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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MIGHTY MORONIC CHOWDER RANGERS
Cracked #290, July 1994
w: Greg Grabianski
a: John Severin
Kids series adapted from Japanese series about superhero robot team featuring Jason (Austin St. John), Kimberly (Amy Jo Johnson), Zack (Walter Emanuel Jones), Trini (Thuy Trang), Billy (David Yost), and Tommy (Jason David Frank). Their enemy, Rita (Michako Sago) is from the Japanese show with her voice dubbed into English. The action scenes are from Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger, the show in Japan this comes from. With the use of their coins, the are able to transform into the Power Rangers.
Clever. The Asian stereotype of substituting Ls for Rs. Other places stopped using it by the 60s, but Cracked continued into the 90s. The Putties were Rita's army and “Cement Mixer (Put-Ti, Put-Ti)” was a popular song in the 40s.
The theme song (see clip above) went “Go go power rangers”
Almost all afternoon childrens' shows had some kind of built-in public service announcement at the end.
WHEN THE POWER RANGERS' FORMAT SPREADS TO OTHER SHOWS
Cracked #297, March 1995
w: Greg Grabianski
a: John Severin
Dan Rather's rival here is Connie Chung.
Billy and Allison were Andrew Shue and Courtney Thorne-Smith.
This may be the only NYPD Blue parody that didn't mention the show's nudity.
Cover to the Brizilian edition of MAD.
A MAD LOOK AT THE MIGHTY MORPHIN' POWER RANGERS
MAD #333, January 1995
w & a: Sergio Aragones
A couple of these I just don't get. Probably because I shouldn't.
SMELLGROSS PLACE
MAD #317, March 1993
w: Dick DeBartolo
a: Mort Drucker
This was a TV series spun off from Beverly Hills 90210, like that show but everyone was about ten to fifteen years older, about the tenants of an apartment complex on Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles. The cast at this point was Billy (Andrew Shue), Allison (Courtney Thorne-Smith), Michael (Thomas Calabro), Jane (Josie Bissett), Matt (Doug Savant), Sandy (Amy Locane), Jake (Grant Show), and Rhonda (Vanessa Williams). Kelly (Jennie Garth) from 90210 was the connection between the two shows.
The joke about politics is that they only talk about political events that involve sex scandals. I'm not sure about the Megan Louise gag except presumably she was a granddaughter of Mort Drucker?
In the corner in the last panel is creater Darren Starr.
YOUR LIFE VS LIFE ON MELROSE PLACE/90210
MAD #340, October 1995
w: Lori Kolman
a: Mort Drucker
In that second panel of the first gag is Jason Priestley of 90210.
In the last panel is Luke Perry of 90210.
The judge in “Sue your parents” is Lance Ito, the judge for the O. J. Simpson trial.
SMELROSE PLACE
Cracked #278, January 1993
w: Vic Bianco (Lou Silverstone)
a: John Severin
The other characters in the pool are Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams of Laverne and Shirley, John Ritter, Joyce DeWitt and Suzanne Somers of Three's Company, The Fonz, Jason Priestley, Luke Perry, and Shannen Doherty of Beverly Hills 90210, Bill and Ted from their eponymous Excellent Adventure, Mike Myers & Dana Carvey of Wayne's World, and Joe Gillis from Sunset Boulevard (William Holden).
LEASE AGREEMENTS FOR MELROSE PLACE
Same issue
w: Mike Mikula
a: Jeff Wong
