Celebrate Werner Herzog's birthday with these 5 absurd parodies

"One man sees through their compound eyes. But at what cost?"
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Celebrate Werner Herzog's birthday with these 5 absurd parodies
A young Werner Herzog on the set of 1982's 'Fitzcarraldo' in Peru. Credit: Jean-Louis Atlan/Sygma via Getty Images

Happy birthday, Werner Herzog!

There is no man we would rather delve into the harmony of overwhelming and collective murder with than the acclaimed director, who turned 74 years old on Monday.

While he has directed such classic films as Grizzly Man, Fitzcarraldo and the Cave of Forgotten Dreams, young people on the internet might know him best as the guy with the accent that everyone is always parodying.


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To celebrate, we decided to round up the best Herzog parodies on the web.

1. Werner Herzog reads Where's Waldo?

2. What if Werner Herzog directed Ant-Man?

3. Werner Herzog reviews a hotel on Yelp

4. Cooking with Werner (with special guest 'Jim Jarmusch')

5. 'A Jeb in Winter' parody from Full Frontal with Samantha Bee

But no parody can truly do the man justice. Here he is talking about chickens.

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Keith Wagstaff

Keith Wagstaff is an assistant editor at Mashable and a terrible Settlers of Catan player. He has written for TIME, The Wall Street Journal Magazine, NBC News, The Village Voice, VICE, GQ and New York Magazine, among many other reputable and not-so-reputable publications. After nearly a decade in New York City, he now lives in his native Los Angeles.

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