Whomever wrote this gag has seemingly watched every craftsman video out there. In the following video—of a man purportedly selling artisanal firewood for $1,200 a bundle—they perfectly nail every line, trope, cliché and camera shot of the genre. It is the perfect video, right down to the background music, the cinematography and the name of the company:
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This is blatantly ripped off of the Netflix commercial "Fireplace For Your Home - Behind The Scenes."
I disagree
Is "Smoke and Flames" available from Amazon?
Bindle Bros. Business Company Profile from Josiah Bindle on Vimeo.
I prefer the Bindle Bros.
*Whoever.
Frankly I am a little surprised at and disappointed in the poor quality firewood used in this piece.
Also see Portlandia's Wilson Lightbulbs. Purdy funny.
How can his name be Jesse Horn when he used to be Dr. Daniel Douglas?!? This guy is hilarious. https://vimeo.com/94077785
This is done by a spoof program on CBC...Canadian public radio and television.
Cute, but the very best parody makes one wonder if it's parody, which this too obviously is. I think David Rees set a standard of sorts:
So funny.
LOL, I could not even watch the whole thing.