Stuff We Missed: Michael Cera’s Aleksey Vayner Parody

by Nick Summers | January 8, 2007 at 10:26 am

Dear all 17,432 people who emailed us about Michael Cera’s Aleksey Vayner spoof video: Yes, thank you, we saw it. No doubt by this point you have too — maybe at Dealbreaker, or Gawker, or — wait, really? — The New York Times. We’ll share the Arrested Development star’s homage here anyway, as what struck us as kind of eh at first reveals some great touches on second viewing, like how the watercolor Cera paints at 1:48 is already framed and behind glass.

But first, may we issue a polite “deez nuts” to the cowards at YouTube? Cera’s “Impossible Is the Opposite of Possible,” produced for a McSweeney’s event, is currently a “Featured Video” on the YouTube home page, racking up all kinds of honors and 315,000-plus views as of this posting. So, YouTube is happy to jump on the Aleksey Bandwagon now, when all the legal heat is off? You’ll recall that back in October, down in the Aleksey Vayner trenches, they hung us out to dry. Chad Hurley, Steve Chen: We’ll get you for this. But first, we have to have some copies of keys made:

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