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...Tribune and Journal-American, King Features); following a cerebral stroke suffered Feb. 10; in Manhasset, N.Y. Generally credited with coining the name "Ivy League," Adams co-authored (with H. T. Webster) humor books (How to Torture Your Wife), broke the story (in November 1941) of football's greatest spoof-the mythical Plainfield Teachers College, invented by Stockbroker Morris Newburger, which each Saturday "defeated" fictitious opponents (Scott, Randolph Tech) largely through the exploits of a hard-running Chinese back named John Chung. After New York newspapers solemnly printed game scores, Adams revealed the hoax with a column beginning...
...French never seem so amusing as when they are laughing at themselves and at human nature in general. And it is kindly and tolerant laughter. The subject of spoof in Fernandel the Dressmaker is the Parisian haute couture...
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? Frank Tashlin's spoof of Manhattan's television-advertising industry; with Tony Randall as Rock. Jayne Mansfield as herself (TiME...
Author Kerr goes on to spoof interior decorating, domestic pets, diets and operations. It's a pity that she does less of what she does best, literary parodies. She confines herself to a hilarious take-off on the morose moppet, Franchise Sagan (TIME, Dec. 10, 1956) and an equally funny spoof of Mickey Spillane called "Don Brown's Body." Sample: "I was going into Longchamps when this tomato waltzes by. She was a tomato surprise. A round white face with yellow hair poured over it like chicken gravy on mashed potatoes. Her raccoon coat was tight...
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? Frank Tashlin's spoof of Manhattan's television-advertising industry; with Tony Randall as Rock, Jayne Mansfield as herself (TIME...