Mad #41

In "Go East, Old Western," a parody of 1950s TV westerns, a jaded advertising exec named Pallidin is brought in to sell a classic Western series to Madison Avenue—only to turn the whole show into a corporate merger pitch. With deadpan satire and sharp visual gags, the story follows his increasingly absurd attempt to repackage frontier grit into a slick, profit-driven spectacle.

A sly satire in three pages, "Snob Appeal vs Slob Appeal" skewers mid-20th-century advertising with mock ads for Rancid's Deluxe Whiskey, Whammo Watchbands, Breezy of California jackets, and Aardvark Carpets—each presented in two wildly different styles, one elitist, one aggressively casual. The contrast is sharp, funny, and deadpan, all typeset with a dry, ironic flair.