MUPDATES

Got a bunch of parodies from Muppet magazine. These were also parodied by other magazines and are hyperlinked to. All other parodies from the magazine will be featured here will be when they come up alphabetically. I assume you're familiar with all the Muppets here, so I need not get into their personalities.

GHOSTBUSTERS (1984)
dir: Harold Ramis

GROSSBUSTERS
#10, Spring 1985
w: Jay Itzkowitz
a: Jon McIntosh

Ghostbusters starred Sigourney Weaver, Dan Aykroyd, and Bill Murray.

MIAMI VICE
NBC 1984-1990

MIAMI MICE
#14, Spring 1986
w: Jay Itzkowitz
a: Frank Springer

Cracker and Ricotta are the roles of Crockett and Tubbs played by Don Johnson and Phillip Michael Thomas.

The song Dr. Teeth's band is playing is parodying Glenn Frey's You Belong to the City, at 4:30 in the video in the link.

DYNASTY
ABC 1981-1989

SWINESTY
#20, Fall 1987
w: Steve Morgenstern
a: Jon McIntosh

The leads on this show were Blake Carrington (John Forsythe), his wife Krystie (Linda Evans), and Alexis Colby (Joan Collins)

Kermit is J. R. Ewing (Larry Hagman) of Dallas.

THE COSBY SHOW
NBC 1984-1992

THE FROGSBY SHOW
#22, Spring 1988
w: Steve Morgenstern
a: Jon McIntosh

References are also made to Ozzie and Harriet and Leave it to Beaver. Heathcliff Huxtable (Bill Cosby) had a wife Claire (Phylicia Rashad) and their children Theo (Malcolm Jamal-Warner), Vanessa (Tempestt Bledsoe) and Rudi (Keshia Knight-Pulliam)

CROCODILE DUNDEE (1987)
dir: Peter Faiman

“CROCODILE” KERMIE
#23, Summer 1988
w: Steve Morgenstern
a: Nate Butler & Marie Severin

Romantic comedy about Australian outback hunter in America with Paul Hogan and Linda Kozlowski.

DIRTY DANCING (1987)
dir: Emile Ardolino

NERDY DANCING #25, Winter 1989