1971-1972 ABC
LONGSHOT
MAD #153, September 1972
w: Stan Hart
a: Angelo Torres
The early seventies saw the era of the detective with the disability and/or gimmick. Longstreet's was that he was blind. This explains the story of Mike Longstreet (James Fransiscus), an insurance investigator, as told by his associates. The real Longstreet lost his eyesight from a bomb in a champagne bottle. His seeing eye dog was named Pax. His co-workers were Nikki (Marlyn Mason) and Duke (Peter Mark Richman).
Cracked #102, August 1972
a: Jack Barrett
The other detectives at this gathering are Mannix (Mike Connors), Ironside and Mark Sanger (Don Mitchell), Nichols (James Garner), Cannon, Columbo (Peter Falk), and Sarge (George Kennedy). There is more than one cowboy in the splash panel, perhaps the other is McCloud?
At the beginning of the Mad parody, the client is John Marley. And at the end, I think the cop may be Joe E. Ross from Car 54, Where Are You?
ReplyDeleteIn the Cracked story, it looks like Don Adams is also present, both in the splash panel on the far left, and on page 2 in the checkered suit.
I thought it was Don Adams too, but it's Mannix. Not all caricatures are great, and it can be confusing with everyone changing their appearance.
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