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Mad Special [Mad Super Special] #34

EC · Series began 1970 · Spring 1981

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Dates

Cover date: Spring 1981
Pages: 100

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #34 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Original edition

Barcode 0709893408011
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$1.75
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Creators

pencils: Norman Mingo, John Cullen Murphy, Mort Drucker, Don Martin, Angelo Torres, Al Jaffee, United Press International, Jack Rickard, Joe Orlando, George Woodbridge, Bob Clarke, Jack Davisinks: Norman Mingo, John Cullen Murphy, Mort Drucker, Don Martin, Angelo Torres, Al Jaffee, United Press International, Jack Rickard, Joe Orlando, George Woodbridge, Bob Clarke, Jack Daviscolors: Norman Mingo, John Cullen Murphy, George Woodbridge, Al Jaffeescript: Chevy Chase, Dick DeBartolo, Al Jaffee, Arnie Kogen, Ronnie Nathan, Earle Doud, Lou Silverstone, Sol Weinstein, Ronald Axe, Frank Jacobs, Lois Carpenter, Larry Siegel, Gary Belkin, Stan Hart

Stories

Untitled · 1 pages
In a short parody of the TV series "Mission: Impossible," Mr. Phelps gets an unexpected assignment.
Star Blecch · 5 pages
In a parody of the TV series "Star Trek," an intrepid but incompetent crew of space explorers tries to combat a plague ravaging a planetary population.
Genteel Ben · Trouble is A'Brewing Dept. · 6 pages
In a parody of the television series "Gentle Ben," an Everglades park ranger and his annoying family live and interact with a grizzly bear who is more civilized than they are.
How-Are-Ya, Five-0? · 6 pages
In a parody of the TV series "Hawaii Five-0," a dense police detective and his squad of equally dense subordinates search Hawaii for a missing Hawaiian artifact.
Bananaz · 5 pages
A TV Ad We'd Like to See · Candid Camerawork Dept. · 1 pages
Parody of Tide Detergent television ads; a housewife caught on camera praising the product isn't as spontaneous as we're led to believe.
Football "In Depth" · The Play By Play's The Thing Dept. · 4 pages
A television broadcast team's attempt to broadcast a football game ends up interfering with the game and confusing the viewers.
Mission: Ridiculous · To Scheme the Impossible Scheme Dept. · 7 pages
Parody of the TV series "Mission: Impossible"; a team of secret agents try to retrieve stolen microfilm in the most suspicious way possible.
Mad's All-Inclusive Do-It-Yourself TV Premiere Newspaper Story · Cornglomerate Dept. · 2 pages
Another in the Mad do-it-yourself Fill-in-the blanks semi-regular feature, this time focusing on a TV premiere newspaper story.
The Infernal Triangle · Throwing a Wench Into the Works Dept. · 1 pages
An ode to television sitcom wives.
Mad Looks at a Typical Kiddie TV Show · Moppet Up Dept. · 4 pages
A kid's show host tries to cope with an audience of cynical children.
The Six Million Dollars, Man · 7 pages
In a parody of the TV series "The Six Million Dollar Man," an astronaut injured in an accident is given bionic implants and must rescue the surgeon who implanted them from his Soviet abductors.
If "Peanuts" Were a Weekly TV Series · 4 pages
If the Charlie Brown specials were turned into a weekly TV series, the shows concepts would be: Young Doctor Brown; Peanuts Squad; Peanuts Place; Charlie Brown, Attorney for the Defenseless; The Chuck Brown Show.
Commercial Roulette · A Turn for the Worse Dept. · 4 pages
A person channel-surfs and keeps hitting commercials.
Hokum's Heroes · Mein "Kamp" Humor Dept. · 5 pages
Parody of the TV show "Hogan's Heroes"; the head officer of the prisoners in a Nazi prison camp can't enjoy all of the secret benefits of the camp because he is worried about the future.
Mad's "TV Game Show" Originator of the Year · Deadly Giveaways Dept. · 4 pages
The producer of low-brow, embarrassment-oriented game shows is interviewed.
Gall in the Family Fare · Little Bigot Man Dept. · 5 pages
In a parody of the TV series "All In The Family," the bigoted head of a dysfunctional family spouts his opinions to anyone and everyone while waiting for a reunion with an old army buddy.
If TV Shows Were Actually Like Their "Capsuled Descriptions" · Condensed Milking Dept. · 3 pages
Mad's Reality Street · 6 pages
In a parody of the TV show "Sesame Street," local residents and puppets try to teach simple lessons amid the decay and danger of an inner city slum neighborhood block.
A Mad Guide to "Do-It-Yourself" TV Repairs · Easy on the Socket-Book Dept. · 4 pages
How to repair your television set by yourself.
Bats-Man · 6 pages
Parody of the television show "Batman"; tired of his double identity ruining his love life, Sparrow attempts to murder Bats-Man.
The Shill Gasoline Commercial · 1 pages
In a parody of Shell Oil TV commercials, a test car blows past the mileage marker competing gasoline brands take the test car, and unfortunately over a cliff.

Characters

Alfred E. Neuman