T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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253.1 | Do these count? | BAEDEV::RECKARD | | Tue Sep 30 1986 10:55 | 8 |
| Pledging one's Troth - waxing some monster
(in a slightly different vein)
Plaster of Paris - what Helen of Troy's abductor called
his sheet rock business
Joy of Lex - Superman's arch-enemy's glee
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253.2 | | ALIEN::MCCARTHY | | Tue Sep 30 1986 10:57 | 6 |
| National Lampoon once did a satire on Mad's "horrifying cliches".
I don't remember many of them, but I'll never forget the illustration
for "blowing a joke."
-Brian
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253.3 | | REGENT::EPSTEIN | Dare to be eclectic | Tue Sep 30 1986 13:11 | 1 |
| Throwing a tantrum - child heaving monster
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253.4 | The "sports" issue | JON::MORONEY | %SYSTEM-S-BUGCHECK, internal consistency failure | Wed Oct 01 1986 00:14 | 7 |
| Stealing a BASE - Burglar running off with a monster screaming for help
Committing an ERROR - man signing papers with monster with "crazy" look
on its face in the background
Returning a SERVE - woman returning monster with price tag to store
Getting wind of a TRADE - man running away from a swamp holding his nose
while a large beast rises from the water
Playing a DOUBLEHEADER - man playing chess with 2-headed monster
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253.5 | re: .2 | DRAGON::MCVAY | Pete McVay, VRO (Telecomm) | Wed Oct 01 1986 13:02 | 6 |
| Others in the NatLamp MAD parody, which commented on MAD's humor
(or lack of it) and general style:
Raising a dead ISSUE
Belaboring the OBVIOUS
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