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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: December 1959
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Country: United States
Parody of the TV show "The Price Is Right", in which an uncharacteristically unexcited guest nearly ruins the show.; Testing the theory that the most difficult part of long space flights for people to deal with is withdrawal from their usual patterns of life, researchers discover an even bigger problem.; The concept of a bed that folds out from a sofa or chair is extended to place beds in other items of furniture, and then to other items besides beds being folded up.; Parodies of various magazine ads using history or literature as motifs.; Shows how advertising slogans can be used in many different situations to replace ordinary conversation.; Shows how the principles of paint-by-number art could be applied to other endeavors such as surgery, cooking, creative writing, and wrestling.; Discussion of the actions of the spectators in the stands during a football game, as if they are playing a game. Rules, player positions, and some of the great players are highlighted.; A man with his neck out of place visits two doctors, who end up winding him up like a toy top.; Satire on Hanes underwear ads.; Some completely inept firemen manage not save a single person jumping from a building on fire.; An engineering error ruins the final connection of the trans-continental railroad.; Parody of Schweppe's mixers ad.; Several G-men bumble a search for someone disembarking from a train.; Parody of DeBeers Diamonds ads.