Parody
Lemmon's portrayal of Shelley Levene was a major source of inspiration in the creation of the recurring The Simpsons character Gil Gunderson. The character had a Simpsons' Christmas Special episode dedicated to him in "Kill Gil, Volumes I & II". The character borrows many of the twitchy, nervous mannerisms of the Lemmon character, and is oft portrayed in a desperate situation as an unsuccessful salesman.
Alec Baldwin spoofed his role as Blake during a skit on an episode of Saturday Night Live in December of 2005. Baldwin played the role of "Winter's Breath", an Elf sent by Santa to a toy workshop. The Elves that work in the workshop have inadequate tools to build toys with, and have begun complaining. Baldwin attempts to motivate them with a contest in which first prize is "A shiny new toboggan", second prize is a box of Candy Canes, and "third prize is you're fired". He tells the elves that "Santa paid good money for your tools" and they should "Always Be Cobbling" (Which he reads as "Always Be Closing" the first time). He then teases the elves by showing off brand new Glengarry-brand power tools.
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Famous quotes containing the word parody:
“Satire is a lesson, parody is a game.”
—Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)
“Why does almost everything seem to me like its own parody? Why must I think that almost all, no, all the methods and conventions of art today are good for parody only?”
—Thomas Mann (1875–1955)
“The parody is the last refuge of the frustrated writer. Parodies are what you write when you are associate editor of the Harvard Lampoon. The greater the work of literature, the easier the parody. The step up from writing parodies is writing on the wall above the urinal.”
—Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961)