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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THE DULLTONS
MAD #165, March 1974
w: Lou Silverstone
a: Angelo Torres
The Waltons was a long-running show about a family during the Depression, opening each week with the family getting together on the porch bringing home a newfangled radio.
It starred John “John-Boy” Walton (Richard Anderson), a writer, his father John Sr. (Ralph Waite), mother Olivia (Michael Learned), grandfather Zebulon (Will Geer), and a lot of siblings.
Ike Godsey (Joe Consley) ran the general store.
Each show ended with an exterior shot of the house with each member of the family saying goodnight. Besides the aforementioned cast members, there was Grandma (Ellen Corby), “Jim-Bob” (David Harper), Mary Ellen (Judy Norton), Erin (Mary Elizabeth McDonough), Jason (John Walmsley), Ben (Eric Scott). Kami Cotler. Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy are on the radio here.
From Obituaries for TV Show Characters in MAD #194, by Frank Jacobs.
From The MAD TV Coroner's Report by Stan Hart in #227, December 1981.
Cover for German edition.
THE WALLED-INS
Cracked #115, January 1974
a: John Severin
Often a present-day John-Boy (Earl Hamner, creator of the show) would narrate the episode.
The TVA, The Tennessee Valley Authority is what brought electricity and plumbing to rural areas. John-Boy was Earl Hamner's alter ego.
From What Today's Program's Would Look Like if They Appeared in 2001 A.D. in Cracked #132, May 1976, also drawn by John Severin
From If The Fonz Guest Starred on Other Shows in #137, November 1976, illustrated by Don Orehek.
From If Frankenstein Did Guest Appearances on TV from #151, July 1978, drawn by Howard Nostrand.
Carol Burnett's take on the show.
THE WALNUTS
Crazy #3. March 1974
a: Marv Wolfman
w: Marie Severin
Dusty's Trail was a sitcom with Bob Denver that was basically Gilligan's Island set in the Wild West.
THE BRAWLTONS
Sick #118. December 1977
a: Jack Sparling
From an issue-length look at TV narrated by various TV personalities, including Dr. Joyce Brothers.
(Sorry, folks. Every trailer I look for is the same one. Updated ones don't count)
Being Cracked, they were always beating properties into the ground and doing crossovers to sell copies, competing not just with MAD, but with other fan magazines. I already posted the ones they did with Close Encounters of the Third Kind and The Six Million Dollar Man
I'm sure everyone here has seen the movie, so I won't get into the plot. Those who can't follow along can just click “previous post” and also see all the versions MAD did. STAR WARZ
Cracked #146, November 1977
a: O. O. Severin (John Severin)
Sally Forth was a strip of contemporary Wally Wood.
They knew there'd inevitably be a sequel, and predicted what it would be in the next issue, also drawn by Severin.
Spock (Leonard Nimoy) and Kirk (William Shatner) from Star Trek's Enterprise.
And even more...
CY-THREEPIU & ARTY-DITTO: A SOUVENIR ALBUN OF THEIR VISIT TO EARTH
Cracked #148, January 1978
a: Cosa Nostrand (Howard Nostrand)
IF THE CHARACTERS OF STAR WARS APPEARED IN OTHER MOVIES AND TV SHOWS
Cracked #149, March 1978
a: Powers (John Severin)
This is what I mean by beating things into the ground and crossing them over with everything else. Though Star Wars is one of the few times they didn't do a mash-up with Happy Days.
Cracked #154, October 1978
a: Howard Nostrand
And yet another crossover article after the sequel.
EXPLOITING THE STAR WARS FIGURES TO THEIR FULLEST
Cracked #174, December 1980
a:John Severin
