Parodies Parodies A Tale of a Tub was the first major work written by Jonathan Swift, having been composed between 1694 and 1697 and published in 1704. It is likely his most difficult satire, and possibly his most masterful. The Tale is a prose parody which is divided up into sections of " digression" and "tale." The "tale" presents a consistent satire of religious excess, while the digressions are a series of parodies of contemporary writing in literature, politics, theology, Biblical exegesis, and medicine. The overarching parody is of enthusiasm, pride, and credulity. ...more on Wikipedia about "A Tale of a Tub"
The Air Pirates were a group of cartoonists who created two issues of an underground comic called Air Pirates Funnies in 1971, leading to a famous lawsuit by The Walt Disney Company. Founded by Dan O'Neill, the group also included Shary Flenniken, Bobby London, Gary Hallgren, and Ted Richards. ...more on Wikipedia about "Air Pirates"
All You Need Is Cash (also known as The Rutles) is a 1978 television film that traces (in mockumentary style) the career of a British rock group called The Rutles. As TV Guide described it, the group's resemblance to The Beatles is "purely – and satirically – intentional." ...more on Wikipedia about "All You Need Is Cash"
America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction (ISBN 0446532681) is a 2004 humor book written and edited by Jon Stewart, Ben Karlin, David Javerbaum, and other writers of The Daily Show. Karlin is the show's executive producer and Javerbaum its head writer. The book is written as a parody of a U.S. high school civics textbook, complete with study guides, questions, and class exercises. Its inside front cover is even "stamped" with a template with the heading "THIS BOOK IS THE PROPERTY OF" and lines within a section marked "ISSUED TO" where the reader could write his or her name, the year, and the condition of the book when issued and when returned. The book even provides discussion questions to mock history study guide books, with ridiculous questions such as: "Would you rather be a king or slave? Why?" It pokes fun at the American political system, and includes a chapter caricaturing American views of the rest of the world. ...more on Wikipedia about "America (The Book)"
Arfenhouse is a series of Flash cartoons and RPGs, created by Paul Netto (Misteroo), and developed by Disaster Labs. All are intentionally poorly produced. The graphics are rudimentary and the plot is incoherent to an extreme degree. As such, the series can be passed on as comedy and has developed a fanbase within the Newgrounds and deviantART communities. ...more on Wikipedia about "Arfenhouse"
Avenue Q is a Broadway musical. It opened off-Broadway at the Vineyard Theatre in March 2003 (where it won that season's Lucille Lortel Award for Best Musical), and it has been on Broadway at the Golden Theatre since July 31, 2003. It has risqué songs about racism, Internet porn, and the difficulties of life, and all but three characters are portrayed by puppets. It won the 2004 Tony Award for Best Musical as well as Tony Awards for Best Score and Best Book of a Musical, defeating the much bigger-scale musical of the season, Wicked. ...more on Wikipedia about "Avenue Q"
Bad News are a spoof rock band, created for the Channel 4 television series The Comic Strip Presents.... Its members are Vim Fuego (aka Alan Metcalfe), vocals and lead guitar (played by Adrian Edmondson); Den Dennis, rhythm guitar ( Nigel Planer); Colin Grigson, bass ( Rik Mayall); and Spider Webb, drums ( Peter Richardson). ...more on Wikipedia about "Bad News"
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The Beatle Barkers is a 1980s album containing dogs barking a parody of popular Beatles songs.It was a fixture in bedrooms and at well attended parties in Austin, Texas and rural Florida from 2001 to 2005.It was once played on the infamous radio show Bedroom Music on the infamous University of Texas radio station KVRX-FM Austin. ...more on Wikipedia about "Beatle Barkers"
Mrs. Betty Bowers, America's best Christian, is a fictional character developed by Paul A. Bradley to satirize such things as the religious right, creationism, fundamentalism, the Republican Party, and the perceived willingness of some Christians to take a literalist approach to Biblical law until such an approach gets in the way of what they want. According to her Web site, she operates several Christian ministries with names like B.I.T.C.H. (Bringing Integrity to Christian Homemakers) and B.A.S.H. (Baptists Are Saving Homosexuals). She is a member of the only true church, which, of course, is Landover Baptist Church. ...more on Wikipedia about "Betty Bowers"
Blazing Saddles is a Warner Bros. 1974 comedy directed by Mel Brooks and starring Cleavon Little and Gene Wilder. The film was written (in what Brooks called Your Show of Shows-style) by a team of writers, namely Brooks, Andrew Bergman, Richard Pryor, Norman Steinberg, and Alan Uger; it was based on Bergman's story and draft. Brooks appears in multiple supporting roles, including Governor Le Petomane and a Yiddish-speaking Indian Chief. Slim Pickens, Alex Karras, David Huddleston, and Brooks regulars Dom DeLuise, Madeline Kahn and Harvey Korman are also featured. Musician Count Basie has a cameo. ...more on Wikipedia about "Blazing Saddles"
Brass Eye is a UK television series of satirical spoof documentaries which aired on Channel 4 in 1997 and was re-run in 2001. ...more on Wikipedia about "Brass Eye"
Brocket 99 is the name of a highly controversial underground comedy audio tape that parodies aboriginal people in Canada. The parody played on numerous aboriginal stereotypes and has been characterized as racist; nevertheless, the tape remains popular in some areas of North America. ...more on Wikipedia about "Brocket 99"
CNNNN (Chaser NoN-Stop News Network) is an Australian television show, satirical of the American news channels CNN and Fox News. It is produced and hosted by the same team that publishes The Chaser newspaper. ...more on Wikipedia about "CNNNN"
The Committee for Surrealist Investigation of Claims of the Normal (CSICON) is featured in the writings of Robert Anton Wilson, who claims American directorship of the committee. ...more on Wikipedia about "Committee for Surrealist Investigation of Claims of the Normal"
The Committee to Elect No One (CENO) is an American organization that coordinates the satirical presidential campaign of a candidate named No One. Like other dada-esque organizations (eg. The Church of the Subgenius), it is unclear which elements of CENO's offbeat campaigning are serious and which are parody. ...more on Wikipedia about "Committee to Elect No One"
The Flying Spaghetti Monster (FSM) is a satirical website created by Bobby Henderson in 2005 to protest the decision by the Kansas State Board of Education to require the teaching of intelligent design as an alternative to biological evolution. In the site, Henderson facetiously professes belief in a supernatural Creator entity that resembles spaghetti and meatballs and suggests that Flying Spaghetti Monsterism should be taught in science classrooms. ...more on Wikipedia about "Flying Spaghetti Monster"
Frisbeetarianism is a parody religion of obscure origins. The basic (and only?) tenet is that when you die, your soul goes up on a roof and you can't get it down. A lesser known aspect is the holy event known as The Ascension, which is where someone comes along with a ladder and collects all the souls. What happens then is open to debate, though one theory is that the souls are brought back down in a sort of reincarnation. ...more on Wikipedia about "Frisbeetarianism"
Ghettopoly is a Monopoly parody released in 2003. Invented by David Chang, it uses Monopoly-like mechanics in the atmosphere of a caricaturized American ghetto. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ghettopoly"
"Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh" (also "Faddah") is Allan Sherman's best known song parody. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh"
Hufu is a tofu-based product that is meant to resemble, as realistically as possible, the taste and texture of human flesh. It is touted as a "human flesh alternative" for " cannibals who want to quit", as well as a product for anthropology students studying cannibalism. However, it remains unclear how closely the product actually resembles human flesh, and to what extent it is merely a publicity stunt or internet prank, taking after the ManBeef.com prank site. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hufu"
I Am Not Canadian was a parody of the Canadian television commercial, I Am Canadian, devised by Toronto radio station Edge 102. It was also widely distributed by MP3. ...more on Wikipedia about "I Am Not Canadian"
Intelligent falling (IF) is a supernatural explanation for the tendency of masses to attract each other that has its roots at least as far back as Isaac Newton. It has recently been brought to public attention as a satirical response to the ongoing " intelligent design" (ID) debate. It proposes that the scientific explanation of gravitational force cannot explain all aspects of the phenomenon, so credence should be given to the idea that things fall because a higher intelligence is moving them. ...more on Wikipedia about "Intelligent falling"
Parodies of "Jingle Bells" are numerous. Like many simple, catchy, and popular melodies, the American winter holiday song " Jingle Bells" is open to parody. ...more on Wikipedia about "Jingle Bells parodies"
"Kosovo" is a parody of the Beach Boys hit song " Kokomo". It was produced in 1999 by Seattle radio DJ Bob Rivers. The song harshly criticises US involvement in the Kosovo War: ...more on Wikipedia about "Kosovo (song)"
The Landover Baptist Church is a web site that serves as the home of a fictional Baptist church based in the fictional town of Freehold, Iowa. The Landover Baptist site and its associated Landoverbaptist.NET forum is a parody of fundamentalist Christianity and the religious right in the United States of America. The name and ideologies parodied are specifically based on the extremist Westboro Baptist Church of Rev. Fred Phelps. ...more on Wikipedia about "Landover Baptist Church"
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