Desmond Devlin is an American comedy writer. His work has appeared in ''
Mad'' since 1984, and with more than 450 bylined articles, he ranks as one of the magazine's three most frequent non-illustrating writers.
Devlin's recurring features have included "Melvin and Jenkins' Guide to ____," "Badly-Needed Warning Labels for Rock Albums," "Chilling Thoughts," "Stuff My Friend Moish Says," "Pop-Off Videos," "Mad Deconstructs Talk Shows" and "Graphic Novel Review." He has also written over fifty TV and movie parodies for the magazine, including all eight of the ''
Harry Potter
''Harry Potter'' is a series of seven fantasy novels written by British author J. K. Rowling. The novels chronicle the lives of a young wizard, Harry Potter, and his friends Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley, all of whom are students at ...
'' films
and all six installments of the ''
Lord of the Rings/
Hobbit
Hobbits are a fictional race of people in the novels of J. R. R. Tolkien. About half average human height, Tolkien presented hobbits as a variety of humanity, or close relatives thereof. Occasionally known as halflings in Tolkien's writings, ...
'' film series.
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He was nominated for a 2001 Harvey Award for Best Writer for his work at ''Mad''. He was also nominated for a CableACE award in 1994 for the game show '']Rumor Has It
Rumor Has It may refer to:
Film and television
* ''Rumor Has It'' (film), a 2005 romantic comedy film
* ''Rumor Has It'' (game show), a 1993 game show on VH1
* ''Rumour Has It '', a 2016 series by Ndani TV
Music
* "Rumour Has It" (Donna Su ...
''.
In September 2020, with ''Mad'' having been reduced to a primarily reprint format, Devlin and ''Mad'' artist Tom Richmond announced that they were crowdfunding a book of newly-created movie parodies called ''Claptrap''. They launched their Indiegogo campaign with the completed two-page opening spread for '' Star Worse: Plagiarizing Skywalker'', a spoof of the ninth film in the ''Star Wars'' saga. The book will also include takeoffs of older popular or iconic films that ''Mad'' had for various reasons opted not to parody at the time of their releases.Blade Runner
''Blade Runner'' is a 1982 science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott, and written by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples. Starring Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, and Edward James Olmos, it is an adaptation of Philip K. Dick's ...
'', ''The Blues Brothers
The Blues Brothers are an American blues and soul revivalist band founded in 1978 by comedians Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi as part of a musical sketch on ''Saturday Night Live''. Belushi and Aykroyd fronted the band, in character, respecti ...
'', ''Citizen Kane
''Citizen Kane'' is a 1941 American drama film produced by, directed by, and starring Orson Welles. He also co-wrote the screenplay with Herman J. Mankiewicz. The picture was Welles' first feature film. ''Citizen Kane'' is frequently cited ...
'', '' Die Hard'', ''Goodfellas
''Goodfellas'' (stylized ''GoodFellas'') is a 1990 American biographical crime film directed by Martin Scorsese, written by Nicholas Pileggi and Scorsese, and produced by Irwin Winkler. It is a film adaptation of the 1985 nonfiction book '' W ...
'', ''The Princess Bride The Princess Bride may refer to:
* ''The Princess Bride'' (novel), 1973 fantasy romance novel by American writer William Goldman
William Goldman (August 12, 1931 – November 16, 2018) was an American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter. He ...
'', '' Psycho'', '' The Shawshank Redemption'', '' Toy Story 4'' and '' Unforgiven''.
References
External links
Complete list of Devlin's MAD articles
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Mad (magazine) people
American comedy writers
American comics writers
American satirists
American parodists
Living people
Hunter College High School alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)
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