Mad Special #48 Fall 1984

(TV Chide)

• Cover Artist: Richard Williams

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• Fold-In -- What's the most
  sickening thing on TV today? (Al Jaffee)
• Contents Page
• Sergio Aragones Drawn-Out Dramas
  **various places around the magazine
• The Dopes of Haphazzard (TV satire)
  (written by Dick DeBartolo / Angelo Torres art)
• One Evening in a Hospital Room (Don Martin)
• A Mad Look at Half-Truths in TV Ads
  (written by Paul Peter Porges / Al Jaffee art)
• Mad Explores the TV Ratings System
  (written by Larry Siegel / Harry North, Esq. art)
• Mad's "TV Guide" Textbook
  (written by Lou Silverstone / George Woodbridge art)
• WKRAP in Cincinnati (TV satire)
  (written by Arnie Kogen / Angelo Torres art)
• TV Ads We'd Like to See
  (written by Dick DeBartolo / Jack Rickard art)
• TV as Viewed By the Animal World
  (written by Paul Peter Porges / Paul Coker, Jr. art)
• How Come on TV...?
  (written by Paul Peter Porges / Jack Rickard art)
• Diff'rent Jokes (TV satire)
  (written by Arnie Kogen / Angelo Torres art)
• A Mad Guide to Little-Known Jobs in Television
  (written by Dick DeBartolo / George Woodbridge art)
• A Mad Peek Behind the Scenes at a TV Network
  (written by Larry Siegel / Bruce Day art)
• TV Game Shows Based on Newspaper Headlines
  (written by Dick DeBartolo / Jack Davis art)
• Spy Vs. Spy - octopus TV (Antonio Prohias)
• Snappy Answers to Stupid TV Commercials
  (idea by Marcelle Pesek / Al Jaffee)
• When TV Makes Full Use of Howard Cosell
  (written by Frank Jacobs / Jack Davis art)
• M*A*S*H*UGA (TV satire)
  (written by Stan Hart / Angelo Torres art)
• A Mad Look at TV Sports Interviews - Past, Present & Future (written by Tom Koch / Jack Davis art)