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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DISH
Crazy #34, August 1978
w: Fred Wolfe (Paul Laikin)
a: Walter Brogan
Spinoff of the sitcom Barney Miller about the life of police detective Phil Fish (Abe Vigoda) and his home life. It was different from other spinoffs since he still appeared on Barney Miller at the same time.
Fish and his wife Bernice (Florence Stanley) were foster parents to five children, some of which were previously juvenile delinquents from Barney Miller.
Victor was played by John Cassisi. The two teenage girls, Jilly and Diane, were played by Denise Miller and Sarah Natoli. Todd Bridges played Loomis.
A running gag was that Fish always had to go to the bathroom and it was always occupied.
-Charlie (Barry Gordon) was a social worker that came by to assist Fish and his wife with care for the children.
-In the 70s they were constantly using Richard Nixon as the punchline.
FISSH
Sick #121, February 1978
w: George Kashdan
a: Jack Sparling
There was a fifth child, Mike (Len Bari), not featured in the previous parody.
Crazy and Sick were always what you settled for when you couldn't find MAD or Cracked at the newsstand. It's almost like MAD had first pick of the movies and TV shows to parody and the others got stuck with ones nobody remembers 45 years later. Oh well. This blog covers the good, the bad, and the ugly. Speaking of which, tune in tomorrow.
