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* [[Follow the Leader]]: The magazine's success inspired a succession of copycats, including ''[[Cracked (Magazine)|Cracked]]'' and countless others, many of which even had [[Expy|Expys]] of Alfred E. Neuman as their mascots (and many of which lasted for only a few issues). William Gaines supposedly kept a voodoo doll that had pins marked with the names of ''Mad'' knockoffs; by his death in 1992, only the ''Cracked'' pin remained.
** Gaines even launched his own rip-off, ''Panic''.
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: Very many freelance artists and writers have worked for the magazine, so their art is often recognizable outside it.
** Mort Drucker, Jack Davis, Bob Clarke and Bob Jones (among others) are all freelance artists who have done countless ads. In fact, when they did a parody of the Esso "tiger in your tank" ads, they almost had Bob Jones draw it until they realized that Jones drew the ''real'' ad.
** Paul Coker was a Rankin-Bass animator. His loose, scratchy style is quite recognizable.
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** Several notables have drawn at least one cover each: fantasy artists Boris Vallejo and Frank Frazetta, movie poster illustrator Drew Struzan and even ''[[The Today Show]]'' chimp mascot J. Fred Muggs.
** Chevy Chase wrote at least one pre-''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' piece that got published, a back cover "TV Scenes We'd Like to See" parody of ''[[Mission Impossible (TV)|Mission Impossible]]'' in which Jim Phelps gets fired.
** Not only did Wally Wood create [[Daredevil]]'s iconic costume and the infamous [
** Writer Dick DeBartolo is the host of the ''Daily Giz Wiz'' podcast, and was a longtime question-writer for ''[[Match Game]]''.
** Several artists and writers and artists jumped ship from ''Mad'' to rival ''[[Cracked]]''. Most notably, artist John Severin left ''Mad'' shortly before the end of the comics era, and quickly became the flagship artist of ''Cracked''. Longtime writer Lou Silverstone also left for ''Cracked'' in 1990, as did Don Martin (of all people!).
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== Trivia related to [[MAD (Animation)|the cartoon]]: ==
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: [[Tara Strong]] shows up a few times in the third episode.
*** She even reprises her role as Bubbles in ''[[Two Broke Girls|2 Broke]]'' ''[[Powerpuff Girls]]''.
*** She even returns as [[Western Animation/My Little Pony Friendship|Twilight Sparkle]] in one episode.
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