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The characters in this way-off Broadway send-up are familiar to viewers of the original show, which featured seven castaways stranded on a desert island.

TV Dinner Theater: Parodies of Old Sitcoms Draw Blood, Crowds Lucette Lagnado 2011

It could fit in nicely with the likes of FlashForward and Fringe, both of which feature phenomena the WWN would be all over reporting — and maybe even serve as a fun send-up of the genre.

Weekly World News TV show: Bat Boy's obviously in, but what other characters would you like to see? | EW.com 2009

Now, anyone with basic reading comprehension skills will immediately see that this was intended as sarcasm -- as a send-up of right-wingers who have been working overtime to find any evidence of union thug violence in Wisconsin they can scrounge up.

The Plum Line: In which I advocate for union thugs to get violent (not really) 2011

"Seminar" is many things—a meditation on the worth of brutal honesty in arts pedagogy, a send-up of New York's literary set—but what popped for Mr. Shenkman is how terrifically the play works as a vehicle for performers.

Words and the Performers Who Love Them Lizzie Simon 2011

His unique 1931 send-up of simple-minded love songs with music by his brother George reveals an irresistible swagger of talent.

John Heilpern John Heilpern 2011

“Little Orphan Angry” stars Googam in a very funny send-up of Angelina Jolie (mostly), and is the best story of the ish.

19 « May « 2009 « Axiom's Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy 2009

Corbin will play Lance Buchanan an obvious send-up of Nathan's One Life to Live character, Joey Buchanan, Temptations' handsome and dashing lead actor who has the reputation as a ladies' man.

Keck's Exclusives: Castle Casts Soap Stars For "One Life to Lose" 2011

I mean, I GET that the Mutt-swinging-from-vines thing was supposed to be a little Tarzan send-up ... but it didn't amount to anything.

Indiana Jones and The Final Frontier 2009

Colbert's segment is obviously a send-up, but it's based on a real battle taking place in Washington, D.C. over the 2007 Energy Independence Act-mandated phase out of incandescent light bulbs, starting with 100-watt bulbs in 2012.

As Colbert lampoons CFLs, a real debate heats up in Washington 2011

Doré's portrayal of a weak-chinned fop in a white suit, enormous side-whiskers and broad-brimmed hat was so potent that the image was subsequently reissued in America as a send-up of a Southerner before the Civil War.

Making a Mockery of It All Barrymore Laurence Scherer 2011