Comments on: Parody in Dialogue

By: Molly Bennion

Molly Bennion — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 05:59:55 +0000

#10. As in “Jesus, the very thought of thee?”

By: TyB

TyB — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 00:37:49 +0000

Sorry to hi-jack the thread with an oral tradition, but my personal favorite Mormon parody was simply seeing/hearing other people in Sacrament Meeting grinning while singing “Yoo-hoo Jesus”. It amused me how many people, how many “iron-rod” types found the wording humorous. I still sing “yoo-hoo” unto Jesus, but with the correlation committee stamping out opportunities for levity, the numbers dwindle.
Perhaps we infrequently receive modern day revelation because we have lost the art of addressing the Lord through song.

By: Spaff-ite

Spaff-ite — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 21:37:20 +0000

A fairly prominent and pretty funny musical parody is Robert Lund's "Working the Glory" album. I think my kids favorites on the album are the songs Noah"(parody of Lola), Give a Talk at the Fireside (Walk on the Wild Side), Stuck in Moroni Again (Lodi), and A Few of the Testimonies (My Favorite Things).

By: Sam MB

Sam MB — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 04:03:57 +0000

William Smith in the Wasp might be a fruitful search. He often said pretty strange and inappropriate things about anti-Mormons, some of them parodic and even funny.

The Rigdon stuff over Smith’s signature that pillories Parrish and crew (I think it’s Elders Journal) would be another example, but it’s pretty caustic.

By: Last Lemming

Last Lemming — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 00:40:28 +0000

I think the contributions of Rustin Kaufman and the Committee on Celestial Demographics deserve mention here, if only for their names.

By: J. Stapley

J. Stapley — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 19:37:33 +0000

Hats off to the indexer. That is a huge job.

By: a random John

a random John — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 17:04:07 +0000

I was unaware of the Green Eggs and Ham thing when I wrote my analysis of Where the Wild Things Are. In it I show evidence that not only is Where the Wild Things Are an ancient text as evidenced by at least two ancient poetic forms, but it is also quiet plainly a temple text! It is also notable because it was the first content posted at Mormon Mentality other than the introductory post. :)

By: Kevin Barney

Kevin Barney — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 14:45:38 +0000

Thanks for this great tutorial in how to use the new features. Having an updated, single comprehensive index will be very helpful, as will the more vigorous search feature.

By: Justin

Justin — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 13:22:49 +0000

Abner Cole's "Book of Pukei" has the virtue of being an early example in Mormon history. "Book of Pukei" (Ch. 1) "Book of Pukei" (ch. 2)

By: Stirling

Stirling — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 13:08:46 +0000

Thanks Mark, I hadn’t read that (though my wife and I recently kayaked to Bird Island (2 miles north of Lincoln Beach)). Mark’s link to "Bird Island" is to a 2001 commemorative issue of Dialogue, which includes previous articles such as Poll's "What the Church Means to People Like Me," Bush's "Mormonism's Negro Doctrine," and Jeffrey's "Seers, Savants and Evolution." Nibley’s "Bird Island" first appeared in volume 10:4, Autumn 1977.