After I posted this week about Steve Martin's meta 1979 alt-trailer for his movie The Jerk, I was alerted on BlueSky by Nom DePlume to this fantastic meta alt-trailer for the 1984 movie This Is Spinal Tap, featuring Rob Reiner.
Richard on Bluesky responded: "Promoting a fake documentary with a fake documentary is pretty hilarious."
Wheels of Edam!
By the way, a teaser trailer for the upcoming Spinal Tap II: The End Continues was recently released.
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