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ISSUE SUMMARY

Publisher: EC
Title: MAD
Page Count: 52
Genre: Humor, Satire-parody
Era: Silver
Cover Price: 0.25 USD
Cover Date: April 1959
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Country: United States
The interesting tv viewing you could have by constantly switching channels between ABC, NBC, and CBS.; Excerpts from a book written by a dog, on what to look for and how to train a master.; Various comic strips written in the styles of: Paddy Chayefsky; Gilbert & Sullivan; Rudyard Kipling; Walt Whitman; Rogers & Hammerstein; Tennessee Williams; Edgar Allan Poe; Mickey Spillane.; Thoughts on what happened after the end of several fairy tales.; Injuries caused by modern car features such as automatic windows and tailfins.; Shows how the same photo can be used by many different publications, through cropping.; Parodies of ads, using hip language and celebrities.; Showing how the beauty of modern architecture is lost when the buildings are jammed in with all the other existing buildings.; Showing how theaters can attract more patrons by remodeling to be more like watching tv at home.; A man fails to stop a suicide.; Ridiculous extremes to the trend for "real sounds" on stereo records.; Various things tv western heroes might use as weapons, if the trend away from guns continues.; Fake cheap alternatives to common expensive status symbols.; Parody of ad for RCA Victor color televisions.; Parody of ad for Sanforized Fabric, but trying to convince people NOT to buy the product.; A man exhibits a disgusting way to choose a book in a bookstore.; Phone ad for Vicejoy Cigarettes.; A man is surprised at the law enforcement tactics when he violates a "Do Not Pick Flowers" sign.