MAD MAGAZINE SPECIAL PART 3 of 3

This is the MAD TV Special that ran in 1974. Last part. Hope you all enjoyed.

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• MAD
• TV
• Comedy
• Alfred
• Newman
• SPECIAL
• 1974
• Parody
• Godfather

[beatlesopusnintendo]

well, another one was made by hanna-barbera in 1989 again commissioned by abc, also unreleased

[suspekt29]

Really? Please source your link. I bet I can find it :)

[capillomastar]

WOW, this is just amazing, thanks for posting!

I had never heard of it before, was this just a one-shot ?

[suspekt29]

I believe so, yes.

[TVFREAKMAN]

Not disappointed that it wasn't broadcast, because it just isn't funny. It uses all material that was previously published in the magazine!  so if you were a regular Mad reader (as I was in 1974) you'de just be sitting back saying...."yep read it all before!!!!

[RetroToledo]

@beatlesopusnintendo Well at least I tried to help.

[beatlesopusnintendo]

@RetroToledo well, no. but i've only seen a few seconds of footage a while ago, while also reading some information about it

[RetroToledo]

@beatlesopusnintendo Perhaps it was something like this...

/watch?v=HIRsmoVAesM

[Electronicsman2]

I love mad thanks for  piosting it

[fromthesidelines]

This was supposed to be a "one-shot" special (with an eye towards a weekly series), originally scheduled for the fall of 1973. But ABC was fearful of advertisers and organizations- like the NFL- who might be offended by the show's satiric content [what you could do in the magazine just wasn't possible on TV at the time] , and cancelled their commitment to air this special.

[heine71]

@beatlesopusnintendo You mean CBS.

[balasmj]

ITS A SHAME THERE'S ONLY ONE EPISODE I MANAGED TO FIND. WISH THERE'S MORE.

[spidermagic]

Neat to see Mort Drucker's work animated! Thanks for sharing!

[beatlesopusnintendo]

@MrFlashBazbo listen asshole, if you were an actual fan you would see on many interviews with the editors, especially john ficcarra, they talked about the 1989 special a couple of times, and i've seen a clip of it involving the spies on youtube about three years ago before it was taken down by warner bros.