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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HOGIE'S HEROES
Wild! #1, January 1967
a: Henry Scarpelli
Hogan's Heroes was set in a German POW camp during World War II. He (Bob Crane) and other American and allied prisoners (Richard Dawson, Ivan Dixon, Larry Hovis) had secret tunnels they tried to escape from and Sergeant Schultz (John Banner) would act neutral and look the other way. Schultz's catchphrase was “I know nothing”.
THE JACK LALANNE SHOW
1951-1985 Syndicated
Sick #4, February 1961
artist unknown
Jack LaLanne was a bodybuilder and motivational speaker for a long time who had various TV programs throughout the years.
“I'd walk a mile for a Camel” was the slogan for Camel cigarettes.
MIGHTY MORPHIN' POWER RANGERS: THE MOVIE (1995)
dir: Bryan Spicer
MIGHTY MORONIC POWDER RANGERS: THE MOVIE
Cracked Monster Party #20, Winter 1995
w: Greg Grabianski
a: Alan Kupperberg
It begins with them all doing a skydive in the city of Angel Grove.
At a nearby construction site, a giant ancient egg has been dug up. It brings forth the enemies of the Power Rangers who open it and release Ivan Ooze (Paul Freeman), an enemy of Zordon (Nicholas Bell) who condemned him there 6000 years ago. At the command center, the Power Rangers have been summoned by Zordon to fight Ivan and bury him back in the Earth before he can do damage, but it is too late.
Ivan has taken control of the Command Center, incapacitated Zordon rapidly aging him, and robbed the Power Rangers of their powers. The Rangers are sent to the planet Phaedos to find the Great Power source to rejuvenate Zordon. Ivan Ooze sells his ooze to adults which hypnotizes them.
On Phaedos, the Power Rangers are attacked by bird-like creatures called Tengu, They are rescued by a warrior princess named Dulcea (Gabrielle Fitzpatrick) who considers them out of their element until they say why they are there. She gives them all the power of their spirit animals. Aisha (Karan Ashley) is a bear, Rocky (Steve Cardenas) is an ape, Kimberly (Amy Jo Johnson) is a crane, Billy (David Yost) is a wolf, Adam (Johnny Yong Bosch) is a frog, and Tommy (Jason David Frank) is a falcon.
With the power of the ooze and the aid of the hynotized adults, Ivan has been able to unleash monster robots to terrorize Angel Grove.
The Power Rangers, with their powers back, transform into good bots to fight the bad bots that have transformed into one big one (drawn here as Hulk Hogan). Having defeated it breaks the spell of the zombified adults.
Bulk and Skull, the comedy relief that take credit for everything, are not used here.
MAD #108, January 1967
w: Larry Siegel
a: Jack Davis
Sitcom about soldiers in at Stalag 13, a POW camp in Germany during World War II, led by Colonel Robert Hogan (Bob Crane)
The Allied prisoners, LeBeau (Robert Clary), Newkirk (Richard Dawson), Kinchloe (Ivan Dixon), and Carter (Larry Hovis) had secret tunnels across the base and use it to smuggle prisoners in and out of various camps and the officers at their own base were none the wiser, and they behaved well for the Germans in order to carry on their secret operations.
The premise of this parody is that this POW camp is cushy, more like a white-collar prison, compared to real POW camps.
Sgt. Schulz (John Banner) was the clumsy but lovable Nazi of the camp, often catching the men in secret acts but never telling for fear of repercussions from his superiors.
Colonel Klink (Werner Klemperer) was the leader of Stalag 13 who was unaware of what was going on and figured he ran a tight ship. His secretaries varied in different episodes.
The punchline to this piece (the writer of which I believe had survivors in his family) is that if you like humor about a POW camp, you'll love humor about a concentration camp.
In the letters column a couple issues later, some of the actors showed they're in on the fun.
Homer, back when he was a child of the 60s, showed what his favorite TV show was growing up.
That's all the humor that could be misconstrued as anti-semitic for now. People who've only seen the last three posts must think that's all we do.
