ABC 1963-present
DEGENERATE HOSPITAL
MAD #230, April 1982
w: Lou Silverstone
a: Mort Drucker
Long running daytime soap opera that was long considered just that until the late 70s and early 80s when they started adding action-adventure-spy storylines. The introduction of Luke Spencer (Anthony Geary) and Laura Webber (Genie Francis) put it at its peak in the early 80s, when they were just as big as the most popular prime-time shows, and their wedding, featuring an appearance by Elizabeth Taylor as Helena Cassidine, matriarch of the evil family that bought the hospital, put the program's ratings at an all-time high. Laura's mother (Denise Alexander) was a doctor at the hospital and Luke's sister Bobbie (Jacklyn Zeman) also worked there as a nurse. Joe Kelly (Doug Sheehan) was a private detective turned lawyer. Dr. Hardy (Bradley Green) was a doctor that worked there.
In this parody, Marcus Welby, M. D. (Robert Young) has been sent to investigate the program.
-"Do you know where your son/daughter is?" was a PSA they would run on the hour late at night on every television station in the 70s and 80s.
-Robert Scorpio (Tristan Rogers) was one of the characters they added when they added espionage plotlines to the show.
Cracked #137, November 1976
a: Bill Ward
Now a parody of it in name only combined with As the World Turns and The Young and the Restless, parodying the genre of 70s daytime soaps as a whole, with Bill Ward using his talents as a pin-up artist.
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