A-Z GUIDE TO MOVIES AND TV SHOWS PARODIED BY MAD, CRACKED, CRAZY, ETC. UP TO 1996. THEY HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS. SPOILERS AND OTHER NON-SEQUITURS, TOO. SOMETIMES THESE THINGS HAVE WORDS OR SITUATIONS WE DON'T USE ANYMORE. YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE THEY'RE OLD.
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Showing posts with label BATTLESTAR GALACTICA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label BATTLESTAR GALACTICA. Show all posts
THE GREATEST TV SHOW EVER MADE
Cracked #161, August 1979
a:John Severin
Another comic, just like yesterday, where Cracked did what they did throughout most of the 70s and 80s by doing several parodies at once,usually combining them, they did movies last time, this time they set their sights on TV shows.
One of the tropes of Laverne and Shirley was Shirley's stuffed kitten.
They used Robin Williams as Mork from Mork and Mindy every chance they could, doing about five parodies and three specials with him.
For some reason Hawkeye (Alan Alda) and "Hot Lips" Houlihan (Loretta Swit) of M*A*S*H are married in this. Maybe they would be in post-Korea civilian life.
They also had Roarke (Ricardo Montalban) of Fantasy Island.
Cheryl Ladd, Kate Jackson, and Jaclyn Smith, the second wave of Charlie's Angels. Felix (Tony Randall) and Oscar (Jack Klugman) of The Odd Couple, which was off the air by then. Lorne Greene as Commander Adama on Battlestar Galactica, Ed Asner was Lou Grant in his own show by then. Archie (Carroll O'Connor) and Edith (Jean Stapleton) from All In the Family.
Mike Wallace of Sixty Minutes when they were more known for investigative reporting than profiles (they still do both). Back to Battlestar Galactica with Richard Hatch as Apollo. John Travolta had left the role of Vinnie Barbarino on Welcome Back, Kotter by then though Valerie Bertinelli was still Barbara on One Day at a Time.
Mork's commander was named Orson. Linda Lavin was Alice.
Fonz was another person they put in Cracked every chance they could. The only other two series of Don Rickles I know of were The Don Rickles Show and CPO Sharkey.
CATTLE CAR GALAXICA
MAD #208, July 1979
w: Dick DeBartolo
a: Angelo Torres
Science-fiction show that had a reboot, but this one is from 1978, inspired by Star Wars about a group of refugees from different planets on their way to Earth while fleeing from the Cylons.
As we begin, we are at the command ship being led by Commander Adama (Lorne Greene) with Lieutenant Athena (Maren Jansen) at the computer. Starbuck (Dirk Benedict) and Apollo (Richard Hatch) are on the ships in space.
(They often made up units on their command ship. Their plots were often said to be derivative of other movies).
Baltar (John Colicos) is a human who has betrayed his race and taken the side of the Cylons.
In this episode, Starbuck and Apollo have crashed somewhere and Athena wants to go out and find them.
Lucifer (Jonathan Harris), one of the Cylons, seeks to find some escaped prisoners.
Now the Cylons must do battle with the humans.
The humans have adopted a child, Boxy (Noel Hathaway) who was orphaned when the home planet was destroyed, as was his pet daggitt, an alien canine. They have replaced his daggitt with Muffy, a robot canine.
They make a reference to the fact that Lorne Greene's previous series was the long-running western Bonanza.
The Cylons are defeated once again and Starbuck tries to get in Athena's pants.
Apollo finally gets to Earth (Oh, and I should also mention he's Adama's son).
BATTLESTAR GARLICTICA
Cracked #159, May 1979
a: John Severin
In the Cracked episode, there is a food shortage.
Cameos by Star Trek characters throughout this parody.
Star Wars too.
And Lassie.
(And yet another Bonanza reference.)
BATTLESTAR GALACKLUSTRE
Crazy #47, February 1979
w & a: Murad Gumen
The “Jerry” here is based on a real person I know who is now a well-known animation historian and consultant but in his youth was friends with Murad Gumen.
Cassiopeia (Laurette Sprang), the western version of a geisha, was not used in the other parodies.
In that next to last panel in the middle is John Dykstra, who did special effects for the show.
They must fight the Cylons again, and Jerry comes with them.
Yet another Ponderosa reference
From the cover of this issue of Sick, you can see there's a treasure trove of movie and TV parodies in this issue, which we'll get to in due time.
CATTLECAR GALACTICA
Sick #126, April 1979
a: Jack Sparling
Starbuck and Apollo are erroneously referred to as brothers in this.
Of the four parodies, only three mention the Ponderosa ranch. I'm very disappointed.
This is all taken from the first episode, where Boxey loses his father and pet and just has his mother (Jane Seymour, who marries Apollo and dies later)
Starbuck and Apollo have landed on a Vegas-like planet that's too good to be true, also from that episode.
Fan magazine Pizzazz featured them on their front cover.
