Brad Pitt attends a news conference for "Killing Them Softly"...

Brad Pitt attends a news conference for "Killing Them Softly" at the 65th Cannes film festival in France on May 22, 2012. Credit: Getty Images

There he is — Brad Pitt, star of what may well be one of the hotter memes on the planet at this moment, namely parodies of Brad Pitt, in his Chanel No. 5 ad that bowed last week, and finally entered the pantheon of mockdom: “Saturday Night Live,” with Taran Killam's effective debunking over the weekend.

I assume this is not what Karl Lagerfeld had in mind.

Nevertheless! It is getting traction, and this whole thing could get monumentally annoying within a day or so (after all, it's so obvious that even Funnyordie has yet to weigh in). But until we reach complete saturation point, this got me to thinking: What are some of these parodies? They are coming in from around the world; one of the most unexpected was one from ESPN, which managed to mock BOTH A-Rod and Brad in the space of 30 seconds, So .?.?. let us go to the clips. I'll start with my favorite Killam one .?.?. and credit due to “Conan,” which I think got this ball rolling:

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