User:Zanimum/Rob Ford cultural depictions

Saturday Night Live
Sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live featured Bobby Moynihan as Ford, in their November 16, 2013 cold open.

Moynihan twisted his ankle filming the segment.

http://globalnews.ca/news/972010/bobby-moynihan-parodies-toronto-mayor-rob-ford-on-saturday-night-live/ http://radaronline.com/exclusives/2013/11/rob-ford-skewered-on-snl/

Fordtacular Spectacular!
Executive producer Adam Shaheen drew inspiration from Cordell Barker's NFB animated short film The Cat Came Back, in which an increasingly desperate man tries to get rid of a cat, with increasingly destructive results. They intentionally avoided dealing with specific negative incidents, "the obvious sound bites and stuff that have been well-recorded," instead focusing in on the "circus" aspect. The film focuses on sight gags, and does make some references, like walking into a object, a Toronto Star newspaper, and a video tape marked "Ford".

The 90-second film was produced by a crew of 10 people in two weeks. Ford was invited to the studio, but did not respond. Two figures of Ford were created, and both of them have been saved for a possible follow-up. There was reportedly interest from Canadian and American broadcasters for debut rights; the studio was weighing offers before deciding whether it would have a broadcast or web debut.

No Ford Nation
No Ford Nation is a campaign by a group against Mayor Ford, that created a series of animations using actual audio clips of Ford, pared with animation. Many outlets noted its visual style was similar to Family Guy.

http://www.fastcocreate.com/3028484/even-these-unimpressive-candidates-are-better-than-rob-ford-according-to-anti-rob-ford-campa http://www.torontosun.com/2014/03/31/no-ford-nation-signs-crop-up-in-toronto http://www.torontolife.com/informer/toronto-election-2014/2014/03/31/new-ad-campaign-pushes-anyone-ford-approach/ http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/03/31/anti-rob-ford-signs-tout-better-mayoral-candidates-who-urinate-in-public-but-never-get-caught-on-camera/

The campaign also posted false campaign signs, with candidates promising things like to not get caught on camera, when publicly urinating. The website of Esquire magazine described it as "the most effortless smear campaign in the history of politics."

Music

 * "The Ballad of Rob Ford": Performed by Chris Daughtry on the November 19, 2013 episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live.

http://www.torontosun.com/2013/11/24/chris-daughtry-was-nervous-performing-ballad-of-rob-ford-crack-song

Kimmel http://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/ford-s-appearance-on-kimmel-in-the-works-for-months-brioux-1.1710533 http://arts.nationalpost.com/2014/03/02/rob-fords-appearance-on-jimmy-kimmel-live-has-been-in-the-works-for-eight-months-report/ http://metronews.ca/scene/958421/rob-fords-appearance-on-jimmy-kimmel-8-months-in-making/

https://www.youtube.com/user/JimmyKimmelLive/search?query=rob+ford

Print

 * The Little Book of Rob Ford

http://o.canada.com/news/crackstarter-house-of-anansi-little-book-of-rob-ford/
 * The Continuing Adventures of Rob Ford


 * Political Power: Rob Ford (Bluewater Comics, April 1, 2014)
 * Written by Alan Smithee and illustrated by Vincent Monet, the official description of the comic describes Ford as "through the lies, diversions, obfuscations and really ugly ties, is a gentle, thoughtful man who truly believes Canada", and describes his voter base as "a bunch of idiots".

Crazy town : the Rob Ford story by Robyn Doolittle

How Rob Ford Happened. by National Post.

The Gift of Ford Ivor Tossell http://www.ipolitics.ca/2012/10/29/the-gift-of-ford-mayor-rob-ford-in-review-yes-already/

Daily Show http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2013/11/20/rob_ford_the_daily_show_devotes_eightminute_segment_to_mayor.html

Cost Cowboy song http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2013/07/05/mayor_rob_ford_new_song_praises_the_cost_cowboy.html

Other songs http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/music/2013/11/22/the_rob_ford_mixtape_seven_songs_inspired_by_toronto_mayor.html

Ferrell http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/2013/12/02/will_ferrell_gets_serious_about_rob_ford.html