In a message dated 5/26/2003 2:35:24 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes: << but I feel sure 'Mockumentary' originated in the pages of Variety at some point over the past 20 years. >> wasnt _This is Spinal tap_ one of the first of these Mockumentaries? One of the more amusing ones, guilty pleasure at that, was _Drop Dead Gorgeous_