Mad Special [Mad Super Special] #13
"Cliché Movie Scenes Brought Up to Date" in Mad Special #13 (1974) offers a delightfully absurd take on TV tropes, reimagining the Peanuts universe as a series of over-the-top weekly shows—complete with titles like *Young Doctor Brown* and *The Chuck Brown Show*. Written by Lou Silverstone and illustrated with sharp, expressive flair by Jack Rickard (who also handled inks), this satirical gem turns familiar comic strips into mock-serious television concepts, all on a 75-cent cover from 1974.
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If the Charlie Brown specials were turned into a weekly TV series, the shows concepts would be: Young Doctor Brown; Peanuts Squad; Peanuts Place; Charlie Brown, Attorney for the Defenseless; The Chuck Brown Show.
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