"Dick Van Dyke Show" by Shelby Bush (stbush@iglou.com). This author recently posted segment one of two of "Bewitched," the two segments forming part three of a three-part crossover story, the first two parts being "The Munsters" and "The Addams Family", respectively. Since I prefer to review stories when they're finished (especially when the posting is the penultimate segment of a three-part crossover story), I decided to set this story/segment aside and reward the author by reviewing his previously written "Dick Van Dyke Show," which has recently been reposted on alt.sex.stories.

A correspondent has recently taken me to task for confusing a parody with a pastiche. The difference is that a parody is meant to satirize the original work, whereas a pastiche deals more seriously with working out the implications of changing the basic assumptions of the original (as by letting Rob and Laura have sex, which could never have happened on the original show). The distinction becomes nebulous when both the original and new work are humorous. I think the author considers the Porno TV series to be examples of pastiche; but since I usually laugh so hard when I read his stories and since people are more familiar with the term parody, I am going to continue to refer to these stories as parodies. Imagine that!

The present story employs the episodic structure of the original show. When critics talk about the evolution of sex on television, they often cite the fact that Rob and Laura always slept fully clothed in separate beds. In the first sequence Rob and Laura break that stereotype. The only similarity with the original show is that after they both come, Laura (Mary Tyler Moore) sighs, "Oh, Rob!"

The main plot consists of Rob, Buddy, and Sally developing a script for the Alan Brady Show on which Gina Broccilucci will be the guest star. While working on the script, they hang out the "Do Not Disturb" sign and take a horny break. Then, as research for the show, Rob takes Laura to see one of Ms. Broccilucci's movies, "The Bondage of Brenda"; and Laura naively thinks that maybe it's going to rain because so many of the men in the theater are wearing rain coats.

And so it goes. We discover Mel's monster cock. Laura and Millie exchange intimate pleasantries. Rob consults with Gina Broccilucci about the script. We even have a surprise ending that suggests why the Broccilucci script was never aired.

The plot is actually not all that sexy, but I thoroughly enjoyed imagining the TV characters performing the acts described in this little pastiche.