Funniest movie parody on tv comedy show

[Lisa Morgendunst]

Has to be Carol Burnet's sendup of Gone with the Wind.

SNL's parody of Citizen Kane was NOT funny. Roast Beef onree, hardy har har.

[G. M. Lupo]

"Lisa Morgendunst" <***@yahoo.com> wrote...
: SNL's parody of Citizen Kane was NOT
: funny. Roast Beef onree, hardy har har.

SNL did a parody of Citizen Kane? Oh the amount of electro-convulsive
therapy it would have taken to burn that memory from my brain.

Matt Lupo

[Stephen Cooke]

Post by G. M. Lupo
: SNL's parody of Citizen Kane was NOT
: funny. Roast Beef onree, hardy har har.
SNL did a parody of Citizen Kane? Oh the amount of electro-convulsive
therapy it would have taken to burn that memory from my brain.

Well, it couldn't possibly be as funny as Wayne and Shuster's pre-SNL
parody, Citizen Wayne.

swac
Okay, maybe *as* funny.

[KING B MAN]

Carol Burnette's spoof of Airport 75.
Now that was funny.
Mike
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and the worst of British films.
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[Vince]

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Post by Stephen Cooke
Well, it couldn't possibly be as funny as Wayne and Shuster's pre-SNL
parody, Citizen Wayne.

I remember them doing a take off on ZORRO called ZERO.

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[Ubiquitous]

Post by G. M. Lupo
: SNL's parody of Citizen Kane was NOT
: funny. Roast Beef onree, hardy har har.
SNL did a parody of Citizen Kane? Oh the amount of electro-convulsive
therapy it would have taken to burn that memory from my brain.

It was pretty good, actually. I t was more of a homage than a satire.

[MadiHolmes]

Post by Ubiquitous
It was pretty good, actually. I t was more of a homage than a satire.

One of my favorite Citizen Kane riffs is from the Simpsons, where Homer is
watching Marge in A Streetcar Named Desire, and he's shredding the playbill
like the guy watching the opera. It's completely obscure, but it's still funny.

As for SNL riffs, I love the Star Wars auditions. I think Kevin Spacey did most
of them, but Jack Lemmon and Walter Mathau's take was just hilarious.

MadiHolmes

[James Allen]

Post by MadiHolmes

Post by Ubiquitous
It was pretty good, actually. I t was more of a homage than a satire.

One of my favorite Citizen Kane riffs is from the Simpsons, where Homer is
watching Marge in A Streetcar Named Desire, and he's shredding the playbill
like the guy watching the opera. It's completely obscure, but it's still funny.

Various Simpsons writers have admitted that CITIZEN KANE has to be the most
referenced films on the show's early seasons. Most people can pick up the
obvious references, but you picked up on one that I didn't even notice before.

Post by MadiHolmes
As for SNL riffs, I love the Star Wars auditions. I think Kevin Spacey did most
of them, but Jack Lemmon and Walter Mathau's take was just hilarious.

Spacey as Chris Walken as Han Solo was great too. I heard Walken was actually
considered for the role of Solo, whether he tested or not I don't know.

As far as other SNL bits go, The Lost Ending of "It's a Wonderful Life" was
great.

[MadiHolmes]

Post by James Allen
Spacey as Chris Walken as Han Solo was great too. I heard Walken was actually
considered for the role of Solo, whether he tested or not I don't know.

Yes, he was. That was part of the joke of the SNL skit. How far he actually got
in the casting process, I'm not sure.

Post by James Allen
As far as other SNL bits go, The Lost Ending of "It's a Wonderful Life" was
great.

I never liked that one. It seemed too tacked on.

I can't believe nobody has mentioned Land Shark yet. It's a pseudo-parody of
Jaws, but it still cracks me up.

MadiHolmes

[Zen Cohen]

Post by MadiHolmes

Post by Ubiquitous
It was pretty good, actually. I t was more of a homage than a satire.

One of my favorite Citizen Kane riffs is from the Simpsons, where Homer is
watching Marge in A Streetcar Named Desire, and he's shredding the playbill
like the guy watching the opera. It's completely obscure, but it's still funny.
As for SNL riffs, I love the Star Wars auditions. I think Kevin Spacey did most
of them, but Jack Lemmon and Walter Mathau's take was just hilarious.

I liked Ben Stiller's "Al Pacino" screen test for the Charles Grodin role in
Beethoven where "Al" tells Beethoven "you broke my heart" for crapping on
the floor a la Michael's scene with Fredo in the Godfather.

[John Harkness]

Post by MadiHolmes

Post by MadiHolmes

Post by Ubiquitous
It was pretty good, actually. I t was more of a homage than a satire.

One of my favorite Citizen Kane riffs is from the Simpsons, where Homer is
watching Marge in A Streetcar Named Desire, and he's shredding the

playbill

Post by MadiHolmes
like the guy watching the opera. It's completely obscure, but it's still

funny.

Post by MadiHolmes
As for SNL riffs, I love the Star Wars auditions. I think Kevin Spacey did

most

Post by MadiHolmes
of them, but Jack Lemmon and Walter Mathau's take was just hilarious.

I liked Ben Stiller's "Al Pacino" screen test for the Charles Grodin role in
Beethoven where "Al" tells Beethoven "you broke my heart" for crapping on
the floor a la Michael's scene with Fredo in the Godfather.

Stiller's Pacino pales beside his Tom Cruise -- MTV movie awards,
where he's Cruise's stunt double...

John Harkness

[Tom Cervo]

SCTV's "Godfather" parody--not just a take on the movie, but network TV at the
time. Guy Caballero's broadcast code oath, juxtaposed with hits on tv
personalities of the mid-80's--Three's Company, Jimmy the Greek and Marv
Albert--was deliriously funny.

[Mpoconnor7]

Post by Tom Cervo
SCTV's "Godfather" parody--not just a take on the movie, but network TV at the
time.

That was a brilliant piece, which began with Eugene Levy impersonating Floyd
the barber, telling Don Caballero how Opie Tayor broke his barber pole, and
asked the Don not to kill Opie, but maybe just break his legs or something. I
think this was the episode where the late John Marley guest starred on SCTV and
reprised his Godfather role of the guy who wakes up with the horse in his bed.

The Towering Inferno parody was terrific also, with Joe Flaharty impersonating
Chuck Heston as the Fire Chief, and all the SCTV personalities were trapped on
the top floor of the building.

I seem to remember they once did a spoof of Casablanca along the lines of a
Hope and Crosby road picture. Dave Thomas did the best Hope impression I've
ever seen.

Another great movie spoof was John Candy impersonating Curly of the Three
Stooges as Ben Hur during the Chariot Race.

SCTV set the standard for satiring movies and TV shows. There is supposed to
(finally!) be a DVD release for SCTV early this year.

I was watching Mad TV once and they did a spoof of the Scorcese gangster films
in the style of the old Rankin-Bass Christmas shows which was one of the
funniest things I've ever seen. I remember it was about an elf who decided to
take over the Santa Claus empire and it involved gunning down Santa and putting
Santa's dismembered head on top of the Christmas Tree.

Michael O'Connor - Modern Renaissance Man

"The likelihood of one individual being correct increases in a direct
proportion to the intensity with which others try to prove him wrong"
James Mason from the movie "Heaven Can Wait".

[Shawn50273]

Post by Mpoconnor7
I was watching Mad TV once and they did a spoof of the Scorcese gangster films
in the style of the old Rankin-Bass Christmas shows which was one of the
funniest things I've ever seen. I remember it was about an elf who decided to
take over the Santa Claus empire and it involved gunning down Santa and putting
Santa's dismembered head on top of the Christmas Tree.

I liked the Apocalypse Now spoof done by the cast of Rudolph the Red-Nosed
Reindeer: Rudolph was the Martin Sheen character doing martial arts moves in
his hotel while getting drunk on eggnog; the dentist elf was the stoned Dennis
Hopper character, Yukon Cornelius was the boat captain, and of course Santa was
the Brando character:

Rudloph: "Terminate--the Kringle?"

Santa: "The horror...the ho-ho-ho-horror..."



shawn

[ANIM8Rfsk]

I loved the SNL sketch with Superman on the side of the Nazis in WW2. Was
mostly a riff on the TV show, but it spun off into the movie with Belushi as
Jor-El.

[cr carr]

Ben stiller show had a great parody of Bruce Willis in Die Hard. Ben
Stiller would say "yaba daba do, scooby doo be doo" instead of "yipe kaye
mother f..." Plus it took place in a supermarket.

Post by Shawn50273

Post by Mpoconnor7
I was watching Mad TV once and they did a spoof of the Scorcese gangster films
in the style of the old Rankin-Bass Christmas shows which was one of the
funniest things I've ever seen. I remember it was about an elf who

decided

Post by Shawn50273

Post by Mpoconnor7
to
take over the Santa Claus empire and it involved gunning down Santa and putting
Santa's dismembered head on top of the Christmas Tree.

I liked the Apocalypse Now spoof done by the cast of Rudolph the Red-Nosed
Reindeer: Rudolph was the Martin Sheen character doing martial arts moves in
his hotel while getting drunk on eggnog; the dentist elf was the stoned Dennis
Hopper character, Yukon Cornelius was the boat captain, and of course Santa was
Rudloph: "Terminate--the Kringle?"
Santa: "The horror...the ho-ho-ho-horror..."
shawn

[Stephen Cooke]

Post by Mpoconnor7
SCTV set the standard for satiring movies and TV shows. There is supposed to
(finally!) be a DVD release for SCTV early this year.

Yep...I was lucky enough to have lunch with Joe Flaherty last year, and he
told me about recording a commentary with Eugene Levy (and Catherine
O'Hara and Andrea Martin did commentary for two other episodes). I think
the upcoming disc will have four 90-minute episodes from SCTV's NBC run,
which haven't been widely syndicated.

swac

[MadiHolmes]

One thing I always remember as a kid for being very funny- Sesame Street.

Now don't get me wrong, but they had some pretty cute parodies- Monsterpiece
Theatre with Alaister Cookie wherein they did "One Flew Over a Cuckoo's Nest."
Yep, a great, big "one" flew over a cuckoo's nest. Or their send ups with
Kermit the Frog on report on different fairy tales.

I don't know how it's now, but it was great when Iwas 5.

MadiHolmes

[W. Lydecker]

Cooke dared reveal: "..the upcoming disc will have four 90-minute
episodes from SCTV's NBC run..."
##################################< Slowwwly I turn to my favorite dvd
outlet and seek The Benny Hill Street Blues Show; The Schmenge Brothers,
and Rick Moranis (as Woody A.) directing "Bing & Bob" in PLAY IT AGAIN
BOB. And leave us not forget "Guy Caballero" and Edith Prickley.

[Mpoconnor7]

Post by Stephen Cooke

Post by Mpoconnor7
SCTV set the standard for satiring movies and TV shows. There is supposed

to

Post by Mpoconnor7
(finally!) be a DVD release for SCTV early this year.

Yep...I was lucky enough to have lunch with Joe Flaherty last year, and he
told me about recording a commentary with Eugene Levy (and Catherine
O'Hara and Andrea Martin did commentary for two other episodes). I think
the upcoming disc will have four 90-minute episodes from SCTV's NBC run,
which haven't been widely syndicated.

I belong to the SCTV newsgroup (where Joe Flaharty is an occasional poster) and
I got the impression that they were releasing the first full season of SCTV
network 90 on DVD. The main reason the release has taken so long is that there
were numerous issues concerning the copyrights on the musical portions of their
shows. It was the Network 90 series that NBC chopped up into 30 minute shows
which they were showing after Conan O'Brien a couple years ago. I've been
checking online DVD sources like Amazon and there is no release date for the
SCTV DVD set at this time.

Michael O'Connor - Modern Renaissance Man

"The likelihood of one individual being correct increases in a direct
proportion to the intensity with which others try to prove him wrong"
James Mason from the movie "Heaven Can Wait".

[Stephen Cooke]

Post by Mpoconnor7

Post by Stephen Cooke

Post by Mpoconnor7
SCTV set the standard for satiring movies and TV shows. There is supposed

to

Post by Mpoconnor7
(finally!) be a DVD release for SCTV early this year.

Yep...I was lucky enough to have lunch with Joe Flaherty last year, and he
told me about recording a commentary with Eugene Levy (and Catherine
O'Hara and Andrea Martin did commentary for two other episodes). I think
the upcoming disc will have four 90-minute episodes from SCTV's NBC run,
which haven't been widely syndicated.

I belong to the SCTV newsgroup (where Joe Flaharty is an occasional poster) and
I got the impression that they were releasing the first full season of SCTV
network 90 on DVD. The main reason the release has taken so long is that there
were numerous issues concerning the copyrights on the musical portions of their
shows. It was the Network 90 series that NBC chopped up into 30 minute shows
which they were showing after Conan O'Brien a couple years ago. I've been
checking online DVD sources like Amazon and there is no release date for the
SCTV DVD set at this time.

Maybe I got things mixed up...there are four episodes with commentaries
recorded for them, but it could be the complete first season. I think the
disc is still in production (the commentaries were just recorded in the
fall) so that might explain why a release date hasn't come down the pipe
yet.

swac

[Vince]

Post by Mpoconnor7
The Towering Inferno parody was terrific also, with Joe Flaharty impersonating
Chuck Heston as the Fire Chief, and all the SCTV personalities were trapped on
the top floor of the building.

Seeing as Heston wasn't in that film, it must have been a good one.

Vince
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[W. Lydecker]

Gee MP, everyone knows the chief was Ed Wynn < Hee-hee-hee! >

[Vince Macek]

Post by Mpoconnor7

Post by Tom Cervo
SCTV's "Godfather" parody--not just a take on the movie, but network TV at the
time.

...
I seem to remember they once did a spoof of Casablanca along the lines of a
Hope and Crosby road picture. Dave Thomas did the best Hope impression I've
ever seen.

This one also worked in the Wizard of Oz and a Fred Astaire musical.
All inside a Fantasy Island parody!

Post by Mpoconnor7
Another great movie spoof was John Candy impersonating Curly of the Three
Stooges as Ben Hur during the Chariot Race.
SCTV set the standard for satiring movies and TV shows. There is supposed to
(finally!) be a DVD release for SCTV early this year.

I don't remember when it ran, but I really hope to see "Rome Italian
Style" soon.

VMacek

[S. A. Wilson]

On 12/5/03 22:51, in article

Post by Lisa Morgendunst
Has to be Carol Burnet's sendup of Gone with the Wind.

She had a few good take-offs on classic movies. Wasn't one Mildred Fierce.
But the GwtW one was priceless....loved Scarlet/Carol's remark about seeing
the dress in a window and she could not resist.

[David]

There was a time long ago when "Mad TV" excelled at parodies. The one
I remember most was "Die Hard" as a Woody Allen movie.

[Mpoconnor7]

I always thought SCTV was the king of parodies, bar none/ Thank goodness this
nearly forgotten series is going to be released on DVD early next year.

There were so many hilarious film parodies, including:

-Maudlin's Eleven - A spoof of the original Rat Pack classic featuring SCTV
characters.

-The Towering Inferno - The highlight was Joe Flaharty impersonating Chuck
Heston as the Fire Chief, spending most of his scenes complaining about why the
hell they build these skyscrapers so high.

-Dirty Harry - They once did a parody of the Dirty Harry films with John Candy
as a vigilante cop who carried a gun which was literally the size of a cannon,
which he used to take down punks and clean up the streets.

-Hope and Crosby movies - They once did a brilliant satire of the Fantasy
Island TV series which included a segment with Hope and Crosby.

Also numerous other spoofs of Raging Bull, On the Waterfront, and Ben Hur
starring Curly Howard of the Three Stooges in the title role. And that didn't
even count their TV show parodies, which would be a list that would take me a
week to document.

Michael O'Connor - Modern Renaissance Man

"The likelihood of one individual being correct increases in a direct
proportion to the intensity with which others try to prove him wrong"
James Mason from the movie "Heaven Can Wait".

[Jack Lefton]

Post by Mpoconnor7
I always thought SCTV was the king of parodies, bar none/ Thank goodness this
nearly forgotten series is going to be released on DVD early next year.

"Dr. Tongue's 3D Stake from the Heart", with Catherine O'Hara playing Gilda
Radner doing the Teri Garr part

"Polynesian Town", with O'Hara looking just like Faye Dunaway, but once she
opens her mouth, well...

[Vince]

Post by Mpoconnor7
-The Towering Inferno - The highlight was Joe Flaharty impersonating Chuck
Heston as the Fire Chief, spending most of his scenes complaining about why the
hell they build these skyscrapers so high.

As Heston? He wasn't in that film it was Steve McQueen as the chief.

Vince
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[Tom Cervo]

Post by Mpoconnor7
-The Towering Inferno - The highlight was Joe Flaharty impersonating Chuck
Heston as the Fire Chief, spending most of his scenes complaining about why the
hell they build these skyscrapers so high.

He also did Guy Cabballero, who sees the fire and shouts "TOWWWERRRING
INFERRRNNNOOOO!"

[David Matthews]

On the Jack Benny show when Barbara Stanwyck was the guest they did a
very funny parody of "Gaslight".

"The Copper Clanger Caper" spoof of "Dragnet" when Jack Webb was a
guest on "The Johnny Carson Show".

The secret to the success of these parodies was that both Stanwyck and
Webb played it absolutely straight. No mugging, no fluffing of lines,
no *takes*.

Dave in Toronto

[Vince]

Post by David Matthews
"The Copper Clanger Caper" spoof of "Dragnet" when Jack Webb was a
guest on "The Johnny Carson Show".

Some years back Jack Benny and Milton Beare and company did a parody on the
epic films of that period. Cleopata, Ben Hur and Sparticus (Guest who was
Cleo?), any way at the end of the spoof C. Heston (Ben Hur) & Kirk Douglas
(Sparticus) showed up in costume. maybe the only time they both were on the
same stage. What a golden moment.

Vince
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[Vince Macek]

Post by Mpoconnor7
I always thought SCTV was the king of parodies, bar none/ Thank goodness this
nearly forgotten series is going to be released on DVD early next year.

...
One of my favorites, "Gangway for Miracles", starring Edith Prickley. Pfff-HAH!

VMacek

[Mpoconnor7]

Post by Vince Macek

Post by Mpoconnor7
I always thought SCTV was the king of parodies, bar none/ Thank goodness

this

Post by Mpoconnor7
nearly forgotten series is going to be released on DVD early next year.

...
One of my favorites, "Gangway for Miracles", starring Edith Prickley. Pfff-HAH!

How could I forget her performance in Prickly Heat?



Michael O'Connor - Modern Renaissance Man

"The likelihood of one individual being correct increases in a direct
proportion to the intensity with which others try to prove him wrong"
James Mason from the movie "Heaven Can Wait".

[Mpoconnor7]

Post by David
There was a time long ago when "Mad TV" excelled at parodies. The one
I remember most was "Die Hard" as a Woody Allen movie.

The funniest thing I've ever seen on Mad TV were the spoofs of the Rankin Bass
1960's animated Christmas cartoons for kids, where they did adaptations of
Casino and other movies in the same style, only they had lots of blood and
graphic violence.

Michael O'Connor - Modern Renaissance Man

"The likelihood of one individual being correct increases in a direct
proportion to the intensity with which others try to prove him wrong"
James Mason from the movie "Heaven Can Wait".

[James A. Jones]

Post by David
There was a time long ago when "Mad TV" excelled at parodies. The one
I remember most was "Die Hard" as a Woody Allen movie.

Yep! How about Mad TV's "Gump Fiction"?

"I'm gonna get medieval on your buttocks!"

[manitou910]

Post by S. A. Wilson

Post by Lisa Morgendunst
Has to be Carol Burnet's sendup of Gone with the Wind.

She had a few good take-offs on classic movies. Wasn't one Mildred Fierce.

This I do remember.

Didnn't she also do a hilarious "Stunning and Claire" one time?










C.

[Rosanne]

Post by S. A. Wilson

Post by Lisa Morgendunst
Has to be Carol Burnet's sendup of Gone with the Wind.

She had a few good take-offs on classic movies. Wasn't one Mildred Fierce.
But the GwtW one was priceless....loved Scarlet/Carol's remark about seeing
the dress in a window and she could not resist.

Carol also did a funny take off of one of the many Esther Williams films
emerging sopping wet from a pool, pulled off her dripping bathing cap and
revealed a big fluffy very dry well groomed wig.

Rosanne

[S. A. Wilson]

I think SCTV did some good parodies too. I believe the did the Godfather.

Sally--

[Vince Macek]

Post by S. A. Wilson
I think SCTV did some good parodies too. I believe the did the Godfather.
Sally--

beginning with Floyd the Barber asking the Godfather to put a hit out
on Opie! Then there's...

Taxi Driver starring Woody Allen
"I know what you're thinking, that violence really isn't my thing;
that my idea of violence is a striped shirt with a plaid sportcoat,
but...are you talking to *me*?"

VMacek

[Marshall Stacks]

Post by Lisa Morgendunst
Has to be Carol Burnet's sendup of Gone with the Wind.
SNL's parody of Citizen Kane was NOT funny. Roast Beef onree, hardy har har.

I'd have to go with the Ben Stiller Show.

Low Budget Tales of Cliche Horror (kind of a genre parody)
Oliver Stone Land (No Jim, No!)
A Few Good Scouts
Cape Munster
Advantage Agassi (general action hero parody)

[Andrew Johnston]

Post by Marshall Stacks

Post by Lisa Morgendunst
Has to be Carol Burnet's sendup of Gone with the Wind.
SNL's parody of Citizen Kane was NOT funny. Roast Beef onree, hardy har har.

I'd have to go with the Ben Stiller Show.
Low Budget Tales of Cliche Horror (kind of a genre parody)
Oliver Stone Land (No Jim, No!)
A Few Good Scouts
Cape Munster
Advantage Agassi (general action hero parody)

Those are all great, but you forgot about their *best* ones, Die Hard XII
and Woody Allen's Bride of Frankenstein (which gives Janeane Garofalo a
second chance to do her amazing Juliette Lewis impression from Cape
Munster).

[manitou910]

Post by Lisa Morgendunst
Has to be Carol Burnet's sendup of Gone with the Wind.

I didn't see it but heard that her sendup of "Sunset Boulevard" also was
a classic.

If she were still working, she and her team could have a riot spoofing
current TV series like "The Sopranos" and "Six Feet Under".








C.

[Don K]

Post by Lisa Morgendunst
Has to be Carol Burnet's sendup of Gone with the Wind.

I must have missed it.
I don't recall ever seeing Carol Burnett do anything that was very funny.

Don

[dancertm]

Post by Don K

Post by Lisa Morgendunst
Has to be Carol Burnet's sendup of Gone with the Wind.

I must have missed it.
I don't recall ever seeing Carol Burnett do anything that was very funny.
Don

YEP..Burnet, Gone with the Wind...classic, and my second place is
Burnet doing a spoof of Random Harvest. I think they called it Rancid
Harvest.

[h***@brazee.net]

Post by Don K
I must have missed it.
I don't recall ever seeing Carol Burnett do anything that was very funny.

Well certainly if you didn't see her do anything that was very funny, it
wouldn't make since for you to watch much of her work.

[Don K]

Post by h***@brazee.net

Post by Don K
I must have missed it.
I don't recall ever seeing Carol Burnett do anything that was very funny.

Well certainly if you didn't see her do anything that was very funny, it
wouldn't make since for you to watch much of her work.

As I recall, she had a variety show and so had other acts. Other members
of my family would watch so I often saw it "second-hand" by being in
the same room. While she seems a very warm and personable lady, I just
didn't like her comedy. I especially found the bitchy old lady character
she played to be annoying rather than funny.

Don

[d***@DELETEsocal.rr.com]

Post by Don K
As I recall, she had a variety show and so had other acts. Other members
of my family would watch so I often saw it "second-hand" by being in
the same room. While she seems a very warm and personable lady, I just
didn't like her comedy. I especially found the bitchy old lady character
she played to be annoying rather than funny.

If you're referring to "Mama" in the Ed, Eunice & Mama ongoing skit,
you're confusing Carol with her co-star Vicky Lawrence, who later
built an entire sitcom, which was horrendous, around that skit.





--
I get tired of either sense or nonsense if I am
kept very continuously to either & like my mind
to undulate between the two as it likes best.

-- Bagehot (1858)

[W. Lydecker]

There was an opening to a MOONLIGHTING ep, with David and Maddie
dressed like Ralph and Alice. Charles Rocket was Norton.
Then there was Imogene and Sid in a parody of BICYCLE THIEVES. In quasi
Italian, of course. p.s. Still think Cooke is older than 35.

[Stephen Cooke]

Post by W. Lydecker
There was an opening to a MOONLIGHTING ep, with David and Maddie
dressed like Ralph and Alice. Charles Rocket was Norton.
Then there was Imogene and Sid in a parody of BICYCLE THIEVES. In quasi
Italian, of course. p.s. Still think Cooke is older than 35.

You're right. I'm 36.

swac
Ready to die now.

[Don K]

Post by d***@DELETEsocal.rr.com

Post by Don K
As I recall, she had a variety show and so had other acts. Other members
of my family would watch so I often saw it "second-hand" by being in
the same room. While she seems a very warm and personable lady, I just
didn't like her comedy. I especially found the bitchy old lady character
she played to be annoying rather than funny.

If you're referring to "Mama" in the Ed, Eunice & Mama ongoing skit,
you're confusing Carol with her co-star Vicky Lawrence, who later
built an entire sitcom, which was horrendous, around that skit.

You're right, I did confuse the two. They do look somewhat alike.

Don

[Scott Munro]

Post by Don K

Post by d***@DELETEsocal.rr.com

Post by Don K
As I recall, she had a variety show and so had other acts. Other members
of my family would watch so I often saw it "second-hand" by being in
the same room. While she seems a very warm and personable lady, I just
didn't like her comedy. I especially found the bitchy old lady character
she played to be annoying rather than funny.

If you're referring to "Mama" in the Ed, Eunice & Mama ongoing skit,
you're confusing Carol with her co-star Vicky Lawrence, who later
built an entire sitcom, which was horrendous, around that skit.

You're right, I did confuse the two. They do look somewhat alike.

From IMDB <http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0493069/bio>:

[Lawrence's] husband, Bobby Russell, wrote the popular tunes, "Little
Green Apples," and Bobby Goldsboro's "Honey." While a member of the
singing group, "The Young Americans," a journalist reviewing a concert
mentioned Lawrence's resemblance to Carol Burnett. Vicki sent the
clipping to Burnett, which won her an audition to Carol's popular
show, from which she was accepted as a cast member.


--
Conservatism is the ideology of reality.

[Stephen Cooke]

Post by Scott Munro
[Lawrence's] husband, Bobby Russell, wrote the popular tunes, "Little
Green Apples," and Bobby Goldsboro's "Honey."

And for that, no punishment on Earth is too horrible or unwarrented.

swac
o/~"See the tree, how big it's grown...."o/~ AAAARRRRGGHHHHHHHH...*gurgle*

[Vince Macek]

Post by Stephen Cooke

Post by Scott Munro
[Lawrence's] husband, Bobby Russell, wrote the popular tunes, "Little
Green Apples," and Bobby Goldsboro's "Honey."

And for that, no punishment on Earth is too horrible or unwarrented.
swac
o/~"See the tree, how big it's grown...."o/~ AAAARRRRGGHHHHHHHH...*gurgle*

That's not the sound of the tree falling on him, is it? No? Darn.

This song was done by the Smothers Brothers on their show w/ some
interesting staging - Dick is singing it while walking a group of
paying tourists through 'The Honey House' (pointing out the tree,
etc). Do not know how I can remember that and never know where I left
my keys.

VMacek

[Perry Sailor]

Post by Scott Munro

Post by Don K

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Post by Don K
As I recall, she had a variety show and so had other acts. Other members
of my family would watch so I often saw it "second-hand" by being in
the same room. While she seems a very warm and personable lady, I just
didn't like her comedy. I especially found the bitchy old lady character
she played to be annoying rather than funny.

If you're referring to "Mama" in the Ed, Eunice & Mama ongoing skit,
you're confusing Carol with her co-star Vicky Lawrence, who later
built an entire sitcom, which was horrendous, around that skit.

You're right, I did confuse the two. They do look somewhat alike.

[Lawrence's] husband, Bobby Russell, wrote the popular tunes, "Little
Green Apples," and Bobby Goldsboro's "Honey."

Jesus. He should be doing life without parole for either one of those
things... but BOTH of them??? I've always been anti-death penalty, but I
might make an exception in his case.
Perry

[Vince]

Post by Don K
As I recall, she had a variety show and so had other acts. Other members
of my family would watch so I often saw it "second-hand" by being in
the same room. While she seems a very warm and personable lady, I just
didn't like her comedy. I especially found the bitchy old lady character
she played to be annoying rather than funny.

Vicky Lawrence played the above and I too found her character and that whole
bit annoying, although when Tim Conway was there he would sometimes ab-lib and
was funny.
"Mamma's House" was spun off into a series that ran for some years. Now Vicky
tours as Mamma.

Overall I loved Carol's show.

Vince
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[W. Lydecker]

Anybody remember Tim's hand puppet when he was interrogating Lyle?

[Dead Zed]

Seinfeld's JFK parody with Keith Hernandez being spit on.

[W. Lydecker]

"That was one magic goober!"

[John Harkness]

Post by W. Lydecker
"That was one magic goober!"

no, "that was one magic loogie."

John Harkness

[Jeff Duncanson]

Post by W. Lydecker
"That was one magic goober!"

didn't the one with "the pick" evolve into an "Elephant Man" type finale?

You know..."I am NOT an animal!!!!!"

Jeff

[Tom Cervo]

The "Schindler's List" arc that started with Jerry caught making out during the
movie, and ended with Judge Reinhold's deep regret that he didn't do more for
Jerry's folks--while there were up from Florida

[Jeff Duncanson]

Post by W. Lydecker
Anybody remember Tim's hand puppet when he was interrogating Lyle?

I remember their take on "Jaws"...."He's have made it, too ...if he
hadn't been wearing his lucky ham."

Jeff

[leo86]

Post by W. Lydecker
Anybody remember Tim's hand puppet when he was interrogating Lyle?

Smiley Burnette did a comedy show? Wow!
Did Gene Autry ever guest star?

[W. Lydecker]

Leo the 86th asked: "Smiley Burnette did a comedy show?"
##################################< You're thinking of that guy with the
3 Mesquiteers. He'd have conversations with "Elmer" while lead wuz
a-flowin' lak flies around fresh buffalo chips.

[Jack Lefton]

Post by leo86

Post by W. Lydecker
Anybody remember Tim's hand puppet when he was interrogating Lyle?

Smiley Burnette did a comedy show? Wow!

He was a regular on Petticoat Junction

[Vince]

Post by W. Lydecker
Anybody remember Tim's hand puppet when he was interrogating Lyle?

Oh yes and like Harvey he couldn't stop laughing.

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Post by W. Lydecker
Anybody remember Tim's hand puppet when he was interrogating Lyle?

"Hit the dummy with the stick!"

That's gotta be my favourite Carole Burnett bit. Tim Conway with a Hitler
handpuppet, *that's* comedy.

swac
And I guess this thread is officially over. Thanks for NOTHING, Godwin.

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Post by Lisa Morgendunst
Has to be Carol Burnet's sendup of Gone with the Wind.

The writing wasn't as consistently clever & amusing in that one as in
some of the other Carol Burnett Show sendups, like those for "Waterloo
Bridge" & "Double Indemnity." "Mildred Pierce" was funny, too.





--
I get tired of either sense or nonsense if I am
kept very continuously to either & like my mind
to undulate between the two as it likes best.

-- Bagehot (1858)

[Vince]

Post by d***@DELETEsocal.rr.com
The writing wasn't as consistently clever & amusing in that one as in
some of the other Carol Burnett Show sendups, like those for "Waterloo
Bridge" & "Double Indemnity." "Mildred Pierce" was funny, too.

I remember on one show where I think they were doing their soap spoof and they
all kept blowing their lines. Ending with Carol saying how she not doing this
again.

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Post by Vince

Post by d***@DELETEsocal.rr.com
The writing wasn't as consistently clever & amusing in that one as in
some of the other Carol Burnett Show sendups, like those for "Waterloo
Bridge" & "Double Indemnity." "Mildred Pierce" was funny, too.

I remember on one show where I think they were doing their soap spoof and they
all kept blowing their lines. Ending with Carol saying how she not doing this
again.

The funniest part of those shows was watching Harvey Korman trying
vainly to keep from cracking up when in scenes with Tim Conway...

John DiFool

[James A. Jones]

Post by Lisa Morgendunst
Has to be Carol Burnet's sendup of Gone with the Wind.
SNL's parody of Citizen Kane was NOT funny. Roast Beef onree, hardy har har.

SNL's had some funny ones. How about "Cone Encounters of the Third Kind"
with Richard Dreyfuss and The Coneheads? Or "Samarai Night Fever"?

[S. A. Wilson]

Post by James A. Jones
SNL's had some funny ones. How about "Cone Encounters of the Third Kind"
with Richard Dreyfuss and The Coneheads? Or "Samarai Night Fever"?

They also had a spoof of the China Syndrome. That was hilarious, I think
they called it the Pepsi Syndrome. I have not seen that since the early 80s.
It aired during Carter's administration. Carter visited the plant and became
a giant, and in the end ran off with Garret Morris' cleaning woman.

[Vince]

Post by S. A. Wilson
They also had a spoof of the China Syndrome. That was hilarious, I think
they called it the Pepsi Syndrome. I have not seen that since the early 80s.
It aired during Carter's administration. Carter visited the plant and became
a giant, and in the end ran off with Garret Morris' cleaning woman.

Right Dan Akrold sp did a great Carter.

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Post by Lisa Morgendunst
Has to be Carol Burnet's sendup of Gone with the Wind.
SNL's parody of Citizen Kane was NOT funny. Roast Beef onree, hardy har har.

SNL's had some funny ones. How about "Cone Encounters of the Third Kind"
with Richard Dreyfuss and The Coneheads? Or "Samarai Night Fever"?

I recall they did a pretty decent "Apocolypse Now" when Martin Sheen
hosted. That whole episode was one of the best SNL's of all time I
think.


Your Obedient,


Tim

[Vince Macek]

Post by James A. Jones

Post by Lisa Morgendunst
Has to be Carol Burnet's sendup of Gone with the Wind.
SNL's parody of Citizen Kane was NOT funny. Roast Beef onree, hardy har har.

SNL's had some funny ones. How about "Cone Encounters of the Third Kind"
with Richard Dreyfuss and The Coneheads? Or "Samarai Night Fever"?

Then there's their "Jaws II" - apart from the classic
Chevy-at-the-door schtick, Belushi did a great Dreyfuss.

VMacek
"...candygram!"

[David Silberberg]

Sid Caesar and Imogen Coco - "From Here to Eternity"

[Stephen Cooke]

Post by David Silberberg
Sid Caesar and Imogen Coco - "From Here to Eternity"

Or as they called it, "From Here to Obscurity."

I also liked their parody of Shane called "Strange."

"What's your name, stranger?"

"They call me Strange."

"Do you have a first name?"

"It's Very. But you can just call me Strange."

swac

[Jon Barry]

I would say the funiest parody was the Matrix parody with Reeves as
the host of SNL a couple of years back. Also Eddie Murphy does a
pretty good job of parodies in the hay days of SNL.

Here's also a cool site for info on current movies:
http://home.comcast.net/~ctproductions/movie.html

Post by Lisa Morgendunst
Has to be Carol Burnet's sendup of Gone with the Wind.
SNL's parody of Citizen Kane was NOT funny. Roast Beef onree, hardy har har.

[Niki]

Post by Jon Barry
I would say the funiest parody was the Matrix parody with Reeves as
the host of SNL a couple of years back. Also Eddie Murphy does a
pretty good job of parodies in the hay days of SNL.
http://home.comcast.net/~ctproductions/movie.html

Post by Lisa Morgendunst
Has to be Carol Burnet's sendup of Gone with the Wind.
SNL's parody of Citizen Kane was NOT funny. Roast Beef onree, hardy har har.

___________________________________________________________________

SNL did a parody of The Ten Commandments when Heston hosted. Heston
comes down with the tablets and you hear the booming voice of 'God':

God: Moses!!

Moses: Yes, my Lord?!?!?

God: You left your sandals up here...

That had me on the floor!

Niki

[BK]

Post by Niki

Post by Jon Barry
I would say the funiest parody was the Matrix parody with Reeves as
the host of SNL a couple of years back. Also Eddie Murphy does a
pretty good job of parodies in the hay days of SNL.
http://home.comcast.net/~ctproductions/movie.html

Post by Lisa Morgendunst
Has to be Carol Burnet's sendup of Gone with the Wind.
SNL's parody of Citizen Kane was NOT funny. Roast Beef onree, hardy har har.

___________________________________________________________________
SNL did a parody of The Ten Commandments when Heston hosted. Heston
God: Moses!!
Moses: Yes, my Lord?!?!?
God: You left your sandals up here...
That had me on the floor!
Niki

I might be biased, but "The Simpsons" actually have had many good
movie parodies over the years. Some of my favorites that come to
mind:

1. Duffman throwing the "evil" team owner over a wall ala Darth Vader
in "Return of the Jedi" ("Duffman feeling conflicting emotions")

2. Barney suffocating Homer while Homer is in a coma ala the Chief at
the end of "One Flew over the Cuckoo's nest. (This scene was later
parodied in another episode "Bart to the Future")

3. The parody of the beginning scene of "Raiders of the Lost Ark" in
"Bart's Friend Falls in Love" Bart takes Homer's penny jar ala Indy
taking the golden idol of fertility from its post. Homer chases him
(under a closing garage door)and talks in jibberish as the natives do.

Don't even get me started on the Itchy and Scratchy parodies (From
Here to Infimiry, Star Trek: The Next Laceration, Esophagus Now, etc)

BK

[Dennis Kuhn]

Post by Lisa Morgendunst
Has to be Carol Burnet's sendup of Gone with the Wind.
SNL's parody of Citizen Kane was NOT funny. Roast Beef onree, hardy har har.

SNL's Exorcist parody. They had great special effects for the bed,
and Lorraine Newman's line, "Your mother sews socks that smell!" was a
brilliant re-wording of the original dialogue. Richard Pryor slowly
losing his cool was just great stuff.

Dennis

[John]

Post by Dennis Kuhn

Post by Lisa Morgendunst
Has to be Carol Burnet's sendup of Gone with the Wind.
SNL's parody of Citizen Kane was NOT funny. Roast Beef onree, hardy har har.

SNL's Exorcist parody. They had great special effects for the bed,
and Lorraine Newman's line, "Your mother sews socks that smell!" was a
brilliant re-wording of the original dialogue. Richard Pryor slowly
losing his cool was just great stuff.
Dennis

Oh, That mean Carol Burnett's Parody of Gilda, it was Golda.

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