Absolutely MAD Magazine - 50+ Years |  | From: Git Corporation
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Rating:  65 reviews
Format: DVD-ROM
Platforms: Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows XP, Mac OS X
Media: DVD-ROM
Discs: 1
Operating System: Mac OS X
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.5 x 1.5
MPN: 90005
Model: 90005
UPC: 791149900053
EAN: 0791149900053
Release Date: December 15, 2006
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| Features:
| • | Every issue of MAD Magazine on 2 DVDs | | • | Read every single page as they were originally published - all the stories, letters pages, articles, and advertisements | | • | Includes video clip interviews from the MAD writers and clips of Spy vs Spy animation | | • | Over 600 complete printable issues, cover to cover, that’s over 17,500 scanned pages in full color | | • | A truly interactive experience and can leverage the success of the late night show to introduce MAD Magazine to an entire new generation of consumers. |
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Product Description
Over 600 issues of Mad Magazines, (1952-2006) every regular issue (1-460), XLs, Super Special and Color Classics. Interview with the many of the writers, Spy VS Spy animation video, Spy VS Sky Mountain Dew commercials and much more.
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 Banzai Mad Magazine! March 16, 2009
Ronald Faxon (San Francisco / Tokyo)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I read Mad Magazine on and off as a kid, so it's great to be able to see the old magazine I had before, as well as the ones I haven't yet had a chance to see.
The resolution of the PDF files is pretty good. I think it's a nice package.
RF
Tokyo
 A Second Generation Disappoinment March 11, 2009
S. A DUNN (Chehalis, WA United States)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Before there was a National Lampoon, there was Mad Magazine. Us Baby Boomers grew up with it. It was our first taste of satire and critical thinking. And Mad Magazine has not outlived it's usefulness as did the National Lampoon. Mad still satires today as good as it did yesterday, although most of the original cartoonists and editors have died.
Years ago, Broderbund came out with a 7 CD ROM package of all the Mad Magazines printed. It had a superior user interface which quickly located every article and cartoon in the collection. It even had every fold in and sticker collection. And it had the infamous MAD songs included.
This DVD collection is a poor substitute. It claims also to have all the stickers- I've yet to find them in the collection. Compared to the Broderbund collection this version is boring and a pain to search.
This is a case where so called improved technology made a disaster of one of the funniest magazines in existance.
 Not on Vista! March 8, 2009
Gloria Peace
0 out of 6 found this review helpful
I am disappointed because this sounds like a great program but I am unable to order it because I am a Vista user and it isnt offered on Vista!
Great DVD - Amazon Description Incorrect! February 22, 2009
PJB (Long Beach, CA USA)
This is a great DVD set. However, there are two separate Amazon listings with a lot of incorrect information. The correct description should state that Issues 1 through 460 (1952-2005) plus all special editions are included on ONE DVD. There is no version from this publisher that has TWO DVD's. Both Amazon listings for this set state that there are 2 DVD's. There is only 1 dual-layer DVD version that came out in August 2006. For this Amazon listing, the description states that it includes Issues 1 through 460 (1952 through 2006). However, Issue 460 is from December 2005. The other Amazon listing provides the correct year range of 1952 through 2005. This Amazon listing states that all issues are scanned in full color. They may be scanned in color, but Mad Magazine was only in color from from 1952 through mid-1955 (Issues 1-23). Then the magazine was in black and white through 1999. In 2000, the issues started combining color and black and white. By issue 460, the issues were mostly in full color. The correct title for this set should be "Absolutely MAD: 53 Years of MAD Magazine on 1 DVD-ROM."
An Entire Collection of Mad Magazine on 1 DVD -- Wow!!! January 18, 2009
A reviewer (Lakewood, CO.)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I remember seeing the Broderbund edition of all the Mad Magazines from its inception to 1998 and kicking myself for years for not buying it. But now there is the entire collection on just ONE DVD! My only complaint about the product is the packaging -- a large box for one DVD-ROM that is wedged in a little slot that could easily scratch the disc -- a small plastic jewel case to put the DVD would have been an improvement. Every MAD Magazine is here on this disc. The super specials are available, but only the parts that were new to the magazine, as these were compilations of previous issues. I started by looking at the issues that I remember owning as a kid that parodied TV shows like Charlie's Angels and The Incredible Hulk and movies such as The Towering Inferno and Airport '79. Then, I started looking at some of the issues that I hadn't seen like The Poopsidedown Adventure and A Crockwork Lemon -- These were hilarious to read and well worth the cost of the DVD-ROM. And the great thing is that it will take me years to finish reading everything that is on this disc. Now if they would only put some of my other childhood favorites on DVD-ROM such as Cracked Magazine and Dynamite Magazine.
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