 Siegel started writing humorous articles and satirical pieces for "Playboy", "Humbug" and "Mad Magazine".He wrote nearly 300 articles for the latter, which appeared in more than 150 issues.Siegel's output for "Mad" included nearly 80 movie and television parodies, including "The Oddfather," "Balmy and Clod" and "Flawrence of Arabia" as well as a dozen "primers," and several imaginary magazine parodies on topics ranging from medicine, to 1960s protesters, to "gun nuts."