Categories
- An Introduction (1)
- College Parodies (22)
- College: 1890s-1945 (9)
- College: 1946 on (16)
- Early Parodies (6)
- Newsstand Parodies (27)
- Specialized Parodies (6)
-
Recent Posts
- Punch Parodies 1: 1954-1956
- The New Yorker’s “Paunch,” 1934
- NatLamp’s “Why Leave This Room?” 1982
- An Overlooked NatLamp Spoof, 1977
- Portfolio: 10 Parodies from the 1920s
- Wisconsin Octopus Parodies, 1920-1959
- 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
Top Posts & Pages
My Other Life
Tag Archives: UK
Punch Parodies 1: 1954-1956
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
Posted in Newsstand Parodies, The World: Since 1900
Tagged 1950s, Punch, Radio Times, Reader's Digest, The New Yorker, UK
Leave a comment
The New Yorker’s “Paunch,” 1934
Parody Of: Punch. Title: “Paunch.” In: The New Yorker, January 13, 1934, pp. 17-24. By: Thurber, Benchley, White, Irvin, etc. Availability: Sometimes findable on eBay, Abebooks, etc.; archived online at newyorker.com (subscription required). “By humorous [art] we do not mean comic … Continue reading
“A Word with Punch,” 1847
Parody Of: Punch. Title: “A Word with Punch.” Date: November 11, 1847. Parody By: Alfred Bunn. Format: 12-page magazine. Contributors: Albert Smith, Shirley Brooks, George Augustus Sala. Availability: Nowhere online; held by the British Library and a few other collections. Strange … Continue reading
Playboy Parodies 3: Foreign, 1963-2017
Playboy has launched dozens of international editions since 1972, but only a handful of foreign parodists have returned the favor. In 1963, students at Toronto’s Queens University Law School put out a 12-page tabloid called “Lawboy.” A collection of local … Continue reading
Posted in Newsstand Parodies, Specialized Parodies
Tagged Australia, Canada, Germany, Magazine, Playboy, UK
Leave a comment
William Hone’s “A Slap at Slop,” 1821.
Parody Of: The New Times (London). Title: “A Slap at Slop.” Parody By: William Hone. Date: 1821. Pages: 4. Contributors: William Hone (writer), George Cruikshank (art). Availability: PDF of pamphlet version online here. William Hone may have been the original pop-culture fanatic. Born in London in 1780, he was drawn to the … Continue reading
Posted in Britain: 1794-1920, Early Parodies
Tagged 1810s, 1820s, Hone, Newspaper, The New Times, The Times, UK
2 Comments
Punch’s first “Pl*yb*y,” 1966
Parody Of: Playboy. Title: “Pl*yb*y.” Parody By: Punch. Date: July 13, 1966. Pages: 4. Contributors: Alexander Frater, Norman Mansbridge, William Hewison. Availability: Occasionally sighted on eBay. Two months before the Harvard Lampoon used the same asterisk-specked title, the 125th birthday number of Punch contained a brief parody of Playboy called “Pl*yb*y.” British magazines Queen and Country Life were targeted … Continue reading
Posted in Newsstand Parodies, The World: Since 1900
Tagged 1960s, Magazine, Playboy, Punch, UK
Leave a comment
“The New Times,” 1794
Parody Of: The Times (London). Title: “The New Times.” Parody By: The Times — and the Tories. Date: Sept. 6, 1794. Pages: 1. Availability: Reprinted much reduced but still legible in The History of the Times, Volume I: The Thunderer in the Making (London: Times Publishing Co., 1935). The earliest known … Continue reading
Posted in Britain: 1794-1920, Early Parodies
Tagged 1790s, Newspaper, Self-parody, The New Times, The Times, UK
1 Comment