Monday, February 17, 2014

Lunedi Lunacy

"Parody is making a new wine that tastes like the old but has a slightly lethal effect."
Dwight Macdonald
Parodies,
Random House, 1960
And there were few that could tramp out those grapes of wrath as well as the gang at SCTV:



February 17 - 1863: A group of citizens of Geneva founded an International Committee for Relief to the Wounded, later known as the International Committee of the Red Cross.

2 comments:

Debra She Who Seeks said...

Hilarious! And pretty damn good imitations actually.

Ur-spo said...

Oh !
I would stay up late in college to watch these guys - they were so talented and hilarious.
Whenever i am down in the dumps, all I have to remember is Edith Prickely and I invariably cheer up.