Gulf Oil Spill Satire: BP Disaster Inspires Hilarious Videos

By Alisa Opar
Features Editor, 91做厙 magazine
Published July 13, 2010

With oil spill fatigue starting to set in, a little levity might be in order. Here are a few of our favorite funny video responses to the BP oil spill. 


John Clarke and Bryan Dawe on oil spills and a struggling BP president. In this gem, the actor portraying the oil company president explains the proper response to take when disaster strikes. Here's an excerpt:

Interviewer: What are the regulations?
BP President: The what?

I: The regulations.
BP: (Looks off camera): Can you Google something for me quickly? Relegations.
I: No. Regulations.
BP: Google them both.
 
The funny folks over at the take a look at what happens when BP execs spill coffee. Hilarity, and about a dozen different failed recovery efforts, ensues.
 

And finally for a clip from a guy who has been making us laugh since long before the spill began. Last week on the , Stephen Colbert argued that the Economist couldve gone further to really drive home the point that President Obama is a coast-destroying failure. Oh, and he discovers that all it takes to solve the crisis in the Gulf is a few minutes with Photoshop.