The Mad Show
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The Mad Show is a 1966 Off-Broadway musical revue with music by Mary Rodgers, inspired by Mad magazine’s satirical humor.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Madcap | 1 |
| The Mad Show canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6312507 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Mad Show Context triple: [Mary Rodgers, notableWork, The Mad Show]
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A.
Peculiar Follies
Peculiar Follies is a section of Charles Mackay’s classic 1841 work "Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds," examining bizarre and irrational mass behaviors in history.
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B.
Fools' Parade
Fools' Parade is a 1971 crime drama film, based on a Davis Grubb novel, about three ex-convicts facing corruption and violence when they try to collect their prison savings in a small West Virginia town.
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C.
Mr. Finn’s Cabaret
Mr. Finn’s Cabaret is an intimate performance space associated with Barrington Stage Company, known for hosting cabaret-style music and theatrical events.
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D.
A Night in the Show
A Night in the Show is a 1915 silent comedy film starring Charlie Chaplin as a bumbling theater patron causing chaos in a music-hall performance.
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E.
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse is a 1938 crime drama film starring Edward G. Robinson as a psychiatrist who becomes involved with a gang of jewel thieves to study criminal behavior.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Mad Show Target entity description: The Mad Show is a 1966 Off-Broadway musical revue with music by Mary Rodgers, inspired by Mad magazine’s satirical humor.
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A.
Peculiar Follies
Peculiar Follies is a section of Charles Mackay’s classic 1841 work "Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds," examining bizarre and irrational mass behaviors in history.
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B.
Fools' Parade
Fools' Parade is a 1971 crime drama film, based on a Davis Grubb novel, about three ex-convicts facing corruption and violence when they try to collect their prison savings in a small West Virginia town.
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C.
Mr. Finn’s Cabaret
Mr. Finn’s Cabaret is an intimate performance space associated with Barrington Stage Company, known for hosting cabaret-style music and theatrical events.
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D.
A Night in the Show
A Night in the Show is a 1915 silent comedy film starring Charlie Chaplin as a bumbling theater patron causing chaos in a music-hall performance.
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E.
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse is a 1938 crime drama film starring Edward G. Robinson as a psychiatrist who becomes involved with a gang of jewel thieves to study criminal behavior.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Off-Broadway musical
ⓘ
musical revue ⓘ |
| associatedWithPublication | Mad magazine ⓘ |
| basedOn | Mad magazine ⓘ |
| composer | Mary Rodgers ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creativeWorkStatus | completed ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceDate | 1966 ⓘ |
| genre |
musical theatre
ⓘ
satirical revue ⓘ |
| hasForm | stage musical ⓘ |
| hasMusicalNumber | The Boy From... ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Mad magazine ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | adult ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist |
David Rogers
ⓘ
Larry Siegel ⓘ Marshall Barer ⓘ Stephen Sondheim ⓘ |
| musicBy | Mary Rodgers ⓘ |
| notableSong | The Boy From... ⓘ |
| originallyProducedIn | New York City ⓘ |
| parodies |
advertising
ⓘ
contemporary politics ⓘ popular music ⓘ television ⓘ |
| productionType | Off-Broadway ⓘ |
| subject |
American pop culture
ⓘ
political satire ⓘ satire ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1960s American theatre ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Mad Show Description of subject: The Mad Show is a 1966 Off-Broadway musical revue with music by Mary Rodgers, inspired by Mad magazine’s satirical humor.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Mad Show