SMELLGROSS PLACE

MELROSE PLACE
1992-1999 FOX

SMELLGROSS PLACE
MAD #317, March 1993
w: Dick DeBartolo
a: Mort Drucker

This was a TV series spun off from Beverly Hills 90210, like that show but everyone was about ten to fifteen years older, about the tenants of an apartment complex on Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles. The cast at this point was Billy (Andrew Shue), Allison (Courtney Thorne-Smith), Michael (Thomas Calabro), Jane (Josie Bissett), Matt (Doug Savant), Sandy (Amy Locane), Jake (Grant Show), and Rhonda (Vanessa Williams). Kelly (Jennie Garth) from 90210 was the connection between the two shows.

The joke about politics is that they only talk about political events that involve sex scandals. I'm not sure about the Megan Louise gag except presumably she was a granddaughter of Mort Drucker?

In the corner in the last panel is creater Darren Starr.

YOUR LIFE VS LIFE ON MELROSE PLACE/90210
MAD #340, October 1995
w: Lori Kolman
a: Mort Drucker

In that second panel of the first gag is Jason Priestley of 90210.

In the last panel is Luke Perry of 90210.

The judge in “Sue your parents” is Lance Ito, the judge for the O. J. Simpson trial.

SMELROSE PLACE
Cracked #278, January 1993
w: Vic Bianco (Lou Silverstone)
a: John Severin
The other characters in the pool are Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams of Laverne and Shirley, John Ritter, Joyce DeWitt and Suzanne Somers of Three's Company, The Fonz, Jason Priestley, Luke Perry, and Shannen Doherty of Beverly Hills 90210, Bill and Ted from their eponymous Excellent Adventure, Mike Myers & Dana Carvey of Wayne's World, and Joe Gillis from Sunset Boulevard (William Holden).

LEASE AGREEMENTS FOR MELROSE PLACE
Same issue
w: Mike Mikula
a: Jeff Wong

The Ben Stiller Show had a recurring bit parodying this show combined with Beverly Hills 90210. I posted the other one they did when I posted versions of that show. Here's this one.