Tag Archives: Reader’s Digest

Punch Parodies 1: 1954-1956

Posted on March 30, 2021 by Cullum Rogers

Punch (1841-1992) loved parody from birth, but it waited over a century to do a full-scale takeoff of another publication. The main holdup was its mid-Victorian layout, which left targets from The Yellow Book to yellow journalism looking very much like … Continue reading →

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Columbia Jester Parodies, 1913-1989

Posted on June 2, 2017 by Cullum Rogers

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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Parodists and Copycats

Posted on August 11, 2016 by Cullum Rogers

When is a parody not a parody? When it’s a straight-faced, money-grubbing imitation, according to the courts. Lawsuits over parodies of copyrighted works are rare and their outcomes unpredictable, but two things any accused parodist better be able to show are (1) that no reasonable person could … Continue reading →

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