Question: Which movie is the Mad film spoof satirized by A Fistful of Lasagna seen as a reimagining of ?

text: List of film spoofs in Mad
Film spoofs list -- 1970s

This list of film spoofs in Mad includes films spoofed (parodied) by the American comic magazine Mad. Usually, an issue of Mad features a spoof of at least one feature film or television program. The works selected by the staff of Mad are typically from cinema and television in the United States. The authors parody the original titles with puns or other wordplay. Characters are caricatured, and lampooned with joke names. These articles typically cover five pages or more, and are presented as a sequential storyline with caricatures and word balloons. The opening page or two-page splash usually consists of the cast of the show introducing themselves directly to the reader; in some parodies, the writers sometimes attempt to circumvent this convention by presenting the characters without such direct exposition. This approach was also used for Mad's television parodies, and came to be identified with the magazine. The style was widely copied by other humor publications. In 1973, the promotional movie poster for Robert Altman's The Long Goodbye was designed in the introductory manner of a Mad parody, including the rectangular word balloons with self-referential dialogue; for verisimilitude, the poster was written and drawn by Mad regulars Frank Jacobs and Jack Davis. Many parodies end with the abrupt deus ex machina appearance of outside characters or pop culture figures who are similar in nature to the film or TV series being parodied, or who comment satirically on the theme. For example, Dr. Phil arrives to counsel the Desperate Housewives, or the cast of Sex and the City show up as the new hookers on Deadwood.
Spoofed Title Actual Title Writer Artist Issue Date
True Fat True Grit ( June 1969 ) ( Genre : Western ) Larry Siegel Mort Drucker 133 1954-04 March 1970
Midnight Wowboy Midnight Cowboy ( May 1969 ) ( Genre : Comedy-drama ) Stan Hart Mort Drucker 134 1954-04 April 1970
Sleazy Riders Easy Rider ( July 1969 ) ( Genre : Road movie ) Larry Siegel Mort Drucker 135 1954-04 June 1970
Botch Casually and the Somedunce Kid Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid ( October 1969 ) ( Genre : Western ) Arnie Kogen Mort Drucker 136 1954-04 July 1970
Boob and Carnal and Tad and Alas Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice ( September 1969 ) ( Genre : Comedy-drama ) Stan Hart Mort Drucker 137 1954-04 September 1970
Moroned Marooned ( November 1969 ) ( Genre : Science fiction ) Dick DeBartolo Mort Drucker 138 1954-04 October 1970
M*I*S*H M*O*S*H M*A*S*H ( January 1970 ) ( Genre : Military comedy ) Arnie Kogen Angelo Torres 138 1954-04 October 1970
Airplot Airport ( March 1970 ) ( Genre : Disaster film ) Larry Siegel Mort Drucker 139 1954-04 December 1970
A Fistful of Lasagna A Fistful of Dollars ( September 1964 ) ( Genre : Spaghetti western ) Lou Silverstone Jack Davis Special # 4 1954-04 Fall 1971
PUT*ON Patton ( April 1970 ) ( Genre : Biographical war ) Larry Siegel Mort Drucker 140 1954-04 January 1971
Catch-All-22 Catch-22 ( June 1970 ) ( Genre : Military comedy ) Stan Hart Mort Drucker 141 1954-04 March 1971
West Coast Story West Side Story ( October 1961 ) ( Genre : Romantic musical ) Frank Jacobs Jack Davis 142 1954-04 April 1971
On a Clear Day You Can See a Funny Girl Singing Hello Dolly Forever On a Clear Day You Can See Forever ( June 1970 ) ( Genre : Romantic fantasy ) Frank Jacobs Mort Drucker 143 1954-04 June 1971
Shmoe Joe ( July 1970 ) ( Genre : Drama ) Larry Siegel Mort Drucker 144 1954-04 July 1971
Five Easy Pages ... and Two Hard Ones Five Easy Pieces ( September 1970 ) ( Genre : Drama ) Lou Silverstone Mort Drucker 145 1954-04 September 1971
The Foul and the Prissy Cats The Owl and the Pussycat ( November 1970 ) ( Genre : Romantic comedy ) Stan Hart Angelo Torres 145 1954-04 September 1971
Lover 's Story Love Story ( December 1970 ) ( Genre : Romantic drama ) Larry Siegel Mort Drucker 146 1954-04 October 1971
Little Dull Man Little Big Man ( December 1970 ) ( Genre : Revisionist western ) Arnie Kogen Mort Drucker 147 1954-04 December 1971
The Trauma of '42 Summer of '42 ( April 1971 ) ( Genre : Comedy-drama ) Stan Hart Mort Drucker 148 1954-04 January 1972
Willies Willard ( June 1971 ) ( Genre : Horror ) Dick DeBartolo Mort Drucker 149 1954-04 March 1972