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This reminds me of a story Mad Magazine's Dick DeBartolo likes to tell. He did a 'The Empire Strikes Back' Mad Magazine edition in 1980. George Lucas sent him
by fraXis 11y ago
This reminds me of a story Mad Magazine's Dick DeBartolo likes to tell.
He did a 'The Empire Strikes Back' Mad Magazine edition in 1980. George Lucas sent him a personal written letter telling him how much he enjoyed the issue.
A little bit later, Lucasfilm's legal department also sent Dick a threatening legal letter informing him that Mad Magazine was infringing on 'The Empire Strikes Back' copyright with the issue they had released.
Dick opened his desk drawer and took out George Lucas' personal letter praising the issue, made a copy of it, and mailed it back to Lucasfilm legal.
He never heard from them again.
- smhenderson 11y agoThe Empire Strikes Out - I actually had that issue when I was a kid. I loved Mad but throw in Star Wars and I cried like a baby until my mom bought it for me! http://tinyurl.com/njzurw9 http://tinyurl.com/njzurw9
- backtoyoujim 11y agoU of Oregon has had a similar with ducks and mice: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Oregon_Duck#Relationship_with_Disney https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Oregon_Duck#Relationship_w....