mockumentary

A fake documentary - done with a lot of tongue-in-cheek "seriousness" and often closely mimicing an actual documentary.

"This Is Spinal Tap" and "The Rutles" are classic mocumentaries

by Marshall Stax October 17, 2003

mockumentary

A show or film which parodies a "serious" documentary.

Movie examples include Spinal Tap, Drop Dead Gorgeous, The Specials (starring Rob Lowe, very underrated). One profound example on TV in Britain that nobody has mentioned is "Brass Eye" - a series of 6 documentaries and one special. They are available on DVD and video and are totally worth a look.

by Andrew Ferenbach February 5, 2004

jockumentary

Sports films. Anything from a biography, to highlights, to full length features about sports that aren't the actual event.

Al spent the whole day watching football games. Then he spent the rest of the night watching a jockumentary about Johnny Unitas.

by SJ@24 November 26, 2010

wildlife documentaries

Television shows that very few normal people watch. It must be said, however, that wildlife documentaries are excellently produced and carefully wrought.

David Attenborough. Does he do anything else?

by Comrade Dmitri February 25, 2004

pro Iraq war documentary

After seeing such well made movies as VALLEY OF ELAH, and WAR WITH OUT END I was kind of searching for pro Iraq war documentary's
seems to me that the Republicans could get Halliburton to fund something..

With the hours or compelling movies on the current war i kind of would like to see a pro Iraq war documentary....i guess the current administration didn't anticipate how sending the bulk of the movie going public to war might create bad press..and of course military families are so disregarded that they might not have extra money for that kind of stuff..

by DaynaS March 24, 2008

mockumentary

A completely farcical documentary, which is intended to be viewed as a comedy.

"This is Spinal Tap" and "Fear of a Black Hat" are two examples of a mockumentary.

by Anonymous September 2, 2003

Documentary Fat

A phrase used for people who are beyond obese. Initiated by Kevin Bridges in one of his stand up routines. If someone is Documentary Obese it means they are so fat that they can be found on channel 4 or 5 at around 8:00 on a weeknight, telling people how much they way and how addicted to jaffa cakes and mars bars they are.

David: Did you see that chick back there, she was so fat i bet her fanny had flab growing on it
Ben: Dude, she wasn't fat, nor was she obese. David my dear chum, she was documentary fat.

by 09rob1234 December 3, 2011