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Parody trailers are a dime-a-dozen now but they were a real novelty when this short from Educational Pictures ("The spice of the program!") appeared in movie houses. Its satire of "coming attractions" hyperbole encompasses hillbillies singing "She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain" in the manner of synagogue cantors and a gag set in the Frozen North.

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    • Author: Minha
    Go to a movie theater to see a movie. In between the advertisements for cars and the actual feature, the screen will light up with coming attractions -- movies that will be playing in the theater some time in the future, which this particular form of advertisement will make you want to see.

    Of course, it's a hit-or-miss proposition, that because you want to see this particular well-made Pixar film, you're in the market for every movie in which they've taken an old and well-loved character from children's literature, outfitted him, her or it with a bad case of diarrhea and flatulence, that you will have no choice but to see it.... or the six-year-old you dragged to the theater to give you an excuse to see the Pixar film will insist on seeing it.

    If you're wise, you'll go see the Pixar films without children, but that's another matter. There's this short subject, which is a burlesque of the coming attractions of its own era, when it promised you stars you wanted to see, spectacular shots, stories of passion, and lied about all these matters. If you're at all familiar with these coming attractions, you'll find it very funny. I expect you'll find it funny even if you aren't.
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