Mad Special Annual #39

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Synopsis

Summer 1982. Includes Bonus Mad Laugh Record. Cover by Norman Mingo. Stories and art by Don Martin, Al Jaffee, Stan Hart, Don (Duck) Edwing, Lou Silverstone, Dick DeBartolo, Bob Clarke, Frank Jacobs, Antonio Prohias, Jack Rickard, Paul Coker, Jr., Harry North, Esq., Mort Drucker, Angelo Torres, Tom Koch, George Woodbridge, Dave Berg, Nick Meglin, Elaine Dunn, Jack Kent, Arnie Kogen, Bob Jones, Marylyn Ippolito, Jack Davis, and Sergio Aragones, plus audio performances by Mel Danis. The Mad Super Special reprinted movie spoofs and classic material from the magazine, often accompanied by original stories and attached bonuses in the form of posters, stickers, recordings and comics. Parodies of 1970s film classics Network and The Omen, featuring art by Mort Drucker and Harry North, Esq. A spoof of the TV series Laverne & Shirley. Classic Lighter Side strips by Dave Berg, Spy vs. Spy, Marginals by Sergio Aragones, and Don Martin cartoons. Includes Bonus Mad Laugh Record, a detachable vinyl novelty disk that plays "A Mad Look at Graduation Day" when played on a phonograph record music player. The Castaway; The Omenous; Early One Morning Out on the Bay; A Mad Look at Winter; Mad Diplomacy in Everyday Life Situations; One Afternoon in Acapulco; Mad Death Announcements; The Lighter Side of Health Nuts; One Afternoon While Running an Errand; More What's the Story...?; The Mad Guide to Parental Hang-Ups; The Mad Laugh Record: "A Mad Look at Graduation Day"; When Members of Our Armed Forces Join a Union; Early One Morning In South America; Government Checks For Not Doing Anything; Lavoine & Shoiley; How Come You Worry About...When...; One Morning Back on Main Street; Mad's Academy Awards for Jocks; If Other Businesses Offered No-Frills Service; The Lighter Side of Afternoons; One Evening on a Rooftop in Texas; You're an Eternal Optimist If...; Spy vs. Spy; Testimonial Roasts for Ordinary People; The Mad Like...Love...Hate Book; One Monday Afternoon in a Downtown Jewelry Store; Nutwork; Fold-In; Mad Salutes the Automobile Industry.