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The Funniest Eyes No, really. People have been poking fun at the P.I. genre -- and the whole mystery genre, for that matter -- almost as soon as it appeared. But there were a few brave soul over the years who dared to suggest that murder just might also be funny...
Of course, just as it's sometimes it's difficult to tell what's supposed to be parody and what isn't, it's also quite difficult to tell what's supposed to be funny and what's just hilariously bad writing? A case could arguably be made that people like Robert Leslie Bellem and Richard Prather were intentionally parodying the genre (among other things) and not just having fun with it. But all the following were definitely having a laugh at the genre's expense, and deliberately trying to be funny (I think)...
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