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- An Introduction (1)
- College Parodies (18)
- College: 1911-1945 (7)
- College: 1946 on (13)
- Early Parodies (5)
- Newsstand Parodies (21)
- Specialized Parodies (5)
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Recent Posts
- Online: “The Washington Post,” 2019
- “A Word with Punch,” 1847
- Online: Punch’s “Time,” 1960
- Playboy Parodies 3: Foreign, 1963-2017
- Playboy Parodies 2: U.S. Newsstands, 1957-2018
- Playboy Parodies 1: College, 1955-1989
- 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
My Other Life
Tag Archives: 1990s
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
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
Online: Spy’s “New York Times,” 1992.
Parody Of: The New York Times. Title: “The New York Times.” Parody By: Spy. Date: July 15, 1992. Length: 4 pages. Contributors: Uncredited. Availability: Occasionally seen on eBay and abebooks; online right here. Amid the current worry over “fake news,” it might be soothing to revisit a political hoax that only wanted to raise a … Continue reading
Spy’s 10-Magazine Parody Pack, 1991
Parody Of (in order): Vanity Fair, People, The New Republic, Architectural Digest, Esquire, Rolling Stone, New York, GQ, New York Times Book Review, Harper’s. Title: “Coming Soon to a Newsstand Near You.” Parody In: Spy, August 1991. Pages: 9. Contributors: Uncredited. … Continue reading
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Tagged 1990s, Architectural Digest, Esquire, GQ, Harper's, Magazine, New York, NY Times Book Review, People, Rolling Stone, Spy, The New Republic, Vanity Fair
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