Mad #83

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Various examples of how current television shows can be \"dumbed down\" to match the incoming crop of silly situation comedies. Shows parodies are \"Ben Casey\", \"The Garry Moore Show\", \"The Huntley/Brinkley Report\", \"CBS Sports Spectacular\", \"The Defenders\", \"DuPont Show of the Week\", and \"Classical Civilization\".

Cover Date

December 10, 1963

Pages

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$0.30

Editor

Al Feldstein

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Credits

Writer

Dave Berg, Don Martin, Frank Jacobs, Harry Purvis, Larry Siegel, Sergio Aragones, Stan Hart, Tom Koch, Yue Xiaoying

Penciller

Bob Clarke, Dave Berg, Don Martin, George Woodbridge, Jack Rickard, Joe Orlando, Lester Krauss, Mort Drucker, Sergio Aragones, Wally Wood, Yue Xiaoying

Inker

Bob Clarke, Dave Berg, Don Martin, George Woodbridge, Jack Rickard, Joe Orlando, Lester Krauss, Mort Drucker, Sergio Aragones, Wally Wood, Yue Xiaoying

Colorist

Lester Krauss

Letterer

typeset

Characters

Vince Edwards [as Ben Casey]; Sam Jaffe [as David Zorba]; Garry Moore; Durwood Kirby; Carol Burnett; Chet Huntley; David Brinkley; Bud Palmer; E.G. Marshall [as Lawrence Preston]; Robert Reed [as Kenneth Preston]; Fred Gwynne [as Sherlock Holmes]; Joe E. Ross [as Dr. John Watson]; Marty Allen; Steve Rossi

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