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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Sequel to Saturday Night Fever showing what happened to Tony Manero (John Travolta) six years later, after being the best disco dancer at his neighborhood club in Brooklyn and hanging out with his high school fiends, then moving to Manhattan.
Tony is struggling with two jobs as a waiter and dance instuctor, not quite becoming the star he expected. His popularity in Bay Ridge doesn't make him a hit in the city. He's living in a fleabag hotel and has a girlfiend, Jackie (Cynthia Rhodes) who's also struggling as a dancer.
After Tony goes on several auditions, he goes and sees Jackie as a back-up dancer in a show then goes to congratulate Laura (Finola Hughes), star of the show, and tries to ask her out. She eventually agrees after turning him down, then kicks him out of her house after a one-night stand.
Tony finally gets a job in a show called Satan's Alley and he tells his mother the good news. He's infatuated with Laura and she keeps rejecting him, and he goes back to Jackie, then stands her up constantly, hoping to get with Laura again, and he's jealous Jackie's dating her bandmate (Frank Stallone) now. Tony goes to a party at Laura's penthouse (they never explain why she's rich) and the only good clothes he has are his old disco suit.
Tony finally gets the hint that Laura was only using him and he tries to get back with Jackie, who's not sure about being his second choice. He goes back to the old house where he grew up asking his mother (Julie Bovasso) where he went wrong, and she tells him to stay the asshole he is since it suits him. Jackie won't see Tony any longer but agrees to at least rehearse with him.
Laura's dancing partner is fired and Tony replaces him because they have better chemistry.
Tony dances in Satan's Alley but doesn't join the cast party afterwards. He gets back together with Jackie, then struts down the street like he did at the beginning of Saturday Night Fever. MAD's punchline is that he has to run because it was Times Square, which was all porn theaers and hookers in the eighties.
THE ACADEMY AWARDS a/k/a OSCARS
1929-present, various
THE ACADEMY AWARDS SHOW
Cracked #134, August 1976
a: John Severin
MAD did Academy Awards spoofs too, some of which I've posted excerpts from, plus tons of articles that were Academy Awards For Teachers, For Lawyers, For Parents, etc. that were basically framing devices for a series of gags but featured no celebrities or movie clips. This was one that was a direct parody of the actual Oscar ceremony.
The show is always hosted by a famous actor, comedian, or TV personality. This is hosted by Katherine Hepburn. Peter Falk, Ed McMahon and Clint Eastwood can be seen in the background.
Bob Hope was often the host when the Academy Awards first became televised. Bruce was the name for the mechanical shark in Jaws. Burt Reynolds can be seen in the foreground of the fourth panel. Robert Redford is the next presenter.
That year, Faye Dunaway was in Day of the Locust, Karen Black was in Nashville, and Barbara Streisand in Funny Lady. The only thing I can see Natalie Wood was in that year was Peeper, which sounds nothing like The Tupperware Story. In the background are Telly Savalas, Tom Laughlin, Lee Majors, John Wayne, and Muhammad Ali
The nude body in the second panel is a reference to someone streaking a couple years earlier (see video clip below). Karl Malden is being dismissed by Michael Douglas, his co-star of The Streaks... I mean... The Streets of San Francisco.
The bartender in Jawz is Charlie Tuna.
This was the cover to the issue of MAD I've been posting excerpts from (see “Academy Awards” sidebar). Pictured are Michael Caine, Brooke Shields, Charles Grodin, Burt Lancaster, Faye Dunaway, Sylvester Stallone. Julie Andrews, Paul Newman, Gary Coleman, Mel Brooks, and Robert Blake.
I posted Bananas Movie Awards already last month but took it down and am putting it here because it seems more appropriate.
BANANAS MOVIE AWARDS
Bananas #69, c. 1983
w: Jovial Bob Stine
a: Sam Viviano
Hey, Lighten Up was a recurring feature in Bananas similar to Shut-Ups in Cracked, where a person would mention their problem and the guy here would interrupt and mention the brighter side of it.
John Travolta starred in Stayin' Alive that year, a sequel to Saturday Night Fever, both of which were parodied by in many places and will be posted here eventually.
Jennifer Beals, in Flashdance, had a double do all her dancing. The others in the audience are characters by John Holmstrom, Alyse Newman, Bruce Day, Bob Taylor, and Howard Cruse from the Comix section of the magazine. Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) and Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) were [spoiler!] revealed to be siblings in Return of the Jedi.
Eddie Murphy was known for being profane and had been in Trading Places that year.
