hamlet's, actually

Here's another example of someone using a Lambie Nairn project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJuHkfeehk8

(It's not DONE by Martin, but he sure did love it)

[reworP wehttaM]

Here’s a spoof ident that hasn’t been shown yet: https://youtu.be/zcKPJ5PLczg

[Ben]

I think this still counts as a spoof you can certainly see the influence.

https://youtu.be/eDNMZNsNk_I

There were quite a few variants but I don't think it's really obvious what they were trying to mimic unless you're like us lot. BBC2 hadn't been using those idents for quite a while.

[Neil Jones]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJiQ4E5WDQo

[reworP wehttaM]

They sure did love making fun of this set of idents: https://youtu.be/cslLRVfLVCk

[Rick]

The E4 spoof of the dancers falling towards the camera on material suspended from the ceiling is one of my favourites. Looked painful though!

[reworP wehttaM]

Here's a spoof from outside the UK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EunNpOtR9Pg

[IdentFan101]

I think this still counts as a spoof you can certainly see the influence.

https://youtu.be/eDNMZNsNk_I

There were quite a few variants but I don't think it's really obvious what they were trying to mimic unless you're like us lot. BBC2 hadn't been using those idents for quite a while.

I remember these.

[Chinamug]

Spoof ITV Station QTV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9eRlzt0kVs

There's a lot of this stuff on Quentin Smirhes channel on Youtube. It's a comedy/horror act of sorts.

[reworP wehttaM]

More spoofs from:
https://youtu.be/Qm62HwgBkCw an xmas tape
https://youtu.be/tmtchLk6gbE a side channel ident
https://youtu.be/Awo2ReAhGsQ and a comedy program

[Hellwyn Ballard]

Now that's determination to your craft

...well, not Lambie Nairn's craft, but Hamlet's, actually

Here's another example of someone using a Lambie Nairn project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJuHkfeehk8

(It's not DONE by Martin, but he sure did love it)

Wow, never seen that before. Am I right in thinking that's David Schneider, with Harry Enfield on voiceover?

[Davidmarper2010]

I seem to remember a spoof ITV pugwash ident at the start of Saturday Night Takeaway a few years back, which revealed them to be washing the pug in the sink.
All I can find online though is the pugwash ident with an Ant and Dec voiceover

[Neil Jones]

I seem to remember a spoof ITV pugwash ident at the start of Saturday Night Takeaway a few years back, which revealed them to be washing the pug in the sink.
All I can find online though is the pugwash ident with an Ant and Dec voiceover

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwFKT4_XJGs