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"Funny People," Viral Videos, and Getting Randy

By David Jenison | Tuesday, July 7, 2009 8:30 AM ET

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Viral marketing is all the rage these days, and comedy filmmaker Judd Apatow is going all out for his upcoming film "Funny People." He already debuted an NBC.com webpage for the fake sitcom "Yo Teach!" featuring Jason Schwartzman (who plays Seth Rogen's roommate Jonah Hill in "Funny People") followed by a website for the film's main character, George Simmons, played by Adam Sandler.

Well, Apatow did it again. Last week, he debuted a site for character Randy Soudha titled LaughYourDickOff.com. On the site, Randy (played by Aziz Ansari of "Parks and Recreation") offers horribly bad stand-up routines, a bio highlighting his oral sex joke skills and his feeble attempt to drum up support for Darfur. Check out a clip below.

In other "Funny People" news, Apatow recently told MTV that rapper Eminem will appear in the film. Though no specifics were given about the role, the director did offer an image that shows Em sitting across from Sandler.

"Funny People" opens in theaters July 31.

Covering entertainment since the early '90s, David Jenison has conducted over 1,000 interview features that range from roving through Havana with the Happy Mondays to upending the Mayor of Hermosa Beach's house with Pennywise.

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