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But some were somewhat laudable, such as "The Flintstones"--the first primetime animated sitcom, essentially an affectionate spoof of "The Honeymooners" Other minor studios like Jay Ward Productions developed shows such as "The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle," whose sneakily witty dialogue and over the-top social send-ups presaged the smarts of later shows designed to appeal to mature audiences.

I'm not sure where things are going when we start getting send-ups of a send-up, but while it's not likely to win any awards for originality, it's sure to make you laugh somewhere along the line.

While there was a vogue for sly, big-screen send-ups of cheesy TV shows a few years back (see Charlie's Angels, Starsky & Hutch, The Dukes of Hazzard) that time has surely passed.

How does Caland manage to make these appear both as elegant abstractions demonstrating a mastery of color (the visual jolt of a purple/red cohabitation was a personal favorite) and as clever send-ups of physical metaphors about composition, and even about the psychoanalytic part-object?

There are send-ups of horror greats from Frankenstein to Dr Jekyl and Mr Hyde 1966 ***

Slavin has a knack for conveying emotion and humour in the facial expressions of the animal characters but his send-ups of the human characters resemble caricatures from MAD Magazine.

LAPD (Los Angeles Poverty Department) teamed with Dutch group Wunderbaum to create Hospital, in which disturbing realities of health care are treated via send-ups of TV drama.

But he's always going to be a poet first and foremost to local audiences, who well-remember his hilarious send-ups of office life and karaoke bars, as well as his sparer, more delicate writings.

A lesser painter would, with this approach, produce ironic "modernist" send-ups or archly clever designs.

The rest are Britten's sly send-ups of classic English-village types, including the harrumphing Police Superintendent Budd (Giles Tomkins).

Glamorous Francine wowed the audience and got four yesses from judges Cowell, 53, David Walliams, Amanda Holden, both 41, and Alesha Dixon, 34, with her send-ups of Amy Childs and Cheryl Cole.

The Prime Time presenter has praised the send-ups as "genuinely funny".

For Thanos Karampatsos and Christina Kotsilelou, the partners in Athens-based Greece is for Lovers, product design is the perfect vehicle for exploring their country's history and culture with elaborate, insider send-ups created as tongue-in-cheek merchandise.

Gaines and editor-writer Harvey Kurtzman, MAD evolved from stories spoofing its owners' stable of horror comics to a broader range of send-ups lampooning American culture, celebrities and politics.