1968-1971 NBC
THE GAME IS INANE
MAD #143, June 1971
w: Lou Silverstone
a: Angelo Torres
Pictured in that first panel are MAD staffers Leonard Brenner, Jerry DeFuccio, John Putnam, Al Feldstein, and William Gaines. I do not know who the man is with the gun to his head, the black man must be some generic food delivery man.
The show was part of the rotating series that made up the NBC Mystery Movie. It was about reporters at Howard Publications, each of whom usually had their own story. Glenn Howard (Gene Barry) was the publisher of the line and Dan Farrell (Robert Stack) was a reporter for Crime magazine, and Paul Tyler (Robert Culp) was a reporter for People. Peggy (Susan Saint James) was assistant to the reporters. Culp came in the middle of the last season and I do not know why he's drawn differently from everyone else.
In the first panel, it's Lou Silverstone holding a gun to his head, because Feldstein is rejecting him. Also, the guy with John Putnam talking to the delivery man is Nick Meglin.
ReplyDeleteOn page 4, the guy in the diner who gets shot is Martin Milner. And on page 5, the mobster and his henchman are Richard Boone and Telly Savalas.
Very minor "Actually": "Name of the Game" was not part of the NBC Mystery Movie wheel. It was itself a wheel series in that it would rotate among the lead characters that were focused on.
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