Mad #143

In a sharp satire from Mad #143, a college student’s hypnotic session reveals a mind that’s lived a cinematic life—where every film she’s starred in is a rehash of the same glamorous, over-the-top role. The joke unfolds with deadpan precision, poking fun at Hollywood’s obsession with repetition, all rendered in the magazine’s signature satirical style.

In "The Game Is Inane," the bumbling editors and publisher of a news magazine turn their chaotic workplace into a surreal obstacle course, all in the name of chasing a headline. With no regard for the consequences, they drag their administrative assistant into one absurd situation after another—each more ridiculous than the last—while pretending it's all part of some grand journalistic mission.