After two successful comedy albums, Comedy Minus One ( 1973 ) and the Grammy Award-nominated A Star Is Bought ( 1975 ), Brooks left the stand-up circuit to try his hand as a filmmaker ; his first film, The Famous Comedians School, was a satiric short that appeared on PBS and was an early example of the mockumentary sub-genre.

Guest's biggest role of the first two decades of his career is likely that of Nigel Tufnel in the 1984 mockumentary film This Is Spinal Tap.

This Is Spinal Tap and other mockumentary films of director Christopher Guest are created with a mix of scripted and unscripted material and Blue in the Face is a 1995 comedy directed by Wayne Wang and Paul Auster created in part by the improvisations filmed during the production of their movie Smoke.

In 1978, the Rutles ' mockumentary film All You Need Is Cash, a collaboration between Python members and Saturday Night Live, was aired on NBC television, as written by Idle, with music by Innes.

In the 1984 mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap, Spontaneous Human Combustion is included as the cause of death of one of the band's numerous former drummers.

Created as a short sketch in Idle's UK television comedy series Rutland Weekend Television, the Rutles gained fame after being the focus of the 1978 mockumentary television film, All You Need Is Cash ( The Rutles ).

The term " mockumentary " is thought to have been popularized in the mid-1980s when This Is Spinal Tap director Rob Reiner used it in interviews to describe that film.

* While touring across the United States, the band members in the rock music " mockumentary " This Is Spinal Tap gather around Elvis Presley's grave at Graceland and sing a verse of " Heartbreak Hotel a capella in three-part harmony.

The 1984 mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap features the fictional band members Derek Smalls, David St. Hubbins, and Nigel Tufnel attempting a version of the song at Presley's grave.

In 2010, a mockumentary entitled Paul McCartney Really Is Dead: The Last Testament of George Harrison ?, featuring fabricated found footage audio tapes of a voice claiming to be Harrison explaining that the rumour was true, was released on video.

* All You Need Is Cash ( 1978 ), a mockumentary about a fictional group, The Rutles.

These decorative umlauts have been parodied in film and fiction ; in the mockumentary film This Is Spın ̈ al Tap ( spelled with an umlaut mark over the n and a dotless i ), fictional rocker David St. Hubbins ( Michael McKean ) says, " It's like a pair of eyes.

On 2 March 1978, McGough appeared in All You Need Is Cash, a mockumentary detailing the career of a Beatles-like group called The Rutles ; McGough's introduction takes so long that he is only asked one question (" Did you know the Rutles?

The term was used by Bill Drake in the 1969 History of Rock & Roll radio broadcast, and by Rob Reiner in the 1984 mockumentary film This Is Spinal Tap.

* This Is Spinal Tap, a mockumentary about the same band

* The Rutles ' All You Need Is Cash ( 1978 ), a Beatles mockumentary, mentions that one of its characters shortened his hair " to save on Brylcreem.

The film also draws from Rob Reiner's 1984 mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap which Robbins states is one of his favorite films, and directly references this during the scene in which Roberts gets lost in an auditorium attempting to find the stage before his performance.

All You Need Is Cash ( also known as The Rutles ) is a 1978 television film that traces ( in mockumentary style ) the career of a fictitious British rock group called The Rutles.

He played a delivery boy in the 2003 mockumentary Pauly Shore Is Dead.

In 1978, Fataar starred in All You Need Is Cash, a mockumentary film known more commonly as The Rutles, a spoof on the real life history of The Beatles, which had a follow up to a Saturday Night Live television sketch, which is a popular comedy show in the United States.

He had a cameo as Ronnie Pudding ( Spinal Tap's bass player in their early years ) in the " Gimme Some Money " video segment of the 1984 mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap.

The mockumentary also contains clips from his first Three " AL-TV " s, and all of Yankovic's music videos up to 1985: " Ricky ", " I Love Rocky Road ", " Eat It ", " I Lost On Jeopardy ", " This Is The Life ", " Like a Surgeon " ," One More Minute ", and " Dare to Be Stupid ".

Later the band became the fictional subject of the 1984 rockumentary / mockumentary film This Is Spinal Tap.

Pauly Shore Is Dead is an American comedy / mockumentary motion picture released in 2003 starring comedian Pauly Shore.

The film would start a genre of its own called mockumentary and become hugely influential on later similar films, such as This is Spinal Tap and Hard Core Logo.

The 1984 mockumentary This is Spinal Tap, a comedy based around a fictional 1970s rock band, was filmed in the style of a documentary and includes such details as fake album covers and historical videos done in the styles of the late 1960s and 1970s.

The 2000 comedy Best in Show, made by some of the same actors from This is Spinal Tap, was also done as a mockumentary, this time of various contestants at a fictional dog show.

The 2003 mockumentary A Mighty Wind was made by most of the same people behind This is Spinal Tap and Best in Show and was also done as a documentary of three 1960s folk bands doing a reunion concert.

Since the 1980s, the mockumentary format has enjoyed much attention, especially in the directorial work of Spinal Tap star Christopher Guest.

Lear is unofficially credited with giving Rob Reiner, son of Carl Reiner ( and a star of All in the Family ) his start as a director by financing the mockumentary This is Spinal Tap.

He is known for his roles in the Christopher Guest mockumentary films This is Spinal Tap, Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, A Mighty Wind, and For Your Consideration.

The trio is best known for its depiction in the mockumentary film A Mighty Wind ( 2003 ), but has also made a number of meta-performances on stage and television, often in conjunction with the same creators ' fictitious heavy metal band, Spinal Tap.

Eventually, Bluestein developed the popular alter-ego of Madge Weinstein to be featured in a Spinal Tap-esque mockumentary about feminist riot grrrls and their lesbian Jewish manager.

The volume control of the iPlayer goes up to 11, apparently a nod to a scene about an amplifier volume control that goes up to eleven in the 1984 rock mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap.

The title is a reference to the mockumentary This Is Spınal Tap in which Derek Smalls yells " Hello Cleveland " to an unseen audience while the band tries to find their way onto the stage.

The Shmenge Brothers were the subjects of the 1984 mockumentary The Last Polka.

The " Quiz Bowl " episode of the Internet mockumentary Dorm Life features a parody of a College Bowl match.

He is the co-writer and frequent cast member of Christopher Guest ’ s mockumentary features, particularly A Mighty Wind, where his sympathetic performance as brain-damaged folksinger Mitch Cohen won kudos ; his accolades included a Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor-Musical or Comedy and the prestigious New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor.

* The 2002 mockumentary film Fubar features the main characters demonstrating and explaining the philosophy behind shotgunning beers.

* The Golden Nugget features prominently in the poker mockumentary The Grand ( 2008 ).

The album's CD is packaged with a bonus DVD which features a mockumentary about the group.