Gaines was in some Nat. Geo. article about either New York or the Statue of Liberty (the renovation project?). I remember a picture of him lodged in the arm of the statue trying to climb up a tiny ladder.
“The Planet of the Apes”–When the Charlton Heston character gets his voice back, his first words are ** Let My People Go. **
One ape to the other: Boy, he never forgets a catch phrase.
Yup, that’s it. It was the Statue renovation, and he and his wife had a very large collection of Liberty statuettes.
Yippee! It’s fun when your memory is sort of accurate. And, I turned 14 the month that issue was published, so 12 was off the mark. But then, I frequently think I was younger than I was when recalling things from my childhood. At least I’m consistent.
I remembered browsing through a MAD at a magazine stand, and seeing an article having to do with doggy-doo, and they had drawn link sausages in the place of dog turds. I would have guessed I was 11 or 12 when I saw the article.
A few years ago, I got the “Totally Mad” CD-ROM set, and found the article. I was shocked to see that it was printed when I was 6!!!
Or course, it is quite possible I was reading it from a “Super Special” or some such thing where they re-printed it years later.
I have a Totally Mad box set on order via eBay. It’ll be one of the first installs for my new computer. Lowbrow humor on a high-end computer.
And in the Jedi spoof, (don’t it look funny when it isn’t spelled
spoofe?) when Luke took off Vader’s Helmet:
V: Well? Aren’t you going to say anything?
L: Yeah. I’m glad I got my looks from my mother!
Yeah, that sounds right. Not the Trek spoof itself, but a similar idea. Right time frame too. (I really was 12 that year!)
I can only remember two: A Crock of Sh*t Now (which I didn’t get since I was way too young to see the movie) and Grease. I remember the panel in Grease where they are at the drive-in and word is getting out that Rizzo might be pregnant. One guy says to the other “That’s it, I’m leaving town” and the other said “The whole TOWN is leaving town!” You even see dogs running flat out, panicked.
How about a TV spoof? The end of the Square Pegs spoof had the school getting a new principal, who turned out to be Mr. Kotter.
[sub]***asinine[/sub]
The opening panel had something along the lines of the following:
Bystander #1: Doesn’t he know long, heavy gold chains went out with Disco?
Bystander #1: You tell him!
Oops.
My favorite quote from that parody:
Willard: Its amazing! Just amazing!
Chef: What’s that? THe lush tropical landscape?
Willard: NO! We’re almost 2 hours into this movie and still not Marlon Brando! Where could he be!
Chef: Maybe spending the millions he made for not appearing in the last two hours of SuperMan.
The one I remember is from Star Blecccchh: The Moving Picture
It is the very last frame-
Kirk -“Spock, did we just witness the birth of a new life form?”
Spock- “No Captain, we witnessed the birth of a brand new
motion picture art form, where the special effects are ten
times more interesting than the plot, characters and dialog”
And I believe the picture shows a tear running down Spocks cheek.
This thread got me waxing nostalgic, so I bought the Mad CD set off eBay.
I was amazed to see that in the Kung Fu parody I quoted before they actually said, “We’re gonna be passengers on the railroad the CHINK builds!”. When Kane complains about that the boss says, “Ok, we’ll call you Mr. Chink”.
Ah for the days when a kid’s magazine could be so politically incorrect…
From the same parody, and virtually the same scene…
The doctor explains that they’re examining the girl with virtually every kind of device they have, because they don’t understand her condition
Mother: Won’t all those X-Rays give her cancer?
Doctor: Yes, but THAT we understand!
From “The Ring and I” (a musical parody of all the LOTR movies)
(To the tune of “Sounds of Silence”)
I am Gollem, that is me
And I am hideous to see
And also mean a-and tricky
In fact, I’m Middle Earth’s Number One sicky
And the rottenness that was planted in my brain
Will remain
Till I gets back my precious.
“…and they had drawn link sausages in the place of dog turds.”
No, what’s really sick is that I haven’t had a subscription since I was 11, don’t have any issues here, don’t have any of the books or the CDs (though I really want them) but I STILL remember that that art was by Al Jaffe.
AAAAIEEEEE!!!
Hamadrya,
[Ed McMahon]
You are correct sir!
[/Ed McMahon]
I remember this from the parody of the TV show,
“Mission Rediculous”
Man # 1 “we can cut up this tape of the Professor’s speach, rearrange the words, and replay it at the crucial moment to make it sound like the professor’s still alive”
Proffesor (on tape): “Hello…girlz …It…issss… a brand nu…clear…day. Perfect…for goink…fission”
Man # 1 “Now if you close your eyes, doesn’t it sound like the Professor’s still alive?”
Man # 2 “only if I also close my ears!”
All these years later I am still trying to figure out how to close my ears!
I remember this from the parody of the TV show,
“Mission Rediculous”
Man # 1 “we can cut up this tape of the Professor’s speach, rearrange the words, and replay it at the crucial moment to make it sound like the Professor’s still alive”
Professor (on tape): “Hello…girlz …It…issss… a brand nu…clear…day. Perfect…for goink…fission”
Man # 1 “Now if you close your eyes, doesn’t it sound like the Professor’s still alive?”
Man # 2 “only if I also close my ears!”
All these years later I am still trying to figure out how to close my ears!