The Legend of Neil (2008)
The Legend of Neil is a comedy web series distributed by Comedy Central's partner Atom.com and is a parody of the Nintendo game The Legend of Zelda. Sandeep Parikh of The Guild fame directs the series. Tony Janning writes for the series, and acts as the title character Neil. Felicia Day and Mike Rose, who have worked with Parikh on the set of The Guild, appear as recurring characters. The series follows Neil, who is sucked into the world of The Legend of Zelda while playing the game. As he travels Hyrule he is mistaken for the hero of the game, Link. The series is "full of self degrading, foul humor", such as when Neil is being sucked into the game he is masturbating and strangled himself with his NES controller. The series began as a four-minute YouTube video posted in 2007. The video went viral, receiving several million views. Its popularity led to Atom.com financing a web series based around the video. The first season was released in 2008. According to Fox Business before the premiere of the second season, "With nearly one million plays, the hit Web series by creator Sandeep Parikh built one of the Web's most enthusiastic fan bases in 2008." In the run-up to the August 2009 premiere of the second season, MTV2 planned to air the complete first season. The series was also nominated for multiple Streamys at the 1st Streamy Awards in 2009.
- Sandeep Parikh
Country: US
Language: En
Runtime: 10
Season 3:
Continue or Quit? Neil is back, but are Hyrule's constant threats of danger, death and loneliness worse than... New Jersey?
A perfect 'Legend Of Neil' parody of everyone's favorite awkward office show, 'The Office.'
Neil learns about fatherhood in the toughest way possible: from a litter of newborn fairies.
Neil teams up with Zelda’s brother Tyrelda to battle the forceful Lynels, but the Lynels have something sinister in store…
Old Man is going to do whatever it takes to train Neil, even if he has to do it in a montage.
Neil must face and overcome his greatest challenge yet... Himself. Well, maybe his second greatest challenge.
It all ends now. The epic, super-sized, finale three seasons in the making is finally here. Will Neil finally defeat Gannon, finish his quest, and rescue/bang Princess Zelda?
