20,000 LEAKS UNDER THE SEA

20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA (1954)
dir: Richard Fleischer

Pierre Aronnax- Paul Lukas
Conseil- Peter Lorre
Ned Land- Kirk Douglas
James Mason- Capt, Nemo

20,000 LEAKS UNDER THE SEA
PANIC #11, October-November 1955
w: Jack Mendelsohn
a: Wallace Wood

The parody uses the names of the actors rather than the characters.

The film was shot in CinemaScope.

The ship is the Robert E. Lee.

“How's your Mom, Ed?” was one of the many non-sequiturs MAD often used.

The captain in the Napoleon hat is a caricature of Humphrey Bogart, who's not in the movie.

“You are there” is a reference to a TV show of the same title that reenacted famous historical events.

Not in parody: Nautilus is at war with the penal colony of Rura Penthe (Yes, they used that name in a Star Trek movie). Ned realizes they're trapped and sends out rescue messages in bottles. He steals a map and finds co-ordinates for Nemo's secret island, where he is attacked by cannibals and returns to headquarters where he is confined.

In fact, much of the comedy relief involving Kirk Douglas and Peter Lorre isn't even used in favor of scenes that are made up for this spoof. While they do some exploring on their own and there is a fight with a giant squid, there is no sunken treasure at the bottom of the sea or mermaid.

UPDATE:

20,000 LUGS UNDER THE SEA
From Here to Insanity (Eh!) #11, August 1955
w & a: Jack Kirby

Joe Simon and Jack Kirby had their own publishing company, Headline/Mainline, and when it dissolved, much of their unpublished material was acquired by Charlton, including work they were planning for a humor publication.