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PCQ3 12 Dally fi:brc:ksn Monday, OcicSsr 17, 1C:3 o o A XJ New humor magazine ridicule EyV;raW.Tr!:I:ttIII If you dare to peck through that d.irk zone"cf the magazine rack where the slick ;!c::y periodicali (loosely termed, men's megasiaes) are kept, you might find a surprise In one that locks oddly like the latest issue of Playboy. -The interview, the "other" main stock of Playboy's magazine b with none ether -than Jesus Chrl:t himself. The centerfold to a 34-22-37 loss named Chrispie Hepner. The celebrity breast-cf-the-month is a chest X-ray of Princes Diana, and the bunny on the cover (with a familiar-looking pipe stuck through his muzzle) molests the cover girl inside. But this isnt Playboy enterprises throwing in the towel It's Playbore magazine, the first product of the nation's first professional parody magazine, American Parody and Travesty of New York. "As far as I know, we're the first and only professional humor publication in the business," said Robert Vare, editor and publisher of Playbore. "there is the Harvard Lampoon, but that's student run" Playbore is the brainchild of Vare, a graduate of Chicago University who has been involved in com-, edy writing for television and motion pictures, ! newspapers and magazines. He was one of the main ; writers for "Off The Wall Street Journal," which earned enough notice to win a cover on Newsweek magazine.- . - . ; Newsweek didnt help "I dont think the Newsweek bit helped us a whole lot," Vare said. "I think whenever Newsweek puts something on its cover and says it's the latest trend, that's the last you hear of it" .4 . . - J Plrybcre tla'gailr.s, wrlca in New Yexlv But, Vare said, time has proven that peepb will buy "good, well-executed parody " trend or no trend. In the wake cf the. "Wall Street" success, Vare founded the American Parody and Travesty Corp ration last spring. "I really wanted to set up a publication that could do one-shot parodies of existing publications," Vare said. "We named it American Parody and Travesty somewhat grandiosely, but we have aspirations of getting on the Wdl Street bcr.rd, end lr,i?,", Phillip Johnson design a small building for us, say about two or three etorios." It took nine" months before Playbore actually came into being. Six months were spent arranging financing for the project, Vare said, while the list three months were spent creating writing and editing editorial copy and bogus ads. Playbore hit the streets two week3 ego, and already has sold out in New York City, Vare said. AH t aaes covered The magazine itself is 3 pages long, and copies each of Playboy's traditional columns and features. Aside from the Chrispie Hepner centerfold cud the Jesus Christ interview, there is a new fiction piece by John Update titled, "Rabbit is Dead". ; Other Playboy staples attacked include the invest igative piece ("Is Wrestling Fixed? A Shocking 13 year Investigation"), a fashion section (where nude women are draped around snappily attired gentlemen in the form of neckties and shoes) and a health column (investigating...nevef mind.) The Playboy advber, forum and grapevine also are ridiculed, right down to the same typefaces and page layout for each section. But the hit so far, Vare said, has been the two-page spread mocking actress Nataeeia ICinsky and her famous snake picture. " In the original ad, Kinsld was shown lying nude on a bare floor as a ciant snake wrapped, himself strategical around her. In the. FIrybcre version, the snake has swallowed all cf Kinsld, except for her .face. t ,..f . , ... .. r a t.,U:Ur: .A Lavender-MoonlMit': . A Mannequin Romance Nicol Williamson end Jane Lapo tsire play the world's most famous husband and wife team in "Macbeth" which airs on Nebraska ETV network tonight at 0 p.m. The show is the sea son premiere of The Shakespeare Plays," a project produced by New York PBS outlet WNET. Goal of the ser ies is to eventually televise all 37 of the Bard's plays. , Last year's network TV season was widely regarded as, well, a dud. One bright spot was Bob Newhart's return to the realm of situation comedy. To night, Bob and the gang return for the season premiere of "Newhart." at 8:30 on channels 6 and 10. Stella Stevens guest star as a mov l .; x X V. lodging in Newhart's Inn. Bad news for "Hi, Bob" fans: Newhart's name in the show is Dick. However, with minor alterations, one can still get easily soused playing "Hi Dick." . ZwCl 1 o . KUCV (C3.9 El), 8 p.m. Zutin Mehta conducts the New York Phil--harmonic-. Orchestra - in a program', featuring Vivaldi's' Concerto for Four Violins, Sibelub'. Swan cf Tounela, Schumann's Konzerstuck, Neil: en's Flute Concerto and Liozt's Les Pre- KZUII (5 FlI), 11:S0 am. Part one of "Afro-American Culture, Litera ture and Social Order" examines the status of Afro-American writing and the changes in the attitudes toward black writings during the last 25 years. Part two airs Tuesday at the same .time. v. "-. , .... ammm mm H tr iiiammmtmmmmmmmm mm mm mmm warn mm "i-'JUi J-.' S"" "' '" "'3' " nice! Tllnse:i ' cs3 : Jaae 1 . will be music by the Plain Label String Band. "- "' - ' "' '. C jf ,IJ PWI ... -' ' Despite a number cf recent finan cial setbacks, the Zoo Bar, 1S3 N. 14th St., continues to feature some cf the finest bands in the country. Tonight and tomorrow, the Cobras from Aus tin, Texas, will perform. The Cobras' sound b prcb:.l!y beet drnerid o The fun continues with "Just "for." the Fun cf It," on the Ifencrial Plaza at 11:20 a.m. 'Among today's frivolities are a ccr stuISng centers, a Jc!!-0 cr.t- ILX n:e-tcr c!:r:rtm:r.t. There r!:o cf thce frcups that "defy speeiT.e des criptien. This is the outfit ti:t Steele Ray Vaughn used to be v.-ith. Cover charge for the "event, is 3. The Zco needs cur help: TL;3 h a nre,;t c; ;cr tur.lty to eurc:t a leeel Izr. '.. ri ttH rs herr cer.e rrcrt r.i"!i': - Dy Pet C&zxbi ; '-.'. . Lest weds: Acting on a tip firm an GrG?sjr:vc'Ji$. ssrG.ior from Nebraska, vjfzo happened to he in the elevator aith them, April U&,y June and Yf alter Treadmill decided to search for Randall Hitler and Babe Buth at C3 Caps Town harbor. Acting on a tip frczn Lie Otis' Elevator Co., they also decided to wait until the doors opened ' brfcre getting czt of Vie elevator. ' The elevator doors opened like a secret entrance to the Tunnel of Love, end April and Wa!I:cr hightailed it for the Cape Town harbor. As theydashed out the hotel doors and Walker xeanned the etrcet for a taxi, April couldn't help but -stop1 and consider her good fortune. I'm really quite fortunate, she thought, taking her cue from the cmnLxient narrator. Left to my own devices, I dent know how I would have ' 'ever found Kar.dI, cr even where to begin the search. But who should come der.g but Y7ar.:er TreadmH. Has teen so patient, she thought, so very ' r -ti:nt 112 h:.i no particulrx stake in anyefthr; v;zl sure he r:;? 'V.i be exe cuted Ly D. . :e Lavender if any harm --- . i j . J. - No, she darent think the thought Walker Treadmill was a nice, incredi bly nice man, and not exactly unat- tractive, ' especially in the upper body, so obviously powerful and compelling. - but what the heck, she decided, lets of 'guys 'had strong upper bodies. And, great eyes; great, huge-brown eyes that ' reflected every sun that hzd ever set - without 'a pair cf (pcf lovers ever. stopping to notice how mettle it was. It just wasnt fair that these eyes had tnlnnVnnmi lMt f ... v WJfWU tufa J .. 4i C il jWi, j, I wonder if these cj-j hava an cpln-. ion about me, she thought, then just as . ' .quickly banished the thought No, she '. thought, ebneentret ir. cn the word r.s : though she were gc'.r.; i 3 1? r uiracd cn : its meaning later. I hr. . e E: r. 11 Ki tier, ' and we have a relationshfp 3 solid as 'real -estate. And their riLtbnship would be just o eellJ o ever, rs soon as she managed to crm 11. ? f : "--icot v . - iuea wnere na i;aa tzm II; 2 ii;t four days. ;" ' '. : -.Was it four days c!rc::f y? The time had fiown so fast, end 1I.2 had cpent the whola time with WcTxt feadmO. He certainly was a Ghzrr.'cr, even in ; these rather ar.lr.rard r :: :to. "Hey you, quit dr::drer:rx--t rr.d get in the cah,"gne cd V,';.:: :r. ;hattj-a' ' -think, cab drivers got r.otLig I iter to do than sit around T.rtd r;:!:i you maka mooneyes ricut E:- If the C.O.W.areattI.2h-Lcr,c 03cre -they're having tha ccr.;.rc:.ca cn I !r. Lavender's yacht, Li whieh car; a we have to get to the dock before th:yeh!- out." . "Vc!l what are we waitir. for then?" April said. . . '" "' ' :Tcr you to get ia the cab."- - ' "Ch," eha s:.?. sdlr- L3 V . i,u iib.ua ii u. 1. r n : - -cabblachut the doer. ' ' whi!a he hoi; wa3drr,l ;t3tl 2c:.:urLyc- ..:.:t