THE MARY TAILOR-MADE SHOW

THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW
CBS 1970-1977

THE MARY TAILOR-MADE SHOW
MAD #155, December 1972
w: Tom Koch
a: Angelo Torres

Sitcom about behind-the scenes at the office Mary Richards (Mary Tyler Moore), associate producer of the news department of WJM-TV in Minneapolis. The other characters in the newsroom were writer Murray Slaughter (Gavin McLeod), newscaster Ted Baxter (Ted Knight), and boss Lou Grant (Ed Asner).

Weatherman was Gordie (John Amos). Mary was single with many of the shows focusing on her finding a date, and this parody has her wearing different clothes in each panel.

Mary's neighbor and best friend was Rhoda Morgenstern (Valerie Harper), who eventually had her own show.

Mary's other neighbor is Phyllis (Cloris Leachman), who also later had a spinoff. She won an Oscar the previous year for The Last Picture Show.

From Truly “Relevant” TV Shows, also by Koch and Torres, from #149, March 1972

From A Treasury of Television Poetry and Prose by Tom Koch and Jack Davis in MAD #152, July 1972. The poem parodies Little Orphan Annie by James Whitcomb Riley.

From Singable Theme Songs for TV Shows by Frank Jacobs and Angelo Torres in MAD #168, July 1974

From TV Disclaimers We'd Like to See by Lou Silverstone and Jack Davis, MAD #180, January 1976. The last panel is supposed to be Barbara Walters.

From Obituaries for TV Show Characters in MAD #194, October 1977, by Frank Jacobs.

From Whatever Became of?: TV Characters Edition by Mike Snider and Bob Clarke in #266, October 1986. Betty White, who played Sue Ann Nevins, died short of 100 looking nothing like this (at least as the public saw her).

From TV Theme Songs by Jacobs and Sam Viviano, also in #266.

From Why Is It On TV You Never See in Cracked #133, July 1976, art by Bill Ward

THE MARY TYLER BORE SHOW
Sick #106, October 1975
w: Len Herman
a: Jerry Grandenetti

MERRY HOTMAN, MERRY HOTMAN

MARY HARTMAN, MARY HARTMAN
1976-1977 SYNDICATED

Six parodies and not a single one from MAD or Cracked, a lot for a parody of a parody..

Nightly soap opera parody centering on Mary Hartman (Louise Lasser), a suburban housewife who was never seen outside the kitchen doing housework in her home of Fernwood, Ohio. Other characters were her parents George and Martha Shumway (Philip Bruns, Dody Goodman). Her husband Tom (Greg Mullavey) wouldn't put out and was always off to work. Her promiscuous sister Cathy (Debralee Scott) seemingly had a different boyfriend in every episode. Heather (Claudia Lamb) was the smarter than her years 11-year-old daughter. Grandpa Larkin (Victor Killian) was also “The Fernwood Flasher”. Charlie and Loretta (Graham Jarvis, Mary Kay Place) were the Hartmans' neighbors, Loretta was an aspiring country singer. Sgt. Foley (Dennis Solomon) was the local police officer Mary was having an affair with.

MERRY HOTMAN, MERRY HOTMAN
Crazy #26, June 1977
w: Len Herman
a: Murad Gumen

The man passing out the programs in this is producer Norman Lear.

Louise Lasser and Woody Allen had been married for a few years prior to this show.

The boyfriend in the last panel was original Crazy mascot Irving Nebbish.

MARY HARDON
National Screw #5, April 1977
a: Tom Hachtman

Hachtman became one of the Usual Gang of Idiots at MAD and did the alt-weekly strip Gertrude's Follies, neither of which ever had anyone's dick in anyone's mouth.

In the last panel is Mary Tyler Moore, subject of tomorrow's post.

MARY HOTMAN, MARY HOTMAN
Goose #1, September 1976
artist and writer unknown

He can't get it up. You get it?

'Anal Rump' is a play on the name 'Oral Roberts'.

The picture would iris out between scenes.

MARY HEARTBURN, MARY HEARTBURN
Parody #1, April 1977
a: Kent Gamble

There was really no reason for this second page.

MARY HEARTBURN, MARY HEARTBURN
Sick #115, June 1977
w: Arnold Drake
a: Jack Sparling

Norman Lear looked nothing like this.

The Carol Burnett Show did their version with Jim Nabors in the Graham Jarvis part.

OCTOBER UPDATES

E. T.: THE EXTRA TERRESTRIAL

E. C.: THE EXTRA CELESTIAL
Muppet Magazine #1, January 1983
w: Dick DeBartolo
a: Bruce McNally

There were several issues of Muppet magazine in the eighties, and almost all of them had movie parodies with their characters playing the roles, unfortunately this is the only one I can find that has high enough resolution. The other parodies of E. T. I posted last year and their trailers can be found here and here. Any scans of pages from the magazine that I can use are welcome.

Kermit playing Elliott, Fozzie and Miss Piggy as the brother and mother. Elliott left a trail of Reese's Pieces to lure the alien out of the shed where it was hiding.

Elliot fakes sickness so he could stay home from school. Gonzo is E.T.

Elliot has some kind of telepathic link with E.T., so while he was in school and E.T. was home and got drunk, his intoxication was shared with Elliot. In the movie E.T. also co-incidentally learned to read by watching Sesame Street.

Blooper: the steering wheel is on the wrong side. The artist must be British.

THE ADDAMS FAMILY

THE ADDARNS FAMILY
Cracked Monster Party #16, April 1992
w: Lou Silverstone
a: Walter Brogan

Every generation has a different Addams Family. It started with the New Yorker cartoons in the 40s and 50s, then the 60s TV show, the 70s Saturday Morning cartoon, the 90s movie, the 10s CGI animation, and the upcoming streaming show, MAD and Cracked parodied the 90s movie, which can be seen here. This is a parody of the sixties TV show that Cracked did in the 90s

The TV show starred Jon Astin (Gomez), Carolyn Jones (Morticia), Jackie Coogan (Uncle Fester), Ted Cassidy (Lurch), Lisa Loring (Wednesday), Ken Weatherwax (Pugsley), and Marie Blake (Grandma). Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins) of Silence of the Lambs had nothing to do with the show.