Tag Archives: College

Wisconsin Octopus Parodies, 1920-1959

Posted on January 22, 2020 by

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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Online: Collier’s WW3 & Shaft’s “Collera’s,” 1951-52

Posted on October 27, 2019 by

Parody Of: Collier’s, Oct. 27, 1951. Title: “Collera’s,” for Oct. 27, 1951 In: U. of Illinois Shaft, Jan. 1952. Format: 13 b&w pages + 1 cover. Magazine parodies rarely focus on one particular issue of their subjects, but the “preview” … Continue reading →

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Playboy Parodies 1: College, 1955-1989

Posted on October 24, 2018 by

Parodies of Playboy fall roughly into two groups and two eras: those created by college students, mostly in the 1950s and ’60s, and those done by commercial publishers, mostly in the ’70s and ’80s. The catalyst for the shift was … Continue reading →

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Jester’s “Columbia College Toady,” 1969

Posted on October 5, 2018 by

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

Posted on March 7, 2018 by

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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Duke + Look = “Dook,” 1949

Posted on December 20, 2017 by

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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Columbia Jester Parodies, 1913-1989

Posted on June 2, 2017 by

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 →

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MIT Voo Doo Parodies, 1923-1991.

Posted on February 14, 2017 by

If you’ve got a few free hours, head over to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology website and dive into the VooDoo Archive. The second most famous funnybook in Cambridge, Voo Doo (as it was usually spelled) was never as profitable or as … Continue reading →

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The Yale Record’s “Smut,” 1951.

Posted on January 6, 2017 by

  Parody Of: Various girly mags. Title: “Smut.” Parody By: Yale Record. Date: February 1951. Format: 16 tabloid-size newsprint pages in slick covers, stapled. Contributors: None credited, but the 1950-51 Record Board included Walter J. Hunt (Chairman), Richard C. Lemon (Managing Editor) and Denver Lindley, Jr. (Art … Continue reading →

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