The Assassination of R. N. Juice

The Assassination of R. N. Juice:

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mental_floss Blog » 10 Parody Novels That Get the Last Laugh

mental_floss Blog » 10 Parody Novels That Get the Last Laugh: "J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings has sold more than 150 million copies and been translated into over 35 languages since it was first published in 1955. While it has never reached the original’s level of success, the parody novel Bored of the Rings has become something of an institution in its own right. Written by Henry Beard and Douglas Kenney, the duo who would later found National Lampoon, the book has been reprinted and updated since it was first published in 1969, including a new version printed just this year."

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mental_floss Blog » 7 Hilarious Garfield Variants

mental_floss Blog » 7 Hilarious Garfield Variants: "The comic strip Garfield has endured since 1978, when Jim Davis invented the lovable triad of Garfield, Odie, and their owner Jon Arbuckle. As a seven-year-old kid, I was a big fan — Garfield loved lasagna, and so did I. Odie (the dumb dog) was Garfield’s nemesis, so I decided that dogs were dumb. Garfield hated Mondays and diets…you get the idea."

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