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The block includes such off-kilter postmodern cartoons as "Aqua Teen Hunger Force," a send-up of classic action-hero shows starring a life-sized talking milkshake prone to such bizarrely ill-informed pronouncements as "plaque is a figment of the liberal media and the dental industry to scare you into buying useless appliances and pastes"; "Sealab 2021," a workplace comedy where nobody can ever leave the underwater office; "Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law," a "Perry Mason"-like spoof in which a winged superhero with a law degree defends famous cartoon figures accused of various crimes; and "Home Movies," a show about a single mom, her moviemaking son, and his alcoholic soccer coach, all united in their mutually amiable incompetence.

Because Scary Movie (18), the Wayans Brothers send-up of the horror movie in general - and the Scream trilogy in particular - is about as subtle as an Anthea Turner wedding photo.

THIS But this send-up deserves to end the careers of all involved.

1 -which will complete the send-up of all send-ups on talent shows.

His "Sherlock" send-ups went viral in 2014 when one of the series' stars Amanda Abbington shared them on social media.

I was left admiring the actors, among them Peter Losasso as George Cruikshank, the bitterly satirical cartoonist, whose wicked highly, coloured send-ups of Prinny still take your breath away.

ACTOR Dwayne Johnson said yesterday that he loves the internet send-ups he features in.

I think our local film industry is fast approaching maturity when it makes room for send-ups like 'Septic Tank' that poke fun at the most commercial and predictable, indeed formulaic approaches to filmmaking that nonetheless sends audiences swooning and trooping to theaters.

The current abundance of original series ensures that everything old will be new again, including send-ups of TV's most venerable forms.

"Readers will have no trouble believing in these characters, and despite the author's honed satirical instincts--she works in some wickedly funny send-ups of racism, campus feminism and modern poetry--Mislaid carries a large-hearted message.

The wonderfully-irreverent, foul-mouthed and fantastic Mrs Crown's Boys, featuring the Queen, Prince Charles, the Duke of Edinburgh and some delightfullyjuvenile lines about the Duke and Duchess of Kent, was very similar in feel to Spitting Image's right royal send-ups, while William, Kate and baby George were also mercilessly parodied.

Its best-known send-ups included puppets of Margaret Thatcher, John Major and the Queen Mother.