{"id":47153,"date":"2013-12-16T13:00:21","date_gmt":"2013-12-16T18:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/?p=47153"},"modified":"2014-02-01T15:13:50","modified_gmt":"2014-02-01T20:13:50","slug":"10-rob-ford-parodies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2013\/12\/16\/10-rob-ford-parodies\/","title":{"rendered":"The 10 best Rob Ford-related parodies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At the root of it, the Rob Ford scandal is no joke. Illicit drugs, police investigations, and extortion are all serious matters. But the whirlwind of controversy circling City Hall has nevertheless given satirists plenty to work with. And regardless of the calamity, it doesn\u2019t hurt to laugh. Besides, when even the City doesn\u2019t have tools to remove the mayor, sometimes it seems like there isn\u2019t much else Torontonians can do.<\/p>\n<p>So with that in mind, here&#8217;s <em>Spacing<\/em>&#8216;s roundup of 10 of the best Ford-related parodies culled from blogs, Twitter, and Youtube. If you think a worthy parody has been overlooked, post it in the comments section.<\/p>\n<p><strong>VIDEOS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RUY6lDja-DE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Rob Ford The Movie<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>If Woody Harrelson never gets to realize <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/city_hall\/2011\/04\/21\/woody_harrelsons_naked_pitch_to_play_mayor_rob_ford.html\" target=\"_blank\">his dream of playing the mayor on the big screen<\/a>, this trailer \u2013 made from clips of Chris Farley films \u2013 might be the closest thing we get to a real Ford movie.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P7Jy312JCUQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>DJ Steve Porter &#8211; Rob Ford Crack Remix<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>A cut-up hip hop remix of Rob Ford&#8217;s crack confession. &#8220;Am I an addict? No. Have I tried crack? God bless. It&#8217;s my mistake I know, I have no crack left,&#8221; raps an auto-tuned Ford in this hilarious spoof.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6VzLOaeNZEY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Taiwanese Animation &#8211; Rob Ford&#8217;s crack smoking video finally found by police<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/NMAWorldEdition?feature=watch\" target=\"_blank\">Taiwanese Animators<\/a> have been chronicling Rob Ford controversies ever since word of the crack video came out. This parody, a follow-up to an\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8oqrUPkW77k\" target=\"_blank\">earlier animation<\/a>,\u00a0is a comically subtitled video of the police operation to retrieve the crack video.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NRdXOr-uYlU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Ford Van Dam<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The mayor has been\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/city_hall\/2013\/11\/20\/rob_ford_seen_hitting_it_hard_at_the_gym.html\" target=\"_blank\">hitting the gym to get fit<\/a>, but his exercise routine probably doesn&#8217;t involve anything like the feat depicted in this mashup of Rob Ford and\u00a0Jean-Claude Van Damme.<\/p>\n<p><strong>BLOGS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/dougfordtruths.tumblr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Doug Ford Truths<\/a><\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nSometimes it&#8217;s not a matter of what&#8217;s said, but what isn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/textstorobford.tumblr.com\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>Texts to Rob Ford<\/strong><\/em><\/a><br \/>\nFord has said he <a href=\"http:\/\/business.financialpost.com\/2013\/11\/21\/rob-fords-return-every-phone-call-claims-arent-proof-of-strong-record-its-just-bad-management\/\" target=\"_blank\">returns every call<\/a>. But what about text messages? This Tumblr features screen caps of real (and not-so-real) texts to the mayor.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TWITTER<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/80sDougFord\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>80s Doug Ford<\/strong><\/em><\/a><br \/>\nBefore the infamy and Queen&#8217;s Park ambitions, there was &#8217;80s Doug Ford. Some would argue not much has changed since then.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HULKMAYOR\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>HULK MAYOR<\/strong><\/em><\/a><br \/>\nA perfect comic marriage, Rob Ford meets the Hulk.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TOMayorFrod\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>Mayor Rob Frod<\/strong><\/em><\/a><br \/>\nHere&#8217;s a fraudulent Twitter account that aside from satirical posts, also provides legitimate City updates.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hotmailawyer\" target=\"_blank\">Hotmail Lawyer<\/a><\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nEven Rob Ford&#8217;s criminal lawyer Dennis Morris has been given a comic treatment. As Ford is now\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/2013\/12\/12\/rob_ford_daniel_dale_files_libel_notice_against_toronto_mayor.html\" target=\"_blank\">facing legal action from <em>Toronto Star<\/em> reporter Daniel Dale<\/a>, this one is particularly timely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the root of it, the Rob Ford scandal is no joke. Illicit drugs, police investigations, and extortion are all serious matters. But the whirlwind of controversy circling City Hall has nevertheless given satirists plenty to work with. And regardless of the calamity, it doesn\u2019t hurt to laugh. Besides, when even the City doesn\u2019t have<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2013\/12\/16\/10-rob-ford-parodies\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;The 10 best Rob Ford-related parodies&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8207,"featured_media":47177,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The 10 best Rob Ford-related parodies - Spacing Toronto<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2013\/12\/16\/10-rob-ford-parodies\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The 10 best Rob Ford-related parodies - Spacing Toronto\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"At the root of it, the Rob Ford scandal is no joke. 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