Mad #50
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Most Important ¼ Inch in Smoking Today," Al Jaffee delivers a sharp, satirical take on 1950s whiskey advertising with art by Bob Clarke, parodying campaigns for Old Crow, Canadian Club, Seagram’s 7 Crown, and others. Through clever visual gags and subtle shifts in tone, the story humorously charts the evolving inclusion of women in ads—and hints at where the trend might lead, with a wry nod to the next frontier: children. The cover, by Kelly Freas, captures the era’s sleek, stylized aesthetic with a touch of irony.
In "Spot That Plug!", a sharp satire from Mad #50, a fictional TV script is dissected for its hidden product placements, poking fun at how advertising quietly infiltrates entertainment. The story imagines a future where entire shows are just lists of brand names, delivered with deadpan seriousness.
A satirical take on 1950s whiskey advertising, "Women in Whiskey Ads" skewers the era’s evolving ad tropes with a wry eye, poking fun at the subtle inclusion of women in brands like Old Crow, Canadian Club, and Seagram’s 7 Crown. Through clever visual gags and deadpan parody, it imagines how far the trend might go—hinting at a future where even children might be pulled into the campaign.
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Reprinted in More Trash from Mad #3 (1960), The Worst from MAD #4 (1961), More Trash from Mad #4 (1961), Svenska Mad #4/1962 (1962), Greasy Mad Stuff #[nn] (1963), Mad Follies #1 (1963), More Trash from Mad #7 (1964), The Completely Mad Don Martin #[nn] (1974), Dave Berg's Mad Trash #[nn] (1977), Dave Berg's Mad Trash #[nn] (1981), Mad about the Fifties #[nn] (1997), Mad for Decades #[nn] (2007), Mad's Greatest Artists: Don Martin #[nn] (2014), Mad #34 (2023), Mad #12
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