Breaking News Two of the world's most famous men have just engaged in a Twitter chat. The Spoof is pleased to bring you the text.
Pope: Yo, Yogi. Bless you, my son.
Yogi: Grazie, Holy Father, but I didn't sneeze. Finally, we can chat. Hard 2 get a conversation going around here. Everybody's talking 2 much.
Pope: Si, si, I know what you mean. What are you doing today,...
And they are: Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer and Frosty the Snowman.
They've managed to get a few days off from their Christmas duties in order to attend the festivities. And of course Rudolph will provide the air transportation. He's good at that. He'll carry Frosty in a sidecar kind of setup. It's a bit of a pain in the butt, said Rudolph; but, as he points out, "Frosty doesn't exactly ha...
Things will never be the same in Pompano Beach, Florida. Not since a giant blue eyeball was found on the beach there.
No definite info yet as to how it got there or who owns it. As news of the eyeball spread, there were a variety of reactions.
"I say it belongs to big brother," said a Florida teenager. "He's always watching, y'know."
An older lady on the beach was sure the eyebal...
What's lost is found.
Two and a half weeks ago we brought you a spoof story about the peacock on the loose in Queens, NY.
Now there's further info. See an article, "Runaway Peacock Finally Captured and Returned to Queens School," on NYPost.com.
Yep, the peacock is baaaaaaaaaaack and seems to be ready to create more havoc. The NYPost.com article contains these ominous words: "He has...
Yep, there he was, strutting around, proud as a ... well, you know.
Queens residents weren't pleased. "There goes the neighborhood," one was heard to remark.
Apparently the peacock "escaped" from a local high school agricultural program. He makes no apologies for his flight to freedom.
A Spoof reporter who knows peacock prose interviewed her subject in a Queens park. She said tha...
Minnie the Mermaid, in her seaweed bungalow at the bottom of the sea, was shocked to read on NYDailyNews.com on July 3 that she doesn't exist. But there it was! That glaring headline: "Mermaids, like zombies, not real, say govt. experts."
She trembled as she drank a glass of sea water and read these words in the article: "The National Ocean Service has declared that the mythical creatures d...
To many, he's the amazing Spider-Man. But he's not that amazing to the owners of a gym on the upper East side of Manhattan. They had given him a temporary pass to use the gym facilities, but they're not pleased with his behavior. They've confirmed what was only a rumor: that they've turned down Spidey for permanent membership.
These are the reasons they gave:
-- Spider-Man refuses to us...
No, NOT on Twitter. In person!
Here's the scoop. A lost pet parakeet in Japan was recently brought home when he was able to "tell" (well actually tweet) police where he lived.
A happy ending! But it turns out that was just the beginning. A Spoof reporter who has recently interviewed (in bird talk, of course!) a group of birds has discovered that the lost parakeet's act has inspired a num...
We're not talking human snakes. There are sure to be some of them in the parade too, but we're talking about snakes of the reptile variety. And they will not only be in the parade, but they'll be honored guests.
You may think this is a wee bit strange. It was, after all, St. Patrick who threw the snakes out of Ireland. But hey, times change. Think of it as a sort of reparation for the...
The latest rage in Park Slope Brooklyn is the fake cappuccino, developed to convince toddlers they're getting designer drinks just like the ones adults are ordering up. Yeah, right!
A spoof reporter who understands baby talk has conducted interviews with a number of Brooklyn toddlers and has discovered that they are not deceived. Moreover, they are disgusted by the charade. Here's a sample...
They've just about had it, with looking for their shadows. "And it's a once-a-year gig," complained a groundhog who wishes to remain anonymous. "What are we supposed to do for the other 364 days of the year?"
An informal survey revealed a variety of career paths now followed by the industrious rodents.
One groundhog who has recently signed a contract with a famous weight-loss chain, had t...
Given the assignment to write about the subject of Bad Romance, spoof reporter Gail Farrelly grabbed her trusty tape recorder and set out to collect the opinions of a number of experts in the field. A meticulous researcher, Farrelly went to the ends of the earth and beyond to get the whole scoop.
Here are her findings -- expressed in direct quotes from the interviewees, who were asked: What...
What's the skinny on this scary prediction? Here's a sampling of comments:
Martha Stewart: "Be prepared. Pack yourself some nice take-out meals that travel REALLY well."
Queen Elizabeth II: "I'm not leaving without my tiara, my royal robes, and my purse."
Entrepreneur Donald Trump: "I STILL may run for president."
Twitter executive: "Send some good-bye tweets, but remembe...
Or at least a nomination for the awards given by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
The Queen has complained to friends, "Almost every time you turn on the boob tube, there I am -- attending a family wedding, presiding at a charity event, visiting a museum, attending a polo match. Whatever. In addition, my family provides constant fodder for tabloid TV shows and movies-of-the-week...
This is a fish story. Not a "fishy" story, but a story about fish.
Hurricane Irene wreaked havoc for many a few weeks ago, but it created a unique experience for a group of fish in an upscale community in Westchester, New York, when huge waves from The Sound topped beach barricades and overflowed into the swimming pool of an exclusive yacht club. A number of fish from the sea rode the wave...
More information (see Part I of the series) on the Queen's economy drive for the Royals has been revealed. Here are the latest developments:
Royals shouldn't pay for haircuts. They are advised to just put a Royal bowl on their heads to shape the cuts. According to the Queen, "That should do quite nicely."
No necessity to rent movies. The Queen is always pleased to lend out Helen Mirren'...
Her eye on the bottom line, the Queen thinks that the Royals need to cut expenditures. Rumor is that she's dictated a number of cost-saving measures that will help to cut the huge drain on the Royal coffers.
Her Majesty has advised female Royals not to waste money on nude pantyhose. "Just stick your legs out in the sun and get some color on them," she's advised members of the Royal family.
It's a bird, it's a plane . . . No, it IS a bird after all. One rarely seen in the U.S. And it's been spotted hanging out in Brooklyn, New York -- at Coney Island.
Your correspondent, who is fluent in bird talk, met up with the sought-after seagull late at night on the beach, offered to share some Nathan's Famous French Fries with him, and was able to score an interview. Scoop of a lifetime!...
Three apples (the 'fruity' kind -- hey, we're not talking computers here) were spotted eating dinner at the Applebee's Restaurant in the Cross County Shopping Center in Yonkers, NY, over the weekend. They were commiserating with each other because they had recently learned that, starting soon, McDonald's Happy Meals in the U.S. will include apples, along with fries, meat (a choice of hamburger, c...
In some quarters, there's a lot of sadness and nostalgia that the U.S. Space Shuttle Program is ending.
Not so in outer space. Most of the folks there are delighted.
Extraterrestrials are sick of American attempts to colonize THEIR space. They wish they'd just go home and stay put.
One little female extraterrestrial was heard to say, "It's not bad enough that Americans think they ca...
Roberta Reporter, on the entertainment beat of a local newspaper, got the surprise of her life last night when she happened to be at an electronics store after closing time. It turned out that the TVs awaiting sale were throwing themselves a big bash to celebrate the 70th birthday of their family.
Roberta learned that it was in July of 1941 that commercial television was born. "A different...
Parents-to-be were intrigued recently when they learned that an Israeli couple had named their baby girl LIKE.
Yep, like it or not, that's what they chose.
In an article on Ynetnews.com, it's stated that the couple just happen to prefer unique names and weren't necessarily naming her after Facebook's LIKE button. But still -- their choice DID spark a survey to find other techno names in...