Which trend was that?
Mutant superheroes, inspired by X-Men and the like.
Chuck Jones once wrote that the Coyote-Roadrunner cartoons were meant to be parodies of the typical “something chases something else” cartoon idea (Tom & Jerry, etc.) They intentionally chose the most unusual animals. However, people liked it so much they decided to play it straight.
People are probably more familiar with Cheech and Chong’s “Basketball Jones” than the song it parodies: “Love Jones”.
Okay, not more famous than the original, but we must add to the record of famous parodies:
Bored of the Rings, by the Harvard Lampoon staff
The Cannonball Run has been seen by more people than The Gumball Rally, although they both have entered into the popular culture about equally.
Well, except that TMNT isn’t better know than X-Men. And since the X-Men had been running since 1963, I’m not sure you could call TMNT (which came out in the 80s) a parody of a “then-current trend”.
He only does it to annoy. Because he knows it pleases.
I was amazed to find out how much of Lewis Carroll was based on insipid Vicotorian shite.
It is of course “little bat” 
I have been hearing bad Cary Grant imitations for over a half century, and this is the first time I knew where it came from. Thank you for fighting my ignorance.
Same here. The first time I saw a scene with Vincent Price, my reaction was, “Hey, it’s that guy from those Bugs Bunny cartoons !”
Mutants, teenagers, ninjas, superheros, thus the name. It’s if anything more a parady of Daredevil than X-Men; they got their powers from the same source as him, IIRC, and Splinter is a parody of Daredevil mentor Stick. I wouldn’t be surprised if Splinter’s more famous.
There were a lot of Monty Python references to intellectual works that most people have probably never read.
More people have probably seen Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein than James Whale’s Frankenstein.
Foghorn Leghorn far surpassed his original inspiration, Senator Claghorn
Except that The Cannonball Run wasn’t a spoof of The Gumball Rally. They were both based on Brock Yates’ real life “Cannonball Run.” They are very different in tone; “The Cannonball Run” was actually written and co-produced by Yates.
Larry Flynt’s Campari ad lampooning Jerry Falwell is more well known than the original ad campaign, at least in some circles, mostly due to the fact that the lawsuit that resulted from it went to the Supreme Court.
Count me in. And I heard the C&C when it first came out.
I didn’t know that was a parody.
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of a “Fail-Safe” type thriller titled “Red Alert”, by Peter George. I have the Ace PB.
Well, is this a parody of anything specific? It’s more of a satire of the culture at the time.
