Hilarity roundup: Real Housewives of Westeros, Gay of Thrones

Lest you think that it’s absurd to combine a serious drama like Game of Thrones with reality fluff like Bravo’s Real Housewives series, it pays to remember that the two have been mashed together before. Sophie Turner, who plays the ever-embattled Sansa Stark, once dreamed up an alternate reality where the ladies of Game of Thrones engaged in Real Housewives-style shenanigans, and it was kind of hilarious. Also, The Real Housewives of Atlanta always seems to be just trailing Game of Thrones in the ratings, so maybe the two shows have a secret kinship that can’t help but assert itself.

That’s all a long-winded way of saying that YouTuber Jason Gallagher has edited together a funny video that draws parallels between the current situation in King’s Landing, where Margaery and Cersei have been sniping at each other over Tommen, and the nonsense the women on the Real Housewives shows get up to. If you’ve forgotten about the sniping, allow me to remind you of some of the epic shade Margaery was throwing at Cersei in “High Sparrow.”

“Can we bring you anything to eat or drink? I wish we had some wine for you. It’s a bit early in the day for us.”

“What’s the proper way to address you now–Queen Mother or Dowager Queen?”

“In any event, judging from the king’s enthusiasm, the Queen Mother will be a Queen Grandmother soon.”

Tell me this kind of thing wouldn’t fit right in on Bravo.

Speaking of shade, the latest episode of Gay of Thrones is out. Funny or Die’s long-running Game of Thrones recap series finds real-life hairdresser Jonathan Van Ness chatting about the show to his clients, whether they want to hear about it or not. This week, he and his guest tear into “Sons of the Harpy,” as well as the difference between Grease and Greece.

As usual, the nicknames Van Ness gives to the characters are worth the price of admission, which is free, incidentally. My favorites from this week:

• Mace Tyrell: Colonel Mustard
• The High Sparrow: Barefoot Contessa
• The Faith Militant: the Family Research Council
• Melisandre: Evil Stevie Nicks
• Dornish soldier: Shaq from Kazaam
• Ellaria and the Sand Snakes: Dornish Kris Kardashian and her daughters Kim, Kourtney, and Khloé
• Meereenese whore: Evil Roseanne Roseannadanna
• Barristan Selmy: Boy Judi Dench
• Grey Worm: Baby Barack Obama

Bless this show.

Finally, we have a video of YouTuber and Game of Thrones fan Harmony Sage making a Daenerys Targaryen cosplay dress from scratch. No, this isn’t a funny video, but we get a lot of submissions about homemade Game of Thrones projects and they’re very seldom this well-done, so it’s worth spotlighting. Sage also filmed a tutorial on how to make the dress, in case you want to go around looking like Daenerys did right before she executed Mossador. That’s gotta describe at least a few people.

• Published on 05/05/2015 at 4:30 PM CDT
• Last updated on 05/05/2015 at 5:37 PM CDT