Writer-director Judd Apatow and his ad-libbing actors make fun of pretty much any celebrity that comes to mind as the characters in Funny People swap jokes and try out material on comedy club stages.
In the R-rated comedy, which opens Friday, Apatow’s cast, including Adam Sandler and Seth Rogen, takes swipes at Iron Man director Jon Favreau, Transformers‘ hottie Megan Fox and many more.
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But the movie also manufactures laughs at the expense of two web celebs who rarely if ever show up on red carpets: craigslist founder Craig Newmark and Tom Anderson, the No. 1 MySpace “friend” who welcomes new members to the social-networking site.
While an aspiring comic played by Jonah Hill (pictured above) brainstorms material for a MySpace corporate gig, he raises the question: “If Craig from craigslist got into a fight with Tom from MySpace, who would win?”
It’s a puzzler left unresolved in the movie. Anderson did not respond to a request for comment, but Newmark told Wired.com that if it came down to a MySpace/craigslist smackdown, “We’d fight like nerds to the embarassment of all.”
Now we’re soliciting your wit and wisdom: If Newmark and Anderson got into a physical brawl, who would win, and why? And, if you saw Funny People, what did you think? (Wired.com called it a semi-successful salute to “raunchy nerd humor.”)
Watch the Funny People trailer and weigh in below.
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