because it was. but it did provide us with some really lighthearted comic relief from a bad lip-reading spoof to a hard moanous duet you may actually wish this is how the real thing had gone down. jeanne moos has more. here s the story. reporter: the candidates were hard on each other. but not this hard. hey, hey, hey, have to say, you suck. look. well that s just stupid. reporter: nor were they this nice. had the time of my life no i never felt like this before reporter: two debates. two parodies. i ve been waiting for so long now i finally found someone who stand by me reporter: stand by me lyrics. congratulations, great job. reporter: was actually a sarcastic comment in the real debate. the funny thing is this u.s. election spoof wasn t even made in america. a dutch video artist did it.