Mad #275
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "Beverly Hills Slop, Too!", Dave Berg serves up another sharp, wry slice of suburban satire, skewering everything from car culture to the quiet absurdities of daily life. With his signature deadpan wit and precise line work—both penciled and inked by Berg—this 1987 issue finds humor in the mundane, from forgotten homework to the awkward dance of human connection. Richard Williams’ cover captures the tone perfectly, a visual punchline to a story that’s equal parts laugh-out-loud and quietly reflective.
In "The Lighter Side of..." from Mad #275, a deadpan take on modern absurdities unfolds through a series of sharp, satirical vignettes—each one skewering the quirks of daily life, from the futility of homework to the strange rituals of phone calls, all delivered with Mad’s signature irony. Without a single creator credited beyond the typeset letters, the humor lands with a crisp, no-nonsense precision that finds the ridiculous in the routine.
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Reprinted in Svenska Mad #12/1987 (1987), Svenska Mad #2/1988 (1988), Mad Special [Mad Super Special] #86 (1993), Mad Special [Mad Super Special] #87 (1993), Mad Special [Mad Super Special] #89 (1993), Mad Special [Mad Super Special] #92 (1994), Mad for Decades #[nn] (2007), Mad's Greatest Artists: Sergio Aragonès #[nn] (2010), Mad #17 (2021), Mad #30 (2023)
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