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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: September 1959
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Country: United States
Discusses the methods and success of the new style of commercial gym. Parody of Vic Tanny Gyms.; A grade-school reader type introduction to horror movies.; Highly specialized book clubs.; Fun combining the messages on billboards into a single new message, when installing one message over another.; Three of Sid Caesar's characters are guests on a parody of the tv show "Small World."; Magazines that could be published by celebrity families, to inform other family members of what's going on in their lives.; A list of consumer complaints about modern car design and a suggestion of a design that addresses them...the Model T.; A boy breaks another boy's new toy, and is then himself broken by the first boy.; Buildings that look like the companies they house.; Medals that could be awarded for overcoming everyday problems.; Parody of long distance ad for Bell Telephone System.; The cops stage a shootout, but the criminal moved out of the building weeks ago.; A sculptor handles his lazy assistant in an unusual manner.; The day the Clawettes breath meter doesn't work; a parody of ad for Clorettes breath mints.; The day the Colgrate toothpaste invisible shield falls on the announcer. A parody of Colgate toothpaste ads.; A man knocks a spider out of a window and watches it fall.; Parody of ad for Four Roses Whiskey.