"Totally MAD" Mania

WHAT, MEDIA WORRY? DEPT.

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If you didn't spend this past weekend relentlessly scouring the internet for MAD coverage, good for you — it sounds like you got some fresh air and lived a healthy and productive life! But you also missed out on lots of great stories about MAD's 60th Anniversary and our brand new book, Totally MAD!

• CBS Sunday Morning aired Mo Rocca's segment taking a look inside the MAD offices, featuring interviews with MAD Editor John Ficarra, Vanity Fair Editor Graydon Carter, and "Weird Al" Yankovic! You can watch the entire piece online here.

• Parade ran a slideshow of MAD covers from over the years. Check them out here and be sure to vote for your favorite at the end!

• The New York Times ran an article about the history of MAD advertising parodies.  

• The Pittsburgh Tribune Review showcased a gallery of MAD covers and interior art and interviewed The Onion founder Scott Dikkers about MAD's influence on him. 

• NJ.com reviewed Totally MAD and shared an excerpt from Stephen Colbert and Eric Drysdale's introduction.

Enjoy, and don't forget to order you copy of Totally MAD today!

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Reminder: MAD on CBS Sunday Morning this...um...Sunday!

WHAT, MEDIA WORRY? DEPT.

Last week, we shared photos of Mo Rocca and the crew of CBS Sunday Morning visiting the MAD offices for a segment about MAD’s 60th Anniversary. Well, the chickens have come home to roost, friends — because that segment airs this very Sunday, October 28th! Check local listings for airtimes and plan your weekend accordingly!

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"CBS Sunday Morning" Visits the MAD Offices!

WHAT, MEDIA WORRY? DEPT.

Yesterday, Mo Rocca and the crew from CBS Sunday Morning swung by the MAD offices to shoot a piece about MAD's 60th Anniversary (with an inadvertent side story about the show’s slide in journalistic integrity). The segment is going to air on Sunday (duh!) October 28th — so be sure to tune in. And in the meantime, here’s some oh-so-enticing shots of the Usual Gang of Idiots hanging out during the day of filming!

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Mo Rocca generously pretends to enjoy our latest issue.
(MAD #518, on sale everywhere next week!)

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Writer-artist Patrick Merrell and artist Tom Richmond
moments before their epic 45-minute arm wrestling match.

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Art Director Sam Viviano can't believe he convinced artist James Warhola
to illustrate a new piece for our MAD 20 Dumbest of 2012!

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The CBS camera crew peeks in on Assistant Art Director Ryan Flanders while he
checks Facebook. That's Spy vs Spy writer-artist Peter Kuper peeking out.

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A rare sight: Peter Kuper working in the MAD offices rather than at his home studio.
(Of course, ANY sighting of Peter working is a rare one.)

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A much more common sight in the MAD offices: writers and editors standing around doing nothing.
That's writer Matt Lassen, Associate Editor Jacob Lambert and Associate Editor Dave Croatto.

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Having vanquished Patrick Merrell, Tom Richmond sizes up writer-artist Al Jaffee.
Jaffee crushed him.

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Artist Tom Bunk gives a friendly squeeze to MAD's Maddest writer Dick DeBartolo.
If you combined the facial hair on these two, you'd have one very impressive goatee. 

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Peter Kuper's still at it. Hey, you show up at the MAD office
without your art finished, we're chaining you to the desk.

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Even after a long day spent with the Usual Gang of Idiots, Mo Rocca is still smiling! 

Back row: Jacob Lambert, Matt Lassen, Tom Richmond, Dick DeBartolo,
Editor John Ficarra, Al Jaffee, Ryan Flanders, Sam Viviano,
Production Artist Doug Thomson, Dave Croatto, Senior Editor Charlie Kadau

Seated behind Mo: Tom Bunk, Peter Kuper, Senior Editor Joe Raiola, 
Writer Desmond Devlin and James Warhola

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