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Issue: Mad Clowns Around #48
Publication Date: June 1978
 
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Issues: #48 of 1 Issue
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagWarner Books
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Indicia Publisher: Warner Books Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume:
Pages: 196
ISBN: none
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Price: $1.50 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 20 (17 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: Forty-eighth of the Mad paperback reprints, as indicated by the number 48 on the cover.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color Cover; Black & White Interior
Dimensions: 4" x 7"
Paper Stock: Newsprint
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publishing Format: One-Shot
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[untitled]

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Lover's Story

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Ryan O'Neal [as Oscar Wallet IV]; Ali McGraw [as Penny Cowsnofskibumsteinpastafazoola]; Ray Milland [as Oscar Wallet III]; Katharine Balfour [as Mrs. Wallet]
Synopsis: In a parody of the film "Love Story," a rich college boy romances an ethnic girl below his social station in spite of pressure from his parents, and then she dies - - beautifully.
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Pages: 20
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One Fine Day At the Pyramids

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Two archaeologists make a startling discovery.
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Pages: 3
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The Lighter Side of Time

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: How people deal with the demands of punctuality.
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Pages: 19
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Spy Vs. Spy

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): The Black Spy; The White Spy
Synopsis: The White Spy traps the Black Spy with images pasted onto the lenses of his sunglasses.
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Pages: 4
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A Mad Look at Amusement Parks

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Up-Chuckles Dept.
Synopsis: Humorous incidents from amusement parks are portrayed.
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Pages: 13
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A Mad Peek Behind the Scenes at a Political Convention

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Things that happen in a political convention that the public doesn't get to witness.
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Pages: 8
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One Fine Day While Touring Florida

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A family of tourists visit a venue advertising alligator wrestling.
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You Know You're Really Grown Up When...

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Seniority Breeds Content Dept.
Synopsis: Examples of events that signify a person has reached adulthood.
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Pages: 8
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Distinctive Birth Announcements

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Crib Notes Dept.
Synopsis: Personalized birth announcements for specific types of people.
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Pages: 13
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Mad's Educator of the Year

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Progressive Jazz Dept.
Synopsis: Mad interviews the administrator of a progressive, structure-less school.
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Pages: 15
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If the Characters in "Peanuts" Aged Like Ordinary People

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Charlie Brown; Linus Van Pelt; Schroeder; Violet; Snoopy; Woodstock; Lucy Van Pelt; Pigpen
Synopsis: Glimpses of the age-progressed cast of "Peanuts" at various stages of their lives.
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Messy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Turkey An' the Store Dept.
Character(s): Lorne Greene; Betty White
Synopsis: Satire of the silly floats and balloons of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, the antics of the people who watch it, and the network television coverage of it.
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Pages: 12
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The Enterprising Young Amazon

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A member of a tribe of headhunters comes up with a new game.
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Pages: 3
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The Lighter Side of Air Travel

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: The humorous trials and tribulations of commercial flying.
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Pages: 19
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When Somebody Says...

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Two-Phrased Dept.
Synopsis: Examples of how a person's opinion can change when the situation changes.
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Pages: 11
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One Morning on Main Street

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Two men enter a costume shop to buy a silly mask.
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Pages: 4
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The White House Follies of 1972

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Big Time Operetta Dept.
Character(s): Richard Nixon; Spiro Agnew; Henry Kissinger; John Mitchell; John Erlichmann; Lyndon Johnson; Pat Nixon; Julie Nixon-Eisenhower; Patricia Nixon-Cox; David Eisenhower; J. Edgar Hoover; George Meaney; Martha Mitchell; Bob Hope; Golda Meir; Rev. Billy Graham
Synopsis: Life in the Nixon White House, presented as a Gilbert & Sullivan operetta.
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Here's Your Ticket to the Greatest Show on Mirth ...

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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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