“Nothing destroys a lampoon faster than someone unwilling to take it seriously.”

“On the show he still refused to play the game, refused to step out of role, to relax into Ross's spree of commentary and lampoonery.”

“With Die Mommie Die, camp theater dragmeister-playwright Charles Busch brings his lampoonery to the screen for a shot at movie stardom.”

“One weakness that causes much good-natured lampoonery is his tortuous syntax.”

“The squibs are those who in the common phrase of the world are called libellers, lampooners, and pamphleteers.”

“Cranky and carnaptious, he vented his spleen in satires and clumsy lampoons.”

“Great lampoons introduce a familiar setup then take the audience somewhere unexpected.”

“It also experienced severe financial setbacks, rioting, verbal and physical abuse, and lampoons in city papers.”