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  • This shortcoming is cleverly shown in his mocku/documentary Sizzle, where he tries to find the truth about climate change and global warming from top scientists.

    Astrid Caldas: The Science of Communicating Science Astrid Caldas 2011

  • Okay, okay, so it isn't a real preview of Sarah Palin's Alaska, it's a little mocku-preview-mentary assembled by some public radio scamps.

    This Preview of "Sarah Palin's Alaska" Isn't "Sarah Palin's Alaska," but It Might as Well Be | Indecision Forever | Political Humor, 2010 Election, and Satire Blog | Comedy Central 2010

  • Ok, so I think a description field will do just fine, your mocku ...

    Planet Opera Tomasz Procków 2010

  • This mocku-rockumentary features Rob Reiner as a filmmaker out to retrace the evolution of Spinal Tap (Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer), a fictitious British heavy-metal band that serves as the embodiment of everything rock and roll and the butt of many, many jokes.

    NPR Topics: News 2010

  • This mocku-rockumentary features Rob Reiner as a filmmaker out to retrace the evolution of Spinal Tap (Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer), a fictitious British heavy-metal band that serves as the embodiment of everything rock and roll and the butt of many, many jokes.

    NPR Topics: News 2010

  • Movies has the trailer for the docu-mocku-mentary (or whatever it is)

    Empire Movies 2010

  • More recently, NBC gave Poehler her own mocku-comedy, "Parks and Recreation," and TBS hired another Kansas City-to-Chicago talent, John Lehr, to help create and star in an all-improv sitcom called "10 Items or Less."

    KansasCity.com: Front Page 2009

  • More recently, NBC gave Poehler her own mocku-comedy, “Parks and Recreation,” and TBS hired another Kansas City-to-Chicago talent, John Lehr, to help create and star in an all-improv sitcom called “10 Items or Less.”

    KansasCity.com: Front Page 2009

  • This docu-mocku-mentary (it's the only descriptor that really seems to fit) follows the journey of comedian Charlyne Yi, her director, Nicholas Jasenovec, and Charlyne's budding relationship with fellow comedian and actor Michael Cera.

    Kansan.com stories <StaffMember: Abby Olcese> 2009

  • This is clearly a mocku-drama, and the tongue-in-cheek nature of Justine and Karen should give have given it away, if nothing else.

    Adrants 2009

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  • short for mockumentary

    May 12, 2017