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Ads and Commercials We'd Like to See


in Order of Appearance in Regular Issues (and the Mad-TV special)

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This list barely scratches the surface of the advertising parodies.
These just happen to be ones that had "We'd Like to See" in the article title.
Someday, a more complete list of ads may see the light of day!

ARTICLE TITLE SUBJECTS WRITER / ARTIST ISSUE / DATE
TV Ads We'd Like To See The Vicejoy Ad / Mort Drucker 46 - Apr 1959
TV Ads We'd Like To See The Clawettes Commercial / Joe Orlando 49 - Sep 1959
TV Ads We'd Like To See The Colgrate Commercial / Joe Orlando 49 - Sep 1959
TV Ads We'd Like To See The Ill-State Insurance Commercial / George Woodbridge 50 - Oct 1959
TV Ads We'd Like To See The Schleppe's Commercial / Joe Orlando 51 - Dec 1959
TV Ads We'd Like To See The Bann Roll-On Commercial Larry Siegel / Bob Clarke 57 - Sep 1960
TV Ads We'd Like To See The Polydent Commercial Al Jaffee / Joe Orlando 59 - Dec 1960
Some TV Ads We Never Got To See Imperial Margarine Dick DeBartolo and Al Jaffee /
Jack Rickard
69 - Mar 1962
TV Ads We'd Like To See All-State Insurance, Anacin, Dash,
Imperial Margarine, Raleigh Cigarettes
Earle Doud / Wally Wood 74 - Oct 1962
A TV Ad We'd Like to See The Tyde Detergent Commercial Dick DeBartolo / Joe Orlando 85 - Mar 1964
TV Ads We'd Like To See Gleem, Anacin, Wheaties / Joe Orlando 87 - Jun 1964
Ads We'd Like To See Pillsbury, Hertz, Old Grand-Dad Bourbon,
Come to the U.N., Keep America Beautiful,
Esso Gasoline, Good Housekeeping,
Pan-American Airways, Investor-Owned
Electric Light and Power Companies
Max Brandel 110 - Apr 1967
Ads We Never Got to See RCA Victor TV, Firestone, Gillette, Timex,
Ex-Lax, Camel Cigarettes, Westinghouse,
The American Boating Association,
Maidenform Bras, Ford Mustang
Dick DeBartolo / Bob Clarke 116 - Jan 1968
A TV Ad We'd Like to See The Shill Gasoline Commercial Lou Silverstone / George Woodbridge 119 - Jun 1968
A TV Ad We'd Like to See The Ultra-White Toothpaste Commercial Dick DeBartolo / Jack Rickard 129 - Sep 1969
A TV Ad We'd Like to See The Geritol Commercial Dick DeBartolo / Irving Schild (photos) 178 - Oct 1975
TV Ads We'd Like To See The Cannonball AE-1 Ad,
The American Expressed Card Ad,
The Whisk Detergent Ad
Dick DeBartolo / Jack Rickard 212 - Jan 1980
A TV Ad We'd Like to See Mr. John Houseman
for the Investment Firm of Smith-Barney
John Ficarra / 231 - Jun 1982
More Ads We Never Got to See Weight Watchers, Zenith Hearing Aid,
Fenwick Auto Schools, Eastern Airlines,
Cranston Cosmetic Surgery Clinic,
Pepto-Bismol, Preparation H, Brillo Pads,
Sunsweet Prunes, Yellow Cab
Dick DeBartolo / Harry North, Esq. 248 - Jul 1984
Some American Express Card
Commercials We'd Like to See
Dick DeBartolo / Angelo Torres 261 - Mar 1986
Ads We Never Got to See Tower Records, Borden Eggs, AMC Jeeps,
Westinghouse Refirgerators, Ivory Liquid,
Clinique Skin Cream, Lay's Potato Chips,
Hoover Vacuums, Polaroid, Websters' Dictionary
Dick DeBartolo / Bob Clarke 263 - Jun 1986
A TV Commercial We'd Like to See The American Ex-Pres Card John Prete /
Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder
271 - Jun 1987
A TV Commercial We'd Like to See Dry Ideal Billy Doherty / Angelo Torres 277 - Mar 1988
A TV Ad We'd Like to See Milk. It Does a Body Good? Dick DeBartolo / C. F. Payne 313 - Sep 1992
Commercials We'd Like to See MT&T - The Righteous Choice / Paul Coker, Jr. TV - Jan 1995
Commercials We'd Like to See ACI - The Reliable Choice / Paul Coker, Jr. TV - Jan 1995
A TV Ad We'd Like to See Budweiser Frogs John Prete / Bob Jones 343 - Mar 1996
A TV Commercial We'd Like to See First Response Home Pregnancy Test Dick DeBartolo / Timothy Shamey 356 - Mar 1996
A TV Commercial We'd Like to See MasterFraud (Parts One and Two) Frank Jacobs / Irving Schild (photos) 384 - Aug 1999
Celebrity Palm Ads
We'd Like To See
(titled on the Departments page)
(three separate ad parodies in issue) Arie Kaplan / Irving Schild (photos) 400 - Dec 2000
A Variety Ad We'd Like to See... For Your Consideration:
The Paris Hilton Sex Video
438 - Feb 2004
An Ad We'd Like to See New Dove Firming -
As Tested on Real Tyrants
461 - Jan 2006
A TV Commercial We'd Like to See SqueezeBag Storage Packs Dick DeBartolo / Tom Bunk 471 - Nov 2006
An AT&T Commercial
We'd Like to See
Desmond Devlin / Drew Friedman 489 - May 2008
A TV Commercial We'd Like to See Scam Wow! Dick DeBartolo / Tom Bunk 501 - Oct 2009
An iPhone Ad We'd Like To See
(titled on the Departments page)
iPhone 4S - You Speak. Siri Helps.
(three separate ad parodies in issue)
515 - Jun 2012
An E*Trade Baby Ad
We'd Like To See
Desmond Devlin / Irving Schild (photos) 515 - Jun 2012
An Ad We'd Like to See iPhone: You speak. Siri answers.
"Who should I vote for this November?"
518 - Dec 2012
A TV Ad We'll Soon See Donald Trump 546 - Aug 2017

with help from John R. Racano
Ads and Commercials We'd Like to See

excerpt from TV Ads We'd Like to See - from #87 - June 1964