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- The New Yorker’s “Paunch,” 1934
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- An Overlooked NatLamp Spoof, 1977
- Portfolio: 10 Parodies from the 1920s
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- Parodies of Mad, 1954-2019
- Online: Collier’s WW3 & Shaft’s “Collera’s,” 1951-52
- Bicentennial Burlesques, 1975-76 (and 2008)
- Online: “The Washington Post,” 2019
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- National Lampoon Parodies, 1970-2006
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- Parodies of Mad, 1954-2019
- Spy's 10-Magazine Parody Pack, 1991
- Online: National Lampoon's "Mad," 1971
- The Chaparral Mocks L&M, 1960
- The Bawl Street Journal, 1919-2009
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Tag Archives: 1920s
Wisconsin Octopus Parodies, 1920-1959
The Magazine Before The Onion, the most famous humor magazine to come out of Madison was the University of Wisconsin Octopus, b. November 1919, d. 1959, after UW officials found the May issue so offensive they extinguished the title. The editors … Continue reading
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Tagged 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, College, Flair, Life, Online, Playboy, The New Yorker, Time, Wisconsin Octopus
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