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The cable network Adult Swim has run the movie several times since 2009 as part of their April Fool's Day programming. In 2012, they showed the first twenty seconds of it before switching to Toonami for the remainder of the night.
The comedy show Tim & Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, also on Adult Swim, featured Wiseau prominently on an episode titled Tommy. Recruited as a "guest director", Wiseau is interviewed in mockumentary style along with the show's leading actors during the production of a fake film called "Pig Man". Two scenes from The Room are featured during the episode.
On June 18, 2009, a RiffTrax for The Room was released, featuring commentary by Michael J. Nelson, Bill Corbett, and Kevin Murphy of Mystery Science Theater 3000 fame.
On his 2009 DVD, My Weakness is Strong, comedian Patton Oswalt parodied The Room with a fake infomercial, playing a character named Alfan Golenpaul that mimicked Wiseau's odd accent and black stringy hair. Golenpaul advises criminals to launder money in his movies with names like The Hallway, The Kitchen, etc., all of which are shown with the same shadowed font. Oswalt also doctored images of billboards advertising the faux-films, referencing The Room's well-known Hollywood billboard. The spoof also features a cameo from Jon Hamm.
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