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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NAKED TOWN
MAD #60, January 1961
w: Larry Siegel
a: Mort Drucker
The quote “There are eight million stories in the naked city, this is one of them” comes from this series, which was a crime show that took place on location in New York City based on a film from ten years earlier, and like the introduction to the article says, it started as a half-hour show in its first season, went on hiatus for a year, then came back as an hour-long series.
The re-vamped series centered on the work of Lieutenant Parker (Horace McMahon), Detective Flint (Paul Burke), and Sergeant Frank Arcaro (Harry Bellaver)
The copyright holders are really protective, so it's hard to find clips.
TV series about detective (Peter Falk) whose unassuming appearance makes suspects think he's not as smart as he looks. The fact that he appears “stupid” is comedy gold for the parody magazines.
Peter Falk was one of a long line of celebrities who wrote in showing themselves reading their appearance in the magazine.
One of his ways of solving a crime was his line “Just one more thing...” after what seemed like the end of his questioning.
Columbo had no words to his theme song, so one was written for him in Singable Theme Songs for TV Shows by Frank Jacobs and Angelo Torres in MAD #168, July 1974.
COLUMBORE
Cracked #110, August 1973
a: John Severin
The other two detectives in the last panel are Clint Eastwood and Jack Webb.
The two cops in the middle panel are Don Knotts and Fred MacMurray.
WHAT ARE THE OLD TV AND MOVIE DETECTIVES DOING TODAY?
Cracked #121, November 1974
a: John Severin
Cracked also did a piece about Columbo's retirement.
COLUMBOOB
Sick #96, December 1973
w: Fred Wolfe (Paul Laikin)
a: Tony Tallarico
The woman entering the office is feminism spokesperson Gloria Steinem.
Steinway is a piano brand.
“Should a gentlemen offer a women a Tiparillo” was a cigarette ad campaign.
There was an ad campaign for Right Guard deodorant where two people shared a medicine cabinet.
Back then feminism was even more misunderstood than now and people who wrote things like this believed women really wanted to stay stereotypical housewives underneath it all.
UPDATE:
COLUMBO
cover for Kaputt, German version of Cracked,
