Unfortunately, NOM was less than pleased, and has had many of the derivative videos removed from YouTube for copyright infringement.

But here are the best of the rest– the top three response videos to the “Storm” video. Enjoy!

3. Gathering Storm Chasers

It’s possible I only like this video because I’ve wanted to be a Storm Chaser since Twister hit theatres in the mid-90s. But the reference to Dopplar Gaydar makes it worth a watch.

2. The Gathering Storm

From the good folks at Sadly, No! this video is based on the premise that the original just wasn’t scary enough. With the addition of some campy terrifying elements like rubber monster masks, graveyard images, and creepy fonts, it’s definitely taken the original fear-mongering to a new level.

1. Gathering Storm Spoof

The best video response to the NOM video came from the touring cast of the Broadway show Mary Poppins. Is anyone surprised?

This video is awesome, it warns good, God-fearing Americans about the storm that’s brewing, a storm that could cause whole families to be “washed away by the wiles of Satan and his dark army of homos.” Even scarier, it warns, our male children could start playing with dolls, our female children could become vegetarians, and our wives could want to leave the home– to go to college!

It’s parody of the original hinges on its accuracy. Like the NOM video, this one has cheesy actors obviously reading off cue cards, forced and phony diversity, and a number of unfortunate acronyms. Check it out, you won’t be sorry.

(Also, if by some chance you missed the original video, you can watch it here on HRC’s YouTube channel.)

Its lessons are 35 years old but, as King tells us, they are more relevant today than ever.

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