Examples: Itchy & Scratchy from The Simpsons, The Scary Door from Futurama, or The Grand Inquisitor from Dostoevsky.
Springtime for Hitler, The Producers https://youtu.be/1zY1orxW8Aw
The Princess Bride is one of my favorite examples of this, especially because the “story within the story” is the main story, which is unusual.
When I was a kid I absolutely loved movies with this format. It was like I was learning the story along with the characters on screen, and it just made it feel more real. Like the story was so old and with enough truth to it that they made a movie just about people learning about said story. It let you feel like the caring, kind old narrator was your adoptive grandpa, and he was revealing to you some ancient, fantastical part of our history. One that you could imagine really happened, even if the story had some exaggerations. Those opening sequences where they show a big old, leather bound book opening up to the first chapter (e.g. The Sword in the Stone)? HOOK IT TO MY VEINS
The Never Ending Story too.
Threshold Kids in the Video game control it was a kids TV series to teach kids in the game about the FBC it was kinda bonkers
The book House of Leaves is presented as a documentary within a book within a book. Really fun read, too
I wonder how many times someone has tried to turn House Of Leaves into a movie or a series. It would be pretty wild no matter how they tried it.
I’m sure plenty of times, but the horror in HOL is pretty minimal tbh, I can’t imagine it would be easy to do.
Someone did make a phenomenal DOOM mod inspired by it though
After watching this very playthrough of MyHouse a few months ago, I still remember a few scenes. So very unsettling. buddy’s narration style is really compelling too.
Tales of the Black Freighter from the Watchmen comics is pretty awesome.
All My Circuits on Futurama is one of my favorites on tv. Dramatic beeping intensifies.
The lusty argonian maid
“Address Unknown”, a twilight zone/detective noir tv show within the universe of Max Payne.
Tropic Thunder movie previews
Gems
“Invitation to Love”, the soap opera within the show “Twin Peaks”.
Thank you!!! I was going to post this but figured I’d make sure nobody else had already. Terrific taste, Twin Peaks is my all-time favorite tv show 😗🤌
This is what I was going to say. It’s so weird, I love it.
The “Busty Asian Beauties” running gag in supernatural. Was a magazine, website etc. Always gave me a chuckle.
Welcome to Nightvale.
Isn’t that a podcast?
Yes, with a fictional Public Radio host, his show is the podcast.
Not really media within media then is it? It’s just plain media.
Once (I liked it so much I saw it twice…my apologies to Ted Lasso)
I don’t know if that fits the definition, but it’s an album being written within a movie which sounds like “media within media” to me.
Check out https://nestflix.fun/ for a Netflix-like way to browse popular fictional media like this
You just won the thread.
I’m sad they’re not videos, but what a treasure trove.
The poems of Thomas Zane in the old gods of asgard concert in the book about max Payne in the video game Allen wake in the video game control in the amazing TV series the threshold kids in that song the janitor is singing.
… Pretty sure that’s the continuity.
Here’s a website about those kinds of fake shows
Delightful!!
