Philosophy
My Fellow Comedists,
Last weekend, we showed the kids Airplane!. Then, taking the kids into school on Tuesday, the classical music station played Ponchielli's Dance of the Hours, which, of course, gave rise to a rousing chorus of "Hello Mudder, Hello Fadder" throughout the car. Then the less short of the short people comes home with word of "The Potter Puppet Players," a Harry Potter spoof with videos on YouTube. Three makes a pattern, so this weekend we ask about spoofs.
In any medium, spoofing anything, what are the best spoofs in history? Blazin' Saddles has to be mentioned right up front, of course, and then there's this one:
Others?
Live, love, and laugh,
Irreverend Steve
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As I continue work on my paper for the Lighthearted Philosophers' Society, I've come to the section on spoofs. For stylistic reasons, I'm tempted to use the terms parody, spoof, and satire as roughly synonymous, but am deeply uncomfortable...
- Funniest Play
My Fellow Comedists, We took the short people to Williamsburg for a couple days and while there saw a production of a 17th century farce, Polly Honeycombe. They rolled. I mean full out belly-laughs. So, this weekend, let's ask, what is the funniest...
- Comic Flashes
My Fellow Comedists, This weekend is Joe Piscopo's 60th birthday. Joe Piscopo was a member of the Saturday Night Live cast in the early 80s and his comedy enjoyed a run of popularity that precipitously ended. This is not something that is unusual...
- Funny Funnies
My Fellow Comedists, This weekend the Reubens are announced. Named for Rube Goldberg, the Reubens are the awards of the National Cartoonists Society. Awards are given in thirteen categories from feature length animation to greeting cards. You can see...
- Deep Metaphysical Quandary
My Fellow Comedists, A brief metaphysical quandary this weekend (with apologies to Shulamith Oppenheim): What is a full professor full of? Live, love, and laugh, Irreverend Steve...
Philosophy
Best Spoofs
My Fellow Comedists,
Last weekend, we showed the kids Airplane!. Then, taking the kids into school on Tuesday, the classical music station played Ponchielli's Dance of the Hours, which, of course, gave rise to a rousing chorus of "Hello Mudder, Hello Fadder" throughout the car. Then the less short of the short people comes home with word of "The Potter Puppet Players," a Harry Potter spoof with videos on YouTube. Three makes a pattern, so this weekend we ask about spoofs.
In any medium, spoofing anything, what are the best spoofs in history? Blazin' Saddles has to be mentioned right up front, of course, and then there's this one:
Others?
Live, love, and laugh,
Irreverend Steve
- What's The Difference?: Parody, Spoof, And Satire
As I continue work on my paper for the Lighthearted Philosophers' Society, I've come to the section on spoofs. For stylistic reasons, I'm tempted to use the terms parody, spoof, and satire as roughly synonymous, but am deeply uncomfortable...
- Funniest Play
My Fellow Comedists, We took the short people to Williamsburg for a couple days and while there saw a production of a 17th century farce, Polly Honeycombe. They rolled. I mean full out belly-laughs. So, this weekend, let's ask, what is the funniest...
- Comic Flashes
My Fellow Comedists, This weekend is Joe Piscopo's 60th birthday. Joe Piscopo was a member of the Saturday Night Live cast in the early 80s and his comedy enjoyed a run of popularity that precipitously ended. This is not something that is unusual...
- Funny Funnies
My Fellow Comedists, This weekend the Reubens are announced. Named for Rube Goldberg, the Reubens are the awards of the National Cartoonists Society. Awards are given in thirteen categories from feature length animation to greeting cards. You can see...
- Deep Metaphysical Quandary
My Fellow Comedists, A brief metaphysical quandary this weekend (with apologies to Shulamith Oppenheim): What is a full professor full of? Live, love, and laugh, Irreverend Steve...