Friday Morning Laughs - The Star Trek Parody That Cost Taxpayers $60,000

Friday is here, and with it comes our weekly roundup of smile-inducing videos. This week’s Friday Morning Laughs features a ridiculous Star Trek parody created by the IRS, an "honest trailer" for Les Miserables, dogs with hands, an adorable meerkat and more. Enjoy!

Friday is here, and with it comes our weekly roundup of smile-inducing videos.  This week’s Friday Morning Laughs features a ridiculous Star Trek parody created by the IRS, an “honest trailer” for Les Miserables, dogs with hands, an adorable meerkat and more.  Enjoy!

IRS Star Trek Parody

This terrible Star Trek parody, along with a second parody of Gilligan’s Island, were created for an IRS training and leadership conference and cost about $60,000.  Stephanie Ohlemacher of the Washington Post reports that “the IRS got a rebuke from Congress for wasting taxpayer dollars” on the video.

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