1962-1964 CBS
THE TENTH HOUR
MAD #80, July 1963
w: Lou Silverstone
a: Mort Drucker
Short-lived show about the psychiatric profession I'd never seen or heard of and couldn't find clips of, but here it is.
I believe the department name refers to how Edd "Kookie" Byrnes was no longer a TV heartthrob.
The first season the head doctor was Dr. Bassett (Wendell Corey). Here the president is Richard Nixon though he wouldn't be the president for another six years.
On the last page, that's Bobby Kennedy in the first panel, and Hugh Hefner in the jury box (why? who knows?).
ReplyDeleteAs for John Smith/Egghead... Possibly Carroll O'Connor? He was apparently on the show, though as a doctor.
No, I was wrong about Smith/Egghead. That's Rod Steiger, and I can say that for sure thanks to Walter James Brogan swiping from this in the spoof he drew of F.I.S.T.
DeleteOne last thing - I only just found out that the D.A. wasn't a regular character on the show, but another of Mad's 'guest stars'. That's Herschel Bernardi.
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