Shoeless Trivia: Episode 11 (Spinal Tap)

Remember, we lighten things up on the weekends. But even if it weren’t the weekend, I’d pretty much have to do Spinal Tap for episode 11.

1. What is the name of the fictional documentary director played by Rob Reiner in the film This Is Spinal Tap?
2. Give either of the two names the band had between its inception as “The Originals” and taking on the name “Spinal Tap”.
3. This Is Spinal Tap popularized the word “mockumentary” even if it didn’t establish the format. What is the name of the mockumentary television series created by Bill Hader, Fred Armisen, and Seth Myers? It has aired two seasons on IFC since 2015 and has been renewed for a third.
4. The image below depicts the cover of what (fictional) Spinal Tap album?
5. Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Harry Shearer appear as a different band – The Folksmen – in 2003’s A Mighty Wind. That film is about a tribute concert featuring the Folksmen and two other folk acts. Name either of them.

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1. Marty DeBergi
2. “The New Originals”, “The Thamesmen”
3. Documentary Now
4. Smell the Glove
5. The New Main Street Singers, Mitch & Mickey