When We Went MAD! (2025) | Full Cast

Alan Bernstein

DIRECTOR

Nate Adams

WRITER

Alan Bernstein

WRITER

William M. Gaines

Self - Mad Magazine Founder & Publisher (archiveFootage)

Grant Geissman

Self - Mad Historian

Al Feldstein

Editor (archiveFootage)

Annie Gaines Ashton

Self - Widow of Bill Gaines

Jack Davis

Artist (archiveFootage)

Joe Raiola

Self - Assistant Editor & Senior Editor

Judd Apatow

Self - Filmmaker, Comedian & Mad Reader

Bryan Cranston

Self - Actor & Mad Reader

Teresa Burns Parkhurst

Self - Artist & Writer

Quentin Tarantino

Self - Filmmaker & Mad Reader

David Zucker

Self - Co-Writer & Co-Director, Airplane!

Tim Carvell

Writer & Executive Producer, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Nick Meglin

Associate Editor & Editor (archiveFootage)

Angelo Torres

Artist

Mort Drucker

Artist (archiveFootage)

Gilbert Gottfried

Self - Actor, Comedian & Mad Reader

'Weird Al' Yankovic

Self - Singer, Comedian & Mad Reader

Desmond Devlin

Self - Writer

Howie Mandel

Self - Actor, Comedian & Mad Reader

Tom Koch

Self - Writer

John Ficarra

Self - Associate Editor & Executive Editor

Jerry DeFuccio

Self - Associate Editor

Leonard Brenner

Self - Associate Art Director & Art Director

Lou Silverstone

Self - Writer

Frank Jacobs

Self - Writer

Dick DeBartolo

Self - Writer

Larry Siegel

Self - Writer

Don Edwing

Self - Artist & Writer

Arnie Kogen

Self - Writer

Paul Coker Jr.

Artist (archiveFootage)

Al Jaffee

Artist & Writer (archiveFootage)

Jay Kogen

Self - Writer & Producer, The Simpsons

Irving Schild

Self - Photographer

Harry North

Self - Artist

Stan Hart

Self - Writer

Tom Richmond

Self - Artist

Charlie Kadau

Self - Assistant Editor & Senior Editor

Sam Viviano

Self - Artist & Art Director

Dave Croatto

Self - Senior Editor

Frank Santopadre

Writer

Drew Friedman

Self - Artist

Ryan Flanders

Self - Design Director

Peter Kuper

Self - Artist & Writer, Spy Vs. Spy

Richard Williams

Self - Artist

Dave Berg

Self - Artist & Writer (archiveFootage)

Bob Clarke

Self - Writer (archiveFootage)

Will Elder

Self - Artist (archiveFootage)

Harvey Kurtzman

Self - Founder & Editor (archiveFootage)

Don Martin

Self - Artist (archiveFootage)

Norman Mingo

Self - Artist (archiveFootage)

Antonio Prohias

Self - Artist & Writer, Spy Vs. Spy (archiveFootage)

John Putnam

Self - Art Director (archiveFootage)

Jack Rickard

Self - Artist (archiveFootage)

John Severin

Self - Artist (archiveFootage)

Wally Wood

Self - Artist (archiveFootage)

George Woodbridge

Self - Writer (archiveFootage)

Irving Berlin

Self - Music Composer (archiveFootage)

M.C. Gaines

Self - William Gaines' Father (archiveFootage)

Dave Garroway

Self - Host & Founder, Today (archiveFootage)

Peter Graves

Self - Actor, Airplane! (archiveFootage)

Mary Hart

Self - Host, Entertainment Tonight (archiveFootage)

Hugh Hefner

Self - Publisher, Playboy (archiveFootage)

J. Edgar Hoover

Self - Director, FBI (archiveFootage)

Peter Jennings

Self - Host, ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings (archiveFootage)

Jimmy Kimmel

Self - Host, Jimmy Kimmel Live! (archiveFootage)

Ron Leibman

Self - Actor, Up the Academy (archiveFootage)

Melissa McCarthy

Self - Actor, Bridesmaids (archiveFootage)

Charles F. Murphy

Self - CCA Code Administrator (archiveFootage)

Leslie Nielsen

Self - Actor, Airplane! (archiveFootage)

Tom Nozkowski

Self - Production (archiveFootage)

Mary Rodgers

Self - Music Composer (archiveFootage)

Jerry Seinfeld

Self - Comedian (archiveFootage)

Howard Stern

Self - Host, The Howard Stern Show (archiveFootage)

Jon Stewart

Self - Host, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (archiveFootage)

Lyle Stewart

Self - E.C. Business Manager (archiveFootage)

Fredric Wertham

Self - Psychiatrist & Author, Seduction of the Innocent (archiveFootage)

Stephen Colbert

Self - Host, The Colbert Report (archiveFootage)

Dan Rather

Self - Host, CBS Evening News with Dan Rather (archiveFootage)

Jude Maurer

1950's Reader

Lily Bernstein

1960's Reader

Staci Bernstein

1960's Teacher

Michael Yoerg

1970's Reader

Austin Pears

1980's Gamer

Brandon Urikh

2000's Reader

Rod Labrana

Long Time Reader

Don Adams

Self (archiveFootage)

Sergio Aragonés

ACTOR

Max Baer Jr.

Self (archiveFootage)

Hugh Beaumont

Self (archiveFootage)

John Belushi

Self (archiveFootage)

Candice Bergen

Self (archiveFootage)

George W. Bush

Self (archiveFootage)

Steve Carell

Self (archiveFootage)

Dana Carvey

Self (archiveFootage)

Charles Chaplin

Self (archiveFootage)

Bill Clinton

Self (archiveFootage)

Gary Cooper

Self (archiveFootage)

Bob Crane

Self (archiveFootage)

Bob Denver

Self (archiveFootage)

Leonardo DiCaprio

Self (archiveFootage)