1 Frank Jacobs Quotes

"Frank Jacobs" is an American author of satires, known primarily for his work in Mad (magazine)/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 told a Burbank, California/Burbank newspaper, "I’m 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 (1926 song)/Blue Skies". That lyric was one of 25 that comprised Irving Berlin et al. 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.