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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 1960
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Country: United States
The musical "My Fair Lady" is retold with two ad-men trying to give a makeover to a beatnick.; A typical "Father Knows Best" type of TV show plot and how it might be redone using stereotypes of people in Britain, France, Japan, and Russia.; Parody of typical Hollywood star gossip magazines.; Ads we might see if politicians made paid endorsements of consumer products.; Dave develops the thesis that as the US becomes fatter and lazier, and ends up driving everywhere instead of walking, we'll become pushovers for the lean hungry barbarians, just as ancient Rome did. Only our invaders will be from the east (oriental).; How international diplomatic conversations might turn out if celebrities, in character, were used as interpreters.; Specialized picket signs for various professions.; A magician disappears when all the animals he was hiding on his person leave.; Slyly including educational content in highway billboards.; A collection of peoples' garbage arranged so that the right-hand page shows the results of the lifestyle lived on the left-hand page.; The disasters that could follow using missiles for mail delivery.; Comparisons between seeing your local doctor in the second half of the 1800s and today.; Parody of ad for Phoenix Mutual Insurance.; A man tries to be a hero before understanding the situation...ending in tragedy.; Uncle Herman has a nose that could work as a bottle opener...and it does.; Parody of Esquire Boot Polish "Ship's Officer" ad.