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Issue: Mad Special [Mad Super Special] #35
Publication Date: January 1981
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Issues: #35 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: 88
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UPC/EAN: 0709893408012
Price: $1.75 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 33 (28 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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The Frog Prince

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Synopsis: A frog transforms into a prince, but in the wrong place.
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Departments

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Gall of the President's Men

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Washington Post-Mortem Dept.
Character(s): Robert Redford [as Bob Woodwind]; Dustin Hoffman [as Snarl Burnsteam]; Jack Warden [as Harry Rosenfeld]; Jason Robards [as Ben Boldlee]; Gerald Ford [as Strep Throat]
Synopsis: In a parody of the film "All the President's Men," two intrepid reporters stumble through the threads of a conspiracy that leads all the way to the top.
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Late One Afternoon at the Warsaw Dike

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Synopsis: A man tries to plug a leak in a dam from the wrong side.
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Has Anybody Ever Really Heard...

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Cliche it Again, Sam! Dept.
Character(s): Alfred E. Neuman
Synopsis: Spotlighting various cinema cliche lines that don't have a basis in reality.
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Where Else but on TV...?

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Feature(s): Telly It Like It Is Dept.
Character(s): Rock Hudson [as Stewart McMillan]; Ron Howard [as Richie Cunningham]; Jean Stapleton [as Edith Bunker]; Telly Savalas [as Theo Kojak]; William Conrad [as Frank Cannon]; Buddy Ebsen [as Barnaby Jones]
Synopsis: Examples of the artificial reality created by television for its own convenience.
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The Lighter Side of Grooming

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Synopsis: The hassles and quirks of personal grooming are explored.
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Spy Vs. Spy

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Character(s): The Black Spy; The White Spy
Synopsis: The White Spy tries to use an angled flame-thrower against the Black Spy.
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Beat the Recession with These Mad Penny-Pinching Hints

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Feature(s): Cheap Shots Dept.
Synopsis: A collection of dubious money-saving ideas.
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One Fine Afternoon in a Gym

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Synopsis: A professional boxer has a unique method of training.
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Mad's "Nice" Graffiti

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Feature(s): Common Censor Dept.
Synopsis: Common restroom graffiti is altered to be less insensitive.
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The Cockroach

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Feature(s): Bugs Funny Dept.
Synopsis: A man uses aerosol insecticide to kill a cockroach.
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The Neuman Book of World Records...that Led to Lesser-known Follow-up Records

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Feature(s): Smelly Feats Dept.
Synopsis: World record achievements that inspire less than desirable records.
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A Mad Look at Fifty Years of College Life in America

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Feature(s): Alma Martyrs Dept.
Synopsis: Retrospective of how college life has changed over thirty years.
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Mad's First...and Probably Last...Reader Survey

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Feature(s): Poll-ish Joke Dept.
Synopsis: Parody of printed reader surveys.
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What's the Story...?

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Feature(s): Incident Replay Dept.
Synopsis: Word balloons in pictures explain the events leading up to the depicted scenes.
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Getting Involved

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Feature(s): Humane Being Dept.
Synopsis: A man passes several socially abhorrent situations without acting, but chooses to act when he witnesses something abhorrent to him.
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Whatever Became of...?

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Feature(s): Old Folks Tome Dept.
Character(s): Frank Sinatra; George Plimpton; Muhammad Ali; Cher; Richard Nixon; Howard Cosell; Jimmy Conners; The Beatles [John Lennon; Paul McCartney; George Harrison; Ringo Starr]; Al Pacino
Synopsis: Ramdom celebrities have their pictures artificially aged twenty years. The pictures are accompanied by synopses of their activities in those twenty years.
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What's Worse Than...?

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Feature(s): Quit While You're Behind Dept.
Synopsis: Providing worse alternatives to bad situations.
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If TV Commercials Told Us Everything

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Feature(s): Ad-Mission Impossible Dept.
Synopsis: Examples of the ugly truth that television commercials leave out.
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Late One Afternoon Last January

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Synopsis: A man takes his dog outside during a blizzard.
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Mad's "Traffic Commissioner of the Year"

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Feature(s): The Colossus of Roads Dept.
Synopsis: Mad profiles a city traffic commissioner and his inept, inefficient staff.
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A Mad Gallery of People It's Hard to Feel Sorry For

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Feature(s): Pity Larceny Dept.
Synopsis: Examples of unsympathetic people in undesirable situations.
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Spy Vs. Spy

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Character(s): The Black Spy; The White Spy
Synopsis: The Black Spy plays a puppet arcade game.
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Other Forms of Malpractice Insurance

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Feature(s): Take Coverage! Dept.
Synopsis: Malpractice insurance policies for lack of courteous behavior.
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Take It with a Grain of Salt When...

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Feature(s): CY-NACL Dept.
Synopsis: Examples of claims that deserve skepticism.
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The Lighter Side of Consumers

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Synopsis: Satirical look at American buying habits.
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One Fine Day at the Corner of Finster Boulevard and Fonebone Street

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Synopsis: A man on a street corner has a unique method of soliciting money.
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Mad's Christmas Carols for the Holiday Season

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Synopsis: Rewriting the lyrics of holiday standards to reflect modern life.
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Crappy Days

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Feature(s): The Fatuous Fifties Dept.
Character(s): Ron Howard [as Itchie Cullingham]; Henry Winkler [as The Funz]; Tom Bosley [as Howard Cullingham]; Marion Ross [as Marion Cullingham]; Erin Moran [as Joinie Cullingham]; Anson Williams [as Putzie]; Don Most [as Riff]; Pat Morita [as Arnerd]; Milton Berle; Bill Cosby; Sherman Hemsley; Esther Rolle; Redd Foxx
Synopsis: In a parody of the TV series "Happy Days," the boring antics of a typical fifties nuclear family and the hilarious biker who visits them.
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What Kind of Vicious Big Shots Have Been Taking Over Our Cities?

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Genres: opinion
Synopsis: An example of technology not helping life.
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Fish...or Foul?

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Penciller(s): Tony Garcia (photo)
Inker(s): Tony Garcia (photo)
Colorist(s): Tony Garcia (photo)
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Genres: opinion
Synopsis: A fish is forced to swim through polluted water wearing a mask and scuba tank.
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