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
