If an inside joke is so broad that pretty much anyone can grasp it instantly, does it really qualify as “inside”? Or, for that matter, as much of a joke? Patrick Barlow’s strenuously silly parody of ...

In Alfred Hitchcock Presents‘ now iconic opening, the famed director steps into a sketch of his profile, in silhouette. Hitchcock would open every episode with a monologue straight to the camera, ...