Parody
Advertising Club Beauty Contest
Miss Margaret Gorman presenting the wooden loving-cup to "Miss" Alexandria, winner of the Advertising Club's "beauty" contest, held at the Raleigh yesterday. In business life pretty "Miss" Alexandria is Sylvan Oppenheimer. "Miss Congress Heights," the young "lady" with the rolling pin, is Allan De Ford. The debonair "Miss" Georgetown is Sidney Selinger and the charming young lady with the raven locks, "Miss Four-and-a-Half Street," is none other than Paul Heller] [1921 September 21]
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Sep 09, 2021 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Humor, Parody, Advertising, 1920s
Hell Up To Date
A modern (1894) version of THE INFERNO. Many more weird illustrations at the link, where you may read the whole thing.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Aug 22, 2021 -
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Category: Fate, Predetermination and Inevitability, Literature, Religion, Parody, Satire, Nineteenth Century
Yachtley Crew
Yachtley Crew is the Nations first-class tribute to the best soft rock of the 70's and 80's also known as "yacht rock"
Their home page.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jul 14, 2021 -
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Category: Money, Music, Parody
Canned Heat and the Chipmunks: Christmas Song
We are more or less halfway to Xmas, so why not celebrate early?
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jul 10, 2021 -
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Category: Anthropomorphism, Music, Unlikely, Improbable and Counterfactual Phenomena, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, 1960s, Parody
Leader of the Laundromat
Their Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jun 12, 2021 -
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Category: Hygiene, Music, 1960s, Parody
The Barkleys
Cartoon version of ALL IN THE FAMILY.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Mar 12, 2021 -
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Category: Animals, Domestic, Family, Homages, Pastiches, Tributes and Borrowings, Cartoons, 1970s, Parody
“The Great Society” Comic Book
Read the whole thing here.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Feb 02, 2021 -
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Category: Humor, Parody, Politics, Comics, Superheroes, 1960s
Shrimpenstein
Wikipedia page of co-creator Jim Thurman. Obit for co-creator Gene Moss.IMDB page.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jan 06, 2021 -
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Category: Humor, Parody, Television, Pop Art, 1960s, Fictional Monsters
A Horse with No Name in Latin
Posted By: Paul - Tue Oct 27, 2020 -
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Category: Animals, Humor, Parody, Languages, Music, 1970s
My Old Flame
A song that goes rapidly off the rails around the one-minute mark, with some Halloween relevance.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Oct 25, 2020 -
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Category: Hoaxes and Imposters and Imitators, Horror, Music, 1940s, Parody
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