Word: spoofed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Politically Incorrect's Election Coverage (Comedy Central) It would be a challenge indeed to plumb recent TV history to find a funnier piece of sketch comedy than PI's Republican Party infomercial spoof, which aired the week of the San Diego convention. As the networks lulled us to sleep, Bill Maher's wry, combative round-table show succeeded in covering the campaign with bite...
Even "Crimson Wisdom," the spoof that I took issue with last year for its placement in the staff editorial column and for its sometimes malicious personal attacks on various candidates, was better placed this year and stuck to the issues. Thankfully, the writers this year--Allen, Green and Amy M. Rabinowitz '98--stayed away from people's personal appearances and ethnic heritages. As a result, "Crimson Wisdom" was actually pretty funny. Still, next time the editorial page editor should double-check those arrows to make sure a correction box isn't needed the next day. An apology should have gone...
...find George Bailey doing some reassessing. No longer: It's a Wonderful Life airs just once annually. This year NBC celebrates the 50th anniversary of the film with a showing of director Frank Capra's original cut (Dec. 21). For the less sentimental, Comedy Central offers a spoof that uses the film's footage with new dialogue. Look for Bailey as a Bruce Willis clone...
...Boren ran a spoof campaign for President, saying he could provide what people seemed to want: "bold, reckless, arrogant, ignorant leadership." The self-described "humorist, educator, author, sculptor and former diplomat," now 70, says he's serious about this race and promises to work hard to keep education, Medicare and veteran programs fully funded...
...what about the Lampoon, which last year published a full spoof of the Indy; is that not dishonesty? Why wasn't the entire organization taken to the Ad Board? Was it because they had a certain tradition or tenure with the community? It can't be because the 'Poon is exceptionally funny. Additionally, if distaste is legitimate grounds for probation, why not expel the entire staff of the Demon, whose scatological and sexual humor must irk at least the most prudish amongst us; surely they would find it "socially unacceptable...