A-Z GUIDE TO MOVIES AND TV SHOWS PARODIED BY MAD, CRACKED, CRAZY, ETC. UP TO 1996. THEY HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS. SPOILERS AND OTHER NON-SEQUITURS, TOO. SOMETIMES THESE THINGS HAVE WORDS OR SITUATIONS WE DON'T USE ANYMORE. YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE THEY'RE OLD.
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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.
BATMAN
ABC 1966-1968 BATMAN (1989)
dir: Tim Burton
Every generation has their own version of Batman, there were the movie serials in the 40s up to the dark remakes now. These are more pages from 1989 that both parody and cash in on the then-upcoming 1989 Batman movie based on what they knew from the 1966 TV show. You can find the other versions MAD and Cracked had of that movie and the earlier TV show here.
Cover of Taiwan edition of MAD.
Swedish edition
Norwegian edition
In the eighties and nineties Cracked often dedicated an issue to articles about a movie before devoting the next issue to the actual parody. In 1989, most of an issue was devoted to the upcoming movie they hadn't yet seen and knowledge of the comics character made a part of the national vocabulary from the 60s TV program.
BATTY-WEAPONS THAT DIDN'T QUITE MAKE IT TO THE UTILITY BELT
Cracked #248, October 1989
w: George Gladir
a: John Severin
WHAT'S HOT AND WHAT'S NOT
a: Gary Fields
BADTMAN
a: Pat Boyette
Bob Kane was the person who created, or rather, took credit for and signed the strip.
THE SOUNDS OF BATTYMAN
a: Don Martin
A CRACKED LOOK AT BATMAN
w: Roger Brown
a: Mike Ricigliano
WHAT IF BRUISE PAYNE DIDN'T BECOME BATMAN?
w: George Gladir
a: Ron Wagner
THEM BATTYMAN SEQUELS WE'RE SURE TO SEE
w: George Gladir
a: John Severin
puns on Rutger Hauer, Bette Midler, Farrah Fawcett, Burt Reynolds, and Claude Raines
George Burns, Treat Williams, Rhonda Fleming, George C. Scott
Telly Savalas, Carol Channing, Tab Hunter, Rob Reiner
Terence Stamp, Nick Nolte, Frank Converse, Judd Nelson, Benny Hill
CRACKED INTERVIEW WITH RABID THE WONDER BOY
w: Rich Kriegel (Lou Silverstone)
a: John Severin
In Batman Forever, it was acknowledged that Robin was part of a family circus troop called the Flying Graysons.
FORM & FUNCTION LOOKS AT THE NEW GEAR
a: Rurik Tyler
SHUT-UPS
a: Don Orehek
Inside back cover
Back cover (artist unknown, border by Bill Wray)
Back to MAD
VILLAINS AWAITING BATMAN'S RETURN TO TV
MAD #298, October 1990
w: Charlie Kadau & Joe Raiola
a: Rick Tulka
Jackie Mason had a sitcom co-starring Lynn Redgrave called Chicken Soup.
Bob Guccione used more than one Miss America winner for his Penthouse magazine. Joe Piscopo had left the cast of Saturday Night Live by then but was doing his characters and impressions for Lite Beer commercials.
CRACKED INTERVIEWS THE JERKER
Cracked #250, December 1989
w: Rich Kriegel (Lou Silverstone)
a: Walter Brogan
“Heeeere's Johnny”, while initially Johnny Carson's tagline, may be better known as a line by Jack Nicholson from The Shining.
Eddie Murphy hadn't been a cast member of Saturday Night Live for years at that point. Robin Willians, Steve Martin, and Jay Leno never were.
