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Barry Trotter and the Shameless Parody
The Harry Potter parody. First self-published in 2002, Barry Trotter has gone on to sell over 750,000 copies in 20 languages worldwide. Guaranteed to be no more Satanic than the books it was based upon.
Continue reading...Will The Beatles be forgotten?…only if YOU forget them
Friday, June 4, 2010
Jim Emerson in The Chicago Sun-Times has written a column about how disorienting it was to realize that the 17-year-olds at a recent high school graduation did not recognize a reference to the Beatles tune “Drive My Car.” As a result, Emerson wonders whether The Beatles’ days are numbered as a relevant item of our [...]
Continue reading...JFK Researcher Lisa Pease on Black Op Radio
Thursday, May 20, 2010
On 5/13/10, longtime JFK researcher Lisa Pease gave a fascinating interview to Black Op Radio which is here (click on show #474, part two–Real Player required). In the talk, she addresses the ignorant and dangerous recommendations of Cass Sunstein, whom she took on in a letter reprinted here on her blog. Not only is infiltration/manipulation [...]
Continue reading...YouTube, Downfall parodies, and me
Thursday, May 6, 2010
If you’re reading this, you doubtless know about the “Downfall meme”—a running joke on the internet where a segment of the 2004 movie “Downfall” is used to express real or feigned outrage at something important or not so. Bruno Ganz, playing an embunkered Adolf Hitler, freaks out at his generals not over the conduct of [...]
Continue reading...An “All Purpose Rant” for Michaelmoore.com
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Inspired by an insane Wall Streeter’s whingeing, I was moved to write a Mad-Lib like sayonara to rationality, suitable for any occupation. You can check it out here. As an example, I filled it in for “comedy writers,” the only profession in America less essential than Wall Street.
Continue reading...Then, They Came for the Zebras, and I Did Nothing Because…
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
[Just for fun, I'm practicing reading my stuff aloud. If you can stand a flub or two, here's me reading this piece.] Can I just say, “Thank God for the internet”? Without the world wide web, who knows how long it would’ve taken me to learn that “UK Restaurant Is First to Serve Zebra Pizza”? [...]
Continue reading...The Great War, Sir Mike, and Me
Monday, March 8, 2010
In the fall of 1990, I had no interest in World War I; then as now, I studied history for the story of it, and there didn’t seem to be any narrative in that conflict. No personalities, no resolution, just four years of static, blood-drenched dress rehearsal for the much more satisfying sequel played out [...]
Continue reading...What Malcolm X Knew That We Need To Learn
Monday, March 1, 2010
Forty-five years ago last month, Malcolm X was gunned down in the Audubon Ballroom in Manhattan. Moments after he was introduced to speak, someone yelled, “Nigger, get your hand outta my pocket!” Malcolm stepped forward to quell the altercation, then a smoke bomb went off and five assassins opened fire with pistols and a shotgun. [...]
Continue reading...A few thoughts on John Hughes
Saturday, August 8, 2009
Last night at 11:45, my wife was in the bathroom, washing bits of Burbank off her face. I was in the bedroom twenty feet away, petting my cat, looking at the moon outside our window. Kate and I were doing the married thing, getting our stories straight after a long day. I’d just come back [...]
Continue reading...Michael Jackson died for our sins
Sunday, June 28, 2009
When I heard that pop singer Michael Jackson had died, I could not help but remember what a staple he was in the late-night monologues. What would all the hacks, myself included, do now? Crypto-queer GOPers and philandering family-values types can only get you so far. Perhaps Roseanne Barr could be coaxed out of retirement [...]
Continue reading...At last! It's here!
For 30 years, Ravin fans wondered: What if Tom Larkin had survived? Now, the story can be told.
Mixing alternative history, hardboiled noir, parody and satire, Life After Death for Beginners is a must-read for every Beatles fan. "A cross between The Rutles and Three Days of the Condor. I loved it."—Jonathan Schwarz
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