Terry Tate Checks Donald Trump in Timely Throwback to Classic Reebok Ads

Funny or Die nails parody

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Terry Tate, the fictional office linebacker from Reebok's famous ads a decade ago about proper behavior, is back to weigh in on the 2016 election. And the result is spectacular.

A new clip from Funny or Die features the character, who famously and forcefully disciplined white-collar drones slacking off on the job, doing what he does best—this time, to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.

Reebok doesn't appear to have any official part in the new video, which opens with the now-notorious 2005 footage of Trump and Billy Bush joking about groping women without their consent, while getting off an Access Hollywood bus.

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