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(Created page with "{{InfoboxLost |title=<center>Mad Super Special</center> |image=SpyvSpy.png |imagecaption=Frame of the special |status=<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span> }} ''Mad Super Special'' is the pilot of a cartoon based on the iconic parody comedy magazine. The show was  developed by  Hanna-Barbera in 1988 for a possible TV series. <ref>[https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1990/11/29/after-300-issues-mad-men-refuse-to-grow-up/  AFTER 300 ISSUES, ‘MAD’ MEN REFUSE T...")
 
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''Mad Super Special'' is the pilot of a cartoon based on the iconic parody comedy magazine. The show was  developed by  Hanna-Barbera in 1988 for a possible TV series. <ref>[https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1990/11/29/after-300-issues-mad-men-refuse-to-grow-up/  AFTER 300 ISSUES, ‘MAD’ MEN REFUSE TO GROW UP.] Retrieved April 03'24</ref>
''Mad Super Special'' is the pilot of a cartoon based on the iconic parody comedy magazine. The show was developed by Hanna-Barbera in 1988 for a possible TV series<ref>[https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1990/11/29/after-300-issues-mad-men-refuse-to-grow-up/  AFTER 300 ISSUES, ‘MAD’ MEN REFUSE TO GROW UP.] Retrieved April 03'24</ref>.


==Premise==
==Premise==
All adaptations of the Magazine for TV disponible, either cartoon or live-action, were skits shows, the cartoon ones even had several styles of animation for each segment. <ref>[https://sites.google.com/site/cultoddities/home/television/the-mad-magazine-tv-special  The Mad Magazine TV Special.] Retrieved April 03 '24</ref>
All adaptations of the Magazine for aTV adapation, either cartoon or live-action, were skit shows, the cartoon ones even had several styles of animation for each segment. <ref>[https://sites.google.com/site/cultoddities/home/television/the-mad-magazine-tv-special  The Mad Magazine TV Special.] Retrieved April 03 '24</ref>


For what can be perceived for the short clip and the pitch script comics, this interaction seems to have a more episodic history line, with most of the gags happening in the same scenery and one consistent style of animation.
From what can be perceived from the short clip and the pitch script comics, this interaction seems to have a more episodic history line, with most of the gags happening in the same scenery and one consistent style of animation.


==Availability==
==Availability==
The pilot has never been aired anywhere, nor was released into any form of physical media.<ref>[https://archive.ph/20120718001521/http://forum.bcdb.com/forum/Alfred_E_Neuman_in_animation_P105263/  Alfred E. Neuman in animation] Retrieved April 03'24</ref>
The pilot has never been aired anywhere, nor was released into any form of physical media.<ref>[https://archive.ph/20120718001521/http://forum.bcdb.com/forum/Alfred_E_Neuman_in_animation_P105263/  Alfred E. Neuman in animation] Retrieved April 03'24</ref>


The few evidences of the pilot's existence  is a couple of videos, one with a short clip extracted from the pilot from a animator's channel hopping someone ,  would share a full copy of the special and another from a Mad Magazine collector showing a copy of the pitch script for Hanna Barbera, with details such as how the Mascot Alfred Newman would be used, Spy v Spy, History lines on comic form and etc.
The few evidences of the pilot's existence is a couple of videos, one with a short clip extracted from the pilot from an animator's channel hopping someone would share a full copy of the special, and another from a Mad Magazine collector showing a copy of the pitch script for Hanna Barbera, with details such as how the Mascot Alfred Newman would be used, Spy v Spy, History lines on comic form and etc.
==Gallery==
==Gallery==
===Videos===
===Videos===
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==References==
==References==
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Revision as of 04:40, 5 April 2024

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Frame of the special

Status: Partially Found


Mad Super Special is the pilot of a cartoon based on the iconic parody comedy magazine. The show was developed by Hanna-Barbera in 1988 for a possible TV series[1].

Premise

All adaptations of the Magazine for aTV adapation, either cartoon or live-action, were skit shows, the cartoon ones even had several styles of animation for each segment. [2]

From what can be perceived from the short clip and the pitch script comics, this interaction seems to have a more episodic history line, with most of the gags happening in the same scenery and one consistent style of animation.

Availability

The pilot has never been aired anywhere, nor was released into any form of physical media.[3]

The few evidences of the pilot's existence is a couple of videos, one with a short clip extracted from the pilot from an animator's channel hopping someone would share a full copy of the special, and another from a Mad Magazine collector showing a copy of the pitch script for Hanna Barbera, with details such as how the Mascot Alfred Newman would be used, Spy v Spy, History lines on comic form and etc.

Gallery

Videos

Mad Magazine Special clips 1988

Super Rare Mad Magazine Hanna Barbera Pitch Book

See Also

References

  1. ↑ AFTER 300 ISSUES, ‘MAD’ MEN REFUSE TO GROW UP. Retrieved April 03'24
  2. ↑ The Mad Magazine TV Special. Retrieved April 03 '24
  3. ↑ Alfred E. Neuman in animation Retrieved April 03'24
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