List of Mad's TV shows spoofs
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A typical issue of Mad magazine will include at least one full parody of a popular movie or television show. The titles are changed to create a play on words; for instance, The Addams Family became The Adnauseum Family. The character names are generally switched in the same fashion.
These articles typically cover five pages or more, and are presented as a sequential storyline with caricatures and word balloons. The opening page or two-page splash usually consists of the cast of the show introducing themselves directly to the reader; in some parodies, the writers sometimes attempt to circumvent this convention by presenting the characters without such direct exposition. Many parodies end with the abrupt deus ex machina appearance of outside characters or pop culture figures who are similar in nature to the movie or TV series being parodied, or who comment satirically on the theme. For example, Dr. Phil arrives to counsel the Desperate Housewives, or the cast of Sex and the City show up as the new hookers on Deadwood.
The parodies frequently make comedic use of the fourth wall, breaking character, and meta-references. Within an ostensibly self-contained storyline, the characters may refer to the technical aspects of filmmaking, the publicity, hype, or box office surrounding their project, their own past roles, any clichés being used, and so on.
Several show business stars have been quoted to the effect that the moment when they knew they'd finally "made it" was when they saw themselves thus depicted in the pages of Mad. The following list of all the movie spoofs in Mad Magazine is ordered by the decades in which they were produced.
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[edit] 1950s
| Spoofed Title | Actual Title | Issue | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dragged Net | Dragnet | 3 | January-February 1953 |
| Lone Stranger | The Lone Ranger | 3 | January-February 1953 |
| Lone Stranger | The Lone Ranger | 8 | December 1953 - January 1954 |
| Dragged Net | Dragnet | 11 | May 1954 |
| The Countynental | The Continental | 14 | August 1954 |
| Captain TVideo | Captain Video | 15 | September 1954 |
| What's My Shine! (a better way to broadcast the McCarthy hearings) | What's My Line? | 17 | November 1954 |
| Howdy Dooit! | Howdy Doody | 18 | December 1954 |
| Is This Your Life? | This Is Your Life | 24 | July 1955 |
| The Dave Garrowunway Show | Today with Dave Garroway | 26 | November 1955 |
| Nightwatch | Dragnet | 27 | April 1956 |
| The Ed Suvillan Show | The Ed Sullivan Show | 27 | April 1956 |
| Medical | Medic | 28 | July 1956 |
| Walt Dizzy Presents Dizzyland | Walt Disney Presents Disneyland | 30 | December 1956 |
| Gunsmoked | Gunsmoke | 30 | December 1956 |
| Big Big Story | Big Town | 32 | April 1957 |
| The Night that Perry Masonmint Lost a Case | Perry Mason | 48 | July 1959 |
| The Night Peter Gone Cracked | Peter Gunn | 50 | October 1959 |
| The Price is All Right | The Price is Right | 51 | December 1959 |
[edit] 1960s
| Spoofed Title | Actual Title | Issue | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 777 Sunset Strip | 77 Sunset Strip | 52 | ? |
| The Rifle, Man! | The Rifleman | 53 | ? |
| The Arthur Money Party | The Arthur Murray Party | 55 | ? |
| Highway Squad | Highway Patrol | 58 | ? |
| Lizzie | Lassie | 59 | ? |
| Naked Town | Naked City | 60 | ? |
| Sneaky Camera with Allan Funn | Candid Camera with Allen Funt | 64 | ? |
| Route 67 | Route 66 | 70 | ? |
| Bananaz | Bonanza | 73 | ? |
| Dr. Kiljoy | Dr. Kildare | 74 | ? |
| The Defensers | The Defenders | 77 | ? |
| The Tenth Hour | The Eleventh Hour | 80 | ? |
| The Nurtzes | The Nurses | 82 | ? |
| Buck's Law | Burke's Law | 88 | ? |
| The Phewgitive | The Fugitive | 89 | ? |
| Mr. Nudnik | Mr. Novak | 91 | ? |
| Passion Place | Peyton Place | 95 | ? |
| The Man From A.U.N.T.I.E. | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | 96 | ? |
| The Rooks | The Rogues | 97 | ? |
| Flapper | Flipper | 98 | ? |
| Football "In Depth" | Mad's Example of a TV Subject That Doesn't Need "In Depth" Reporting | 99 | ? |
| The Virginiaham | The Virginian | 99 | ? |
| The Nilson Family | The Nelson Family | 100 | ? |
| Shirley Finster's New York | Mad's Parody of TV Specials about Beautiful Movie Star Tour Guides Showing Big Cities | 100 | ? |
| Voyage to See What's on the Bottom | Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | 101 | ? |
| BrandXed | Branded | 102 | ? |
| Wild World of Sports | Wide World of Sports | 102 | ? |
| Honey Waste | Honey West | 103 | ? |
| Loused Up in Space | Lost in Space | 104 | ? |
| Bats-man | Batman | 105 | ? |
| Hullabadig Au Go Go | Hullabaloo / Shindig! / Hollywood A Go-Go | 105 | ? |
| 12 O'Crocked High | 12 O'Clock High | 106 | ? |
| The Miss American Beauty Pageant | The Miss America Beauty Pageant | 107 | ? |
| Hokum's Heroes | Hogan's Heroes | 108 | ? |
| Doc Tari | Daktari | 109 | ? |
| The Life of Your Run | Run for Your Life | 110 | ? |
| Why Spy? | I Spy | 111 | ? |
| TVarzan | Tarzan | 112 | ? |
| The Iron Horselaff | The Iron Horse | 113 | ? |
| Ratpacktrol | The Rat Patrol | 114 | ? |
| Star Blecch | Star Trek | 115 | ? |
| The Joe Nasty Show | Mad's Talk Show With a Rude Host Parody | 116 | ? |
| Mission: Ridiculous | Mission: Impossible | 118 | ? |
| The Invasioners | The Invaders | 119 | ? |
| The Flying Nut | The Flying Nun | 121 | ? |
| Genteel Ben | Gentle Ben | 122 | ? |
| It Takes a Crook | It Takes a Thief | 123 | ? |
| Jugg for the Defensive | Judd, for the Defense | 123 | ? |
| Mannecch | Mannix | 123 | ? |
| Familiar Affair | Family Affair | 126 | ? |
| The Odd Squad | The Mod Squad | 127 | ? |
| Jewelia | Julia | 129 | ? |
| Land of the Giant Bores | Land of the Giants | 130 | ? |
| Boredom-12 | Adam-12 | 131 | ? |
[edit] 1970s
| Spoofed Title | Actual Title | Issue | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Ghost and the Mrs. Misses | The Ghost and Mrs. Muir | 134 | ? |
| Then Came Bombsome | Then Came Bronson | 135 | ? |
| Room 222ZZZZZZzzzzzzzzz | Room 222 | 136 | ? |
| Makeus Sickby M.D. | Marcus Welby, M.D. | 137 | ? |
| Ironride | Ironside | 139 | ? |
| The Doris Daze Show | The Doris Day Show | 140 | ? |
| How-Are-Ya-Five-O? | Hawaii Five-O | 141 | ? |
| My Three Sonny Boys | My Three Sons | 142 | ? |
| The Game is Inane | The Name of the Game | 143 | ? |
| The F.I.B. | The F.B.I. | 144 | ? |
| Reality Street | Sesame Street | 146 | ? |
| Gall in the Family Fare | All in the Family | 147 | ? |
| Messy's Thanksgiving Day Parade | Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade | 148 | ? |
| The Putrid Family | The Partridge Family | 150 | ? |
| Miracle Center | Medical Center | 151 | ? |
| Manic | Mannix | 152 | ? |
| Longshot | Longstreet | 153 | ? |
| The Mary Tailor-Made Show | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | 155 | ? |
| Clodumbo | Columbo | 156 | ? |
| The Funny & Glare Show | The Sonny & Cher Show | 157 | ? |
| Owem Marshmallow, Attorney at Law | Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law | 159 | ? |
| Cannonball | Cannon | 160 | ? |
| Idjit Loves Ernie | Bridget Loves Bernie | 161 | ? |
| Bawde | Maude | 162 | ? |
| Kung Fool | Kung Fu | 164 | ? |
| The Dulltons | The Waltons | 165 | ? |
| M*A*S*H*UGA | M*A*S*H | 166 | ? |
| The Straights of San Francisco | The Streets of San Francisco | 167 | ? |
| McClod | McCloud | 169 | ? |
| The Rookers | The Rookies | 171 | ? |
| The Six Million Dollars, Man! | The Six Million Dollar Man | 172 | ? |
| Kojerk | Kojak | 173 | ? |
| Barnacle Groans | Barnaby Jones | 175 | ? |
| Cheeko and the Ham | Chico and the Man | 177 | ? |
| Good Time-Slot | Good Times | 182 | ? |
| Barfetta | Baretta | 183 | ? |
| Rhota | Rhoda | 184 | ? |
| Harsky & Stutch | Starsky & Hutch | 185 | ? |
| Phoolish | Phyllis | 186 | ? |
| Crappy Days | Happy Days | 187 | ? |
| The Moronic Woman | The Bionic Woman | 188 | ? |
| Welcome Back, Klodder | Welcome Back Kotter | 189 | ? |
| One Dame at a Time | One Day at a Time | 190 | ? |
| The Jazzyslums | The Jeffersons | 191 | ? |
| Churlie's Angles | Charlie's Angels | 193 | ? |
| Lavoine & Shoiley | Laverne & Shirley | 194 | ? |
| Blarney Miller | Barney Miller | 195 | ? |
| He's Company | Three's Company | 196 | ? |
| Little House Oh, So Dreary | Little House on the Prarie | 197 | ? |
| Alas | Alice | 198 | ? |
| What Happened? | What's Happening | 199 | ? |
| The Dummy & Mareek Show | The Donny & Marie Show | 200 | ? |
| Eight is Too Rough | Eight is Enough | 201 | ? |
| Lust Boat | Love Boat | 202 | ? |
| Fantasy "Buy"land | Fantasy Island | 203 | ? |
| The Incredible Bulk | The Incredible Hulk | 204 | ? |
| Lou Grouch | Lou Grant | 205 | ? |
| Reject UFO | Project UFO | 207 | ? |
| Cattle Car Galaxica | Battlestar Galactica | 208 | ? |
| Shmork & Windy | Mork & Mindy | 209 | ? |
| Sixty Seconds | Sixty Minutes | 210 | ? |
| Vague-$ | Vega$ | 210 | ? |
| CHiMPs | CHiPs | 211 | ? |
[edit] 1980s
| Spoofed Title | Actual Title | Issue | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taxing | Taxi | 212 | ? |
| The White, Shadowed | The White Shadow | 214 | ? |
| Diff'rent Jokes | Diff'rent Strokes | 215 | ? |
| Bentson | Benson | 216 | ? |
| The Crockford Files | The Rockford Files | 217 | ? |
| WKRAP in Cincinnati | WKRP in Cincinnati | 218 | ? |
| The Dopes of Haphazzard | The Dukes of Hazzard | 219 | ? |
| Queezy | Quincy, M.E. | 220 | ? |
| Crapper John, M.D. | Trapper John, M.D. | 221 | ? |
| That's Real Incredible, People! | Real People / That's Incredible! | 222 | ? |
| Dullus | Dallas | 223 | ? |
| Har To Har | Hart to Hart | 224 | ? |
| Too Gross For Comfort | Too Close for Comfort | 226 | ? |
| Magnumb, P.U. | Magnum, P.I. | 227 | ? |
| Starchie Bonker's Place | Archie Bunker's Place | 228 | ? |
| Family Fools | Family Feud | 229 | ? |
| DeGenerate Hospital | General Hospital | 230 | ? |
| Swill Street Blues | Hill Street Blues | 231 | ? |
| The Greatest American Zero | The Greatest American Hero | 232 | ? |
| The Brawl Guy | The Fall Guy | 233 | ? |
| M*U*S*H | M*A*S*H | 234 | ? |
| 20/30 with Barbara Waltzers | 20/20 with Barbara Walters | 234 | ? |
| The Yaks of Life | The Facts of Life | 235 | ? |
| Private Benjurmind | Private Benjamin | 238 | ? |
| Simple & Simple | Simon & Simon | 239 | ? |
| Give Us A Break! | Gimme a Break! | 240 | ? |
| Knut Rider | Knight Rider | 241 | ? |
| Square Dregs | Square Pegs | 241 | ? |
| The A(sinine) Team | The A Team | 242 | ? |
| T.S. Shnooker | T.J. Hooker | 243 | ? |
| Asinine to Five | Nine to Five | 244 | ? |
| Not-So-New-Hart | Newhart | 245 | ? |
| Matt Houstink | Matt Houston | 246 | ? |
| Remington Steal | Remington Steele | 248 | ? |
| Beers | Cheers | 249 | ? |
| Scaredcrow and Mrs. Kling | Scarecrow and Mrs. King | 250 | ? |
| Web Star | Webster | 251 | ? |
| Family Tides | Family Ties | 252 | ? |
| Hardhassle and McCorny | Hardcastle and McCormick | 252 | ? |
| Rip-Off-Tide | Riptide | 254 | ? |
| The Clodsby Show | The Cosby Show | 255 | ? |
| Mike Hammy | Mike Hammer | 255 | ? |
| Die-Nasty | Dynasty | 256 | ? |
| Mate & Ali-mony | Kate and Allie | 257 | ? |
| Gigglin's Island | Gilligan's Island | 259 | ? |
| Nut Court | Night Court | 259 | ? |
| The Crummymooners | The Honeymooners | 260 | ? |
| Miami Price | Miami Vice | 261 | ? |
| Murder She Hopes | Murder She Wrote | 261 | ? |
| Highway to Heaving | Highway to Heaven | 262 | ? |
| Reprieve it for Beaver | Leave it to Beaver | 262 | ? |
| The Olden Girls | The Golden Girls | 263 | ? |
| Moon-Fighting | Moonlighting | 264 | ? |
| Groaning Pains | Growing Pains | 266 | ? |
| We'll Make a Fortune | Wheel of Fortune | 266 | ? |
| Boob's the Boss? | Who's the Boss? | 266 | ? |
| Grabme & Spacey | Cagney and Lacey | 267 | ? |
| I Love Luny | I Love Lucy | 269 | ? |
| Perfectly Strange | Perfect Strangers | 270 | ? |
| The Tranquilizer | The Equalizer | 271 | ? |
| ARFul | ALF | 272 | ? |
| Forget Smart | Get Smart | 272 | ? |
| Amends | Amen | 273 | ? |
| The Andy Grinning Show | The Andy Griffith Show | 273 | ? |
| L.A. Lewd | L.A. Law | 274 | ? |
| Head of the Crass | Head of the Class | 275 | ? |
| ReDesigning Women | Designing Woman | 279 | ? |
| Beauty is the Beast | Beauty and the Beast | 280 | ? |
| An Indifferent World | A Different World | 281 | ? |
| St. Healthscare | St. Elsewhere | 281 | ? |
| Double Damp | Double Dare | 282 | ? |
| Star Blecch The Next Degradation | Star Trek The Next Generation | 282 | ? |
| Beers | Cheers | 285 | ? |
| The Moron Downer Jr. Show | The Morton Downey Jr. Show | 286 | ? |
| Thirty-Suffering | Thirtysomething | 286 | ? |
| 21 Junkheap | 21 Jump Street | 286 | ? |
| Grossanne | Roseanne | 287 | ? |
| Dreary John | Dear John | 288 | ? |
| Murky Brown | Murphy Brown | 289 | ? |
| The ABC Misery Movie | The ABC Mystery Movie | 290 | ? |
| The Blunder Years | The Wonder Years | 291 | ? |
[edit] 1990s
| Spoofed Title | Actual Title | Issue | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buried With Children | Married With Children | 292 | ? |
| Dorky Housecall, M.D. | Doogie Howser, M.D. | 294 | ? |
| Empty Mess | Empty Nest | 294 | ? |
| Roach | Coach | 296 | ? |
| America's Phoniest Home Videos | America's Funniest Home Videos | 297 | ? |
| Fool House | Full House | 297 | ? |
| MacGimmick | MacGyver | 302 | ? |
| Stale Prince of Belch Air | Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | 303 | ? |
| Major Dud | Major Dad | 303 | ? |
| Unsolved Miseries | Unsolved Mysteries | 304 | ? |
| Father Jowly Miseries | Father Dowling Mysteries | 305 | ? |
| Familiar Matters | Family Matters | 307 | ? |
| Snorin' Exposure | Northern Exposure | 308 | ? |
| Beverly Hills 911 | Beverly Hills, 90210 | 309 | ? |
| Quandary Heap | Quantum Leap | 309 | ? |
| Love Corruption | Love Connection | 310 | ? |
| 50/50 | 20/20 | 310 | ? |
| Gnome Improvement | Home Improvement | 311 | ? |
| Evening Shame | Evening Shade | 313 | ? |
| American Radiators | American Gladiators | 315 | ? |
| Entertainment Too Light | Entertainment Tonight | 317 | ? |
| In Livid Color | In Living Color | 317 | ? |
| Smellgross Place | Melrose Place | 317 | ? |
| Blah-sum | Blossom | 318 | ? |
| Star Blecch Deep Space Swine | Star Trek Deep Space Nine | 321 | ? |
| Batsman: The Anemic Series | Batman: The Animated Series | 322 | ? |
| Miscue 911 | Rescue 911 | 326 | ? |
| Swinefilled | Seinfeld | 327 | ? |
| Ecch-Men | X-Men | 327 | ? |
| Babewatch | Baywatch | 328 | ? |
| Law & Disorder | Law & Order | 328 | ? |
| Flakier | Frasier | 329 | ? |
| NYPD Boobs | NYPD Blue | 329 | ? |
| Dr. Quack - Modern Woman | Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman | 330 | ? |
| The Ecch-Files | The X-Files | 335 | ? |
| sickER | ER | 336 | ? |
| Lutus and Cluck | Lois and Clark | 336 | ? |
| Grace Uninspired | Grace Under Fire | 338 | ? |
| Fiends | Friends | 339 | ? |
| Star Blecch Voyeur | Star Trek Voyager | 339 | ? |
| Too Bad About You | Mad About You | 342 | ? |
| The Ninny | The Nanny | 342 | ? |
| sleepWalker, Texas Stranger | Walker, Texas Ranger | 343 | ? |
| Carolwhine Sitting Pretty | Caroline in the City | 345 | ? |
| Smellen | Ellen | 346 | ? |
| Jerkules | Hercules | 349 | ? |
| Zima | Xena | 349 | ? |
| Single Louts | Singled Out | 350 | ? |
| Tortured By An Angel | Touched By An Angel | 353 | ? |
| The Sinking Guy | The Single Guy | 355 | ? |
| Spit City | Spin City | 355 | ? |
| Mil-lemon-ium | Millennium | 358 | ? |
| The Droop Carey Show | The Drew Carey Show | 364 | ? |
| Bob Villa's Home Aghast | Bob Villa's Home Again | 366 | ? |
| Busty the Vampire Spayer | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | 367 | ? |
| Ally's Appeal | Ally McBeal | 370 | ? |
| Everybody Loathes Raymud | Everybody Loves Raymond | 372 | ? |
| Just Spoof Me | Just Shoot Me | 372 | ? |
| JAB | JAG | 377 | ? |
| Kharma & Dreg | Dharma & Greg | 379 | ? |
| The Antiques Freakshow | The Antiques Roadshow | 381 | ? |
| Sub-brainy The Teenage Wretch | Sabrina The Teenage Witch | 381 | ? |
| NYPD Re-Do | NYPD Blue | 382 | ? |
| Hokeycon | Pokemon | 386 | ? |
| Moronica's Closet | Veronica's Closet | 388 | ? |
[edit] 2000s
| Spoofed Title | Actual Title | Issue | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Supremos | The Sopranos | 389 | ? |
| Wilt & Craze | Will & Grace | 390 | ? |
| 7th Heaving | 7th Heaven | 391 | ? |
| Dudson's Geeks | Dawson's Creek | 392 | ? |
| Boob Wants to be a Millionaire | Who Wants to be a Millionaire? | 392 | ? |
| The Malpractice | The Practice | 394 | ? |
| Angle | Angel | 396 | ? |
| Survivoyeur | Survivor | 398 | ? |
| Totally Repulsed Live | Total Request Live | 399 | ? |
| The Worst Wing | The West Wing | 402 | ? |
| Malcontent in the Muddle | Malcolm in the Middle | 403 | ? |
| C.S.Oy | C.S.I. | 405 | ? |
| Sluts in the City | Sex in the City | 407 | ? |
| Bicker | Becker | 408 | ? |
| The King-size of Queens | The King of Queens | 408 | ? |
| The Wicked Link | The Weakest Link | 409 | ? |
| Boston Pubic | Boston Public | 413 | ? |
| America's Most Wanton! | America's Most Wanted | 414 | ? |
| Eh! | Ed | 414 | ? |
| Smellville | Smallville | 415 | ? |
| Six Feet Blunder | Six Feet Under | 418 | ? |
| Endless-Prize | Enterprise | 420 | ? |
| Schlubs | Scrubs | 426 | ? |
| 24 Viewers | 24 | 429 | ? |
| C.S.Oy: Miami | C.S.I: Miami | 431 | ? |
| 8 Simple Rules for Writing a Mad Spoof of a Dopey ABC-TV Sitcom | 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter | 434 | ? |
| Trashing Places | Trading Spaces | 435 | ? |
| The Blue Shield | The Shield | 437 | ? |
| Absurd, Their Enthusiasm | Curb Your Enthusiasm | 438 | ? |
| Joan of Archaic | Joan of Arcadia | 440 | ? |
| Ailing-Us | Alias | 441 | ? |
| Everwooden | Everwood | 441 | ? |
| The O.D. | The O.C. | 442 | ? |
| The Prize is Slight | The Price is Right | 442 | ? |
| Weird Eye on the Queer Guise | Queer Eye For the Straight Guy | 443 | ? |
| VH1's The Behind of the Music | VH1's Behind the Music | 443 | ? |
| Las Vaguest | Las Vegas | 444 | ? |
| Old Case | Cold Case | 446 | ? |
| Without a Trace of Interest | Without a Trace | 446 | ? |
| The Burning Mad Show | The Bernie Mac Show | 447 | ? |
| Lewd & Disorder: Criminal Malcontent | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | 449 | ? |
| Two and a Half Wits | Two and a Half Men | 450 | ? |
| Dreadwood | Deadwood | 452 | ? |
| Disparate No-Lives | Desperate Housewives | 453 | ? |
| Lots | Lost | 453 | ? |
| Tedium | Medium | 454 | ? |
| Dump My Ride | Pimp My Ride | 456 | ? |
| C.S.Oy: NY | C.S.I: NY | 459 | ? |
| Extreme Once-Over Home Repetition | Extreme Makeover Home Edition | 460 | ? |
| Louse | House | 462 | ? |
| Everybody Berates Chris | Everybody Hates Chris | 463 | ? |
| Prison Fake | Prison Break | 465 | ? |
| Dull or Not Dull? | Deal or No Deal? | 466 | ? |
| Yell's Kitchen | Hell's Kitchen | 470 | ? |
| How Lame Is Earl | My Name Is Earl | 470 | ? |
| Groin's Monotony | Grey's Anatomy | 472 | ? |
| Naggy 911 | Nanny 911 | 475 | ? |
| The Amazing Rut | The Amazing Race | 476 | ? |
| Entergarbage | Entourage | 476 | ? |
| The Biggest Lardass | The Biggest Loser | 477 | ? |
| My Stupid Spoiled 16 | My Super Sweet 16 | 477 | ? |
| Dud The Lousy Hunter | Dog The Bounty Hunter | 478 | ? |
| Lewd & Disorder: It's P.U. | Law & Order: SVU | 478 | ? |
| America's Next Top Mobster (not technically a satire) | America's Next Top Model | 482 | ? |
| 1 Is Worse Than 100 | 1 vs. 100 | 483 | ? |
| Man Vs. Wild... At The Mall | Man Vs. Wild | 486 | ? |
