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I could see some viral for Anchorman 2 done right, but not something like this. It seems these people just went “hey, lets make a video LOL”. If they put dedication into it then they could pull it off, but not like this.
It’s most likely made for background noise in the movie. Just like the clip of the Adam Sandler baby movie in the trailer. I think there was an article about a month ago about the fake movie posters used in the film too.