Where can I find Mad Magazine piece consisting of anticlimactic stories?
March 4, 2018 8:26 AM Subscribe
So I am oddly googlefu-less in trying to find a Mad Magazine gag from my youth which comprised four anticlimactic stories, loaded guns which might save the hero or heroine if they went off, but they didn't. The one I particularly remember is the naive young couple honeymooning in Vegas. They're about to take in a show, and the bride sends the groom downstairs while she gets dolled up. He loses their entire dowry while she gets ready, and he's in utter despair. As he heads back to the room to confess, he sticks his hand in his pocket and finds a last silver dollar, just as he passes a slot machine the jackpot of which is almost as much as he just lost. He says a little prayer: if he could only get it back, get most of it back, he will never do anything so stupid again -- he and she will live responsibly and reasonably and lovingly and happily. He puts the silver dollar in the machine, pulls the lever, and... three lemons. THE END
Can you narrow down the timeframe? I have an older CD-ROM collection similar to the one Sophont linked to, and might have some time to look through it this evening.
posted by He Is Only The Imposter at 9:23 AM on March 4, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by He Is Only The Imposter at 9:23 AM on March 4, 2018 [1 favorite]
Also, if it helps jog your memory, there is a Mad cover gallery here. My collection has everything up until December 1998.
posted by He Is Only The Imposter at 9:34 AM on March 4, 2018
posted by He Is Only The Imposter at 9:34 AM on March 4, 2018
Response by poster: @He is Only The Imposter -- My guess is 1968 +/- two years.
posted by maddalo at 10:10 AM on March 4, 2018
posted by maddalo at 10:10 AM on March 4, 2018
Best answer: I found the slot machine one from December '64. The first one you describe might be in a "Twisted MAD Tales" from a different issue.
posted by starman at 11:46 AM on March 4, 2018 [8 favorites]
posted by starman at 11:46 AM on March 4, 2018 [8 favorites]
And just to make myself feel useful: That appears to be the only installment of the "Twisted MAD Tales" feature, and the only Mad feature credited to Jim Mildon.
posted by He Is Only The Imposter at 5:10 PM on March 4, 2018 [3 favorites]
posted by He Is Only The Imposter at 5:10 PM on March 4, 2018 [3 favorites]
Response by poster: @starman and @He Is Only The Imposter: THANK YOU!
posted by maddalo at 8:43 PM on March 4, 2018
posted by maddalo at 8:43 PM on March 4, 2018
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posted by Sophont at 8:42 AM on March 4, 2018