1952-1961 NBC
IS THIS YOUR LIFE?
MAD #24, July 1955
w: Harvey Kurtzman
a: Bill Elder
This was a regular show in which a person was taken by surprise, usually from the audience, or on the set of their show in the case of celebrities. The host, Ralph Edwards, would show memories from his book and bring in people from that person's past.
The splash panel has a bunch of celebrities and ad mascots in the audience. The Smith Brothers are using the cough drop of their competitor. Edward Murrow is filling his seat with the cigarette butts that were his trademark, Liberace is sharing sheet music with Harry Truman, Roy Cohn is advising Joseph McCarthy, Bing Crosby, smoking what looks like a golf club pipe, is noticing the likeness of Lincoln on his five-dollar bill isn't accurate, while sitting next to Marlon Brando just off the set of Julius Caesar. Martin and Lewis haven't guessed the “secret woid” is 'Lollabrigida'. Gen. McArthur is being tattooed by Grandma Moses. Julius LaRosa is about to blast TNT into Arthur Godfrey's earphones while Jackie Gleason is caught in the middle. Milton Berle is looking over Ralph Edwards' shoulder. Sen. Estes Kefauver is reading a horror comic before his subcommittee investigates it.
Crazy #2, January 1954
w: Stan Lee
a: Al Hartley
Eh! #5, July 1954
a: Fred Ottenheimer
Panic #1, February-March 1954
w: Al Feldstein
a: Joe Orlando
The show was parodied many times on Sesame Street.
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