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- An Introduction (1)
- College Parodies (17)
- College: 1911-1945 (7)
- College: 1946 on (12)
- Early Parodies (4)
- Newsstand Parodies (16)
- Specialized Parodies (3)
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Recent Posts
- Jester’s “Columbia College Toady,” 1969
- Harvard’s “New York Times,” March 7, 1968
- National Lampoon Parodies, A to Z
- National Lampoon Parodies, 1970-2006
- Duke + Look = “Dook,” 1949
- “The Bilioustine,” 1901
- Parodies in Mad, 1954-2017
- The Bawl Street Journal, 1919-2009
- Columbia Jester Parodies, 1913-1989
- The Chaparral Mocks L&M, 1960
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Jester’s “Columbia College Toady,” 1969
Parody Of: Columbia College Today. Parody By: Jester of Columbia. Title: “Columbia College Toady.” Date: April 1969. Format: 8.375″x11″ stapled magazine, 32 pp. + covers. Availability: Very scarce. The Columbia Jester’s 1969 parody of the school’s alumni mag is no match for such classics as … Continue reading
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Harvard’s “New York Times,” March 7, 1968
Parody Of: The New York Times. Title: “The New York Times” Parody By: Harvard Lampoon. Date: March 7, 1968. Length: Front page only? Contributors: Rob Hoffman, Jonathan Cerf, Peter Gable. Availability: Very rare; reprinted in the Harvard Lampoon Centennial Celebration (pp. 38-39) and 100 Years of Harvard Lampoon Parodies (pp. 30-31). … Continue reading
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Tagged 1960s, College, Harvard Lampoon, Newspaper, The New York Times
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National Lampoon Parodies, A to Z
Here’s the alphabetical version of the chronology of National Lampoon magazine and newspaper parodies posted earlier (which see for the intro to this topic). Each entry begins with the name of the publication being parodied, in italics; followed by the fake … Continue reading
National Lampoon Parodies, 1970-2006
This week’s debut on Netflix of another movie about the early years of National Lampoon — not a documentary this time, a biopic of Doug Kenny — provides all the excuse I need to catalog its magazine and newspaper parodies. … Continue reading
Duke + Look = “Dook,” 1949
Parody Of: Look. Title: “Dook (and Duchess).” Parody By: Duke and Duchess. Date: November 19, 1949. Length: 28 pages plus covers. Availability: Hard to find; one copy sold on eBay in late 2017. College humor mags were prone to grumble-brag about how much time and effort they … Continue reading
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Tagged 1940s, College, Duke, Look, Magazine, UNC
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Parodies in Mad, 1954-2017
Wikipedia helpfully lists all of Mad’s movie and TV-show spoofs, but I believe this is the first attempt to catalog parodies of publications. Real, identifiable publications, that is: I’m not counting the fake lifestyle mags for groups like beatniks and hippies and mobsters … Continue reading
The Bawl Street Journal, 1919-2009
Parody Of: The Wall Street Journal. Title: “The Bawl Street Journal.” By: The Bond Club of New York. Dates: June 1919 – June 2009. Availability: Findable on eBay, ABEbooks, etc.; 1930s-’80s issues most common. This was going to be a salute to “The Bawl Street … Continue reading
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Columbia Jester Parodies, 1913-1989
Jester of Columbia, to use its formal title, wasn’t the first publication at Columbia University to include humor, but it was the first to exclude everything else. It debuted on April Fool’s Day, 1901, twenty-four years after the birth of … Continue reading
