Mad Special [Mad Super Special] #20

Dates

Cover date

1976

Pages

84

Editions and covers

• Original edition

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Stories

• The Fairy Godmother · A Grim Fairy Tale · 1 pages

  A man on the brink of suicide is visited by his fairy godmother.

• The Oddfather · The Family That Preys Together Slays Together Dept. · 9 pages

  In a parody of the film "The Godfather," a Mafia Don's son is reluctantly recruited into the family business due to an attempt on his father's life.

• Don Martin Looks at Cave Men · 3 pages

  Examples of household life in prehistoric days.

• The Mad "Religion in America" Primer · A Blessing on All Your Houses Dept. · 5 pages

  A look at the state of religion in the United States, presented in the style of a children's reading primer.

• Mad Postcards from Mad Vacationers · Post-Waste Dept. · 2 pages

  Postcards from odd people on vacation.

• The Lighter Side of Air Travel · 5 pages

  The humorous trials and tribulations of commercial flying.

• The Enterprising Young Amazon · 1 pages

  A member of a tribe of headhunters comes up with a new game.

• You Know You're Really Divorced When... · Splitting Headaches Dept. · 2 pages

  Examples of how your life changes after a divorce.

• Profitable Football News · Field Gold Dept. · 5 pages

  A magazine that focuses on the monetary side of pro football.

• A Mad Look at Hunting · The Forest's Prime Evil Dept. · 4 pages

  Various hunter types and hunting situations are satirized.

• The Art of Writing Home for Money · Dear Money and Daddy Dept. · 3 pages

  Examples of students writing home for money that don't sound like an appeal for money.

• One Busy Day in a Highway Restaurant · 1 pages

  The humorous result of a diner's reliance on jargon.

• A Mad Guide to "TV Late Show" Cliche Movie Props · Focus-Pocus Dept. · 4 pages

  Examples of props you're sure to find in specific movie genres.

• Snappy Answers to Stupid TV Commercials · Ad Insult to Injury Dept. · 3 pages

  Alfred gives sarcastic responses to the tag lines of famous television commercials.

• Spy Vs. Spy · 1 pages

  The White Spy booby-traps The Black Spy's gloves.

• Mad's Simplified ABC Method of Bullying Your Way Through Election Campaigns · Speech-Easy Dept. · 3 pages

  Generic templates of political campaign positions with fill-in-the-blanks to tailor them to specific situations.

• A Mad Peek Behind the Scenes at Your Local Power & Light Company · Inside-Ouch Dept. · 3 pages

  The behind the scenes antics of the employees of a local utility are depicted.

• One Day at the Bullfights · 1 pages

  At a bullfight, neither the matador nor the bull are what they seem.

• Howard at the Mike · Sports-Blaster Dept. · 3 pages

  An ode, patterned after Ernest Lawrence Thayer's poem "Casey at the Bat", to the importance of announcer Howard Cosell to the popularity of ABC's Monday Night Football.

• A Mad Look at Service Stations · Pump and Circumstance Dept. · 2 pages

  Silly situations associated with auto garages and gas stations.

• The Lighter Side of Summer Activities · 5 pages

  Examples of how people spend or misspend their summers.

• Spy Vs. Spy · 1 pages

  The White Spy sets a trap for The Black Spy.

• Distinctive Birth Announcements · Crib Notes Dept. · 3 pages

  Personalized birth announcements for specific types of people.

• Miracle Center · Hypocratic Oafs Dept. · 5 pages

  In a parody of the TV series "Medical Center," this story is a drama about a metropolitan hospital that is more concerned with a patient's back story than his or her condition.

• One Tuesday Morning · 1 pages

  Two witnesses attempt to get a man run over by a steamroller to the hospital as quickly as possible.

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