This is 3 portions of MAD #14.
1. An EC Fan Club ad. I think publisher EC Willima Gaines reallyl appreciated the EC fans. They were the ones shoveling money to him, moreso, I think, than the average comicbook buyer. They built an EC fan base. When you belonged to it, you felt you were rubbing elbows with your peers who had the same frame of mind as you. The illustration is by Jack Davis.
2. The letter page. EC printed as much letters form the fans as room permitted, praising or critical.
3. As you can tell the story was lampooning a popular TV program on in those black and white days of a smooth talking suave gentleman who talked sweet nothings into the ear of the camera and had a female following. This story reminded me of the time of WAOK Atlanta radio personallity Piano Red who sung sweet nothings - he may not have been sosphicated suave and his sweet nothings came out in the form of the Blues, but the basic plot was the same I think.
The story was written by editor Harvey Kurtzman and the art was by Jack Davis.
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