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Mad #479: Signed by Martin Klebba, Greg Ellis and Lee Arenberg / Mad #127: Signed by Peggy Lipton, Michael Cole
 
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Mad #455: Signed by Wally Pfister (front and back of issue)
 
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Mad #220: Signed by Frank Oz / Mad #390: Signed by the creators of Uncle John's Bathroom Reader
who we somehow never got the proper names of and, as a result, we will not be officially adding this cover
or its signatures to the list until we get that information (if you know who the six signers are, let us know!)
 
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Mad #491: Signed by Michael Madsen / Mad #311: Signed by Janet Waldo
 
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Mad #185, "One Day On The Highway": Signed by George Hamilton / Mad #370: Signed by Vicki Lewis
 
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Mad #298: Signed by Jackie Joseph /
Mad #261: Signed by Olivia Brown, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott, and John Diehl
 
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Dear Doug,
As you know, I get some of my Mads signed by sending them to people
and requesting a signature. Well, for the past few months I have been
trying, and trying, and trying to contact the artist of Mad #38, J.
Fred Muggs. Yes I know he's a chimpanzee, but from what I've last
heard, he's still able to draw and what not. Well, he's getting old,
and all I know is that his current owner's name is Gerald Preis. So, I
was wondering if you could put up an ad, that I am offering a $25 money
order reward to the first person that can supply me with a valid
address for the chimp, and his owner. I'd really like to get him to
sign the Mad, and am seriously willing to give a $25 reward. I know
it's a little Mad (apologize for the pun), but this is my last resort.
I've tried every other thing I could think of, including email Dick
DeBartolo of Mad Magazine (who thinks I'm crazy by the way). So, if you
could put this offer up on your site long enough for me to get an
answer, that'd be great. You can tell them to email me here
(ScoobyDooGuy1991@go.com). Thanks again,
Bradford
p.s. my response from Mr. Debartolo
(in case you were wondering about it from August 2007):
Bradford,
An address from almost 50 years ago? MAD has moved five times since
that cover and there's no one here who was even around when that issue
was put together. It took me five hours to find out where I put your email and
that came in just two days ago!
Short version, we truly have no idea how to contact Mr. Muggs.
Dick De
About two and a half years later...
Doug,
I included my most amazing success yet, Mad #38 signed by J. Fred Muggs! Yes, I finally managed to locate him! It seems as though Mr. Muggs signed it below his actual printed name, which I assume was written by his current handler, Mr. Gerald Preis. I'm contemplating emailing the photo to Mr. DeBartolo, to see if he sends back some sort of shocked response....
Sincerely,
Bradford
One hour later...
Bradford,
I had no idea monkeys lived that long! It's amazing that you were able to find him. I'm going to send your email and photo on to the editor of MAD. Maybe they'll consider using the photo on the letter's page.
Thanks!
Dick De
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