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Issue: Mad Special [Mad Super Special] #48
Publication Date: January 1984
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Issues: #48 of 141 Issues (153 Printings)
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Publisher: FlagEC
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Indicia Publisher: E.C. Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 100
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893408043
Price: $3.00 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 30 (25 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color cover; Black and White interior
Dimensions: Magazine size
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched; some squarebound
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Genres: humorous
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What's the Most Sickening Thing on TV Today?

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Departments

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The Dopes of Haphazzard

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Crashing Bores Dept.
Character(s): Bosco G. Goldrain; Boss Slob; Anus; Uncle Jazzy; Dizzy Dope; Boo Dope; Puke Dope
Synopsis: A satire of the television show The Dukes of Hazzard.
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One Evening in a Hospital Room

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Synopsis: A nurse helps a patient see his television set.
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A Mad Look at... Half Truths in TV Ads

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Feature(s): Crock-in-Spiels Dept.
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Mad Explores the TV Ratings System

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Feature(s): Poll-Ish Dept.
Character(s): Alex Schlockman; Ralph Raider; Max Vontz; Mr. Fink; Mrs. Fink; Lucy Fink; Desi Fink
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Mad's "TV Guide" Textbook

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Feature(s): Programming Their Interests Dept.
Synopsis: What textbooks would look like if they used the TV guide format.
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WKRAP in Cincinnati

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Feature(s): A-M/Ecch-M Dept.
Character(s): Antsy; Arthur Curlson; Juniper; Dr. Johnny Frantic; Venus Fly Paper; Nerve; Mess; Bully; Sonny Bono
Synopsis: A satire of the television show WKRP in Cincinnati.
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TV Ads We'd Like to See

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Synopsis: Ads for The Cannonball AE-1, The American Expressed Card and The Whisk Detergent.
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TV... as Viewed by the Animal World

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Feature(s): Zoo's View Dept.
Synopsis: A television screen is displayed from the point of view of different types of animals.
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How Come on TV...?

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Feature(s): To Telly Truth Dept.
Synopsis: Examples of how things that happen on television aren't realistic.
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Diff'rent Jokes

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Kiddie Litter Dept.
Character(s): Phil Dumbmon; Arnut; Willies; Kammy Dumbmon; Mrs. Carrot; Leery [McLain Stevenspoon]; Fred Silvermoon
Synopsis: A satire of the television show Diff'rent Strokes.
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A Mad Guide to Little Known Jobs in Television

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Extra-Ordinary Opportunities Dept.
Synopsis: Examples of jobs catering to the unusual whims of television actors and directors.
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A Mad Peek Behind the Scenes at a TV Network

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Synopsis: Examples of why the TV networks do the things they do.
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TV Game Shows Based on Newspaper Headlines

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): 5-Star Final Indignity Dept.
Synopsis: Real events, such as missing persons, Senate investigations and social trends are turned into premises for game shows.
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Spy Vs. Spy

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): The Black Spy; The White Spy
Synopsis: The Black Spy traps the White Spy using an octopus.
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Snappy Answers to Stupid TV Commercials

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Ad Insult to Injury Dept.
Character(s): Alfred E. Neuman
Synopsis: Alfred gives sarcastic responses to the tag lines of famous television commercials.
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When TV Makes Full Use of Howard Cosell

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Spoil-Sport Dept.
Character(s): Howard Cosell; Ernie; Cookie Monster; Lawrence Spivak
Synopsis: Casting Howard Cosell in other television situations, such as appearing on Sesame Street and reporting on the weather.
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M*A*S*H*uga

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Patrons of the Odds Dept.
Character(s): Alan Alda [as Cockeye Piercer]; Wayne Rogers [as Crapper John]; McLean Stevenson [as Colonel Bleak]; Gary Burghoff [as Radio]; Loretta Swit [as Fat Lips]; Larry Linville [as Major Burned]; Carroll O'Connor (as Archie Bunker]; Mary Tyler Moore [as Mary Richards]
Synopsis: In a parody of the TV series "M*A*S*H*," two joke-a-minute surgeons turn an army hospital unit upside down.
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A Mad Look at TV Sports Interviews - - Past, Present and Future

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Jocks Trapped Dept.
Synopsis: Examples of sideline reporters interviewing athletes in 1946, 1969, 1973, 1974 and 1976.
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Shmork & Windy

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Sit-Com from Outer Space Dept.
Character(s): Shmork; Windy; Big Bird (cameo); Windy's father; Windy's Grandma; Lenny; Squiggy; Mr. Spock (cameo); Cylon (cameo); Darth Vader (cameo)
Synopsis: A satire of the television show Mork & Mindy.
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Sixty Seconds

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Feature(s): Schlock-Watch Dept.
Character(s): Dan Gather; Morley Safecall; Mike Malice; Clyde Catatonic; Claudia Catatonic; Warren T. Catatonic; Coach Winsocki; Dr. Welby Marcus
Synopsis: A satire of the television show Sixty Minutes.
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Interpreting the News

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Feature(s): There's Bull in Them Bulletins Dept.
Character(s): Walter Cronkite
Synopsis: Well-worn phrases used in news releases are presented in counterpoint to cynical interpretations of the same phrases.
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The Mad TV Viewers Hate Book

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Screen Plagues Dept.
Synopsis: Examples of the aggravating aspects of owning a television set.
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The Lighter Side of... the Idiot Box

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Crapper John, M.D.

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Feature(s): “Mash” Murderer Dept.
Character(s): Crapper John; Bonzo; Dr. Williams
Synopsis: A satire of the television show Trapper John, M.D.
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TV Dinners to Match the Shows

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Adapting frozen entrees to the program being viewed.
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What's the Most Exciting Thing on TV Today!

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Buck Rogers; Twiki; Hulk; Ponch [Officer Francis Llewellyn Poncherello]; Charlie's Angels; John Bosley; J.R. Ewing
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A Mad Peek Through Frank Perdue's Keyhole

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Penciller(s): Tony Garcia (photo)
Inker(s): Tony Garcia (photo)
Colorist(s): Tony Garcia (photo)
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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A processed chicken baron's idea of pinup photography.
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