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ISSUE SUMMARY

Publisher: EC
Title: MAD
Page Count: 52
Genre: Humor, Satire-parody
Era: Bronze
Cover Price: 0.50 USD
Cover Date: September 1976
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Country: United States
In a parody of the film "Barry Lyndon," a dim youth is forced to wander through eighteenth century Britain, going from war to war and woman to woman.; Satirical examples of how people spend their summers.; In a parody of the TV series "Starsky and Hutch," a pair of unconventional, violent and not too bright undercover detectives wreck havoc on Los Angeles.; Examples of the artificial reality created by television for its own convenience.; Gadgets designed to keep your home clean from the assaults of thoughtless people.; Ramdom celebrities have their pictures artificially aged twenty years. The pictures are accompanied by synopses of their activities in those twenty years.; How oil companies conspire to maximize both their profits and their influence in the world.; Examples of lawsuits filed against people perpetrating petty annoyances.; Examples of how people react to situations, and how situations react to them, based on their economic status.; A highway patrol unit thinks it has caught a speeder.; A frog transforms into a prince, but in the wrong place.; The Black Spy cons the White Spy into blowing himself up.; A television commercial makes effective use of sound effects to sell its services.