Mr. Newman is listed as a comedian, so it is probable that this version was the first parody of the original Gospel song.

Mad has since relaxed its requirements, and while the U. S. version still eschews overt profanity, the magazine generally poses no objections to more provocative content such as the Swedish edition's 1999 parody of the film Fucking Åmål.

" A number of original recordings also were released in this way in the 1970s and early 1980s, such as " Gall in the Family Fare " ( a parody of All in the Family ), a single entitled " Makin ' Out ," the octuple-grooved track " It's a Super Spectacular Day ," which had eight possible endings, the spoken word Meet the Staff insert, and a six-track, 30-minute Mad Disco EP ( from the 1980 Special of the same title ) that included a disco version of " It's a Gas.

A different version of this parody attributed to George Gamow and Nigel Calder was published in Galaxies in the Universe: An Introduction by Linda Sparke and John Gallagher ( Cambridge University Press, 2000-ISBN 0-521-59740-4 ).

It was popularised by Les Guignols de l ' info, which made a parody of the French version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

Mason is mentioned in a parody version of " A Policeman's Lot Is Not a Happy One ", performed by Officer Francis Muldoon ( Fred Gwynne ).

A third example showing a different version of metonymy is the fictional character Scrooge McDuck's " money bin " or indeed Scrooge himself, often used in Disney works and parody works as metonymous with wealth-most currency in the modern era is now stored electronically, but the money bin is still drawn in comics and persists as a pop culture metonym for any financial holding of great value.

The segment's title likely derives from the DC Comics superhero organization The Justice League and its sanitized animated cartoon version, Super Friends, though the team itself was clearly a parody of Marvel's Avengers as the three main characters were loosely based on Marvel Comics characters.

Thrash metal band Megadeth covered Nancy Sinatra's " These Boots Are Made For Walkin ' on their 1985 debut album Killing Is My Business ... and Business Is Good !, but is more often recognized as a parody rather than a true cover, and is considered controversial because song writer Lee Hazelwood deemed Megadeth's version to be " a perversion of the original ".

* " Weird Al " Yankovic released a parody version of " Lump " known as " Gump ", a joking tribute to Forrest Gump.

The series also featured Die Fledermaus as a shallow, self-absorbed Batman parody ; Sewer Urchin, a Rain Man-like version of Aquaman ; and American Maid, a more noble superheroine featuring aspects of Wonder Woman and Captain America.

In 1985 a parody version of " Rock Me Amadeus " entitled " Rock Me Jerry Lewis " was credited to Bud Latour and fellow Phoenix, Arizona disc jockey, Mike Elliott.

* In author Zee Edgell's Beka Lamb, the title character and her friend Toycie Qualo sing the full version of the original song, Land of the Gods ( of which the two opening and closing lines are mentioned in the story ), while parodying the political meetings then being held by the PIP ( itself a parody of the PUP ) in Belize City.

His first appearance on this show featured him as a jazz artist called " Big Bad Wolf Daddy " ( a parody of Big Bad Voodoo Daddy ), performing a swing version of his song with the Pigs as his backup band ( they are under a contract that states he will eat them if they do not play for him ).

( The segment is a parody of early 20th century cinema, complete with Michael Palin dressed up as Little Tich ; this film is also shown as part of the Hollywood Bowl performance of the skit ) After he tosses the projector off stage, Cleese offers Mr. Putey a grant that will allow him to work on the Anglo-French Silly Walk, La Marche Futile ( an obvious parody of the Concorde's Anglo-French development ), which is then demonstrated by a man ( Terry Jones ) dressed in a mixture of stereotypical English and French outfits, with a sped-up version of La Marseillaise played over the top.

In Denmark, a parody of the sketch was filmed with the subtitle " The 80th Birthday " in which Miss Sophie's friends are still at the table ( that the last of Miss Sophie's friends actually died 25 years ago is only known to those who have seen the NDR version, which mentions this in the introduction ).

Randy Newman was initially hired to write the film score ; however, Petersen considered his version to be almost a parody and commissioned Jerry Goldsmith to write and record a more sombre and patriotic score in just twelve days, with assistance from Joel McNeely.

Issue two, No-one Escapes the Fury, featured The Fury, based on Spider-Man with elements taken from Daredevil, as well as Sky Solo, Lady of L. A. S. E. R., a female version of Nick Fury, agent of S. H. I. E. L. D .., and mentions a character called " King Zero ", who appears to be a Namor parody.

* Dead Set ( 2008 ) – A horror parody of Big Brother with McCall playing an undead version of herself.

In 1986, the German band Die Goldenen Zitronen made a parody version of this song with the title " Am Tag als Thomas Anders starb " (" On the Day that Thomas Anders Died ").

His performance style was also spoofed in an earlier episode, " Amazon Women in the Mood ", where Zapp Brannigan ( himself an extended parody of Shatner's role on Star Trek ) performed a spoken-word version of The Kinks ' " Lola ".

* The comedy duo Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim have produced several infomercial parody segments that are showcased on their oddball comedy show Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job !, notably one for a CD-ROM-based version of the internet called the " Innernette ".

Also in Norway, when the local version of MAD ran a parody of Ronia the Robber's Daughter, the " gray dwarves " pestering Ronia had become " Groo dwarves ".

Chaplin used this similarity to create a dark version of the Tramp character in parody of the dictator.

ELO had reached the peak of their stardom, selling millions of albums and singles, and even inspiring a parody / tribute song on the Randy Newman album Born Again, titled " The Story of a Rock and Roll Band ".

He has shown initiative in taking a businesslike approach to earning money, starting his own " hippie control " and " parental revenge " operations, as well as a Christian Rock and a boy band, a basketball team of crack babies ( parody of the NCAA ) and his own church.

" Rock Me Amadeus " has been frequently used as a comedic source in a number of parody versions, films, television shows, and commercials.

His few film credits include the famous cult-movies in the parody Killer Tomatoes series ( Attack of the Killer Tomatoes !, Return of the Killer Tomatoes !, Killer Tomatoes Strike Back, and Killer Tomatoes Eat France ( under the name J. Stephen " Rock " Peace ).

It is then shown they are playing " Brawlin ' Bots " ( a parody of Rock ' Em Sock ' Em Robots ).

That summer, they also entered the National Rock / Folk Contest at the New Grange Club in Hull with a set entitled This Machine Kills Music ; a parody of the slogan " this machine kills fascists ".

This highly popular feud saw the infamous parody DX performed in which they spoofed Nation members ; Rock thoroughly humiliating Chyna by alluding to a possible ' romantic ' encounter between the two while the rest of DX were held at bay in their locker room by a forklift ; a street fight between the two groups that wound up in Triple H being, in particular, singled out by the rest of the group and being beaten down with a ladder after Southern Justice interfered with the match on The Nations behalf ; the ladder match for the WWF Intercontinental Championship between the two at SummerSlam 1998 ; and X-Pac and Brown trading back and forth the WWF European Championship.

The band's also released a music video for the Crazy Elephant cover " Gimme Gimme Good Lovin '" the same year, creating a parody of the Miss America Pageant titled the " Miss Rock Fantasy " Pageant.

The Jewish parody group Shlock Rock acknowledges Lehrer and " The Elements " as inspiration for " The Shabbat Song ".

The album cover of Historia was a parody of a music compilation vinyl series from Spain called Historia de la Música Rock.

A well known incarnation of Lance et Compte is the series of parody sketches of Rock et Belles Oreilles dubbed Snappe pis Bourdonne.

His first exposure to the crowd was as a parody of KISS where the wrestlers came out to KISS's hit " Rock and Roll All Nite " and did the bump and strut with air guitars.

In the 1994 Beavis and Butt-head episode Take A Number, Beavis and Butt-head attempt to get tickets to Creatures of Rock which is a parody of Monsters of Rock.

Dwayne Johnson performed a parody of the song that pokes fun at his Wrestlemania XXVIII opponent John Cena during the Rock Concert on an episode of WWE Raw in March 2012.

A parody of the Hammersmith Odeon was made for Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, called Ye Olde Royal Odeon.

Les Horribles Cernettes (, " The Horrible CERN Girls ") is an all-female parody pop group, self-labelled " the one and only High Energy Rock Band ", founded by employees of CERN which performs at CERN and other HEP related events.

* The song played during the TV ad for the Ribwich is a parody of " Like a Rock " by Bob Seger, which is best known as Chevrolet trucks theme music through most of the 1990s.

During their KISS parody, they used " Rock and Roll All Nite " by the actual band.

# " Punk Rock Karl "-2: 50 ( parody of Dead Milkmen's " Punk Rock Girl ")