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		<title>Video interlude: Tom Cruise parody</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:39:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just came across this, thanks to a Twitter post from Jason Calacanis: it&#8217;s a hilarious parody of the Tom Cruise video from a week or two ago, the one in which he was selling Scientology as the cure for all of mankind&#8217;s ills &#8212; the video that Scientology has been trying to get Gawker (among [...]]]></description>
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<p>Just came across this, thanks to a Twitter post from Jason Calacanis: it&#8217;s a hilarious parody of the Tom Cruise video from a week or two ago, the one in which he was selling Scientology as the cure for all of mankind&#8217;s ills &#8212; the video that Scientology has been trying to get Gawker (among others) to remove, which I wrote about <a href="http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/01/16/why-nick-denton-is-good-andor-evil/">here</a>. Actor Jerry O&#8217;Connell does a pretty good job of <a href="http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/3f716ffebe">channeling Cruise</a>, complete with slicked-back hair and a black turtleneck. The hand movements are right on, and the maniacal laughter is probably the best part. Be sure to check out <a href="http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/d16e5ce0fb">the out-takes</a> as well.</p>
<p><center><object width="464" height="388" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000"><param name="movie" value="http://www2.funnyordie.com/public/flash/fodplayer.swf?1200035364" /><param name="flashvars" value="key=3f716ffebe" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><embed width="464" height="388" flashvars="key=3f716ffebe" allowfullscreen="true" quality="high" src="http://www2.funnyordie.com/public/flash/fodplayer.swf?1200035364" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object><noscript><a href="http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/3f716ffebe">the parody video Tom Cruise WANTS you to see!</a> on <a href="http://www.funnyordie.com/">FunnyOrDie.com</a></noscript></center></p>
<p>Last time I checked, the video -had been viewed about 1.7 million times. Not bad, considering it&#8217;s only been up there for a week.</p>
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