dir: Mervin LeRoy
Nancy Kelly- Christine Penmark
Patty McCormack- Rhoda Penmark
Henry Jones- Leroy Jessup
Eileen Heckart- Hortense Dagle
Evelyn Varden- Monica Breedlove
THE BAD SEAT
MAD #32, April 1957
w:Paul Laikin
a: Bob Clarke
Paul Laikin was a person in the humor magazine genre I'd like to see a bio of. I'd probably be one of only three people though. One of MAD's fallen angels, one of their first writers who was fired when it was revealed he was writing for their competition as well. There were still a few articles he had sold to them which they printed and they're the only ones without bylines. He soon became editor of Cracked and for a while was their only writer. Throughout his career he was editor for Sick, Crazy, Wacko, and probably others, while also writing for various comedians and TV shows. A lot of his material was under various pseudonyms, often family members. His biggest claim to fame was The JFK Coloring Book, which was illustrated by Mort Drucker and became a bestseller.
His downfall occurred in the late 80s when, as editor of Cracked again, he was revealed to be recycling material he did for other magazines decades earlier, using his dead wife's name as art director so he could collect two paychecks, and taking kickbacks from his contributors. It was fun while it lasted, I guess.
This was one of the first movie parodies under the second editorial regime. Not quite a scene-by-scene breakdown but more in the vein of a trailer. The movie is about an eight-year-old girl who has murdered one of her schoolmates, the building's handyman is onto her, and the mother covers it up realizing it's in the genes.
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