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About Frank Jacobs
- Frank Jacobs (born March 30, 1929) is an American author of satires, known primarily for his work in Mad, to which he has contributed since 1957.
- Jacobs has written a wide variety of lampoons and spoof, but he is best known as a versifier who contributes parodies of famous song lyrics and poems.
- In 2009, Jacobs described himself as "the least-known writer of hysterical light verse in the United States."Jacobs appeared in the sixth chapter of PBS' comedy documentary, Make 'em Laugh: The Funny Business of America singing "Blue Cross", his own 1961 parody of Irving Berlin's "Blue Skies".
- That lyric was one of 25 that comprised Berlin v.
- E.C.
- Publications, Inc., a precedent-setting case that was appealed to the Supreme Court and helped to define the boundaries of parody in American law.
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