MAD

MAD is a long-running humor magazine. It was first going to be adapted into an animated series in 1974, but only a pilot was produced which ran as a special. Then, an animated special was talked about being produced by Hanna-Barbera to air in Fall 1988, but it was never completed. The next appearance was MADtv, a Saturday Night Live-esque sketch show which ran for 14 years. Most recently, an animated comedy based on the book began airing on Cartoon Network.