Read more parody stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/1134/parody.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 6:36:21 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73210/lampoon-lampoons-twilight-with-nightlight.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagShe's a klutzy transplant to the Oregon town of Switchblade who falls for a computer geek with nosebleeds named Edwart. “Looking into his eyes I felt waves of electricity, currents of electrons charging towards me. Was this how it felt to be in love ... for robots?” Yes, it's Belle, but...http://www.newser.com/story/73210/lampoon-lampoons-twilight-with-nightlight.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 03 Nov 2009 12:27:39 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72903/catholics-rip-larry-for-whizzing-on-jesus.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe US Catholic League has complained about an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm that shows Larry David accidentally urinating on a painting of Jesus hanging in a bathroom. Other characters then think the painting is miraculously crying. "Was Larry David always this crude?" asked angry league president Bill Donahue. "Would...http://www.newser.com/story/72903/catholics-rip-larry-for-whizzing-on-jesus.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 30 Oct 2009 4:05:12 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72243/rogue-anti-palin-book-coming.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLook out, Sarah Palin fans. If you’re not careful when you run out to buy Going Rogue: An American Life , the ex-governor’s memoir, you might accidentally grab Going Rouge: Sarah Palin, An American Nightmare . A Palin-bashing essay collection from the editors of The Nation has pilfered the name, cover design,...http://www.newser.com/story/72243/rogue-anti-palin-book-coming.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 21 Oct 2009 13:20:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71024/onion-peels-into-greeting-card-business.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagReal newspapers take note: The Onion has found a way to squeeze some money out of its back issues. A new line of greeting cards based on its parody articles has hit Target, giving Americans the perfect way to convey sentiments like "Search for Self Called Off After 38 Years"...http://www.newser.com/story/71024/onion-peels-into-greeting-card-business.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 06 Oct 2009 9:20:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70024/will-ferrell-and-pals-save-our-health-execs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWill Ferrell thinks we need to remember the people who really matter in the health care debate: insurance executives. The comedian has produced a star-studded parody ad for MoveOn.org in which he and his fellow actors decry the evils of the reform movement. “Why is Obama trying to reform...http://www.newser.com/story/70024/will-ferrell-and-pals-save-our-health-execs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 22 Sep 2009 13:03:35 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68451/real-colbert-i-embody-the-bullshit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIt wasn't Stephen Colbert's on-screen persona who turned up for a recent Rolling Stone interview, but the real Stephen Colbert—a man as "preppy, earnest, and gentle" as Ned Flanders. In the interview, Colbert dishes on his style of deconstructing the news: "I take the sausage backwards, and I restuff...http://www.newser.com/story/68451/real-colbert-i-embody-the-bullshit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 03 Sep 2009 8:50:41 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62591/ad-exec-scores-as-ups-whiteboard-guy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHe’s an ad exec by trade, but Andy Azula displays his acting chops—not to mention his drawing skills—in UPS commercials so popular a rival is spoofing them. In the ads, the long-haired Azula diagrams UPS service on a whiteboard. FedEx recently launched a website that features a similar...http://www.newser.com/story/62591/ad-exec-scores-as-ups-whiteboard-guy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 23 Jun 2009 11:32:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62125/weird-al-pokes-fun-at-craigslist.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagReady or not, Weird Al is back. The king of geeky parody music has released a new single making fun of Craigslist, CNET reports. There’s no reference to, say, prostitution ads—just Yankovic’s goofy riff on the site’s strange brand of commerce. It’s also a musical parody, this time lampooning...http://www.newser.com/story/62125/weird-al-pokes-fun-at-craigslist.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 17 Jun 2009 14:11:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58192/dems-spoof-marooned-gop.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA new DNC ad touts the latest Survivor series: the GOP edition, the Huffington Post reports. The Web spot begins with Sen. Olympia Snowe, the “Last of the Moderates,” describing how being a Republican moderate can feel like “being a cast member of Survivor, ” and goes on to show a...http://www.newser.com/story/58192/dems-spoof-marooned-gop.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 06 May 2009 8:27:14 CDT