Bob& Carol& Ted& Alice.
Now here’s a timely parody. It combines elements of a popular t-shirt from 2001 that’s already been parodied to death and a movie from 1969 about swingers that you probably haven’t seen.
But it’s been rattling in my head begging to be done, so here it is:
Now, it’s possible this has already been done. I mean, what else in popular culture is already set up as four names with ampersands between them? It’s almost as though the movie title was meant for this parody. But if so, I couldn’t find it. However I’m pretty sure that my other idea for a Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice poster parody hasn’t been done. I couldn’t even bring myself to do it. It was going to be Bobby & Carol & Greg & Alice. Yeah, I know. (Bonus: just as timely!)
Interestingly, the original movie poster for the film was entirely typographical, having no photos or illustrations. Just the title repeated in Cooper Black with the tagline “consider the possibilities.”
Comments
“The Cook & The Thief & His Wife & Her Lover”?
Posted by: pajh | February 27, 2012 4:19 PM
It’s a nice design and it’s impressive how much it’s been copied, but it really should be John&Paul&George&Ringo. Swapping George and Ringo for the sake of formatting is just wrong. Oh well.
Posted by: stickler | February 27, 2012 4:48 PM
Strange, I thought the very inspiration for the Beatles shirt must have been that movie. Thanks for the meme history lesson.
Posted by: Rarer Borealis | February 27, 2012 5:12 PM
Usually when Alice and Bob and Carol are around, someone’s trying to steal somebody’s identity or eavesdrop on a conversation. I’m looking and looking for the security/cryptography tie-in here, though, and not seeing it…
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_and_bob)
Posted by: Evan | February 27, 2012 6:19 PM
I don’t get it. I don’t get the original shirt or how this is a “parody”. It’s the name of the original movie. It’s the Beatles’ first names. So what? Why is this a thing?
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There. That’s my hipster Lawrence Welk T-Shirt. Check, please?
Posted by: W | February 28, 2012 5:50 AM
That movie poster may take a whole two minutes to create today with Illustrator or something like that.
Imagine how long must have take to create it back in the ’60s!
Posted by: Leonardo Herrera | March 1, 2012 12:41 PM
Monkeys Monkeys Ted & Alice
Posted by: Scarlet | March 6, 2012 12:43 PM
Who the heck are Bobby & Carol & Greg & Alice?
Posted by: Charlie | April 2, 2012 11:39 AM
http://wirestyle.deviantart.com/art/RIP-Michael-Jackson-127325943
Posted by: chocolateboy | December 7, 2012 11:10 AM
donkey, ass, alice, bear
Posted by: maxi | December 24, 2012 7:36 PM