JANUARY UPDATES 5

THE BUGS BUNNY SHOW
1990-1992 Nine Network

LOONEY GOONS
Australian MAD #305, September 1991
w & a: Steve Lopes

In Australia, the Warner Brothers cartoons were packaged in a show called The Bugs Bunny Show hosted by Sophie Lee, similar to Toon In With Me on MeTV.

THE SIXTY-FOUR THOUSAND DOLLAR QUESTION
CBS 1955-1958

YOU BET YOUR LIFE NBC 1950-1961

$64,000,000 OR YOUR LIFE
Cockeyed #4, c. 1956
writer and artist unknown

This text piece is a combination of these two shows and basically quiz shows as a whole.

THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN
1973-1978 ABC

THE 69 MILLION DOLLAR COUPLE
Goose #3, December 1976
writer and artist unknown
(nothing, including the masthead, had any bylines in Goose)

The Six Million Dollar Man often crossed over with The Bionic Womanso they were essentially the same show.

THE PANASONIC MAN: OPERATION FALLING PRESIDENT
International Insanity #2, September 1976
w: Nano Riley
a: Neal Adams

They joked a lot about Gerald Ford being clumsy, similar to how Biden is joked about as being sleepy today.

THE SMOTHERS BROTHERS COMEDY HOUR
1967-1969 CBS

THE (CENSORED!) BROTHERS COMEDY HOUR
Wild! #2, June 1968
a: Henry Scarpelli

SPACE:1999
1975-1977 ITC (UK) SYNDICATED (US)

SPACE: 1959
International Insanity #2, September 1976
w: Grant Bergman
a: Carl Potts

More of a parody of Happy Days.

THE SMOTHERED BROTHERS SHOW

THE SMOTHERS BROTHERS COMEDY HOUR
CBS 1967-1969, 1988-1989

Tom and Dick Smothers came to prominence in the mid-sixties as a comedy team/folk duo with several hit records and then a TV show. Most of their act consisted of them starting a song and, Tom, the dumber one, interrupting, and often it would evolve into sibling rivalry.

This was the back cover for Cracked #76, May 1969.

THE SMOTHERED BROTHERS SHOW
Cracked Collectors Edition #77, January 1989
w: Peter Bagge
a: Rob Orzechowski

They brought the show back with a few specials twenty years later, recycling a lot of the same material they did then.

In the late 80s much of Paul Simon's material was co-opted from native African songs.

Pat Paulsen for President was a recurring bit they had with one of their regular cast members. Here they show a comedy sketch is no different from the campaigns of Pat Robertson, George H.W. Bush, Jerry Brown, or Jesse Jackson. Tea Time with Goldie was a bit they did with one of their cast members (Leigh French) giving a monologue with marijuana innuendos.

SUNDAY NIGHT RATING BATTLE
Cracked #65, November 1967
a: John Severin

When the show premiered, it was on opposite long-running series Bonanza.

At one time Woody Allen was just a guy who made films, but before that he was just a comic.

They were always in danger of being kicked off the air for digs at religion and Vietnam and the Nixon administration that wouldn't even register with anyone today, This is from MAD #122, August 1968.

This is one of the controversial jokes they were suspended for. Beware, you and your entire family could be jailed for life without trial just for your knowing it exists.

The Brothers Brothers was a recurring bit on In Living Color.