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MTV
1981-present

MTV
Nine Network 1987-1993

DUM TV
Australian MAD #287, June 1989
w & a: Glen Lumsden

There is an Australian version of the MTV network, though when it started out it was a television program. It was hosted by Richard Wilkins and Alison Drower.

Jimmy Barnes, Peter Garrett Of Midnight Oil, and James Reyne are parodied here.

Michael Hutchence of INXS.

IT'S NOT MUSIC TELEVISION
Barf #3, September 1990
a: Scott Jackson

Back in the U.S., another parody from back when MTV showed music videos and had VJs. At this time one was Kevin Seal.

This doesn't quite fit the meter of the song, but that's not the first thing to stand out in criticizing this article.

The Pepsi commercial above was pulled for being too controversial and she holds a grudge to this day. Michael Jackson doing a commercial for them made news when his hair caught fire during a shoot. The news segments were done by Kurt Loder.

Exxon's oil spill was the first major tanker crash to make news.

MAD MAX: BEYOND THUNDERDOME (1985)
dirs: George Miller, George Ogilvie

MAD MAX: BE ON THE CHUNDA-DOME
Australian MAD Super Special #56, c. 1985
w & a: Deane Taylor

REAL PEOPLE
NBC 1979-1984

REAL FOR-REAL PEOPLE
Bananas #39, c. 1980
w: Jovial Bob Stine
a: S. B. Whitehead

REEL PEOPLE
Wacko #3, October 1981
w: Paul Laikin
a: Kent Gamble

The blonde woman above Henry Kissinger in the middle left panel looks very Drucker-like to me, but I don't think she's a caricature of anyone.

The alligator owner likeness could come from several sources. The profile looks like a different person from the full view.

Angie Dickinson but aged 40 years? Florence Henderson?

THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (1975)
dir: Jim Sharman

THE SCHLOCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW
Barf #2, July 1990
w: Todd Loren & Diane Dumock
a: Ken Landgraf

Though Susan Sarandon has had more serious roles since, it's not as if this was ever an embarrassment for her.

“Karma Chameleon” was Bot George's big hit

Lots of Wally Wood swipes. You'll see them in just about anything by Ken Landgraf.

Of course there has to be an appearance by Sylvester Stallone in this as well.

ROSEANNE
ABC 1987-1998

GROWS-ANNE
Barf #1, May 1990
w: Herb Shapiro
a: “Wood” (not Wally)

Surprisingly one of the more respectful Roseanne spoofs in regards to her weight.

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NIGHTLINE
ABC 1980-2005

NIGHT TIME TAKES A MAD LOOK AT A ROCK VIDEO
MAD #254, April 1985
w: Dick DeBartolo
a: Harry North

Similar to the Person of the Year articles they did, parodying Ted Koppel interviewing Bob Pittman of MTV and Quincy Jones.

I think this was a misspelling of the name 'Pia Zadora' rather than a pun on it, considering the other names aren't changed.

LITTLE ANNIE FANNY
Playboy, c.1965
w: Harvey Kurtzman
a: Will Elder, Jack Davis, Frank Frazetta

The topless bathing suit was something in a fashion show designed by designer Rudi Gernreich, though it was used in comic strips and comedy sketches more than it was ever worn in public. Annie's manager Solly Brass was patterned after Phil Silvers.

Among the cops here are caricatures of Fred Gwynne and Al Lewis from Car 54, Where Are You?. Raymond Burr from Perry Mason is the lawyer featured here.

The other lawyers are E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed of The Defenders.

The Nazi here is George Lincoln Rockwell.

In one of Chris Elliott's appearances on Late Night with David Letterman, he came on to plug his real appearance on Miami Vice.

MMTV

MTV
1981-present

MMTV
Maniac #2, c. 1984
w:Jovial Bob Stine
a: Sam Viviano

At one time there were three network channels and maybe a couple local channels and a UHF channel, HBO or Showtime if your family was rich, then in the early 80s all these basic cable channels started showing up, mostly specializing in one subject. MTV, which stood for Music Television, was one of the first, when it started it only showed music videos 24 hours a day, premiering August 1,1981 at midnight. I don't think they even show music videos anymore

When it started, there were five V.J.s, or video jockeys, that hosted visual versions of cuts from albums. They were J. J. Jackson, Martha Quinn, Mark Goodman, Nina Blackwood, and Alan Hunter.

YOU KNOW YOU'RE AN MTV FREAK WHEN...
Cracked #210, March 1985
a: Bill Powers (John Severin)

A MAD PEEK BEHIND THE SCENES AT A MUSIC VIDEO
MAD #267, December 1986
w: Mike Snider
a: Jack Davis

THE WORST MTV CONTESTS OF ALL TIME
MAD #348, August 1996
w: Desmond Devlin
a: Rick Tulka

There are three guys in ZZ Top, one without a beard. I feel bad for him because his name is Frank Beard. Boy George was jailed for molesting a male model though that was years after this piece.

Nobody knows who George Michael's partner was. Do you? Ozzy Osbourne was said to have bitten off the head of a plastic bat at a concert, and the rumor grew to the point where eating live animals was a regular part of his act. Milli Vanilli was exposed for not being the actual singers. Tupac was convicted of sexual assault. Sinead O'Connor was the musical guest on Saturday Night Live and sucker-punched the producer by bringing out a picture of the Pope and ripping it in half at the end of her act on live television. Lisa Lopes of TLC burned down the house of her boyfriend.