Mad Super Special (partially found animated pilot adaptation of satirical magazine gags; 1988)
Frame of the special
Status: Partially Found
Mad Super Special is the pilot of a cartoon based on the iconic parody comedy magazine. The show was developed by Hanna-Barbera in 1988 for a possible TV series[1].
Premise
All adaptations of the Magazine for aTV adapation, either cartoon or live-action, were skit shows, the cartoon ones even had several styles of animation for each segment. [2]
From what can be perceived from the short clip and the pitch script comics, this interaction seems to have a more episodic history line, with most of the gags happening in the same scenery and one consistent style of animation.
Availability
The pilot has never been aired anywhere, nor was released into any form of physical media.[3]
The few evidences of the pilot's existence is a couple of videos, one with a short clip extracted from the pilot from an animator's channel hopping someone would share a full copy of the special, and another from a Mad Magazine collector showing a copy of the pitch script for Hanna Barbera, with details such as how the Mascot Alfred Newman would be used, Spy v Spy, History lines on comic form and etc.
Gallery
Videos
See Also
References
- ↑ AFTER 300 ISSUES, ‘MAD’ MEN REFUSE TO GROW UP. Retrieved April 03'24
- ↑ The Mad Magazine TV Special. Retrieved April 03 '24
- ↑ Alfred E. Neuman in animation Retrieved April 03'24