Matt Groening

I know for a fact, obviously, because my kids grew up watching the show, that there are some things they are introduced to from 'The Simpsons', and then later in life they see the thing we're parodying. My kids had not seen 'Casablanca,' and we'd done parodies of 'Casablanca.

American Cartoonist

John Ridley

There's no disputing that for pols, the Internet is a great way to connect with people and raise some cash and post 'Sopranos' parodies or play your opponent's macaca moments. But in a 'net root' sense, it's pretty useless for getting someone elected.

American Director

Simone de Beauvoir

It is old age, rather than death, that is to be contrasted with life. Old age is life's parody, whereas death transforms life into a destiny: in a way it preserves it by giving it the absolute dimension. Death does away with time.

French Writer

T. J. Miller

By the very nature of satire or parody, you have to love and respect your target and respect it enough to understand every aspect of it, so you can more effectively make fun of it.

American Actor

Ana Gasteyer

I'd like to say that parody is a celebration of a person's specific characteristics, as opposed to mockery.

American Comedian

Bernard Berenson

You can parody and make fun of almost anything, but that does not turn the universe into a caricature.

American Historian

Ted Rall

I never consciously do any work directly influenced from any movie, unless I'm doing a parody.

Julian Barratt

I love 'Airplane,' and I love 'Naked Gun' and all those films, where you're parodying.

English Comedian

Timothy Simons

We live in a world in which whatever you do has a parody account online in moments.

Fred Armisen

Understanding the original material helps grasp the humor in a parody.

Cultural Knowledge

While parodies are often humorous, sometimes they serve to critique.

Not Always Funny

Parodies can evoke mixed emotions, from amusement to discomfort if sensitive topics are involved.

Emotional Impact

Effective parodies capture the essence of the original style or behavior.

Mimicry Skill

Parody involves imitation with a twist, often through humor or critique.

Subtle Differences

The aim is not to deceive but to entertain or comment through recognizable imitation.

Intention Matters

 I've been talking about how disconnection is a major driver of addiction and weird to say it's growing, because you think we're the most connected society that's ever been, surely. But I increasingly began to think that the connections we have or think we have, are like a kind of parody of human connection. If you have a crisis in your life, you'll notice something.

Everything you think you...

 parody gen deeply devoted to the town deeply imbued with its sense of place Don plays the piano and played all over town the bars restaurants lodges used to play the Rocky Mountain smokehouse here you can see that on the left Don and I talked a lot about what it was like to lose that place but that stress and

Tracking Plastic Sea to...

 That's a moral problem but today I'm also going to tell you why it's an economic problem. I got so annoyed and obsessed with the unreality of these images, which look nothing like my life, that I recently decided to shoot and star in a parody series of stock photos

How America Fails New...

 They're parodied, sometimes even demonized in the media for their kind of typical teenage behavior. They take risks, they're sometimes moody, they're very self-conscious. I have a really nice anecdote from a friend of mine who said that the thing he noticed most

Sarah-Jayne Blakemore:...

 why so we we sometimes laugh about teenagers we've parodied sometimes even demonized in the media so that canta pikal teenage behavior they take risks sometimes moody they're very self-conscious I have a really nice anecdote from a friend of mine who said

The mysterious workings...

 like I kind of I made it happen yeah it which brings up one of the things I love about your writing is it's so beautiful and on a certain level you read it and you think what a parody sickle life you have you get up in the morning and you pick

Every Day in Tuscany PIPE...

 wonderful audio mashups of all time and we don't just watch the news anymore if this passes for news and we don't even just watch the news parody like the daily show what we do is we auto-tune the news right we share our disaffection with the

Rethinking media PIPE Ted...

 They respond to it. So once you take flexible identity, anonymity, engagement with the real world, and you move beyond simple homage or parody and you put these tools to work in telling a story, that's when things get really interesting.

Andrew Fitzgerald:...

 know why I do it and I can't help myself it's not intentional but I cannot it's very uncomfortable incredibly uncomfortable feeling when all of a sudden you realize that you sound as though you parodying them unfortunately

Safari Live - Day 304 PIPE...

 and I made parodies about it. I just thought it was, you know, completely boring. So -- so, my goal in life was to do stuff that wasn't made out of Helvetica. And to do stuff that wasn't made out of Helvetica