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Parodies of Mad, 1954-2019
Some folks can’t handle success. Last year, Mad (b. 1952) passed Judge (1881-1947) to become the longest-lived U.S. humor magazine, newsstand division. This summer, it announced its October 2019 issue — number 9 of the current series — would be the … Continue reading
Posted in College Parodies, College: 1946 on, Newsstand Parodies
Tagged 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Mad, Magazine
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Online: “The Washington Post,” 2019
Parody Of: The Washington Post. Title: “The Washington Post” Parody By: Jacques Servin, L.A. Kauffman, Onnesha Roychoudhuri. Date: May 1, 2019 (distributed Jan. 16, 2019). Format: Eight-page broadsheet. Contributors: L.A. Kauffman, Onnesha Roychoudhuri, Jacques Servin, etc. Availability: Online as a PDF here at my-washingtonpost.com. How did I miss this? … Continue reading
Posted in Newsstand Parodies, Specialized Parodies
Tagged 2000s, 2010s, Boston Globe, New York Post, Newspaper, Political, The New York Times, Time, Washington Post
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Playboy Parodies 2: U.S. Newsstands, 1957-2018
(This is the second of a now three-part series on Playboy parodies. The first dealt with college parodies; the next will cover parodies circulated outside the U.S.) Unlike their college brethren, commercial publishers in the 1950s and ’60s showed little … Continue reading
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Tagged 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 2000s, 2010s, National Lampoon, Playboy, Punch
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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
“Paul Ryan: The Magazine” Needs You
The brains behind last summer’s masterful online-only parody of The New Yorker (a.k.a. “The Neu Jorker”) are now seeking funds for their follow-up project: an “unofficial parody magazine” devoted to Speaker of the House Paul Ryan. In addition to mocking the Wisconsin Republican, the one-shot … Continue reading
A great, new, free New Yorker parody!
Parody Of: The New Yorker. Title: “The Neu Jorker.” Parody By: Andrew Lipstein, James Folta, et al. Date: June 20, 2016. Pages: 80. Contributors: Andrew Lipstein, James Folta, et al. Availability: Online at 0s&1s Reads. No sooner do I launch this blog than a group of mostly web-based humorists go and … Continue reading