There have been a bunch of fights between Superman and Captain Marvel, but not one of them even comes close to being as brilliant as Wally Wood’s battle between Captain Marbles and Superduperman from Mad Magazine.
I can’t see the two characters on the same page without thinking of it.
That was great. Thanks for the link.
I haven’t read Bored of the Rings but this written parody of the Fellowship movie (very quick and easy to read) is one of the funniest parodies I’ve ever been exposed to. My husband and I still quote bits to each other. If one of us says “Boo!” we know exactly what’s referenced.
I liked Doon a lot more then Dune.
I’ve yet to meet a person who didn’t at least know OF “a modest proposal” if it was brought up. I don’t think my friends are an accurate sample for America in general, but still, it’s pretty well known.
Bored of the Rings was written for the Harvard Lampoon by two authors who then became the founding editors of National Lampoon. One of them, Doug Kenney, also co-wrote *Animal House *(he played Stork in the movie)and Caddy Shack. I don’t know if that will make you want to read it or run from it.
Wow… Anna Russel. Wow.
Thanks!!
Exactly. I cannot see Sarah Palin without thinking of Tina Fey.
And I cannot see Scarlet O’Hara without thinking of Carol Burnett.
And Anna Russell and Bugs Bunny have ruined the Ring Cycle for me.
I wish I could erase it from my memory, so I can hear it for the first time again.
I was about to ask, but I just noticed it on the IMDB page… the script for “Zero Hour!” was written by Alex Hailey, who used the same basic plot in a collaboration with John Castle on the novel “Flight into Danger”. Some of the dialogue from the book certainly turns up in “Airplane!”, like the “worst landing in the history of this airport” bit at the end, but since I’ve never seen “Zero Hour!” I can’t say how much of it is also in that movie.
The names are different, though; in the novel, the ex-military pilot who saves the day is George Spencer, not Ted Stryker.
The young flodnaks absolutely love “Airplane!”, even if they don’t get a lot of the pop-culture stuff going on; I should see if we can track down a copy of “Zero Hour!” just for comparison.
Wierd Al’s Amish Paradise over LL Cool J’s Gangster’s Paradise.
In 10th grade English, we read through the entire Ring cycle, so when I heard Anna I was primed and ready.
She also did excellent lectures on the bag pipe and French horn, on other CDs, and I saw her cover Verdi’s Nabucco. I don’t know if that is on a CD or not. But the first CD is the best.
Oh, here is one example where the parody beats the original by a huge margin:
Steven Colbert and Bill O’Reilly
I read somewhere vaguely reputable (Empire Magazine? Something similar, anyway) that Dr. Evil was acknowledged by various people associated with the James Bond industry as being solely responsible for ensuring Blofeld will never again be in a Bond film or a Bond novel; there’s just no way people could take him “seriously” as a Bond Villain anymore.
Not really a parody, but whenever I watch Revenge of the Sith, after Obi Wan dismembers Anakin I half expect him to say “Look you stupid bastard, you’ve got no arms left…”
That’s great!
Billy Connolly’s version of DIVORCE beat the Tammy Wynette’s original version in the charts. That always makes me smile.
Of course, I prefer Billy’s version to Alanis’ version.
I really would have thought the lawsuit with Kevin McClory would have seen to that years ago.
“Gangster’s Paradise” was a Coolio song, not LL Cool J.
George Harrison’s parody of “He’s So Fine.”