Coyote vs. Acme Déjà Vu

May 5, 2026

Reader Joe wrote to let me know about the recent Coyote vs. Acme trailer (finally) dropping, which was based on a February 26, 1990 piece by Ian Frazier in The New Yorker. He reminds us that NatLamp beat The New Yorker to it by eight years: “Cliff-Hanger Justice,” by Joey Green ran in three parts in the August, September, and October ’82 issues of National Lampoon.

Comments

I remember this too. Sounds like plagiarism to me. I won a contest in the early 70's, the prize was supposed to be a 1 year subscription. It actually went on for years until I moved away. At one point they began to send me two copies a month, which continued for the duration. I gave the extra to my brother.

—David Elam

September 18, 2026 11:16 am

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